Posted on 08/02/2005 4:17:08 PM PDT by Jonx6
Classic.
That should make everyone feel more diverse and inclusive while our houses burn down.
My dad is high up in AFD and I was in the middle of the hiring process. We both are mad about this but they are planning to start again sometime in Oct. and start the cadet class in spring and fully hire them in the fall in time to staff the new station.
So9
Let's also hire some lardbutts that can't climb ladders or get in upstairs windows.
Celebrate diversity, while your house is burning down!
Ward has been talking about this on his show.
What's next a test for breast feeding firefighters?
"Can they carry a 105lb person while they are breast feeding an infant"
Yep, went through the same crap in the Air Force years ago. Physical requirement to lift 90 lbs over your head - directly related to specific real life jobs. Females started showing up - most could not do the actual tasks.
Made for some interesting times - the boss went whacko when he found out we were reporting manning status counting only those that could actually do the job, people refusing to go on jobs with the females that they knew could not perform, etc.
What a crock.
LVM
Diversity is more important than survival.
Good lord.
They'd rather let us burn than be un-PC.
Damn Straight. Good observation.
Ah, come on Jonx6, we can stay in our burning homes a minute or two longer can't we? No problem. sarcasm.
Kate O'Beirne : How is America better off if the real physical demands of a job have to be watered down to accommodate women? If I, as an all-suffering taxpayer, have to be evacuated from a building, I used to be carried by a male firefighter. I am now dragged by my ankles, as my head hits every single stair going down three stories. I prefer being carried. I assume most taxpayers prefer being carried.
Gloria Steinem: It's better to drag them out, because there's less smoke down there. I mean, we're probably killing people by carrying them out at that height, you know, so I mean, you know, we need to look sensibly here at these jobs and what they really require, and not just some idea of what macho is.
Bella Abzug: That's true.
John Stossel: They've had to change the test.
Bella Abzug: Well, that's all right. Institutions have to adjust. If there are still physical problems which prevent certain activities, those activities should be assisted, so that itin a way, with technology, so that it's possible.
John Stossel: They should give them an electric axe?
Bella Abzug: Whatever is required.
What mayor was he talking about, cause Koch was waaay over 200 lbs.
OMGosh. This topic was all over the radio this afternoon also. Most folks want to be carried out!
LOL, yeah, it must be a generic mayor.
So9
...in full gear.
-PJ
Great. At who's expense?
If some little lady can carry me (and not drag me causing more injuries) out from a burning building or ditch, then fine.
But I doubt it.
No matter how you twist it, women just arent built for it, unless they had relatives that used to swim for East Germany.
A job is a job. So long the feminazi's screamed for "equality" now they want to make it easier? How equal is that?
What a load.
My dad and grampa (LAFD) are spinning in their graves.
It sounds as this witch is already suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.
Indeed... and I think you have your w's and b's mixed up. :)
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