Comments on: Minneapolis Bridge Collapses

By: Link

Link — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:59:10 +0000

So much for the Taggart Bridge. Good Bye… Amerika.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:16:58 +0000

I just want to say, I appreciate all you folks that are thinking about us here in the Twin Cities. I appreciate the comments.

One big positive about this is that it makes you reorganize your priorities. It makes you ask… What is the best use of the of my resources? Time? Money? Community? What should I be doing now that I may be putting off until it collapses? My health? My marriage? My family? My community? My finances? My life?

By: Harveen

Harveen — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:47:26 +0000

What a senseless tragedy! My heart goes out those who lost their loved ones and I’m thankfull it wasnt much worse as It could have been.

It’s so inspiring to see communities come together at times like this, but I wonder at the officials that allowed something like to happen. And, I’m sure somewhere along the line, it’ll come out that this bridge had problems that weren’t addressed. How sad.

By: Mark Silver

Mark Silver — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:20:32 +0000

Just saying my hearts and prayers are with the community. We have a bridge here in Portland that is rated as extremely unstable- it’s not a major bridge, but it gets its fair share of traffic. And, it’s a huge drop into the Willamette- “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”

After working as a paramedic for years, I know there is a such a slim line between who is caught in tragedy, and who walks away.

So, to repeat myself: my prayers and thoughts are with everyone affected in any way.

By: AdventureDad

AdventureDad — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:13:39 +0000

TErrible stuff. Incredible that not more people were injured. Sadly, I think mit shows that the infrastructure across teh country is in bad shape and getting worse. The longer we wait with fixing it, the more expensive it will get.

This time it wasn’t even flood and the bridge still collapsed. Funny people are blaming this on Bush. I don’t like him but is it really a good idea to blame everything in the world on him? WHat happened to a little accountability?

Nice weekend

By: Alex Ion

Alex Ion — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:05:13 +0000

I’ve been thinking recently how important community help is.

You give something to the community, you pay taxes and stuff like. If they are there for you when you need it, that’s the greatest thing.

Kudos for those rescuers, for those that donated even a few cents and for those that had at least good words about these guys.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:46:40 +0000

@MBD,

I am no fan of GWB. But the political bullshit that is already happening is sick. I’m so weary of politicians. They have no shame.

By: Minneapolis Bridge Disaster

Minneapolis Bridge Disaster — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:06:56 +0000

I just wish people would have waited until all the bodies were out of the water before blaming it all on Bush.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:16:04 +0000

Don’t worry Ed…
It’s already been politicized. People are saying the government isn’t spending enough on transportation and infrastructure. I’m not going to argue that they are wrong, but they are also talking about the need to raise taxes to pay for it. No! Our state, federal, and local governments have more money than any empire in history. Giving them more will only fuel the beast. What we need is a law that says they can’t freaking borrow any more and force them to use the money efficiently.

You are right Ed…
The first thing to give up is stadium money, then money to build theaters, then the money that subsidizes giant corporations like Wal-Mart. Then work your way down from there. The problem isn’t that the government has too little, the problem is that it does too much and spends too much. it does all this glamorous stuff and doesn’t do the basic things it should be doing because it’s invisible grunt work.

Governor Pawlenty, who I’ve met, and is actually a pretty good guy (but he has done a lot of things I disagree with) is going to be thrashed for this. The State of Minnesota has had massive spending increases under Pawlenty, many years in the double digits, but his critics still scream that it isn’t enough. That is why I can’t see giving the socialists anything. It is never enough. Nothing will get them off you back. Accept it… they are insatiable.

But the Jesse Ventura administration is far more culpable. He lobbied for and spent billions on a light rail system that carries about 100 people at a time from the Mall of America to downtown Minneapolis. We could have rebuilt every deficient bridge in the state for the amount of money he spent on one stupid 15 mile stretch of railway. And Jesse had the gaul to call himself a Libertarian. What kind of Libertarian spends billions on a totally useless train that had no change of alleviating traffic congestion and loses money every time it runs?

By: Ed Snyder

Ed Snyder — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:33:31 +0000

As much as I hate to politicize this, it would be nice if the good people of the Twin Cities would reconsider giving so much of their (and their involuntary neighbors’) money to millionaires by building the Twins a new ballpark, and maybe instead put some of that money into fixing aging infrastructure.