The simple answer is this: field its best team. The reasons why the New York Fire Department cannot do so are complex, but when understood, indefensible -- especially after September 11.
Jack Cashill has written a wildly "politically incorrect" article for the American Thinker. This isn't a breath of fresh air; it's a hurricane. I'm sure he'll be tarred and feathered by the do-gooder liberals by the end of the week.
In every single American city today, "diversity" trumps safety. Scarcely a day goes by without the media trumpeting lawsuits that waste money and emasculate fire departments. In Chicago, one reads that because of unwelcome results, the city's firefighter applicant test is now pass/fail. In Kansas City, two women sue the fire department, demanding, among other things, that they be recognized as having the same firefighting ability as men.
Oh yeah, he went there! And beyond. Cashill's blunt assessment of the state of our society is only shocking because simple common sense is not tolerated in our national discourse. We are barreling headlong into disaster, and have been since the sixties. We allow mediocrity and "diversity" to be rewarded in every aspect of our lives, while we shuffle our feet and throw sidelong glances at our neighbors, who are busy shuffling their feet.
It's time to stop shuffling. This grand social experiment that has been foisted upon us the last few generations is not only idiotic; it's deadly.
Oh, that was a thing of beauty... It's a sad commentary on our society when someone simply stating a common-sense opinion is that refreshing.
ReplyDeleteIt does not mean a thing, and won't change a thing, simply because the moronic mantra of diversity uber alles is so entrenched in this modern society.
ReplyDeleteSorry to be so grumpy, here.
ReplyDeleteIt is not anything about the article, which makes perfect sense, it is simply the realization that we have allowed things to go too far, and it will take a social revolution to make any changes for the better.
I hear you, Dances.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it feels overwhelming. But there are others like us out there, don't loose hope.
I was very surprised when Matt and I were in San Francisco a few weeks ago, how many people were disenchanted with Obama and voting for a change in November.
And that was San Francisco.