1 Its about time.

2 the Supreme Court acted stupidly






lets have a beer

3 Will they get back pay from the time of the denial?  or has the city made a settlement already?

4

They can send copies of their promotion certificates to Justice Sotomayor.

5

They can send copies of their promotion certificates to Justice Sotomayor.

I can only hope *somebody* persuades them to do this. We patriots lack good political theater. Let's beat that slob Michael Moore at his own game.

6 They certainly earned it. In more ways than one.

7 They were among the firefighters who sued after the city threw out of the test results because too few minorities would have been promoted.

This is what scares me the most about government health care.  I'll be at the emergency room with a lacerated kidney and the receptionist will tell me that they can't see me now because they are over their limit for treating white people this month.  Liberals love them some quotas.

8 At last- a victory for common sense.  When your house is burning down you really don't care what race, color, or religion the people who are getting off the fire trucks happen to be.

You do, however, want them to know what the f*ck they are doing!

9 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

10

I can only hope *somebody* persuades them to do this. We patriots lack good political theater. Let's beat that slob Michael Moore at his own game.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 02, 2009 01:17 PM (ujg0T)

What would be better political theater would be founding a study center for firefighters to help all ambitious firefighters - Black or white or dyslexic or whatever - to study for the promotion exam at low-cost or for free.  And then demonstrate that the study center is more effective at helping minority firefighters win legitimate promotions than affirmative action is at helping them get fake passes on the promotion exam.

11 Way O/T, but Meredith Baxter admitted to Matt Lauer today that she is, in fact, a lesbian.

Posted by: runningrn at December 02, 2009 01:24 PM (vEclT)

What about poor David Birney?  How's he going to take that news?

12

Sotomayor:  I can't believe this decision went this way.

Justice Roberts:  Don't take it so personal, bitch.

 

13 Wise Latina Supreme Court Justices hardest hit.

14 Posted by: runningrn at December 02, 2009 01:24 PM (vEclT)

Lesbian, after being married to three different men, having 5 children, over a total of 25 years.  Wouldn't this make her Bi? I'm just asking, seriously.

15 I had a FD promotion held up for 18 months in 1986 because all of my black competitors failed the exam. the local paper mau-mau'ed the dept for years until AA became the law of the land. It took years to eliminate race based promotions, but entry level hiring today is mandated at 80% minority.

16 A real man knows that there is no such thing as a "Lesbian".

17

22

I applied to the Fire Department shortly after returning from Iraq and was straight up told by the firefighters that due to my melanin content I might as well set my application on fire. They had had people who had volunteered for years, taken all the tests and passed with flying colors, apply for 4 or more years in a row and not get hired. That is the day I also found out my vet preferences count less on a federal application than minority status. Made my heart warm with joy let me tell you.

18 @22 mark c

It took years to eliminate race based promotions, but entry level hiring today is mandated at 80% minority.

Consent decree?  That's a different ball-o-wax altogether.

A lot of people have no idea what kind of systematic abuse like this has been imposed by the courts.

19 Way O/T, but Meredith Baxter admitted to Matt Lauer today that she is, in fact, a lesbian.

This doesn't have its own post yet?  Those Keaton's really are quite the American wreck.

20 A real man knows that there is no such thing as a "Lesbian".

Posted by: toby928 at December 02, 2009 01:32 PM (PD1tk)

A real man walks into a lesbian bar and shouts, "I can lick any woman in this place!"

21 But they did they have to still keep the undeserving minority that were previously promoted?

Yeah I know.

22 Nighthawk: "You do, however, want them to know what the f*ck they are doing!"

That's crazy talk, that's what that is. We have fire hydrants designated for whites and fire hydrants for non-whites. We only need personnel who can apply the correct water from the correct source. Anything more is just The Man showing off.

23
What about poor David Birney?  How's he going to take that news?

Lying down, I suspect.

24 Wouldn't this make her Bi?

No. But it would get her name into the news, which I suspect is the point of the whole exercise.

Lesbianism is the newest Hollywood fad, hadn't you heard? In a year or two she'll be married to some other (male) shmuck, and this will all be forgotten.

This is also why I take the "sexual perference is hard-wired" claim with extreme skepticism. Sexual preference is a lifestyle choice, not a feature of human biology.

25

A real man knows that there is no such thing as a "Lesbian".

 

 

I need you.  I need you bad.

26 I'm just a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Someone had to.

27

23 A real man knows that there is no such thing as a "Lesbian".

That you Tiger?

28

Heh!  more like dangling down!

Are you suggesting David Birney is a bat?

_{*hahaha, I wrote the above comment thinking David Birney was deceased. I musta been thinking about Bill Bixby for some reason.*}

29

I'm just a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Someone had to.

Hey, I started that.

30

_{*hahaha, I wrote the above comment thinking David Birney was deceased. I musta been thinking about Bill Bixby for some reason.*}

 

 

Bill Bixby's dead?

31 from Affirmative Action to Hot Girl on Girl Action. well played, morons, well played.

32 32 A real man knows that there is no such thing as a "Lesbian".

I need you.  I need you bad.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at December 02, 2009 01:39 PM (lBGI2)

 

But there is a thing called coyote ugly.

33

#41

I'll second that! 

How did we slip this into a lesbo thread? 

Cause we wanted too!

34 Thank goodness jobs are being filled based upon ability and not "effort".

35 Here's a satirical reminder of the principles Judge Sotomayor handed down in the Ricci case: "Lawyers Advise Fire Department to Close Until Fires Destroy More Racially Proportionate Number of Homes": tinyurl.com/y87ewhd

36

from Affirmative Action to Hot Girl on Girl Action. well played, morons, well played.

I wouldn't call Meredith Baxter hot anymore, well, maybe for an old lady...

37

A step closer to realizing Martin Luther King's color blind society.  Good news indeed.

38

You know, if the Left really wants to hand out plum government jobs to the right ethnic tokens, why not just go back to old fashioned Gilded Age patronage? It would be a lot more honest than Affirmative Action.

 

39 Think the MSM will cover the ceremony?

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

40 Mom?  Mom!?!?  You can stop hugging Lauren now!

41

Meredith Baxter-Birney? GODDAMMIT!

 

Oh, and I thought at first this thread was about Christina Ricci. BUNK!

42

One more thing about Meredith Baxter-Birney:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ydxxytg

43 Lying down, I suspect.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 02, 2009 01:38 PM (ogjN0)

I'm not dead yet!  I'm getting better!  I want to SING!

44

I've handled a number of Title VII cases (I don't often get to pick and choose the matters I work on based on my own politics) and I find disparate impact to be one of the most objectionable legal doctrines I've ever had to argue.  It's a wide-open swinging gate inviting "results-oriented" jurisprudence.

Rulings based on this doctrine are so tendentious and case-specific that they provide no guidance to other employers regarding how they should conduct themselves to avoid violations (as evidenced by the central debate in this latest mess).

As a result, the employers are left in a constant state of fear and uncertainty that most often seems to result in minority employees either a) ruling the roost with unreasonable behavior for which the employer is terrified to discipline them or b) simply not being hired at all - neither of which were the desired outcomes of Title VII.

The courts are supposed to explain, clarify and define, not to obfuscate, confuse and frighten.

45

It is positve news.  I'll take it.