Oddball
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At least I'm not a borderline sociopath, Vermin.
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At least I'm not a borderline sociopath, Vermin.
This is one of those moments when the kettle is calling the pot black.We were peddled the rubric of "infrastructure" to hustle the unstimulating stimulus bill through congress in the first place.As I don't consider myself a partisan hack, the posters and Hoover Institute are right, the funds were mishandled from the top all the way to the states to individuals.
That does not mean we can ignore the problem and it'll go away.
There have been infrastructure failures that have cost individuals their lives, from the bridge failure in Minneapolis to the water contamination in Milwaukee to the failed levees in New Orleans. If that isn't one good reason, there's the fact that because of the US's aging infrastructure, the US is losing out to competing nations for economic growth via new business and old businesses staying in the US.
Just how big a bumpkin are you?
You're not only stupid, Oddude, you're an arrogant asshole. Of course this is only my opinion.
Maybe we need a "Roads Czar"?
Seriously, the shortsightedness by some folks is amazing.
You are talking about the politicians, right? Seems they had the money to fix it with the first stimulus....and didn't get the job done. How much shorter could that shortsightedness get?
The people who question it seem to be the critical thinkers about it.
"Once burned, shame on you....twice burned, shame on me."
Meister, that's twice my dry humor has gotten you.![]()
We were peddled the rubric of "infrastructure" to hustle the unstimulating stimulus bill through congress in the first place.See the link in #22.
As I don't consider myself a partisan hack, the posters and Hoover Institute are right, the funds were mishandled from the top all the way to the states to individuals.
That does not mean we can ignore the problem and it'll go away.
There have been infrastructure failures that have cost individuals their lives, from the bridge failure in Minneapolis to the water contamination in Milwaukee to the failed levees in New Orleans. If that isn't one good reason, there's the fact that because of the US's aging infrastructure, the US is losing out to competing nations for economic growth via new business and old businesses staying in the US.
Just how big a bumpkin are you?
I could have sworn that the Stimulus Bill was to "INVEST" in the infrastructure.
I do like the word "invest", it's the new buzz word from the democrats.
I read in the paper where politicians from Wa. used that word after the pep rally from the president. Now I know what that closed door meeting with the democrats was about...or part of the meeting.
November 16, 2005
"A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001 -- something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.
The document, obtained this week by The Washington Post, shows that officials from Exxon Mobil Corp., Conoco (before its merger with Phillips), Shell Oil Co. and BP America Inc. met in the White House complex with the Cheney aides who were developing a national energy policy, parts of which became law and parts of which are still being debated.
In a joint hearing last week of the Senate Energy and Commerce committees, the chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips said their firms did not participate in the 2001 task force. The president of Shell Oil said his company did not participate "to my knowledge," and the chief of BP America Inc. said he did not know.
Chevron was not named in the White House document, but the Government Accountability Office has found that Chevron was one of several companies that "gave detailed energy policy recommendations" to the task force. In addition, Cheney had a separate meeting with John Browne, BP's chief executive, according to a person familiar with the task force's work; that meeting is not noted in the document.
The task force's activities attracted complaints from environmentalists, who said they were shut out of the task force discussions while corporate interests were present. The meetings were held in secret and the White House refused to release a list of participants. The task force was made up primarily of Cabinet-level officials. Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club unsuccessfully sued to obtain the records."
HERE
Uh-huh...Who is the one running up to try and kick the football again, Charlie Brown?
Bingo.The fucking government already collects billions a year in state and federal gas and excise taxes that are supposed to be for the upkeep of our roads. That should be enough to keep all of our roads and bridges in good repair.
The reason that our roads and bridges are falling apart is not the lack of funding but rather the fucking idiots in government that waste it all.
I could have sworn that the stimulus bill that O pushed was for infrastructure. 800billion later and we're still talking about it? Sorry, he ruined that one.
The fucking government already collects billions a year in state and federal gas and excise taxes that are supposed to be for the upkeep of our roads. That should be enough to keep all of our roads and bridges in good repair.
The reason that our roads and bridges are falling apart is not the lack of funding but rather the fucking idiots in government that waste it all.
Now you listen up, liberal bumpkin.Uh-huh...Who is the one running up to try and kick the football again, Charlie Brown?
Listen up Oddball.
I try to civil on these boards and when someone is right I tell them that they are right as I did with you on this thread and other threads.
But your MO on these boards is quite well known. You're one of these people who just can't stop themselves from being an ass.
Finally, this country's infrastructure seriously needs addressing. I bet you can't find any expert on infrastructure that would disagree with that statement. But because the government would be involved, you're content to let the US infrastructure to just keep on deteriorating.
Ideology over country,,,that's you in a nutshell.
The fucking government already collects billions a year in state and federal gas and excise taxes that are supposed to be for the upkeep of our roads. That should be enough to keep all of our roads and bridges in good repair.
The reason that our roads and bridges are falling apart is not the lack of funding but rather the fucking idiots in government that waste it all.
Civil engineering group says US infrastructure underfunded
Yahoo! Groups
I guess it's a case of one's version of "lack of funding"?
Why did Rome fall?...Lack of funding.The fucking government already collects billions a year in state and federal gas and excise taxes that are supposed to be for the upkeep of our roads. That should be enough to keep all of our roads and bridges in good repair.
The reason that our roads and bridges are falling apart is not the lack of funding but rather the fucking idiots in government that waste it all.
Civil engineering group says US infrastructure underfunded
Yahoo! Groups
I guess it's a case of one's version of "lack of funding"?
I could have sworn that the stimulus bill that O pushed was for infrastructure. 800billion later and we're still talking about it? Sorry, he ruined that one.Yeah....."conservatives" came-to-the-rescue....right??
Why did Rome fall?...Lack of funding.The fucking government already collects billions a year in state and federal gas and excise taxes that are supposed to be for the upkeep of our roads. That should be enough to keep all of our roads and bridges in good repair.
The reason that our roads and bridges are falling apart is not the lack of funding but rather the fucking idiots in government that waste it all.
Civil engineering group says US infrastructure underfunded
Yahoo! Groups
I guess it's a case of one's version of "lack of funding"?
SHEEEEESH!![]()
I could have sworn that the stimulus bill that O pushed was for infrastructure. 800billion later and we're still talking about it? Sorry, he ruined that one.Yeah....."conservatives" came-to-the-rescue....right??