Thing is - most of us aren't opposed to diversity when it happens naturally. We're opposed to forced diversity to meet a quota. It quickly becomes obvious when someone was hired for that reason rather than their ability to do the job. There's been a lot more "noticing" lately and that's apparently verboten....
Sensing the way the wind was blowing, I impulsively registered our two youngest's birth certificates with "Race" as "native American," which they demonstrably are. I can imagine it may cause trouble later, like if that threatened war between cowboys and Indians ever breaks out, but at the time I was driven to shake my fist at "the man."
Good point! If a person is born on American soil, aren't they "native American"? I never thought of that. I may just put that on my job applications when they ask my race.
The worrisome thing is that the Madam is, unqualified as it is, leagues more qualified than the Kakala. Likely it has other hidden things it doesn't want found and has contented itself with a Senator's worth of graft.
Whenever I'm asked for race and I can write it in somehow, I usually claim "human." Somehow, with the medical profession at the time in charge of my chart (or whatever the hospital system was using) I got registered as Indian and no one could figure out how to fix it. 🤷🏻 Not that I cared.
Yes, white men can't get jobs and then they are criticized for not having jobs. I raised two sons and for the last 30 years, it was always about empowering girls, girls can do and become anything, the sky is the limit, all the while ignoring and demonizing boys. There are very few male school teachers, that doesn't help. Even the Boy Scouts has become a girl empowering organization. This is a huge issue nobody is talking about except the victims of this crisis and they are being criticized for not being the men they should be.
My son is a 50 year old Eagle Scout. What happened to the Boy Scouts when I wasn't looking? Letting girls into the group. Although I tried Girl Scouts and I didn't last but a few weeks. I probably would have enjoyed Boy Scouts. Oh wait. That meant camping in a tent in the woods with no bathroom or running water (exception river maybe).
Well, first they apparently had a problem with pedos for years, then were sued into oblivion over that, then to remain viable at all, they had to include girls, so it became simply 'Scouting America' in the US.
Now, there's also the 'Boy Scouts of Arabia' in Saudi Arabia, which is part of the worldwide scouting network.
Thank you. I remember the problems that started with Scout Leaders being non-hetero but certainly lost touch with Scouting. Now I think the Boy Scouts of Arabia in Saudi Arabia should be scary. They are Muslims too. I can see this as a disaster. Oh, this morning went to Lowe's and as I was leaving there was a table for a Scout Troop set up. They were selling varieties of popcorn.
In my opinion, the 2008 (and 2012) presidential elections were a failed attempt to prove to the world (and ourselves) that the United States of America was not a racist nation... and yes, it was disastrous... It will be a grand day when people realize that that there is no more human control over the color of one's skin than there is in the path of the moon... both are a gift from God... why we place such importance on the former is an ever present question in my mind... I simply don't understand it.
I don't care if someone is racist quite frankly, their perogative. Just don't commit any violence against them. Forcing an ideology won't change a racists mind anyway.
I agree wholeheartedly with every point you've made, except the "I don't care" part... Quite frankly, I do care... I care because I have been the brunt of racism, and I know what it feels like to be accused and punished for something that I didn't do. My formative years were spent in an inner-city neighborhood during the "Great White Flight" of the middle-late 60's... 23rd and Talbott in Indianapolis IN... if anyone is familiar with it, you'll know that it was at the time the "HOOD"... it was rough!... And yet, I refuse to judge an individual on the basis of their skin color, creed, or national origin (I could have said "race" instead of "skin color", but I believe, that when it comes to Homo Sapiens, there is only one "race"... and that's the "Human Race")... In point of fact... I despise "Racism"... mostly because the racism that is practiced by my skin color is a reflection on me to those who do not know me... and equally so because I believe racism is the most dramatic form of stupidity (I could have said "ignorance" instead of "stupidity", but I believe that ignorance is correctable via education, whereas stupidity is forever... and it breeds!)... and btw... asking racism not to commit violence is like asking the chicken not to cross the road.
Good for you if you want to care. I will continue not to. Our own choices.
Your family should have moved away from the hood for safety and to ensure you were not bullied. That is on them. Life is unfair and cruel to many. That is just the way it goes sadly.
