VICTORY for the best-qualified firefighters!

The Supreme Court of the United States this morning reversed a reverse-discrimination lawsuit that was filed by firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut. The 19 white and one Hispanic firefighters filed the lawsuit because the city of New Haven threw out a promotional test due to no African American firefighters passing the test. They felt they would be sued if no black firefighters could get promoted off the test results. They guessed wrong.
ALL applicants, regardless of race, color or gender, received the SAME amount of time to study and the SAME study materials. Maybe everyone who failed should have studied harder? Why blame skin color? Isn't that basically saying "Blacks can't do as good as whites so they have to have special considerations?" That my friends and foes, is a direct insult to anyone who is black. I think the latest presidential election proves that affirmative action is an outdated and archaic law. Will there always be individual instances of racism and bigotry? Or course, people are people, but it goes both ways. Some whites hate blacks simply for being black, just as there are blacks who hate whites for the color of their skin.
Now, as second matter in this case, why would the city of New Haven intentionally deny promotions to the BEST QUALIFIED for the job? Aren't these going to be the same guys and girls who pull us out of burning buildings, when we cannot do it ourselves? Why wouldn't we want the best of the best in one of the hardest jobs out there?
Third, I hope lawmakers who will soon be voting on a new Supreme Court Justice will take note that Sotomayor affirmed the New Haven stance and through her ruling, legitimized reverse-discrimination. Again one of her rulings was overturned.