So we’re back on the road. And as I was traveling these fine American highways, a man thought occured to me. There are three ways to fix a bad roadway:

1. Send a talented crew out to patch it so that it performs better than ever.

2. Send an even more talented crew out to replace it, making it so good that it will outlast generations.

3. Stick in sign in the ground and pretend you fixed it.

Hmmm, ever wonder which option most supervisors of our highway system will pick? Well wonder no more, for I have the answer. It’s always #3.

“We don’t have the budget”, they say … using a man-defense as old as time itself.

Well, I reply, maybe do without that 232rd extra battleship named after some random governor and pour a little asphalt? And for god’s sake … how freaking hard is it to join the edge of a bridge with a roadway? Do you intentionally add that Evel Knievel jump ramp at either end?

This is man logic at it’s finest. Shed money on an endless cycle of providing shareholder value to defense companies … and then plant permanent signs like flowers on the side of already destroyed highways instead of actually fixing something.

“Hey, we warned you” is not the same thing as Making Highways Great Again.