NY: Clock ticking on Hudson crossings, Amtrak warns

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3. When Will The Idea That Republicans Can't Be Trusted With Infrastructure Sink In?

When will the idea that Republicans can't be trusted to build, expand, or maintain physical infrastructure sink in with the electorate? Amtrak's decaying rail network (and the aging of its passenger coaches) and the older US highway bridges of the Northeast are only the tips of the icebergs of impending collapse.

If the electorate chose their candidates to represent their interests instead of voting for candidates who (A) play on their fears or (B) appear the most photogenic, the country would be ready to re-enter the first rank of the world's advanced industrialized countries.

At this point I have little patience not only for Republicans, but the apathetic voters who don't pay attention, the idjits who treat elections like American Idol contests, and the alienated centrists who have woken up to the fact that Republicans don't represent their interests yet continue to believe the swill put out by Faux Noise network and other right-wing propaganda organs.