Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, NPR’s Juan Williams called the reversal of the New Haven Fire Fighter discrimination lawsuit “judicial activism.” If you somehow missed this case, fourteen white fire fighters and one Hispanic fire fighter were denied promotions after passing the required test because no black candidates passed the test. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sided with the City of New Haven and supported the promotion denials. Williams suggested that if there are no black passing students that the test needs to be looked at. I disagree.
Juan, sometimes black people do worse on tests than non-black people. Deal with it. If you keep going down this road I’m going to start a frivolous lawsuit and sue the NBA for race and height discrimination. After all, 82% of NBA players are black. If I win there, I will then take on the NFL, where 65% of the players are black. See how stupid that sounds?
If standardized tests are racially biased toward white middle-class Americans, why do Asian students regularly perform as good if not better than white students? After all, Asians make up 5% of our population; they are certainly a minority in America. They often come from families that do not even have English as their native language. Why do they do better? Could it be their home life? Their work ethic? The concept of discipline and hard work? Here’s one opinion (from GreatSchools.net):
While American children are dividing their time between a thousand different extracurricular activities in addition to household chores, Asian students are concentrating more on their schoolwork. The role of Asian children in the family is clear-cut and two-fold:
- Respect your elders and obey your parents.
- Study hard and do well in school to secure a bright future.
Our parents firmly believed in roles and they ensured that each member of the family carried out his or her role to the best of his or her ability. Our father was the breadwinner during the day and an educator at night. Our mother kept the house and finances in order during the day and also became an educator at night. Our role during the day was to obey our teachers and do our best in the classroom; our role at night was to obey our parents and focus on our continued studies at home (which included homework, review of previously learned material and any additional assignments our parents gave us). Of course, we also cleaned our rooms, set the table, did the dishes and played outdoors, but we didn’t have the multitude of distractions that many non-Asian children faced once school ended.
So Juan, stop dealing from the race card deck. The only way America will get over the percieved problem of racism is when minorities stop pointing out the fact that they are minorities. I was thinking that this would happen after Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton die, but I’m not too hopeful since folks like P-Diddy and Jamie Fox are happy to carry the black separatist torch for the next generation. When will blacks actually adopt the “content of their character” mantra of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Al Gore is poised to make billions in the cap & trade business, one that he has helped create thanks to hype, lies and bad science.
I you are not up to speed: Under a cap and trade system the government sets a nationwide limit on emissions. This is the “cap.” The goal is to reduce the pollution that companies generate by fining companies that exceed the government-defined limit. Over time the cap is lowered to reduce the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere. (think of it as a magical pollution limbo bar) The “trade” part is a so-called market for carbon allowances or credits. Companies that produce less than their limit can sell credits to companies that are over their own limit. Supporters claim that this provides an economic incentive to pollute less. Companies that pollute can pay other companies to be clean.
Analogy: Billy gets a 96/100 on his test. Benny gets a 56/100. In order to pass you need a 60. So, Billy can sell four points from his test score to Benny so that Benny can pass with a 60. Billy still has a 92 and gets to keep his ‘A’, and Benny gets his passing ‘D.’ Take this a step further: If Billy is the shining star in a classroom full of idiots, he can dole out as many points as he wants to the kids that fail regularly and can decide what he wants his grade to be. Potentially, everyone in his class passes and the world is a better place full of “educated” students.
Based on this stellar Gore-inspired logic I’ve decided to create my own business that is similar to his cap/trade carbon credits ventures. We have heard rumblings from Team Obama that people need to eat better and exercise more. The potential exists in a nationalized health care system for coverage to depend on the health of the patient. What do you eat? Do you smoke? How much do you exercise? Well, I’ve got the answer: Calorie Credits!
I can continue to be a big fat-ass and frequent the many lunch buffets that I love as long as I pay someone else to exercise for me. The more exercise they do, the more I can eat. If I only partake in the occasional doughnut perhaps a small donation to the high school football team will suffice. At my side of the spectrum, I’m looking at sponsoring a Kenyan marathon runner.
You may be laughing, but you can’t debate my logic. Calorie credits make as much sense as carbon credits and cap/trade.
Cap and Trade was passed by the House today. If only FOUR more Republicans had voted no this would have been killed. Now it is going to the Senate.
Remember, this bill is intended to create massive taxes on all forms of energy. People that use energy to cool/heat their homes will be charged more. Companies that make things using energy will charge more for their products. People will buy less of these products because the costs of energy will be passed on to the consumers in the form of higher prices. Companies will need to lay people off due to shrinking demand. More people will be home during the day, therefore needing more energy to heat/cool their homes. Their bills will go up. The cycle continues. Get it?
Also, the big push from that witch Nancy Pelosi is that this will help save the world by reducing CO2. I’ll save my man-made global warming rant for another time. Just ponder this: How the heck did the Earth get out of the past few ice ages? It certainly wasnt hummers and coal plants.
Contact these turncoats. Yell at them. Let your voice be heard. LOUDLY. Until they start hearing how seriously angry Americans are about the passing of the largest tax increase in human history — one that will destroy jobs and bank accounts — they will keep acting like power-hungry, selfish, greedy bastards
| Representative Name (State) | DC Office Telephone | Twitter (if available) | Web Contact Page |
| Mary Bono Mack (CA) | 202-225-5330 | @marybonomack | http://bono.house.gov/ |
| Mike Castle (DE) | 202-225-4165 | @repmikecastle | http://www.castle.house.gov/ |
| Mark Kirk (IL) | 202-225-4835 | @markkirk | http://www.house.gov/kirk/ |
| Leonard Lance (NJ) | 202-225-5361 | no twitter | http://lance.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=3§iontree=3 |
| Frank Lobiondo (NJ) | 202-225-6572 | no twitter | http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/contact.shtml |
| John McHugh (NY) | 202-225-4611 | no twitter | http://mchugh.house.gov/ |
| Dave Reichart (WA) | 202-225-7761 | @davereichert | http://reichert.house.gov/ |
| Chris Smith (NJ) | 202-225-3765 | no twitter | http://chrissmith.house.gov/ |
