Gates thing
From here:
Another data point: I’ve got an (left-wing, Cantabridgian) employee who used to serve the guy coffee every morning at an independent coffeehouse near Harvard’s campus … and the guy says that Gates is a self-satisfied blow-hard.
I can add a second data point to your employee’s data point. A year ago I worked at a research institute where he was a fellow. He didn’t show up that often, but when he did he pretty much expected everyone to drop everything to cater to him. Whenever he walked by our office he used to bang, loudly, on our window. Not in a friendly, “Hi, how are ya!” kind of way, but in a “Skip Gates has arrived, acknowledge me!” kind of way.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Most tenured & research professors I've met are complete dickheads. That cuts across every discipline, too -- the arts, sciences, & everything in between.
As their salaries increase, so does their level of dickheadedness.
As their salaries increase, so does their level of dickheadedness.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Why the fuck does he have an opinion, anyway? He had no knowledge about what happened, and he still has something to say about it. Same as that coup or whatever in Central America, recently. Christ.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8163051&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8163051&page=1
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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It's hard for me to pick a side here: race hustler vs. cop. Normally I'd side against race hustler, but all to often a charge of "disorderly conduct" is simply a charge of "contempt of cop." See here:
Sgt. Crowley was understandably carrying out his duty to investigate the report, and from the quotes attributed to Gates, the professor was unfair in his comments to an officer doing a good job. But being rude, unfair, or disrespectful should not be illegal, and that’s essentially the effect of most disorderly conduct laws. Our American society increasingly hands more responsibility and control to the great Nanny State. Heightened arrests under disorderly conduct laws enable this frightening progression.
President Obama would have been wise to avoid this controversy, particularly since he admits to lacking all of the facts. But ultimately I cannot disagree with the thrust of his statement. Arresting Prof. Gates under the circumstances was stupid and Americans in every state would do well to scale back the reach of disorderly conduct laws.
"But being rude, unfair, or disrespectful should not be illegal, and that’s essentially the effect of most disorderly conduct laws. "
I've been saying from the beginning, the cop should have had more patience. Being rude to a cop shouldn't even be close to an arrestable offense. But it is, and the race pimp shouldn't have been such a dick.
I've been saying from the beginning, the cop should have had more patience. Being rude to a cop shouldn't even be close to an arrestable offense. But it is, and the race pimp shouldn't have been such a dick.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I have no doubt that Gates was a douche. But once his identity and right to be there were confirmed, why didn’t the cop just leave? Why did he feel compelled to remain there and cause the incident to continue to escalate? Was he trying to “control the situation”?
I really hate that phrase. Just about every story I hear these days about a cop crossing the line has involved that phrase. That is a phrase that has absolutely no place coming out of the mouth of an authority figure in a free society.
I really hate that phrase. Just about every story I hear these days about a cop crossing the line has involved that phrase. That is a phrase that has absolutely no place coming out of the mouth of an authority figure in a free society.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
I got the impression he was leaving. And Gates was following him outside. At which point, he was arrested. I didn't get the impression that the cop was lingering, other than due to the fact that Gates was 'raging' on him. I also got the impression that Gates took his time showing his ID, which made the officer stay there longer than needed.
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I don't doubt you one bit. I worked for such a person last friday. Had the back door on his 100+ year old mansion tore out when he informs me that the door on my truck is the wrong one. All I can say is that is the one the lumber company built for you and told me to hang.Malcolm wrote:Most tenured & research professors I've met are complete dickheads. That cuts across every discipline, too -- the arts, sciences, & everything in between.
As their salaries increase, so does their level of dickheadedness.
I explain to him we are pretty much out of options. Install the wrong door and fix it later or plywood the hole up. 45 minutes later he decides to install the door. I'm billing him for the time.
At first he was starting to help us. Taking out screws with a screwdriver instead of letting me in with my drill. I was ready to explain to him my pay rate when he stopped. X dollars on hour. XX if you watch me work. XXX if you help me work.
In marriage there is always one person right. And the other one is the husband.
As the page turns:
So the lady who called in released a statement. On her 911 call she never said black suspects. Of course, she called one of them "big and maybe hispanic" but whatever. Actually that's funny, because her laywer said "She didn't see their race" just their behavior... except for the part where she said one was Hispanic... BUT OTHER THAN THAT... she didnt see race.
Also says she never talked to the officer at the scene, like it says in the police reports. (Edit: I guess the officer could have talked to the old woman who told the original lady to call the cops?)
This whole incident is just one big crock of shit after another.
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So the lady who called in released a statement. On her 911 call she never said black suspects. Of course, she called one of them "big and maybe hispanic" but whatever. Actually that's funny, because her laywer said "She didn't see their race" just their behavior... except for the part where she said one was Hispanic... BUT OTHER THAN THAT... she didnt see race.
Also says she never talked to the officer at the scene, like it says in the police reports. (Edit: I guess the officer could have talked to the old woman who told the original lady to call the cops?)
This whole incident is just one big crock of shit after another.
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I'd kill to drink at this table.
Based on their choices of beer, I'm now forced to side w\ Crowley. The prez drinks Clydesdale piss.
The president will drink Bud Light, Gates will have Red Stripe, and Crowley will drink Blue Moon
Based on their choices of beer, I'm now forced to side w\ Crowley. The prez drinks Clydesdale piss.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."