What Should Prof. Gates, Prs. Obama & Sgt. Crowley Learn from the "Beer Summit"?

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Prs. Obama described the meeting at the Whitehouse between himself, Prof. Gates and Sgt. Crawley as a "learning Moment". So I thought it would be interesting to have a "beer summit" of our own here at MyLot. First of all, apparently the brand of beer is important; the incompetent press seemed to think so anyway. Prs. Obama had a Bud Light, Blue Moon was Crowley's choice and contrary to press speculation about a Red Stripe, Gates drank a Samuel Adams Light. Apparently, VP Biden was there too, he chose a non-alcoholic beer, Buckler. So, since this is a "Beer Summit", start with your beer order, then continue with your comments. My order would be both my favorite beers... "A & W". Pleasantries being taken care of, here's what I think each person should take from this "teaching moment". Prs. Obama: He should learn that openly admitting that he doesn't know the facts, then going on to make a judgement about how those involved acted was a pretty boneheaded thing to do. He should take the lesson that the race of the participants doesn't equate to who acted wisely and who acted stupidly. He should also apologize for his completely racist reaction to the incident. Prof. Gates: After all was said and done, and restated, and rehashed over and over in the incompetent press; and finally the evidence was examined. Prof. Gates should take a lesson that a cop asking for proof that a person lives in a residence isn't a personal (or racial) attack. Since the cops were leaving when the professor went into his tyrade, he should also learn that his temper isn't an excuse for being a racist blowhard. Nothing the White, Hispanic and Black cops did that evening could be construed by any rational person as racist.. but the professor played the race card anyway. Not only did he play the race card, he played the whining boob card also. One has to wonder something here... if a White Harvard Professor made the papers treating a Black policemen like that, would he still have a job? Sgt. Crowley: Let's see, there was what's his name (the Black cop), and hmmm, yeah, the hispanic cop, and Sgt Crowley. What Sgt. Crowley should learn from this whole thing is that, if a Black professor whines on and on with trumped up lies of racism, the one White cop's name will become a household word. If the professor came home to find the same 3 cops at his house, arresting an intruder... the one Black cop would be the hero in the papers. The only thing Crowley did wrong was, he injured the poor professor's over-bloated ego. Ok, your turn.