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The Perfect Storm of Liberalism

By on 4.24.12 @ 6:09AM

Racial quotas, political correctness ignite scandals: the Secret Service, Ft. Hood, GSA.

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Her move prompted grumbling among some longer-serving white supervisors that she was unqualified, according to people with knowledge of the situation, including a former agent who left recently. A lot of the “good old boys” were not happy, said the former agent, who, because of the sensitive nature of personnel decisions, asked not to be identified.

The result of the push for meeting racial quotas in the Secret Service at the expense of lowering standards, says our source, is that “…the bar was lowered significantly. Now that affects ALL hires of the Service regardless of race.” In consequence, when combined with “the societal attitudes of the latest generations and their general lack of education, commitment and reality,” the inevitable outcome is a “dumbed down” Secret Service. Where conduct like that in Cartagena “is only the tip of the iceberg.”

Agents at the end of their careers, the Spectator was told, relate “horror stories while on presidential protective detail. They would assign agents posts to stand, observing certain perimeters within which was the POTUS (President of the United States). Supervisors would pass to check on the postings and there were no agents! ‘Where were you?’ they were asked.” The response: “Oh, I had to go to the bathroom.” There is, says this source, a “basic lack of understanding of the importance of the job and commitment to it (that) goes across all lines.”

Agent David Chaney, a senior supervisor who is white, was cited as an example of the dumbed down standards not simply because the standards for hiring have dropped over time but also the standards “for retention have been lowered to the point that there is no accountability.” It was Chaney, now abruptly retired after his involvement in the Cartagena scandal, who posted on Facebook (in 2009) a photo of himself guarding protectee Sarah Palin in 2008. With the comment that “I was really checking her out, if you know what I mean.” Whether Chaney was ever reprimanded for this 2009 posting at the time is unclear.

All of this has brought fresh attention to a 2002  investigation of the Secret Service by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine provided a detailed examination that further illustrates the allegations and concerns of our own source with regard to an agency lost in a swamp of liberal political correctness. The story is replete with tales of violations of one-time Service standards. Such as:

— A female agent detailed to then-First Lady Hillary Clinton violating Service standards by drinking while carrying her gun, then losing her purse to a thief — and the .357 Sig Sauer service weapon inside. It was the second time the agent had lost her gun — yet she had been promoted between the first and second incidents.

— An alleged affair between an agent guarding the Clinton White House with President Clinton’s cousin Catherine Cornelius.

— Alleged affairs with female White House staffers involving not one but two successive Secret Service Directors.

— An agent guarding then-former President Reagan having an affair with an underage teen-age girl.

— A fight in a D.C. bar that resulted in a shooting and the dismissal of the agent involved.

There’s much more. But the overall portrait from the Spectator’s source and elsewhere is of an agency in crisis. Or, as was said in the U.S. News story, an agency that is “like a giant ship teetering on toothpicks, waiting to collapse.” The allegation is now raised that racial quotas is one of those toothpicks. And the ultimate irony, as mentioned, is that this addiction to the liberal obsession with racial quotas may be putting the personal safety of the nation’s first black president in jeopardy.

Next on this dismal list?

• Political Correctness and Ft. Hood: Remember this one? In November of 2009, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, suddenly pulled out a gun and started firing? Shouting “Allahu Akbar!” — God is Great— Hasan killed thirteen and wounded 29 other servicemen and women. Right in the heart of the U.S. Army’s Fort Hood.

What was the bottom line of this horror? It turned out that Major Hasan, now scheduled for trial this summer, was an American Muslim of Palestinian descent who had already been investigated prior to the shooting by the FBI. Why? It had discovered e-mail correspondence between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemini cleric who was well on the list of al Qaeda terrorists. After the shooting al-Awlaki issued a statement praising Hasan as a “hero” and saying that “fighting against the U.S. army is an Islamic duty.” Al-Awlaki was killed by a US drone in 2011.

The Wall Street Journal reported that not only were U.S. intelligence agencies like the FBI aware of Hasan’s activities and connections, his “former colleagues have said he performed substandard work and occasionally unnerved them by expressing fervent Islamic views and deep opposition to the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” No wonder, since he passed out business cards calling himself a “Soldier of Allah.”

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About the Author

Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (175) |

Jack in Wi.| 4.24.12 @ 7:16AM

And the Romney Rubio ticket is going to do something diffferent? I can just see old Mitt taking on affirmative action. Maybe he will put his affirmative action vice president in charge of that. Nixon gave us quotas and set asides and now we are finally going to get rid of them?

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 8:57AM

Hi, Jack!

There is a simple solution to this:

LOSER PAYS! Risk-free lawsuits filed against the federal government are nothing but "starched white collar welfare".

Think about it - you are an unemployed attorney, you find someone of politically dis?advantaged color or creed wronged by the government, and at the cost of a couple of hours time, you file suit against the federal government, agreeing with your client to split the proceeds.

What could go wrong?

If you lose, all you've lost is your time, which you were not using profitably anyway. You might have made met some fellow travelers along the way who can help you in your next effort.

What if you win? Well, the government has all the money in the world, they can't have it, but they can spend it, and they aren't held accountable for it. They can always take more. So if you win - there's the windfall for you. You can tell all your fellow travelers what a fierce worker you are for "justice", and you can run for the Senate like John Edwards.

But institute "Loser Pays" in our legal system and your frivolous lawsuit could go very wrong, if you lose and have to recompense the government its legal expenses defending your frivolity.

I'm just saying, if you really want to stop it you REALLY have to change something.

Good luck with that.

Oh where have you gone, Ronald Reagan?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you...

Don't Tread On Me!

RichTex| 4.24.12 @ 11:40AM

Another idea to cut down on frivolous lawsuits: Prevent plaintiffs from collecting punitive damages. The purpose of punitive damages is to punish the offending party, just like a fine is imposed in a criminal action. But in a criminal case, the fine isn’t paid to the victim of the crime; it is paid to the government because society as a whole has been damaged by the wrongful conduct.

This same principal should be applied in civil matters. The wrongful conduct of the defendant (and let’s assume for now that the defendant did actually commit an act for which he deserves punishment) not only damages the plaintiff but also civil society. So, let the plaintiff collect actual damages to make him whole for the effects of that wrongful act, but award the punishing damages to the government just as would be with a criminal fine.

All too often, the actual damages a plaintiff suffers are rather minimal. The whole purpose of the lawsuit is to have punitive damages assessed, since that’s usually where the big bucks are. Without the possibility of a plaintiff collecting those big bucks, far fewer potential plaintiffs would see the point in bringing a suit. Of course, this would also prevent the plaintiff’s attorney from collecting a percentage of those punitive damages as his fee. I’m so sorry about that.

ENOUGH ROPE| 4.24.12 @ 2:28PM

To Mitt Romney, former management consultant:

As a minimum target, reduce the Federal Government by 40%, including regulations. End affirmative action, and ask Newt for his suggestions to reform the civil service to fire deadwood. Install six-sigma management.

SpiralArchitect| 4.24.12 @ 2:10PM

Loser pays is as likely as Jack no longer being an ignorant troll.

Both are welcome ideas though.

Quartermaster| 4.24.12 @ 6:54PM

And he said, exactly, what that was wrong? In this case, Jack isn't the troll.

Mittens won't do anything to solve the country's problems. he's part of the ruling party and it's minions, and his buddies stand lose big time if he really did act.

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 9:06AM

Is ANYONE surprised to find an AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HIRE in the middle of all of this?

We have an African American Leftist in the White House. An African American Leftist/Racist at Justice. An African American Leftist at Energy. An Africam American Leftist at the U.N. and now, lo and behold, an Africam American Leftist, in charge of this Sevret Service detachment.

And not one of them with one GODDAMN SHRED OF QUALLIFICATION for the job they hold.

This is Affirmative Actions' predictable conclusion.

What did anyone THINK was gonna happen when this Fck took office?

He has remade this Country in to DETROIT.

He has added The United States of America to the list of FAILED STATES, run by Blacks.

Is ANYONE surprised?

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 9:38AM

The problem with your argument is that Obama is in the White House because the last occupant, a child of privilege, “FAILED” The United States of America.

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 10:08AM

Let's get the Facts right, shall we?

Everything was running along just fine until Reid and Pelosi took control of both Houses of Congress. Look it up!

CONGRESS holds the Purse Strings. CONGRESS passes the Budgets. Or, at least they used to, before this THING got elected.

$5 TRILLION in New Debt. Everything that should be UP, is DOWN, and everything that should be DOWN, is UP.

