Friday, August 17, 2007

The Ghoul And The Fool

Captain's Quarters: The Ghoul And The Fool

"A day after the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, Sen. Patty Murray joined other
Senate Democrats to accuse the Bush administration of failing to maintain the
country's bridges. And she had a dynamite anecdote: 'I have learned of a bridge
where school buses have to stop and let all of the children out and pick them up
on the other side because of weight restrictions.' The Hill reports that the
anecdote was quickly repeated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: 'The
children have to walk across the bridge!' he declared in outrage."


First of all, this story reeks of crap. What kind of community would allow such a thing to take place? Where is this bridge, and if the bridge can't hold the weight of the kids and the bus - how does other traffic cross the bridge? If there were any business of a substantial nature on the other side of the bridge, do they have to unload their delivers and walk them across the bridge? I don't buy this story for a second... (I wonder if they let the bus drive over first, and wait for the kids - or if the kids walk over and wait for the bus to cross)

Second, the Bush administration is not responsible for every bridge in the country. If the light goes on the corner I am not going to call and ask Bush to come and replace it. It is the cities job to maintain the lights, and if that bridge is on a city street it is the cities job to maintain it, if it is a county road - it is the counties.

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