First things first, doesn’t Sherrod at least deserve a beer with the President after he added fuel to the fire? Maybe not on second thought because we cannot afford to buy a beer for everyone our President has managed to offend or paint in a negative light. There would be a lot of people out there clinging to their Bibles and guns that would be owed a drink for example. Secondly, why the rush to judgment on Sherrod’s employer’s part? Didn’t she at least deserve a chance to explain her side of the story, which incidentally would have only taken 43 minutes?

What really irks me about this situation is the fact that the White House has issued an apology to Sherrod (link here). Really? Where was the apology a year ago to a white cop the President basically accused of being a racist? Crowley is not a racist nor is Sherrod but only one gets a quick apology from the President while the other has to take part in some sort of strange teaching lesson on the White House lawn? Inexcusable for our Commander-in-Chief to continue to act this way. Neither situation required nor deserved Presidential input especially when that input was completely misguided. Our President should act Presidential and keep his distance from these types of incidents in the future.

Now that I am all out of sorts when do I get my invite for my free beer at BeerGate XV?

Update: So now the President has called Sherrod directly to apologize and I sure hope it was a collect call. Michelle Malkin has more here.

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh’s participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him.

What a joke the NFL has become. So worried about their image that they let a race bating hack like Al Sharpton claim victory because he started his usual whining. How does being perceived as always caving to special interest groups help the NFL’s image? Sure Limbaugh can stir a pot and I do not particularly care for his blame everyone that isn’t a Republican crap that he pulls too often but on Sundays do I really care about politics? No. Do I think that Rams’ fans care who the owner is as long as they contribute positively to the development of the football team? Of course not. Thanks commisioner for standing up for free speech in this country, you have set a precedent that can only lead to further political correctness in your league. Great job! Did I mention that I am a Redskins fan? Oops, there went my chance of ever owning a NFL team. Me and my blasted divisive words!! Shame on the NFL, I know it is not much but I have big plans for my $300 I won’t have to spend now on Sunday Ticket next year because I would hate to contribute to a league that is so concerned with its image it forgets that its fan base is comprised of free speech loving Americans.

I go to this interview because frankly the town I live in isn’t exactly a hotspot for IT so I try to leave as many options open as possible. I show up for the interview early and am informed that at a specific time I will be handed the list of questions that I will be asked in the interview by the “selection committee”. Did I mention I showed up early? So what did I get for doing that? A district employee standing over me with the questionnaire in hand just waiting for the clock to strike the magical hour. Tax dollars hard at work there I’m sure. Plus I get to have a wonderful conversation with another candidate that decided to show up almost an hour early to their interview. Wonderful!!

Once the magic hour struck, I was handed a sheet of paper with ten questions, two of which weren’t even questions or were they? The first was something like “What do you know about California Title V?” The last question listed said “Do you have any questions for the committee?” To reiterate, I was handed a sheet of paper with 8 legit questions for this interview which will be important in a moment.

When my time came to go before the “committee” I was shocked to find the committee consisted of 6 people that would take turns reading the questions to me; the same questions I had been handed earlier. Now I am not an efficiency expert but I am pretty sure it does not take 6 government employees to read 10 (8) questions. Even if the entire committee were Polish it still would seem bizarre. Although that might be a funny joke, have to work on that one. Anyway, I felt I did fine in the interview, as fine as one can when speaking to a group of robots that can’t ask follow up questions. (What’s up with that anyway? What is the point of an interview anyway if the interviewer cannot ask follow up questions? Why not do the whole process by email or something then?) Needless to say I did not get the job.

This was not the first job I had applied to for some type of government work. Each time the process is nearly the same, read questions off a sheet of paper, stare blankly at me as I answer said questions, and then thank me for time, we’ll call you. Each time I have been overqualified for the positions I apply for and each time I am overlooked for the job. My interview skills with private employers has led to a fairly high success rate once I reach the interview process. So why can’t I land a government job? Sadly the only conclusion I can come to is government employees are mandated to be racist. I look great on paper, I test well, but once they see the color of my skin, I am automatically dinged points for being a certain ethnicity. Has this happened to you? Have you been discriminated against because you look different than the type of individual government employers are looking for? Oh, did I mention that I am white? That’s right, white as a saltine cracker, well maybe a Ritz, I do have a nice tan. Either way, I am a cracker that can’t beat the government’s desire to hire minorities. I am not arguing that a white should be hired over a minority, by no means am I implying that. I have no problem losing out on a job to anyone that is more qualified, regardless of their skin color. I am just saying that I feel that I do not receive a fair shake because of the color of my skin. Oh did I mention that I am a male also? Yeah, a white male that is currently suffering from reverse discrimination or what the government likes to call “affirmative action”.