HERE WE GO. KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

[GRANDPA]

Yep, they (of course, the usual "they") want to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge for someone no one knows. Jeez.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/gro ... rcna147224

[GFB]

Robert E. Lee bridge has a nice ring to it.

[GFB]

A better one..since this is what we’re all expected to say all the time.


“The N Word Bridge.”

That phrase seems to make EVERYONE happy.

[planosteve]

At the rate we're inflating, the US dollar will be worthless before the bridge is ever completed.

[GRANDPA]

At the rate we're inflating, the US dollar will be worthless before the bridge is ever completed.

Well, hell, let's just not do anything then.

[planosteve]

At the rate we're inflating, the US dollar will be worthless before the bridge is ever completed.

Well, hell, let's just not do anything then.

I'll drink to that. We're way past broke. Borrowing more will not help anything.

[GRANDPA]

Great solution.

[planosteve]

Great solution.

It's called reality. We're way way way past broke. Borrowing more won't fix anything.
Another thing. We really don't know why this happened yet. And whether it really was an "accident".

Observers contend there is still no plausible explanation for the direct hit to the bridge’s most critical support. The power went out on the ship about three minutes before the strike, yet multiple layers of security for maintaining steering control are mandated by U.S. and international regulation. Even without power, the Dali should have continued in the direction it was headed; but instead it veered to the right, for a direct hit into the key pylon supporting the bridge.

https://www.unz.com/article/by-the-dawn ... ey-bridge/
It sounds to me like it was no "accident".

[GRANDPA]

From you, we expect nothing less. Living in Colorado, I'm sure you're the expert on the wind, tides & currents in the Patapsco River & Chesapeake Bay. Not to mention marine engineering & seamanship.

[planosteve]

From you, we expect nothing less. Living in Colorado, I'm sure you're the expert on the wind, tides & currents in the Patapsco River & Chesapeake Bay. Not to mention marine engineering & seamanship.

What does where I live have to do with anything? Just watch the video! It doesn't hit the bridge when the power is out. When the power comes back on the ship turns plows into the pylon. I'd say that it was intentional.

[GRANDPA]

I guess you & UNZ think a 117,000 DWT container ship is as maneuverable as a bass boat.
Everything is a conspiracy to you, accidents never happen.

[GFB]

From you, we expect nothing less. Living in Colorado, I'm sure you're the expert on the wind, tides & currents in the Patapsco River & Chesapeake Bay. Not to mention marine engineering & seamanship.

What does where I live have to do with anything? Just watch the video! It doesn't hit the bridge when the power is out. When the power comes back on the ship turns plows into the pylon. I'd say that it was intentional.

Your dipshittedness knows no bounds.

[planosteve]

I guess you & UNZ think a 117,000 DWT container ship is as maneuverable as a bass boat.
Everything is a conspiracy to you, accidents never happen.

I trust what I see with my own eyes. Has nothing to do with "conspiracy"

[jellowrestling]

I guess you & UNZ think a 117,000 DWT container ship is as maneuverable as a bass boat.
Everything is a conspiracy to you, accidents never happen.

I trust what I see with my own eyes. Has nothing to do with "conspiracy"

Perhaps a visit to an optometrist is in order, then. Or a shrink.