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It's a dark day in the Twin Cities. The death toll from last night's events will certainly rise, and even if it doesn't, for four people to die and dozens more to be injured from something this horrific is still a tragedy.

What I will never understand is the need for people to have someone to blame. In this case, "people" are the news networks and media in general. Bad stuff happens in our world. The way we deal with it is what makes or breaks us as individuals and as a human race. New Orleans, for better or for worse, has managed to host some major events in the last year and get some cash pumped back into a city that nearly died, and remains dead to many. The Twin Cities must, and will, move on.

This is not Governor Pawlenty's fault. This is not the fault of lower taxes. it's not the fault of the city of Minneapolis or of county government or of the NTSB or any of those groups. A bridge broke, and some people got hurt and some died. The cause of the collapse will (hopefully) be found in the coming days and weeks, construction on a new span will begin, and life in the Twin Cities will resume. Maybe not as fully, and people will always remember, but life will go on. Having someone to blame isn't going to help that process.