It has been a while since we have added to the particular piece of lexicography. This is not to say that our city's leaders have not been up to their normal stupidity, but it takes exceptional stupidity in order to make it into the SOS Dictionary. Such stupidity has come to the attention of this humble scribbler, even while is a far away state.(On a side note, I would like to give thanks once again to Fred LeFebvre, Brian Wilson, and Maggie Thurber of AM 1370, WSPD in Toledo; whose efforts to highlight the nonsense and stupidity in Toledo often inspire and greatly contribute to my efforts in assembling this particular series of postings.)
Insurance Company:
1. A publicly held company (except in the case of mortgage insurance) that is empowered to operate a legal process of gambling. The company gambles that it will take in more in premiums from policy holders than it will dole out in policy settlements. The policy holder gambles that he will get more from insurance company in settlements than he (or she) will pay in premiums.
2. An organization that Councilman Mike Craig thinks that he can beat at their own game by having the fire department bill for everything from fire suppression foam to wear and tear on the department vehicles. (It is this kind of thinking that pays the utility bills for the Casinos in Las Vegas.)
Naive:
1. Asking the taxpayers of Toledo to believe that they will not be the ones footing the bill for the lost revenue from these fees that the fire department charges when the city discovers that it is not as smart as an insurance company dedicated to making a profit, something with which the city is entirely unfamiliar with (see profit from previous entries).
Posturing:
1. Striking a pose literally or figuratively in order to draw attention to one's self or make a point.
Poor Posturing:
1. Striking a pose unnecessarily only to discover that you have done so in quicksand and the only attention that are now drawing is based on the fact that you are sinking and unable to escape the untenable position that you now find yourself in.
7 comments:
Tim,
Excellent!
Shows that you're paying attention...
;-)
Yep...it just boggles the mind...
HT,
Yeah, not bad for a guy with the attention span of a 5-year old.
Roland,
Too true, and lately in Toledo, too often.
WT,
While I sometimes think that today's politicians are good for little more than word games like boggle, I fear that we pay far too heavy a price for their inability to understand the rules, play by them, or face the consequences of their losing strategies.
Tim,
I enjoy word games like boggle.
Tim,
I actually love word games...and actually usually excel at them... however, THEY are not talking about games of any sort...I fear they are 150% focused on their goal...and maybe our side is not yet.....grrrrr...it's really difficult NOT to be more than skeptical at this point... but thanks to bloggers like you...there is hope... thank you (bowing)..... ;)
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