Comments on: In which we hear again from Joe Reed http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/ Suburban Mom-Employed-Outside-the-Home Gone Bad Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:57:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Del http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-154637 Del Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:23:34 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/#comment-154637 Kennedy had like 5 weeks to take care of it before her official retirement date, but she failed to take action. So <a href="http://bama.live.advance.net/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/118621926275410.xml&coll=3&thispage=2" rel="nofollow">the new guy did it</a> on his first day of work. I think I read somewhere that Byrne had set the process in motion along with writing that "hurtful" letter to Kennedy, so I suppose the Reed party line is that the new guy was jes' following orders, Uncle Tom that he is. :) I hope to God Bradley Byrne can clean up this Augean stable and all the other ones too, and let the two-year system start serving the people it's supposed to serve, many of whom are, news flash, African-American. One explanation I've heard is that the powers that be were content to let the patronage program bob gently along, up until there was a genuine need for a well-trained work force, and all of a sudden now it's reform time. I think that's pretty shameful. Kennedy had like 5 weeks to take care of it before her official retirement date, but she failed to take action. So the new guy did it on his first day of work. I think I read somewhere that Byrne had set the process in motion along with writing that “hurtful” letter to Kennedy, so I suppose the Reed party line is that the new guy was jes’ following orders, Uncle Tom that he is. :)

I hope to God Bradley Byrne can clean up this Augean stable and all the other ones too, and let the two-year system start serving the people it’s supposed to serve, many of whom are, news flash, African-American. One explanation I’ve heard is that the powers that be were content to let the patronage program bob gently along, up until there was a genuine need for a well-trained work force, and all of a sudden now it’s reform time. I think that’s pretty shameful.

]]> By: Don http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-154630 Don Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:15:34 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/#comment-154630 Unless my memory is failing me (which it frequently does now) it was the new interim president at Bishop State (who I think is a black man) that fired Thomas. Maybe we have a black racist at the helm of the college now, huh? Unless my memory is failing me (which it frequently does now) it was the new interim president at Bishop State (who I think is a black man) that fired Thomas. Maybe we have a black racist at the helm of the college now, huh?

]]> By: Flashpoint http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-154473 Flashpoint Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:02:07 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/#comment-154473 [...] publicly stopped short of heaping condemnation on Kennedy, but admit that Reed’s letter makes him look like an idiot.  David Prather of the Huntsville Times has a little more insight into the Democrats’ [...] [...] publicly stopped short of heaping condemnation on Kennedy, but admit that Reed’s letter makes him look like an idiot.  David Prather of the Huntsville Times has a little more insight into the Democrats’ [...]

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-154450 Kathy Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:43:08 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/#comment-154450 This sounds like another of Reed's last ditch efforts to hang onto the power that is slipping through his fingers. He makes himself look like an idiot, and a bit of a hysteric, defending Kennedy with that over-the-top missive. And claiming racism in this case just makes it harder for people who really are targeted because of their race. But what else could I expect from the man who tried to overturn Patricia Todd's election because he thought a black (and straight, of course) person should hold her seat -- and be damned to what the voters of her district decided. This sounds like another of Reed’s last ditch efforts to hang onto the power that is slipping through his fingers. He makes himself look like an idiot, and a bit of a hysteric, defending Kennedy with that over-the-top missive. And claiming racism in this case just makes it harder for people who really are targeted because of their race.

But what else could I expect from the man who tried to overturn Patricia Todd’s election because he thought a black (and straight, of course) person should hold her seat — and be damned to what the voters of her district decided.

]]> By: Bill http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-154447 Bill Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:17:50 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2007/08/11/in-which-we-hear-again-from-joe-reed/#comment-154447 Joe Reed, Roy Moore, Fob James....the list of complete fools who have power in this State is really a wonder of nature. Joe Reed, Roy Moore, Fob James….the list of complete fools who have power in this State is really a wonder of nature.

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