My Suicide Letter
Dear Loved Ones,
If I continue to hear people in the news media talk about what should have been done to prevent the Minneapolis Bridge from collapsing I am going to kill myself.
With Love,
R.
Once again our reactive society has to confront another human tragedy unfold in front of our eyes because our elected officials did not do their job. I realize that we can’t failure proof every bridge, levy, and building in this country. But for goodness sake what is it going to take people. How many lives do we have to lose before we take every yellow or red or whatever freaking color flag seriously when it comes to our countries infrastructure?
On Yahoo’s main page last night the top story line was:
Bridge collapse a wake-up call for politicians - Yahoo!
That is complete and utter BS.
A what?!
A wake-up call?
Seriously?
It should be a BEAT-DOWN. (Yes, in this case I am advocating violence. Nothing else seems to work.)
As a result of this tragedy the federal government put out an alert for all states to check their bridge trusses. WOW! Always ahead of the ball. Shouldn’t states know this already?
I am not asserting that there is a simple answer to solving this issue. What I do know is that our tax dollars need to be spent on maintaining our infrastructures so that we can live a reasonable and safe existence in this country, free from our homes being flooded because a levy breaks or drowning in the Mississippi River because a bridge collapses.
I wonder how many of our elected officials asked for money to help maintain and upgrade essential infrastructure in their home states. Or were they to busy adding “pork” to their bills for things that do not matter or benefit their business partners. The problem with Washington is that there are too many politicians and not enough statesmen or stateswomen. They are more concerned with getting re-elected than serving the people who got them there in the first place. And then while there in Washington they spend their time playing “Gotcha” to see who they can subpoena next.
Once again it is up to us to put the pressure on the people who are supposed to be serving our interests in Washington. Let’s all give them a call and/or flood their inbox:
Call 202-224-3131 (Capital Switchboard), just tell them your zip code and they will transfer you to your representative. If you would like to email them click below:
http://www.house.gov/writerep
www.senate.gov/contacting/index_by_state.cfm
If there is a sliver lining to this story. It has to do with the people who willingly helped those who were victims of the bridge collapse. It is such a wonderful thing to hear stories about regular people risking their lives to help another person(s). It is a true testament of the Human spirit that is often overshadowed by the next hot news topic and not celebrated enough.
B-I-N-G-O! How about we get those people who acted selflessly and put them into positions of power? Hmmmmmmm! I can dream, can’t I?
(My heart goes out to those who are dealing with this unfortunate tragedy.)
DIALOGUE IS DEMOCRATIC!
R.
If I continue to hear people in the news media talk about what should have been done to prevent the Minneapolis Bridge from collapsing I am going to kill myself.
With Love,
R.
Once again our reactive society has to confront another human tragedy unfold in front of our eyes because our elected officials did not do their job. I realize that we can’t failure proof every bridge, levy, and building in this country. But for goodness sake what is it going to take people. How many lives do we have to lose before we take every yellow or red or whatever freaking color flag seriously when it comes to our countries infrastructure?
On Yahoo’s main page last night the top story line was:
Bridge collapse a wake-up call for politicians - Yahoo!
That is complete and utter BS.
A what?!
A wake-up call?
Seriously?
It should be a BEAT-DOWN. (Yes, in this case I am advocating violence. Nothing else seems to work.)
As a result of this tragedy the federal government put out an alert for all states to check their bridge trusses. WOW! Always ahead of the ball. Shouldn’t states know this already?
I am not asserting that there is a simple answer to solving this issue. What I do know is that our tax dollars need to be spent on maintaining our infrastructures so that we can live a reasonable and safe existence in this country, free from our homes being flooded because a levy breaks or drowning in the Mississippi River because a bridge collapses.
I wonder how many of our elected officials asked for money to help maintain and upgrade essential infrastructure in their home states. Or were they to busy adding “pork” to their bills for things that do not matter or benefit their business partners. The problem with Washington is that there are too many politicians and not enough statesmen or stateswomen. They are more concerned with getting re-elected than serving the people who got them there in the first place. And then while there in Washington they spend their time playing “Gotcha” to see who they can subpoena next.
Once again it is up to us to put the pressure on the people who are supposed to be serving our interests in Washington. Let’s all give them a call and/or flood their inbox:
Call 202-224-3131 (Capital Switchboard), just tell them your zip code and they will transfer you to your representative. If you would like to email them click below:
http://www.house.gov/writerep
www.senate.gov/contacting/index_by_state.cfm
If there is a sliver lining to this story. It has to do with the people who willingly helped those who were victims of the bridge collapse. It is such a wonderful thing to hear stories about regular people risking their lives to help another person(s). It is a true testament of the Human spirit that is often overshadowed by the next hot news topic and not celebrated enough.
B-I-N-G-O! How about we get those people who acted selflessly and put them into positions of power? Hmmmmmmm! I can dream, can’t I?
(My heart goes out to those who are dealing with this unfortunate tragedy.)
DIALOGUE IS DEMOCRATIC!
R.
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