So, I admit, I am not very political. I vote and that is the extent of my political side but recently my dear friend j.Lo got me thinking about the war. It also didn't help that for the last eight or so weeks I have been taking a Modern Civ class which pretty much has a high level of content on war. I have come to realize that it is pretty selfish for leaders to risk the lives of hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of people for sake of a political agenda.
Where am I going with all of this? Well, for the last 24 hours I have been watching a fair deal of the news in regard to the bridge collapse in MN. At first I watched out of concern because I have a dear friend who is there currently and I couldn't initially get a hold of her to find out she was okay. But she did end up contacting me and informing me she was in fact heading for that bridge when she got a call from a friend and turned around. Praise God she hadn't left a little sooner for her travels to the store.
Anyways, another friend of mine posted a my space bullitin on the bridge. I found it very sad that there are 73,864 bridges in the US right now that are rated structually deficient just like this bridge. The US currently spends 2 billion dollars annually to repair these bridges, however 9 billion is needed yearly in order to keep up with the repairs of these bridges. So, other bridges could potentially give way any day while we are spending all of our additional resources fighting a war that should have ended ages ago. Can someone tell me how that makes sense? Now we are not only losing lives at war but also in bridge collapses because we are not allocating our resources properly.
Okay, I just wanted to vent. This political tyrant is done. Until next time...
1 comment:
Study war and the lives lost in each of the last major wars. Media doesn't tell the whole story. 3,000 lives compared to other wars, especially of this deration is a very low loss, very low.
To compare needs at home with needs to secure saftey is not always acuate as well. New Orlean is a perfect example. The $$ was there to secure the dikes many times, but polititians used the money on other things. All in the name of social concern instead of practical concern. Yet they blamed those who wanted to solve the problem before it became a problem. They unfortunately recieved the media's spotlight once again.
I drove that bridge last October for our Regional meeting at least 4 or five times!
Even the New York City blown up street a week or so ago was due to local government not doing it's job caring for it's own infastructure. It isn't always national problem.
To think the government is to always be the savior of the people is not wise thought. It leads to people following the likes of a Hilary feel good Clinton or Kennedy, I wasn't drunk when the woman died in my car in the river or even Oh don't I look good and sound good Barrama...cause I will take care of you.
Mike
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