In Defense of Ethnic Discrimination

We've got all the wrong people in charge in this country. Thankfully, I don't live in Los Angeles, but if I did, I would not want a lesbian named Kristin Crowley in charge of the fire department. The LA Fire Department website boasts, "Chief Crowley took the oath of office on March 25, 2022 – becoming the first female and LGBTQ Fire Chief in the LAFD. Chief Crowley leads a diverse department." That's not gonna save my house or life in an emergency.

The Irish have run American fire departments for a century or more. I want a tough Irishman named Murphy in charge of the fire department. Someone who looks like he could drink all night with the boys and still haul you out of a flaming building the next day. Someone who might have engaged in a few fisticuffs in his day. Someone who would run toward the fire and not toward a TV camera.

Who should run the water department? Do you want Janisse Quinones in charge of the LA Department of Water and Power? She was born in Puerto Rico, after all, so she has three DEI credits - female, Hispanic, and Puerto Rican. Maybe four if she is a lesbian. She has a master's degree in international relations! She was responsible for the disastrous reconstruction in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. That should have been an automatic disqualifier. Maybe that's why the 117-million-gallon Santa Ynez reservoir had been drained, which meant that the fire department in Pacific Palisades had to rely on three 1-million-gallon tanks to fight the worst wildfire in decades.

I'd rather have an engineer of Dutch descent running my water system. After all, the Dutch have been managing water for centuries. Maybe they have a little experience at it.

Let's get the right people of the right ethnic background in the jobs.