We know who destroyed the I-35W bridge

So you thought no one knew yet what caused the Minneapolis bridge to collapse last week?

Let's see, I've heard that it was the fault of President Bush for spending so much money on the Iraq war rather than on the nation's infrastructure. John McCain said it was Congress' fault for all the spending it does on earmarks. I hear Rush Limbaugh has dug up someone who blames it on global warming.

And twice this week, I've received e-mails blaming it on NAFTA.

This is what I mean:

OFFICIALS WARNED NAFTA TRUCKS THREATENED BRIDGE

Conducting interviews on this topic is the author of this article Dr. Jerome Corsi.

Public officials in Minnesota had been warned that increasing truck traffic from international trade was placing an undue stress on the state's transportation infrastructure, including specific warnings concerning the now-collapsed bridge over the Mississippi on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis.

Remember back when Hurricane Katrina was just hitting New Orleans, and Robert Kennedy Jr. was already blaming it on global warming and George W. Bush? People just can't wait to take any situation and turn it into a political blame game.

I've not studied much mathematics and/or logic, but one thing I was taught was to avoid the idea that correlation is the same as cause and effect.

On the other hand, most of these people don't care. They take anything they see and use it to suit their own ends.

Curse you, Red Baron.