The Dark Side has been pretty lively lately.

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...I almost forgot what a "locked thread" was.

KK,

You're almost sounding as cranky as me. Heck, I'm going for my curmudgeon badge right now. How you doin' on yours?

KK can never be circumsized.....there's no end to that prick!!!!

What is so far fetched about a guy getting himself arrested for a cause? Happens all the time. This guy has spent the majority of his life educating people in African American studies. Getting himself arrested has brought him attention, and will offer him a better opportunity to bring this education to more people.

I don't remember ever trying to convince you of those things, but if thats where you want to go with it...

It makes no sense! Why would an ueber smart guy who wasn't doing anything illegal refuse to show his ID to the cops?
If he didn't want attention he would have just given them what they asked for.

We have HVAC! 68 degrees and cool, as long as I was inside.

Here is a link to the police report. You will notice the phrase "initially refused" when asked for his ID. Some interesting other stuff in there as well.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/upload/documents/GatesPoliceReport.pdf

What ever the reason, bizarre behavior for sure.

KK,

Ignoring all the conspiracy theories etc. that you keep bringing up, do you really think Obama should have made a public statement about this event?

As you say, there are "plenty of other things going on much more pressing, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq still, economy, Sottomayor and SCOTUS"...If I'm Obama, why even address it?

My take on this, follows what others have said, there was plenty of stupidity involved with this case...pretty much by everyone involved in this case.

pretty much covers it........still true today.

Holy crap that is just about the dumbest remark ever! Was the professor a jerk? Yeah, it looks that way. I think he had a huge chip on his shoulder. (Maybe he heard about slavery, segregation, black voter suppression and KKK lynchings?) Did the cop over react, yeah it looks that way. It's mighty hard to justify arresting a man on his own porch for poor behavior.
Do black get harassed more often than whites? Hell yes! Have you ever heard of the crime of driving while black?
Anyone that believes that cops reacts the same no matter the race of the contact person is simply not paying attention,or is purposely obtuse.

Yeah right...we know you break out you're monogrammed " Obama " knee pads for the inspector too.

Hey 3-10, try being a smartass to a big city cop and see what it gets you, OK? (the unstated portion of the above is that you are a white)
My bet is that you will end up doing a mini-stint in the closest jail and maybe aquire a bruise or two in the process.

As far as racial profiling goes....it's one of those things that is based on experience...like it or not. I realize that it can be way too big a paint brush, but that same methodology is used in almost everything now days. KK's favorite is refering to RWNJ's when he really means anyone who doesn't think like his poor misguided self. Oh well, diversity is a funny thing....it's posed often to promote a desired outcome, but it also means we don't have to agree.

Thanks for the correction, KK. Wouldn't want to misquote any of the moronic babble. I'm sure that in your world there's a difference.

I guess thats still a tad better then being the product of one drunken night between a bull dyke and a tranny.

Wow, the thread reads "Racist" and we've got 10 pages of [censored] posted up....

Here's a thought... Who really gives a [censored] what happened...

Keith

It's my believe that the officer bent over backwards BECAUSE Gates was black. If Gates had been white he would have arrested him alot sooner.

Tape of the incident will be released some time today, so we'll get to see how good we are at being Monday Morning QB's.

Question is will KK eat crow?

Keith

Relax...................... Wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something? Was just poking a little fun at ya.

Heck, one most post on this thread and it breaks the century mark over stuff that really doesn't even matter.......

Keith