tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post5961265115186655388..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Once More Unto The GatesJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-74372285257600022912009-07-28T22:03:14.239-04:002009-07-28T22:03:14.239-04:00Gibson, of course, faced the considerably more ser...<i>Gibson, of course, faced the considerably more serious charge of operating a vehicle while under the influence, but got to use It Was The Liquor Talking as a cover for public anti- Semitism and sexism. The Professional Black Professor will receive no such consideration, as he, like the Latina judge, reveals a deep, permanent character flaw by not being a middle-class white person.)</i><br /><Lindahttp://www.nofreemoney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-64995833918549954632009-07-28T16:17:48.387-04:002009-07-28T16:17:48.387-04:00Thanks, Doghouse. I keep trying to argue this poin...Thanks, Doghouse. I keep trying to argue this point with idiots, and manage not not be anywhere near as clear and eloquent. From now on, I'm just pointing people here. <br /><br />"What he said."D. Sidhenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-48478201972129455492009-07-28T15:43:34.311-04:002009-07-28T15:43:34.311-04:00Brilliant wielding of the machete to clear the iss...Brilliant wielding of the machete to clear the issue to its relevant points, DR. (Not unusual or unexpected, but you still deserve to hear it from time to time.) I wish I could staple a printout of this post and the two previous ones to the foreheads of about 99.8% of everyone else I've heard opining on this episode.<br /><br />Particularly the cop-worshipers.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-51116766986957368932009-07-28T13:22:37.060-04:002009-07-28T13:22:37.060-04:00And the answer is no, 'cause I forgot the ques...And the answer is no, 'cause I forgot the question mark. <br /><br />Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest (me)?map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18086258562572400072009-07-28T13:19:22.692-04:002009-07-28T13:19:22.692-04:00Christ, can I never respond without making a mista...Christ, can I never respond without making a mistake. I meant "subsequent."<br /><br />See, Doghouse, some of us 55-year-olds do need a dictionary and thesaurus.map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-12756485433574664252009-07-28T13:13:42.136-04:002009-07-28T13:13:42.136-04:00That or the selection and consequent election of G...That or the selection and consequent election of George W. Bush.map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61881441244004914062009-07-28T12:53:14.063-04:002009-07-28T12:53:14.063-04:00Some math prof out there (can't be arsed to fi...Some math prof out there (can't be arsed to find it now) has a book about how, with so many of us crowding the globe, previously unlikely, even impossible things have become possible.<br /><br />I think 'Gatesgate' proves this.guitarist manquénoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-41976251592201918992009-07-28T12:33:30.053-04:002009-07-28T12:33:30.053-04:00And a further "Well,..."
Having read th...And a further "Well,..."<br /><br />Having read the NYT report of the release of the original 911 call, I would say that Crowley lied through his teeth. No mention of two black men with backpacks, but a mention of two suitcases sitting on the porch. <br /><br />Verification word: complies.<br /><br />Wrong, I comply with nothing.map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-91830316833026608622009-07-28T12:19:40.897-04:002009-07-28T12:19:40.897-04:00Well, in Gates' defense, both the paper and po...Well, in Gates' defense, both the paper and police reports indicate that he said "YOUR momma," not "yo momma." Surely that's a point is his favor (elitist though it might be).map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18257704373707437672009-07-28T09:26:22.694-04:002009-07-28T09:26:22.694-04:00Gates is not famous enough.
Which is why I've...<i>Gates is not famous enough.</i><br /><br />Which is why I've recused myself -- I actually knew who Gates was when the story broke. When the <i>Yo Moma</i> accusation appeared, my first thought was, and still is, <i>Certainly not.</i> Now, substitute Spike Lee for Prof. Gates, however....Grace Nearinghttp://scriptoids.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-71566180868727402722009-07-27T17:22:15.288-04:002009-07-27T17:22:15.288-04:00It's striking to me how this story has hinged ...It's striking to me how this story has hinged on details that many people got wrong at first, not because they weren't reported or were reported incorrectly, but because the papers made certain assumptions of readers that the readers couldn't fulfill.<br /><br />I'm not quite ready to attribute this to evil intentions on the part of media figgers, who are more likely to play it Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257943805855006132noreply@blogger.com