Originally posted a http://clipr.info/?p=88
As President Obama invited Henry Gates and James Crowley to the White House for a beer to help the conversation about race relations in the United States, he neglected to ask Lucia Whalen, the 911 caller in the incident that sparked a flurry of worldwide media attention.… Read more ...
Gates’ arrest reveals loss of rights
by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Monday, August 03, 2009
So far, in what has become a mini-drama involving a white cop, a black professor and a president of the United States, we have had a racial confrontation, an arrest, a release, a presidential gaffe, a presidential back-track, a presidential invitation to quaff a brewski, a staged meeting at the White House and a promise of more meetings to come.… Read more ...