This was the headline in an article by the AP in yesterdays paper. In the article UAW President and chief shyster Ron Gettelfinger said, "We accept what it is and did the best we could." The Finger then went on to say that "We have given a lifeline to GM until they can rebound." Well isn't that special! Later in the same article in delineating the concessions it is mentioned that one concession is "to eliminate noncompetitive work rules". These are the same work rules that everyone has known about for two decades (think Ross Perot) but thanks to the Finger, other union leaders and a spineless management, these rules progressively drove the US Auto Industry into a position where they were NOT COMPETITIVE with Toyota, Nissan, Honda etc. This comment may play well with Union Members but it shows that he is right up there with Pelosi, Frank etc. when it comes to being disingenuous.
As for the bailout itself, it does not appear that it is being handled as an effort to turn around a strategic defense industry. Rather it appears to be one giant step towards Socialism. The government is not capable of running any competitive business and staffing the new Board with non industry politicians is not going to give it the guidance that it needs.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sotomayor
The flap over Obama's nominee is unfortunately being hijacked by the comment she made at Berkley regarding her superiority as a "Latina Woman". This is unfortunate since there are several key indicators of her tendency to use race and social agenda in her opinions.
The case of the Connecticut Fireman is a good example. In her (and 2 other judges) finding the test was invalid because none of the African American applicants passed it. Well, that is racist! There are two questions that should have influenced their opinion. The first is "Were there questions on the test that were not relevant to the promotion?" If this was the case they could have instructed the City to re-structure the questions and submit the new test to the Judges and then move on with a re-test. The second question is whether or not in their opinion the test was unconstitutional because the African Americans were not afforded the same level of public education as the Caucasian and Hispanic candidates. If this was their reasoning then they would have invalidate all testing for civil service positions. Let's see what the Supremes do with this later this year.
The other quote by Sotomayor that the Appellate Court sets policy is absolutely unconstitutional and if that is her position, that alone should disqualify her.
As for her comment about Latina women being superior, you can call that misguided pride, political posturing or plain old stupidity, but don't go down the Racist route. Here in our local School District we had two female candidates who stated in their campaign that a Woman could make better decisions than the Men. That kind of talk is just ignorant and should be ignored.
Sotomayer will eventually get appointed and anyone who is surprised about Obama nominating a Socialist Activist with racial leanings has not been paying attention to his past and his first 140 days.
The case of the Connecticut Fireman is a good example. In her (and 2 other judges) finding the test was invalid because none of the African American applicants passed it. Well, that is racist! There are two questions that should have influenced their opinion. The first is "Were there questions on the test that were not relevant to the promotion?" If this was the case they could have instructed the City to re-structure the questions and submit the new test to the Judges and then move on with a re-test. The second question is whether or not in their opinion the test was unconstitutional because the African Americans were not afforded the same level of public education as the Caucasian and Hispanic candidates. If this was their reasoning then they would have invalidate all testing for civil service positions. Let's see what the Supremes do with this later this year.
The other quote by Sotomayor that the Appellate Court sets policy is absolutely unconstitutional and if that is her position, that alone should disqualify her.
As for her comment about Latina women being superior, you can call that misguided pride, political posturing or plain old stupidity, but don't go down the Racist route. Here in our local School District we had two female candidates who stated in their campaign that a Woman could make better decisions than the Men. That kind of talk is just ignorant and should be ignored.
Sotomayer will eventually get appointed and anyone who is surprised about Obama nominating a Socialist Activist with racial leanings has not been paying attention to his past and his first 140 days.
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