Thursday, May 03, 2007

It was Elmer's glue - From the Boston Globe "Big Dig job may have used wrong epoxy": "Contractors apparently used the wrong adhesive to install at least some of the bolts in a Big Dig tunnel ceiling that partially collapsed last summer, project records show, prompting criminal investigators to focus on whether the mix-up was a significant factor in the accident that killed a Jamaica Plain woman."

Here's a little reminder of your tax dollars at work: "The Big Dig is the most expensive highway project in America. Although the project was estimated at $2.8 billion in 1985, over $14.6 billion had been spent in federal and state tax dollars as of 2006."

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Incompetence, no planning, cost overruns, insider corruption, coverups? Here's how to improve your mood. Pretend that the Big Dig project is over in Baghdad, and don't worry your pretty little head about it.

Anonymous said...

Incompetence, no planning, cost overruns, insider corruption, coverups? Here's how to improve your mood. Pretend that the Big Dig project is over in Baghdad, and don't worry your pretty little head about it.

Brian said...

Man, is there nothing the trolls won't try to blame Bush for, whether directly or indirectly?

Anonymous said...

72% of America = trolls.

It's amazing how conservatives manage to keep their outrage compartmentalized. IOKIARDI, indeed.

Anonymous said...

The Big Dig® doth surely live in a conservative haven, no?

Compartmentalizing is a human, not a conservative, failing. Not being mature enough to admit it, however, is the exclusive province of liberals and leftists.

Yo, haley and kbr, you're whack!

Anonymous said...

Not being mature enough to admit it, however, is the exclusive province of liberals and leftists.

Spoken like a true grown-up Decider! While you're supporting our Commander Guy, are you wearing one of those wonderfully satiric Purple Heart bandaids?