Tim Pawlenty's legacy

[malaise]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerQhIyOwxM
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n the aftermath of the incident, federal officials alerted states to immediately inspect all bridges similar to the Minneapolis bridge.

Minnesota officials were warned as early as 1990 that the bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River was "structurally deficient," yet they relied on patchwork repairs and stepped-up inspections that unraveled amid a thunderous plunge of concrete and automobiles.

"There are some unbelievable testimonials and stories involving a number of those people … people who were pinned (under steel and concrete), people who were partly crushed who told emergency workers to 'say hello' (or) 'say goodbye' " to friends or relatives. "It was an amazing, amazing scene."

The steel-arched bridge, which was built in 1967, rose about 64 feet above the river and stretched about 1,900 feet across the water. The bridge was built with a single 458-foot-long steel arch to avoid putting any piers in the water that might interfere with river navigation.

The Department of Transportation's National Bridge Inventory database shows that the 40-year-old bridge was rated as "structurally deficient" two years ago and possibly in need of replacement.

Pawlenty is not a bridge over troubled waters! He burned his bridges.

[Blue Owl]

1. T-Paw wants to help crumble YOUR infrastructure

Why should Minnesota be the only state blessed by the invisible hand of T-Paw?

I wanna see bridges crumbling in all 49 states.

:sarcasm:

[damntexdem]

2. I've got pawlenty of nothin'

And nothin's pawlenty for thee.

;-)

[malaise]

5. Hehehehehe

:evilgrin:

[rsmith6621]

3. And Don't Forget Jesse V as well...

[struggle4progress]

4. Let our bridges all fall down, all fall down, all fall down! Let our bridges all fall down,

Tim Pawlenty!

[Fly by night]

7. LOL!!

[Skidmore]

6. Now he just told Iowans that

he was Moses and parted the Red Sea on a dime without one drop of water being misplaced. What are you talking about?

[malaise]

8. LOL

He didn't? :evilgrin:

[Skidmore]

9. Yup and then he mentioned something about a bridge....

I just e-mailed him on his campaign site and told him that I remembered a certain bridge and that I didn't think he could be trusted on the issue of infrastructure.