The Collapsed Bridge to Nowhere: Francis Scott Key and Missing Logic; Something is amiss about the serial infrastructure fails happening all around us

American Thinker ^ | 04/02/2024 | Victoria White Berger

[SeekAndFind]

Joe Biden is demanding, and pronto, more of our tax money to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

He wants more from us—naturally—but America needs, as its first priority, to investigate and determine if the bridge’s destruction was in fact unintended… or malicious. Much documented evidence is emerging as to the bridge “accident” being in fact, a political, and likely international, cyber-attack. Whether or not this is so, something is off-kilter about the serial infrastructure fails happening all around us. It is time for a much closer look.

As to Biden’s call for more cash, where are the trillion plus dollars obligated by Biden’s crowning achievement, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law? From the Department of Transportation website:

The law authorizes $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure spending with $550 billion of that figure going toward ‘new’ investments and programs. This bipartisan law strengthens PHMSA’s safety authority and includes many provisions that will help PHMSA fulfill its mission of protecting people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials [emphasis added].

(The PHMSA is the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.)

Now to March 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and hazardous materials:

Ship that hit Baltimore bridge carried tons of hazardous materials: US official

The cargo ship, MV Dali, was carrying 764 tons of hazardous materials when it crashed into the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, a top US official has said.

Why is Biden demanding, immediately, new money to cover the Baltimore bridge disaster, when insurers have not yet submitted determinations as to eligible underwritten costs to rebuild?

A good bet is more federal fraud. The real answer is Joe Biden’s graft and essential dishonesty.

[Flying Circus]

My understanding is the Federal government is jumpstarting the process with money to expedite the cleanup and the bill will ultimately be paid by the shipping insurance group.

I don’t know why everything has to turn into a conspiracy theory anymore. A cargo ship malfunctioning and hitting a bridge does not seem outside the realm of bad things that happen naturally. I don’t see the bridge as particularly significant in the grand scheme of American roadways. If a terrorist wanted to make a statement, 6 hours later would have been a much better time.

[mass55th]

"It could be the Marian Barry Bridge. There are cracks in it."

LOL!!! The bitch made them do it!!

[bitt]

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[Lou Foxwell]

loss of power did not cause the ship to drift out of the channel. Dropping the anchor did! The ship could easily have cleared the bridge by using an operative tiller to steer it clear of the pilons. The anchor drop was, at best, the panicked reaction of an inexperienced pilot to a normal circumstance. At worse it was a deliberate act of sabotage.

[Lou Foxwell]

loss of power did not cause the ship to drift out of the channel. Dropping the anchor did! The ship could easily have cleared the bridge by using an operative tiller to steer it clear of the pilons. The anchor drop was, at best, the panicked reaction of an inexperienced pilot to a normal circumstance. At worse it was a deliberate act of sabotage. The missing minutes in the black box just prior to the incident indicate nefarious activity.

[MV=PY]

"loss of power did not cause the ship to drift out of the channel. Dropping the anchor did! The ship could easily have cleared the bridge by using an operative tiller to steer it clear of the pilons. The anchor drop was, at best, the panicked reaction of an inexperienced pilot to a normal circumstance. At worse it was a deliberate act of sabotage. The missing minutes in the black box just prior to the incident indicate nefarious activity."

A harbor captain piloted the ship. Hardly inexperienced.

Can you provide links to the "black box" references? I've never read that and didn't know ships had them.

[Bob Ireland]

***They’ve been taxing to replace infrastructure, as part of governing responsibility, but they spent the money on other priorities***

The 'other priorities' are Demo'Rat donors. The money was gone almost immediately. Joe is now creating 💰 at $1 trillion every 100 days, approx $3.5 trillion a year. Now he promises to finance, and delivers, whatever we want badly enough, and all that we have to do is be obedient and subservient.

But don't worry; the $ is pretty much finished anyway. They will try to keep the dollar afloat in case Trump should somehow beat the voting machines in November, so that he can be blamed for the inevitable collapse.

[minnesota_bound]

Why no bumpers around the bridge supports in all these decades?

[Lou Foxwell]

The harbor pilot was not in charge when it happened. A new and inexperienced pilot was at the helm. A diversity hire gave the order to drop anchor. There have been a series of articles on YouTube about problems with the black box.

[MV=PY]

Wow. This is contrary to everything I’ve read.

Can you at least post a few links to the youtube videos?

Here are some links I read:

https://fortune.com/2024/03/29/pilot-captain-key-bridge-collapse/

https://apnews.com/live/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-latest-2024#0000018e-7ca8-d2be-ad9f-fdb98cd70000

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/02/pilot-key-bridge-baltimore/

[Lou Foxwell]

Go on any of the alternate media and you will find the stories the MSM refuses to print.

[MV=PY]

Thanks much for your help!

[Lou Foxwell]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoDI7e86w8Q
Some in depth research on the bridge collapse

[MV=PY]

Thanks! I appreciate the link, FRiend.

I noted the “Hover Pen” ad, and the comparison of the mass of the ship to the power of explosives. And the dramatic music. Professional video.

But there are no facts revealed here to make me think this was a conspiracy, or to think the ship was “hacked.” Just implications.

That ship didn’t have anything to hack. It has primitive drive systems that weren’t even properly maintained. That, unfortunately, is the state if our shipping industry.

I really want to learn anything meaningful. Do you have other sources that state that the harbor captain was not at the helm? Or that there was intent to bring down the bridge?

Much obliged for facts...

[Lou Foxwell]

Have seen nothing yet. The accident was preventable but was not prevented. That is the most suspicious thing about it.

[grey_whiskers]

🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 15, 2024

[bankwalker]

FBI = cover it up ...

[grey_whiskers]

BOMBSHELL REPORT: ⚠️ Exclusive intel reveals that the attack on The Francis Scott Key Bridge was a TERRORIST ATTACK launched by the Chinese Communist Party on American soil, using “remote towing” technology on the “The DALI”.

DEVELOPING..

pic.twitter.com/Ug2tEcTYUi— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) April 15, 2024

(See the post this one is replying too as well; the FBI has opened a criminal investigation on it.)