would something like this happen:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/07/14/a_new_intolerance_visits_provincetown/

Hysterical.

So the term "breeder" is slanderous? Gay folks, who would know a thing or two about intolerance, throwing racial slurs around? Tough lesbians bullying straight girls?

Ah, the world is so imperfect!

would something like this happen:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/07/14/a_new_intolerance_visits_provincetown/

Hysterical.

So the term "breeder" is slanderous? Gay folks, who would know a thing or two about intolerance, throwing racial slurs around? Tough lesbians bullying straight girls?

Ah, the world is so imperfect!


Don't gays realize that if it weren't for "breeders", they wouldn't be around?:eek:

and your tunnel engineers leave a bit to be desired also...Hows the Ted Williams holding up Garb???

It's just very typical of "special interest" groups. Those who cry and moan about others needing to have tolerance regarding their views, opinions or lifestyle ultimately turn out to be the most intolerant of all when others don't agree with them.

and your tunnel engineers leave a bit to be desired also...Hows the Ted Williams holding up Garb???

The I-90 connector tunnel is closed indefinitely. At least a month, is the grumbling. With the new tunnel, I could get to the airport in 20 minutes. Now - no idea.....back to hell.

I think I yearn for a simpler way of life. Is it too late to be one of those Amish people?

Forget breeders, queers and moderators - slur everyone that had anything to do with the Big Dig. Everyone should be upset by this. Everyone's tax dollars went into this cluster-F.

Boston ‘Big Dig’ collapse raises safety worrieshttp://www.gulf-times.com/site/images/spacer.gif
Published: Thursday, 13 July, 2006, 10:26 PM
BOSTON: Plagued by charges of corruption, Boston’s $14.6 Billion “Big Dig” claimed its first fatality after tons of concrete fell from a tunnel ceiling and crushed a car, prompting severe criticism over safety standards at America’s biggest public works project.
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney began legal action to oust the head of the agency overseeing the project after steel rods that secure 40ft (12m) cement panels gave way late on Monday, causing several panels to cascade from the ceiling.

Milena Del Valle, 38, was killed instantly after a three-tonne chunk of cement flattened the car she was travelling in to Boston’s Logan International Airport. Her 46-year-old husband Angel managed to crawl through a window.

“I don’t think anyone can feel the tunnels are safe after what happened,” Romney said.
“What other things are wrong? So far we have seen the ceiling leak, we’ve seen slurry walls collapse, we now have ceiling sections collapse,” he told a news conference.

The Big Dig, compared to the building of the Hoover Dam or the Panama Canal, replaced outdated elevated highways that were considered a blight on downtown Boston with a sleek system of highway tunnels including a key artery to the city’s airport.

It has been plagued by cost-overruns, leaks, criminal investigations, delays and scandals.

Romney accused Matt Amorello, chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, of a “continuing and ongoing pattern of mismanagement”, likening him to Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown, who quit after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans last year, killing more than 1,500 people.

Amorello, who is entitled to a hearing, did not respond to Romney directly but said he had begun a probe involving state police and private investigators into the fallen panels, which were installed in 1999 and are meant to be inspected every two years.

Witnesses told police they heard a booming “snap” sound followed by tumbling concrete and twisted steel in a 200ft (61m) section that forms the tunnel’s air-ventilation system.

“It’s my worst fear come true,” said former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority director Christy Mihos, who is running for governor. “I will not go into the tunnels with my family,” he told Boston’s WRKO radio.

The state attorney general’s office issued subpoenas to companies involved with the Big Dig, and federal highway regulators were also investigating.

The 15-year project cut the average peak travel time on northbound Interstate 93 by 17 minutes to about 3 minutes after major road construction ended in January, an MTA report shows.

But some work is still being done and the state attorney general’s office demanded in March a $108 Million refund from contractors for at least 200 serious construction lapses.

In May, six men who supplied concrete to the Big Dig were arrested, accused of delivering sub-standard material. In April 2005, a day after authorities declared the tunnels safe, debris fell from an overhead vent and damaged at least five vehicles.

On Tuesday, police and engineers cordoned off the tunnel, choking rush hour traffic. It was expected to open yesterday.

Local firm Modern Continental, which installed the panels, said it was confident of the quality of its work. The steel rods that gave way, known as “tiebacks”, were also used in at least 17 other Big Dig sections that were being checked. – Reutershttp://www.gulf-times.com/site/images/spacer.gif