"and btw... asking racism not to commit violence is like asking the chicken not to cross the road." Disagree emphatically.
Bored now, next. I hope you get over your childhood trauma someday. It is long overdue.
You can take your guised (only somewhat) stilted comment and put it where the sun doesn't shine... arrogance along with pompousness are two other things that I despise.
I want to clarify the point I made above wrt "disastrous"... it was NOT the color of the skin that made that election so disastrous... It was the ideology that was put forth.
I like good old fashioned merit qualification despite age, sex, gender. I put age in there because I’m old and I’m still able to think for myself 😁 and smell a propaganda “AI is gonna kill us all” to usher in Chinese ranking systems for conservatives under democrat control !
DEI is only for those that are losers with no self confidence or those with no drive to work hard. Another excuse the losers use to get something for nothing.
That is right. Having watched the entire video of what happened before he ended up on the ground, and without being influenced by his disgusting thug life of assault and drugs, it is obvious (to me) that George was not murdered. Then the so-called family cashed in and the Left created a martyr. If you have no Judeo/Christian moral foundation and choose to embrace (leftist) identity politics as your religion, you have to demonize the Truth, twist the Facts and worship Idols.
Yes. The story was never truthfully told. My youngest brother worked as a cop in a dangerous area in PA. He never expressed concern until Ferguson happened. You remember, “hands up don’t shoot” lie that lit the fire for massive destruction and hatred for police. For the first time in his career, he was nervous.
BLM is a fraudulent, communist organization that has accomplished nothing other than creating racism where there was none (or very little). No doubt they have caused deaths of police officers, by leading them to hesitate in dangerous situations, in addition to the lives ruined in the Floyd psy op and the Breonna Taylor lie. No one mentions the families of the police officers whose lives were ruined also. In Louisville, careers were ruined, officers had to move their families due to death threats. Many good officers retired early or left the career completely in 2020.
Exactly right. I was standing in line in a store and a female black police officer was behind me. We struck up a conversation. She is a cop in Philly. I said, “God Bless you for working there. It must be tough. She told me that she was on desk duty but was happy to be back out on the street again. I asked her what she thought about Ferguson. She said, “When I pull guys over and they say hands up don’t shoot, I say, just give me your drivers license and stop that nonsense.” She said that it is not about black and white. It is about hating authority (cops) no matter what color you are.
Correct, Saint G. Floyd was not murdered. The verdicts reached by the kangaroo MN court system were, and remain, gross miscarriages of justice; illegitimate.
Make America a Meritocracy Again. We all live better when the best people are placed in the right job. Isn’t it all about the “content of our character and not the color of our skin” that matters?
Living in a meritocracy means that I might not get that job I was salivating over, and so be it, if the better qualified candidate gets it. But when the candidate gets it because of the color of their skin and not based on merits, we will all suffer.
My immediate boss was a DEI hire back before it had that designation. He neither knew what my job was, nor did he care. He used his work computer for sports betting and was eventually allowed to ‘work’ from home (“to care for their newborn” 🙄) when no one else was given that benefit. His demographic filled a quota. He knew it and thumbed his nose at any attempt to hold him accountable.
Jenna sorry to change the subject , I am at an ICIM meeting in Dearborn Michigan at the present time … Aaron Siri is speaking as I write this , his speech, … excellent…dear Lord …. Please we the people, keep fighting . 🙏💥❤️🙏
John, it's like elections have reduced to one side getting four years to make the other side do stuff. I understand that high-school civics would be immediately perverted to train more voting-bots, but if America is going to survive, it needs SOMETHING to draw people back to the founding IDEALS.
Hillsdale College has a new documentary called "Revolutionary America" and a couple of brand new online courses (free, fairly short, and easy to digest) concerning the American Revolution and the Founding of the country, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution:
It absolutely is, I've taken like 15 of their free courses, including the Constitution and the different courses.
They just produced a new 2 hr documentary called "Revolutionary America" and added another course to go with it consisting of 6 lectures called "Revolutionary America: From Subjects to Citizens."
DEI = Didn’t Earn It! (Why have I never seen that before?! Love it!) Also loving Kamala, Clinton’s and Biden protected by DEI-only hires… good one, Jenna!
Frankly, I would support taking that protection away. Not to mention the presidential pension. Where else can you work for four years and get $200,000 for life after that?!
