I've been to Minnesota twice in my life, and both times came away enormously impressed by the genuine love for life shared by those who live in that cold, flat, lake-filled place. The death of dozens of commuters sitting in traffic will no doubt shake their faith ... but it won't break their High Plains spirit.
UPDATE: "No More Collapses."
UPDATE #2: Garrison Keillor opines:
The way to get money to fix a bridge is for it to collapse and kill people, and so Congress promptly awarded Minnesota $250 million for the fallen I-35W. The usual suspects held press conferences to express shock and concern, pledge support, etc. The governor called for a time of healing and he proclaimed confidence in his commissioner of transportation, a large ebullient woman in a bright red blouse. There were prayer services. The Current Occupant came to view the wreckage and to express, in that intense and aimless way of his, his hopes for a better life for us. And then, having raised our hopes, he did not resign from office after all.
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