Comments on: Oberstar: NTSB chair jumped the gun on 35W findings

By: factotum

factotum — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:29:23 +0000

Well founded, completely appropriate It is absolutely acceptable for a public official to uphold a responsibility to the truth. I applaud any attempt to expose the Republicans' attempt to fabricate a phony, fraudulent exoneration by bringing in a political hack to pose as a professional. Do they really think they can escape blame when they have been campaigning on the principle of careless neglect of public infrastructure for so long?

By: Master of None

Master of None — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:22:04 +0000

But that doesn't stop him... from injecting his own unfounded opinions into the cause of the collapse.

"U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D- Minn., who criticized Rosenker's comments Tuesday, again dismissed the NTSB's preliminary conclusion that the bridge's upkeep was not factor.

"How do you make the leap from a structurally deficient bridge, clear examples of corrosion, and then say, `But these were not factors in the bridge collapse' ?" he asked Friday."

It is completely unacceptable for a powerful congressman to put this kind of political pressure on the NTSB to come to a conclusion that Oberstar accepts. Stay out of it Jimbo.

By: Master of None

Master of None — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

But that doesn’t stop him… from injecting his own unfounded opinions into the cause of the collapse.

“U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D- Minn., who criticized Rosenker’s comments Tuesday, again dismissed the NTSB’s preliminary conclusion that the bridge’s upkeep was not factor.

“How do you make the leap from a structurally deficient bridge, clear examples of corrosion, and then say, `But these were not factors in the bridge collapse’ ?” he asked Friday.”

It is completely unacceptable for a powerful congressman to put this kind of political pressure on the NTSB to come to a conclusion that Oberstar accepts. Stay out of it Jimbo.

By: factotum

factotum — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well founded, completely appropriate It is absolutely acceptable for a public official to uphold a responsibility to the truth. I applaud any attempt to expose the Republicans’ attempt to fabricate a phony, fraudulent exoneration by bringing in a political hack to pose as a professional. Do they really think they can escape blame when they have been campaigning on the principle of careless neglect of public infrastructure for so long?