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Our Priorities; Your Opinions

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:27 pm
by HShockeywatcher
I was just watching CNN and they talked about how "Minnesotans care more about baseball and getting a new stadium than their bridge safety."

First off, you can't say that "Minnesotans" are to blame when a vast majority of the population was in objection to the bill. Maybe "the Minnesotan politicians that passed the bill."

I think it is a very good point about our spending, but we can't be lumped into the group. We all know that the Metrodome sucks for baseball, but there couldn't be a single person from MN who, if we had been told, would choose for the stadium over fixing a bridge and preventing a tragedy like this.

As a Minnesotan, I was pretty upset to hear this, because they were talking about Minnesotans in general like this and to find out just how much the stadium will be costing us and what it could've prevented.

Your thoughts?

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:28 pm
by SB24
I have no idea how it all works, but aren't Interstate Roads the Federal Government's responsibility?

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:58 pm
by EREmpireStrikesBack
The stadium money would not have been spent on the bridge. Don't even go there.

:idea:

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:13 am
by HShockeywatcher
Well, that's what I thought. I'm just bringing up what I say on CNN and was outraged by.

Good point SB24, that whole raising the drinking age came with road money from the Federal government. Surprising no one on CNN brought that up.

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:26 am
by tomASS
It was CNN - enough said.

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:06 pm
by Neutron 14
tomASS wrote:It was CNN - enough said.
It wasn't CNN. It was broadcast on CNN, an independant news site that will air both sides of anything, even if its 99%-1%.

It was ultra liberal John Marty complaining that if we weren't building a new stadium, we could have safe bridges, rich teachers, clean air, world peace, and a sober Lindsey Lohan.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:28 am
by Govs93
Neutron 14 wrote:
tomASS wrote:It was CNN - enough said.
It wasn't CNN. It was broadcast on CNN, an independant news site that will air both sides of anything, even if its 99%-1%.

It was ultra liberal John Marty complaining that if we weren't building a new stadium, we could have safe bridges, rich teachers, clean air, world peace, and a sober Lindsey Lohan.
He's suggesting no stadium and a sober Lindsay Lohan? Geez, talk about a killjoy.