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How come everyone here is such an expert on spending other peoples money?
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If the above statement is true, why are we in such deep shit?
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The tax cut culture strikes again!
I-5 bridge collapses over Skagit River; cars in the water | The Today File | Seattle Times
Posted by Brian M. Rosenthal
An Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River on Thursday evening, dumping cars and people into the waters north of Mount Vernon.
Washington State Patrol spokesman Mark Francis wrote on Twitter at 7:19 p.m. that both the northbound and southbound lanes had collapsed in the water.
Francis told the Associated Press he did not know how many people were in the water, whether there were any injuries or what caused the collapse.
Rescue efforts were under way soon after as dozens of people gathered on the shore to watch. A reporter on the scene said he saw a rescue boat take at least one person to shore amid cheers from the spectators.
Photographs of the collapse circulating on Twitter and Facebook showed a wide gap in the bridge and at least two vehicles in the water.
The bridge, built in 1955, was classified by the National Bridge Inventory as functionally obsolete in both 2000 and 2010. But the Washington Department of Transportation does not list it among its list of structurally deficient bridges.
Traffic around the site was backed up for miles.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen released a statement saying in part that he encourages people to follow police instructions and stay away from the site of the collapse to let first responders address the situation safely.
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Let me get this straight, the tax cuts caused the driver to ignore the height restrictions on the bridge, which caused him to drive a trailer that was too tall into the bridge support.
Glad to know your brain is so sharp.
Some of us have been asking for infrastructure work for a long time. This bridge was "functionally obsolete", as are many others. How many have to die?
Why did Obama waste all our money paying welfare, unemployment, food-stamps, disability, snap, etc instead of putting people to work rebuilding our infrastructure?
Cons have fought every effort to build the infrastructure.Why did Obama waste all our money paying welfare, unemployment, food-stamps, disability, snap, etc instead of putting people to work rebuilding our infrastructure?
Because Republicans blocked it?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
We'll Huggy....I hate to tell you this...but trucks tend to go over bridges from time to time...and yes...every once in a while they clip the bridge...did you see the damage to the box of the truck? It was minimal...it wasn't like it slammed it
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/66/47/4680164/5/628x471.jpg
Cons have fought every effort to build the infrastructure.Because Republicans blocked it?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
Why did Obama waste all our money paying welfare, unemployment, food-stamps, disability, snap, etc instead of putting people to work rebuilding our infrastructure?
Because Republicans blocked it?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
Yet tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows.
Of the 2,476 bridges scheduled to receive stimulus money so far, nearly half have passed inspections with high marks, according to federal data. Those 1,123 sound bridges received such high inspection ratings that they normally would not qualify for federal bridge money, yet they will share in more than $1.2 billion in stimulus money.
Because Republicans blocked it?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
President elect Obama in Nov. 2008 - "There will be a two-year nationwide effort to jump-start job creation in America and lay the foundation for a strong and growing economy. We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges."
Yet tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows.
Of the 2,476 bridges scheduled to receive stimulus money so far, nearly half have passed inspections with high marks, according to federal data. Those 1,123 sound bridges received such high inspection ratings that they normally would not qualify for federal bridge money, yet they will share in more than $1.2 billion in stimulus money.
Read more: Crumbling Bridges Forgotten, Stimulus Money Spent on Safer Spans | Fox News
Stim money went to people for playing video games and a host of other stupid things.
Stimulus Money Went To Watching Movies and Playing Video Games
Stimulus Money Went To Watching Movies and Playing Video Games | Independent Journal Review
We gave the terrorist-friendly Muslim Brotherhood a billion dollars, fighter jets, tanks and weapons.
We continue to give billions in foreign aid.
Despite that, the Dems are using the Sequester as an excuse to stop White House tours and blame it whenever something goes wrong.
The OP seems to suggest that the sequester is responsible for the bridge collapsing. Obama wants us to feel the pain of his sequester and he has gone out of his way to make that happen. Now everything will be blamed on the sequester.
The Sequester was Obama's baby. Before anyone allows their racist side to take over and bash Herman Cain, since this is on his site, you might want to scroll down toward the bottom of the page and watch the video for yourself.
White House finally admits, Obama admin created the sequester - See more at: Politics: White House finally admits, Obama admin created the sequester | CainTV
How about we tell the Muslim Brotherhood no more money and stop the other foreign aid to our enemies. It's not like we can buy their friendship. They'll come after us with the weapons we gave them.
Stop sending them our hard earned money and open up OUR White House to tours again. Stop acting like the White House is your personal property, Obama, and quit playing games.
Cons have fought every effort to build the infrastructure.Because Republicans blocked it?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
President elect Obama in Nov. 2008 - "There will be a two-year nationwide effort to jump-start job creation in America and lay the foundation for a strong and growing economy. We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges."
Yet tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows.
Of the 2,476 bridges scheduled to receive stimulus money so far, nearly half have passed inspections with high marks, according to federal data. Those 1,123 sound bridges received such high inspection ratings that they normally would not qualify for federal bridge money, yet they will share in more than $1.2 billion in stimulus money.
Read more: Crumbling Bridges Forgotten, Stimulus Money Spent on Safer Spans | Fox News
Stim money went to people for playing video games and a host of other stupid things.
Stimulus Money Went To Watching Movies and Playing Video Games
Stimulus Money Went To Watching Movies and Playing Video Games | Independent Journal Review
We gave the terrorist-friendly Muslim Brotherhood a billion dollars, fighter jets, tanks and weapons.
We continue to give billions in foreign aid.
Despite that, the Dems are using the Sequester as an excuse to stop White House tours and blame it whenever something goes wrong.
The OP seems to suggest that the sequester is responsible for the bridge collapsing. Obama wants us to feel the pain of his sequester and he has gone out of his way to make that happen. Now everything will be blamed on the sequester.
The Sequester was Obama's baby. Before anyone allows their racist side to take over and bash Herman Cain, since this is on his site, you might want to scroll down toward the bottom of the page and watch the video for yourself.
White House finally admits, Obama admin created the sequester - See more at: Politics: White House finally admits, Obama admin created the sequester | CainTV
How about we tell the Muslim Brotherhood no more money and stop the other foreign aid to our enemies. It's not like we can buy their friendship. They'll come after us with the weapons we gave them.
Stop sending them our hard earned money and open up OUR White House to tours again. Stop acting like the White House is your personal property, Obama, and quit playing games.
That was post election hyperbole, he can't be held accountable for that...or anything else.
Cons have fought every effort to build the infrastructure.Then how did Obama manage to increase entitlement welfare, unemployment, food-stamps & disability spending, but not manage to get money to repair the infrastructure that would have created jobs that would have reduced dependence on those support programs?
I guess you missed the hoopla about the bridge to nowhere that was earmarked by a Republican.
We'll Huggy....I hate to tell you this...but trucks tend to go over bridges from time to time...and yes...every once in a while they clip the bridge...did you see the damage to the box of the truck? It was minimal...it wasn't like it slammed it
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/66/47/4680164/5/628x471.jpg
We'll Huggy....I hate to tell you this...but trucks tend to go over bridges from time to time...and yes...every once in a while they clip the bridge...did you see the damage to the box of the truck? It was minimal...it wasn't like it slammed it
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/66/47/4680164/5/628x471.jpg
Infastructure is better when done by private companies and people
Infastructure is better when done by private companies and people
Then-----then the question is, why aren't they building "infrastructure", money's cheap and almost 40% of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was/is tax cuts?
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