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Feb 15, 2004

Interesting back and forth...

...on Why the Coronado Bridge is long and curved instead of short and straight.

There are plenty of legitimate targets for those who question waste, boondoggle and special subsidy in activist government of either left or right. But I have my doubts that this bridge

coronbri.jpg

is one of them, unless one is into questioning the entire defense apparatus of the Cold War.

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I'm sorta shocked.
You're gonna forego phrases like:
"waste boondoggle and special subsidy"
for
"a whole array of bitless bridles to boot"?
Hey. Go for it.

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