{"id":49974,"date":"2023-04-10T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=49974"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:37:52","slug":"can-we-please-get-back-to-merit-based-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=49974","title":{"rendered":"Can We Please Get Back To Merit-Based Promotions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have to admit that the Biden administration is diverse. There are people in high positions representing all sectors of society. However, there seems to be a lack of people qualified to do their job. We have had supply chain problems, airline problems, train problems, etc., while the Transportation Secretary tells us that highways are racist. Was he appointed because he was the most qualified person or because he represented a minority sexual orientation? Actually some highways are racist. The parkways on Long Island were specifically built with bridges too low for buses from New York City to go through. The people who lived on Long Island did not want the city residents taking buses to the beaches there. That is racist, but that is also the1950&#8217;s&#8211;before the civil rights movement. There are other examples of questionable cabinet appointments in the Biden administration, but I am sure you get my point.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, T<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/04\/09\/general-mark-milley-retiring-contenders-replace-biden-top-adviser-military-affairs\/?utm_medium=email&amp;pnespid=t6t_U3xJbqcAyv_a.jWlEYKJpRGpUYcqdfax2bdtqBRmyVXf7qGMRcMRMO0AjS.utTNqmn.2pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he Daily Caller<\/a> reported that General Mark Milley is retiring as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Air Force chief of staff Gen. Charles Q. \u201cC.Q.\u201d Brown and Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger have emerged as the top contenders to replace Gen. Mark Milley as President Joe Biden\u2019s top adviser on military issues after Milley\u2019s retirement in October. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Biden administration\u2019s perception of China\u2019s military designs will dictate his decision more than anything else, experts said.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI think General Berger would be more unflappable but that General Brown might be more inspirational,\u201d Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific security chair at Hudson Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Both contenders to replace Gen. Mark Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff later this year are focused on change to counter China, but one is prone to radical changes while the other affirms the administration\u2019s ideological priorities, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>With Milley, a Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=013858372769713515008:m9uq4uupsfm&amp;q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/11\/mark-milley-mistake-trump-lafayette-square-photo-op-st-johns\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjl2ty6v47-AhV3M1kFHdjPCHoQFnoECAYQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Q-7AXLO8xaIKn3Tv6ttoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointee<\/a>, set to retire by October, President Joe Biden is expected to announce his pick to replace the outgoing Army four-star soon between top prospects Air Force chief of staff Gen. Charles Q. \u201cC.Q.\u201d Brown and Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/03\/us\/politics\/joint-chiefs-milley-successor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The New York Times. Both would differ from Milley\u2019s gregarious leadership style, but while Brown has experience in a key area of operations and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/22\/pentagon-dod-diversity-equity-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">satisfies<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in public service, Berger has shown the grit to make radical, if difficult, changes necessary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=013858372769713515008:m9uq4uupsfm&amp;q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/23\/us-likely-war-china-decade\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiU1NHgvI7-AhVjF1kFHeDIAa4QFnoECAcQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw1e431Bn26BdVDTKGVTdFL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coming<\/a> great power conflict, according to defense experts and media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is it racist to point out that one of the candidates is black? Does that give him an edge? If he is appointed, will it be because he is the best man for the job or because of the Biden administration&#8217;s focus on diversity? The problem with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) agenda is that you never know if the person you are dealing with got the job because he was qualified or because of some other factor. That is unfair to the person who got the job and unfair to the people who did not get the job. DEI is racism disguised as equality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have to admit that the Biden administration is diverse. There are people in high positions representing all sectors of society. However, there seems to be a lack of people qualified to do their job. 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