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August 2, 2007 at 11:24:24

Collapse of Minneapolis Bridge is Metaphor for Insecurity, Danger

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The collapse into the Mississippi River of a Minneapolis bridge during heavy rush hour traffic is a fitting metaphor for the danger and insecurity that American government places its citizens in by failing to invest in infrastructure and improve aging structural elements of the nation's transportation, energy, and public utilities systems.

What is more mundane than driving home from work? What is more extraordinary than literally falling off a road because the government has failed to make the needed investments and improvements to aging national infrastructure?

Another failure of government to provide for the basic needs of its citizenry.

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Martin Zehr is an American political writer in the San Francisco area. He spent 8 years working as a volunteer water planner for the Middle Rio Grande region. http://www.waterassembly.org
His article on the Kirkuk Referendum has been printed by the Kurdish Regional Government, http://www.moera-krg.org/articles/detail.asp?smap=01030000&lngnr=12&anr=12121&rnr=140 Another article was reprinted in its entirety by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) http://www.puk.org/web/htm/news/nws/news0...

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Martin ZehrMartin Zehr is an American political writer in the San Francisco area. He spent 8 years working as a volunteer water planner for the Middle Rio Grande region. http://www.waterassembly.org
His article on the Kirkuk Referendum has been printed by the Kurdish Regional Government, http://www.moera-krg.org/articles/detail.asp?smap=01030000&lngnr=12&anr=12121&rnr=140 Another article was reprinted in its entirety by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) http://www.puk.org/web/htm/news/nws/news0...

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Y'all Better Believe It!

London Bridge has fallen down. Let's deal with it politically. Stop thinking Democrats are capable of leadership and look for a new option. Pay attention to the Bloomberg option this election cycle. His congestion tax proposal is ahead of the curve.

by Martin Zehr (38 articles, 2 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 77 comments) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 12:37:37 PM

Constance Lavender is an HIV-Positive pseudonymous freelance e-journalist from a little isle off the coast of Jersey; New Jersey, that is...In the Best spirit of Silence Dogood and Benj. Franklin, Ms. Lavender believes that a free country is premised on a free press.
Constance LavenderConstance Lavender is an HIV-Positive pseudonymous freelance e-journalist from a little isle off the coast of Jersey; New Jersey, that is...In the Best spirit of Silence Dogood and Benj. Franklin, Ms. Lavender believes that a free country is premised on a free press.

Thanks for your comment....

Why isn't Bloomberg just another opportunist?

by Constance Lavender (82 articles, 0 quicklinks, 83 diaries, 213 comments) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 12:59:33 PM

Robert Chapman is greatly interested in developing political awareness among as many people as possible.
Robert ChapmanRobert Chapman is greatly interested in developing political awareness among as many people as possible.

infra-structure repair a necessity

The need to re-build the American infrastructure is pressing.

But before we begin throwing money out to reconstruct the current system, we really need to stop and ask ourselves whether we are well served by the power grid, the highway system and the other components of the American infrastructure.

Maybe it is time to de-centralize power generation and make transmission of current less of an issue.

Maybe it is time to re-think the transportation system that promotes sprawl, high levels of fuel consumption and urban grid lock.

We might think about

financing the reinvestment,

quantifying externality costs, (the cost of side effects, like the air pollution produced by massive numbers of automobiles crawling through rush hour traffic),

the effects of deregulation,

mass transit,

local renewable power generation and

land use planning for starters.

by Robert Chapman (28 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 556 comments) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 4:01:15 PM