Same with Congress. The chasm between what they accomplish and what they actually do to help WE THE PEOPLE is VAST. The compensation is WAY out of whack.
2000-2010 I worked for a Big Four firm. We had a training way back then that must have been focused on whatever DEI was called before it was. In this training, we had a clear box and marbles that were colored white, black, brown, dark brown, yellow (!). The instructor read a series of words - doctor, dentist, neighbors, veterinarian, best friend, etc. - and we had to put the “color” marble in the clear cube. Then presumably feel bad about it while the instructor made an important speech. I haven’t thought about that in years. Man, that was really F’d up.
Any sort of diversity in an organization might make it slightly more biologically resilient (which is why we don’t marry our cousins), but it also makes it weaker culturally.
The greatest strength comes from all members of a body pulling the same direction at the same time with the same strength. No one ever added a 38lb 6yo girl to their tug-o-war team because they believed she could really help the rest of the 250lb men win.
Marxists believe that if you proclaim a “Lie” loud, often, with conviction, censor criticism and pay the media to reinforce it, the “Lie” eventually becomes the Truth. Marxists are relentless until they get punched in the nose.
Before DEI there was Affirmative Action. I didn't think that was fair either. All of a sudden racism was okay if it was against whites. Yes let's fix racism by reversing the preferred race. Makes sense. 🙃
I’m old enough to remember when diversity hiring quotas were to include women and veterans. But they still should have been merit based.
Has anyone ever thought about how some high prices may be from companies carrying DEI hires that cannot do the job, so the position has to pay 1-2 extra people for that position? Oh wait, that’s government.
Happy DEI Friday! All news is fake news but also the other ones too. Let's talk about everything else but the important stuff. That's what the news is all about.
Hahaha 😆. Of course! Distract, distract, and then double down on the uber distractions.
As an owner of a small company, I hired and fired people. I didn’t relish either job, but I hired those who had the temperament and skills to perform commensurately. Perform at the prescribed level and you kept your job.
Working for me wasn’t a “dress rehearsal” or some sort of placeholder nor a “gap year!” I was all business; every day, all day long. Don’t like working hard, achieving, or having meaning or purpose?! Here’s the door…
I LOVED what I did every day with every cell in my body. I was very good at what I made my life’s purpose for over 25 years. My passion was downright contagious and it still drives my purpose today. Find your meaning and purpose and you will succeed beyond your wildest expectations.
Thing is - most of us aren't opposed to diversity when it happens naturally. We're opposed to forced diversity to meet a quota. It quickly becomes obvious when someone was hired for that reason rather than their ability to do the job. There's been a lot more "noticing" lately and that's apparently verboten....
DEI is discrimination. I have concerns as a mom trying to launch 2 white men into the job market.
Sensing the way the wind was blowing, I impulsively registered our two youngest's birth certificates with "Race" as "native American," which they demonstrably are. I can imagine it may cause trouble later, like if that threatened war between cowboys and Indians ever breaks out, but at the time I was driven to shake my fist at "the man."
Good point! If a person is born on American soil, aren't they "native American"? I never thought of that. I may just put that on my job applications when they ask my race.
You have an infamous female Senator for precedent!
Just so long as Senator "Precedent" does not become "Madam President"...
Mrs. "the Knife"
The worrisome thing is that the Madam is, unqualified as it is, leagues more qualified than the Kakala. Likely it has other hidden things it doesn't want found and has contented itself with a Senator's worth of graft.
And my Jewish heritage makes me a descendant of African slaves (see Exodus, 1450 BCE).
Whenever I'm asked for race and I can write it in somehow, I usually claim "human." Somehow, with the medical profession at the time in charge of my chart (or whatever the hospital system was using) I got registered as Indian and no one could figure out how to fix it. 🤷🏻 Not that I cared.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, white men can't get jobs and then they are criticized for not having jobs. I raised two sons and for the last 30 years, it was always about empowering girls, girls can do and become anything, the sky is the limit, all the while ignoring and demonizing boys. There are very few male school teachers, that doesn't help. Even the Boy Scouts has become a girl empowering organization. This is a huge issue nobody is talking about except the victims of this crisis and they are being criticized for not being the men they should be.
