Summer of Recovery!

_{Dirt roads are more dusty and cause more air pollution...}

Think of the Fat Little Children with Asthma.

You should have tacked this on to Ace's "public servant" post.

'public servants' sucking the life out of the western world is definitely where all the money is going.  There needs to be limits on them; how many, how much they cost, etc.  They should also not be allowed to vote because of conflict of interest.

Posted by: Newsweek at July 19, 2010 01:00 PM (uFokq)

AMERICA is WHACKED!

Great.  I really hated reading "Grapes of Wrath".  Looks like in a few years I'll be living it.

mmm.. mmm.. mmm...

Pfft...come to Jersey, we got all the paving and road construction companies working non-stop.

Pfft...come to Jersey, we got all the paving and road construction companies working non-stop.

Posted by: dananjcon at July 19, 2010 01:04 PM (pr+up)

Ain't that the truth. Every road in NJ is ripped up.

Pfft...come to Jersey, we got all the paving and road construction companies working non-stop.

True, but aren't they doing that more in an effort to hide the mafia's latest victim than to actually fix the road surface?

Pfft...come to Jersey, we got all the paving and road construction companies working non-stop.

True, but aren't they doing that more in an effort to hide the mafia's latest victim than to actually fix the road surface?

Posted by: Stuck On Stupid at July 19, 2010 01:06 PM (e8T35)

They would have to be hiding the population on Newark with the amount of road ripped up.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at July 19, 2010 01:04 PM (Z7zil)"

LOL, you never know with these assholes.

What I find amusing is that most democrats I know wouldn't be caught dead in a GM or Chrysler product.

I guess if I were going to buy a vehicle for these roads, I wouldn't get a new jeep or any Mopar.  The Toyota off road vehicle, the FJ, seems a lot like a girl's car for some reason.

Is there a solid vehicle that can handle the occasional muddy road that isn't touched by union hands?  Tacoma?

I bet there are a hell of a lot of good paying jobs being created and saved to do that work.

Of course that is probably work that Americans just won't do so in essense, we're shipping our destruction to Mexico. 

Fortunately the borders aren't being enforced so we can at least still get high.

Far f--king out, man!

They would have to be hiding the population on Newark with the amount of road ripped up.

Ironically, the crime rate would go down.

So in urban areas, stimulus money is being spent on repaving roads that don't need to be repaved but in rural areas, roads are allowed to go to shit.

Makes perfect sense to me!

They would have to be hiding the population on Newark with the amount of road ripped up.

Ironically, the crime rate would go down.

Posted by: gator at July 19, 2010 01:09 PM (aOKEC)

But drive-by shootings, whoring and home invasions contribute at least 50% to the state income.

The good news?  Dukes of Hazzard style power slides with the Hemi are baaaack!

Yeah, it'll just cost you $10 in gas to do it...

The Sanzari companies are the biggest construction firm in NJ,  guess where 99% of their campaign contributions go.

http://tinyurl.com/2wuefx5

Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 19, 2010 01:12 PM (Qp4DT)

True, many of the Roman roads are still intact.

Posted by: punch drunk guy at July 19, 2010 01:15 PM (V+DKx)

Almost.  You can't use shovels on paved roads.  Once they reduce the roads to dirt and gravel, then they'll be shovel-ready.

Dirt roads and AIDS. 

Something for everyone.

http://tinyurl.com/2w8gfz7

and torsion bar front suspensions will take an incredible amount of abuse.

One thing they wouldn't do, is keep you cool driving through the desert.

Trust me.

I hate Yuma...

Think how hard it must be to find the time to fuck up the country so much when most of his time is taken up by golf, parties, and vacations.

I guess my racism just finally kicked in.

Well, my state once again is ahead of that curve.  In Iowa, they don't pave the roads to begin with! 

GM could have filmed an SRX commercial while I was out delivering yard signs in May. Honest to dog, some of the gravel roads I'm aware of since I either bicycle or walk the dog across them.  What was not grasped was the fact the these roads go on forever.  So, I'm thinking in a couple of cases that some left-wing loser signed on for yard signs just to waste our time.  But no, I'd arrive dusty and apprehensive at a new construction on a small acreage.  Honest Republicans would greet me wondering what took so long.  One road was a single track in a condition that kept my lead foot idling along between five and ten MPH to avoid scraping off the under-pinnings.  Around the bend after about three miles, there's a very large metal building with a couple of bobtails parked in front adjacent to a very small bungalow with a neatly mowed lawn.  And, yes, bibs and all he's waiting for his yard sign. 

