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<DIV>Tom Ridge and Barry McAfferty were on Hardball tonight. Ridge said
they ought to pay for the MN bridge repair with user fees. Said it was the
most common sense way to do it. Why is OKC looking at a big bill for all
citizens via bonds instead of paying for the entire crostown with user
fees?</DIV>
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<DIV>McAfferty said we need our best and brightest doing algebra in 8th grade,
calculus in HS, then in college go into engineering and architecture instead of
law and leisure management or hedge funds management. </DIV>
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<DIV>A US run hedge fund just invested big in a road project in Turkey. </DIV>
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<DIV>McAfferty also mentioned we should be sending freight across country
by rail instead of trucks since all our big trading partners and the fast
growing Pacific rim countries use rail, not trucks. </DIV>
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<DIV>LOL</DIV>
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<DIV>Some people out there make sense. We need more in Oklahoma.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hank</DIV>
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