But, according to dumbasses, like you, everything is hunky dory. "Good Job,Browny."

You're pathetic.

I'd say the FAILURE, is Black Guy in the White House. And you know it, which is why you write the Stupid Sh*t that you do.

Cause you got nuthin.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:14PM

No, TLP, you missed it.

vtwin is a socialist - he thinks 10% unemployment is better than 4.8% unemployment, decreasing GDP is better than increasing GDP, private jobs are evil while government jobs are good. Etc, etc, etc...

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 1:40PM

Your racism is vile. You need to crawl back under that rock that you were under.

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 4:36PM

It's not racism, if It's TRUE.

Dumbass.

Chalkdust| 4.24.12 @ 5:28PM

"Sane person"........riddle me this. Which is more racist..voting AGAINST a person because of the color of his/her skin.......or voting FOR a person because of the color of his/her skin? Anybody who thinks Obama's election was based on his experience and knowledge is a racist moron.
There happened to be another contestant in the 2007 election. One who had a vast amount of experience and was jumping through his ass to out-liberal Obama. But he didn't have a chance because of the color of his skin (thankfully).

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 6:24PM

And the "sane person" will do it again. Hypocrisy is lost on these immoral, racist twits.

Jacobite| 4.26.12 @ 3:09PM

The author of this article is fantasizing. Affirmative Action cannot be ended because the instant jobs are filled on the basis of merit, blacks will disappear totally. There can be no way of hiding this, and the wimp dipsh*ts running DC will fold like $2 umbrellas in a Cat 5 hurricane. As the cartoonish character in the movie truthfully said: "You can't handle the truth!" America is the 'home of the brave' like France is the home of hospitality.

Occam's Tool| 4.24.12 @ 11:05AM

Well, as I had been hired to be a psychiatrist at Fort Hood BEFORE the shooting, and would have had to work with Jack's mancrush BEFORE the shooting if I had not been offered my job from Above, I take the grovelling to Islamic superiority of people like Jack very seriously. The Chief of Staff who worried about affirmative action ofver his troop's safety should have been cashiered. But for the grace of G-d, I would have been an innocent victim on that day, and my children would have been fatherless.

Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 11:32AM

All the misbegotten social engineering ideas of The Left come together to create a world without room for debate or dissent. The Left even refuses to listen to their own if they criticize. We have indeed entered the brave new world of obedience above liberty.

SpiralArchitect| 4.24.12 @ 2:12PM

The left (the (D) party) has adopted the socialist platform. They install the socialist agenda in the US one piece at a time, they have for over 1/2 a century.

SpiralArchitect| 4.24.12 @ 2:11PM

You cannot mention God?

Chalkdust| 4.24.12 @ 5:37PM

Curious eh? He could have written L**y L**k, but that would have been superstitious also.

Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 6:12PM

Many of the devout, not unusually Jews, will write the divine name thus. Give the man some credit for respecting his sovereign Lord.

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 2:16PM

OT, I am one of many who are glad that you were not involved in the Ft Hood massacre; and are indeed alive to tell your tales here. I distinctly remember my figuratively falling out of my chair when the Army's General Casey proclaimed after same that THE GREATEST THREAT THAT THE MILITARY SUFFERS FROM IS......THEIR LACK OF DIVERSITY. It was truly a WTF moment for me!!!!!

Herb| 4.25.12 @ 7:48AM

You call to mind a forgotten fact about the Fort Hood Massacre: most of those killed were medical professionals on their way into theater.

I believe that Nidal Malik Hasan will rot in prison without being convicted because if he goes down, his entire chain of command will go down with him including the execrable Gen. Casey.

Meanwhile, thank you for your knowledgable insights and for elevating the debate. For real.

D| 4.24.12 @ 4:15PM

Mr. Lord,

What do you mean by "high standards"? Standards of character? Intelligence?

Are potential secret service agents tested on their field of knowledge? Their ability to reason anylitically? Are their backgrounds researched as thoroughly as they should be?

Who were these agents caught up in the latest prostitution scandal? Were they white? Latino? Black? Has their ethnicity been reported anywhere?

Appleby| 4.24.12 @ 7:32AM

Until somehow we manage to convince young men that they do NOT have to have sex every day or they'll die, and that in fact it is POSSIBLE to control their urges, and sometimes it is NECESSARY to do so ... until some very large catastrophe happens in America that is proved to be caused by 40 year old teenagers doing their Animal House "thang" regardless of their alleged responsibilities ... in fact, once the majority of the Baby Boomers are retired and the people "in charge" of the candy store have eaten all the candy and burned the store to the ground ... the beat will go on.

Until there is no such thing as a teenager, far less so a 40 year old teenager, nothing will change.

numbatdog| 4.24.12 @ 9:09AM

Yes Appleby, and when men reach an age where they are finally able to see beyond their sexual needs - There is a pill for that!
The media is full of ads for medications to return you to your 19 yr old level of sexual interest and performance.
As if a slowing libido is a disease instead of a blessing.

CrackerHound| 4.24.12 @ 10:04AM

If married men would just honor their vows, it would be a huge leap. The best way to do that would be... when out of town....STAY IN YOUR ROOM.

If you go looking for trouble it will find you.

Bob S| 4.24.12 @ 3:09PM

The real crisis is a lack of character everywhere liberalism is entrenched.

PolishKnight| 4.24.12 @ 11:01AM

I remember growing up in the late 70's and the combination of loose sexual mores and the failure rate of the medical miracle "pill" combined to send out-of-wedlock births even in the white community soaring.

Over the next two decades, it was largely men held accountable and even welfare limitations for women didn't hold women to blame for out of wedlock births so much as encourage them to at least sleep with a man whom could be assessed child-support.

Sure, there are plenty of irresponsible male teens out there but believe it or not, many middle class young men are not necessarily chaste but at least aware of the baby rabies women out there out to trap them. Everything old is new again: It was common in the 19th century and before for young women to try to trap young affluent men into marriage and failing that, just went for some guy and then appealed to societal charity (the term "bastard" originates from this time.)

So no, even if most men wise up the women will still get knocked up even if they have to buy sperm for $250 from anonymous donors and then cry: "My BA-BEE will suffer if you don't help ME out!"

And conservatives continue to fall for it.

In the meantime, conservative voters literally die off.

Occam's Tool| 4.24.12 @ 11:09AM

Appleby, dear, if you had been my age when I was a teenager, and I had met you then, I would have fallen madly in love with you, swept you off your feet, and taken care of you forever after, just as I have my wife. You are a lovely human being, and you deserve all the best.

There are advantages to having some teenage urges, dear. And love does mature, as mine has with my beloved. There are reasons for all things. But the desires need to be properly channeled and sublimated. Hence, the institution of marriage, and the societal strictures on men to turn that drive into something useful as opposed to destructive.

What these clowns are doing is an example of men without oaths or honor.

PolishKnight| 4.24.12 @ 1:51PM

Actually, OT, I think the guys going with the hookers probably were moral compared to the guys in our society "shacking up" and having kids out of wedlock.

Due to feminism and the chivalrous privileges for women enshrined in the 19th century, our culture not only doesn't reward men for getting married but encourages women to contort like Jezebel.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 6:27PM

The other point I would add is that the libs are currently projecting the same sexual appetites onto women.

Dr. X| 4.24.12 @ 7:50AM

The U.S. government has become a giant Leviathan that operates within it's own universe. It has no attachment to reality. It lives in an "artificial reality" of it's own making. It's goal is not adherence to the Constitution, but adherence to radical egalitarianism and anti-white male sentiment.

Like a giant Ponzi scheme, it is based upon the assumption of an constant influx of cash to prop it up. (It's gotten so bad it's actually buying it's own debt to keep the wheel spinning.) If it had to exist within reality, it would all collapse -- the affirmative action, the radical feminism, the political correctness could not withstand the rigors of the free market, global warfare, or "reality" otherwise imposed upon it.

Someday it will collapse, and it'll be sooner than you think. And the results will be ugly.

vtinw| 4.24.12 @ 9:23AM

Former President Bush and Vice President openly admit to ordering torture a war crime under U.S law and yet they are not held accountable. Mitt Romney a multimillionaire pays a smaller percentage of his income in federal taxes than the working poor living on incomes below the national poverty level. Washington, no attachment to reality, I agree.

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 9:24AM

Sorry, that's vtwin.

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 10:17AM

You're even Stupider than I thought.

Everybody. Let's all read the comments of the guy who can't even write HIS OWN NAME without Fckng it up. And, we should all try to absorb the wit and wisdom of this idiot, because he am more smarterer than all us am be.

