OCgringo Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 This was the only large bridge collaspse in 20 years , so not like it happens everyday , and the USA is a big area, But its not going to get better by itself , there is much more traffic and many more heavy trucks than before, But here in Los Angeles we have had freeway overpasses fall down in the last 2 earthquakes as did Oakland, Long term masive amounts of money needs to be spent on highways , If we had any money left after Iraq OC PS....LA to Oakland is 400 miles -640km so in European terms a couple of countries , but its still another 8 miles to the Canadian border ! Big place ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Sure you have the money. Simply raise the taxes. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Now it starts...maybe they will hang a few of these slackers! Blaming begins in Minneapolis bridge collapse http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/ts_nm/bridge_collapse_dc By Todd Melby Fri Aug 3, 3:33 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Politicians trying to account for one of the worst bridge collapses in U.S. history cast blame ranging from engineering faults to the Iraq war on Friday, while divers tried to reach the bodies of more victims in the Mississippi River's treacherous waters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Blame will not bring back the poor dead people.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 << LA to Oakland is 400 miles -640km so in European terms a couple of countries , but its still another 8 miles to the Canadian border ! >> Whoa! When did the Canucks invade and annex the Pacific Northwest and northern Cal??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Blame will not bring back the poor dead people.. All so true...but they politicians throw around the blame to dodge any responsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Bottom line is politicians and their wasting of our tax dollars. In my hometown of Philadelphia there are bridges that are in disrepair so badly they really should not be in use. Trains run over these bridges but to close them would mean no public transportation to certain areas so they keep using it. Public works has, is and will be a financial boon. There is a stretch of freeway in Boston that has been 'in construction' for years and years because it provides untold millions of dollars for jobs, etc. to the area and is a pet project of Ted Kennedy and no one touches the spending for it. Dept. of Transportation money is one huge money pit and it gets soaked up by the cities and states to use for other things. Everyone gets a blame as well. The city and state unions make any kind of repair or constructive prohibitively expensive. Years ago the city of New York couldn't build an ice rink in NY and Trump did it for less in terms of time and money. The levees in New Orleans were known to need immediate repair and reinforcement but its not a 'sexy' project. Money is spent on how it looks to your career, whether you're a mayor, senator or president. There is a deep pit as well. Look at the domestic spending for homeland security. There was a 60 minutes program about it and how any town or hamlet can apply for it and they justify it for the most inane reasons in the name of national security and there are small towns that get millions to protect themselves from terrorists as if the liklihood of terrorists going after butttf**k, Kentucky is likely. The overall problem is the country is so big and the money grabbing so extensive that nothing can get done. No one person, like a president can do anything about it and the special interests run the nation because political campaigns have gotten so expensive than individual donors can not finance you anymore, its the deep pockets of speical interests. Corporations, unions, industry lobbyists, etc. The fault lies in all of us here in the states. There are just too many people disinterested and uninformed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 << LA to Oakland is 400 miles -640km so in European terms a couple of countries , but its still another 8 miles to the Canadian border ! >> Whoa! When did the Canucks invade and annex the Pacific Northwest and northern Cal??? OOOPS....800 miles north..... OC keeping canuks farther away to save the "ehs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Had me worried. The Mexicans get southern Cal and the Canucks get the rest. I suppose we get to keep Utah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Time to stop wasting money on wars and start fixing the infrastructure. May I politely suggest you hire Canadian engineers and Mexican labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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