tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3122582938638497417..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: No Commentkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61484786844021177292010-02-13T18:43:37.720-05:002010-02-13T18:43:37.720-05:00Cool blog you got here. I'd like to read somet...Cool blog you got here. I'd like to read something more about this theme. Thank you for giving this information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47854181750566916082010-02-12T16:05:43.306-05:002010-02-12T16:05:43.306-05:00sipon http://cciworldwide.org/members/Annuity-Cal...sipon http://cciworldwide.org/members/Annuity-Calculator.aspx upumping http://cciworldwide.org/members/Bariatric-Surgery.aspx faxed http://cciworldwide.org/members/Electric-Blankets.aspx newns http://gotuc.net/members/Furnace-Filters/default.aspx vilai http://gotuc.net/members/Vending-Machines/default.aspx brechtje http://gotuc.net/members/Kitchen-Cabinets/default.aspx ritm http://gotuc.net/members/Slipcovers/default.aspx liftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2860176587366501992009-08-03T22:36:10.034-04:002009-08-03T22:36:10.034-04:00Anonymous said...
Is Harvard a state school?
...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Is Harvard a state school?<br /><br /> 7/31/09 10:18 PM<br />-----<br /><br />No, Silly. Of course not.<br /><br />It is a Communist SchoolA nony mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86539048987307494562009-08-03T17:47:37.498-04:002009-08-03T17:47:37.498-04:00I just read over at the Daily Howler that "Wh...I just read over at the Daily Howler that "Whalen's lawyer" "'[D]oes not believe the police acted inappropriately' in making the arrest." Assuming that's the egregious Murphy, so much for my prediction.<br /><br />Whalen, will probably endure another round of being called a racist.Hieronymus Braintreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303938809800287873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76726473316200137242009-08-03T17:38:20.816-04:002009-08-03T17:38:20.816-04:00A Duke Dad said...
1) The 911 caller, Lucia Whal...<b>A Duke Dad said... </b><br /><br /><i>1) The 911 caller, Lucia Whalen, was asked the race of the two suspicious men. Whalen was very unsure, said possibly one was hispanic. This is clear in the tape of the 911 call.<br /><br />Crowley's report, which was on the web days before the tapes were released, states when he arrived at the scene, he first spoke with Whalen, before approaching the house. Whalen told Crowley she had seen "two black men with backpacks on the porch" ... "one of the men wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry".<br /><br />What caused Whalen to change her story. Does she stand behind the "two black men forcing the door"[?]</i><br /><br />Here's one plausible explanation: Recall that an older woman first drew Whalen's attention to the activity and asked Whalen to call 911 on her cellphone. At that point, when the operator asked Whalen about the race(s) of the perpetrators, Whalen -- who had not had a clear look -- could have plausibly said, "I'm not sure, one of them might have been Hispanic".<br /><br />Then, after hanging up with 911 and while waiting with the elderly lady for the police to arrive, Whalen probably asked the older woman what she saw, since it is apparent that the older woman saw the incident more clearly and from an earlier point in time. The older woman probably said to Whalen that she saw it was two black men, and it was this that Whalen was reporting to Crowley when he arrived.<br /><br />Make sense?<br /><br />RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29900857413723506912009-08-03T16:08:50.793-04:002009-08-03T16:08:50.793-04:00Observer said, at 8:37 AM,
"Judge Napalitan...<b>Observer said, at 8:37 AM, </b><br /><br /><i>"Judge Napalitano, a well known advocate for civil liberties, analyzes the Gates situation and concludes the episode violated the 4th Amendment. First, he asserts that Mr. Crowley did not have probable cause or an invitation to enter the property under Mass. law. (I would have loved to hear chapter and verse, plus it's not really clear whether Mr. Gates invited/allowed Mr. Crowley to enter.) And second, the Judge maintains that if you are being disorderly on your own property, even if it's in view of the public, that is ok. You may not be arrested for this. (I would like to hear chapter and verse on that one, too.)"</i><br /><br />Judge Napolitano begged his own question: He said, "<b>If</b> Gates was arrested for his <b>words</b>", then the arrest was illegal. Well, no shit, Judge. But if Gates was arrested for his <b>behavior</b>, then what? "Oh, then it's legal!" OK, thanks, Judge. <br /><br />The <b>reason</b> the First Amendment doesn't protect the right to "shout 'Fire' in a crowded theater", is because it doesn't protect <b>shouting of any kind</b> in a public theater. It's not the words, it's the behavior. <br /><br />RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36964951543524417312009-08-03T06:59:06.220-04:002009-08-03T06:59:06.220-04:00I'm surprised that there has been almost no an...I'm surprised that there has been almost no analyses of "Gates-gate" that has shown the nexus between it and the Duke Lacrosse case.