The alphabetocracy of DEI, CRT, ESG, LGBTQ, etc. is rotten to its core and stinks of Marxist-style class warfare, Cloward-Piven-inspired bureaucratic overload and Alinksy-style divisiveness. Plus, there's a lot of money to be made in the Great Alphabet Scam.
Good news!!! The only way to really end the DEI rot is to have a President and both houses of Congress. Upon taking office, the President could then issue an Executive Order zeroing out the DEI crap, and Congress could then work its way through codifying the EO. If only.
Epoch is a paywall. "The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday."
SCOTUS did not provide a satisfactory reason for exempting military academies. (not ROTC, mind you, but only the Academies). Roberts needs to be overruled on this issue. Either it is race discrimination or it is not. "Expert" opinion is of zero value on this matter. IMO.
"The Supreme Court's recent decision banning affirmative action exempted military academies. Experts say having diverse leadership among military ranks is critical for national security. The exemption doesn't include university ROTC programs, which were mentioned in amicus briefs"
It is intensely sad that it took the horrendous acts of October 7 to clearly uncover to the generally unseeing majority of our country the absolute moral rot of the DEI crowd.
Alan: Alas, I don't think October 7 will make any difference to the generally unseeing. They will take from October 7 whatever reinforces their existing views.
Not necessarily. People too far out yes, but more moderate people might get their views changed a bit, as in - moderate left might become more centrist, and centrists might become slightly more right.
CDR, CDR, CDR, Won't this Senate recession return to the House affording the RINO's in the room the ability to vote with the Senate and kill it all together? Wasn't the only reason it passed the House with RINO votes is because they knew the Senate couldn't/wouldn't pass it?
I asked a very old (> 80) retired captain how Ike's America became an Obama nation in the course of one lifetime. Was America so bad in the 1950s that it had to be turned inside out and upside down?
He shook his head and told me that the depression of the 1930s was so bad that people vowed that their children would never suffer like they did. The problem was that the kids who grew up in the 50s, 60s and thereafter took all they got for granted and did not appreciate the gifts they received.
First, I would like to get tired of winning. Then I won't mind wallowing in the cesspit of lawfare so much. The more favorable language gets put into USC and bad language stripped out, the fewer opportunities for the laywers to say "Yeah, but it is impossible to know the intent of Congress when over here it says....."
As long as we are looking to cut or disband commissions and offices that are not contributing to readiness, etc., what's become of the Defense Advisory Commission on Women in the Service (DACOWITS)? Now that all specialties are open to women, what's the point? Shouldn't that function (whatever it is) be subsumed under the existing EO functions in units and HQs?
"The Democrat Party has DEI and its adjacent cults as a core of their ideology and coalition"
Oddly, not very many comments from the few frequent commenters known to make unsupported accusations against the Republicans. Nobody wanted to push back on that? They were out in force on the prvious post.
The alphabetocracy of DEI, CRT, ESG, LGBTQ, etc. is rotten to its core and stinks of Marxist-style class warfare, Cloward-Piven-inspired bureaucratic overload and Alinksy-style divisiveness. Plus, there's a lot of money to be made in the Great Alphabet Scam.
Oh good god my eyes if I ever saw that photo…. Jolene.
I was at least a deployment 7.
Lol.
"House recedes" used 817 (62.5%) times. "Senate recedes" used 489 (37.5%) times. This is an example of equity.
Good news!!! The only way to really end the DEI rot is to have a President and both houses of Congress. Upon taking office, the President could then issue an Executive Order zeroing out the DEI crap, and Congress could then work its way through codifying the EO. If only.
For the judicial dawning:
After Affirmative Action Win Over Harvard, Group Takes on West Point
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/after-affirmative-action-win-over-harvard-group-takes-on-west-point-5545073
Epoch is a paywall. "The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday."
from CNN http://bit.ly/3RqJ1Xg
Like but they were excluded by SC. Not a meritocracy.
SCOTUS did not provide a satisfactory reason for exempting military academies. (not ROTC, mind you, but only the Academies). Roberts needs to be overruled on this issue. Either it is race discrimination or it is not. "Expert" opinion is of zero value on this matter. IMO.
"The Supreme Court's recent decision banning affirmative action exempted military academies. Experts say having diverse leadership among military ranks is critical for national security. The exemption doesn't include university ROTC programs, which were mentioned in amicus briefs"
Nice to know someone out there is, at least, trying.
It is intensely sad that it took the horrendous acts of October 7 to clearly uncover to the generally unseeing majority of our country the absolute moral rot of the DEI crowd.
Alan: Alas, I don't think October 7 will make any difference to the generally unseeing. They will take from October 7 whatever reinforces their existing views.
That’s called confirmation bias. We are all guilty of that to some degree if we do not ruthlessly examine the data from which we base our decisions.
Not necessarily. People too far out yes, but more moderate people might get their views changed a bit, as in - moderate left might become more centrist, and centrists might become slightly more right.
I know mine were significantly changed.
Believe a significant number of people will avoid public service until the toxicity recedes.
A significant number of 'other' people will see it as a career. Therein lies its corrosiveness.
Just curious...
Who are these "Special Authority" people (folks, indeterminants)?
https://x.com/NavalWarCollege/status/1735448835801981308?s=20
CDR, CDR, CDR, Won't this Senate recession return to the House affording the RINO's in the room the ability to vote with the Senate and kill it all together? Wasn't the only reason it passed the House with RINO votes is because they knew the Senate couldn't/wouldn't pass it?
I asked a very old (> 80) retired captain how Ike's America became an Obama nation in the course of one lifetime. Was America so bad in the 1950s that it had to be turned inside out and upside down?
He shook his head and told me that the depression of the 1930s was so bad that people vowed that their children would never suffer like they did. The problem was that the kids who grew up in the 50s, 60s and thereafter took all they got for granted and did not appreciate the gifts they received.
Yea, very much a problem of Americans having it too good, not too bad
So the long Counter-March Through the Institutions begins?
The problem is that the wins will be repeatedly ignored, requiring lawsuits to make the leftists running the show toe the line.
First, I would like to get tired of winning. Then I won't mind wallowing in the cesspit of lawfare so much. The more favorable language gets put into USC and bad language stripped out, the fewer opportunities for the laywers to say "Yeah, but it is impossible to know the intent of Congress when over here it says....."
Concur.
As long as we are looking to cut or disband commissions and offices that are not contributing to readiness, etc., what's become of the Defense Advisory Commission on Women in the Service (DACOWITS)? Now that all specialties are open to women, what's the point? Shouldn't that function (whatever it is) be subsumed under the existing EO functions in units and HQs?
"The Democrat Party has DEI and its adjacent cults as a core of their ideology and coalition"
Oddly, not very many comments from the few frequent commenters known to make unsupported accusations against the Republicans. Nobody wanted to push back on that? They were out in force on the prvious post.
The page’s leftists are always absent on Diversity Thursday.