Comments on: I35w Bridge Collapses

By: wayno

wayno — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:41:51 +0000

Kevs, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to accept any of your “we *want* to fund infrastructure, but you lousy liberals make us spend money on schools and welfare instead!” bullshit until you tell me how many bridges the money spent in Iraq could fix here. stfu and goodbye.

By: Catherine T

Catherine T — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:25:50 +0000

I live in the near vicinity of the bridge collapse and took it each day. I am absolutely appalled at the amazing insensitivity shown by hundreds of people feeling the need to get as close as they can to the collapse site. This has been a slow season for St. Anthony Mainnow there are thousands of gawkers taking up the road, sidewalks, clutching their cameras and binoculars. I am sickened at the hundreds of groups of families with little children that make an outing out of this whole tragedysmiling and laughing under umbrellas, licking ice cream cones, posing for photos. I feel this is a great disrespect to the victims of this event and to the individuals still trapped underneath the wreckage. This is not a tourist attraction& Save your gas and ice cream money and donate it to a worthy cause instead.

By: Shan

Shan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:14:16 +0000

Also, I feel the same way about the miners in Utah! its their job, oh well! Hopefully their found alive, if not who cares!

By: Shan

Shan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:05:00 +0000

Another human im from NJ, where 4 promising KIDS got shot and killed! And when you look at headlines of newspapers all you see is this completely unimportant event of a bridge that fell! A bridge collapsed and maybe 5-10 people died, big fucking deal. 320 people just died of floods in asia in one day. I saw the smoke from the WTC, that was a big deal. Not some small bridge in MN, where in reality only about 50 lives are really affected. And those would be the family and friends of those people, not you! Fix your bridge and move the fuck on!!!!

By: Another human being

Another human being — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:04:13 +0000

Shant: Lived here very long? Got any family or friends you care about? Neighbors? Slight acquaintances? Anyone? Got even a molecule of compassion for others in your peabrain? Didn't think so. Otherwise you couldn't be so cavalier with your "don't give a shit" attitude.

You're an idiot...or hopefully just a troll.

Fuck you.

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:03:34 +0000

Has anyone observed journalists in the area moving beyond descriptions of the collapse? In other words, are any local journalists or other news outlets empowering the public with prescriptions that will help people get invloved to help prevent this type of thing from happening in the future?

My thoughts on this topic are here – http://robdubinski.wordpress.com/

By: Shant

Shant — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:30:37 +0000

Are you people kidding? Its a bridge, it fell, and more than a few people died! GET OVER IT ALREADY, WHO CARES.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:53:41 +0000

Speaking on Don Shelby's radio show yesterday, Metro Commission honcho Peter Bell floated the interesting idea that the 35W new bridge could be rebuilt to carry both cars and the Central Corridor light rail train. He noted the challenges of the plan (the feds, by law, can only pay for rebuilding, not greatly enhancing a fallen bridge). Here's why they are considering a dual-purpose bridge.

By: JC65

JC65 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:18:06 +0000

The PiPress is reporting that MNDOT wants a 10 lane wide, pedestrian friendly replacement bridge, but the don't have many details yet.

Link

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:54:54 +0000

"See, that's what I mean by you can't let the press take an assumption and turn it into a fact. How about excessive spending on non-essential government as a key reason? How about that the whole point of no-new-taxes small government is to focus our spending on things like infrastructure because such things are what he form governments to do in the first place? How about questioning those who continue to push for expanded government about whether or not the billions we pour into their programs could be at fault for detiorating infrastructure?

But no. We'll just take as fact that all other spending is wholly appropriate and beyond debate, choosing instead to adopt the belief that the state of infrastructure is solely due to whether or not we are willing to raise taxes and forcing those who believe we should not into defending themselves, giving everyone else a pass."

OK, spell it out: Which governmental programs are you going to eliminate in order to shift funds without raising taxes.

Whose kids are you going to "stack deep and teach cheap?"

Which nursing home residents are you going to be park on the curb as you lock the doors on the homes?

Which neighborhoods are you going to be abandon to the Crips?

Which of the disabled are you going to tell, "sucks to be you, but we're not going to do anything to ensure that you can particpate in society.

Which of the uninsured are you going to be tell to check into a hospice because you're not willing to have taxes help cover the costs of their dialysis, or insulin, or chemotherapy.

You can spout all you want about "non-essential", but when it comse down to it, these are the choices you're going to be making.