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Firefighter Receives Suspension After Taking Down Patriotic Poster
Fox News ^ | October 17, 2001 | Associated Press

Posted on 10/17/2001 7:49:35 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ALBANY, N.Y.

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Fire his ass.
1 posted on 10/17/2001 7:49:35 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy
You might hurt his feelings <sarcasm off>
3 posted on 10/17/2001 7:56:11 PM PDT by LiveFree2000
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Exactly what was he able to find offensive in the words "these colors don't run"?
4 posted on 10/17/2001 7:56:40 PM PDT by van_erwin
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To: Bubba_Leroy
I think there's a fire or two in Afghanistan that would be more to his liking.
5 posted on 10/17/2001 7:58:06 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Exactly.The civil service exam score is only the first step, after that comes a background check then a fairly tough physical fitness test,

to see if your afraid of high places, strong enough to set a ladder,etc, then an interview.

He most likely messed up somewhere. Also, there are usually over a hundred times more applicants than positions available.

6 posted on 10/17/2001 8:01:37 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Ron Fletcher
You said it. This is not a holy war.

...as I whistle passing the grave yard.

7 posted on 10/17/2001 8:03:00 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Where in hell do these nut jobs keep coming from?
8 posted on 10/17/2001 8:05:51 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
At least this is causing the crap to float to the surface. Now all we have to do is flush them.
9 posted on 10/17/2001 8:07:29 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Do it the easy way, next big fire, let him be the first one in.
12 posted on 10/17/2001 8:16:34 PM PDT by cynicom
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300 fireman die heroically and this SOB tears down a poster put up to honor them.

Does anyone believe he would ever go into a burning building to help someone else?

13 posted on 10/17/2001 8:19:38 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Miller said there are eight minority firefighters in the department including Banks, although he may be the only Muslim. Banks joined the department on April 29, 1997, three years after he was passed over by applicants who scored lower on a civil service exam. A judge ruled Banks proved racial discrimination, and the city settled the case by hiring him, paying $150,000 in retroactive pay and covering his legal expenses.

Can anyone say this man was passed over because of his race - other than a Judge.

14 posted on 10/17/2001 8:24:44 PM PDT by TheHound
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To: Bubba_Leroy
One of his comrades in the stationhouse ought to 'accidentally' jam a thumb in that dude's eye.
15 posted on 10/17/2001 8:26:32 PM PDT by Petronski
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To: TheHound
And now they are too scared of getting sued again to fire him. Notice that one day after getting suspended he already has an attorney making statements for him to the press.
16 posted on 10/17/2001 8:26:55 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: LiveFree2000
Whoa, EASY folks. Let me interject a calmer standpoint from a 14 year paid firefighter. ---- SCREW HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
17 posted on 10/17/2001 8:29:33 PM PDT by Lonman219
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To: Bubba_Leroy
yeah...Fire his ass and k*ll the lawyer, or vs/vs...don't care one way or the other...this CRAP has got to STOP!

FMCDH

18 posted on 10/17/2001 8:31:12 PM PDT by nothingnew
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To: Bubba_Leroy
And the latest dead fireman last seen in a burning building is....
19 posted on 10/17/2001 8:32:02 PM PDT by PatrioticAmerican
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To: LiveFree2000
Whoa, EASY folks. Let me interject a calmer standpoint from a 14 year paid firefighter(me). ---- SCREW HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, That's better.
20 posted on 10/17/2001 8:32:15 PM PDT by Lonman219
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