The Pamphleteer

During colonial times in America, if you wanted to convince or inform people about some issue that you considered important, you went to the local printer and got some pamphlets printed. You then handed them out, read them to anybody that was interested, nailed them to the town bulletin board, or the nearest tree. The first amendment was specifically written to protect this type of activity and the writers or "pamphleteers".

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Friday, July 09, 2004
 
A GLIMPSE INTO THE UNITED STATES UNDER A JOHN KERRY ADMINISTRATION.

(Thanks to Dan, our correspondent in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.)

If you are wondering how the USA would fare under a Kerry administration, this story epitomizes all the lunacy, stupidity and failure that would happen under his loony, left-wing, liberal regime:

Big Dig price tag remains at $14.6 billion

By Associated Press, 7/1/2004 14:23

BOSTON (AP) Big Dig officials said Thursday the final cost of the massive highway project likely will hold steady at $14.6 billion with just over a year of work remaining.

The Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project is now 94 percent complete, and should be finished between May and September of next year, said Matthew J. Amorello, chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.

The current cost estimate has been unchanged for three years, after several years of overruns.

''I am cautiously optimistic that as the project moves into its final year, we will be able to maintain the budget at its current level,'' Amorello said.

The original estimate in the late 1980s was $2.6 billion.

The last installment of the annual finance plan now awaits approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, Amorello said. The federal government pays most of the cost.

The project replaced the elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 with underground tunnels through downtown Boston. It also connected Interstate 90 the Massachusetts Turnpike to Logan International Airport, and added the Ted Williams Tunnel beneath Boston Harbor.

The Dewey Square Tunnel, commonly called the South Station tunnel, is the last major hurdle before reconstruction of the surface streets and construction of the string of parks where the old elevated artery used to be.


On the Net:

The Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project: www.bigdig.com


Please note: If this were a Department of Defense project, Senators Kennedy, Kerry, and Edwards would be demanding all sort of explanations, investigations, and criminal trials.



posted by Patrick at Friday, July 09, 2004

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