GoofuS:   ". . . weren't those 'shovel ready jobs' supposed to be for bringing up our infrastructure????....The money was given...but no 'shovel ready jobs. Maybe if I were to ask, "What happened?", you'd start blaming everybody, except where the blame lies!
Oh, speaking of 'lies'......."

There has been talk for several years now—following a similar collapse of other bridges—that the 1950s built infrastructure is in much need of updating and repair, with darn little being authorized by the Federal authorities.

Congress keeps refusing to authorize the necessary funds. CONGRESS!

Knowing your posting history, it is obvious from your first post on this thread that you were tuning up to blame the Skagit River bridge collapse on President Obama.

That's just plain stupid, and it's not going to wash.

(Okay, folks. Here comes the barrage of insults.)

Don Firth