The Gates-Crowley Affair

My opinion regarding the national incident sparked by the improper arrest of Harvard Professor Henry L. Gates by the Cambridge Police Department, his equally improper reaction, and the President's impulsive comments right after the event.

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[Chamelionroses]

Sadly I see that the way we look matters all over the world way too much. Not only racial differences seem to matter, but also social classes.

I have had people say things based on being a woman. It is really silly I agree to follow stereotypes blindly. I rather people use no stereotypes at all. Well we shall see if that happens some day.

[Smartassawhip]

LOL Wow.. I bet that is gonna turn out to be an interesting story.

[473009723]

Definately, for the lack of a better term it's a "no brainer".. As for the American Indian my father just had his DNA tested and he came out with American Indian 3% and Jewish 3%. Two flavors we did not know and we are trying to track it back...

[Smartassawhip]

That form of psychology can apply to any subject.. Just like the health care debate now for example.. Lots of lies are being told often enough that there really are people who believe them and they don't bother looking things up for themselves. They simply hear trigger words and have fallen victim to what I would consider mass brainwashing. That may or may not apply to you.. I don't know. I happen to be Native American so I see race from an entirely different perspective.

[473009723]

Not at all. It's a simple psychology that if you play & replay something over & over again it becomes part of you, I cannot remember the time between the two towers falling. I'm forgetting things...

But in the case of racism, the Black community is taught to listen for it and only it.... What if they get it wrong? What if the Cop gets it wrong, why is it racism?

I think the most glaring example to this is Affirmative action & Health Care. I'm for neither & that makes me smart, not racist

[Smartassawhip]

Are you referring to Michael Moores Film?

[473009723]

Completely. I apologize. I've never equated my anger w/Police procedures to racism.. I feel compassion for the American Black men & women because as I see it, I see many that center their lives on it. The leaders are all about racism.

A full culture of free men & women that are consistently (and maybe rightfully so) that who's leaders are angry hate filled people free from the weights of institutional racism, but yet they make their livings off of it.

Why do they not play the 9/11 film?

[Smartassawhip]

You missed the point of my comment entirely. Read it again.

[473009723]

Smartassawhip = Wrong

Every Country in the World has racism, don't think your special. If Gates was White Gates would have known that in a situation where a Cop is called out to you don't open your mouth and you do as you are told.

It was simply because Gates has a life of hate whity that he couldn't shut up. Now what makes me sick is, had our President been white, man, can you hear the hate from Jessy Jackson as he fleeces his own?

How many other times like this, that were Black racism?

[473009723]

No, what mucked up your chances at socialized medicine is there are Americans in this country still.

Obama Town Hall 8-9/10-09 stated He had "2/3rds the money for the project of HCR" by cutting waste & Pork in DC.

The issue is because 47M or 15.7% don't have health care, right? Whats 2/3rds of 350,000,000?

Have you asked the important questions?

1. What is we just cannot pay. What is the penalty?

2. Can they lien our home?

3. IRS fines?

4. Can we be jailed for not paying?