Monthly Archives: August 2007

Politicizing a disaster. Making “wildly unfair assertions”- by which is meant insisting that my political opponents be held accountable for their actions (and inactions). Being “partisan”. I’m sorry, I didn’t get the memo that these behaviors were only allowable if you were a Republican. When George Bush used 9-11 to justify everything from the war [...]

So, it looks like there is a liberal movement to scapegoat Gov. Tim Pawlenty for the I-35W collapse. First I heard about this angle through mailing lists and friends. Then I heard of Nick Coleman’s STrib article, which climaxes at these phrases: “In a word, it was avoidable. That means it should never have happened. [...]

That’s what the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River was called just last year. It needed to be replaced. But it wasn’t. Because that would have required- gasp- a tax increase. Which wasn’t going to get past Republican governor Tim Pawlenty: But it was all a moot exercise anyway. Literally wielding a big red VETO [...]