As for the odd triad of Messrs. Gates, Crowley and Obama, only Mr. Crowley seems to have functioned outside his cultural narrative.

Huh? That statement bothered me. I hope Steele means this positively. Or is Steele actually saying that all police are bound by the same “cultural narrative?” Or is he just saying that white police are bound by a cultural narrative? What about the cultural narrative of black police officers? What would that be?

If Crowley portrayed himself outside of HIS cultural narrative, Leon Lashly, a 26-year-veteran black police officer at the scene of the arrest, portrayed himself outside of HIS cultural narrative at the very same moment. Lashly functioned under a a “police” cultural narrative–a class cultural narrative–and not a racial one.

Steele might well be right; but I think even his assessment is limited by the “cultural narrative” of race applied to every situation. In this case, I believe that class also played a large part.

There are new “cultural” narratives emerging. The old “cultural narratives” won’t work anymore. Black cultural narratives of victimization are no longer sustainable, in a world where we have a black president–even when that black president tries to resorts to them–or black professors, scholars, CEOs, police officers, etc.

It strains credulity to see a Black President of the United States attempt to portray blacks as victims; it strains credulity to see black professors resort to the “victim” ploy as well. That’s why there was such a backlash over Obama’s “race card” in the Gates affair.

I’m profoundly grateful to Sgt. James Crowley, and Sgt Leon Lashly for epitomizing the REAL lessons of EQUALITY for all Americans.

This ‘typical white person’ and ‘stupid cops’ stuff — it’s the kind of thing my father would say after his stroke — the ugliest buried emotions breaking through to the surface. I’ve got big unanswered questions about the President. He reminds me of H.A.L. in 2001. I’m worried.

He was sitting on the fence still not sure. Conflicted and confused and probably insecure about his vote for the fraud.

I drove all the way to Ballard for some reason tonight.
I swear this guy had an epiphany right in front of me tonight.
I was there to close the deal!

Another Tea Party Patriot born!

Epiphanies are wonderful experiences. Your friend seems to have had one. Whenever someone tells me of one I drop everything and dig into how it happened. I’ll ask them tons of questions: Where were you? Were you drunk? Were you asleep? Were you standing in front of a burning bush? How does it feel to know the truth?

I think that Obama may rival Jesus with the amount of epiphanies that he will generate, but in quite the opposite manner. Hopefully, like your freind, the epiphanies of Obama will be a mass realization that he is a fraud, a liar, and the farthest thing possible than the image that was crafted for him by his minions. The false facade will crumble.

Obama is a Christmas tree! (this is my latest epiphany)

He is an ordinary object that was brought into our homes, adorned by the media with tinsel, glitter, shiny bulbs of hope and change, and a star on top to draw in the mesmerized. The glowing lights were lit on election eve, carols were sung, hot buttered rum was consumed, and the hypnotized electorate drifted off to slumber with the comforting thoughts that they would awaken the next day with the permanent warmth that they felt while basking in the glow of the twinkling lights from the artificially decorated tree they lovingly called Tannen-Obama. Oh Tannen-Obama, oh Tannen-Obamma, how ever green the three branches of government be.

But……as is usual, the feeling fades, the needles fall, arguments ensue about who will will dis-adorn the damn tree, and the tree itself will end up dragged into the woods, or left on the curb for the recycler. At least in a perfect world.

Maybe too much to ask..

When Crowley showed up, Gates obviously jumped to a number of conclusions, all of them wrong, and all of them tied to a reflexive sensitivity to the respective races of the men. I can only imagine how many times Crowley must have rolled his eyes while Gates took off on a foundationless tirade. I doubt that Gates ever considered how the situation may have truly looked to Crowley, a cop that was almost certainly doing things by the book. I seriously doubt that Crowley considered Gates guilty of B&E, he was probably trying to determine the possible whereabouts of the two men that were reported in the 911 call. Gates eventually crossed the line with his insults and accusations and the rest is history. A pathetic and silly chapter in history, only made important by a stupid and insulting comment, by a pathetic and silly President. Another superficial diversion.

And, let’s not forget Jesse Jackson’s infamous “Hymie town” remark when referring to NYC. Jackson’s defense was that he made this statement in private. As if that somehow made it alright.

Frankly, I am sick of listening to blacks accuse everyone else of racism while never examining their own bigotry.