Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Baltimore Bridge Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:11:05 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <54ecndjJKpe_QZn7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <66n90j98fa5ciafo546pd0t1fk7iasml2r@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:11:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="80ae08db2cb69ffba28619d32d32698d"; logging-data="3535755"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189FvtmbRVlC5thW2Urnb/UM3e8xYScdMQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:8SbI7ptfJJ/4EzZYXrH1+NL1DGA= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2345 shawn wrote: >Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:15:12 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman : >>shawn wrote: >>>On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:55:30 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>Just saw on the news that Joe Biden has pledged that the government >>>>will "pay the entire cost" of rebuilding the Baltimore bridge. >>>>Huh? Shouldn't the shipping company and its insurance agency foot the bill? >>>>It's like he just can't wait for any opportunity to fuck the taxpayer. >>>>And when it's rebuilt, obviously it can't be renamed the Francis Scott >>>>Key Bridge. I mean, "old straight racist white guy", amirite? So what >>>>will its new name be? >>>>I submit the "Saint George Floyd of Fentanyl Memorial Bridge". >>>The federal government can act to get repairs started today while the >>>lawyers act to collect any money due from the company/insurance. >>The bridge won't be repaired. It'll be 5 to 7 years at least. >>Don't you remember St. Petersburg? >I should have said they would get started removing the remnants of the >bridge so that traffic can resume on the river as that is something >that can be done now. Then work on replacing the bridge as it's clear >there's not much, if anything, there to repair. I've heard that the harbor may reopen by May.