What beer should President Obama serve to Gates and Crowley?
By anonymi - Tue, 07/28/2009 - 7:30am.
Sam Adams
35% (76 votes)
Harpoon
24% (52 votes)
Cambridge Brewing
20% (44 votes)
Another local microbrew
5% (11 votes)
Give it up, serve something from Chicago
15% (32 votes)
Total votes: 215
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On Rachel Maddow last night,
On Rachel Maddow last night, she said Crowley likes Blue Moon, Gates likes Red Stripe or Becks, and Obama would drink Budweiser. Bud?!?!
Gates
Although on last night's Countdown, Lawrence O'Donnell - who apparently has his own experience of false arrest for disturbing the peace in Boston (not to be confused with Cambridge...) - said that Professor Gates doesn't drink beer.
Since the press has
Since the press has discovered that Obama likes Bud, Crowley likes Blue Moon and Gates likes a Red Stripe or a Beck's, I think they'll each be served their preferred flavor ...but I don't know how I'm going to stand the suspense. I wonder if Gates and Crowley will car pool.
Perfect plot for a lighthearted sitcom
The erudite, sensitive black Harvard prof and the blue collar, "Respect my authoritah!" white cop who's a great guy when he lets it show. The upcoming trip to the White House could be the season finale cliffhanger.
With the ratings it's been getting, I'm afraid the series will be back next season.
The Odd Couple II
Cop gets thrown out of his house by his wife ... and knows that the professor has an extra bedroom.
The Jeffersons
Natick -> Harvard Square
Life imitating art?
48 HRS
The boys are back in town. Nick Nolte is a cop. Eddie Murphy is a convict. They couldn't have liked each other less. They couldn't have needed each other more. And the last place they ever expected to be is on the same side. Even for... 48 HRS (or a beer)
Jeffersons, Sanford and Son,
Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, whatever; Some people can't tell the difference.
This circus is revolting. I
This circus is revolting. I guess more people will tune in to the odious Professor Gate's television special about racial profiling, so at least one person is happy about all this.
Whit
Odious?
So do you hate all black people? Or just educated black people? Or is it a special hate you have for Professor Gates?
Professor Gate?
I thought it was about the Professor's front door?
While you are at it, you might as well use the term "uppity". You ain't foolin' nobody with them big words.
Professor Gate
What did he know and when did he know it?
No, I dislike Professor
No, I dislike Professor Gates in particular. If you cared to learn a little bit about him, you would too. In fact, if you would think for a minute about what is happening here instead of allowing it to act as a phoney catalyst for the serious discussion we really need to be having regarding all the very real discrimination minorities face in this country every second you would see that he is an unpleasant, self-promoting ass who is giving the enemy the opportunity to dismiss the notion that discrimination is still a problem in the USA.
Just because I reject the canned story being promoted by the media while Gates licks his chops in anticipation of his next big paycheck does not make me a racist, nor does it mean that I hate people of color, nor does it mean that I would refer to the professor's behavior as "uppity". That's the word you used, not me.
Whit
he is an unpleasant,
The Skip Gates you know and the Skip Gates his colleagues know are two diametrically opposed people. Have you ever met him?
Are you seriously arguing Gates alleged greed (Gates licks his chops in anticipation of his next big paycheck) is a motivator in this situation?
Learn a little bit?
I've read a couple of his books. Seemed like a really smart, productive, constructive fellow to me. A great American. The kind of man we all need more of.
So I'm wondering why it is you feel so much hatred for him. I guess you must have "cared to learn about" him in a different way than I have.
Have you ever read anything by him, or taken a class with him, or seen a video he produced or narrated? Or are you constructing your entire perspective of him from this incident?
So you read a book. That's
So you read a book. That's good. Gates is a founder and editor of the website "The Root" which heavily advertises Gates' (Look at me, I got it right) genetic testing kits. He is the Executive Producer of "African American Lives" and co-founder of the testing site AfricanDNA.com. This is what is known as "synergy" I suppose--a perfectly cool thing for CEOs and businessmen to strive towards, but not an academic. The television show is little more than an infomercial for his business endeavor (selling genetic testing kits to African Americans) and that does not seem like "appropriate" behavior for someone who is meant to be a serious scholar and self-elected spokesperson for the African-American community. It weakens his position in my opinion and I sense that this ugly outburst became a very sweet path towards enriching himself further and creating a larger celebrity persona in the long term. Look at the incredible exposure he has received for behaving like the worst stereotypes of the stuffed-shirt Harvard bigwig. "Do you know who I am?" is something that no one should say to anyone--and definitely not to a cop. It is so very "odious" that i can't believe anyone is not vomiting at the thought of his ugliness in this situation. He should be the one apologizing to the cop and to the City of Cambridge for the negative and totally undeserved attention he has brought to a pretty stellar department from all that I know.
On another note, doesn't it seem like much on PBS lately is like this--that Suzie Orman character, the Brain Gym garbage which is just a big ad, the Rich Dad-Poor Dad junk that is constantly on the air and is worse than any salad shooter hour-long special at 2 AM?
Whit
vomiting at the odiosity
Are you a hater playa?
Sounds like you're saying
You didn't read a book. That's bad.
Really, read a book. It is good.
As for what's on TV, I don't watch TV, so thanks for the report from the shallow end of the culture. I agree with you that genetic testing kits sound like pure foolishness to fleece the gullible. So maybe there's a little PT Barnum in Gates. I'm sure it's not much worse than most of the crap on TV.
As for "Do you know who I am?", that sounds like a perfectly good thing to say to any stranger who barges into your home, whether he's wearing a uniform or not. After all, once Crowley knew who he is, he no longer had any legitimate purpose to stay in Gates' house.
Singulars and possessives
Regarding "got it right," I'd say "Gates'" is permissible, depending on the style guide of the publication, but that "Gates's" is more widely accepted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
I generally don't critique spelling or grammar, and certainly I make enough errors myself. In this case, however, I just don't want people who I believe have actually been doing things in the preferred way to think that they should change and do things in the less-preferred way.
Oh, now I see. A typo.
Oh, now I see. A typo. I'll be sure to keep an eye on yours from now on, you little snot-nose.
Whit