vaberella
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Thu May-07-09 06:23 PM
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What the hell am I watching on Hardball?! |
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There seems to be an idiot...but there was reverse discrimination underneath their names...but I don't know what I'm watching. They can't understand the questions...then a lady just said there was a "fracture in the African American community" in relation to those against supporters of the move.
Apparently some exam was thrown out because there was not enough minority people applying for this exam.
Now the NAACP has been called in...I don't get it.
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Thu May-07-09 06:28 PM
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1. New Haven Firefighter Reverse discrimination case going to SCOTUS |
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Article on the case: http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-supreme-court-newhaven-0423.artapr23,0,1231656.storyMatthews made a mess of the discussion yesterday and is trying to do better today.
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Thu May-07-09 06:29 PM
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I thought he was going to punch Ms. Walsh in the snoot the other day.
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Thu May-07-09 06:34 PM
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4. Do you have a video somewhere? n/t |
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Thu May-07-09 07:58 PM
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10. There are several clips for each day |
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Thu May-07-09 07:56 PM
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9. I don't know - the last two days I have been in a fog |
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And when Tweety started in, I changed over to something else. I caught enough to know what was going on but not enough to know the details of the discussions.
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Thu May-07-09 06:34 PM
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Thu May-07-09 06:34 PM
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are suing the city of New Haven for not being promoted after they took an exam to become officers because the city of New Haven threw them out. Supposedly when not enough minorities (and no African Americans) did well enough on the exam to be promoted, the city found the exam to be discriminatory, but the firefighters are challenging that it was not.
The ruling on the whether to throw out the exam was 2-2, with there being some politics behind it as well supposedly. Lots of stuff still isn't clear and the test is "sealed" so we don't know what parts were found to be discriminatory, if any, or why.
I don't know the idiot you are talking about, except for maybe Chris Matthews ;-)
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Thu May-07-09 06:36 PM
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6. I won't deny Tweets is stupid. ~sigh~ My love for him knows no bounds. n/t |
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Thu May-07-09 06:36 PM
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Fri May-08-09 08:09 AM
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15. The politics in this are awful. Mayor DeStefano did not do his job. |
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Edited on Fri May-08-09 08:09 AM by CTyankee
He was greatly in the back pocket of a disreputable "community" leader. The test had never been used before and the mayor refused to have it "tested" for race bias before using it.
This is a horrible, horrible case upon which to hang the fate of affirmative action.
As a result of this and instances of union busting, I am no longer a supporter of Mayor DeStefano. I have supported him for all of his bids for mayor and his bid in 06 for governor. Never again. I am voting for the Green Party candidate for mayor in this year's election.
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Thu May-07-09 06:52 PM
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8. You do know that 92.73% of what they present is 100% bullshit. |
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The remaining 7.27% is the kernel of truth upon which it's based.
:hi:
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Thu May-07-09 08:18 PM
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11. I have to assume what you're watching on Hairball is crud. |
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Thu May-07-09 08:20 PM
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12. Check your remote control |
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if it's like mine there's a button on it that will change the channel. Problem solved
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Thu May-07-09 08:45 PM
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13. Why are you watching Hardball? |
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Not to be mean or anything...
He lost me a while back with the guests he keeps booking.
I'm done with Hardball.
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Thu May-07-09 08:52 PM
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14. I like Tweety. Normally a fight breaks out and it's entertaining. Today was not. n/t |
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Fri May-08-09 08:36 AM
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Tweety asked some really dumb questions. Like, what they thought other people's motives were. It's funny because Tweety always says he never questions other's motives. It was a fragmented and incoherent interview, not unlike this post. Tweet is usually better. The Tom Ridge interview was great.
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