Infrastructure My Sweet Arse

According to Senator Richard Blumenthal (Dem-Conn.), "Let me offer my sincere condolences to the dead and injured in the Philadelphia train crash". Immediately after this non-heartfelt statement the good senator told us about how the accident was caused by poor infrastructure( e.g. It's because Republicans are cheap and want people to die). He wasn't the only one to speak out on the subject. Every MSM outlet did so, a few within a few hours of the tragedy. Call me redundant a millions time over but 106 mph could cause a projectile to lose it's way in the dead of night. Also, it's significant to note that the automatic control speed unit on the train had not been activated. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-speed-control-system-installed-but-wasnt-turned-on/article/2564542

Infrastructure, or lack thereof, is an easy source to play the blame game. It happened in Minneapolis a few years back when the I-35 bridge took a tumble. Stupid Republicans. It's there fault by not forking over big cash to pay for a congressman's vacation to the Bahamas.

Let's take AMTRAK, for instance. The system is run by the government. That means it's an immediate prescription for failure. A few years ago the congressional restaurant was managed by the government. It was financially run into the ground. Private companies took it over and now it's profitable. Go figure.

AMTRAK loses over $330 million dollars a year with a budget in the billions. Most of it is due to crummy food, service and, get this, bureaucracy. Faulty railroad tracks have yet to fit into the infrastructure equation. Railroad tracks that don't support trains? The juries still out but I'm putting my money on no since there are maintained by mechanized gandy dancers instead of senators and representatives.

You see, Democrats need an excuse to get voters behind them: White cops are racists, women don't receive as much money as men in the job market, many more women than men have abortions, (I made that one up but the nitwit crowd will think about it for awhile) and our nations poor infrastructure which is turning us into a 3rd world nation. This places us directly behind Tanzania or Siberia depending on how much sunlight they receive on odd numbered days.

Is it a coincidence that one day before the Philly train wreck took place the annual Citizens Against Public Waste(Republican watch dog group) published it's listing of asinine government spending? you know what I mean. It's the earmarks congressmen take for their district that are supposed to be illegal. Did your congressman receive $465,000 to run a study on why gays like to kiss other men? Why not? If you check out the list there is seemingly something for everybody. What really makes it interesting is, over the last three years the government has taken in more tax money than in it's entire history.

If somebody in the government cares about infrastructure send them to my house. I've got a fire alarm battery I am unable to disarm. The beeping is driving me crazy.

You might want to open the link for Citizens United and see some of the more ridiculous programs you are supporting via your hard earned dollars in 2015. They publish a book. For obvious reasons it's called 'The Pig Book'
http://cagw.org/