@Motor_Yakuza: Thats not how you use 'bangers'
Its a Cockscrew. Care to sniff the cork?
RADICAL LEADERS PREY ON THE FEARFUL & NAIVE
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The graphic is too small - Is the topic sandwiched between 'Russia' and M(iddle) East 'Other' or 'Cher'? (I'm guessing Cher).
Are the Lord of The Rings movies considered sequels when an impossibly long narrative is divided into tolerably long segments? #auteurs
This episode reminded me of the Mirror Universe episode of Strangers with Candy
I like the guy and everything, but really? He's still in charge of two wars, albeit inherited. I guess its worth it if it makes the right's head explode.
@schmoovemoves: Nice retort! Got facts? Or is this some new lazy talking point because researching the issue is time consuming?
I like this show alot, but I wish they would show a gay person who was not either the creepy feely old guy or the off the shoulder precious fag stereotype.
I thought the father was the best. Ironic, because I think he plays one of the gay characters in My Name Is Earl
@WackoJacko: Lets not forget that John Travolta testifies about the day his son dead.
@raincoaster: Only if he removes his sweater. Oops, he's not wearing one.
Picture #5 looks photoshopped
My favorite 'car' movie: The Blues Brothers (1980). It isn't so much a love of cars as it is an epic of maiming as many cars in as many ways as possible.
They should have done the same thing for Sotomayor - on the set of Judge Judy
@scroll_lock: True, but after the whole Michael Jackson shitstorm its nice to recognize a truely great man for his competent, drama free accomplishemnts.
@Richard Lawson: From the perspective of the woman who called it in, yes, you are right. But from the perspective of Gates, or the Cop, i don't think so. And that's why I think there is a level of intellectual dishonesty in discussing this case. Is this a problem nationally? Definitely yes. In this particular case, in Cambridge, with a cop who teaches race-sensitivity and a nationally known professor on the subject, no.
@bluebears:
None of us was there, I grant you; but I do live here and racism is not the default motivating factor in conflicts in Harvard adjacent neighborhoods. Statistcally its more probable for a connected priveleged elite - regardless of their race - to throw a hissy fit for being questioned by a cop.
@Helio:
I think your comment underlines my point exactly!
I'm talking about how people - the cop, the citizen, and the president - can be sidetraked by poor action and reactions.
But sure, go ahead and say 'blame the black dude' because thats the easy way out.
Ugh, I am so sick of this story. Nobody participating in this is right, up to and including Obama. Its obvious to me that:
1. It started as an abvious case of mistaken identity
2. Gates, being an educated and respected figure on the topic of race, needlessly escalated the conflict by claiming racism early in the incident
3. When an authority figure asks something and you respond "you don't know who you're dealing with" or you demand to speak to their boss, there a word for it: Diva. Yes, the President & Oprah are your friends, and your lawyer is Charles Ogilvy. That is not liscence to go apeshit.
3. There seems to some intellectual dishonesty when Gates recounts his attitude ('I asked politely' and 'I was too horse to yell' Blah blah)
I live in the area. As a gay man I could easily play the 'Homophobe' and 'victim' card. It would be unfounded and get me nowhere. Cambridge is not Selma or Southie.
A woman pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman? So Victor/Victoria!!!
