Was the economic cost worth it?
And when I say “anyone” I’m talking about those folks who can think…. who wasn’t a sheep that follows blindly what the “experts” (who were most obviously guessing) told them:
But hey, we gotta listen to the “experts” amIrite? Bags of hot air who pontificate on things that they really don’t have a clue about….and this whole “Pandemic” demonstrated that for anyone who wants to see.
If you are old enough, you can remember the “Affirmative Action” programs and their like, when in the 70’s and 80’s and 90’s there was a big push, and lots of pressure on companies, to hire and promote black people and women into positions of greater responsibility, and hire black people/women/Vets to any position. There were quotas for many businesses as well.
Sadly for those folks who came after, the promotions and hirings were often done regardless of fitness or aptitude for the jobs that they were placed into. “Diversity Hire” became an excuse for incompetent people that were women and black……..in other words, “we had to hire a black person, or a woman, and so we did…. Sorry they can’t do the job, but we can’t fire them because they are a protected minority and it will screw up our quotas so we (and you) are stuck with them”.
This did a lot of damage to the image of blacks and women in the workplace, as one never knew whether the woman or black person that was supposed to be managing, or assisting, or whatever the job required was was actually competent, and whether they actually had the skills and qualifications for the job , had earned their way into the position, or had simply been appointed to fill the quota. Lots of people were, sadly, not competent in their field, and it made those who WERE competent look bad…..”did they get their position by experience and ability or because of the color of their skin or their body plumbing?” which often led to people dismissing as useless the perfectly qualified and competent folks because one never knew how they got their position….or assuming they would get substandard service or work because that person was female, or black, or some other minority….If anything, the pressure to hire and promote did, I think, more damage to the folks the program was designed to help….it likely set their image back many years.
Sadly, since Biden made such a big deal about appointing a Black Woman judge as a a Supreme Court Justice, we will never know if that person he appoints actually has the chops to do the job, the experience and competence and skills for it, or if they just fit the description of “Black and Female”.
I’d not want that hanging over my head were I a competent female Judge with dark skin. How would you like to have every person wonder how you got to the Supreme Court of the United States? Each person, even your peers and fellow judges wondering whether you’d earned your right to be in that position or had simply been appointed because you ticked the box of “black” and “woman”. To forever have your competency questioned?
Thus has Biden tainted the position he will soon appoint a (likely very competent person) to…..
Not the State of Pennsylvania to pay for the bridges that are falling down….Shouldn’t it be the state that does the repair of existing bridges? Shouldn’t they allocate the gas tax money (57.6 cents per gallon) to fix bridges rather than liberal social engineering projects?
Joe says “We’ll fix ’em all”...Using the bridge failure as a vehicle to push his infrastructure bill
Thing is, that bridge has been neglected for YEARS…It didn’t decay overnight…..They didn’t fix it last time a Democrat spent big money on Infrastructure either. In 2009 thanks to Barry Obama there was big Federal tax money available for such repairs, but the Dems in Pennsylvania chose to spend their money on such items as footpaths and bike lanes and scenic overlooks and parks and such…..Not on such mundane things as a bridge….That bridge had needed repair for over 20 years.
This is a failure of State Government, not a lack of Federal Funding.
ETA:THIS is the mismanagement I was talking about
I toldya it was a bunch of hype over nothing with misinformation spread by those that knew nothing about either 5g or how radar altimeters work.
Despite the fears, the FAA has certified over 90% of commercial airlines. All the Boeing 7XX and airbus 3xx planes, and most of the other, smaller, regional jets.
All the hype and fears from the “experts”……A bunch of hot air (and outright fearmongering and lies) from people that know just enough to be dangerous and who talked just enough to show their complete ignorance. Adults, engineers, and people who actually knew what they were talking about understood that there would be no issues, those who knew nothing feared that there would be planes falling out of the sky.
The issue wasn’t one of interference, but rather incompetence by the FAA to certify aircraft before the rollout….The FAA failed to act until late in the game…Bureaucratic fail. But that is a hallmark of the Biden Administration, really.
Josh Pierson, 15 years old, is racing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona…he gets a waiver for his age and is driving a sponsored LMP2 car.
Wow, Talented kid. 15 years old.
What were you doing when you were 15 years old. Would you give you the keys to such a car? (yeah, he’s been driving for a while, and of course, his white privilege in having parents that actually cared and were together long enough and all of that, but still…..)
He just drove in the 24 at LeMans as well.
Imagine, if you will, If a president, say Joe Biden, had stated that he would present a Supreme Court nominee to the Senate for confirmation and that the only judges he would consider would be white, and male, what would the Left have done? How loud would the outcry have been?
Discrimination by race, color gender, etc. is wrong, no matter who does it even when it is done to “level the inequities of the past”.
Discrimination is discrimination.
Except, of course, we hear no outcry ’cause Landon Eastep was white…..
Dude was tens of feet away from the cops. Armed with a boxcutter. While 20+ feet is not a safe distance, it isn’t a distance where nine cops need to unload into him either. (Just Like LaQuan McDonald in Chicago) Those cops were tried for Murder.
Now, having said that, neither Landon nor LaQuan were choirboys, and both were somewhat dangerous. Both of them had mental issues. But both were shot at a range of more than 20 feet multiple times, execution style.
The difference is one was white, and one was black. One was used to stir up black votes and black anger…and the other, being white, was not useful for anything. So his murder remains unnoticed and unheeded by the press.
Huh. Then why is the southern border of the US allowed to be so porous? Why are thousands of people each day allowed to cross the border and shipped to the interior of our country and then let go?
Look: I expect all politicians to be somewhat two faced, and further expect Liberal folks supported by the DNC to be liars to boot, but at what point is enough enough?
If border are important, then let us start with our own. And if they are not, then let’s not have Biden get into dick measuring contest with Putin, over Ukraine, where he is outmatched….
WBBM 780 Chicago:
“there is a 50% chance of snow for Lake County Indiana until noon tomorrow….or not”