This could be a Master Card commercial, it's so priceless.

JmsA| 4.24.12 @ 11:47AM

TLP, that same ignoramus did not know that Social Security and Medi-Care projections, as published by the government sites, were arrived through actuarial; that is, statistical analysis. It is not surprising the moron cannot spell his own name. He actually claimed that statistics were used in polling, but not in said actuarial analysis. Don't waste your time, he's as stupid as they come.

Bob S| 4.24.12 @ 3:12PM

Don't stoop to his level. Resist the urge.

Resist we much!

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 4:29PM

Resist the urge, Bob, I offered an example of Washington detachment not to f**k you in the ass!

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 4:39PM

What can I say?

PRICELESS.

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 8:46PM

No worries, vtwin. Both your learning disability and apparent Parkinson's Disease (vtinw) put you well above the affirmative action curve, nearly guaranteeing your application's acceptance into the Secret Service -- even as white guy.

W| 4.24.12 @ 9:39AM

Three terrorrists were subjected to enhanced interrogation, not torture. How do you think we got the info to track down and kill Osama?

Romney paid the 15% capital gains tax as required by law on his capital gains, and the income tax rate on his earned income. Virtually all his income is capital gains. He paid $3,000,000 in income tax and donated $3,000,000 to charity. 15% is the same rate everyone pays on stock-mutual funds sales and distributions. If it is so unfair, why didn't Obama change the law in 2009-2010 when the Dems controlled Congress?

If you are "poor" you are not paying any income tax given the evil Bush tax cuts, and the child credit, student credit, earned income credit, and deductions.
The working poor are paying the FICA tax of 7% but that is going into their Social Security lockbox account according to Algore.

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 4:14PM

Social Security and Medicare Tax Rates; 12.4% + 2.9% = 15.3% on ALL workers wages regardless of income up to $106,000 plus income taxes. Romney paid ONLY 13.9% total in federal taxes on $20,000,00+.

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/ProgData/taxRates.html

W| 4.24.12 @ 6:12PM

The employer pays the one-half of the FICA. You pay the full FICA only if you are self employed. I know. I am self employed and pay one half of my employees' FICA.
Do you have a paystub, look at it and tell us how much the FICA rate is. The employee pays one half or 6.2 plus the Medicare.
What about the Algore lockbox?

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 7:19PM

W, you are correct. In my case I choose to work as an independent contractor for tax reasons and therefore I’m basically self-employed and have to pay both halves of my federal payroll tax (SS & MC). But, most of the brokers I contract through offer the same jobs if you prefer as a temporary employees but the hourly compensation rate would be lower because the broker is now paying half of your payroll tax.

Anthony| 4.24.12 @ 10:48AM

Wow, vtwin is back to the old lefty carnard that the Bush Justice Department sanctioned "torture".
Still trying to get these guys indicted, vtwin?
"Enhanced Interrogation techniques" are not torture, despite what Amnesity International, other left-wing nut job groups, and the vaunted U.N say. Neither is waterboarding.
You all can make up whatever subjective interpretaions you want to fit your utopia, but it still doesn't make it so.
Perhaps an easier indictment would be Holder and Obozo as assessories to murder in the deaths of two American agents in Fast & Furious. Funny your not bothered by that, NOT!!!
Hey vtwin, maybe we can waterboard Holder just to see if waterboarding works!!!! Then try it on you, just for kicks!!

Bongo| 4.24.12 @ 11:25AM

If it isn't considered torture, why did the U.S. execute Japanese soldiers after World War II for using the same techniques? Conservative or liberal - tolerating torture is anti-American. Furthermore, giving immunity to the government elites who ordered these policies confirms the existence of a two-tiered justice system in this country - an injustice to the entire population.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:17PM

Bongo;

If you think the Japanese just waterboarded their prisoners during WWII, you have been completely mis-informed or are willfully ignorant or really, really, really stupid.

Care to lay down for a "Rape of Nanking?"

Ignorant Idiot!

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 4:42PM

The Japenese POURED WATER down the throats of their captives.

They weren't SIMULATING Drowning. They were DROWNING them.

GTF outta here, Dumbass.

Dustoff| 4.24.12 @ 1:46PM

As a son of a father who lived thru the nightmare of the Battan Death march and REAL torture.
You comment alone, shows you know zip.

Bongo| 4.24.12 @ 4:42PM

So America isn't supposed to stand for higher moral ideals than the rest of the world... The they did it so we should too argument just doesn't hold any water Reagan said American is the shining city on the hill, i.e. a moral beacon. That generally requires holding American to a superior standard than we do the rest of the world.

TLP| 4.24.12 @ 4:47PM

Our Fathers and Grandfathers Firebombed Dresden, Bombed Germany in to the Stone Age, Firebombed Tokyo, and NUKED Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and they are remembered as THE GREATEST GENERATION.

War is Hell.

They started it, and every one of their lives isn't worth ONE American life, as far as I'm concerned.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 3:17PM

You do realize that many of our service men and woman volutarily go through waterboarding as part of their SERE training don't you (or at least they used to)?

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 4:02PM

“The CIA used the waterboard…at least 83 times during August 2002 in the interrogation of Zubaydahand… 183 times during March 2003 in the interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed…” --May 30, 2005 Bradbury Memo

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 4:06PM

And your point is what? That's its ok for our service men/women to go through it but not a terrorist?

bongo| 4.24.12 @ 4:43PM

No, what make it OK is stated in your previous comment... the word voluntarily!

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 4:53PM

And you honestly think a terrorist would "Voluntarily" agree to even be interrogated?

Even so, taking your stance, why has Obama not prosecuted the CIA operatives that did this? Or is this another example of him saying one thing when running for office but doing another once in office?

Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 5:30PM

Guys, this debate is meaningless. Al Queda, Hamas, Hezbollah et al are international terrorist organizations not nation states. They are not signatory to the Geneva convention; are not bound by it nor protected by it.

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 7:41PM

Al Adab, I’m not talking about the Geneva Convention or even international law. I’m talking about the laws of the United States of American.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2441

Bongo| 4.24.12 @ 5:57PM

I don't think he ever said he was going to go after the people who authorized of performed the torture practices, just end them. Regardless, it is very disappointing that the elites in both parties protect their own regardless of affiliation. I wish he had prosecuted those who authorized these policies, as they were clear violations of the law. However, it just became another example of elites being immunized from the consequences of their consequences of their actions - i.e. financial crisis. I don't believe this needs to be a partisan argument

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:03PM

Your right! No one should argue with idiots like you.

I'm certain it escaped both your simple minds that OBAMA retained the same authority to "torture" American's enemies in the "war on terror" that he attempted to prosecute others for. Not so amazingly, you morons choose to ignore anything that asshole does even when it mimic's the same policies successfully used during the Bush administration. .

Bush does it bad. Your God King Obama the magnificent does it and it's the coolest thing you oxygen thieving, wastes of skin ever heard of. Gosh I wonder how will you ever justify OBAMA's adoption of "torture?" Did it ever occur to either of you idiots that since OBAMA continued the same policies there just might be some merit to what we did? No of course not.

Oh and by the way, both you America hating lunatics have the gall to use try to use the word "torture" in such a way as to try and imply there is some moral equivalency between what the F'n Japanese did to American troops in WWII to water boarding? Water boarding? You want to compare forcing water down someones throat till they rupture internally or beheading our captured enemies while chanting blindly to their pedophile prophet to what we did?

Again my curse on you and all of your families. I pray that you will someday live in a world of your own design.

vtwin| 4.24.12 @ 3:54PM

Anthony, it’s not just the Bush Justice Department, the Obama Justice Department hasn’t done any indicting either.

Skippy| 4.25.12 @ 5:17PM

Ask yourself why.

Occam's Tool| 4.24.12 @ 11:10AM

Romney also gives away massive amounts to charity. Massive.

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:01PM

"Romney also gives away massive amounts to charity. Massive."

Starting with the entire inheritance he received when his father died (gave it all to his Church).

Meanwhile, we have so-called men "of the people" like Biden that donated just over $400 to charity last year.

tj| 4.24.12 @ 12:49PM

go away parrott!

Chalkdust| 4.24.12 @ 5:52PM

niwtv:
You're a very funny man...clueless but never-the-less funny.

Darin| 4.24.12 @ 8:01AM

I doubt much will come of this. Why? Because those in charge have a "D" after their name, so the media quickly forgets. And the majority of the American people are too dense to figure things out themself. Remember Fast and Furious? Obama's whispered comment to Putin? Vote fraud? Obama's endless vacations? All these (and more) would be played endlessly were a Republican in the White House. But since Democrats can do no wrong, the story quickly fades.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.24.12 @ 8:03AM

As someone who worked in law enforcement for 30 years I can tell you it's worse than even Mr. Lord portrays.

