Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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- Charlie "WINNING" McMillian
Past performance has to be a heavily weighted evaluation criteria in the upcoming RFP.
Dr. Victor H. Reis, Former Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, DP-1 U.S. Department of Energy, 1997
As has been pointed out repeatedly to April 18, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Reis never sad that. Either provide a citation or stop the lying.
Vic Reis also said that the privatization of the labs has been a failure.
April 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM
Who cares whether or not Reis said it, fact is, it's a true statement.
April 21, 2015 at 5:23 PM
No, it's an opinion. If it were Vic Reis' opinion it might be noteworthy. Anyone else's maybe not. These days, no one understands the difference between "truth" or "fact" or "opinion." Too bad for the state of public discourse and the intelligence thereof.
April 22, 2015 at 5:26 AM
Well, that certainly convinces me!
April 25, 2015 at 9:11 PM
Why are you just perpetuating the nonsense about this? Shut up about it, already.
April 25, 2015 at 9:25 PM"
Because what Reis did or did not say almost 20 years ago, or what context the alleged statement was made would be a huge game changer, that is why it is brought up over and over again.
OCD much?
So, "Reis probably did say such a thing".
April 26, 2015 at 1:24 PM
So now you go from a direct quote to "probably." Wow. Well, the only possible response is to note that if your "probability" is, say, .0001, then both statements are correct. Happy now?
"So, "Reis probably did say such a thing"."
No more likely Reis said something competently different which was totally misinterpreted by some people wishing to hear something else because they need to hear something else. In any case knowing Reis we would have actually said the opposite.
Let us summarize the probability of what Reis may or may not have said. (1) Reis never said such a thing. (2) What Reis meant to say was misinterpreted. (3) Reis said that but has changed his mind. (4) Reis did say that but it was just an exaggeration to make a long forgotten point. (5) Reis said that and still means that. So by the laws of probability there is only 20% chance that this was said and accurately quoted. I think we can all agree that we should bring this up again since it is most likely not representative of the the truth. Case closed.
Did you mean "should NOT bring this up again"?? Proofread. Proofread. Or risk destroying your own point.
The winner, ding, ding, ding....
(5) Reis said that and still means that.
(5) Reis said that and still means that.
April 29, 2015 at 5:12 AM"
This simply does not sound like something Reis would ever say. It does sound like something a delusional person blinded by their own agenda would claim someone said to bolster their agenda.
" If someone heard him say it personally, but it didn't get recorded or written down, it is the same as if he never said it. If it did get recorded or written down, it is up to the people who claim he said it to produce a source.
April 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM"
There will never be a source produced because it was never said.
April 29, 2015 at 6:57 AM
Funny Reis gave a talk at LANL lest than a year ago and never said such a thing.
No, saying something a long time ago and not repeating ever again likely means you never meant to say it in the first place or that you the situation has changed and you no longer believe it. Of course the other possibility is that he never said this. Again if you know Reis he would not say such a thing. He makes very pinpointed comments toward particulars, not vague sweeping statements.
April 30, 2015 at 5:47 PM
Again, to belabor the obvious, if no one can bring a citation or source for the comment he supposedly made, then HE DIDN'T SAY IT!! How is this even arguable??
April 30, 2015 at 9:53 PM"
The 9:53PM poster said he was a delusional weirdo, and that he lives in his mothers basement spending all day watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, and that he likes being cruel to flower pots. I cannot think of the exact post he said this and since I do not have the source than we can conclude that he may very well has said this.