I-85 BRIDGE COLLAPSES--MCCAIN STIRS UP WAR IN SYRIA

THE REALITY OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AT HOME COMES TO HAUNT US WITH IMAGES OF A BURNING BRIDGE ON I-85 AND MILES AND MILES OF BACKED UP TRAFFIC

LET'S FACE THE FACTS--WE NEED TO GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER1

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS COLLAPSING AROUND OUR NECKS YET SOME IN GOVERNMENT LOBBY TO EXPAND MILITARY ADVENTURISM ABROAD
A BAD IDEA

This morning's news was startling. A major bridge collapses on a key highway (Interstate Route I-85) which runs north south though the nation's southern corridor. The interstate system was touted as part of our internal defense system. President Eisenhower realized how important major highways were to defense as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in WWII. The collapse of a bridge like this is a threat to our national defense. I85 carries untold amounts of goods and services and provides access for thousands upon thousands of commuters to Atlanta --one of our major southern cities.is no more...It burned down and collapsed. The cause of the fire? Flamable materials such as cables and other supplies were stored beneath the bridge --an overpass). However this happened, carelessness, failure of timely maintenance, inadequate funding...it is symptomatic of the nation as a whole. We spend too much money offshore, and not enough here at home.

Some would foolishly have us waste blood and gold abroad and ignore our own nation's needs. It is ironic that these "war hawks" so eager to expand our footprint abroad---threaten our defensive posture at home.