Hoodwinked on the Alaska Bridge to nowhere

[liberal N proud]

Funding for Alaskan Bridges Eliminated
Republicans Make Largely Symbolic Move in Reaction to Criticism of Transportation Spending
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The "Bridge to Nowhere," a pork-barrel project that has attracted a lot of unfavorable attention, may not be going anywhere for a while.

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As part of the deal, Alaska will get to keep the $454 million that Congress set aside for the two bridges, and technically the state can use the transportation funds for any project it chooses -- including the bridges.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602330.html


Psst: Lets tell the American people that we cut the funding for the bridges but we will let Alaska keep the money and they can do what ever they want with it.

Damn is smells in here!

[Me.]

1. How About We Tell Americans

How Congress just took back $100mil that was designated to be used for the ongoing health problems of the first responders at ground zero. How, NYC, who pays more taxes than Alaska has just been shafted so Alaska's Stevens can pull another of his bait and switches.

[liberal N proud]

2. And don't forget FEMA is stopping payment on Hotels for Katrina

victims Dec. 1

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. That's pretty weird, because Kruschev once said that

politicians are the same all over the world; they promise to build a bridge even where there was no river. Well, there may be a span of water, but with 50 inhabitans, it seems a mite expensive.

[WildClarySage]

4. Be so much cheaper to buy a ferry and fifty boats.

[Joe Chi Minh]

6. I reckon.

[tyedyeto]

5. So, when will Sen. Stevens resign?

Discussed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5372238