More Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Video

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The highway 35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed yesterday during rush hour. The span of the bridge that collapsed reached from University to Washington Avenues, the entire stretch that spans the Mississippi. As a Twin Citian, this obviously hits close to home. No one I know has been effected, thankfully. I’ve driven over that bridge thousands of times.

In Minnesota, we’ve had Republican rule for some time, since the last election when Democrats gained control of the state legislature. A Democrat has not served as Governor since the 80s. For a decade, our leadership has had an adamantly anti-tax attitude; basically, no taxes for any reason. I’ve been complaining about the crumbling infrastructure for quite a while and at the end of the day, I’ve gotta think that we’re going to find out that this collapse is a result of our state leadership underfunding transportation. This is what happens when you starve government. As you can tell, I’m pissed.

Bush, the idiot, used his press conference about the tragedy for political purposes.

There’s a lot of video at YouTube, and I’ll be uploading what I think are the best and most diverse and informative of them. Check back often.

Local video blogger Chuck Olson has posted some video he took shortly after the collapse depicting the chaos that ensued. You can see it on his MNStories.com video blog.