Some of the supervisors promoted in the agency I worked in couldn't even write a sentence. I asked one to prepare a report for me and when he turned it in I threw it on my bosses desk without further edits or comment.

A few minutes later the Division Commander called me and in an angry manner stated, "What's this?" When I told him where it came from he sat down and sighed with a forlorn look on his face.

Black employees who walk away from assignments and are disciplined can hold the system up for months, perhaps years as they file one complaint after another alleging investigators are racist.

One of the last investigations I completed concerned two black employees and one white male who walked away from an important assignment. The white male took his punishment with a good nature. The two black employees dragged out the investigation for months calling Internal Affairs with the complaint that I was a racist and that I shouldn't be completing the investigation.

Because of their complaints, the taxpayers were soaked for thousands in extra unnecessary costs and an investigation which should have covered three pieces of paper ended up over 120 pages long. They eventually received the same punishment as the white officer.

This was after 9/11 by the way.

On another occasion I was assigned to investigate a black male officer who had cursed out several other officers and had punched a marked police car. During the investigation he stood up and leaned over the table in a threatening manner. I told him that if he didn't sit down and knock it off he would be arrested and immediately. He resigned the next day and even the union rep present during the interview conceded that was best.

The agency started promoting blacks with no experience over seasoned white supervisors. What doesn't make the paper is that most agencies have provisions to protect the seniority system. At the agency I worked at many white mangers filed legal complaints and settled out of court.

The taxpayers got hosed again because the settlements were all for a $100,000 but they were all given back dated promotions and their retirements were all based on that. This all happened after 9/11.

While all this was going on, black managers who had been promoted (Some had GEDs) were featured in newspapers bragging about being black and being promoted. I'm sure the white personnel under their command felt great about that.

In short, Mr. Lord's article is the tip of the iceberg. Many agencies operate in a paralyzed manner due to racial and gender quotas.

After I retired I received a summons about a racial lawsuit and went in for a deposition. One of the black employees on my shift claimed that I had discriminated against him. During the deposition I explained in his presence how he was not competent enough to supervise or take any responsibility and the suit was dropped the next day. That's a rare instance though. Most agencies cave and incompetents are running many agencies.

chuck| 4.24.12 @ 8:23AM

Thanks Bill. It's no damned wonder that people no longer trust any government agencies at any level.

Are your children being educated in government schools??????

Just something to think about.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:19PM

Wait'll they do brain surgery on you!!!!

cali| 4.24.12 @ 8:23AM

Between Jeffrey Lord and, your observation is something I thought was at the bottom of this snow balling in one scandal after another.
Beginning with the murders in Texas by jihad related major - anybody could see the motive of this guys killing and, the subsequent handling by the current Justice Dept - namely the 'muslim' label was automatically excused. If obama and holder could, they would not charge this guy at all.

The GSA and, Secret Service demostrated a breakdown of discipline all together. I had a feeling that the 'racial' quotas as well as waste, fraud and abuse were instrumental in in the overall scandal.
However, I also believe that it is not the complete picture; white house personnel had part in this breakdown in the hooker scandal.
Knowing that i will be called a racist, I'd that the lowering in standards was the reason for the Secret SVC; there's a reason blacks hired regardless of qualification will be trouble.
I also know if something were to happen to obama, the first to point fingers are those who forced the racial quotas, accusing everyone of racism.
It reminded me of the fire fighter issue taken to court, where 'racial' hiring based on lower standards and test scores lost in court.
That should continue; the government is responsible to hire 'qualified' and 'competent' individuals without considering 'race'.

There is a reason that many blacks are excluded from positions that hires them because of 'quotas', the result is always the same. Many are allergic to education, hard work, integrity and betterment; that's a choice they made; they should not be forced on any employer - we see the result in the newest scandal - Secret service.

I lay blame on obama and holder, the example they set is that of corruption,unqualified for the position they hold, many of the same reasons - their race.
These scandals, which are fractions of those unknown, should hang around their neck as a reminder that 'affirmative actions' and 'racial quotos' never work!!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 1:50PM

You clearly have a problem with black people and therefore should not be in law enforcement at any time at all.

Every person should be judged by his/her skills, actions, experience, education, etc. not by the color of his skin - period!

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.24.12 @ 2:55PM

The top managers made the promotions based on gender or race you idiot, not me.

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 3:19PM

Easy Bill, those of us without rose colord glasses on understood your post. Of course people that have to tell everyone they are sane should be viewed with suspicion.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:07PM

"Every person should be judged by his/her skills, actions, experience, education, etc. not by the color of his skin - period!"

That was kind of the point he was making you retard.

W| 4.24.12 @ 8:16AM

The Service used to sneak in women at the White House for JFK. Clinton was abusing women and having an affair with an employee, Lewisnsky, in the White House. It was no big deal and just sex, said the Democrats. Now all the outrage about the agents . But agents get fired while JFK and Clinton are heroes?
Why the surprise that there is affirmative action in the Secret Service. We have affirmative action agents guarding and affirmative action president.

Von Mises Jr| 4.24.12 @ 8:16AM

The fish rots from the head. The American people placed an unqualified criminal at the head of the federal government. Chicago thug politics have brought us Solyndra and other green energy scams, huge slush funds, loss of the Rule of Law with the Chrysler bankruptcy and Bill of Attainder against Walpin, unconstitutional diktats and racial conflict while the top dogs party like its 1999.
If your father was a convict and you mother a junkie; would you be inclined to do your homework?

The American Hitman| 4.24.12 @ 8:39AM

This isn't a new story. This is going on in every department of the federal government, the judiciary, military, you name it. And in much of corporate America, too. It is rotting out government at deep levels that are entirely untouchable by elections.

The American Hitman| 4.24.12 @ 8:40AM

Is it time for the next president to throw out a huge chunk of these parasitic bureaucracies wholesale?
Yes. Unequivocally yes. It's not just time -- it's past time.

You'll have to wait until at least 2016 for that to happen. And then only if a new political force emerges to take on the two parties of rot and decay.

Michael| 4.24.12 @ 8:53AM

Hi Clint!
What names are you posting under today?
Who you voting for Obama or Romney?

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 2:29PM

Bravo Michael! Guess his Teflon93 moniker is on vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael| 4.24.12 @ 3:29PM

Oldefart
Clint is getting confused using different names to post same message.

Clint| 4.24.12 @ 6:56PM

I Got $1000.00 That Says That Poster "The American Hitman" Ain't Me, Liar Little Micky.

Put Up Or Shut Up, Liar Little Micky.

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:09PM

Clint,

Maybe Occam's Tool can do a little pro Bono work for you and see if there are other "yous" inside that cranium of yours.

"Roses are red, violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 8:50PM

Bet it's tough for all three to COME OUT OF THEIR CLOSET at the same time !!!!!!!

Clint| 4.24.12 @ 6:57PM

I Got $1000.00 That Says That Poster "The American Hitman" & "Teflon93" Ain't Me, Paranoid Liar, Fart Head.

Put Up Or Shut Up, Liar Little Micky.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:10PM

It was kind of coincidental that you, being one of the most prolific posters on this site, did not have one entry until you were called out on the name thingy. Then BAMO, instant Clint. If I were an investigator I would say that might be a clue.

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 8:44PM

Clunt, I wouldn't want you to have to sell your double-wide to come up with the$1000. Besides, don't LIE AS USUAL you SOB since it's obvious that you hide behind these monikers. Why not just tell the truth instead. Remember LYING is a sin and then you'll have to go see Father Ron in confession and end up saying two Heil Marys for doing so. Father Ron might have to get out the paddle and spank you....OOOOOOOOH!!!!!

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:11PM

"Clunt"

Now that had me laughing out loud!

The American Hitman| 4.24.12 @ 4:44PM

Hi Rombot! I'm voting for neither, Stooge.

Clint| 4.24.12 @ 6:55PM

I Got $1000.00 That Says That Poster "The American Hitman" Ain't Me, Liar Little Micky.

Put Up Or Shut Up, Liar Little Micky.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:11PM

LOL, What's up HITMAN!

