Paragraph of the Day: US Soldiers Luck Out on “Big Dig” Tunnel Naming
Stephen Moore called the Big Dig “the most expensive federal transportation earmark in history” today at OpinionJournal.com. I would prefer to call it “The Mother of All Earmarks.”
Oh, the naming thing — It seemed like a slap in the face at the time, but now it seems like richly deserved poetic justice (last paragraph at link):
When the Big Dig tunnels were finally completed, Gov. Romney suggested naming one of the arteries the “Liberty Tunnel” to pay tribute to the soldiers fighting for freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Legislature protested and demanded that the project be called the Tip O’Neill Tunnel instead. Thankfully, they prevailed. Some 20 years after the earth began to move on this project, the Boston Big Dig conjures up many images, but, alas, liberty and freedom are assuredly not among them.
It should have been named the “Ted Kennedy” tunnel.
More often than not, you drive your car into 6′ of water.
Comment by cobie jesudowich — August 4, 2006 @ 12:33 pm