Some of my friends were concerned that I was out in rural areas by myself.  I suspect the Cadillac, Gucci's and golf visor were every bit as alarming to the aggressively working class folks in this county as their isolation might be to me.

It is indeed a great country.

"This road has been torn up and taken back a hundred years thanks to the federal stimulus fraud.  Say 'thank you', peasants."

I'm gonna steal that. 

I never know when to take zero literally. Thanks for the clarification

So.  Are they trying to send us back to horse and buggy days?  Because from what I hear, horse farts are dangerous.

Along with matching pinecones for TP.

you should only use ONE pinecone

Dirt roads and AIDS. 

Something for everyone.

http://tinyurl.com/2w8gfz7

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 01:18 PM (RkRxq)

"In this country, HIV clearly strikes the economically disadvantaged in a devastating way,"

How does the virus know you are a poor pickle licker? Damn smart viruses. Probably knows if'n you're a black or not. It must hate poor brown people, and for that, there will always be a place for it in the Tea Party (according to diversity-is-my-god liberals who live near and know zero minorities).

But it's organic air pollution.

Holy shit!  Emergency!

Get your dope while you still can!

http://tinyurl.com/2ahagcv

An army of administrators will staunch the flow on illegals and illegal drugs in no time!

HotAir

From Breitbart...via HA.

I don't which is more infuriating..the out-and out racism of the NAACP. and the Obama administration official....or Admiral Eddie's stupid fucking commentary

But it's organic air pollution.

Posted by: Anachronda at July 19, 2010 01:24 PM (3K4hn)

You mean as opposed to artificial CO²?

I hear, horse farts are dangerous.

Ok, so let's say you have long hair. And you have a lit cigarette in your mouth. And you are standing behind a horse. Well, in that case, probably true.

So.  Are they trying to send us back to horse and buggy days?  Because from what I hear, horse farts are dangerous.

The upside of that is that there are so many horses around here, people give them away like puppies. Maybe I should invest in some riding lessons.

At least when you're on the horse, your upwind from the farts.

Vic, I did the dirt roads down here. I'm embracing my inner hick, and I'm happier than ever to be out of California.

And, sorry for the echo PoP, and I'm sorry to hear you are tortured by the same thoughts as I am.

Along with matching pinecones for TP.

you should only use ONE pinecone

Posted by: sheryl crow at July 19, 2010 01:22 PM (XzD7y)

This one tastes a bit nutty....

When I lived in England, I lived on a long dirt road in the middle of Suffolk farm country.  Once a year, we all got together to fill in potholes, and for the umpteenth time I thanked God I was born an American.  Little did I know I hadn't waited for the punch line.   

From Breitbart...via HA.

I don't which is more infuriating..the out-and out racism of the NAACP. and the Obama administration official....or Admiral Eddie's stupid fucking commentary

Posted by: beedubya at July 19, 2010 01:26 PM (AnTyA)

It is exactly this kind of shit right here, courtesy of the Uniter, that will cause this entire mess to devolve into something very ugly, imo.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 19, 2010 01:12 PM (Qp4DT)

Bloody Romans!

Urgent Announcement from the EPA:

In order to conserve scarce resources and cutback on the waste of energy, the EPA is recommending that all people should begin using both sides of their toilet paper products.

Thank you for your attention.

From Breitbart...via HA.

I don't which is more infuriating..the out-and out racism of the NAACP. and the Obama administration official....or Admiral Eddie's stupid fucking commentary

Posted by: beedubya at July 19, 2010 01:26 PM (AnTyA)

motherfuck...

How does the virus know you are a poor pickle licker? Damn smart viruses. Probably knows if'n you're a black or not. It must hate poor brown people, and for that, there will always be a place for it in the Tea Party (according to diversity-is-my-god liberals who live near and know zero minorities).

Posted by: gator at July 19, 2010 01:23 PM (aOKEC)

It knows because the CIA bio-engineered it to know.

And, sorry for the echo PoP, and I'm sorry to hear you are tortured by the same thoughts as I am.