<br /><br />KC, can you connect the dots, or am I the only one who sees the lines?<br /><br />RRHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32396090799181689542009-08-02T20:37:00.613-04:002009-08-02T20:37:00.613-04:00vodpod.com/watch/1974991-fox-news-legal-analyst-.....vodpod.com/watch/1974991-fox-news-legal-analyst-... - 64k -<br /><br />Judge Napalitano, a well known advocate for civil liberties, analyzes the Gates situation and concludes the episode violated the 4th Amendment. First, he asserts that Mr. Crowley did not have probable cause or an invitation to enter the property under Mass. law. (I would have loved to hear chapter and verse, plus it's not really clear whether Mr. Gates invited/allowed Mr. Crowley to enter.) And second, the Judge maintains that if you are being disorderly on your own property, even if it's in view of the public, that is ok. You may not be arrested for this. (I would like to hear chapter and verse on that one, too.) Even though the discussion is not quite as thorough as I would like, there it is. I believe the Judge is in the business of defending civil liberties with great vigor rather than subtle analysis...but maybe I am wrong. <br /><br />I have not read or heard a single police officer say that Mr. Crowley did anything but strictly follow police procedure, so maybe it really would be useful to straighten this out. The country's policemen seem to be in direct disagreement with the Judge. And I am still confused about how precisely Mr. Crowley should have conducted the investigation. The Judge is arguing that Mr. Crowley never should have stepped into the house. Does that mean that Mr. Gates could slam the door and refuse to show his ID? If this had happened would Mr. Crowley have been expected to go get a warrant? What if Mr. Gates had politely sent Mr. Crowley on his way without showing an ID and closed the door gently? What if Mr. Gates had hidden in the closet...could Mr. Crowley have entered to check out the situation? Not if the Judge is correct. All of this seems like useful information for citizens (and burglars) to know. <br /><br />ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62583897932723678362009-08-02T19:35:16.806-04:002009-08-02T19:35:16.806-04:00No racism here: The New Black Panther teachable mo...No racism here: The New Black Panther teachable moment. Nice to see this widely condemned on the front pages of New York (USSR) Times and CBS "News". /sarc<br /><br />"No whites" signs<br />http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nbpp2.jpgjamil husseinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78777296009479771692009-08-02T18:25:57.561-04:002009-08-02T18:25:57.561-04:00LaShawn Barber's Henry Louis Gates Needs A Shr...LaShawn Barber's <a href="http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2009/07/27/henry-louis-gates-needs-a-shrink/" rel="nofollow">Henry Louis Gates Needs A Shrink</a>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86178627197578816202009-08-02T17:03:03.964-04:002009-08-02T17:03:03.964-04:00Vincent "Fast Eddie" Clark said:
There ...Vincent "Fast Eddie" Clark said:<br /><br /><b>There is no reason to be mean-spirited and vindictive.</b><br /><br />Yes, I agree with that. <br /><br />But, Fast Eddie, wouldn't you agree, that filing false police reports and perjury are "mean-spirited and vindictive" ?<br /><br />And, Fast Eddie, wouldn't you agree that lying to railroad three innocent people into jail, facing 30 year terms each is also "mean-spirited and vindictive" ?<br /><br />And, in addition to this lying whore, wouldn't you say that the chorus of enablers and supporters, each looking to further their agenda or wallet, are also "mean-spirited and vindictive" ?<br /><br />No, Fast Eddie, I do NOT accept your smarmy attempt to gloss over a truly evil act - a contemporary Scottsboro. That she first accused three young men of something that never happened ... and then continued to repeat and embellish the fiction. All without regard to the consequences to others.a Nice NJ Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776159775859690321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9565566481241993842009-08-02T13:13:24.183-04:002009-08-02T13:13:24.183-04:00KC is astounded by who Ms. Whalen's lawyer is ...KC is astounded by who Ms. Whalen's lawyer is but not that a 911 caller felt compelled to retain a lawyer?<br />Pffft.<br />North of Detroit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12064581202759870852009-08-02T11:07:54.221-04:002009-08-02T11:07:54.221-04:00My guess is that the reason Wendy Murphy is repres...My guess is that the reason Wendy Murphy is representing Whalen is because she wants Whalen to claim that Gates was not acting wildly when he was arrested. <br /><br />I've looked this thing over and I am definitely in the minority in that I think Crowley's behavior was appropriate and that Gates deserved to be arrested. I think what we have here is a belligerant prima donna. <br /><br />First off, Crowley's story is extremely consistent. He was trying to investigate a burglary and Gates responded like a first-rate jackass playing fake victim to Crowley's supposed racism when Crowley, who has been voluntarilly defended (and comforted on CNN) by black cops as definitely not a racist, was doing Gates the favor of