My son is a 50 year old Eagle Scout. What happened to the Boy Scouts when I wasn't looking? Letting girls into the group. Although I tried Girl Scouts and I didn't last but a few weeks. I probably would have enjoyed Boy Scouts. Oh wait. That meant camping in a tent in the woods with no bathroom or running water (exception river maybe).
Well, first they apparently had a problem with pedos for years, then were sued into oblivion over that, then to remain viable at all, they had to include girls, so it became simply 'Scouting America' in the US.
Now, there's also the 'Boy Scouts of Arabia' in Saudi Arabia, which is part of the worldwide scouting network.
I think that mostly covers it.
Thank you. I remember the problems that started with Scout Leaders being non-hetero but certainly lost touch with Scouting. Now I think the Boy Scouts of Arabia in Saudi Arabia should be scary. They are Muslims too. I can see this as a disaster. Oh, this morning went to Lowe's and as I was leaving there was a table for a Scout Troop set up. They were selling varieties of popcorn.
Same Molly
Me too. White heterosexual males with engineering degrees
The 2008 presidential election made it "noticeable".... if noticeable is a synonym for disastrous.
In my opinion, the 2008 (and 2012) presidential elections were a failed attempt to prove to the world (and ourselves) that the United States of America was not a racist nation... and yes, it was disastrous... It will be a grand day when people realize that that there is no more human control over the color of one's skin than there is in the path of the moon... both are a gift from God... why we place such importance on the former is an ever present question in my mind... I simply don't understand it.
I don't care if someone is racist quite frankly, their perogative. Just don't commit any violence against them. Forcing an ideology won't change a racists mind anyway.
I agree wholeheartedly with every point you've made, except the "I don't care" part... Quite frankly, I do care... I care because I have been the brunt of racism, and I know what it feels like to be accused and punished for something that I didn't do. My formative years were spent in an inner-city neighborhood during the "Great White Flight" of the middle-late 60's... 23rd and Talbott in Indianapolis IN... if anyone is familiar with it, you'll know that it was at the time the "HOOD"... it was rough!... And yet, I refuse to judge an individual on the basis of their skin color, creed, or national origin (I could have said "race" instead of "skin color", but I believe, that when it comes to Homo Sapiens, there is only one "race"... and that's the "Human Race")... In point of fact... I despise "Racism"... mostly because the racism that is practiced by my skin color is a reflection on me to those who do not know me... and equally so because I believe racism is the most dramatic form of stupidity (I could have said "ignorance" instead of "stupidity", but I believe that ignorance is correctable via education, whereas stupidity is forever... and it breeds!)... and btw... asking racism not to commit violence is like asking the chicken not to cross the road.
Good for you if you want to care. I will continue not to. Our own choices.
Your family should have moved away from the hood for safety and to ensure you were not bullied. That is on them. Life is unfair and cruel to many. That is just the way it goes sadly.
"and btw... asking racism not to commit violence is like asking the chicken not to cross the road." Disagree emphatically.
Bored now, next. I hope you get over your childhood trauma someday. It is long overdue.
You can take your guised (only somewhat) stilted comment and put it where the sun doesn't shine... arrogance along with pompousness are two other things that I despise.
I want to clarify the point I made above wrt "disastrous"... it was NOT the color of the skin that made that election so disastrous... It was the ideology that was put forth.
I like good old fashioned merit qualification despite age, sex, gender. I put age in there because I’m old and I’m still able to think for myself 😁 and smell a propaganda “AI is gonna kill us all” to usher in Chinese ranking systems for conservatives under democrat control !
DEI is only for those that are losers with no self confidence or those with no drive to work hard. Another excuse the losers use to get something for nothing.
Agree
George Floyd was not murdered. I work with 4 white women. I hire qualified people who have critical thinking skills and are not easily offended.
Correct. He died of a drug overdose.
That is right. Having watched the entire video of what happened before he ended up on the ground, and without being influenced by his disgusting thug life of assault and drugs, it is obvious (to me) that George was not murdered. Then the so-called family cashed in and the Left created a martyr. If you have no Judeo/Christian moral foundation and choose to embrace (leftist) identity politics as your religion, you have to demonize the Truth, twist the Facts and worship Idols.
