Wow, I am actually sitting at my desk and have found some time to write! Amazing! Everyone is here on staff, all the document have just about been put on record, and my conference call got pushed back. Huzzah!
Some comments on a few things… celebrity deaths. Wow, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays all with a very short amount of time. Celebrity deaths usually come in threes, but I guess Billy Mays gave us one for free. I know, it’s a horrible joke and it’s been done.
The tragedy in Mays’ death is that he probably had a closed brain injury. That means, nothing penetrated the skull to the brain, but the injury really hurt the brain enough to cause bleeding or a concussion. Symptoms may not be apparent at first, and may take time to develop. Here is a good article that explains closed brain injuries.
Ah, and now dear Bernard Madoff gets 150 years in prison. People got their justice, but they didn’t get their money back. Fraud is an ugly, ugly thing and he was truly it face of evil.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonya Sotomayor had her OWN decision overturned by the Supreme Court today, involving a discrimination suit concerning promotions among New Haven firefighters. And yes, it was a racial thing. The city feared that minority firefighters were going to file a lawsuit because of their poor results on an aptitude test for promotions, so the results were thrown out. I’m going to say something that may or may not ruffle people’s feathers and I really don’t care. People need to earn their promotions by their own efforts, hard work, and qualifications. Color of skin or where you come from is not a factor. I HATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Even as a woman, I don’t want to be placed in a job because I’m a woman, but because I am qualified and can do it well. If people didn’t do well on an aptitude test, sorry! Study and work harder next time. Don’t try to slide by on other factors. Same goes for college entrance exams, military placements, etc.
Please, I am not being racist or sexist here, but I am just pointing out that policies like this make people wary and resentful of each other. We need to be rated on our qualifications and abilities when it comes to jobs, not the color of our skin. I am happy about this Supreme Court ruling.
All right, I’m done rambling now.
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Gah! I actually can post!
Wow, I am actually sitting at my desk and have found some time to write! Amazing! Everyone is here on staff, all the document have just about been put on record, and my conference call got pushed back. Huzzah!
Some comments on a few things… celebrity deaths. Wow, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays all with a very short amount of time. Celebrity deaths usually come in threes, but I guess Billy Mays gave us one for free. I know, it’s a horrible joke and it’s been done.
The tragedy in Mays’ death is that he probably had a closed brain injury. That means, nothing penetrated the skull to the brain, but the injury really hurt the brain enough to cause bleeding or a concussion. Symptoms may not be apparent at first, and may take time to develop. Here is a good article that explains closed brain injuries.
Ah, and now dear Bernard Madoff gets 150 years in prison. People got their justice, but they didn’t get their money back. Fraud is an ugly, ugly thing and he was truly it face of evil.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonya Sotomayor had her OWN decision overturned by the Supreme Court today, involving a discrimination suit concerning promotions among New Haven firefighters. And yes, it was a racial thing. The city feared that minority firefighters were going to file a lawsuit because of their poor results on an aptitude test for promotions, so the results were thrown out. I’m going to say something that may or may not ruffle people’s feathers and I really don’t care. People need to earn their promotions by their own efforts, hard work, and qualifications. Color of skin or where you come from is not a factor. I HATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Even as a woman, I don’t want to be placed in a job because I’m a woman, but because I am qualified and can do it well. If people didn’t do well on an aptitude test, sorry! Study and work harder next time. Don’t try to slide by on other factors. Same goes for college entrance exams, military placements, etc.
Please, I am not being racist or sexist here, but I am just pointing out that policies like this make people wary and resentful of each other. We need to be rated on our qualifications and abilities when it comes to jobs, not the color of our skin. I am happy about this Supreme Court ruling.
All right, I’m done rambling now.
This entry was posted on June 29, 2009 at 4:01 pm and is filed under Commentary, News and Current Events, Ramblings with tags affirmative action, billy mays, celebrity deaths, ed mcmahon, farrah fawcett, head trauma, just sonya sotomayor, michael jackson, new haven firefighters, supreme court. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.