So my uncle informs me

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That this happened.


http://abcnews.go.com/US/bridge-collapse-skagit-river-washington-sends-cars-people/story?id=19246280

Two hours after he drove over it.

Of course, it's not like we could have seen it coming. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Accountability/bridges

Oh, wait, I guess we did.

The terrifying thing is that there are over a thousand bridges in the region which are similarly critical, and also over a thousand dams... many of which have towns in the flood zone. But the US is budgeting over half its resources for "defense", and critical infrastructure repairs are being shoved aside.

[Doktor Howl]

Well, we have to have that 13th aircraft carrier.

Something has to give, if you'll pardon the expression.

I'm glad your uncle made it over.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Just heard about this. Glad your uncle is okay. We'll probably see more of this before all's said and done.

[Doktor Howl]

Isn't that just the very picture of a decaying empire?

The teachers told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
Garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were some stones the workmen found

[Doktor Howl]

You know, we have a bunch of people out of work.

And an infrastructure in dire need of repair.

If only you could find a common solution...

...Naw, the free market will take care of it.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

You know, we have a bunch of people out of work.

And an infrastructure in dire need of repair.

If only you could find a common solution...

...Naw, the free market will take care of it.

Yeah. The people out of work probably deserve it anyway. They'd be absolutely shitty at y'know, working. If they didn't suck at it, they'd have jobs already.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

You know, we have a bunch of people out of work.

And an infrastructure in dire need of repair.

If only you could find a common solution...

...Naw, the free market will take care of it.

Yeah. The people out of work probably deserve it anyway. They'd be absolutely shitty at y'know, working. If they didn't suck at it, they'd have jobs already.

Why pay 7.25 or more an hour when you can wait for them to steal something and get them for room and board?

[Left]

 But tax breaks for the rich make us all richer.
It's because of the wealth trickling down, like a golden stream from above...

[Cainad (dec.)]

You know, we have a bunch of people out of work.

And an infrastructure in dire need of repair.

If only you could find a common solution...

...Naw, the free market will take care of it.

"Capitalism is the only way any of this shit ever gets done right! Government can't get anything done!"

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Well, we have to have that 13th aircraft carrier.

Something has to give, if you'll pardon the expression.

I'm glad your uncle made it over.

The expression is completely and literally correct. We make our priorities, we place our resources, and we reap our consequences.

There are a lot of downstream towns, is all I have to say. I hope we don't forget how deliberate and preventable this was. And how deliberate and preventable all the future collapses are.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Isn't that just the very picture of a decaying empire?

The teachers told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
Garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were some stones the workmen found

That is exactly what it is.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You know, we have a bunch of people out of work.

And an infrastructure in dire need of repair.

If only you could find a common solution...

...Naw, the free market will take care of it.

Yeah. The people out of work probably deserve it anyway. They'd be absolutely shitty at y'know, working. If they didn't suck at it, they'd have jobs already.

Why pay 7.25 or more an hour when you can wait for them to steal something and get them for room and board?

Make 'em earn it.

[The Johnny]

But tax breaks for the rich make us all richer.
It's because of the wealth trickling down, like a golden stream from above...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

But tax breaks for the rich make us all richer.
It's because of the wealth trickling down, like a golden stream from above...

Clearly, we can fix it all with the golden trickles from above.

[The Johnny]

But tax breaks for the rich make us all richer.
It's because of the wealth trickling down, like a golden stream from above...

Clearly, we can fix it all with the golden trickles from above.

THANKS, OBAMA!