Over at the main site, Faiz Shakir says this morning’s catastrophic water main break in Bethesda illustrates the need for a nationwide infrastructure upgrade.
There’s something to that, but I think the editor of ThinkProgress should know as well as anyone that it’s exceedingly difficult to maintain a blog during this December 22 – January 2 period. Under the circumstances, I think we ought to be welcoming any kind of news cycle stimulus. If a few people need to be inconvenienced by massive flooding and/or water shortages, I think that’s a small price to pay for the greater good of creating content.
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