Speeding Ticket

[Jesda]

Actually, ABC News and a couple other sources had stories about applicants being rejected for being too smart.

"The Associated Press reported the following case from New London, Connecticut: "A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. "The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test." In 1996, Jordan scored 33 points on the police exam which is the equivalent of an IQ of 125 (well above average, but 15 points short of the traditional "genius" cutoff of 140). "But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training." Associated Press reports that the national average for police officers is an IQ of 104, or slightly above average. The U.S. District Court ruled the New London police had a reasonable explanation for their policy of rejecting applicants who were too intelligent -- they might get easily bored and leave the job after receiving costly training. On August 23, 2000 the Second Circuit Court agreed. Robert Jordan has been working as a prison guard since his rejection by New London police. Apparently prison authorities don't care of Jordan is too intelligent for the guard job; or maybe prison guards have to be smarter than police recruits."--AP, September 8 2000

For more info: http://www.adversity.net/0_Pol...o.htm

[Jesda]

You just described a vast majority of the threads on NICO...

Bubba is onto something though....Goddamn liberal media.

There is no LIBERAL MEDIA out there. Its a big urban legend pushed by my colleagues in talk radio to make themselves feel important and make their audiences think that any news from anywhere else is dangerous.

It only seems like its "liberal" biased media because the mass media appeals to the lowest common mental denominator to attain the widest viewing/listening/reading audience. This is why newspapers are written at a sixth grade level and your televised news comes in the form of quick soundbites and colorful charts and graphic imagery. Its only expectedly coincidental that something so base, crude, and intellectually empty also happens to seem liberal.

-Jesda

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one night me and my friend got pulled over by a state trooper. he said we were drag racing when we were not. he kept goin on bout it for half an hour and finally let us off with a warning ticket for speeding since he didnt clock us and had no proof

[MetaOrbit]

There is no LIBERAL MEDIA out there. Its a big urban legend pushed by my colleagues in talk radio to make themselves feel important and make their audiences think that any news from anywhere else is dangerous.

It only seems like its "liberal" biased media because the mass media appeals to the lowest common mental denominator to attain the widest viewing/listening/reading audience. This is why newspapers are written at a sixth grade level and your televised news comes in the form of quick soundbites and colorful charts and graphic imagery. Its only expectedly coincidental that something so base, crude, and intellectually empty also happens to seem liberal.

-Jesda

Wow. For some reason I thought I was the only person left in the country that thought this!

[Bubba1]

I agree too, but, I didn't intend for my comments about Dateline to interpreted as political. I didn't see Dateline as Liberal or Conservative, but as an ethically challenged produced program that draws it's conclusions first and then tries to manipulate facts to back it up. And then tries to seduce its audience by sensationalizing the conclusions. "Chevy trucks are time bombs, be sure to tune in to Dateline tonight at 8pm". What they did with the GM truck was about as appalling and low as you can possibly get as a journalist. That's why I would hesitate to believe what "Dateline" reports about policemen and lowered standards. But as far as 98K's ticket, I don't think we're dealing with a vast right wing conspiracy here. If 98K truly thinks he's innocent, it should make no difference whether or not he's videotaped. That is, as long as his version of the facts agree with the video. But if he was an whiney obnoxious brat who was caught on tape demanding how the cop can prove he was speeding, instead of calmly claiming innocence, he'll have a tougher time. Oh, and for the record, if you claim you were doing 35 in a 30 zone, you're still speeding, amigo. A judge will catch that.

[Mr1der]

I really hate, well no I don't really hate cold pizza, but still gotta get it on time! more places need to deliver farther to cut back on speeding tickets