[Vision2020] [Familial CORRECTION] Re: Say What?

Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 20:07:18 PDT 2009


Here is the part that you didn't quote, directly after what you did  
quote, which sounds like an expression of regret and remorse to me  
(you of course distorted my comment into a claim that Obama apolgized  
to the police, which he did not and need not have done):
Late today, Gates' attorney, Charles Ogletree, told ABC News that his  
client was "relieved and excited" by the president's telephone outreach.

"It's going to bring together not only the parties to this particular  
episode but a larger community dialogue about how citizens and police  
can have more productive and effective exchanges," Ogletree said.

Representatives of Sgt. James Crowley released a statement saying  
Crowley was "profoundly grateful" for the phone call.

"It is clear to us from this conversation that the president respects  
police officers and the often difficult and dangerous situations we  
face on a daily basis. We appreciate his sincere interest and  
willingness to reconsider his remarks about the Cambridge Police  
Department," the statement read.

... "Because this has been ratcheting up -- and I obviously helped to  
contribute ratcheting it up -- I want to make clear that in my choice  
of words, I think, I unfortunately... gave an impression that I was  
maligning the Cambridge police department or Sgt. Crowley  
specifically," the president said. "And I could've calibrated those  
words differently. And I told this to Sgt. Crowley."

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:04 PM, "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>  
wrote:

>
>
> Thanks! I see you have come to your senses, done a little checking,  
> and acknowlage that BHO has refused to appologise for his silly gaff.
>
> From the very first paragraph of your news  item"
>
> "President Obama called the Cambridge police officer who arrested  
> his friend, prominent Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates  
> Jr., but did not go so far as to say he apologized to the sergeant  
> for saying the police acted "stupidly" during the incident."
>
> The rest of the article pretty much bears out everything I have said  
> over the course of the latest series of posts.
>
> I assume from the latest "jackass" remarks that having to admit that  
> you were wrong (again) leaves you feeling out of sorts?
>
> g
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> To: "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>
> Cc: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>; "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com 
> >
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Familial CORRECTION] Re: Say What?
>
> Look here, jackass:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8163051
>
> And "jackass" is not my word; I'm just redirecting it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 29, 2009, at 4:45 PM, "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Since you made your erroneous, irrelavent, and quite frankly, absurd
> > comment
> > under the heading "g stated" followed by my remarks, I became
> > confused. I'm
> > sure that when Glenn Beck pops in to check out your opinion with
> > regard to
> > his comments he will be devastated by your shrewd logic and  
> rhetorical
> > acumen.
> >
> > And I still fail to see how the hue of ones relatives determines  
> ones
> > capacity for racism.
> >
> > g
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> > To: "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>
> > Cc: "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>; "vision 2020"
> > <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Familial CORRECTION] Re: Say What?
> >
> >
> >> Again, g, and for the final time . . .
> >>
> >> My statement concerning Obama's grandfater was in response to the
> >> comment
> >> made by Glenn Beck at the begining of this "Say What?" thread.  It
> >> was, in
> >> no way aimed at you.
> >>
> >> However, just because you are paranoid doesb't mean that they
> >> AREN'T after
> >> you . . .
> >>
> >> Paranoia Self-Destroya.
> >>
> >> ENUFF SAID !!
> >>
> >> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >>
> >> Tom  Hansen
> >> Moscow, Idaho
> >>
> >>> rac·ism (rszm)
> >>> n.
> >>> 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human
> >>> character or
> >>> ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
> >>> 2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>>  
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> racist adj. & n
> >>>
> >>> I seem to recall kicking  off my comments on this topic by stating
> >>> that
> >>> "I
> >>> wouldn't go so far as to brand the POTUS a racist." Actually wrote
> >>> it
> >>> down.
> >>> That said, I don't see anything in the above definition that
> >>> disqualifies
> >>> anyone based on the color of their relatives skin. Where do you
> >>> come by
> >>> this
> >>> quaint notion?
> >>>
> >>> g
> >
> >
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> >
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