Sneaky bastards

This is the sort of thing that makes me really really angry, but I have nothing I can really do about it.  Except, you know, blog.

My attention was drawn to the office TV (playing FOX News) by something about "Republican governors."  An ad celebrated Republican governors like Walker taking brave stands and saving their states money (you know, by union busting.  Next target: suffrage?)  I actually almost thought the ad was going to be against that, since it sort of let the facts speak for themselves and I sort of think revoking collective bargaining rights and vetoing high-speed rail are facts that say rather negative things.  But the ad went on to say Democrats are trying to build a new bridge from Detroit to Ontario.  A bridge we don't need.  A bridge that will cost taxpayers too much.

What really made me curious, though, was that at the end of the ad, text appeared saying it was "Paid for by the Detroit International Bridge Co."  Sounds kind of weird, right?  Why is a bridge company lobbying against a bridge?

I did some research and found that the Detroit International Bridge Co. operates Ambassador Bridge, also between Detroit and Ontario, and has proposed creating a second span to handle increased international traffic.

So by "the taxpayers can't afford this" they mean "we're trying to scuttle this bridge project so ours will go through."

Holy.  Crap.