tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post6010160628848902169..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: AMERICAN BRIDGES FALLING DOWNLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-86187907691314874042007-08-27T20:52:00.000-04:002007-08-27T20:52:00.000-04:00michael d lally-i know you have email and probably...michael d lally-i know you have email and probably a phone number-this is gene harris from donaldson afb, under the washingtion monument harvard square/charles street meeting house, and the khoutek carving tying to get in retouch. i'm in st louis for a little while longer but would like to her from you in some form or fashion. my phone is 314-521-2129. leave a message. i remember bambi and max roach on a weekend in the village......Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653829112500270707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-62312037078390853782007-08-06T08:41:00.000-04:002007-08-06T08:41:00.000-04:00If you can lose the Socialist mentality from your ...If you can lose the Socialist mentality from your writings, you would see that the "Conservative" ethic is what built and established the same quality of maintenance and concern that you are longing for.<BR/><BR/>In your youth you would either have gone to a city hospital or clinic for the majority of your health care needs. The privately financed hospitals were for the most part for those who could afford them. Why are there fewer and fewer city hospials with each passing year? Is this the federal government cutting back or is this the local governments ?<BR/><BR/>Our interstate highway system was designed and built by the federal government and then turned over to the states so that the states would maintain the roads and bridges. It is again the failure of state and local government that allows the infrastructure to fall into disrepair.<BR/><BR/>The problem may very well be that the new wealthy are the problem. In the past, the wealthy and other Conservative groups and fraternities organized, built and maintained services for the poor and built structures that would last forever with reasonable maintenance. Look at the Brooklyn Bridge as an example along with the many other eighteenth century bridges.<BR/><BR/>It is in reality good state and local government that you are yearning for.<BR/><BR/>There are other reasons to disagree with the federal officials and their actions, but condemning them for the failures of state and local government just serves to cloud what is actually their responsibilities. Blaming the president because my toaster broke or because my garbage wasn't collected or because my local city hospital is being closed in favor of a new region serving mega-medical center complicates the real issues that we may have with the president or other federal officials.<BR/><BR/>As we have found in the past and with "No Child Left Behind" when the federal government is handing out monies, there are always conditions that are required to be met to be eligible for that money. <BR/><BR/>We should always be careful when inviting Big Brother into our lives on a daily basis.Another Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022787150279668398noreply@blogger.com