OMG! According to MSNBC, construction on a Missouri bridge JUST started...

[Fleshdancer]

due to the stimulus bill passing. :wow:

Norah quickly mentioned that this story just arrived on the wires. She then changed the subject to Bristol Palin. :eyes:

I'll update the bridge story as soon as I can.

UPDATE! Finally. Here's the link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfF6F3P1uuEsLDjE8LPDzYbpyQjAD96DIJNO0

The 1,000-foot-long bridge being replaced spans a Missouri River tributary about 30 miles southwest of the state Capitol in Jefferson City. It was built in 1933 but was closed to large trucks in 2007 because of structural concerns.

(Note from Fleshdancer: Can we start calling it the "Bridge To Somewhere"?)

[BlooInBloo]

1. hahahah!

EDIT: Sometimes you just have to laugh at the media's priorities.

[EmilyAnne]

2. But it involves sex and babies! America's two favorite things to obsess on, judge and politicize!

[blm]

3. heh...of course she did....

btw, Gloria.....can't believe you'd change your handle - especially since you're so well-known and highly-regarded.

[Fleshdancer]

6. I am?

The new handle is a funny reference to Jesus Camp. My last name will be changing soon so staying with "Gloria Smith" didn't make much sense to me.

I've been a terrible thread killer the past few week so your compliments mean a lot to me. Thank you so much blm.

[PDJane]

4. There are billions of dollars worth of spending on

infrastructure that can be dusted off, taken off the shelf, and used to put people directly to work.

The stuff is there, and every state in the union has this spending ready to go; no studies, no fuss, nothing that requires much more than bidding or hiring, if that.

Time to do this stuff.

[MineralMan]

5. Next, it'll be the Tallahatchie bridge in MS.

[TlalocW]

7. Good

Me, Bobbie Gentry, and Billy Joe have got a shitload of things we want to throw off of it. Stuff has been stockpiling.

TlalocW

[MineralMan]

9. Just you look out that I'm not under there catfishing now.

I don't want nothing hitting me. Just holler, and I'll move.

[TlalocW]

12. One of the things we'll be throwing is catfish

Billy Joe thinks it's "ironic."

TlalocW

[MineralMan]

13. Say, did Bobbie ever have that baby she was carrying around

so big and all?

[biscotti]

8. I bet Senator Claire McCaskill

had a little something ready to put on the burner.;-)

[elizfeelinggreat]

10. Someone tell Wolf!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5074586

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. No kidding. Leslie is such a media whore

And he's not too bright, to boot.

[Zomby Woof]

20. You do know Leslie is not his real name?

That was a joke started by Al Franken at a WH Correspondents Dinner early in the Clinton years. The transcript appears in his book "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot".

[devilgrrl]

11. Spending tax payer money on infrastructure is such Pork Barrel Spending!!!!

:sarcasm:

Gawd Forbid!!!

[onethatcares]

15. but, but, but, what's happening with

Bristol Palin?,:rofl: :rofl:

[Catshrink]

19. Or OctoMom? Or Michael Phelps?

And what was in Michelle's doggie bag Saturday night?

[Fleshdancer]

16. BRIDGE TO SOMEWHERE

I updated my OP with a link, but I felt the need to reply with my new name for this bridge. :D

[MadHound]

17. Our new Democratic governor, Jay Nixon, is on the ball

He's had these projects lined out for weeks, ready to go as soon as the money came through. Symbolically, starting out with a bridge is great, considering that the bridges in this state are really crap and starting to fall apart. There are some here in state that you utter a little prayer before crossing, though they have replaced one of the worst ones, the one across the Missouri River at Hermann, last year.

Wonder what's next, there's so much infrastructure, roads, bridges, etc. etc. it's hard to know where to prioritize, where to begin.

[Fgiriun]

18. Awesome

Not only will the construction of this bridge provide people with jobs but it will also serve to expand commerce and industry within the area once the project is complete.

[Earth_First]

21. Anyone care to venture a guess how Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) voted on the stimulus package?

This is his district MO-09

[Fleshdancer]

22. He'll probably be one of the republicans to take credit for it

even after voting against it:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/62181.html

WASHINGTON — Rep. John Mica was gushing after the House of Representatives voted Friday to pass the big stimulus plan.

"I applaud President Obama's recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America's future," the Florida Republican beamed in a press release.

Yet Mica had just joined every other GOP House member in voting against the $787.2 billion economic recovery plan.

:grr:

Pretty crazy, isn't it?