tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post114192124604108770..comments2023-10-12T21:03:12.188-07:00Comments on Left-Over: Does He Finally Get It?left-overhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05090065395667863082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post-1142053742106798032006-03-10T21:09:00.000-08:002006-03-10T21:09:00.000-08:00Do you remember the Simpsons episode with The Who ...Do you remember the Simpsons episode with The Who on it? They have a wall built between Olde Springfield and new or Classic Springfield. The contractor is Fat Tony, who builds it from skeletons, papier mache, and other detritus. <BR/><BR/>The point is, friend, that substandard materials were used because of graft in construction. The Big Easy? Guys like Fat Tony? "Pork" is a political term for federal money allocated to local projects by guys like the Klan's Robert Byrd, usually as a rider to legislation. Look around West Virginia: nice big bridges, new and safe highways.<BR/><BR/>The levees and Homer's wall were built of the same stuff and by the same people, administered by local Nagins about as smart as Homer. Now do you get it?webmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894695991741331305noreply@blogger.com