Our Priorities; Your Opinions

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:27 pm

I was just watching CNN and they talked about how "Minnesotans care more about baseball and getting a new stadium than their bridge safety."

First off, you can't say that "Minnesotans" are to blame when a vast majority of the population was in objection to the bill. Maybe "the Minnesotan politicians that passed the bill."

I think it is a very good point about our spending, but we can't be lumped into the group. We all know that the Metrodome sucks for baseball, but there couldn't be a single person from MN who, if we had been told, would choose for the stadium over fixing a bridge and preventing a tragedy like this.

As a Minnesotan, I was pretty upset to hear this, because they were talking about Minnesotans in general like this and to find out just how much the stadium will be costing us and what it could've prevented.

Your thoughts?

SB24 · Post by **SB24** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:28 pm

I have no idea how it all works, but aren't Interstate Roads the Federal Government's responsibility?

EREmpireStrikesBack · Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:58 pm

The stadium money would not have been spent on the bridge. Don't even go there.

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:13 am

Well, that's what I thought. I'm just bringing up what I say on CNN and was outraged by.

Good point SB24, that whole raising the drinking age came with road money from the Federal government. Surprising no one on CNN brought that up.

tomASS · Post by **tomASS** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:26 am

It was CNN - enough said.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:06 pm

tomASS wrote:It was CNN - enough said.

It wasn't CNN. It was broadcast on CNN, an independant news site that will air both sides of anything, even if its 99%-1%.

It was ultra liberal John Marty complaining that if we weren't building a new stadium, we could have safe bridges, rich teachers, clean air, world peace, and a sober Lindsey Lohan.

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:28 am

Neutron 14 wrote:
tomASS wrote:It was CNN - enough said.
It wasn't CNN. It was broadcast on CNN, an independant news site that will air both sides of anything, even if its 99%-1%.

It was ultra liberal John Marty complaining that if we weren't building a new stadium, we could have safe bridges, rich teachers, clean air, world peace, and a sober Lindsey Lohan.

He's suggesting no stadium and a sober Lindsay Lohan? Geez, talk about a killjoy.