The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
Fun little story, about "the Brent Spence Bridge which links northern Kentucky—which McConnell represents—with Cincinnati, Boehner's hometown. The bridge, say experts, needs to be replaced and Obama, by implication, accused the two GOP congressional leaders of blocking the funding to do it because they are not on board with his nearly $500 billion jobs bill."
There are many problems with the allegation, but perhaps the most amusing one is, "as the Cincinnati Enquirer reported—highway officials in Ohio and Kentucky say that 'the bridge is still in the preliminary engineering and environmental clearance phase. In a best case scenario,' the paper said, 'the earliest that workers would be hired would be in 2013, but more likely 2015.'"
Oops. But then why let facts get in the way of a good narrative?
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May '10
Re: The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
Here's the big joke: there is nothing wrong with that bridge. It's not broken, it simply needs to be replaced because more cars are traveling that part of I-75 than that bridge can safely accommodate.
Here's the punchline: 100 or so miles downstream is the Sherman Minton bridge on I-64 that connects Louisville to southern Indiana, and it was closed last week because it is so dangerously decrepit. This closure has clobbered commutes to and from downtown Louisville to such a degree that a paddle-wheeled riverboat is being used to shuttle office workers from parking lots in Jeffersonville across the Ohio to a dock between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Knowing Obama's fixation on 19th century forms of transportation like trains I would have thought acknowledging a journey to work via riverboat would have made him absolutely giddy.
It is fascinating to realize the White House decided to pull a stunt in Cincinnati instead of making a point in Louisville.
Edited on Sep 23, 2011 at 11:19amFeb '11
Re: The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
The Brent Spence bridge is frightening. Narrow lanes, huge trucks, and chocked full of traffic. Avoid if you can. Much better to exit on I-71 and go up that way. The bridge that Roebling designed and built as a warm up to the Brooklyn Bridge is magnificent, but it's not there for today's traffic loads.
Apr '11
Re: The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
Cal Lawton: Here's the big joke: there is nothing wrong with that bridge. It's not broken, it simply needs to be replaced because more cars are traveling that part of I-75 than that bridge can safely accommodate.
Here's the punchline: 100 or so miles downstream is the Sherman Minton bridge on I-64 that connects Louisville to southern Indiana, and it was closed last week because it is so dangerously decrepit. This closure has clobbered commutes to and from downtown Louisville to such a degree that a paddle-wheeled riverboat is being used to shuttle office workers from parking lots in Jeffersonville across the Ohio to a dock between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Knowing Obama's fixation on 19th century forms of transportation like trains I would have thought acknowledging a journey to work via riverboat would have made him absolutely giddy.
It is fascinating to realize the White House decided to pull a stunt in Cincinnati instead of making a point in Louisville. · Sep 23 at 11:10am
Edited on Sep 23 at 11:19 am
Louisville is not a big city in a battleground state. Cincinnati is!
Sep '10
Re: The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
Looks better than the Ashepoo Bridge.
May '11
Re: The Only One Shoveling is Obama...
A couple of corrections:
- the picture is of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, not the Brent Spence Bridge;
- the Brent Spence carries both I-71 and I-75 across the Ohio River, it cannot be avoided unless you take I-275 around Cincinnati and N Ky.