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Echotrail Donating Member (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 09:25 PM
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Gov. Pawlenty looking forward to Monday morning?
Two major bridge stories to confront:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/minnesota.bridge/?iref=mpstoryview
Minnesota bridge ordered closed for safety concerns

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003729371
'Star Tribune' Publishes Photos of Warping at Bridge -- Long Before It Collapsed

Must SUCK to be the governor who vetoed THREE transportation funding bills, eh?
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 09:34 PM
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1. As long as the MN Taxpayers League likes him, he sleeps well at night
And he still may be tapped for VP.
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burf Donating Member (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 09:35 PM
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2. But he didn't raise taxes!
So the Jason Lewis and Taxpayers League are happy. Screw them all, the idiots.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 11:24 PM
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3. Agreed
they are Morans! All of them.
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Avidor Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 05:12 AM
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4. Pawlenty's done a heckuva job
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 12:00 PM
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6. Contrast that image with:
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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 10:02 AM
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5. Pay no attention to the warping photos...
the bridge collapse is entirely the fault of the guys who designed it 40 years ago :sarcasm:

(it was originally designed for much less traffic and a lighter bridge deck)
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