| who is to blame for the I-35 bridge collapse?

who is to blame for the I-35 bridge collapse?

pretzelman5000 asked:


the engineer report said it needed major work, so why did the politicians not put the money out to fix it?

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8 Responses to “who is to blame for the I-35 bridge collapse?”

  1. Kenny on May 23rd, 2009 12:50 am

    because then the terrorists win

  2. kittycarial on May 26th, 2009 11:09 am

    Well, I heard on the news the other day that it was “bird poop” that led to the collapse. The poop, I guess, caused corrosion, then rust. But it’s really the so called “officials”, who should have gotten on the ball to fix the poop problem who are to blame for the collapse.

    Why didn’t the politicians put money in the problem? Because they were too busy making their pockets fat to care about some insignificant bridge.

  3. Tinker on May 27th, 2009 7:44 pm

    Who else, George W! Isn’t that what you liberals really want to hear!

  4. gatorbait on May 30th, 2009 4:40 pm

    Pretty hard to pin the blame on any one item.

    It sounds like the bridge could have used a little more TLC over the years than it received, however the bridge collapsed during a major construction project which involved a lot of heavy equipment and cement trucks being on the bridge while it was being worked, so maybe it got overloaded. After 40 years of service, someone should have been more careful.

    I don’t imagine that we will know until the engineers get done with their investigations.

  5. oil field trash on June 2nd, 2009 7:47 pm

    Why don’t we wait to see what really caused the failure before we start assigning blame!!

    Everyone had an opinion, even me, but I’d like to see the results for a detailed study before making a final judgement.

  6. - on June 5th, 2009 11:49 pm

    You are to blame. You did not take a more active and hands on approach to your government. You have to make yourself AND OTHERS show up for public meetings, ask questions, file lawsuits. This is only your goverment if you take ownership of it. If you dont there are plenty of corporations, other nations, and corrupt politicians that will own it for you.

    You dont trust people enough to leave your house unlocked or your car unlocked or your kids alone with strangers. Why do you trust people you barely know wih your rights and your nation. Turn off your tv get off your but and take some responsibility or quit complaining.

  7. I don't think so on June 6th, 2009 12:04 am

    It is your fault.
    Bridges are paid for with tax money.
    Tax money comes from citizens.
    Citizens elect politicians to spend the money.

    Therefore, it is your fault, at least 3 different ways.

  8. nellbelle7 on June 8th, 2009 4:14 pm

    Misappropriation of budgets.

    Minnesotans decided to put their money into light rail (which nobody uses) or for a new Twins ballpark.

    I’m actually now ashamed to call myself a Minnesotan. 13 people died when the bridge collapsed, hundred injured.

    All we have to show for it is a new ballpark and a stupid monorail.