tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post3124199968307593399..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Diversity Thursday II: Electric BoogalooCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-26568789840341620522010-01-23T22:01:48.000-05:002010-01-23T22:01:48.000-05:00Dammit, I swiped GOH's story (and joke). Sor...Dammit, I swiped GOH's story (and joke). Sorry 'bout that, big fella. Didn't read close enough here. UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64875935327824954722010-01-23T19:15:16.000-05:002010-01-23T19:15:16.000-05:00And while we're proportionalizing to mirror US...And while we're proportionalizing to mirror US population in uniform ...<br /><br />1) Sailors are too educated. At least 14% of Sailors should be non-high school graduates.<br /><br />2) Lets ensure that a little over 2% of our men and women in uniform are convicted felons.<br /><br />3) Roughly 5% should have smoked marijuana in the past month.<br /><br />4) Are we sure that lefties aren't disenfranchised? Where is the field to select my handedness in my personnel record? Is Big Navy ensuring that the number of left-handed Sailors matches the 7-10% prevelance?FCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-43297834633473148022010-01-23T18:07:35.000-05:002010-01-23T18:07:35.000-05:00Hey Phib, wonder if, for his prize as Diversity Of...Hey Phib, wonder if, for his prize as Diversity Officer Recruiter of the Year, the Navy gave him <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/whites-only-basketball-league-279688.html" rel="nofollow">season tickets.</a> UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28148061861198956592010-01-23T11:44:14.000-05:002010-01-23T11:44:14.000-05:00I can't take this kind of thing anymore. The ...I can't take this kind of thing anymore. The balkanization continues ...CDR Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-69399297330159527542010-01-22T22:33:31.000-05:002010-01-22T22:33:31.000-05:00'diversity' should not be the # 1 priority...'diversity' should not be the # 1 priority... warfighting and blue Sailors should be. CNO, go home. Now. Take the other sensitive politbocrats with you.DM05noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47862639413228784032010-01-22T22:01:33.000-05:002010-01-22T22:01:33.000-05:00In my 55 years worth of reading (hey, I started re...In my 55 years worth of reading (hey, I started real early!) the phrase "as well" is meant to be taken as the subject (African Americans) as a subset of the whole. So "Also" does not equal "as well"Byron Audlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-4454785536691371382010-01-22T20:38:29.000-05:002010-01-22T20:38:29.000-05:00Jay,
Diagram that sentence there pal. "...as...Jay,<br />Diagram that sentence there pal. "...as well" in that sentence refers to "Hispanics." Together he is focused on African-Americans and Hispanics. <br /><br />Try again to avoid the sunlight.cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-44787366204217715912010-01-22T19:54:54.000-05:002010-01-22T19:54:54.000-05:00Still out of context? Perhaps he didn't menti...Still out of context? Perhaps he didn't mention the 43% because it wasn't necessary (perhaps they are hitting their numbers well due to the recession?). Nah...better to parse statements...because it feeds your emotions.<br /><br />If you quote the LT -- (and you did) you see this: "<em>But, me as being and African-American Naval Officer, I am able recruit for African-American as well."</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>As well -- which to me -- means also.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Sigh...</em>Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-22543057114217469292010-01-22T12:41:13.000-05:002010-01-22T12:41:13.000-05:00We saw this sort of racist recruiting in many poli...We saw this sort of racist recruiting in many police forces in the late '70s and early '80s. They reaped the rewards of scandal, incompetence, lawsuits, shame and failure.<br />Not for hiring 'minority' applicants... for hiring UNQUALIFIED applicants BECAUSE they were minorities, and then keeping them even after they proved they were unsuited because they were minorities.DavePnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-68295021184315379752010-01-22T09:30:45.000-05:002010-01-22T09:30:45.000-05:00G-man,
I've been a sex recruiter for a long...G-man,<br /> I've been a sex recruiter for a long time. It has nothing to do w/ Naval capabilities though. I know Tony. He and I worked together in Annapolis. He's a good officer, but I do not like the diversity drivel being pushed down from above and our institutionalizing racism.LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59187380802421533862010-01-22T09:06:03.000-05:002010-01-22T09:06:03.000-05:00Well after we achieve the diversity goals, then we...Well after we achieve the diversity goals, then we will be forced to divide the pie into thinner slices by recruiting only in proportion to intelligence, hair color, and lastly - by sex. If 52% of Americans are females why doesn't the navy correspond. We need to have some sex recruiters!G-mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-90019300560713490172010-01-22T07:01:29.000-05:002010-01-22T07:01:29.000-05:00You just knew it was gonna happen sooner or later....You just knew it was gonna happen sooner or later...<br /><br />http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/19/nba_563760.shtmlGrumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-86071499097798265672010-01-22T06:48:00.000-05:002010-01-22T06:48:00.000-05:00JO1? Wow, if it looks like a duck and quacks like...JO1? Wow, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck..............rexbobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59406467565623008352010-01-22T01:25:33.000-05:002010-01-22T01:25:33.000-05:00I couldn't get over the fact the JO1, or whate...I couldn't get over the fact the JO1, or whatever they're calling themselves now, was ESWS qualified. What did the recruiter guy say again?Westpac Warriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59886071053378181162010-01-22T00:45:40.000-05:002010-01-22T00:45:40.000-05:00Wonderful. An LT who thinks that the best for the...Wonderful. An LT who thinks that the best for the Navy is to make it look divesre.<br /><br />How about to get the best and brightest to Boot Camp/OCS/NROTC so when when your LCS is pockamrked from RPGs, and truck mounted SILKWORMS, someone can manage to save the ship and you, as you sink within 12 miles of hostile dry land. LT?<br /><br />Priorities: Let's give everyone a chance...so no one has their feeling hurt, in a mission critical application.<br /><br />Worse yet, it sound like he really believs it.xformednoreply@blogger.com