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 8:49PM

How convenient that Clint and The American Hitman [notice the capitalization of every word]show up at the same time. Teflon93, come out, come out where ever you are. Now all three of you say for your penance three Heil Marys and three Our Fathers and then run along and be good boys. Father Ron

martin j smith| 4.24.12 @ 8:45AM

Liberalism ( or is it really Marxism,Communism,Socialism whatever ) fails because it goes against the will of the people. It is totalitarian in nature making rules as they go along to suit political purposes and these rules and regulation strangle Freedom. Voters buy the "Liberal " line because it sounds good, Eventually they hit the tipping point but like inviting Auntie Whoever for a visit one finds out that when they offer a hand, Auntie whoever bites off a much larger slice than expected and the folks --lets say the one percenters are not the only ones hurt but the very people who supported this "liberal" policy
but more average people-not millionaires or billionaires --get bitten badly. You see they got taken in by the large Millionaire and billionaire but forgot about the figure 200,000 which means
your baker,your mom and pop grocer,restaurant,drugstore,barber shop ,whatever they get hurt. "Liberalism " is very seductive but its also like one of those fish that have a fake fish at the end of their tongue--go for the bait but you too get eaten.

Conserdude| 4.24.12 @ 8:47AM

All the while Christianity is diminishing in America. Think there is a connection?

Bob K.| 4.24.12 @ 10:41AM

And Hispanic immigration is increasing and there is a connection there to both Affirmative Action as it now is affecting and will continue to affect Blacks and to the Catholic Church and the diminishing of Christianity in the USA.

And yes, you could argue that this was planned.

Indy| 4.24.12 @ 8:51AM

The main stream media is complicit, no investigative journalism, they drive the Left's agenda...makes me sick.

I had hoped the Ricci v. DeStefano case (New Haven firefighters) would move us past affirmative action.

Indy| 4.24.12 @ 11:17AM

Wow, new from the DOJ

"The Justice Department sued the city of Jacksonville, Florida, on Monday, claiming its use of written tests to determine promotions in the city’s fire department discriminates against African-Americans.

The lawsuit followed a more than two-year investigation examining Jacksonville’s record of promoting African-Americans for the ranks of lieutenant, captain, district chief and engineer dating back to 2004."

“This complaint should send a clear message to all public employers that employment practices that have the effect of excluding qualified candidates on account of race will not be tolerated,” Thomas Perez, a U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a statement.

A spokesman for the Jacksonville mayor’s office declined to comment.

The complaint by the Justice Department alleges the exams are “not job related for the positions in question.”

The complaint said use of the tests “has resulted in a disparate impact upon black candidates” because African-Americans pass the examinations at significantly lower rates than white candidates.

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/0.....st-blacks/

I am not an attorney, nor have I done any research on this case but I cannot help but think of the Ricci case...

Tim the Enchanter| 4.24.12 @ 2:12PM

Could the average black IQ of 81 vs. the average white IQ of 99 have something to do with this?

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 2:27PM

Racist!

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 2:31PM

No......truth teller [however I do question the ''''81''''''figure as being too high!!!!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 2:48PM

Please leave your below 40 IQ out of the discussion - you are making a fool of yourself in public.

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 3:22PM

So Sane Person (you know, crazy people state their sanity, right? Just saying)

Riddle me this. Should the test be set to make sure the best qualified people make the grade or the lowest common denominator? If blacks are passing that test at much lower rates does the fault lie in the test or perhaps they are just not qualified?
Be careful how you answer, it could prove your a racist.

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 3:53PM

The best qualified person for any job should always be the one that gets the job.

I have seen reverse discrimination. At MIT there were so many Jew students applicants that any young Jew, like I was at the time, had a hard time standing out and getting accepted over the other ethic groups given the number of Jewish applicants. Same with the faculty there. It was clear that in the interest of having a "diverse" campus, the standards would only allow "so many" Jews.

I hear that the same thing is going on now, but with regard to Asian students.

My point is that I really take issue when people collectively cite that blacks are not intelligent enough, able enough, or whatever enough to do the job. Anyone who makes these kinds of generalizations is a "racist."

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 4:09PM

So at least we are in agreement that the test should be colorblind.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:13PM

Same should be true for jury trials.

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 8:35PM

You lying BS artist, you know damned well that what you just said is crapola and stupid. Tell the GD truth! Blacks scores are half are less compared to non-blacks on school testing historically. Typical corrupt liberal that lies like a SOB!!!!!!!!!!!

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:23PM

"Jew students"

Sane Person, whenever the word Jew is used as an adjective (as opposed to the proper term, Jewish), it says something something about the person uttering it.

And you're throwing the race card around? Your racist slip is showing.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 9:31PM

Spot on

Betina| 4.24.12 @ 9:10AM

Colorblind? Good luck with that. That horse left the barn a long time ago. Now that those of "color" see they can get their hands on other people's lives and steal with impunity, do you really think they will stop? We have created a super race now. They are like the slave masters of yesteryear. Special in all regards and we? We are now their slaves. So those who have contributed the LEAST now hold the whip hand. Can you think of a more bitter irony? Want to see where this will all lead? Get a good look at South Africa and see how it is slowly but inexorably sliding into chaos and third worldism. The trouble with political correctness (Marxist Mind Control) is that it flips the truth at every level just to effectuate power. So we have been living with lie upon lie for so many decades that those who have benefited from the lies will not go quietly. Have you seen any black people standing up for the white men who have been pummeled in the wake of the death of that newly consecrated saint Trayvon Martin? Think about all those white people who fought and died to save the black man. And now think, would they do the same for us? Good luck with that too. The problem is quite simply we have been pushing aside better qualified people, we have been importing scum and putting them at the head of the line, and we have been pretending that it's all beautiful and correct for so long that we are now stuck with the mess the lies created and the only way to undo it is either to gradually change course hoping the savages won't notice or be prepared for bloodshed. That's what you get when you elevate primitives to positions of power and then propose taking it away. We have learned the hard way that there are some people who, generally speaking, better than others. And pretending it isn't so is a deadly farce. Every institution in America has been corrupted AGAINST THE WILL OF THE CITIZENRY just to accommodate inferiority. And we all know who they are. So let's stop the shit now and stop kidding ourselves with the PC speech and the tip toeing around the edges of reality. We are a second rate country sliding into chaos because we have cowards and gutless assholes in positions which gave them the power to invert, pervert, subvert, and revert the rest of us into a paradigm of insanity.

Not Special Ops Bill| 4.24.12 @ 10:07AM

To answer Sebastian Junger's questions regarding mens' behavior on a sinking ship:

1. I suspect that there have been instances where men have held each other on a sinking ship;

2. I suspect that men have occasionally passed around the whiskey if there was time and they knew they were doomed on a sinking ship;

3. No doubt there has been an incident or two where men have cried on a sinking ship.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:23PM

Why did you feel compelled to answer an obviously rhetorical question?

Not Special Ops Bill| 4.24.12 @ 2:05PM

Obviously stupidity. I should be ashamed of myself.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 4:07PM

Aw, it's okay. I was as compulsive as you. Fageddabowdit.

Louis Jenkins| 4.24.12 @ 10:20AM

"America is the most race-conscious country in the world. And we see that every day in every newspaper with stories about black unions, black caucuses, black teachers, black students, black neighborhoods, and on and on. Everything except black violence."

This is a quote from another active website. But it should include Muslims and other activists. MSM, and others, trip all over themselves to present the story of positive information. As many soldiers as the Major killed and it has been branded "workplace violence?" "God is Great" he shouted as he unloaded his piece. If he's not a Muslim doing his God's bidding then I'm an idiot.

Our country, because of diversity, has went down the tubes. But that's the problem. Diversity means watering down the standards, and we get weaker, something our enemies, and the personnel who've been hired, seem to understand and take advantage of all to well. "I had to go to the bathroom." What an excuse.

Frankie| 4.24.12 @ 10:32AM

This started in earnest under Clinton, aided and abetted by Sandra Day O'Connor. George W. Bush did absolutely nothing about it, just as he never had the time to veto any spending bill, but did have the time to fiddle with Medicare and Social Security. An opportunity for Romney? Yeah like he'll touch this with a 15 trillion ft. pole. He'll be so covered up with leftist accomodations by election time, he'll probably be proposing another stimulus.

Carl White| 4.24.12 @ 10:43AM

Jeff,
What a sad commentary, but true. You painted the picture perfectly...a real Picasso. Keep up the great work.....CRW

Nick| 4.24.12 @ 10:45AM

As usual, another well presented, well crafted, thorough article about a subject that is critical for people to know about and understand. Thanks.

kwan| 4.24.12 @ 11:02AM

The American electorate has voted into the White House a Ghetto Leninist whose radical leftist agenda will fundamentally transform our country into Zimbabwe. Obama is the ultimate example of affirmative-action gone wrong.

