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That is an explosion coming out of a manhole at around 6:45 this morning in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It's one place where the NCAA College Basketball Tournament is taking place. In fact, several explosions were reported around downtown, blowing out manhole covers. Indianapolis Power and Light Company has assured the public that this has nothing to do with aging infrastructure. Oh, no. It's about electrical cables and the weather. Just like on Monday.
Oh, yeah, right. Probably should mention here that another explosion occurred on Monday. That was caused by a 35 year-old transformer "malfunctioning," which is totally not infrastructure.
As the city gears up for the games of the Final Four, IPL can't guarantee that more explosions won't occur when thousands of fans are in the streets: "When dealing with a large underground electrical system, incidents like Thursday's are a matter of science and 'the laws of physics will prevail,' said Joe Bentley, senior vice president of customer operations at IPL." Ah, physics. Who can tell what wacky things happen because of its laws?
Speaking of laws, the Indiana General Assembly is meeting to decide on some new laws. No, not about upgrading or improving the electrical grid or the infrastructure or whatever is causing the fiery, smoky explosions in the middle of downtown Indianapolis. There's something far more important that needs the attention of the legislature: making sure that no one has to provide services to fags and dykes.
Sorry, wait, that's an unfair description of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Like such measures in other states, it allows businesses, churches, anyone, really, from violating their religion to bake a gay cake. If you feel your "exercise of religion has been substantially burdened, or is likely to be substantially burdened" by putting together a nice bouquet for a lesbian couple, you can refuse and no one can do anything about it or you can sue.
The bill passed through its first test, the House Judiciary Committee, on Monday. A few hours later, the transformer blew out underground near the Capitol, filling the streets with smoke. Last August, a series of transformers exploded, closing down another part of the city. Just like in 2013, 2012, and 2011. Those manhole covers just keep bursting out at all times of year. Someone is gonna get killed.
But at least preachers won't have to marry those gay guys.
(Thanks to John K., the long-lost Rude Two, for the heads up on the stories.)
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/03/indiana-shows-us-how-gop-priorities.html
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)They don't and wont spend anything to maintain infrastructure.
But yes, they will spend every waking effort to make sure gays don't marry and women will have those unwanted babies and they will spend money on new things if they are related to the military.
We need to convince the idiots that the real security to keeping America safe is a safe and reliable infrastructure. Ours is very vulnerable and wouldn't take much for a terrorist to bring the nation to it's knees by taking down our power grid or dropping a few key bridges.
But we will bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!
Enthusiast
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)I feel like screaming at idiots who complain about "government spending". The level of willful ignorant is insane.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Sickening
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)And hopefully before it's too late. If it isn't already.
Pakid
(478 posts)Who needs ISIS when we have Republican who kill far more American every day than ISIS ever will
marym625
(17,997 posts)Yep. Totally agree
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Many of us did not grow up in slums. Now the entire country is getting a real life lesson of real time life in the slums. We are learning what a slumlord is and how they operate. They neglect infrastructure until it's time for them to sell the neglected property at a huge profit. While they are holding the property, they are extracting the highest amount of rent bearable, like payday loan sharks. They don't care if a tenant gets hurt or killed due to the dilapidated conditions the slumlords themselves caused. It's all about extracting profit without reinvesting in infrastructure. Then when it's the time they chose to gentrify the neighborhood, they sell the run-down property at an enormous profit. Making big profits on the way up and on the way down. That's how slumlords work.
GOP = SLUMLORDS
AwakeAtLast
(14,125 posts)Spot on!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)stupid, stupid, stupid...
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Then ignore it until it's old enough to fight in your perpetual war.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)Any god-fearing Republican will explain that science is just theories, and its so-called "laws" matters of opinion. And what does this have to do with Benghazi and Hillary's emails, anyway?
-- Mal
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)just wait, like the Indiana legislature, governments will prove that your idea of stupid is short-sighted...they will show you what stupid can be.
Augiedog
(2,546 posts)One of those manhole covers lands on some reichpublicans Beemer, then we will here all about the laws of physics. That will be the law that says middle class tax payers must replace said Beemer because , well Benghazi !!!!!!
AwakeAtLast
(14,125 posts)As I have been watching this crap play out I wonder, "Do I get to open a business and only serve people who are not Christian?"
Sounds like a good idea to me. I identify as Christian, BTW, and I don't want to serve these imbeciles.
The manhole explosions are truly frightening, it shut down a large chunk of downtown during rush hour.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)It also will allow religious institutions, private religious colleges and churches, to get government contracts while still discriminating in hiring based on religion. Like private school vouchers, it's yet another way for Republicans to funnel tax dollars into churches.
spanone
(135,832 posts)they pass it on to the next politician who passes it on to the next who passes it on to the next who passes it on..........