"Never let the ugly truth get in the way of a good political narrative."

In a blog post entitled Not Exactly Shovel Ready the blogger at In From the Cold points out some more embarrassing gaffes and misleading claims by Obama. The first has to do with a bridge that will not be built for 48 months. The second has to do with the Intercontinental Railroad" Obama says America built. From Obama's speech at the bridge:

"Now, we used to have the best infrastructure in the world here in America. We’re the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad, the Interstate Highway System. (Applause.) We built the Hoover Dam. We built the Grand Central Station. (Applause.)

So how can we now sit back and let China build the best railroads? And let Europe build the best highways? And have Singapore build a nicer airport? At a time when we've got millions of unemployed construction workers out there just ready to get on the job, ready to do the work to rebuilding America."

The blogger notes:

"The Intercontinental Railroad? Is that the one that connects San Francisco and Tokyo, or New York and London? Obviously, they don't exist. We assume President Obama was referring to the transcontinental railroad, completed in 1869. It remains a marvel of engineering and speed, largely because immigrant work crews didn't have an OSHA inspector demanding hearing protection for everyone, or the EPA trying to protect every bug, bird and snake that lived along the railroad's right-of-way."

Read the Whole thing at http://formerspook.blogspot.com/