Obama vs. Cambridge police

[Solomwi]

Yeah, you're probably right. But he better not serve something ****ty like Miller Light or Coors.

Then you should never accept the slightly less prestigious invitation for a free beer with Alvin "The Beer We Got Drank Purty Good, Don't It" Holmes.

[Grandpa Troll]

Clearly she felt that ******s had no business living in her neighborhood.

Is this the Professor we are speaking of?

[DaShi]

It's Obama... being an elitist bastard, he'd serve some tasty microbrew

Yes, but he gave the Queen of England an Ipod and the British PM some region specific dvds.

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's true... cheap bastard

[Grandpa Troll]

That's true... cheap bastard

Hopefully, it was some Spice Girls DVD's, get 'em the hell outta the US

[KrazyHorse]

zaku?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/29/massachusetts.officer.email/index.html

'Jungle monkey' e-mail jeopardizes Boston officer's job

A Boston, Massachusetts, police officer who sent a mass e-mail in which he referred to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as "banana-eating" and a "bumbling jungle monkey" has been placed on administrative leave and faces losing his job.

Officer Justin Barrett, 36, who is also an active member of the National Guard, 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.

The columnist, Yvonne Abraham, supported Gates' actions, asking readers, "Would you stand for this kind of treatment, in your own home, by a police officer who by now clearly has no right to be there?"

In his e-mail, which was posted on a local Boston television station's Web site, Barrett declared that if he had "been the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC [oleoresin capsicum, or pepper spray] deserving of his belligerent noncompliance."

Barrett used the "jungle monkey" phrase four times, three times referring to Gates and once referring to Abraham's writing as "jungle monkey gibberish."

He also declared he was "not a racist but I am prejudice [sic] towards people who are stupid and pretend to stand up and preach for something they say is freedom but it is merely attention because you do not get enough of it in your little fear-dwelling circle of on-the-bandwagon followers."

According to a statement from Boston police, Commissioner Edward Davis took action immediately upon learning of Barrett's remarks, stripping the officer of his gun and badge. Barrett is "on administrative leave pending the outcome of a termination hearing."

CNN has been unable to reach Barrett for comment.

Davis wants Barrett, a two-year veteran of the Boston police force, fired, a source close to the investigation said. But Barrett will continue to be paid while on administrative leave, and no date has been set for his termination hearing.

Barrett, who identified himself as a veteran and a former English teacher, also took issue with Abraham's journalistic ability, calling her "a hot little bird with minimal experience in a harsh field," as well as "an infidel." The rambling e-mail also suggested that she "should serve me coffee and donuts on Sunday morning," later returning to that line of thought with, "I like a warm cruller and hot Panamanian, black. No sugar."

The Boston Police Patrolmen's Association was also quick to condemn the comments, describing them as "offensive and hurtful." The organization sought to assure citizens that "these statements are not representative of the ideals held by the dedicated police officers who make up this proud association."

[Kuciwalker]

[Felch]

A veteran and an English teacher?

[Felch]

I like how the blame is shifting. First, it was the police officer's fault, because he was obviously racist.

No, it was the cop's fault because the suspect was obviously innocent.

When that claim was blown out of the water, now it's the neighbor's fault, for reporting a suspected burglary in progress. As for knowing who her neighbors are, I can tell you for a fact that I would recognize very few of my neighbors on sight. I'm not antisocial, I just keep weird hours, and for damn sure if I saw someone shoving in the door of my neighbor's place, I'd probably call the cops too. Especially if they were black

Well, you've got something in common with the neighbor.

But seriously, why can't Gates just take responsibility for acting like a ****head, apologize, and move on? I don't get it.

About the only thing you've said so far that makes sense. You're making progress.

[Dry]

Is the President allowed to drink while on duty?

As long as he doesn't swallow...

[Imran Siddiqui]

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/bud_light_for_t.html

THEY ARE DRINKING BUD LIGHT?!!

Impeach him

[Solomwi]

A microbrew or craft would have defeated the whole "look how blue my collar can be" purpose behind the offer to begin with.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but at least he could have gone... I dunno, Sam Adams?

Hell, Miller Lite would have been better...

[Solomwi]

Yeah, but at least he could have gone... I dunno, Sam Adams?

Hell, Miller Lite would have been better...

I agree (except on the Miller Lite part), but chalk it up to political clumsiness. Sam Adams, or something similar, could have sent a message of "I'm not a snob, but do like to display a modicum of style, even when getting down on you lowbrows' level," where Bud Light/Miller Lite/Coors Light smacks of "this is what my aides tell me the common folk drink, and I told them I wanted the absolute commonest beer available, and NO SUBSTITUTES!".

[Imran Siddiqui]

More facts come out!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/the-audacity-of-hops.html

The president, we are told, will be drinking Bud Light, Crowley will have Blue Moon, and Gates will have Red Stripe -- Red Light and Blue.

At least he isn't foisting his bad beer choice on them

Crowley and Gates both made decent choices (I prefer Blue Moon over Red Stripe, but that's probably because I'm a subconcious racist or something ).