Clearly I have to amend my original blog regarding the Crowley/Gates arrest incident. I had written that if anyone should be accused of racial profiling it should have been the 911 caller. Turns out, she did not cite race when she called.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/27/gates_caller_didnt_cite_race_police_say/

Here’s my caveat however. Had she cited race I wouldn’t have considered her a racist for making the call. It was the actions of the men that prompted her to call and not their race.
I keep reading and hearing about people trying to find “teachable moment” in this case. I can’t believe no one has figured it! The closest pundit I’ve heard come up with it was Juan Williams on Fox News Sunday. Ironically I rarely agree with Juan Williams.

 Let me summarize the “teachable moment for you.  

Mrs. Whalen was aware that there had been break-ins in the area, she sees two men trying to force their way through a front door. She calls police. Sgt Crowley responds to the call, goes to the house, sees Dr. Gates in the house and asks him to identify himself.

Okay, here it comes; the “teachable moment. Ready?

Dr. Gates, a highly educated Harvard professor responds to this request by becoming belligerent and saying, “Why? Because I’m a black man in America?” He follows this up by insulting Sgt Crowley’s mother, in the presence of another black officer and a Hispanic officer.

It’s a scene right out of an Eddie Murphy parody on SNL. So did you get the “teachable moment”? I know, everyone seems to keep missing the point. Why? Because Dr. Gates is indeed a “black man in America”. He gets the instant victims pass. He gets a double pass because he is a personal friend of the President.

If he had been a member of any other ethnic group he would have gotten no sympathy from anyone and his actions would have immediately been questioned. People would have been rightfully stating that becoming belligerent with a police officer investigating a crime is stupid. They would be making fun of a highly educated moron who displayed a huge lapse in common sense and judgment. He would have been mocked for the inordinately large chip on his shoulder. Rightfully so. 

Instead, no one can seem to figure out the “teachable moment”. It’s the huge elephant in the room no one wants to seem to acknowledge.

If you look at my pictures and pictures of every Arab terrorist who hijacked a plane you'll see more similarities than differences. You don’t have to tell me. When I was in Qatar I saw the similarities. It was like I was among my relatives. As a result, I've been "profiled", as it were, on multiple occasions.

Want to know what the difference is between my reaction and Dr. Gates? I'm not as educated as he is, but I am easily credentialed, I'm respectful to the official questioning me and I dont have a huge chip on my shoulder.

Here's the thing, since I do happen to look like every terrorist who ever hijacked a plane, AND since I also have to fly in those airplanes, I would rather they take a second look at me than at an 85 year old white grandmother. I dont call it "profiling". I call it good security based on tangible, historical evidence. Plus, I notice that the officials questioning me provide me with the same measure of respect as I provide them. Thet have been, without exception, professional exchanges.

So you say, I'm not black. That is the point isn't it. With the culture of victimhood being propagated by the black leadership (Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and now President Obama) a black person will always be a victim. Victimhood is an opiate. The more you get the more you need. That’s the big elephant in the room. The one person who had the power to prevent this entire fiasco was the one who created it to begin with.

Ironically, he was the most educated as well. Ain’t that something?

There are multiple theories being bandied about on the entire Obama/Crowley/Gates situation, but the one thing that keeps coming back to me is this. Regardless of who you think is right, who misspoke, whose motives are in question, what is clear to me is that this is yet another example of President Obama acting in a way that is completely un-Presidential. There really is no way to rationalize the verbiage of his statement. Every reasonable human being in this country, about whom he may have said the same thing would have taken offense. Period. I don’t need concurrence. I’m a student of human nature and those comments were at best un-Presidential and at worst, insulting. In fact, Sgt Crowley has been the most level headed person in this whole situation!

It seems like every time the President goes up against the average American he winds up faring poorly. Even his “surprise” at the “controversy” his “straight-forward” comments has caused underscores his attitude toward the common man. More to the point, why does the President of the United States feel he has to pick a fight with individual citizens who mostly are doing their jobs or exercising their right to free speech? From Joe the Plumber, to Rush Limbaugh and now to Sgt Crowley, he constantly winds up bloviating from his bully pulpit. Then he goes around scolding us for taking umbrage at being insulted! Talk about hubris.

