<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div>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):</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><p>Late today, Gates' attorney, Charles Ogletree, told ABC News that his client was "relieved and excited" by the president's telephone outreach.</p><p>"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.</p><p>Representatives of Sgt. James Crowley released a statement saying Crowley was "profoundly grateful" for the phone call.</p><p>"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.</p></span>... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.28125); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.214844); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.214844); line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">"Because this has been ratcheting up -- and I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up -- I want to make clear that in my <a href="javascript:openPopup('http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8167749',%20'popup',%201010,%20700,%20'status=1,%20resizable=1');" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">choice of words</a>, 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."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.226562); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.226562); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></span>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:04 PM, "the lockshop" <<a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com"><a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">From the very first paragraph of your news
item"</font></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">"President<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/obama-calls-cambridge-police-officer-invites-him-for-a-beer-with-gates-at-the-white-house-.html"><font face="Arial" size="2">Obama called the Cambridge police officer who arrested his
friend</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">, prominent Harvard University
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but <font color="#ff0000">did not go so far as to
say he apologized</font> to the sergeant for saying the police acted "stupidly"
during the incident."</font></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2">The rest of the article pretty much bears out everything I
have said over the course of the latest series of
posts.</font></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2">I assume from the latest "jackass" remarks that having to
admit that you were wrong (again) leaves you feeling out of
sorts?</font></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none"><font face="Arial" size="2">g</font></span></span></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">----- Original Message ----- </font>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">From: "Joe Campbell" <</font><a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">To: "the lockshop" <</font><a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Cc: "Tom Hansen" <</font><a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">thansen@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">>; "vision 2020"
<</font><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">vision2020@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:53 PM</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Familial CORRECTION] Re:
Say What?</font></div></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br><font size="2"></font></font></div><font face="Arial" size="2">Look here, jackass:<br><br></font><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8163051"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8163051</font></a><br><br><font face="Arial" size="2">And "jackass" is not my word; I'm just redirecting
it.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>On Jul 29, 2009, at 4:45 PM, "the
lockshop" <</font><a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">>
<br>wrote:<br><br>><br>><br>> Since you made your erroneous,
irrelavent, and quite frankly, absurd <br>> comment<br>> under the
heading "g stated" followed by my remarks, I became <br>> confused.
I'm<br>> sure that when Glenn Beck pops in to check out your opinion
with <br>> regard to<br>> his comments he will be devastated by your
shrewd logic and rhetorical<br>> acumen.<br>><br>> And I still fail to
see how the hue of ones relatives determines ones<br>> capacity for
racism.<br>><br>> g<br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From:
"Tom Hansen" <</font><a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">thansen@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">><br>> To:
"the lockshop" <</font><a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">><br>> Cc: "g. crabtree" <</font><a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">jampot@roadrunner.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">>; "vision
2020"<br>> <</font><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">vision2020@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">><br>>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:09 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
[Familial CORRECTION] Re: Say What?<br>><br>><br>>> Again, g, and
for the final time . . .<br>>><br>>> My statement concerning Obama's
grandfater was in response to the <br>>> comment<br>>> made by
Glenn Beck at the begining of this "Say What?" thread. It
<br>>> was, in<br>>> no way aimed at you.<br>>><br>>>
However, just because you are paranoid doesb't mean that they <br>>>
AREN'T after<br>>> you . . .<br>>><br>>> Paranoia
Self-Destroya.<br>>><br>>> ENUFF SAID !!<br>>><br>>>
Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>>><br>>> Tom Hansen<br>>>
Moscow, Idaho<br>>><br>>>> rac·ism (rszm)<br>>>>
n.<br>>>> 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in
human <br>>>> character or<br>>>> ability and that a
particular race is superior to others.<br>>>> 2. Discrimination or
prejudice based on race.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> ---
<br>>>> --- <br>>>> --- <br>>>> --- <br>>>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>>>><br>>>>
racist adj. & n<br>>>><br>>>> I seem to recall
kicking off my comments on this topic by stating <br>>>>
that<br>>>> "I<br>>>> wouldn't go so far as to brand the POTUS
a racist." Actually wrote <br>>>> it<br>>>>
down.<br>>>> That said, I don't see anything in the above definition
that <br>>>> disqualifies<br>>>> anyone based on the
color of their relatives skin. Where do you <br>>>> come
by<br>>>> this<br>>>> quaint
notion?<br>>>><br>>>> g<br>><br>><br>> --- <br>>
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