He asked me about my education and job history by way of psychological history. The conversation worked its way to the fact that I was fired from the Feds for filing a reverse discrimination complaint. I explained that my attorney negotiated the deal to a retirement in return for not going to court and exposing the documentary evidence which would have given me a very good case. The residents were aghast! I explained that I had documents that the proved the Feds had systems in place to be sure white males got fewer promotions and awards than did other statistical groups. When I threatened to make the documents public in court, I was offered a settlement.
You could tell the residents were pretty upset, all the while working hard to maintain their "bedside manner". One of them complimented me on my language skills, a phrase which I interpreted as an accusation of severe spin doctoring. Guilty, I guess. I got my side; the Feds have theirs. If you believe the Feds about anything, you deserve the mess you get.
I had them in stitches when I described that my Vocational Rehab counselor got pretty upset upon hearing my opinion of Affirmative Action. It may have had something to do with the fact that he was confined to a wheel chair.
Affirmative Action is racism. And, Mr. President, opposition to it is a big deal and should be a big deal. Racism is wrong, no matter who engages in it. The fact that Affirmative Action is government sponsored racism makes it no less malignant.
Apologists who argue that Affirmative Action must be practiced to correct past wrongs sound to me a lot like Dick Cheney justifying waterboarding. Rather than violate the basic human rights of innocent human beings, find the people who committed the past illegal acts and prosecute them.
We come to the Supreme Court case of the firefighters who worked hard to score well enough on a test to earn promotion. Justice Ginsburg in her dissent said,
"...But they had no vested right to promotion. Nor have other persons received promotions in preference to them...."
Yet Justice Ginsburg has also made some other rather stupid comments in a less formal setting.
"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of."
I submit these statements as proof positive that the seat of our national government should be relocated to Benkelman, Nebraska. Further, all elected and appointed officials should be made to walk the entire way. Those that can't or don't make the journey have to get real jobs.
Look for it immediately after my coronation.
