Cleveland Plain Dealer's Kevin O'Brien is Nuts

Okay, stop us if you have heard this one before, but according to the PD's own Kevin O'Brien the reason why the bridge collapsed in Minnesota is, are you ready, big government. Yes, that's right, the fallen bridge in Minnesota is a symptom of America's dependence on big government. You see, according to Kevin, big government is doing too much and because it is doing too much, it can't do things right.

Now, of course, the problem with Kevin's take on things is that most people would say that building an interstate highway system to facilitate the movement of people and goods across the country is a function of government. It encourages the creation of jobs, it helps bind the nation together, and it drives down the cost of goods by making it easier to ship them. Well, if that's what they think, then apparently, according to Kevin, their wrong.

You see Kevin is a right-wing kind of guy and these last few years haven't been easy for him. We have seen screw-up after screw-up from the Bushies. Iraq, Katrina, cost overruns in government projects, Republicans going to jail for ethics violations, and generally making a mess of government. So Kevin is in a hard spot. He can either come clean and admit that Republicans, at least this bunch in D.C., aren't very competent or he can write crazy articles apparently calling for the Federal Government to stop maintaining the interstate highway system. He chose the crazy article route.