And the police officers’ lives were destroyed in the process.😢
Yes. The story was never truthfully told. My youngest brother worked as a cop in a dangerous area in PA. He never expressed concern until Ferguson happened. You remember, “hands up don’t shoot” lie that lit the fire for massive destruction and hatred for police. For the first time in his career, he was nervous.
BLM is a fraudulent, communist organization that has accomplished nothing other than creating racism where there was none (or very little). No doubt they have caused deaths of police officers, by leading them to hesitate in dangerous situations, in addition to the lives ruined in the Floyd psy op and the Breonna Taylor lie. No one mentions the families of the police officers whose lives were ruined also. In Louisville, careers were ruined, officers had to move their families due to death threats. Many good officers retired early or left the career completely in 2020.
Exactly right. I was standing in line in a store and a female black police officer was behind me. We struck up a conversation. She is a cop in Philly. I said, “God Bless you for working there. It must be tough. She told me that she was on desk duty but was happy to be back out on the street again. I asked her what she thought about Ferguson. She said, “When I pull guys over and they say hands up don’t shoot, I say, just give me your drivers license and stop that nonsense.” She said that it is not about black and white. It is about hating authority (cops) no matter what color you are.
I was coming here to say that!
Me too!
Correct, Saint G. Floyd was not murdered. The verdicts reached by the kangaroo MN court system were, and remain, gross miscarriages of justice; illegitimate.
Make America a Meritocracy Again. We all live better when the best people are placed in the right job. Isn’t it all about the “content of our character and not the color of our skin” that matters?
Living in a meritocracy means that I might not get that job I was salivating over, and so be it, if the better qualified candidate gets it. But when the candidate gets it because of the color of their skin and not based on merits, we will all suffer.
And just look at our DEI candidates that we had to choose from, with Kamala Harris being the face of DEI: ! https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/this-is-the-face-of-dei?r=76q58
Make America a Meritocracy Again? These days I've been wanting a good excuse to cry for my MAMA anyway. Thanks, Liz.
😆
My immediate boss was a DEI hire back before it had that designation. He neither knew what my job was, nor did he care. He used his work computer for sports betting and was eventually allowed to ‘work’ from home (“to care for their newborn” 🙄) when no one else was given that benefit. His demographic filled a quota. He knew it and thumbed his nose at any attempt to hold him accountable.
I've had similar experiences as well. It's BS and creates low morale that is hard to dismiss.
DEI = Do Expect Incompetence.
Don't Expect Innovation.
Don’t Expect Intelligence
Don’t Expect Integrity
Dimwitted Exasperating Idiots
(I was just holding your place until you got here...)
Jenna sorry to change the subject , I am at an ICIM meeting in Dearborn Michigan at the present time … Aaron Siri is speaking as I write this , his speech, … excellent…dear Lord …. Please we the people, keep fighting . 🙏💥❤️🙏
So bizarre, I replied to this earlier but it disappeared? Lucky you and is it being recorded???
I see the camera but not sure if it’s property of ICIM and or Dr. Brownstein
Nicolas Hulscher's part is out-
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/hulscher-drops-explosive-vaccine?
I don't think Siri was at this one
SHug, he did so well. 💥
Amen. We must never give up Bro.
Wish I could have joined you at that conference. I would have worn my “ask me about the clots” button. 🤣
This group needed to hear Tom Haviland ❤️🙏
Praying God’s protection over Mr. Siri.
Agree🙏
Let's keep it simple: less government!
We don't need to be told what to do. (well, maybe some of us do)
John, it's like elections have reduced to one side getting four years to make the other side do stuff. I understand that high-school civics would be immediately perverted to train more voting-bots, but if America is going to survive, it needs SOMETHING to draw people back to the founding IDEALS.
Hillsdale College has a new documentary called "Revolutionary America" and a couple of brand new online courses (free, fairly short, and easy to digest) concerning the American Revolution and the Founding of the country, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution:
https://online.hillsdale.edu.
Hillsdale has been around since 1844 and is a good conservative college.
Hillsdale is awesome!
It absolutely is, I've taken like 15 of their free courses, including the Constitution and the different courses.
They just produced a new 2 hr documentary called "Revolutionary America" and added another course to go with it consisting of 6 lectures called "Revolutionary America: From Subjects to Citizens."