Bob K.| 4.24.12 @ 11:05AM

It is time to discuss the affect the largely uncontrolled Hispanic immigration has been having on Affirmative Action as it applies to Blacks and as it will continue to apply to them. Mr. Lord does not discuss it but he cannot be unaware of it. No thinking political pundit can be unaware of it. Nevertheless it is never discussed. Can it be a taboo subject?

A friend of mine works in a large Federal Agency in Philadelphia. Over the years Affirmative Action has played a major role there in promotions and even in hiring. Lately, he notes, that preference has been given in the hiring of and the giving of internships to Hispanics. Especially female Hispanics. This is causing concern among the Black hierarchy in the agency.

It should also be an object of concern for Whites but that is another issue.

One could even make the argument that one of the purposes behind our governments policy to permit this great influx of Hispanic immigrants is to balance out the increase in power that the Blacks have attained in our bureaucracies over the years because of Affirmative Action.

Although it also appears that whites will move one step more down the ladder when it comes to government jobs.

Claire Solt PhD| 4.24.12 @ 11:23AM

Around here (S. FL) it is plain as day that blacks edged out all whites at the PO and VA as soon as Obam was inaugerated. Also, there are no Americans at the VA. At a minimum, those R docs in Congress should push for more American jobs in health care.

Bill| 4.24.12 @ 11:27AM

Veep Talk:
1. Kelly Ayotte: The women votes
2. Chris Christie: Straight talkers, no apology
3. Pat Toomey: Anti-tax crusader
4. Rob Portman: Budget Guru
5. Mitch Daniel: fiscal hawk executive
6. Jeb Bush: Sunshine Bush dynasty
7. Marco Rubio: The Latino votes (?)
8. Paul Ryan: Genious

And the VP nominee is ...................you decide!

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:25PM

Uh, Bill,

By "Genious" do you mean "Genius?"

Sheesh...

Bill| 4.24.12 @ 1:26PM

Typo.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 1:44PM

I'm a little compulsive...sorry.

Not Special Ops Bill| 4.24.12 @ 2:06PM

You know, "genious," like a genie.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:14PM

Maybe it's like genuinely smart! Oh and hello my friend!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 11:40AM

Mr. Lord has completely misrepresented the article in the Washington Post. There is nothing in the article to point out any wrong doings by Paula Reid, the SS Supervisor Mr. Lord says was only in her position based on AA.

Moreover, Ms. Ried was the one who quickly sent the implicated agents on a jet back to the US hours after she heard of their behavior from the embassy and quickly started the investigation of their actions.

Ms. Reid has spent a lifetime at the SS, but was only recently promoted to lead the Miami SS office.

She should be commended for her good work.

Instead, Mr. Lord shows himself to be a vile racist and a low-life scum.

randyinrocklin| 4.24.12 @ 12:14PM

you're a fool!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 12:24PM

Meet me and I will teach your sorry a** a thing or two. You are a coward in a white sheet.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 12:28PM

I call racist on you "insane person." You introduced racism into a non-race based conversation. You must be a liberal of course!!!!

And offering to resort to violence when there is no chance of actually having to back your words up is a telltale of spectacular cowardice - another liberal trait.

Fie on you "insane" and your house!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 12:49PM

First, I made no threat of violence (see above). You have misread my statement and therefore you must have the intelligence of a toilet bug.

Two, I am no fool having earned multiple degrees in engineering from MIT and having made lots of $ from my inventions. BTW, I own my own company and pay my taxes and follow the law.

Third, I do not tolerate racism of any kind. I am a jew and have had to listen to the "ugly jew who is greedy comments my entire life." While there may or may not be loosened standards at the SS, it is improper to blame it on Ms. Reid's race - period!

Fourth, you would have to be a complete idiot to believe the scenario given by Mr. Lord that Ms. Reid's quick action was based on a some masterminded plot to put her into a position to show her skills.

Here's is a IQ test: Do you really think any President would want to have this kind of thing happen on his watch?

Hint: The answer is a NO!

Lastly, the use of Mr. Lord of an unknown SS operative clearly shows that this whole story is a fraud.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 1:52PM

Engineering degrees do not preclude a lack of common sense - you're not the only one in the conversation with degrees, advanced and otherwise.

If you don't tolerate racism of any kind, why do you throw in "white sheet" comment so glibly?

And "teaching your sorry a** a thing or two" IS a veiled threat of violence.

And claiming you cannot be racist because of your religious beliefs is EXACTLY the same thing as Eric Holder contending that black people are incapable of racism, even when the New Black Panthers place bounties on un-convicted citizens, or intimidate voters at the polls with trudgeons.

See, engineering degrees do not guarantee common sense or logical arguments.

You are a knucklehead. Think before you post. It'd be refreshing!

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 2:18PM

Listen, when you have multiple people on this site recite their "stories" that Black people did this or that in a clearly negative scenario, this is racism - period. This includes you. You are a snide little racist who has likely been a looser throughout lide and needs to blame the black man or the "Jew" for his utter failure. You are too stupid to know that your failure is your own lack of ability and therefore blame others and you are too cowardly to admit your defects (character, intelligence, and lilly white skin).

If you and these other "enlightened" posters wanted to give specific examples of failures at the SS or any other Govt agency fine, but do not tell me that it is due to them being black.

This is akin to people who think the Jews own and control the media and the banks. It is not true.

Finally, you comments about engineering degrees not precluded common sense is true (but even a broken clock is right twice a day), but what have you done with your life other than post some racist comments.

Admit it, you are a toilet bug. You live off of the Sh*t under the rim until you get fat.

SpiralArchitect| 4.24.12 @ 2:41PM

I can confirm that DTOM! has been a "looser" - nice observation.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.24.12 @ 2:58PM

Actually Saneperson a black supervisor without writing skills may or may not be due to them being black, but it's still enforced failure when they are promoted outside of normal channels. If they were not black that would not be done.

You sound like you have some deep rooted hatred for white people which means you are like Jeremiah Wright. Have you ever attended his church? You sound like you would fit right in.

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 3:18PM

Bill, if you can read the articles on this comment page and tell me that none of them are racist, then you are either lying or beyond help.

I do not attend church, I am a Jew.

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 3:29PM

You do realize that Lord commend her actions on blowing the whistle right? But he has a valid point, if she was their supervisor, did she not know her people well enough to know who were responsible people and who were not? Are you honestly going to try and tell us that someone with the poor judgement these agents exhibited would not have given any clues in their day to day handling of their responsibilities?

I have no idea how she got her position and frankly don't give a damn. I do question her position as a leader in that prestigous position if she shows such poor judgement in making her assignments.

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 3:40PM

Sorry, but this misses and important point. Paula Reid had only recently put into the position of supervising the Miami SS office. There just was not enough time to "weed" out the bad actors. Moreover, she replaced a white guy that arguably should have already "cleaned house."

Drunken Sailor| 4.24.12 @ 4:24PM

No it doesn't actually. She may have only recently been put in her current position, but she was also assigned there in 2004 as a Supervisor, so she should have been familiar with the atmosphere there. By all accounts she is a "By the book" agent, so one would think that one of the first things she would have done upon taking that position is review her subordinates charts/performance reviews. Granted, they don't always paint a complete picture but it would have shown any write ups or disclipinary issues. I am sure this was not the first time these agents had such issues.

Yes, the white guy should have cleaned house, then again so should the director but they didn't. You play the cards you are dealt, she had a hand with a bunch of jokers, it was up to her to make the most of it. And if that meant riding them hard and with a tight reign that is what she should have done.

Not saying she is guilty but she isn't totally guilt free either. And the rest of Lord's article does mention her lawsuit that even other black agents refuted. She could be just the type to use race and charges of racism to her advantage, or not. Most of us will never know. But to say that the standards have not been lowered in the name of diversity is to have blinders on.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.24.12 @ 5:53PM

The first racist comment belonged to you. Acknowledging facts is not racist. It is only racist when facts are ignored.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 4:22PM

Supposedly sane one;

Please show me my racist comments other than calling you out for referencing the Klan. There are none.

Please explain how your racism is different than Eric Holder's.

You have managed to agree with one of my points, completely miss the others, and finish by calling me crude, childish names.

I bet you are a big hit at MIT re-unions.

So far, I remain unimpressed by your thought processes. Why don't you show us how insightful and smart you are, rather than just telling us how smart you are. Generally this site isn't impressed with self-proclaimed intellects.

Variations on toilet bug will not carry you very far...

