Thursday, August 2, 2007

London Bridge Is Falling Down...

...and so are bridges across America. The collapse of the bridge in Minnesota shows many things.

It seems that 13% of bridges across the 50 United States are "structurally deficient", meaning that at some time in the future, these bridges need to be repaired or replaced.

The top 3 states with the worst bridges are Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

It's estimated that $185,000,000,000 (yes, that's billion) is needed to repair and replace bridges.

The cost of the war in Iraq is $448,608,018,154!

Hmmm, imagine how many bridges could be fixed with that money? Or how many hungry children could be fed? Or how many homeless people could have a safe place to go each night?

Oops, now we're up to $448,608,312,769! Just in the few moments it took for you to read those sentences.

Not to mention, the 3,652 dead Americans. And the numbers keep rising.

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