On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:24:51 -0500, "jmcquown" > wrote:

><RJ> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:58:43 -0500, "jmcquown"
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> ... so very sad, that some people are doing the very thing they've
>>> been railing against in this thread - suddenly ignoring the bridge
>>> collapse, the tragedy of the injured, the casualties and their
>>> grieving families and friends. Instead it's been turned into a
>>> *rabid* political debate. (sigh)
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> When bad things happen, it's natural to speculate;
>> "What caused this, how could it have been prevented"
>>
>> Unfortunately, Washington HAS been pre-occupied with
>> Iraq, and Afghanistan.
>>
>> And too many serious issues in America have gone unfunded, or
>> untended.
>>
>
>Even if the U.S. were not involved with foreign politics the bridge still
>would have collapsed. There's always going to be something with a "higher
>priority" than re-vamping every bridge in the country. They were
>resurfacing the bridge so money was at least being spent for *something* on
>it. I think it was a matter of possible design flaw and, as Sheldon
>mentioned, sub-standard materials being used during initial construction.
>He's absolutely right when he says many construction projects are not built
>to the original specs; substandard materials keep the contractor's costs
>down.
>
I'd believe that of New York, Pennsylvania, Mass. ( and New Orleans )
East-coast politicians have a long history of graft, corruption and theft.

Minnesotans don't steal public money.... they waste it !
I'd lean more toward the bridge braces made of platinum, rather than steel.


<rj>