[Nonstatist]

we ought to reserve some of our sympathy for the purported beneficiaries of this wretched discrimination, the black firefighters. Their champions..are telling them that their way up in life should not be determined by the content of their character or by mastery of their worthy craft, but by the color of their skin

Well, thats pretty stupid academic reasoning, isnt it?The Blacks who took the test FAILED; what other way was there to get in? They have the votes, they want the booty. Fair is fair.

[RobbyS]

The Archie Bunkers of this world are, after all, matched by the George Jeffersons. There an deputy mayor, or ex- in Dallas who is on trial for shaking down white contractors. On tape they have been caught says that puny contributions are not long enough, now they wanted serious graft. Speaking of, we have a former Detroit mayor convicted of corruption now living ins Southlake, a very toney town. The blacks remind me of the Irish politicians, like Frank Skeffington of “The Last Hurrah.” But with a product of the Daley machine in the White House, I am afraid that we haven’t seen anything yet.

[lentulusgracchus]

The Blacks who took the test FAILED; what other way was there to get in? They have the votes, they want the booty. Fair is fair.

You have a point. The people who "deliver the votes" deserve the kind of fire protection they'll get by pulling strings and screwing really honest, competent firefighters out of jobs.

You say a seven-story apartment building burned up and took 300 people with it? Awww, too bad. I'm moved.