You of course have followed the tragedy that happened in Minnesota. What�s that Eye?
What�s that? The bridge collapse? You�re somewhat correct, the real tragedy is the blame game. That in the end will be more tragic than the bridge. Pathetic, but that�s the mainstream media.
Of course it was Bush�s fault. . .
I will lead with this story just to keep in stride with the rest of the reporting. Not that I go along with the media, I have my own take.
Blaming begins in Minneapolis
bridge
collapse; By Todd Melby; Reuters
No one yet blamed it on global warming, but hang on, eventually they will.
Politicians trying to account for
one
of the worst bridge collapses in U.S. history
cast blame ranging from engineering
faults to the Iraq war on Friday, while divers
tried to reach the bodies of more
victims in the Mississippi River's treacherous
waters.
The Iraq war causation is a stretch, but hey, we�re talking liberals here. Anything is possible.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a
Minnesota Democrat, suggested Bush
administration spending on the Iraq war
may have crimped funding for domestic
projects such as road and bridge
construction, and for such infrastructure
projects as new levees for New Orleans.
Levees in New Orleans? Stay with me on this one now.
"We've spent $500 billion in Iraq
and
we have bridges falling down in this country,"
Klobuchar told MSNBC. "I see a connection
between messed-up priorities."
Not to mention that the state of Minnesota is swimming in excess revenue from taxpayers.
President George W. Bush is
scheduled to tour the scene on Saturday.
Let�s look at this logically. The NYC twin towers was an inside job and blown up by the Bush administration. New Orleans was an inside job and the levees were blown up by the Bush administration. Hang on to your butts here folks, we have to hear from the conspiracy theorists who have yet to claim that the bridge was blown up by the Bush administration. Just another inside job. Bush also has a pattern of visiting the disaster areas shortly after these bombs wreak their havoc. Nothing like a bomb or two to help floundering poll numbers. Ask Billie-bob Clinton. He used them to cover a little extra-curriculor activities with his willie and a cigar. You don�t think Bush was smart enough to come up with this bombing strategy on his own, do you?
Okay, let�s play Rodney Dangerfield tag. I take the mainstream media comments and throw a one-liner at it. Our first story:
I'm late,� cried the White Rabbit
Here is a AP story on flight delays.
Flight delays at worst level in 13
years; By ALAN ZIBEL, AP Business Writer;
Mon Aug 6, 2007
... the industry's on-time
performance in the first six months of the
year was its worst since 1995...
...worsening delays is that demand
for air travel is rising...
Reports of mishandled baggage and
complaints...
...the increased delays on a lack of
a modern satellite-based air traffic control
system...
I�m sure it�s nothing to do with additional
security.....
The industry, along with the
Federal
Aviation Administration, has been pushing for
a sweeping upgrade to the existing
radar-based system, but has been caught up
in an intense political battle over who will
foot the bill...
Hehehe, yeah, when in doubt, follow the money, but in either case as to who pays, the airlines or government, the traveller and/or taxpayer foot the bill.
The liberal conundrum
For all you animal lovers here is one for you.
It's cats vs. rare bird in N.J.
town
By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer;
August 5, 2007
Cats are as much a part of this
seaside town's genteel culture...
They're also suspect No. 1 in
many
deaths of the endangered piping plover, a
fist-sized, white-and-brown fuzzball
of a bird that has closed beaches and
stopped development projects...
With only 115 pairs of piping
plovers
left in the state, the federal government may
intervene on the side of the
birds...
"This is a very emotional issue;
this
really is a cat town," said resident Pat
Peckham.
"I think the cats are more of a
nuisance than anything else," said resident Bill
Schemel. "They're killing endangered
birds that belong out here.
Cat lovers across the country are
keeping watch so strays aren't sent to
shelters, where most are euthanized if
they can't find a home.
Why can�t you people see the real problem in this issue? You are so stupid, it�s George Bush and global warming. Warm weather breeds cats and birds (and liberals).
It�s the bottom of the 9th...
For all you sport enthusiasts:
Six coal miners trapped in Utah
mine
collapse By James Nelson; Aug 6, 2007
Six miners were trapped in the
collapse of a coal mine in central Utah on
Monday...
"They could be in a chamber that
is
1,000 feet long or they could be dead,"
Murray said, adding that "time is of the
essence."
Concerns about mine safety in
the
United States resurfaced last year when 12
miners were killed in an explosion at
International Coal Group's Sago mine in West
Virginia.
(I�m not making light of the situation of the miners and the bridge or life and death, don�t misunderstand me, please.) If you look at it, a bridge crashes across the Mississippi which kills 5 and the liberals scream unsafe bridges and 70,000 bridges are classified as structurally damaged. It�s a way to raise taxes. Looking at the score here though, I�d have to say mining is the winner. Five people on that bridge at that time in that traffic, didn�t quite reach the tragedy level.
Time to move the goal posts
While on the sports analogy, here is another one for you:
Latest poll shows growing support
for
Iraq war policy; USAToday; August 8,
2007.
USA
TODAY's Susan
Page
reports that President Bush is making some
headway in arguing that the
increase in U.S. troops in Iraq is showing
military progress.
Analysis: Military Shows Gains in
Iraq; Aug, 2007; By ROBERT BURNS; AP
Military Writer
The new
U.S. military
strategy in Iraq, unveiled six months ago to
little acclaim, is
working.
Great news, isn�t it!!??
Iraqi Political Crisis Grows; Aug 6,
2007; By SAMEER N. YACOUB; Associated
Press Writer
Iraq's political crisis worsened
Monday as five more ministers announced a
boycott of Cabinet meetings leaving
the embattled prime minister's unity
government with no members affiliated
with Sunni political factions.
The mantra and goalposts have moved again. Whatever happened to, �Capturing Baghdad means nothing unless we get Saddam Hussein�, or �Now that we captured him, it means nothing if we can�t stop the insurgents�, or �The Iraqis need to govern themselves�? Looks to me like every success is being met with media failure.
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commentary by Grant Freerks. Copyright (c)2007
Grant Freerks.
