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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:20 PM Original message |
What they each saw: how the fears of Professor Gates and Officer Crowley collided |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. You know I see a two act play out of this |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And Act three: Beer with Obama. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Dude - the Prez is from Chi-Town, home of Goose Island, Three Floyds and Flossmoor Station |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, he's a guy you would love to drink a beer with.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. So - honestly, you would turn down Beer with Obama? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They should pour it back in the horse.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. No - I don't use it as a Presidential picking tool |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Personally I would have enjoyed a conversation with Adlai Stevenson.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sounds good to me |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. So you don't like beer. Whatever. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Conversation has never been mentioned.. |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Really? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. So in your mind "drinking a beer" = "conversation"? |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Yes it is. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Not me. He can invite me anytime. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good article |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Best analysis I've read, |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I read it a while ago.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Exactly. The mind reading is forced and unbelievable. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rec +4 looks interesting. Thanks for posting. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. . |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nearly pure bullshit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Dr. Gates was not acting as a public servant. Crowley was. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. As usual, there is nothing in evidence to support your take on this. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. LOL. You mean, Crowley wasn't on the clock and Gates didn't get arrested |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would love to see an article, co-written by both Professor Gates and... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fine. Except you can't look at a nicely dressed older black man with a cane |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. What about the 911 call |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That's why you go to the premises -- to see for yourself, isn't it? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. One of the alternatives mentioned in the article |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And that's fine but it's not how the article is set up. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The conclusion this article reaches about fear isn't supported by the facts presented |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. There's something else, too. I believe that Crowley may not have wanted |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I agree with this.. n/t |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. the pic of prof gates being taken away in cuffs shows three officers |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. They *are* both decent men: Professor Gates is an icon of scholarship and Officer Crowley is |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Have you heard any black civilians claim Crowley is skilled at race relations? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. My only knowledge is from my |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I believe you, myrna. Both of us have been posting here for a long time |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Thank you for your respect and knowing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. If this incident can be used to move this country forward, |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I hope so, because there is a huge issue of police abuse |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. It's like being let out of a cage! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Indeed. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Here's a post from a non-white female civilian who speaks VERY highly of him on the subject |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm glad you posted this. Let's get all the information we can find. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Glad you're glad |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Two good people can always act like morans, just add the right |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't think Crowley felt fear. I think he felt pissed at being |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. +1 n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Looking back at Gates, Crowley worried..." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Seriously. As Maher said, "Armed with a large vocabulary, ---" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Btw, the great BookTV segment on the Africana encyclopedia |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. If you read the article beyond that line, you'd see the context. n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. "Should Gates have realized that you can't antagonize the police?" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You left out the context of that sentence, too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Right. False equivalence. nt |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You are desperately selling the notion |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. WHO compared this to the murder of nicole and ron? nobody died, there was no slow speed chase |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. Some people have to R-E-A-C-H REALLY hard for "Equality" |
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