DUers -->Tonight @9pm EST History channel: The Crumbling of America

[Mika]

Put this on your reminder list.

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The Crumbling of America
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=452430

America's infrastructure is collapsing. Tens of thousands of bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. A third of the nation's highways are in poor or mediocre shape. Massively leaking water and sewage systems are creating health hazards and contaminating rivers and streams. Weakened and under-maintained levees and dams tower over communities and schools. And the power grid is increasingly maxed out, disrupting millions of lives and putting entire cities in the dark. The Crumbling of America explores these problems using expert interviews, on location shooting and computer generated animation to illustrate the kinds of infrastructure disasters that could be just around the bend.

Rating: TVPG

Running Time: 120 minutes

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[DesertFlower]

1. thanks for the "heads up". nt

[lamp_shade]

2. I saw the trailer. It should be very imformative. I'll be watching.

[fascisthunter]

3. but the Republicans and their wealthy friends get to pay less taxes

that's all that matters:sarcasm:

[givemebackmycountry]

4. Hey! I know how to fix things...

Tax Cuts.
For the rich.
And oil companies.
And banks.

Yeah, that will work!

:sarcasm:

Republicans don't believe in maintaining the infra-structure.
They would rather wait until it crumbles, and than give a bloated no-bid contract to one of their friends to re-build it.

[sarcasmo]

5. Heading for the DVR.

[Bozita]

6. Thanks! ... K&R

[Mika]

7. Kick

:kick:

[Mika]

8. Anyone else watching this show?

:wow:

This country's bridges are falling apart. NOT GOOD. :nuke:

:scared:

[AwakeAtLast]

9. Yes, we are.

:scared:

[malaise]

10. Watching

Thanks

[tabasco]

11. Wow, how did they fit it in with all the alien and logging shows? n/t

[philly_bob]

12. "People will have to die..."

Americans' post-Reagan aversion to taxation and government. Crumbling bridges, weak levees, fragile water mains...

[malaise]

13. Frightening

This is what happens when you hate government.