How many Roads Must a Man Pay For?

I just read that a joyriding truck driver crashed a gas tanker in the SF bay area. The burning gas caused a section of road to collapse, which is disrupting the traffic flow for the area. As amusing as that is, the funny part is that governor Ah-nold declared a state of emergency and applied for Federal Disaster Relief aid to fix a road. since when do all the taxpayers in the country need to foot the bill for some stupid California road? It's supposed to cost tens of millions of dollars. Am I to understand that the richest, most-populous state in the country can't fix a road?

One more reason I wish Lex Luthor had succeeded with that whole earthquake thing.

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Todd said…
Then superman could have saved lois without spinning the world backwards...I think that might have been a better ending. And, I could have provided better plot twists in the other movies.
April 30, 2007 at 5:31 PM
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