http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529409,00.html
Of course, CNN has the story buried inside a bunch of other news links. Hmm, weird. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/supreme.court.discrimination/index.html Some lines are almost comical: Ginsburg quotes: "The white firefighters who scored high on New Haven's promotional exams understandably attract the court's sympathy," she said. "But they had no vested right to promotion." "Relying so heavily on pencil-and-paper exams to select firefighters is a dubious practice," Ginsburg said, calling the majority ruling "troubling." "Congress endeavored to promote equal opportunity in fact, and not simply in form. The damage today's decision does to that objective is untold," she said. One quote I heard on the news was that the Afican-American test takers said that the test was not fair. Really? We are still playing the "it was not fair" card? We have a freaking African-American President! It is obvious that ANYONE can achieve anything they want, regardless of color. We have minorities in the senate, congress, and many other levels of government. We had an African-American holding the highest position in the US military. In other words, stop with the lame ass excuses. There is no reason that a group of individuals from any background cannot pass a written/oral exam. Everyone has a chance to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make something of themselves. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this plays out in her confirmation hearings. Me thinks that Mr. Obama needs to start looking for another nominee, preferably one who is not inclined to lean on the racist side of rulings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
