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I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing.
Sergeant Crowley, the sole class act in this trio, helps the handicapped Professor Gates down the stairs, while Barack Obama, heedless of the infirmities of his friend and fellow victim of self-defined racial profiling, strides ahead on his own. So who is compassionate? And who is so self-involved and arrogant that he is oblivious?
In my own dealings with the wealthy and powerful, I have always found that the way to quickly capture the moral essence of a person is to watch how they treat those who are less powerful. Do they understand that the others are also human beings with feelings? Especially when they think nobody is looking.
Originally posted by jimmyx
it "reveals" absolutely nothing...there are so many good reasons why obama is not helping gates, they're too numerous to mention. someone is reading wwwaaaaaayyyy too much into this. get a grip, for god's sakes
Originally posted by MajesticJax
You know, I would feel better about this cop if it wasn't for the "jungle monkey" comment.
President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from the extra care.
In a nationally televised event at the White House, Obama said families need better information so they don't unthinkingly approve "additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care."
He added: "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."
Originally posted by MajesticJax
You know, I would feel better about this cop if it wasn't for the "jungle monkey" comment.
Originally posted by phi1618
seems like a picture could be worth a thousand words, as well as a thousand interpretations.
Originally posted by Scooby Doo
We weren't there, so we can never be too judgmental. He may have offered to help, he may not have. So I am not going to jump to conclusions and say it is ill-mannered .
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by jimmyx
it "reveals" absolutely nothing...there are so many good reasons why obama is not helping gates, they're too numerous to mention. someone is reading wwwaaaaaayyyy too much into this. get a grip, for god's sakes
It is not about Gates.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by MajesticJax
You know, I would feel better about this cop if it wasn't for the "jungle monkey" comment.
That was Officer Justin Barrett, 36, who is also an active member of the National Guard, who sent an e-mail to some fellow Guard members, as well as the Boston Globe, in which he vented his displeasure with a July 22 Globe column about Gates' controversial arrest.
www.drudge.com...
See how people get things confused?
Originally posted by MajesticJax
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by MajesticJax
You know, I would feel better about this cop if it wasn't for the "jungle monkey" comment.
That was Officer Justin Barrett, 36, who is also an active member of the National Guard, who sent an e-mail to some fellow Guard members, as well as the Boston Globe, in which he vented his displeasure with a July 22 Globe column about Gates' controversial arrest.
www.drudge.com...
See how people get things confused?
I stand corrected. I consider myself fairly tolerant of other people.
How many other people has this confused? Maybe that was intentional, huh?