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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:53 PM Original message |
Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh wonderful.... |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. And what is the Republican answer to this? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Infrastructure is always a difficult issue," Bush acknowledged. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "earmarks' are part of the problem. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. $11 billion is needed annually to replace aging drinking-water facilities. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. instead of throwing it into wars--lets have some nation building at home!! |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I don't like the way |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. that will not solve the problem if we continue to have earmakes (patchwork |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. The bridge situation is growing fast. |
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bandy (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I happened to meet an engineer |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. When republicans run things |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. First three lines...great bumper sticker. n/t |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. We'll know in November... nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Great Bumper Sticker! |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. oh wow ! |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wow. I guess all that tax money was used for something useful. . . |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "We need to think creatively." according to Hagel |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "think creatively" = privatize everything. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Republican future=toll roads, bottled water and irradiated food |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Hey, they can sell it all to the UAE and let them fix it! nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. A truly telling article... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. how much FARKING evesdropping are they DOING to consume |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Remember that Total (Terror) Information Awareness deal? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. "estimating that it would take $1.6 trillion over five years to fix |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. We're spending that amount every year in Iraq n/t |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. The GOP?? all we get from them are EXCUSES and blaming others |
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larrysh (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. So what.!!!!! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Collapsing infrastructure is dangerous and causes further waste |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. We need to build an infrastructure within an infrastructure |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. one of Bill Clinton's campaign themes was rebuilding our infrastructure n |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, we all know one thing for sure... |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Coasting on the past, looting the present and mortgaging the future |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. I have always said that the 80's and Reagonomics was the |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 02:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yes, Reaganonomics was the |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Benjamin Franklin's making more and more sense.. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. hey thanks, great quote. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. W's plan for turning the US into a banana republic |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. To quote David Byrne: "Things fall apart, it's scientific." |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Fighting entropy costs money |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. Experts agree that power transmission lines (almost all date from FDR) |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. To be deprived of the promises of the unsustainable, |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. American is going down like the USSR |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. proud to be the 5th |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. The answer is simple. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. Issac Asimov did this in "Foundation" |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. i've been saying that awhile now |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. Who needs roads, bridges, electricity, clean water and hospitals? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thankfully we're bringing democracy to Iraq to the tune of $195M per day |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 03:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Caligula ran the Roman treasury dry |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. taking care of the infrastructure SHOULD BE job one |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Looks like we can put another point on the board for OBL then. Bushco |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. That's what you get with deregulation |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. Maintenance isn't "sexy".. |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. But we need more wars to get Gasoline! Who cares if the bridges |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
54. A grim opportunity |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. Coming apart?! falling apart |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. This fits in with the piece that I heard on NPR about |
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