7 Years of Bush: The Walls Came Tumbling Down

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/30/7-years-of-bush-the-walls-came-tumbling-down/

by Mike Hall, Jan 30, 2008

The economy is not the only thing crumbling around President Bush. After years of near neglect, so is the nation’s infrastructure.

He admitted Monday in his State of the Union address that there is “real concern” about the economy. But just as he did in his economic stimulus proposals, he made no mention of the nation’s deteriorating roads, bridges, dams, water and sewer systems.



Ed Wytkind, president of AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), says Bush once again:

failed to provide leadership regarding our nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure, for the eighth time in a row.

The Minneapolis bridge collapse in August was a horrific and vivid example of our infrastructure’s state of disrepair. How many bridges have to fall down before we make our transportation infrastructure a priority?

According to a recent report at Stateline.org, one-quarter of the nation’s 600,00 bridges need significant repair; one-third of the country’s major roadways are in substandard condition; and more than 3,300 dams are at risk of failure, with more than 1,300 of those being considered “high hazard” risks.

Donald F. Kettle, director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania tells Stateline.org:

Much of America is held together by Scotch Tape, baling wire and prayers.

FULL story at link.

[malaise]

1. Did you see this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2793423&mesg_id=2793423

[treestar]

2. "real concern" you mean he goes that far???

LOL, the Chimp had a slight brush with reality!

:rofl: