From an AP article ( Reverse discrimination ruling leaves confusion ):
New Haven, trying to fill senior fire department vacancies, gave a test to 77
candidates for lieutenant and 41 candidates for captain. Fifty-six firefighters
passed the exams, including 41 whites, nine blacks and six Hispanics. But of
those, only 17 whites and two Hispanics could expect promotion.
This means that 118 candidates took the test for either lieutenant or captain. Of those only 56 passed (47%). Of those 41 were white, 9 black and 6 Hispanic. But, only 17 whites and 2 Hispanics did well enough to be promoted. It doesn’t specify but it looks like there were only 19 openings and these were the top 19 test takers. This also means that of the 37 who didn’t qualify to be promoted 24 were white, 9 were black and 4 were Hispanic.
Of the 56 who passed 73.2% were white (41), 16.1% were black (9) and 10.7% were Hispanic (6).
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics there are over 293,000 fire fighters in America. Of those 4.8% are women (meaning 95.2% are men). Overall, 8.2% are black, 0.3% is Asian and 9.4% are Hispanic (meaning 82.1% of all fire fighters are white).
According to the U.S. Census 66% of our population is White/non-hispanic. 12.8% are Black, 4.4% are Asian and 15.1% are Hispanic/Latino. One of the arguments in New Haven is that the racial proportions in the New Haven fire department are not proportionate to the population mix of New Haven. But, the facts (which often confuse liberals), clearly show that the racial mix of Fire Fighters in America is not proportionate to the population of America.
Also, 91% of all fire fighters in New York City are white. It seems, nationwide, white people are more likely to be fire fighters in the first place. Thus, it’s easy to take the raw numbers from the New Haven case out of context. When you compare the percentages they’re not out of whack at all.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Reporters Convicted in North Korea
Wow! A country that enforces it border security laws. What a concept.
North Korea verdict (CNN)
What’d they expect when they went over there? They knew this was possible. Reporters knowingly take chances and they are rewarded and glorified when they get away with it but when they get caught we want them released on “humanitarian grounds”. But, had they gotten away with it they’d come home, hit the talk show circuit, write a book and be hailed as brave reporters trying to uncover injustice in the world. Sorry, this time the reporters got caught and have to pay the price. Next time think about it before violating somebody else’s laws whether you agree with them or not.
If they were men (especially white men) we’d never hear about them. Remember the white male reporters who were shot and killed in South America a few years ago? No?
The two reporters in North Korea essentially amount to a hostage situation and hostage situations can get tricky. Obama needs to play this one correctly. But, even the Obama friendly Huffington Post is blasting him for being friendly to Iran and the Muslim nations while not saying a word about the one lady that was convicted in Iran nor the two in North Korea. It’s even mentioning him wanting to set Gitmo prisoners free but not getting our prisoners home from foreign countries. This can bite him later.
Carter messed up the Iran hostage situation. Reagan took advantage of that. Iran didn’t fear Carter but they were afraid Reagan would retailiate in some way. Reagan had Bush and Cheney is his cabinet. After the crises was over there were lots of mysterious bombings and “accidents” that occurred to Iranian officials. That’s back when we let the CIA do its job and didn’t occupy countries. Ah, the good ole’ days.
Like Carter, these countries don’t fear Obama. He’s a “kindler gentler” President. He’ll need to change that image if he doesn’t want more things like this to eat away at his chances of re-election.
Expect the reporters to be home shortly. North Korea is using them as bargaining chips. They want something and they’ll probably get it. They wanted this to get out publicly making it a bigger deal. The more it’s in our news the more the politicians will think they have to seem “humanitarian” and help the girls out. Don't be surprised if they’re home by the 4th of July so the politicians can reference “freedom and independence” in their public speeches while they secretly give away the farm for their photo op.
North Korea verdict (CNN)
What’d they expect when they went over there? They knew this was possible. Reporters knowingly take chances and they are rewarded and glorified when they get away with it but when they get caught we want them released on “humanitarian grounds”. But, had they gotten away with it they’d come home, hit the talk show circuit, write a book and be hailed as brave reporters trying to uncover injustice in the world. Sorry, this time the reporters got caught and have to pay the price. Next time think about it before violating somebody else’s laws whether you agree with them or not.
If they were men (especially white men) we’d never hear about them. Remember the white male reporters who were shot and killed in South America a few years ago? No?
The two reporters in North Korea essentially amount to a hostage situation and hostage situations can get tricky. Obama needs to play this one correctly. But, even the Obama friendly Huffington Post is blasting him for being friendly to Iran and the Muslim nations while not saying a word about the one lady that was convicted in Iran nor the two in North Korea. It’s even mentioning him wanting to set Gitmo prisoners free but not getting our prisoners home from foreign countries. This can bite him later.
Carter messed up the Iran hostage situation. Reagan took advantage of that. Iran didn’t fear Carter but they were afraid Reagan would retailiate in some way. Reagan had Bush and Cheney is his cabinet. After the crises was over there were lots of mysterious bombings and “accidents” that occurred to Iranian officials. That’s back when we let the CIA do its job and didn’t occupy countries. Ah, the good ole’ days.
Like Carter, these countries don’t fear Obama. He’s a “kindler gentler” President. He’ll need to change that image if he doesn’t want more things like this to eat away at his chances of re-election.
Expect the reporters to be home shortly. North Korea is using them as bargaining chips. They want something and they’ll probably get it. They wanted this to get out publicly making it a bigger deal. The more it’s in our news the more the politicians will think they have to seem “humanitarian” and help the girls out. Don't be surprised if they’re home by the 4th of July so the politicians can reference “freedom and independence” in their public speeches while they secretly give away the farm for their photo op.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Government Motors (GM) presents...
…the new Chevy Obama! The perfect vehicle for visiting Americas 57 states.
Features include:
· Bubble top for transparency.
· Built in Teleprompters in case the conversation gets stale or you need assistance ordering a cheeseburger.
· 3-wheel design and special differential allow for easy Left turns (but it doesn’t like to turn to the Right).
· European style driver controls.
· Comes in Liberal Yellow, Deficit Red and Bailout Blue.
Features include:· Bubble top for transparency.
· Built in Teleprompters in case the conversation gets stale or you need assistance ordering a cheeseburger.
· 3-wheel design and special differential allow for easy Left turns (but it doesn’t like to turn to the Right).
· European style driver controls.
· Comes in Liberal Yellow, Deficit Red and Bailout Blue.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Mainstream/Misleading Media
According to the mainstream media’s picking on the Conservatives, President Bush, and Sarah Palin I would’ve thought the majority of the country was Pro-Choice and every Pro-Lifer was some right-wing nut job. My guess would’ve been 75% Pro-Choice and only 25% Pro-Life. According to polls by the right-leaning Fox news and the left-leaning CNN/Gallup that is not true. Interestingly both polls resulted in almost the exact numbers.
The Fox poll has it 49% of Americans are Pro-Life, 43% are Pro-Choice and 8% are undecided.
CNN/Gallup has it 51% of Americans are Pro-Life, 42% or Pro-Choice and 7% are undecided.
Thus, if you weed out the brainless undecided’s it’d be 53-47 in favor of Pro-Life for the Fox poll and 55-45 in favor of Pro-Life for CNN/Gallup. Wow! The majority of people with brain enough to pick a side are Pro-Life. This is not accurately depicted by the mainstream media that leads one to believe only a few right-wing crazies are Pro-Lifer’s and if you’re not a Pro-Choicer then you’re a crazy unenlightened person too.
Fox News Poll
CNN/Gallup Poll
The Fox poll has it 49% of Americans are Pro-Life, 43% are Pro-Choice and 8% are undecided.
CNN/Gallup has it 51% of Americans are Pro-Life, 42% or Pro-Choice and 7% are undecided.
Thus, if you weed out the brainless undecided’s it’d be 53-47 in favor of Pro-Life for the Fox poll and 55-45 in favor of Pro-Life for CNN/Gallup. Wow! The majority of people with brain enough to pick a side are Pro-Life. This is not accurately depicted by the mainstream media that leads one to believe only a few right-wing crazies are Pro-Lifer’s and if you’re not a Pro-Choicer then you’re a crazy unenlightened person too.
Fox News Poll
CNN/Gallup Poll
Sunday, May 17, 2009
London Newspaper says "sorry"
Maybe many of our American newspapers should follow suit.
London Newspaper says 'sorry'
It’s a valiant attempt though for the new owners.
Many in the news business forget "news" is also a BUSINESS. Like any business you need to cater to the needs and wants of your potential customers. While providing a variety for ALL you also have to cater to specific customers. Near our house we have two Wal-Mart’s. There’s one closer to our house but the one I prefer is a little bit further away. They carry some different items from each other and even have different prices on the same items. It’s called “zone pricing”. The two stores are in different zones. Example; the new towel set we just bought are all 50 cents higher per piece at the one near our house but cheaper at the one further away where we bought them. Each store has a slightly different clientele so they have differences in their product offerings and their pricing.
Whether it’s print or television News people tend to want to push their agenda rather than aim the news (a.k.a. their product) towards what their customers want. Rupert Murdoch (a Democrat who hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton) saw a niche for his Fox News network and catered to it. It was purely a business decision and NOT ideaology. He saw a base out there that had no news to watch so he created one for them. He’s now laughing all the way to the bank.
Maybe the new owners of this newspaper in London are thinking along those lines. It sounds like they’ve done some research into what their customers like and dislike. Only time will tell if a newspaper run like a business can still be successful in today’s tough news market.
London Newspaper says 'sorry'
It’s a valiant attempt though for the new owners.
Many in the news business forget "news" is also a BUSINESS. Like any business you need to cater to the needs and wants of your potential customers. While providing a variety for ALL you also have to cater to specific customers. Near our house we have two Wal-Mart’s. There’s one closer to our house but the one I prefer is a little bit further away. They carry some different items from each other and even have different prices on the same items. It’s called “zone pricing”. The two stores are in different zones. Example; the new towel set we just bought are all 50 cents higher per piece at the one near our house but cheaper at the one further away where we bought them. Each store has a slightly different clientele so they have differences in their product offerings and their pricing.
Whether it’s print or television News people tend to want to push their agenda rather than aim the news (a.k.a. their product) towards what their customers want. Rupert Murdoch (a Democrat who hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton) saw a niche for his Fox News network and catered to it. It was purely a business decision and NOT ideaology. He saw a base out there that had no news to watch so he created one for them. He’s now laughing all the way to the bank.
Maybe the new owners of this newspaper in London are thinking along those lines. It sounds like they’ve done some research into what their customers like and dislike. Only time will tell if a newspaper run like a business can still be successful in today’s tough news market.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Pelosi Knew
So, she DID know.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/12/pelosi.waterboarding/index.html
Ok, let’s assume for a moment that Pelosi is telling the truth (a bit of a stretch but I still leave cookies out for Santa and the Easter Bunny too). If she’s telling the truth then she’s incompetent. Thus, she was either informed and uncaring or incompetent and oblivious.
When these “techniques” were discussed, which she admits to being party to, what did she think they were going to do with them? She never asked? She never inquired about the administration’s decision on whether they were going to actually use these “techniques” or not? She was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. That’s INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. Shouldn’t she have known SOMETHING?
If she knew about their usage then she’s an accessory to the crime and if she didn’t know then…well she’s still an accessory to the crime since it was her job to know and she failed to find out. Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/12/pelosi.waterboarding/index.html
Ok, let’s assume for a moment that Pelosi is telling the truth (a bit of a stretch but I still leave cookies out for Santa and the Easter Bunny too). If she’s telling the truth then she’s incompetent. Thus, she was either informed and uncaring or incompetent and oblivious.
When these “techniques” were discussed, which she admits to being party to, what did she think they were going to do with them? She never asked? She never inquired about the administration’s decision on whether they were going to actually use these “techniques” or not? She was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. That’s INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. Shouldn’t she have known SOMETHING?
If she knew about their usage then she’s an accessory to the crime and if she didn’t know then…well she’s still an accessory to the crime since it was her job to know and she failed to find out. Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Testing Obama
Here’s an article about Obama being tested so far. It’s pretty good. It’s not making any accusations or conclusions. It’s just laying out the tests thus far that Biden promised and how only time will tell if he’s passed the tests or not.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22370.html
Most of these are lose-lose situations. They’re pretty hard to deal with no matter who you are. But, the problem is that these tests shouldn’t have happened. Many of these tests have occurred because the villains in these cases are not gaw-gaw Europeans in awe of our Celebrity in Chief. They view him as weak and do not respect him. It’s not how many people like and respect Obama that matters. It’s those who don’t that we have to be concerned about.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22370.html
Most of these are lose-lose situations. They’re pretty hard to deal with no matter who you are. But, the problem is that these tests shouldn’t have happened. Many of these tests have occurred because the villains in these cases are not gaw-gaw Europeans in awe of our Celebrity in Chief. They view him as weak and do not respect him. It’s not how many people like and respect Obama that matters. It’s those who don’t that we have to be concerned about.
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