I’ll say another thing, Robert Gibbs is fabulous! I hope Obama keeps him for his entire term. He’s almost as fun as the Vice President. Neither one of them can avoid stupid.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25381.html

Note how he trivialized the FOP by dismissively stating they “endorsed McCain”. Right. Do I have to spell out what that means? Since there may be some Obama voters reading this I suppose I do. It means, that if your organization did not endorse Obama or endorsed the other candidate, your positions are no longer relevant in this country while Obama is president. At least as far as the Press Secretary is concerned.

What is telling to me is the quality of a man’s character when the heat is on. President Bush endured 7 years of some of the most foul, direct public attacks ever heaped on a sitting U.S. President. Not once did he direct a personal attack in response; regardless of the content. He bore them all with grace and humor, often self-deprecating in his response. His Press Secretaries were (with the possible exception of that mealy mouthed weasel whose name escapes me right now) equally as classy. Can you imagine Tony Snow or Dana Perino dismissing a statement by NOW or the NAACP at a press conference because they “endorsed Gore or Kerry”?

We can discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of the Gates arrest all day long. What I’m addressing here is not even the arrest. This is what it comes down to. President Obama has stated, without reviewing the facts, and clearly using his own prejudice regarding his friend and his race, that an officer of the law in the performance of his duty acted “stupidly”. This is Barrack Obama at his least presidential. Health Care anyone?

I don’t know if anyone remembers a couple weeks back in Philly, a day camp of black children were turned away from a private swim club because they were black. Allegedly. See when I hear about things like this, particularly when it’s a “he said/she said” situation I usually reserve judgment until the facts are in. The facts are, the black Day Camp paid for the use of the private clubs facilities. They went once and the following day their money was refunded and they were told not to come back. The facts are that the president of the Valley Swim Club (Dr. John Deusler) stated, "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club."

I know when I swim my laps I’m usually concerned that some of that wonderful cinnamon color I’m blessed with will leak into the pool. After all, there is chlorine in there! So now some other facts have come to light (again, not because of that crackerjack MSM reporting either). It appears that the good Dr. Duesler is an Obama supporter. Why am I not surprised?

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/pool-kids-booter-is-obama-supporter"

I’m not saying that Democrats are inherently racist (you be the judge). What I’m saying is that they are the masters and all must serve the master! Those who have stepped off the plantation have paid dearly for their arrogance! People like Clarence Thomas and Dr. Condoleeza Rice are prime examples.

How dare Justice Thomas preach a message of personal responsibility, independent thinking and conservative values? How dare he mention a Creator! What an uppity black! Or as Bill Cosby calls him, “brother lite”.  And who the hell does that Condie Rice chick think she is??? Not only is she black, but she’s a woman! What the hell is wrong with her?

I think it just chafes the feminists raw to see a conservative woman rise to those heights without pulling the sexist/racist victim card. This is not just hypothetical. Witness the vitriol launched at these women from the liberals and the feminists. Which confuses me because aren’t women like Dr. Rice, Sarah Palin and Phyllis Schlaffly the epitome to which women are supposed to aspire? Funny how that works.

I watched the Justice Thomas/Anita Hill circus back when he was confirmed and I’ve watched Dr. Rice endure questioning by the Democratic Congress and Senate and I’ve rarely seen the nastiness elevate itself to the level the Democrats shamelessly show these two outstanding public servants. In fact, I forget who it was (but I clearly know he’s a Democrat), but someone had the audacity to say the Justice Thomas’ opinions were poorly written and not all that “smart”. Of course he hadn’t read any. Funny how that works too.

It’s not just blacks either. My fellow “hispanics” vote overwhelmingly Democrat too, although I am proud to say that the current governor of Puerto Rico is a Republican. The first since Luis A. Ferre way back in the 70’s. The treatment that Alberto Gonzalez got from the Democrats should have been enough for some hispanics to wake up and say HEY!

Probably none of them know who Miguel Estrada is, but he should have been the first Hispanic to serve on the SCOTUS. And no, not because he was Hispanic but because he was a brilliant jurist. But we’re sure proud of that J-Lo chick and that Ricky Martin dude!

What’s the difference between Miguel Estrada, Alberto Gonzalez and Sonia Sotomayor? You guessed it. Estrada and Gonzalez are conservatives. The fawning of the Democrats over Sotomayor has been sickening!

And so we vote for the party that tells us they have to take care of us because it’s clear we cannot make it on our own merits and talents. We vote for politicians who want to treat us as their idiot children. And ultimately, we vote for the party that will ensure our subservience to their ideology (I use the term “we” lightly as I’ve never voted for any of them).

The grand ole Democratic Party. Because they’re doing so well now that they’re in control aren’t they?