making sure his home wasn't being burglarized again. Having probable cause, he followed Gates into his home who finally showed him ID, while continuing to throw a tantrum, and gave him the old you-don't-know-who-you're-dealing-with routine. That, BTW, is what you call a threat. It say's "I'm so important and powerful that I shall soon extract some retribution at your expense." Gates then followed Crowley outside, continuing his wing ding according to a fellow officer arriving on the scene. If you make a loud public spectacle of yourself outdoors, guess what? That's disorderly conduct. <br /><br />Cops cannot afford to let themselves get bullied. If a white senator behaved like that, I'd want him arrested too, especially if he were Republican. He'd have earned it. Gates, it seems, figured quite accurately that the power structure would rally around him and not the cop, because that's exactly what happened. <br /><br />Two points, when Gates decided to go public he had himself interviewed by his, um, duaghter, who predictably behaved like a perfect little lickspittle acting w/o even so much as a pretense of skepticism. Try to imagine the liberal response if Crowley went running to his mother. And, incidentally, Gates story even with his fawning heir supporting every word, was only able to come up only the most minimally detailed story. Compare that to Crowley's police report. <br /><br />Second, Crowley stood up to real reporters after the beer summit. Gates issued a statement and ran from anyone who might ask him an inconvenient question or two. <br /><br />That's just not the way a person who has a solid story behaves.<br /><br />There will be no law suit. The last thing Gates wants is to put himself on the stand. He's running scared.Hieronymus Braintreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303938809800287873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43726824629350505992009-08-02T01:06:04.507-04:002009-08-02T01:06:04.507-04:00Gates-gate
In other words, pay no attention to t...<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/766qvwac.asp" rel="nofollow">Gates-gate</a><br /><br /><br /><b><i>In other words, pay no attention to the fact that the mayor of Cambridge, the governor of Massachusetts, and the president of the United States--all of whom have spoken out in his (Crowley's) favor--are African American. According to Gates, that only serves to obscure the true nature of our society.</i></b>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54864091030667507742009-08-02T00:56:06.421-04:002009-08-02T00:56:06.421-04:00Jane Shaw, the woman I met briefly at the Duke con...Jane Shaw, the woman I met briefly at the Duke conference back in March, has written <a href="http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2210" rel="nofollow">a noteworthy column</a>.<br /><br />Tailor-made for the Brodhead administration.<br /><br /><b>"For years now, we have heard about the politicized faculty on our university campuses. Less known and equally disturbing is the lack of accountability by the administrators and trustees who are nominally their employers. One-Party Classroom reminds us, first, that the power of faculty to teach what they want is increasingly abused. It reminds us, second, that their supposed bosses are unwilling to take charge, even when the evidence of intellectual bullying is plain for all to see."</b>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45583612208669404992009-08-02T00:45:00.333-04:002009-08-02T00:45:00.333-04:00"I'd love to hear Debrah's comments (...<i>"I'd love to hear Debrah's comments (sorry KC) on whether women can trust men who drink light beer or even more horrifying, non alcoholic "beer". In which circle of hell did Dante put these fools?"</i><br /><br /><br />First, I don't understand what the "sorry KC" means.<br /><br />Second, and it's only my opinion......I'm a bit wary of anyone who drinks "light" anything.<br /><br />Or "non-alcoholic" drinks.<br /><br />Why not simply turn up a bottle of vinegar and drink that?<br /><br />It would be a lot cheaper.<br /><br />Why bother?<br /><br />I don't recommend that anyone drink or not drink; however, no one can deny the health benefits of drinking wine.....in moderation.<br /><br />IMO, beer stinks, but it's become one of those "guy things" in which partaking is supposed to be a <i>bonding experience</i>.<br /><br />Judging by the pictures from the White House photo-op, those beer mugs were silly props and were still full---no heavy drinkers, they---as the cameras rolled.<br /><br /><i>Staged, sealed, delivered.....it's yours.</i><br /><br />With apologies to Stevie Wonder.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35484118511750686352009-08-01T11:56:10.371-04:002009-08-01T11:56:10.371-04:00This short video has Murphy saying that Ms. Whalen...<a href="http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/07/27/Broadside-Wendy-Murphy/1248737633.html" rel="nofollow">This short video</a> has Murphy saying that Ms. Whalen contacted her.