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51. Elect Obama and take back Congress, then we'll get it done. n/t

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 07:52 AM

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Once again I am watching The Crumbling of America and all I can think about is.... [View all] WCGreen Sep 2012 OP

So it's time to join the 99% and take America back for the people. No? n/t Cleita Sep 2012 #1

How? Doctor_J Sep 2012 #42

President Obama can't get much done with all the obstruction in Congress, Cleita Sep 2012 #45

He had huge majorities in 2009-2010 and improvements were meager Doctor_J Sep 2012 #48

He faced a Blue dog infestation. Zalatix Sep 2012 #49

C R U M B L I N G n/t Tansy_Gold Sep 2012 #2

This lap top I post with has serious key board problems... WCGreen Sep 2012 #5

Hey "Kurt".. pangaia Sep 2012 #34

ahhh, I see the spell checker did get you 2pooped2pop Sep 2012 #52

That's the plan I'm afraid. mmonk Sep 2012 #3

All it would take is cloning Eisenhower - truedelphi Sep 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #7

True. The guys came home from the war and started families. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #30

Actually it started in 1980. pangaia Sep 2012 #35

I'm watching too. Brigid Sep 2012 #6

Republicans are very much in favor of it. ieoeja Sep 2012 #19

It is what they want. Xyzse Sep 2012 #8

That's just what they tell the public bongbong Sep 2012 #10

I agree Xyzse Sep 2012 #11

'right into their pockets' - yes, since contractors are GOP closeupready Sep 2012 #28

I honestly think there is a large segment of our population that believes CrispyQ Sep 2012 #13

Posting this again incase you missed it before. Two important links nanabugg Sep 2012 #9

They are rebuilding a huge new bridge here in Cleveland. It snakes over the Cuyahoga River Valley WCGreen Sep 2012 #16

There was a TV show on the History channel a year or so ago, CrispyQ Sep 2012 #12

I remember that show. I think it was a bridge over the Ohio River connecting WCGreen Sep 2012 #15

I was in Denver a few years back when a piece of highway overpass CrispyQ Sep 2012 #18

Just think how many people we could get to work and how WCGreen Sep 2012 #20

I remember that show too. Brigid Sep 2012 #38

Stop worrying. The GOP will fix the infrastructure nichomachus Sep 2012 #14

I am in a fairly large southern city and we have NO high speed Amtrak or train service to K Gardner Sep 2012 #17

I've been riding the bus for a few years now & they cut service to my community CrispyQ Sep 2012 #21

What happened here in Cleveland is they guessed wrong about where WCGreen Sep 2012 #23

Airlines lobby HARD against any sort of national rail. closeupready Sep 2012 #29

Oil lobby is also against rail lines, would reduce oil demand. nt julian09 Sep 2012 #39

You are really on to something. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #22

Yes, it more or less is a criminal takeover of our government, and our democracy. silvershadow Sep 2012 #24

Great write up...except Did I Just Type This Sep 2012 #25

They also use that money to pay down the debt used to fund a lot of WCGreen Sep 2012 #40

One of the best posts I've seen October Sep 2012 #26

"...purchase the public highways..." ret5hd Sep 2012 #27

WCG I agree with your: It's a criminal act not to fund public works so that the privateers can take midnight Sep 2012 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Sep 2012 #32

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Where's the money going to come from? jtuck004 Sep 2012 #33

Planned obsolescence? OSPREYXIV Sep 2012 #36

Oklahoma is a prime example. BlueToTheBone Sep 2012 #37

This is why some of us don't jump for joy at voting for another "centrist" Doctor_J Sep 2012 #41

Do you honestly believe that if a progressive was in the White House, WCGreen Sep 2012 #43

Do YOU honestly believe that there will be a progressive any time soon? Doctor_J Sep 2012 #47

I honestly believe that a lot of money could be diverted toward infrastructure WCGreen Sep 2012 #50

You ain't wrong. nt DCKit Sep 2012 #44

god, another thing i hadn't thought of, but that's their usual game plan -- stop funding it, then HiPointDem Sep 2012 #46

Elect Obama and take back Congress, then we'll get it done. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #51

Gee. If the banks collapse, there'll be no money left to screw America with, or the planet. Octafish Sep 2012 #53