First of all, he says, "We ought to declare our willingness to fight for the Liberty of Iraq!"
Laughter ... but I'm not laughing.
And then, he pulls out some charts.
Yes, I see, we must bump this one upstairs.
It's a great idea, and I'll share it.
He wants us to bomb the heck out of Baghdad, not only with bombs, but with railroad rail sections, cut to 5ft pieces, and with bags of concrete.
Really, the idea is ingenious.
He suggests that, to really upset the Iraqis' game, we need to bomb, with bombs, the upstream approaches to Baghdad, so as to cause delays in the flow of the rivers.
Downstream, is where we hit them with bags of concrete upon the steel sections --- we make a few dams, big ones.
Delivered by air!
In other words, we are going to make Baghdad into a lake.
Quote: "So much for the Iraqis' game at trying to draw us into the city; instead, we'll flush them out!"
It can be done; but then again, it's just a plan.
...of glass, would be my preference. It seems harsh, and I wonder, if the decision were actually mine, whether or not I would "push the button", but I think I would...if, in fact, they are actually working on WMD.
I advocated this drastic action on Sept. 12, 2001, and intervening events have not changed my mind.
Stay Safe !
In other words, we are going to make Baghdad into a lake.
In other words, we are going to make Baghdad into a lake.
Hmmm .... I really prefer the blue, but any color will do. (It's the thought that counts.)
(The editorial follows, but here’s joanie-f’s encapsulated version):
A local printing company, R. R. Donnelly & Sons, was politically extorted into paying $610,000 for discriminating against minorities in their hiring practices. Why? Simply because Donnelly is a government contractor (the kiss of death for any company that wants to remain competitive), and thereby required to abide by hiring guidelines established by OFCCP (the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) …. and Donnelly required applicants (1) to have a high school diploma, and (2) to possess the ability to fill out the job application form. By the OFCCP’s definition, such requirements discriminate against minorities.
So....
Donnelly has been advised to:
(1) spend $30,000 a year on area outreach programs (translate that: politically correct, psychobabble-based programs designed to keep pseudo-victims situated in their pseudo-victimhood).
(2) make cash payments to 1,179 minority applicants who were not hired because they did not have a high school diploma and/or they were unable to fill out the job application.
(3) Provide jobs for an additional 68 people who were originally overlooked due to the (terribly unreasonable) guidelines.
Thinking of investing your money in R. R. Donnelly now or in the future? Throw it down a manhole. You’ll get a better rate of return.
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Editorial:
Bureaucratic nonsense
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
August 10, 2002
There are times when the desire to be fair overwhelms common, sense. Take last week’s story about R.R Donnelley & Sons for example.
The commercial printing company agreed to spend $610,000 to settle charges that it had inadvertently discriminated against minority applicants at two Lancaster area plants by requiring applicants to have a high school diploma or the equivalent and to complete the application forms they were given.
According to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, those requirements are discriminatory. The settlement is said to include payments to 1,179 minority applicants who were not hired as a result of the company’s policy of using the guidelines. The company also agreed to provide jobs for an additional 68 people who were originally overlooked due to the guidelines.
If you think this case turns logic on its head, you’re correct.
R.R. Donnelley is a government contractor and therefore must meet a different kind of litmus test than most firms in its hiring practices. And while there may be jobs in which a high school diploma is unnecessary, the ability to fill out an application form - even with the help provided - would seem to be a basic requirement for employment anywhere. That includes the federal government which requires applicants for federal jobs to possess a high school diploma or the equivalent. Yet, in this case. government auditors have the authority to require a government vendor to lower its hiring standards.
The OFCCP’s implication that the hiring practices discriminated solely against minorities also is incorrect. It is not just minority applicants who lacked the education or ability to read. As Donnelley spokesman Michael Winn noted, some of those who were “accidentally filtered out” were not minorities.
And OFCCP’s proposed remedy - that Donnelley spend $30,000 annually on outreach programs in Lancaster - is less than the $40,000 the company already spends annually on outreach. Winn said Donnelley intends to raise the amount to $50,000.
The Rev. Ronald Taliaferro, president of the Lancaster County Chapter of the NAACP, has said discrimination exists in hiring practices in the Lancaster community. No doubt he is right.
But Donnelley has attempted to increase its minority hiring and has worked to diversify its workforce.
Rather than requiring vendors to lower their employment standards, the federal government should encourage those companies to offer additional programs that would upgrade their workforce. The ability to read, comprehend and follow instructions is basic to any job.
The auditors’ “solutions,” in this case, are not solutions at all. They are a prescription for greater problems in the future