{"id":4163,"date":"2005-10-18T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2005-10-18T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/10\/18\/no-quotas-aloud\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:29","slug":"no-quotas-aloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/10\/18\/no-quotas-aloud\/","title":{"rendered":"no quotas aloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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might come from the <\/FONT>Texas Cosmetology Advisory Board<\/FONT><\/A>.  So, I <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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surfed over there this morning.  The Board’s Presiding Officer is <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Clive Lamb.  “Chairman Lamb” should have a nice docile ring to it <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for <\/FONT>the President.  [<\/FONT>Prof. B<\/FONT><\/A>. also <\/FONT>thinks GW Bush might pick a <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"umbrella  I just saw the tagline on the masthead of the <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation – it says “the<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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or shotguns in Texas?  They really do need <\/FONT>Kinky Friedman<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I’m still <\/FONT>waiting<\/FONT><\/A> for someone to explain why the constant <\/FONT>demand<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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for their own seat on the Supreme Court by all the cranial-conservo-<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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crybabies<\/EM> isn’t asking for a <\/FONT><\/FONT>quota<\/FONT><\/A>, or at least affirmative action.  How-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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thing important takes place in the Miers’ confirmation process.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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not enough haiku from <\/FONT>DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/A>.   We have no quota <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for Canadian artistry — just for quality one-breath poems:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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