Tuesday, July 15, 2008
'Insular culture'
I'm trying to think of a profession more damning than bodybuilding while a firefighter is out on alleged disability. Alaskan King Crab fishing? Logging? Special Forces reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan? I don't know. Bodybuilding is hard to beat. ... Notice the mayor's indignation centers on the brazenness of the scam -- not on all the scams in general. ... Speaking of 'insular culture': Some of the MBTA's richest-in-the-nation health care benefits have been chipped away. But it wasn't done by lawmakers. They have their own 'insular culture.' Hey, he put in his time for pension and health-care perks too. At this late point in life, it'd be cruel to throw him out into the cold world with all those little-people in the private sector. ...
I'm trying to think of a profession more damning than bodybuilding while a firefighter is out on alleged disability. Alaskan King Crab fishing? Logging? Special Forces reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan? I don't know. Bodybuilding is hard to beat. ... Notice the mayor's indignation centers on the brazenness of the scam -- not on all the scams in general. ... Speaking of 'insular culture': Some of the MBTA's richest-in-the-nation health care benefits have been chipped away. But it wasn't done by lawmakers. They have their own 'insular culture.' Hey, he put in his time for pension and health-care perks too. At this late point in life, it'd be cruel to throw him out into the cold world with all those little-people in the private sector. ...