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:29PM

Ummm, I'm just wondering what multiple people reciting their personal experiences with black culture in a negative light has to do with racism.

If blacks did it we aren't supposed to notice?

What did you think about killing that useless piece of human detritus Trayvon? That was probably bad, right?

But, you probably think blacks lighting students on fire, flash mobbing people on busses and at county fairs, robbing stores and beating...oh never mind. Being a liberal, self hating jew, your a willful idiot who is actually the racist.

James Solbakken | 4.24.12 @ 5:11PM

"Third, I do not tolerate racism of any kind. I am a jew and have had to listen to the "ugly jew who is greedy comments my entire life." A Jew is a Jew on the inside, not just on the outside. I do not tolerate fake Jews. When I find one I call them out for being the phony balony plastic bananas that they are.

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 5:19PM

James if you agree with the comments on this page about blacks then it is you who is not the real Jew.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 7:31PM

Nice site James.

albert constantine jr.| 4.24.12 @ 8:35PM

Mr. Solbakken;

I have heard of your organization before, though I hadn't realized it was in Wisconsin. It gives me cause to ponder the reason "Jack in WI" was making disparaging remarks about firearms possession last week- I think you are making him nervous.

Shalom.

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:36PM

"Ms. Ried was the one who quickly sent the implicated agents on a jet back to the US..."

Sane Person, that quote of yours is part of your indictment that Mr. Lord completely misrepresented the original article. Evidently you couldn't even manage to read halfway down the first page where Mr. Lord stated:

"Let me stipulate. As has been reported, Agent Reid blew the whistle on the Cartagena shenanigans the moment she heard about them. To her credit. Say again, to her credit."

Kingofthenet| 4.24.12 @ 11:41AM

I think it would be a masterstroke by the President to 'showcase' Republican ideas, actually implement Republican plans in certain areas, prior to the election, to 'see how they do', of course it has to be made clear to the 'examples' that they will be reimbursed for their pain, AFTER President Obama gets reelected.

The Bruce| 4.24.12 @ 9:38PM

So you too are joining the ranks of the robo-post monkeys?

You've cut/pasted that post at least three times in two days (off topic, naturally).

play nice| 4.24.12 @ 1:48PM

I bring to your attention this WTF PC move by MA GOP Scott Brown regarding women in their current limited roles in combat units.

. “Closing these opportunities to women affect[s] their ability to develop a career path in the military and advance to higher ranks,” Brown wrote.

Tim the Enchanter| 4.24.12 @ 2:10PM

This year is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc. One hundred years in the making, and we are now here. What's amazing is that this was written when Socialism was only a theory; no one had ever tried it out for real. Yet, Belloc predicted accurately what would happen. For you who are intellectually curious, this is a must-read.

SpiralArchitect| 4.24.12 @ 2:14PM

Socialists are not hard to find in Gov as they lack moral character. Socialism requires the absence of morality. This is fundamental precept of socialism as with morality socialism is a non starter.

Dr robert Mandraccia | 4.24.12 @ 2:19PM

Great work Jeff. How sad that America has tried to balance the tables by the least likely to work method!! I have seen it in the med schools, where less than qualified minorities get in and CANT BE FAILED.keep up the good work

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 3:10PM

Your are a loser Dr. Mandraccia. You are a plastic surgeon living in Fort Myers making a living by cutting old ladies and telling them that "your services" will make them look and feel younger (ie snake oil salesman).

Even then, you cannot afford more than a $200K house at 9400 Gladiolus Drive, Fort Myers, Florida.

I just you are pissed since you went to a fourth rate med school at Temple and this was the best you could get into.

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 4:29PM

Nice work Googling. Sane one.

Are you trying to intimidate a poster who has more courage than you - The Dr. had the personal courage to identify himself, and simply commented on the article.

You may disagree with the Dr. But you should respect that the Dr. is not engaging in ad hominem attacks. But you are.

Your publishing the Dr. address and the location of his practice, if you are even correct, and your slandering his practice show that you really are a thug. Only thugs try to intimidate people just because they disagree with them.

You really belong on Huffington Post.

sane person| 4.24.12 @ 4:49PM

Why don't you let us know who DTOM is and come out of the "closet."

I suspect you have other reasons for remaining in the "closet," (e.g., tons of pictures of little children on your computer, secret desires to express your submissive love to hairy men's private parts, frequent urges to have sex with corpses and animals, etc.).

Come on, be a man once in your life and step forward and lets us know the real DTOM.

BTW, your frequent posts attempt to intimidate and I will not be intimidated by the likes of you or any of your klan.

Do you understand me toilet bug?

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 9:20PM

History is a funny thing.

I wonder how many self hating jews like you discovered too late that giving up their guns and accepting fascism (now liberal communist doctrine from Obama) were alive before Hitler rose to power?

Unlike James, whom is an apparent credit to his heritage, you and those cowardly reprobates of your ilk are a disgrace. You gutless coward. There is no man in you. Your behavior mocks their sacrifice and leaves their ashes blowing in the wind, forgotten and unremembered.

You whine like a prissy little girl about being labeled a money grubbing jew, all while demonstrating that you are exactly what people say you are. You sound and act like an islamic cartoon ridiculing the evil hook-nosed jew.

You have the tasteless gall to boast of your own very questionable success (I call bullshit, you probable sell seltzer water) then you choose to mock and personally attack the character and success of a plastic surgeon who challenged your little childish rant. I further noted that having class and being a gentleman, he did not even deign to respond to your idiotic diatribe.

Hypocrite that you are, your so loathsomely ignorant that while championing the cause of "black men" like Sharpton and Jackson and the Black Panthers, who hate you for no other reason other than you are a JEW, you have failed to recognize the number of people who post on this site that would gleefully throw your countrymen back into the very ovens you would help design. Do you complain about them, no...your a coward.

Do you understand me Heime?

Do you think honestly believe Obama would raise a complaint if Israel were nuked to dust?

Do you think Obama would intervene if the ovens were fired up and Hezbollah started marching your countrymen back into the ovens?

What a shameful fool.

James Solbakken | 4.24.12 @ 5:13PM

"Your are a loser Dr. Mandraccia. You are a plastic surgeon living in Fort Myers " Gee. An objective observer might surmise that it is YOU who are the sad pathetic loser, so-called "sane" person.

Boar Hunter| 4.24.12 @ 9:28PM

I beg you sir, don't argue with idiots. I apologize to you in advance for the analogy, but you should not argue with someone so ignorant that if he were a lamp shade, it would at least serve some purpose.

cicero| 4.24.12 @ 2:25PM

There is obviously a problem here, and it helps the descussion not a wit to have the discussion degenerate into squabbling. The problem goes back to the Civil Rights Act that was passed in the 60s. For anyone who wants to read the committee notes, you will find statements by then Sen. Hubert Humphrey clearly stating that the bill was not intended to allow for quotas. However, once the matter got before the courts, quotas were the letter of the day. As I have said on this forum on more than one occasion, the Court System has done more damage to the fabric of our culture and form of government than any other institution in the country.
At the time I came out of lawschool (1969), the FBI came around to recruit. At that time, you either had to have a law degree or be a CPA to become an agent. When I first started my practice, and dealt with the FBI on cases I was handling, you could always trust the agents to be truthful, professional, and well prepared. All of that changed by the late 70s when the standards were drastically lowered to accomodate the recruitment of minorities. The minority students that were coming out of the lawschools were, for the most part, of equal quality as their non-minority counterparts. They were just so few that they were picked off by the large law firms, corporate law departments, and government agencies. They all their quotas to fill. That left the policing agencies standing last in line. The standards had to be lowered.

Similar things began to happen in the judiciary, and throughout government. In a lame attempt to correct the problem, the government decided to raise the salaries on the premise that higher pay for judges and other government junctionaries would attract better candidates. With the culture in place, all it did was raise the pay for the same calibre of dufusses. And here we are, bemoaning our fate, and trying to figure out how to right the ship of state. I have no answers for that. We have dumbed down our schools, our courts, our colleges, and every aspect of our culture. We have turned the wheel of the ship over to the least qualified among us. Until we get the wheel back in the hands of the most qualified, nothing good will happen.
As a place to start, I would suggest that we cut out all student loans and other aid. This will have the salutary effect of closing down at least half of all the colleges and trade schools in the country. Those that remain will have to cater to students who think enoungh of their educational needs to strive for it. It will also go a long way to resolving the debt problem. Limit welfare to one child. Nuff said. Cut out at least one half of all government employees, which will require the dissolusion of useless government programs and departments. These are identifies as any progran or department that serves no useful purpose other than employing too many people. If you would not voluntarily pay them to do what they do, shut it down.
Finally, enough with the rants about nuisance lawsuits. The law is a business like any other. The lawyers only bring lawsuits if it will either be profitable, or they believe is will serve some good. There are already rules in place to sanction those who bring frivolous lawsuits. The judiciary need only make sane rulings when bad cases are brought. Lawsuits against the government only become lucrative when they are either valid, or the government does not defend properly, because they are not jealous of the peoples' money. The defense does not cost anything, because the government attornies, and the government witnesses (almost all of whom are government employees) are on the payroll anyway. But don't get me started . . .

