On Beer (Summits)

[seanorange]

Remember how, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, George W. Bush was described as a likable character because he was "a guy you could have a beer with?"

The kerfuffle in recent weeks spiraling out of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has culminated in this "beer summit", where President Obama invited Mr. Gates and arresting officer Sgt.

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pistol butt's a "twinkle"

[heckbemble]

and i hate twinkles.

.....SERIOUSLY, dont be 2 hard on urslef. hear's a poem for you to think on in this tough times:

theres plenty of other fish in the sea
speaking of course
po-li-ti-cal-ly.
obama? a llama.
mccain? a bad bane.
jack kemp? he smokes hemp
(doh! not anymemp!)
but hilary? she's billary
and kennedy's funk
so now its
a lie....
and a lie is a skunk.

[thewyteryno]

Hum.

Even more, this just seems like a series of events wherein everyone tried to act more-or-less righteously, and didn't seek to harm anyone, but the Butterflies were in full Effect and it exploded. It would actually be simpler if the caller was just plain racist, wouldn't it?

I can justify just about everyone's actions except (1) Gates crying racism with his first breath, and making a scene instead of just getting his ID, and (2) Crowley not letting him blow off the steam in his house after producing the ID, and not giving up his name & badge number. Of course, all those failings are reliant on the the testimonies of the other men, and unfortunately dissolves into he-said-he-said.

Your "Bad Monkey" tag makes me laugh.

[seanorange]

I know, right?

And then on the other side, this incident is being used for political gain. Did you know that Obama secretly has it out for the beleagured white (supposedly) Christian male? Just ask Rush Limbaugh. It's just like that Sotomayor chick who thinks she knows the law, or something.

~Sean