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State firefighters union chief resigns over remark (Wisconsin)
Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel ^ | November 19, 2008 | Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel

Posted on 11/19/2008 12:18:06 PM PST by SERKIT

Rick Gale, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, resigned Tuesday from the union post amid mounting criticism over reports that he made a racial slur against President-elect Barack Obama.

Gale, a lieutenant with the West Allis Fire Department, also resigned from all public and government boards he served on, according to his resignation letter, which was included in a union statement announcing the resignation.

In the letter, Gale apologized for using a "single racially charged word in connection with our President-Elect."

"The word has no business in my vocabulary and I should not have used it - not even in private," Gale said.

Neither the statement nor Gale's letter states specifically the word he used during what the letter describes as a "casual conversation" among several PFFW board members having drinks and watching the news the night after Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States.

Others, however, have said Gale used the N-word in describing how he would address Obama.

"Rick's comment was offensive, inappropriate and racially insensitive, and does not reflect the views of our union," the union statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: firefighter; pinko; racialslur; union
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I guess not all members of the IAFF are on the same page for The One.
1 posted on 11/19/2008 12:18:07 PM PST by SERKIT
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To: SERKIT

That single racially charged name is reserved for use only by racially charged blacks.


2 posted on 11/19/2008 12:20:00 PM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: SERKIT

You are going to see a lot of blood in the water in the union world. If Obama doesn’t please the unions, they are going to get mouthy.


3 posted on 11/19/2008 12:21:40 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SERKIT

The Pogrom begins. ED Hill got the axe, too.

No one dare speak out against The Messiah(TM).


4 posted on 11/19/2008 12:23:18 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware of Obama's Reichstag Fire; Don't permit him to seize emergency powers.)
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To: SERKIT

Michelle can call some Americans ‘Whitey’, but no one but Blacks can use the ‘N’ word.


5 posted on 11/19/2008 12:23:57 PM PST by FFranco
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To: SERKIT

“I guess not all members of the IAFF are on the same page for The One.”

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Yes.

In my area, the predominant firefighter mentality is Union perks,propaganda and personal benefits first and foremost.

“Firefighters For Obama”


6 posted on 11/19/2008 12:24:46 PM PST by EyeGuy (Obama will deliver America on a Leash to an envious world.)
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To: SERKIT

Not the dreaded Muslim word, or commie, I’m out of guesses..


7 posted on 11/19/2008 12:26:57 PM PST by boomop1
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That single racially charged name is reserved for use only by racially charged blacks.

Recently, it has been hijacked by opponents of prop 8. The queers suddenly have the privilege of the use of the banned word....

8 posted on 11/19/2008 12:27:46 PM PST by Born In America (0bama, The Kenyan Clown; The star of the Socialism Circus on steroids....)
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There are very few workplaces in America where one could drop the N-Bomb and not be fired.

If a person who worked for me and dropped the N-Bomb, we would show him the door.


9 posted on 11/19/2008 12:27:58 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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Wasn’t there a time in this country that we used to have something called free speech?

Nah, must be thinking of some other place.......

Militant


10 posted on 11/19/2008 12:28:08 PM PST by militant2 ( "God Bless these Divided States of America!")
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Probably called B. Hussein Obama the HNIC.

And that doesn’t stand for Hockey Night in Canada.


11 posted on 11/19/2008 12:29:10 PM PST by Loyalist (Tory! Tory! Tory!)
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“If a person who worked for me and dropped the N-Bomb, we would show him the door.”

What would you do to a black employee who dropped the H-bomb or W-bomb or C-bomb?

Militant


12 posted on 11/19/2008 12:32:42 PM PST by militant2 ( "God Bless these Divided States of America!")
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To: SERKIT

It is insane that anyone should quit their job or be fired for one instance of using an insulting word. If that were so, how many people would be out of work.

PC gone mad. Of course, how many people used offensive and insulting language about Bush? No remorse or leaving positions.


13 posted on 11/19/2008 12:33:46 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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Wasn’t there a time in this country that we used to have something called free speech?

Yes, we still do have Free Speech.

However, as anyone from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to a kid pulling a C- in a high school Civics class can tell you, the First Amendment does not protect you from from being fired from your job when you say something ignorant.

14 posted on 11/19/2008 12:35:26 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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"If a person who worked for me and dropped the N-Bomb, we would show him the door. "

So...what do you do if a black worker says the N-word, or "cracker", or "whitey", or "doughboy"...do you show them the door too....?
15 posted on 11/19/2008 12:38:57 PM PST by FrankR (Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
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To: SERKIT

Biting my tongue until it bleeds.


16 posted on 11/19/2008 12:39:08 PM PST by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: militant2

The rule in my workplace as well as most workplaces in America is that no racial slurs are permitted.

Perhaps, the rules are different where you work but I suggest you test your freedom of speech at work by dropping N-Bombs at your place of work or to customers of your business.


17 posted on 11/19/2008 12:40:36 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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Would you fire someone for dropping the “n” bomb on their own time?

It’s already an order in the CIA not to say the word “Islamic” when speaking about terrorists. How long before it’s against the law to say Muslim and Obama in the same sentence?


18 posted on 11/19/2008 12:44:00 PM PST by Terry Mross ( It's just a matter of time before we're all 'GUILTY' of hate speech.)
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To: trumandogz

Included a black person?


19 posted on 11/19/2008 12:44:56 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: SERKIT

Rick Gale, who had worked on Obama’s Wisconsin campaign


20 posted on 11/19/2008 12:46:22 PM PST by kcvl
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