[NoKoolAidforMe]

Firefighters wear about 80 pounds of gear. Now compound that with running up six flights of stairs in a burning building carrying a hose and then dragging a 250 pound unconscious man to safety. Men are biologically and physically different from women. That’s not a sexist statement. It’s a fact.

[mnehring]

I’m not saying that women aren’t physically different, I’m saying that a women is capable of overcoming shortcomings through training and hard work and can (apparently) be capable of doing such things. Hell, I would almost rather have someone who had to work her ass off to get to that point than a guy who only gave 90%.

We are conservatives aren’t we.. we judge individuals, not their label. If she passed her tests (and based on the article, she kicked ass on her tests) and there wasn’t any special accommodations made for her, then oorah for her.