Comments on: Firefighter to Testify Against Sotomayor
Senate Republicans Plan Testimony from White Conn. Firefighter Whose Reverse Discrimination Case Was Rejected by Nominee
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- by jgreatsone July 9, 2009 1:16 PM PDT
The argument is that promotion should be based on who is most qualified for the promotion - not based on being a MAJORITY. Especially when it comes to safety of the public.
Look at our country's history and understand that that's why we're having this discussion
that's a load of krap - has nothing to do w/majority/minority, has to do w/ passing the mandatory tests, verbal and written, in order to succeed and climb to the next level on the ladder rung, which is standard in the fire service - you don't know if their 'qualified' w/out these tests - their not based on number of calls ran, it's a whole lot deeper than that. - Reply to this comment
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- i appreciate that you're aware of what it takes to become one, but this issue has nothing to do with being a fireman - it's about opportunity. do you have a problem when a white person gets a job because he/she's white?
- "by Thalia-9 July 9, 2009 7:18 PM PDT
you are dead wrong and have literally no idea of a FD's structure - Sotomayer is the only one who made this a 'racist' issue, so if it's going to backfire on anyone, it will be herself"
You just don't get it, do you???? Sotomayor didn't say that the fireman was discriminated against! It wasn't "HER" job to. Her job was to say if the "CITY" descriminated against Ricci By the "LAWS THEN IN FORCE". According to the "LAW" she said "NO". She didn't say whether it was right or not, "That" was outside her authority.. If "YOU" want to go on a witch hunt or make this racist then "YOU" are wrong..
- The Republicans seem to be stuck on the idea of a circular firing squad. In the end they are going to wind up alienating a lot of voters and this is going hurt them big time. They are going to be thought of as racist going after her in the vain hope of getting lucky and turning the country against her.
They are trying to touch racial hot buttons and are willing to play large segments of the population off against each other. This is not a bright idea and may wind up blowing up in there face. - Reply to this comment
- I have a great idea for you. You and your family can give up your spots for promotion and university admissions. Funny how the Kennedy's and Clinton's always seem to get their kids in to the good school's. Hmmmm.
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- jgreat - OK, name a country that has not been governed primarily by white European descendants that you would prefer to live in?
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- African Americans continue to be handicapped by years of racism and discrimination. We need to continue to make sure that they receive special treatment. If this means setting aside jobs for them, setting aside college spots for them, so be it.
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- I dare neocons to reject this hispanic woman over trivial matters. I dare them.
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- Mr-Man? Where is the,"fact"?
That's your opinion,(or Rush's), nothing more. - Reply to this comment
- The firefighter who will testify is part of a script for the confirmation hearing. It wont change or affect a thing. The rhethoric will be more a reflection of the firefighter's charactar, more than Sotomeyer's.
In the transcripts I have read and studied about confirmation hearings, only a few of them present a change of direction or surprise. Every judge who presides knows that a relationship with justice has to be sterile to give maximum fairness to the defendant and plantiffs. Rhetoric and theatrics may contribute to individual demeanor, but won't change facts. In a confirmation hearing, the dryer the candidate is, the better their confirmation is assured. The world could tumble around them, but the pathway to the top is through "Rock-Solid" steadiness. - Reply to this comment
- What makes a school "second rate" is how the STUDENTS choose to do.
The fact is that the biggest single motivator to the students getting a good education are the PARENTS, NOT THE SCHOOL. If you think your kid's school is second-rate, or your child isn't doing well in school, then get off your ass, download some school study sheets from the Internet (the Internet is full of them) and sit down in the evenings with your kid and work through them, instead of watching episodes of Lost on TV.
That's what we do with our kids. Both of them. Even during the summer. Do they like it? No. But, in the fall when they go back to school they are at the level that they were when school ended, they haven't forgotten 1/2 of the school year, like your kids. That's why our kids will be going through college and working at nice jobs in a decade or so and your kids will be flipping hamburgers. But, I'm sure you won't care since you won't have missed all those Lost episodes!
Get a clue. And I'm not even going to start with all the single women out there who think that their kids are better off with 1 parent while they are in school. - Reply to this comment
- whats next Failin Palin will testify as well?
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