[Vision2020] Say What?

Wayne Price bear at moscow.com
Wed Jul 29 11:05:10 PDT 2009


Roger,

But he was in HIS OWN HOUSE!




On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:57 AM, lfalen wrote:

> I think thar you are missing the point. Gate was belligerent from  
> the git go before he finally  identified himself. He at first  
> refused to do so. He was arrested for verbal abuse of a police  
> officer,  not for burglary. If a black cop came to my house after I  
> had locked myself out I would thank him for doing his job. About 20  
> years ago when I was the Feed Plant Manager for Whitman County  
> Grower I was working late one night, trying to finish up the monthly  
> billings. I had turned off the lights and went to sleep in a  
> sleeping bag. It was about 2:00 AM when a search light was shined in  
> the window. A bull horn said " come out of there with your hands up"  
> I said " as soon as I get my pants on". I identified myself telling  
> them what I was doing  and they went on their way.
> Roger
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:41:30 -0700
> To: "g. crabtree" jampot at roadrunner.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
>
>> Look it up yourself. You don't trust my sources anyway! Trust me, I'm
>> not going to waste my time trying to convince you of anything. I'm
>> just here to note your errors.
>>
>> Of course Gates could  and should have handled it better. But once  
>> the
>> ID was shown, the officer should have left. His services were no
>> longer needed. Everything after that point was a waste of taxpayer
>> dollars, something you usually care a lot about -- though it is not
>> surprising you ignore it when it suits you. That is your MO.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:25 AM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I failed to note it because I'm fairly sure that it didn't happen.
>>> Please provide a link to BHO's apology to either Sgt. Crowley or the
>>> Cambridge P.D.
>>>
>>> Having actually read the police report, it's clear that had Gates
>>> simply and calmly shown his I.D. the officer would have left. It was
>>> Gates who continued to aggressively engage Sgt Crowley with demands
>>> and threats. Was Gates' arrest required? Probably not but, there is
>>> no question but what the professor was the one that was behaving
>>> stupidly.
>>>
>>> g
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>>>>
>>> To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
>>> Cc: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>; "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
>>>
>>>
>>>> If someone came to your house thinking you broke in and you showed
>>>> him  ID proving you lived there and he didn't leave immediately,
>>>> I'd say he  acted stupidly -- even if you took the race elements
>>>> out of it. As it  turns out, Obama even said he was sorry, which of
>>>> course you failed to  note.
>>>>
>>>> Not that any of this will convince you.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 29, 2009, at 9:12 AM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not so sure that I'd go so far as to brand the POTUS a racist
>>>>> as it's a
>>>>> term that gets thrown around a little to casually, in my opinion.
>>>>> I would,
>>>>> however, like to know how you explain his standing in front of the
>>>>> nation
>>>>> and stating up front that he doesn't know the whole story with
>>>>> regard to his
>>>>> pal Henry Gates and Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley and
>>>>> yet  went so
>>>>> far as to characterize law enforcements actions as "behaving
>>>>> stupidly?" How
>>>>> many other decisions does the man reach without being fully
>>>>> informed?
>>>>> Judging from other remarks I've heard him make I'd venture to say
>>>>> Cap and
>>>>> Trade and National Health Care might fall squarely into that same
>>>>> category.
>>>>>
>>>>> g
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>>>>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:41 AM
>>>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> "This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and
>>>>>> over and
>>>>>> over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the
>>>>>> white
>>>>>> culture, I don't know what it is.  I'm not saying that he
>>>>>> doesn't  like
>>>>>> white people. I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I
>>>>>> believe, a
>>>>>> racist.''
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Glenn Beck on President Obama (July 28, 2009)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIZDnpPafaA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it
>>>>>> to change
>>>>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Unknown
>>>>>>
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