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87433582846196650152009-08-01T10:35:35.259-04:002009-08-01T10:35:35.259-04:00Thanks, Deborah, for the animated cartoon laugh an...Thanks, Deborah, for the animated cartoon laugh and the article from the clear head of Stuart Taylor. <br /><br />Love the fact that Henry Louis Gates is the editor-in-chief of The Root, a fact Mr. Taylor notes and I neglected to mention in my comment. BTW the article I cited above is pretty critical of Mr. Gates. <br /><br />At this point I am surprised at the lack of constitutional legal analysis regarding the Gates/Crowley scene, so without doing the work I am going to make an assertion and hope that someone with a firmer and more recent grounding in constitutional law will either contradict or affirm my views on this.<br /><br />I believe the legal basis for any potential claims by Mr. Gates against Mr. Crowley is quite weak, and Mr. Crowley did not abuse his discretion in arresting Mr. Gates. Otherwise, we would have had innumerable lawsuits prior to this episode and cases to cite establishing more clearly the citizen's right to berate police officers as they investigate and possibly intervene in a crime as it transpires. Other officers might have chosen to handle the situation differently, but nothing in the Constitution protected Mr. Gates from arrest for disorderly conduct. <br /><br />Berating a police officer investigating a possible crime in response to a 911 call, throwing out fighting words (like "I'll speak with yo mama on the front porch"), and following the police officer onto the front porch and peppering him with verbal assaults in view of the public as he descends the front steps is not speech/conduct protected by the Constitution. <br /><br />The fact Mr. Gates was in his castle does not give him license to behave in this manner. The 4th Amendment and case law give him protection from a warrentless search, but Mr. Crowley had ample probable cause based on the 911 call to sort out Mr. Gates identity and his right to be in the house. Further, Mr. Crowley had grounds to arrest Mr. Gates...even though many of us are sorry he did.<br /><br />ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34766414767799340742009-07-31T22:18:20.564-04:002009-07-31T22:18:20.564-04:00Is Harvard a state school?Is Harvard a state school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67065912795865288682009-07-31T14:00:20.701-04:002009-07-31T14:00:20.701-04:00An interesting comment by Ruben Navarrette, Jr., a...An interesting comment by Ruben Navarrette, Jr., at CNN.com, in discussing the reaction from academia.<br /><br />"Catch that? The black elites who depicted Gates as Huey Newton in a tweed coat long ago stopped seeing themselves as part of the community they claim to represent to the rest of academia. Police might roust other African-Americans. But Skip and his posse spend their summers on Martha's Vineyard. They're better than ordinary black folks, and they expect to be treated as such."<br /><br />The full article can be found at:<br />http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/31/navarrette.gates.crowley/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59591160400674707492009-07-31T11:05:13.423-04:002009-07-31T11:05:13.423-04:00Stuart's Sotomayor, Gates, and Race at Nationa...Stuart's <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/openingargument.php" rel="nofollow">Sotomayor, Gates, and Race</a> at <i>National Journal</i>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-15435683665107981942009-07-31T00:21:20.465-04:002009-07-31T00:21:20.465-04:00I'd love to hear Debrah's comments (sorry ...I'd love to hear Debrah's comments (sorry KC) on whether women can trust men who drink light beer or even more horrifying, non alcoholic "beer". In which circle of hell did Dante put these fools?Ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19403617093114966752009-07-30T23:55:54.068-04:002009-07-30T23:55:54.068-04:00Sometimes you just have to give credit where credi...Sometimes you just have to give credit where credit is due.<br /><br />I've just finished laughing so hard that tears are flowing down my face and I'm losing my breath.<br /><br />Nothing....I mean <b>nothing</b>.....tells the story like that little animation at the end of the comment.<br /><br /><a href="http://hackedbannedandlockeddown.yuku.com/topic/3468/t/Re-John-in-Carolina-has-a-Bug-up-his-Ass-about-Charlie-s.html?page=-1" rel="nofollow">Scroll down</a>, but make sure that you are not eating or drinking anything around your computer when you do.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34173084907149848452009-07-30T23:39:14.840-04:002009-07-30T23:39:14.840-04:00An oldie, but goodie!An oldie, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vNggdW3lZ8" rel="nofollow">but goodie!</a>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71142187623835876362009-07-30T17:04:56.131-04:002009-07-30T17:04:56.131-04:00KC,
If Wendy Murphy is representing the 911 calle...KC,<br /><br />If Wendy Murphy is representing the 911 caller, what does that say about the caller? <br /><br />Remember who was on the OJ defense team in the murder trial. Some of those very people are very important in exoneration cases all around the country and in North Carolina. Lawyers, public relations people and agents do what they do.<br /><br />By the way, I wasn’t trying to be funny. I was just trying to be civil. I was asking legitimately for folks to be polite. That’s all.<br /><br />Oh well, I guess it doesn’t matter.Vincent "Ed" Clarknoreply@blogger.com