{"id":3199,"date":"2019-02-22T06:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2019-02-22T06:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T11:52:07","slug":"walls-and-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3199","title":{"rendered":"Walls and Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JPA176.jpg\" alt=\"Walls and Bridges\" class=\"wp-image-3200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JPA176.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JPA176-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s true. Michigan is building a new bridge with Canada \u2014 the Gordie Howe Bridge between Detroit and Windsor. And Canada is indeed paying for it. In fact, credit where credit is due, that&#8217;s how Governor Snyder made the deal happen \u2014 with his own kind of end run around a legislature reluctant to fund it. (The legislative branch constitutionally must appropriate funds, but Canada is taking care of the up front costs.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s mostly where similarities end between the bridge and the wall with Mexico. The bridge is a bridge: a forward-looking, economically positive structure designed to promote commerce and connection among neighbors. The wall is, well, it&#8217;s hard to tell what the heck that is. A 30 foot concrete barrier from &#8220;sea to shining sea&#8221;? A series of steel slats in specific locations? A metaphor to stoke dread and fear? Whatever, a wall is generally not intended to promote commerce and connection among neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I juxtapose the bridge and the wall not for the parallels, but for the differences. With the President intent on pursuing a decidedly negative agenda, elsewhere in America (specifically here in Michigan) forward-looking efforts continue to develop. And not only forward-looking, but fully constitutional as well! Oh there is so much we can help you with, Mr. President. I guess we&#8217;ll see you in court so we can talk about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true. Michigan is building a new bridge with Canada \u2014 the Gordie Howe Bridge between Detroit and Windsor. And Canada is indeed paying for it. In fact, credit where credit is due, that&#8217;s how Governor Snyder made the deal happen \u2014 with his own kind of end run around a legislature reluctant to fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrewheller-com","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3201,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions\/3201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}