Posted by: gator at July 19, 2010 01:27 PM (aOKEC)

Great minds, gator.  I'm just glad I was a few seconds faster

Posted by: alppuccino at July 19, 2010 01:35 PM

B+

How does the virus know you are a poor pickle licker? Damn smart viruses. Probably knows if'n you're a black or not. It must hate poor brown people, and for that, there will always be a place for it in the Tea Party (according to diversity-is-my-god liberals who live near and know zero minorities).

Didn't Rev Wrong Wright make the claim that HIV was created to destroy the black community?  (A favorite slander among the race-baiters).

I like the "in this country" description of HIV's effect on the economically disadvantaged, as if in other countries, HIV doesn't hurt the poorer more.  

From the article:

Rebuilding an asphalt road today is particularly expensive because the price of asphalt cement, a petroleum-based material mixed with rocks to make asphalt, has more than doubled over the past 10 years.

If The Vapid One© and his partners in crime weren't so busy destroying the private sector, we'd have low prices for petroleum products.

The solution is simple. We can have abundance and low prices once we rid ourselves of the current crop of corruptocrats.

Not before.

"Its all part of the Ogabe junta's master plan to punish America and reduce the lifestyle gap between us and the 3rd world."

Tsk, tsk!

You can't say "3rd World."  It's the "Developing World," now... except for Obama's rural America - THAT can quite accurately now be called the "Undeveloping World."

Is there a solid vehicle that can handle the occasional muddy road that isn't touched by union hands?  Tacoma?

Posted by: Legendary Film Star Rick Moranis at July 19, 2010 01:08 PM (dUOK+)

I'm looking at a Mitsubishi Outlander.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 19, 2010 01:12 PM (Qp4DT)

True, many of the Roman roads are still intact.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 01:14 PM (RkRxq)

That's because the Romans didn't use union labor to build them

Don't ya just long for the simpler time as shown in the movies of a couple of kids without shoes and their tree branch fishing poles goin down to the swimmin hole.

I would, but the next thing you know some escaped slave would show up, and I'd have to build a raft.

Not going there.

Didn't Rev Wrong Wright make the claim that HIV was created to destroy the black community?  (A favorite slander among the race-baiters).

He wouldn't know, since he doesn't live in a black community. Hypocrisy is a dominant allele genetic defect with libs.

Years ago when the county was feeling flush they assured us that in the end, paved roads were cheaper to maintain than dirt (which require regular grading).  They used that line to justify paving a bunch of roads that had low traffic (a little farm and residential) and perfectly serviceable gravel.  Now I guess the economics have suddenly changed.  Hmm....

So in urban areas, stimulus money is being spent on repaving roads that don't need to be repaved but in rural areas, roads are allowed to go to shit.

Posted by: ErikW at July 19, 2010 01:11 PM (6Wyho)

This doesn't surprise me at all.  The rural voter didn't put The Won in charge.  It was urban vermin who turned out in droves to abuse the voting suffrage that they shouldn't have.  Universal Suffrage = Universal Suffering.

Posted by: Edward Gibbon at July 19, 2010 01:50 PM (w9BEi)

Call, and raise.

They would have to be hiding the population on Newark with the amount of road ripped up.

Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at July 19, 2010 01:08 PM (LdYLm)

Been to Newark.  Can't say as I'm seeing a big downside here.  Plus, think "Shovel Ready Jobs".

"That's because the Romans didn't use union labor to build them."

Sorry, guys!  I've gotta punch out on the time-dial and take my XV minute break.  It's in the contract...

I like the "in this country" description of HIV's effect on the economically disadvantaged, as if in other countries, HIV doesn't hurt the poorer more.  

Must have built in GPS as well.

Dirt roads are very difficult to maintain, requiring regular grading and regraveling to maintain any kind of safe travelling surface.

They also, in the process of becoming ridged and rutted, contribute to silt runoff, which we are supposed to avoid like the plague, right?

Lots of rururban types with city jobs LOVE them, for two major reasons:  it discourages anyone else from trying to follow their ecohypocritical lead in pretending to be "farmers" in the country, while paying for it with an urban job via a long commute (often by SUV--NEED it for those dirt roads and towing the horse trailer on weekends), and it is much much better for the horse's hooves--not quite so many trips to the farrier each year.

More of the "Return to the Yesteryear of My Personal Imagination" by some, and the decivilization of the continuingly bankrupt governments.

We'll all be bartering mousebones before this is through.