"Me too" 💗 They do exceptionally well done courses!
Thank you for reminding me to take Hillsdale courses! I read their newsletters and love the lectures. I will check it out today!
James, THIS could be the way back for all of us.
I've known about Hillsdale for years, and give an annual gift, for which we get their outstanding "Imprimis" newsletter.
I think it's up to us to educate each other on what those founding ideals were!
THAT, John, will involve "listening" to each other. I honestly wonder if we're past that.
Yes indeed! Listening is a lost art!
Could be called LGI (less government intrusion).
Hahahahaha, sounds like a mobile phone model: mixed Fruit (Apple) and Less Government
DEI = Didn’t Earn It! (Why have I never seen that before?! Love it!) Also loving Kamala, Clinton’s and Biden protected by DEI-only hires… good one, Jenna!
Frankly, I would support taking that protection away. Not to mention the presidential pension. Where else can you work for four years and get $200,000 for life after that?!
Especially since they go on to cash in on lectures and appearances….all become multi-millionaires.
They leave office with significantly more wealth than at the beginning of their term. Political grift seems to be the status quo.
Same with Congress. The chasm between what they accomplish and what they actually do to help WE THE PEOPLE is VAST. The compensation is WAY out of whack.
You had me at Samoan lesbians.
2000-2010 I worked for a Big Four firm. We had a training way back then that must have been focused on whatever DEI was called before it was. In this training, we had a clear box and marbles that were colored white, black, brown, dark brown, yellow (!). The instructor read a series of words - doctor, dentist, neighbors, veterinarian, best friend, etc. - and we had to put the “color” marble in the clear cube. Then presumably feel bad about it while the instructor made an important speech. I haven’t thought about that in years. Man, that was really F’d up.
WOW! (Importantly, how did the poll work out for ya?) :)
Just sent you a chat with a pic
Thank you!!!
Any sort of diversity in an organization might make it slightly more biologically resilient (which is why we don’t marry our cousins), but it also makes it weaker culturally.
The greatest strength comes from all members of a body pulling the same direction at the same time with the same strength. No one ever added a 38lb 6yo girl to their tug-o-war team because they believed she could really help the rest of the 250lb men win.
The tug-of-war metaphor you introduce well describes the N-dimensional cultural situation in [air-quotes] "our" "country."
Marxists believe that if you proclaim a “Lie” loud, often, with conviction, censor criticism and pay the media to reinforce it, the “Lie” eventually becomes the Truth. Marxists are relentless until they get punched in the nose.
Before DEI there was Affirmative Action. I didn't think that was fair either. All of a sudden racism was okay if it was against whites. Yes let's fix racism by reversing the preferred race. Makes sense. 🙃
I remember those times well. It was horrible for so many, especially whites.
That sounds like the thinking of someone way high up with more money than brains, with no common sense.
I’m old enough to remember when diversity hiring quotas were to include women and veterans. But they still should have been merit based.
Has anyone ever thought about how some high prices may be from companies carrying DEI hires that cannot do the job, so the position has to pay 1-2 extra people for that position? Oh wait, that’s government.
Yeah and that is why I no longer care to fly anywhere.
The greatest example of DEI in all its glorious wonder: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
And she's there for life. Oh my.
Enforced diversity is the endless war against merit.
Happy DEI Friday! All news is fake news but also the other ones too. Let's talk about everything else but the important stuff. That's what the news is all about.
Hahaha 😆. Of course! Distract, distract, and then double down on the uber distractions.
As an owner of a small company, I hired and fired people. I didn’t relish either job, but I hired those who had the temperament and skills to perform commensurately. Perform at the prescribed level and you kept your job.
Working for me wasn’t a “dress rehearsal” or some sort of placeholder nor a “gap year!” I was all business; every day, all day long. Don’t like working hard, achieving, or having meaning or purpose?! Here’s the door…
I LOVED what I did every day with every cell in my body. I was very good at what I made my life’s purpose for over 25 years. My passion was downright contagious and it still drives my purpose today. Find your meaning and purpose and you will succeed beyond your wildest expectations.
A DEI hire is always doomed to failure!
There’s a reason why they call it “programming.”