Well there goes the economy

[piece-itpete]

I do recall Bush being blamed for the bridge.

Very little of the stimulus is being used for infrastructure iirc.

Pete

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

You forgot the cattlecars that had come for all of the illegals. and then when that happened unabated, they started looking around for whomever else they've been dying to get rid of for so long.

Hope you don't mind me steeling that and adding it to my rhetorical arsonal. Quite on ponit.

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I do recall Bush being blamed for the bridge.

Very little of the stimulus is being used for infrastructure iirc.

Pete

This article, which bashes the stimulus, says $100 Billion is going to infrastructure.

http://www.propublica.org/special/st...-chart-and-map

[doucanoe]

The I35 bridge collapse was a tragedy but I don't recall any conversation about blaming it on union workers. The bridge had passed inspections but rated a 4 on a scale of 1-9 I believe with 9 being a perfect score and 0 being a complete shut down. It came down due to gusset plate failure caused by all the added stress of the work that was being done on the bridge at that time.

I hope it has changed the way in which we evaluate inspection data nationally. I don't consider maintaining infrastructure a "program", just work that needs to be done. Putting aside where we are at today, this is the kind of thing that our government dollars should be spent on. I guess other programs have been deemed more important.


RC

[piece-itpete]

Assuming the stimulus was 750 bil (I think it's 850) that's 13%. Should've been 99% imo, at least spend it on something permanent!

Gosh, you Dems love the doomsday GOP scenarios

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Hope you don't mind me steeling that and adding it to my rhetorical arsonal. Quite on ponit.

Have at it, Ed.

[doucanoe]

I think we should embrace all illegals and encourage more. In fact why don't we just drop the whole US citizen/Illegal Alien thing and have a dang Hootenanny! I mean after all, how dare us lay claim to any chunk of land when we are actually a global citizens of the one united planet. Line starts on the left.

Your actually comparing peoples concerns about the amount of illegals in this country and the inherent ecomomic affects to Hitlers Germany???

RC

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Have at it, Ed.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by doucanoe

I think we should embrace all illegals and encourage more. In fact why don't we just drop the whole US citizen/Illegal Alien thing and have a dang Hootenanny! I mean after all, how dare us lay claim to any chunk of land when we are actually a global citizens of the one united planet. Line starts on the left.

Your actually comparing peoples concerns about the amount of illegals in this country and the inherent ecomomic affects to Hitlers Germany???

RC

Wow, it works really well!

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by doucanoe

I think we should embrace all illegals and encourage more.

Reagan did.

Your actually comparing peoples concerns about the amount of illegals in this country and the inherent ecomomic affects to Hitlers Germany???

Joe Arpaio
Tom Tancredo
Shawna Forde

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by doucanoe

I think we should embrace all illegals and encourage more. In fact why don't we just drop the whole US citizen/Illegal Alien thing and have a dang Hootenanny! I mean after all, how dare us lay claim to any chunk of land when we are actually a global citizens of the one united planet. Line starts on the left.

(Hmmmm actually that sounds pretty damn good. So long as the rest of the world does the same.)

Your actually comparing peoples concerns about the amount of illegals in this country and the inherent ecomomic affects to Hitlers Germany???

(Tongue-in-cheek humor tinged with a pinch of seriousness. It's okay when Beck does it. Right?)

RC

Regards,
Dave