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DemocratSinceBirth

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Thu Jul-16-09 01:54 PM
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Mr. Ricci

Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 01:55 PM by DemocratSinceBirth

I have empathy for Mr. Ricci but what about every other person who didn't get a job because they were black, brown, yellow, Jewish, gay or transgendered.

This is just Republicant attempts to divide us...

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imdjh

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Thu Jul-16-09 02:06 PM
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1. The Federation of Planets ruled in the 23rd century

.... that living persons are not responsible for the past crimes of their ancestors.

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Thu Jul-16-09 02:09 PM
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2. Maybe The Case Was Wrongly Decided

But he sure was full of attitude...

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Dr. Strange

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Thu Jul-16-09 02:13 PM
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3. Yes, uppity even.

But you know how those people with learning disabilities are.

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elehhhhna

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Thu Jul-16-09 02:59 PM
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4. Mister Chronic Lawsuit Filer

he should have his own Bud radio commercial

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Thu Jul-16-09 03:01 PM
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5. Has He Filed Other Lawsuits?

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elehhhhna

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Thu Jul-16-09 03:02 PM
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6. iirc, yes -- another earlier employment suit. HERE:

Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 03:04 PM by elehhhhna

The New Haven firefighter is no stranger to employment disputes.

Ricci is invariably painted as a reluctant standard-bearer; a hardworking man driven to litigation only when his dreams of promotion were shattered by a system that persecutes white men. This is the narrative we will hear next week, but it somewhat oversimplifies Ricci's actual employment story. For instance, it's not precisely true, as this one account would have it, that Frank Ricci "never once special treatment for his dyslexia challenge." In point of fact, Ricci sued over it.

According to local newspapers, Ricci filed his first lawsuit against the city of New Haven in 1995, at the ripe old age of 20, for failing to hire him as a firefighter. That January, the Hartford Chronicle reported that Ricci sued, saying "he was not hired because he is dyslexic." The complaint in that suit, filed in federal court, alleged that the city's failure to hire Ricci because of his dyslexia violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Frank Ricci was one of 795 candidates interviewed for 40 jobs. According to his complaint, the reason he was not hired was that he disclosed his dyslexia in an interview. That case was settled in 1997 with a confidential settlement in which Ricci withdrew his lawsuit in exchange for a job with the fire department and $11,143 in attorney's fees.

In 1998, Ricci was talking about filing lawsuits again, this time over a dispute with his new employer, Middletown's South Fire District—which had hired him in August of 1997. According to a Hartford Courant report of Aug. 11, 1998, Ricci was dismissed from the Middletown fire department after only eight months. He promptly appealed his dismissal, claiming that fire officials had retaliated against him for conducting an investigation into the department's response to a controversial fire. A story in the Hartford Courant dated Aug. 9, 1997, has Ricci vowing "to pursue this to the fullest extent of the law."

http://www.slate.com/id/2222087/

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Thu Jul-16-09 05:07 PM
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10. Thoe damn handies. Who do they think they are?

I say limit lawsuits to only one per lifetime for the handicapped.

He should be thankful the city even hired a handicap like him to begin with.
Now he wants a promotion that he earned? The nerve.

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elehhhhna

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Fri Jul-17-09 12:39 PM
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11. oh spare me, please

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mikeytherat

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Thu Jul-16-09 03:02 PM
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7. He's a serial filer - he sued to get his job (claiming discrimination - he's dyslexic)

and he sued for his promotion.

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Fire_Medic_Dave

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Thu Jul-16-09 05:04 PM
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8. Two suits makes one a serial filer? Since he won both maybe they were legit.

Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 05:04 PM by Fire_Medic_Dave

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Hepburn

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Thu Jul-16-09 05:05 PM
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9. So he did not get a promotion???

BFD...:eyes:

Obviously ~~ it had to have been someone's fault that "MR PERFECT" did not suceed, right?

:sarcasm:

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri Jul-17-09 12:41 PM
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12. The Repukes brought Mr. Ricci to center stage so he might evoke empathy, the same quality they

Edited on Fri Jul-17-09 12:41 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm

don't want Sotomayor to have when judging cases. Isn't it ironic?

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Romulox

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Fri Jul-17-09 12:42 PM
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13. It's not OK to discriminate against one person because a third person was discriminated against.

That's not really a very good moral principle.

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