August 5, 200719 yr I think the point she was trying to make is we have a list full of problems we could be blowing tax dollars on instead of a country that is now proven to not own any WMD's to harm us. I would rather donate my 20% to fixing up this country.
August 5, 200719 yr Duh, of course it was the presidents fault. I'm sure that Senator was pulling tooth and nail for the past several years trying to get more funding for bridges and roadways, but was told every time, "Sorry the money must go to our efforts in Iraq.":rolleyes: Yea that sounds about right.
August 5, 200719 yr Even more amazing is the fact she voted for more troop funding in January LINK What's sad(funny) about this is that most people will never know this, those that do will say she was just trying to do the right thing and that she didn't agree with the war in Iraq but does want "resolve".
August 5, 200719 yr In a time where both parties should be doing their best to figure out a way to fix the 12 percent of nationwide bridges that aren't in good shape, let's start blaming people. Just inexcusable and ridiculous.
August 5, 200719 yr Again you dodge the point. Do you believe that the Democrats should use this tragedy for political points. As I recall some on here were fairly critical of when OUR PRESIDENT even mentioned 9/11 during his re-election campaign. Are the Democrats now equally as reprehensible for politicizing this disaster and Katrina? Iraq has nothing to do with answering this question. Should the Democrats use this tragedy for political points. No, but the way politics are today, they will, and Republicans will do the same and have in the past. Its all a part of the political game to get the upper hand in a equally divided nation as we are on politics. As I recall some on here were fairly critical of that statement after the 2004 election, but two years later it didn't take much for a shift in power. Now the Dems are trying to build on it, and Republicans trying to get it back, and this is all a part of that.
August 5, 200719 yr Does ANYONE believe that the funds used for the war would have been designated for infrastructure? Not a chance. When was the last time before this tragedy that you heard any politician have it at the top of his/her priorities? Even here in NoKy you seldom hear about funds for the Brent Spence Bridge other than a newspaper article periodacally.
August 6, 200719 yr Does ANYONE believe that the funds used for the war would have been designated for infrastructure? Not a chance. When was the last time before this tragedy that you heard any politician have it at the top of his/her priorities? Even here in NoKy you seldom hear about funds for the Brent Spence Bridge other than a newspaper article periodacally. My friend, I'm not sure where you've been, but the political and business leadership in N. Ky and S. Ohio have been beating the Brent Spence rebuild drum hard and loud for the last several years and continue to do so.
August 8, 200719 yr Anyone else feel like our country would be better off if we were a "NO PARTY" system and every politician were independant???
August 8, 200719 yr Anyone else feel like our country would be better off if we were a "NO PARTY" system and every politician were independant???I do.
August 9, 200719 yr Anyone else feel like our country would be better off if we were a "NO PARTY" system and every politician were independant??? If only we would have listened to George Washington.
August 9, 200719 yr Infrastructure needs to be taken much more seriously than our lawmakers do now. Reading in the article, the nation's bridges received a passing C grade from the civil engineers while aviation, dams, drinking water, electric power grid and hazardous waste disposal systems all received D's. How bad are the others when we have a bridge collapse? Yes, there are plenty of things wrong with the country, except no one wants to pay more taxes so there is not enough money to go around. Everyone thinks that they know the best way to spend all of the nation's money, but no matter what something is going to get sacrificed.
August 10, 200719 yr My friend, I'm not sure where you've been, but the political and business leadership in N. Ky and S. Ohio have been beating the Brent Spence rebuild drum hard and loud for the last several years and continue to do so. It certainly doesn't get much press then. Go back and review the local media and see how often it's covered.
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