tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post6945730371932514401..comments2024-01-11T04:26:33.475-05:00Comments on Drifting Through The Grift: Those Darned Liberals!griftdrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-86611673043486119822009-07-01T14:43:20.976-04:002009-07-01T14:43:20.976-04:00I find it curious that in her appeal to diversity ...I find it curious that in her appeal to diversity levelheadedness, she finds it necessary to throw in this broad jab: "...That is certainly true, especially in cities where Irish and Italian immigrants climbed into the middle class through patronage jobs, including slots in city police and fire departments. Their descendents came to believe those jobs rightfully belonged to them."<br /><br />Every Irish copper I've met felt the job was a calling or an obligation, not a birthright.nastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-59802727681010474992009-07-01T07:53:30.801-04:002009-07-01T07:53:30.801-04:00Benchmark or outlier?Benchmark or outlier?MTHEORYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15794622350644205231noreply@blogger.com