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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-03-08 02:55 AM
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62. excellent work RGB
Thank you for the informative and well-written post.

Since it is "primary" season I shortened your username. :)
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  -Has the time come to end affirmative action and racial quotas? billbuckhead  Apr-02-08 11:28 PM   #0 
  - There are NO RACIAL QUOTAS...get over your self!!!  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:29 PM   #1 
  - Really? Corporations don't have them?  billbuckhead   Apr-02-08 11:31 PM   #2 
  - NO CORPORATIONS DO NOT HAVE QUOTAS...  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:41 PM   #10 
  - My last company was required to have  gateley   Apr-02-08 11:33 PM   #4 
  - Especially if they have Government Contracts.  Breeze54   Apr-02-08 11:34 PM   #5 
     - IT IS NOT THE LAW WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS...  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:38 PM   #8 
        - Facts on Executive Order 11246 -- Affirmative Action --You are WRONG!!!  Breeze54   Apr-02-08 11:51 PM   #12 
        - nowhere in that diatribe was the word QUOTA...IT DOES NOT EXIST  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:56 PM   #15 
           - Diatribe? That's the actual law!!  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:06 AM   #20 
           - I understand..but I am sayin it is words...fancy, cute words nothing more.  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:12 AM   #24 
              - Def: diatribe - prolonged discourse, abusive speech or writing, satirical criticism  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:15 AM   #28 
                 - It is a prolonged discourse...that is only a LAW when it is prosecuted when it is broken  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:18 AM   #31 
                    - No, our conversation could be thought of as 'prolonged' but  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:21 AM   #33 
                       - Okay Breeze54...it is not a diatribe..but it is not a law because it is not prosecuted  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:24 AM   #36 
                          - LOL...it is a Law but you have to file the complaint with the EOC!  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:28 AM   #39 
                          - I'm learning so if there is a 'next time' no diatribe from me!!!!  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:31 AM   #42 
                             - LOL... No worries.....  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:34 AM   #43 
                                - If I knew a bunch of black men who are qualified pile drivers I would!!!  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:40 AM   #46 
                                   - LOL! - Maybe your local EOC office has that data on their website!  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:47 AM   #50 
                          - "it is not a law because it is not prosecuted"?  uppityperson   Apr-03-08 11:26 AM   #66 
           - contractors with 50 or more employees and government contracts of $50,000 or more are required  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:07 AM   #21 
              - the company I worked for had a written AA program..it gathered dust  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:11 AM   #23 
                 - Then they're lucky no one files a lawsuit with the EOC ...still doesn't make it right.  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:12 AM   #25 
                    - They were..I was married to my husband who is black..and they were not only mean  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:15 AM   #27 
                       - Yes you should have sued. Maybe you still can, if you kept notes and  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:18 AM   #30 
                          - Damn..glad you filed a complaint  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:22 AM   #35 
                             - You don't complain to the company. You call the Equal Opportunity Commission  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:24 AM   #37 
                                - Dern..wished I knew that then...been over 10 years now...  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:28 AM   #40 
                                   - Well; at least now you know and you can help others having the same problem.  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:30 AM   #41 
        - Yes it IS a law  proud2Blib   Apr-02-08 11:56 PM   #14 
           - QUOTAS IS NOT WRITTEN IN ANY LAW..SHOW ME THE WORD QUOTA  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:57 PM   #16 
              - No reason to shout  proud2Blib   Apr-03-08 12:18 AM   #29 
                 - I am talking about QUOTAS..not Affirmative Action...it was the word QUOTA  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:26 AM   #38 
                 - Makes it easy  uppityperson   Apr-03-08 11:23 AM   #65 
  - I worked for a company who had to comply with the EEO and fill out  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:37 PM   #7 
     - If "and the company was 99.5% white" ; then they DID have a problem!!  Breeze54   Apr-02-08 11:39 PM   #9 
        - It was a racist company..but they never lost a government job because of it...  angstlessk   Apr-02-08 11:42 PM   #11 
           - Crooked people handing out Gov. Contracts doesn't mean  Breeze54   Apr-02-08 11:53 PM   #13 
              - have you seen the pre-job paperwork required before one can bid a government job??  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:02 AM   #18 
                 - It is still the law...that's why people hire EOO contract specialists and  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:09 AM   #22 
                    - Sure if you are Coca Cola and don't want to get sued..not to get a government contract  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:13 AM   #26 
                       - Most Human Resources Admins do that job. n/t  Breeze54   Apr-03-08 12:19 AM   #32 
  - Affirmative action is still necessary... for all  Breeze54   Apr-02-08 11:32 PM   #3 
  - Sadly I fear it will take another generation or two  nadinbrzezinski   Apr-02-08 11:35 PM   #6 
  - Has the time come to end legacy admissions (affirmative action for white people)?  Alexander   Apr-03-08 12:00 AM   #17 
  - I got a star why not???  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 12:43 AM   #48 
  - You're on a mission, I see.  libnnc   Apr-03-08 12:02 AM   #19 
  - You seem awfully obsessed with race.  Forkboy   Apr-03-08 12:21 AM   #34 
  - yeah  beezlebum   Apr-03-08 12:37 AM   #44 
     - Over in GD-P he called Obama the "affirmative action candidate".  Forkboy   Apr-03-08 12:38 AM   #45 
     - exactly.  beezlebum   Apr-03-08 12:44 AM   #49 
     - I guess someone needed to take Herman Munster's place as DU's resident race-baiter.  Alexander   Apr-03-08 12:59 AM   #51 
        - I suspect the Admins will catch up with this one as well.  Forkboy   Apr-03-08 01:15 AM   #54 
        - Somehow I feel the mods may decide we're still one ignorant white guy over the limit  jgraz   Apr-03-08 02:50 AM   #60 
        - Oh, I expect he will slip up before too long...  Alexander   Apr-03-08 02:52 AM   #61 
        - Herman's gone? Seriesly???  jgraz   Apr-03-08 02:16 AM   #57 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Apr-03-08 12:42 AM   #47 
  - Also here to say that affirmative action isn't quotas . . .  defendandprotect   Apr-03-08 01:01 AM   #52 
  - touche...even the admision into Yale would not turn a white man black  angstlessk   Apr-03-08 01:03 AM   #53 
  - I reject the question's premise ...  RoyGBiv   Apr-03-08 01:22 AM   #55 
  - excellent work RGB  Two Americas   Apr-03-08 02:55 AM   #62 
     - Thank you ...  RoyGBiv   Apr-03-08 11:10 AM   #64 
  - Wow, coming back from your "week off" with a bang, I see  jgraz   Apr-03-08 02:10 AM   #56 
  - Hell no  ismnotwasm   Apr-03-08 02:49 AM   #58 
  - affirmative action?  Two Americas   Apr-03-08 02:49 AM   #59 
     - Yeah, he's definitely still pissed off about that one.  jgraz   Apr-03-08 03:45 AM   #63 
 

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