Reflections

Obama, Gates & Crowley – Where Are The Adults?

Posted by on Jul 29, 2009 | 19 Comments

Before I begin, let me state that I am not writing this article to put blame on any of the participants involved in what I would like to call the ‘Beer Summit’. But more of an observation of what happened after the incident that has made this entire fiasco border on insanity.

First of all let me state that I voted for President Obama. My feeling at the time was that he was the best candidate for the position. I also supported the President in the decisions he has made in trying to get our country out of a financial mess that has affected all Americans. But when the President of the United States of America gets on national television and states that the actions of the police were stupid, without knowing all of the facts, it makes one wonder.

This man is supposed to represent all Americans regardless of race or nationality. Is his presidency so void of other problems that he has the time to mend race relations between two people — one black, one white — that, in my opinion, acted improperly? Does our President have the time to sit down with both men to have a beer thinking that all will be well over a glass of suds?

This matter should be left in the hands of the local government to decide who acted properly or not. Was the arrest justified or not? Were the parties involved both to blame for an incident that got out of hand? Whatever the case, the locals should have handled it, not the President.

Maybe all three of these individuals are in need of some adult supervision.

This is my personal opinion.

What do you think?

  • Zachary

    I think you’re right about how the fed gov’t shouldn’t have a hand in it. That’s my issue with the current administration is it appears they’re trying to have their hand in too much of what goes on in my life. I want them to protect me and that’s about it.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/theoracle/ the oracle

    Perhaps the President was a bit quick with his words, but I’m sure he comes from a much different perspective than you or I

    I have been in places with black friends, and have seen them hassled by police for doing nothing different than any other person in attendance.

    I also think that police should have some idea of the neighborhoods they are called to proterct. That means that some idea of the occupants of the area would be in order.

    The professor is rather well known in Cambridge, and you might think that an informed policeman might have seen his picture somewhere along the way. Even if this was not so, the recounts of the incident show the officer was probably out of line (IMO) as I believe that the police are supposed to give a citizen the benefit of the doubt, unless otherwise shown.

    As to the President and the summit, once the comment was made, it was something that simply had to be remedied – it could not be left alone, by either side.

    I do think that perhaps the question was an improper one, as such small squabbles are truly beneath holders of any national office. But people look to the President as a sane voice in a room full of idiots.

  • Amy

    The government and the president should keep their noses out of everyday life. They have been pushing and pushing to spend money to “boost the economy”, make regulations forcing car companies to build more efficient cars at their own expense, and force everyone to buy health insurance. From my government I want one thing: the protection of justice. Keep me safe from terrorists/wars and uphold a court system. Possibly create tax incentives for people to work harder, earn an education, buy health insurance, donate to charities and scholarship funds, and be better people in general. Other than that, they should stay out of it.

  • Jack Hunecke

    u can already do that its under settings

  • Jack Hunecke

    good article btw

  • http://www.facebook.com/haseeb.O.o Abdul Haseeb
  • http://twitter.com/JustSayTech Tech

    so your telling me iOS finally has 5 features Android has had for soo long? well ill just download that ipsw beta from http://firmwarearchives.com/index.html and jailbreak my device cause i love Apple so much *sarcasm*

  • Khalid T. AL-Assousi

    so after 4 years of dominating the market steve decided to let iDevice owners who paid $700+ to delete a music without his permission?!!!!!! thats totally unacceptable and users should buy an application from tbe market to do it.

  • http://zagorath.wordpress.com Zagorath

    Very cool!
    All of these look incredible, with the exception of number 4, which is nice to have, but nothing all that amazing.
    LED flash alerts is very clever, but the custom vibration patterns is just unbelievable!!

  • Reid Ellis

    Title should be “Alternatives to US Cable Television. Netflix isn’t as good outside the US, and Hulu just isn’t available at all. iTunes outside the US doesn’t have any ABC/NBC/CBS TV shows..

    • http://twitter.com/mitch_bartlett Mitch Bartlett

      Boxee is a great device to aggregate many sources of content, US and elsewhere.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001770065819 Joseph Palmer

    I ditched cable tv long ago and have been happier ever since. Netflix does wonders as well as youtube and a lot of other sources.

  • Anonymous

    Amazon has fantastic customer service!

  • http://twitter.com/webbnf Neil Webb

    My frustration in rural Michigan is that Charter is our only internet provider. I called them to cancel everything but the internet, the rep said “well it will be more expensive to have just internet, so we will give you (slow speed) but throw in the TV content.” It was an interesting conversation… they do not want people to ditch TV so they are throwing it in free while people need internet.

  • Roger Market

    My wild guess would go either way. I’d say iTunes because it seems to work better; I’d say Amazon because you have all that credit to spend. You didn’t leave enough clues to make the answer clear. ;-)

    But yeah, all those are great. If I didn’t have roommates who wanted cable/satellite, I wouldn’t have any of it. I’d use Netflix and iTunes. And stuff.

  • Jack Durst

    What about YouTube… Who cares about mainstream TV, all the really good stuff is there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-DeWitt/627236289 David DeWitt

    I love cable tv and my dvr.

  • Jack Hunecke

    u can fix that under settings

  • http://profiles.google.com/hgpot33 Sam Lewis

    Depending on how tight money is, you could rent episodes/seasons from different kids’ programming on Amazon VOD or iTunes TV and let it play on a Roku Box or Apple TV.