Comments on: Sotomayor and the Sordid Business of Race http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marshall Hill MI. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-44392 Marshall Hill MI. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:03:28 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-44392 This is who the Great Unifier has chosen!What do we smell Now? This is who the Great Unifier has chosen!What do we smell Now?

]]> By: Norma, Missouri http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42999 Norma, Missouri Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:15:29 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42999 One of the firemen involved in this sordid mess stated that the tests were developed to determine who was the most qualified for what the job required. Sounds like a good idea to me, and if half of the ones who passed were black, that would have meant they were qualified. It reminds me of Tennessee State University (a black university) and their nursing program. About 1988, TSU was informed that such a low number of nursing students were passing State Boards Examinations that the State of Tn. was going to remove their Certification. TSU developed a test to "weed out" all students who would not have passed State Boards, and so retaining their Certificaton. Passing State Boards is required for all nurses students to become nurses. What if the nurses who do not pass State Boards started suing or Jessee Jackson started spouting racial discrimination? What is the solution, sarcastically, would be to just let nurses be nurses regardless of their ability? Think about that the next time you are in the hospital......are in a burning house. This has nothing to do with discrimination, only ability. One of the firemen involved in this sordid mess stated that the tests were developed to determine who was the most qualified for what the job required. Sounds like a good idea to me, and if half of the ones who passed were black, that would have meant they were qualified. It reminds me of Tennessee State University (a black university) and their nursing program. About 1988, TSU was informed that such a low number of nursing students were passing State Boards Examinations that the State of Tn. was going to remove their Certification. TSU developed a test to "weed out" all students who would not have passed State Boards, and so retaining their Certificaton. Passing State Boards is required for all nurses students to become nurses. What if the nurses who do not pass State Boards started suing or Jessee Jackson started spouting racial discrimination? What is the solution, sarcastically, would be to just let nurses be nurses regardless of their ability? Think about that the next time you are in the hospital……are in a burning house. This has nothing to do with discrimination, only ability.

]]> By: “Sordid Business [of] Divvying Us Up By Race” | Democrat = Socialist http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42901 “Sordid Business [of] Divvying Us Up By Race” | Democrat = Socialist Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:54:24 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42901 [...] via Sotomayor and the Sordid Business of Race » The Foundry. [...] [...] via Sotomayor and the Sordid Business of Race » The Foundry. [...]

]]> By: Paul Z., Wisconsin http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42938 Paul Z., Wisconsin Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:11:34 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42938 The exact same thing happened to me, my winning test score on a firefighters exam being thrown out because none of the top 10 qualifiers were minorities.....Then we had to retest on a pass/fail exam, pure discrimination..........they lowered the standards and picked anyone they wanted from the list.......... The exact same thing happened to me, my winning test score on a firefighters exam being thrown out because none of the top 10 qualifiers were minorities…..Then we had to retest on a pass/fail exam, pure discrimination……….they lowered the standards and picked anyone they wanted from the list……….

]]> By: Paul Z., Wisconsin http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42936 Paul Z., Wisconsin Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:06:04 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42936 Did anyone ask Judge Sotomayor her views on Amnesty, especially since she believes herself to be a wise Latino woman, "better" qualified than a white male. If she is in favor of Amnesty, then she should be asked what she intends to do with those that enter the U.S. ILLEGALLY "after",,, yet "another" Amnesty??? Did anyone ask Judge Sotomayor her views on Amnesty, especially since she believes herself to be a wise Latino woman, "better" qualified than a white male. If she is in favor of Amnesty, then she should be asked what she intends to do with those that enter the U.S. ILLEGALLY "after",,, yet "another" Amnesty???

]]> By: anthony panzica http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42930 anthony panzica Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:24:42 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42930 What the Senate did as a shame and a slap in the face of 91% of the people voted not to make Sotomayor a Supreme Court judge because she is a Racist. Why even go through the motions of her nomination. It was set from the word go. Who do our Senatorsthink they are kidding. They are working with Obama to destroy the Unted States of America. What the Senate did as a shame and a slap in the face of 91% of the people voted not to make Sotomayor a Supreme Court judge because she is a Racist. Why even go through the motions of her nomination. It was set from the word go. Who do our Senatorsthink they are kidding. They are working with Obama to destroy the Unted States of America.

]]> By: Jack Kime Illinois http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42917 Jack Kime Illinois Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:18:52 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42917 Re the comment by Jill of California that there is "definitely a place for affirmative action" "if done fairly." Jill, affirmative action is by definition unfair because it gives a group of people an unfair advantage for some benefit based on race, creed, color, gender, etc. There is no way to square this concept with our Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights and the Amendments (notably the 14th), which makes it clear that we are all equal in the sight of the law. Otherwise,m Jill, I agree with your comments. Re the comment by Jill of California that there is "definitely a place for affirmative action" "if done fairly." Jill, affirmative action is by definition unfair because it gives a group of people an unfair advantage for some benefit based on race, creed, color, gender, etc. There is no way to square this concept with our Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights and the Amendments (notably the 14th), which makes it clear that we are all equal in the sight of the law. Otherwise,m Jill, I agree with your comments.

