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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by Raoul
...and she hasn't told you she's leaving you for me yet?
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From: Buffalo NY
Originally Posted by dinty
lol...yeah saw this last night with the GF...I laughed and told her that the all great and powerful Kobi said this would happen..she asked who is Kobi...I had to tell her....women 
I bet she thinks hes a total dumbass.
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally Posted by T-B_MN
The current governor and senior senator from the great MN.
Pawlenty makes me wish we had Jesse Ventura again.
Pawlenty makes me wish we had Jesse Ventura again.
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From: Minnesota
Originally Posted by Odin's Wrath
Where'd those guys get their engineering degrees? Holding 2 jobs, elected official and bridge inspector, is quite laudable IMO.
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally Posted by T-B_MN
Well the bridge had been inspected before and was found that it needed repairs years ago.
An inspector can shut down a bridge to traffic if it's deemed unsafe. The governor, a senator, or the Prez of the United States have no say in the matter once it reaches that point. Nobody knew this was going to happen or the bridge would not have had traffic on it. Somebody screwed up; but, it was probably an honest mistake. A lot of finger pointing will happen before we all finally settle back down to that though.
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From: Minnesota
Originally Posted by CrAz3D
Wasnt it deemed crappy in 1990 and 1998 again?
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally Posted by CrAz3D
Wasnt it deemed crappy in 1990 and 1998 again?
The roads in Louisiana are crappy; but, you can still drive on them. If anyone thought the bridge was going to collapse, it would have been closed. Somebody (an engineer) screwed up in their assessment of just how bad the bridge was. Substandard doesn't necessarily mean unusable.
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From: N. Florida
It's been going here in Jax too. We have numerous big bridges here so this is on the news at least 7-10 minutes of a 30 minute newscast. One of our stations has the news on from 10pm - 11:30pm and they bring this up on every half hour segment with at least 2 different stories on it.
Yes this is a tragic event, but Enough is Enough!
Yes this is a tragic event, but Enough is Enough!
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From: Burleson, Texas
Originally Posted by paulv107
It's been going here in Jax too. We have numerous big bridges here so this is on the news at least 7-10 minutes of a 30 minute newscast. One of our stations has the news on from 10pm - 11:30pm and they bring this up on every half hour segment with at least 2 different stories on it.
Yes this is a tragic event, but Enough is Enough!
Yes this is a tragic event, but Enough is Enough!
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by CrAz3D
I'm glad I'm relatively safe here! Even if our biggest bridge in town were to collapse I could still drive right through the river (assuming the rubble fell into nice strategic locations)