I always knew that Clarence Page was an idioy; however, I didn't know that he was a complete and utter, 100 % idiot and racists.
One of those brave, dead, Marine heros of Iwo Jima, was an American Indian ! That statue, made and erected BEfORE PC racist bigottry was full blowm is of the actual men who raised that flag. Historical events should NOT be rewritten, just so some jive race hustlers can feel better about themselves. Oh, and Clarence should NOT take Mark Green's word for anything. A lot of the FDNY is indeed nepotistic and racially rewarding. It's just that it has NOT " favored " whites , in N.Y.C.!
Perhaps "hereditary" is a better term than "nepotistic." Many firemen are the sons of firemen. It is one of those professions in which the members take such pride, that their children wish to follow in their footsteps. And since the overwhelming majority - perhaps over 90% - are Roman Catholic, they tend to have larger families, hence a constant source of new recruits.
Now with all of this commotion raised about this new memorial, I imagine that fashionable minorities will be even less inclined to apply to join what is being billed (with some truth) as just another uniformed branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
I caught up with Clarence Page on the Diane Reim show on NPR one day. I called in on some topic or another, pretty much disassembled his argument point by point, and left him a stammering mass of skin.
That is when I realized he is an intellectual lightweight. I'm no Einstein, but I made short work of him, meaning he is far below average in intelligence.