http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9142405KILL THE WISE ONE Donating Member (684 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 08:33 PM
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39 year old father of 2 fired from goverment job over off duty political protest
Koran burner Derek Fenton booted from his job at NJ Transit
Derek Fenton was fired for burning pages of the Koran near Ground Zero on 9/11.
Derek Fenton's 11-year career at the agency came to an abrupt halt Monday after photographs of him ripping pages from the Muslim holy book and setting them ablaze appeared in newspapers.
Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, N.J., burned the book during a protest on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11 outside Park51, the controversial mosque slated to be built near Ground Zero.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/14/2010-09-...
I WOULD GET FIRED FROM MY JOB IN CORPERATE AMERICA IF I DID SOMETHING THIS STUPID, BUT IS I RIGHT?
hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 08:37 PM
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1. Ahh, damn... first I sort of have to back Karl Rove in his O'Donnell
comments and now you are going to make me have to defend this ass? But, I suppose, I sort of do have to defend him against being fired for his stupidity and bigotry committed on his off time. Geez.
Most of the comments are along these lines.
elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 09:22 PM
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32. We do not (I did not) forfeit our First Amendment rights,
We can't be forced to 'politic' for candidates, parties, etc, by our employer.
Didn't San Diego make the firemen march in a gay parade against their will a few years back?
mjane (150 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 09:17 PM
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25. actually,every legal expert I have seen on this
from law professors to the ACLU think the firing was invalid.
sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 09:29 PM
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35. When the Dixie Chicks lost contracts Updated at 4:49 PM
because of what they said about Bush, where were the defenders of THEIR rights not to lose their jobs? The argument made then was that they could say what they wanted to, but they couldn't prevent the consequences.
What's different about this?
TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-15-10 08:48 PM
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11. Something about "conduct which brings discredit to the company" IIRC
I worked under those rules before I packed it in.
He's cooked.
One of the few supporting the dismissal.
I'm shocked. Shocked I tell ya.
