As I noted in my history blog on this date, the US is spending billions of dollars to re-build the infrastructure of Afghanistan. This gives me a warm feeling while I am driving over the Oregon Inlet bridge in the Outer Bands region of NC; a bridge that has been in need of major repair for years. I went over it last week and some work has just begun. In September of 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and they are still waiting for infrastructure repair. Maybe they should declare war on the US and occupy a federal armory in the state. That way the US would invade Louisiana and after blowing up the ruins that are still there would have to rebuild them. I don't understand why we would be spending $ 5 billion to build roads in a country where people don't have cars. I wonder if this went out on a no-bid contract and to which company the job was given? I also wonder if conservatives in this country are as equally opposed to this spending project as they are to stimulus projects in this country.
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