DTOM!| 4.24.12 @ 4:23PM

Remember HHH's quote at the time, "If this is a quota bill, I'll eat my hat?"

Good thing HHH has moved on...

Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 2:54PM

Great article as usual Jeffrey! This political correctness/diversity BS of liberalism has been going on for much of my adult lifetime sadly, and as stated it only serves to dilute authority and responsibility within both private and public entities. PC has as its objective one main goal, and that is the avoidance/end run around standards and goals due to unqualifications. My observations with the corporate-provate sector witnessed an increasing avoidance/ignorance of rules, regulations etc in order to satisfy the PC fulfillments. As indicated by this article and some of the above posts, the work quality declined as expected over time. If a solution is to be achieved, it must start with the public school system, since today students are socially promoted between grades and ultimately graduated with lacking academic qualifications. These graduates get shoved up the ladder into jobs, the military etc and it becomes a reverse pyramid explosion of destruction. The solution has to be from the ground up!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob S| 4.24.12 @ 3:04PM

I love it when Media Matters goons descend upon your articles Mr. Lord, angry that you repeatedly expose them and their lies and false promises.

What really makes me angry is that none of this, absolutely none of this is touching Obama. The media as his lap dog will not touch Obama, despite scandals occurring left and right.

Adele| 4.24.12 @ 3:37PM

I have seen a lowering of standards in the police department (in NYC) and was ready to read this article and agree with you.

However, on the Secret Service scandal, I am unclear how Reid is unqualified, other than some people saying so (as though this never happens)? And, were you suggesting she should have anticipated the agents' behavior and so should not have sent them? And if she wasn't going to send them to do a job within their qualifications, what should she have based that action on? I did not read anything suggesting a lowering of standards; only poor behavior and maybe a newly-updated expectation of what is allowed when people with high pressure jobs travel abroad, in a very 24-7 news cycle.

I have only seen one agent's picture, and he was white, so that doesn't seem to support your argument about racial quotas being enacted and thus the standards of behavior or entrance being lower in order to have enough of a certain ethnicity.

On the other ocasions you mention while Clinton and Reagan were in office, I would want to know what took place during other presidents' time in office, to have some comparison. My feeling is that it was worse in the past (think Kennedy!), when the press was overtly complicit in covering things up, when there wasn't the news cycle there is today, or changing norms of acceptable behavior.

With the Fort Hood scandal I think you hit the nail on the head.

Rockerbabe| 4.24.12 @ 5:12PM

This article is an overly long rant about crap that is neither liberal or conservative, neither right or left. It is also not about the GOP vs the Dems. This writer is raging at folks not like himself, or if you will, folks with "lower standards".

What the writer suggests is that liberals are entirely responsible for all of the ills we have endured for the last 50+ years and that is just plain wrong. Greed, stupidity, avarice, recklessness and unwarrented risk taking and influence peddling is more what is going on than being liberal. These are the activities that all political hacks of every stripe engage in and it has nothing to do with being liberal.

In classical terms, conservatives want to maintain the status quo, irrespective of what it does to specific groups [ie. women or minorities]. Liberals have always been about inclusion for everyone. Inclusion that allows a better education, improved job opportunities, voting rights, a fairer tax system, etc. Inclusion has little to do with lower standards, but then again, being "qualified" is the code word often used to deny certain folks an opportunity for which they have worked, studied and aspired. Unless, of course, the folks once excluded are considered to be of lower standard than the average white male and his historical priviledge to everything. Lower standards. . . what a load of crap and an insult to reasonable thinking adults.

Jeamar| 4.24.12 @ 5:19PM

Am I the only one to whom this article seemed ludicrous. After page one seeing the racial blather seemed unfounded, I stopped reading to go to "Comments." Reading the opinion of several whose opinion I respect, I returned to the article again thinking maybe I just didn't understand it. By the bottom of pg. 2, I just gave up. I am conservative and opposed to affirmative action, racial quotas, etc. but I still don't know how the author knew what color of skin any of the man have. Nor did he explain how Ms. Reid was supposed to have known each man individually enough to know he would "go off track" in Cartagena, Columbia more so than in Columbia, Louisiana. I gave up. Maybe he was more persuasive in the rest of the article but I have the feeling he was writing for the sake of writing just to get the article done with hoping we would (nudge, nudge) know what he was talking about.

Goldwaterite| 4.24.12 @ 5:57PM

Would any white man or women, with the same left-wing associations, attitudes and voting record, ever have been elected POTUS? You know the answer!
Barack H. Obama will go down historically as the first truly Affirmative Action President and a real incentive to abolish this concept from government and society.

Rockerbabe| 4.25.12 @ 12:43AM

President Obama was duly elected to office [as opposed to being installed by the SCOTUS] by 57% of the Americans who showed up to actually cast a ballot. There was no affirmative Action, except to elect the better man for the job of President. The election result were not even close or disputed.

Affirmative action was and is a concept that is designed to help women and minorities overcome the inherent racial and sexist prejudice that was and is still prevalent in our culture. Women have always had to be much better than the average white guy to just be considered, let alone awarded a job for which is overly qualified. Minorities, and President Obama qualifies as one, have always had difficulty with getting opportunity to improve themselves, despite good academics and a history of good work. By the way, President Obama went to Harvard and did very well by all accounts. All affirmative action really did was force you white guys to remove the sign on the door that annnounces "no girls or blacks need apply".

There is nothing wrong with the concept. It is a concept that shattered the white male priviledge and that is what you object to. Women and minorities have long been discriminated against in this country in order for white men to ascend into power - well no more; you will just have to work as hard as we do to get what you want.

albert constantine jr.| 4.25.12 @ 12:12PM

Rockerbabe;

I realize that in order to make your production quota, you must make voluminous posts quickly, so the time to proofread and edit is limited. While only barely touching the substance of your comments, please allow me some comments regarding style.

“President Obama was duly elected to office [as opposed to being installed by the SCOTUS] by 57% of the Americans who showed up to actually cast a ballot”

Actually, it was 52.9 percent. You could be forgiven rounding up to 53%, but not adding 4 % to the total (e.g. if we took away 4 % of Obama’s total and gave it to McCain, McCain would have won the popular vote 49.7 % to 42.9 %).

“The election result were not even close or disputed.”

Either make it “result was” or “results were” to be grammatically correct.

“Women have always had to be much better than the average white guy to just be considered, let alone awarded a job for which is overly qualified”

Might you mean a woman (singular) awarded a job for which “she” is overqualified ? Your sentence meaning is quite unclear.

“It is a concept that shattered the white male priviledge and that is what you object to.”

What that perhaps be “privilege” to which you are referring?

I am sure that you did not receive your current position based on race or sex, as I’ve seen self-identified white male lefty troll posters equally mangle grammar, spelling and factual statistics in a manner that reveals their true lack of education or intelligence. Media Matters seems to offer equal opportunity for a lack of talent.

Rockerbabe| 4.26.12 @ 12:05PM

I spell the way I want and I do not care who does not like it, including you.

I see you barely touched on the substance of my post. I stand by my statement, including the ones about President Obama winning the election, fair and square. He even won the electorale college with a nice margin over Senator McCain.

As for talent, you seem to substitute picking nits for a thoughtful response to the adjacent topic of affirmative action, let alone, the angry, distracted rambling of the writer's rant.

So, stop worrying about my post and worry about your own; or do you even have an opinion on the issues of the day?

Typical White Person| 4.24.12 @ 11:03PM

Great article, but I avert my eyes at Obama pom pom girl and turncoat Peggy Hussein Noonan.

POST American| 4.24.12 @ 11:21PM

----Great piece! ---for 1995

MEANWHILE, one and all MUST
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The very source of the poison
X---posed.

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Jim| 5.6.12 @ 3:32PM

Quotas, quotas quotas...they have to be filled so that minority races are given equal opportunity? Meanwhile more qualified people of every race are penalized for being born wearing the incorrect skin color. Let's lower the bar even further and see what the outcome becomes.

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