Black scholar arrest angers Obama

[Clipper]

Now THAT is a very astute observation Gear. The guy's nose makes Karl Malden's snoz look miniscule, LOL.

[wcup102]

It all boils down to reparations for the black man in general. Since Obama has gotten in, every plan and piece of legislation proposed has been geared to further the "less fortunate" and penalize the "fortunate". Tax(penalize) the rich to give to the poor, modern day robin hood I guess. Universal healthcare will be the end of all ends for this country. Obama needs to get his head out of the Lincoln ages and into the 21st century. If you ask me, he is starting another race war and dividing this country.

[dgriffin]

Hahahaha! Some nose! At first I thought the photo was a joke. Poor guy!

[dgriffin]

Finally, this story holds some humor ... for me, at least.


ABC News


Harvard Prof Gates Is Half-Irish, Related to Cop Who Arrested Him
Two Men at Center of Controversy Linked by Irish Heritage

By NIALL O'DOWD

Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard University-owned house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots.
PHOTO Cambridge Police officer James Crowley, left, and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. are shown in this AP Graphic.
AP graphic of Cambridge Police Officer James Crowley, left, and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who share an Irish lineage.
(AP Graphic)

Strangely enough, he and the Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested him, Sgt. James Crowley, both trace their ancestry back to the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages.

In a PBS series on African-American ancestry that he hosted in 2008, Gates discovered his Irish roots when he found he was descended from an Irish immigrant and a slave girl.

He went to Trinity College in Dublin to have his DNA analyzed. There he found that he shared 10 of the 11 DNA matches with offspring of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the fourth century warlord who created one of the dominant strains of Irish genealogy because he had so many offspring.


www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8195564&page=1

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check out news reports on glenn beck today apparently he called the president a racist with a race preferential agenda

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Fox's Glenn Beck: President Obama is a racist
By DAVID BAUDER (AP) – 1 hour ago

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist.

Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."

His remarks came during a discussion of Obama's reaction to the arrest of Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates is black and was arrested for disorderly conduct by a white policeman over a misunderstanding about a break-in at Gates' home.

An Obama spokesman, William Burton, said the White House had no comment on Beck.

Beck's statement was challenged on the air by Fox host Brian Kilmeade, who noted that most of the people who work for the nation's first black president are white.

"I'm not saying he doesn't like white people," Beck said. "He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist."

Beck wondered, during the discussion, what other president would immediately jump on the police for their actions in the case. Obama said in a news conference that he believed the police acted stupidly in the case, but later backtracked from the statement and invited Gates and the police officer, Sgt. James Crowley, to the White House for a conciliatory meeting later this week.

Bill Shine, Fox News senior vice president of programming, told the TVNewser Web site that Beck had "expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel. And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."

Racial controversies are hardly new to presidents. In 2005, entertainer Kanye West said during a telethon after Hurricane Katrina that President George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people."

Beck, also a radio host and best-selling author, was an immediate hit with Fox News Channel viewers, starting in January when he made the jump from HLN (formerly CNN Headline News).

Beck didn't speak about the racial comments on his own daily Fox show Tuesday.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

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the fact that he went "ghetto" on the cambridge police depart when he should have gracefully kept his mouth shut kinda proves the point.

[dgriffin]

Good article!

The Gates of Political Distraction

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574316441057304748.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[dgriffin]

Re Glen Beck. He may be correct. But I'd like to see the evidence. It should be more than this incident if he plans to justify the statement, "Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." I think of Beck as an entertainer, like Limbaugh and that other clown, O'Reilly, although more likeable. I'm sure he will be offering something to back up his statement in the coming days. We'll see what he's got.

[dgriffin]

Now, this is certainly unfortunate.


myfoxboston.com


Boston Cop Suspended for Using Racial Slur to Describe Harvard Scholar Gates

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

AP


A Boston police officer has been suspended and could be fired for a mass e-mail in which he used a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Commissioner Edward Davis put 36-year-old Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending a termination hearing after learning of the slur.


Here's the mailing. Cleaned up, it could have been a useful statement in parts. If nothing else, it certainly shows a police officer's expectations when he confronts you. "I would sprayed him in the face with OC deserving of his belligerent non-compliance. (with a police officer.)"






www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535445,00.html

www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/justin_barrett_full_email_072909