Something to Think About As You Drive Over the Oakland Bay Bridge

You know, the bridge that they bought from China?

Turns out that the Chinese aren't particularly good at making bridges. And that was by no means unusual:

The worst part is that nobody is surprised by Friday's tragedy; this was China's sixth major bridge collapse since July of 2011.

When our bridges fall down, it's often because the asshats in the various state legislatures are too cheap to fund proper maintenance.

Building a highway bridge so shoddily that it collapses when a few heavy trucks drive over it takes some major corner-cutting and corruption. I kind of imagine that one would have to be close to certifiable to live downstream of the Three Gorges Dam.