]]> By: Lynn B. DeSpain http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42897 Lynn B. DeSpain Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42897 Hey, this is 21st cebtury America, you are only a Racist if you're White! This new centurey reminds me of Fantsy Land, except Walt Disney never designed anything to hurt and abuse as our President and Congress has, and is doing. This includes appointing racist, sexist, biased people to the Supreme Court of our Naation, who's only duty is to intupret The Constitution and its Ammendments, as if they were written in stone. Now we have a situtation where if it looks like Lenin, talks like Marx, then its probably Obama. Hozro Hey, this is 21st cebtury America, you are only a Racist if you're White! This new centurey reminds me of Fantsy Land, except Walt Disney never designed anything to hurt and abuse as our President and Congress has, and is doing. This includes appointing racist, sexist, biased people to the Supreme Court of our Naation, who's only duty is to intupret The Constitution and its Ammendments, as if they were written in stone. Now we have a situtation where if it looks like Lenin, talks like Marx, then its probably Obama.

Hozro

]]> By: Tom Iowa http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42855 Tom Iowa Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:00:11 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42855 AS with her soon to be new boss Obama. Just lie and say what the idiots want to hear. Nevermind that you are purjuring yourself to the nth degree. To stupid to actually be there, but smart enough to lie her way into the job. CALL, WRITE, E_MAIL your senators and congressmen. Let them know every day that if they don't stand up for us they will be the next on the unemployment line. AS with her soon to be new boss Obama. Just lie and say what the idiots want to hear. Nevermind that you are purjuring yourself to the nth degree.

To stupid to actually be there, but smart enough to lie her way into the job. CALL, WRITE, E_MAIL

your senators and congressmen. Let them know every

day that if they don't stand up for us they will be the next on the unemployment line.

]]> By: Jill, California http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/16/sotomayor-and-the-sordid-business-of-race/#comment-42767 Jill, California Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:40:17 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=10904#comment-42767 I agree. Sotomayor doesn't belong on the Supreme Court. She doesn't belong in any court. The New Haven firefighters were denied due process under the law both by the district court and the appellate court. Their Fourteenth Amendment rights were stripped away by judges who don't understand our U.S. Constitution. Sotomayor not only failed to uphold the Constitution, she brushed off the plaintiffs with a pathetic one-paragraph dismissal, not even considering the legal issues. I was a volunteer firefighter for 28 years before being sidelined by an injury. I'm well aware that I couldn't have become a firefighter were it not for those who fought to get equal rights for women and minorities. There's definitely a place for affirmative action ... if done fairly. But there was nothing fair about what the City of New Haven did. A lot of effort was put into designing a racially neutral promotional test for the New Fire Department. Thus there was no reason to throw out the test results because not enough minorities scored in the top 20. When the City threw out the test, it discriminated against the minorities too. At least three blacks would have been promoted off that list. Obviously, they were held back too. The City held no other promotional test in the last six years, so everyone else in the department was also denied the opportunity to promote. The firefighters who brought this lawsuit are indeed heros. Our legal system is a nightmarish experience that puts plaintiffs through hell just for defending their legal rights. Yet these firefighters kept going ... all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And because of their bravery, we'll all benefit nationwide. It's amazing. All they wanted were the promotions they had earned. They never set out to establish precedent. What they did for the country is awesome. I agree. Sotomayor doesn't belong on the Supreme Court. She doesn't belong in any court. The New Haven firefighters were denied due process under the law both by the district court and the appellate court. Their Fourteenth Amendment rights were stripped away by judges who don't understand our U.S. Constitution. Sotomayor not only failed to uphold the Constitution, she brushed off the plaintiffs with a pathetic one-paragraph dismissal, not even considering the legal issues.

I was a volunteer firefighter for 28 years before being sidelined by an injury. I'm well aware that I couldn't have become a firefighter were it not for those who fought to get equal rights for women and minorities. There's definitely a place for affirmative action … if done fairly. But there was nothing fair about what the City of New Haven did.

A lot of effort was put into designing a racially neutral promotional test for the New Fire Department. Thus there was no reason to throw out the test results because not enough minorities scored in the top 20. When the City threw out the test, it discriminated against the minorities too. At least three blacks would have been promoted off that list. Obviously, they were held back too. The City held no other promotional test in the last six years, so everyone else in the department was also denied the opportunity to promote.

The firefighters who brought this lawsuit are indeed heros. Our legal system is a nightmarish experience that puts plaintiffs through hell just for defending their legal rights. Yet these firefighters kept going … all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And because of their bravery, we'll all benefit nationwide. It's amazing. All they wanted were the promotions they had earned. They never set out to establish precedent. What they did for the country is awesome.

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