No Racism in America, No siree.

[Kid Shelleen]

Kid
I made $42,00 at my last job. To be be blunt, NO 19 year old co-ed is that good. As a TA of course, you would have less to lose, but you WILL be grading some of those papers!
FQ13 who hears nothing, sees nothing and knows nothing 

I'm retired, I have no need of a paying job as a TA and I have absolutely nothing to lose.

Well I guess that I could lose my cajones, if Mrs. Kid found out. Dang, she's a good shot too..................I'd lose the cajones for sure.

You're back on your own pardner.

Kid Shelleen who values his cajones and must say adios.

[fightingquaker13]

I'm retired, I have no need of a paying job as a TA and I have absolutely nothing to lose.

Well I guess that I could lose my cajones, if Mrs. Kid found out. Dang, she's a good shot too..................I'd lose the cajones for sure.

You're back on your own pardner.

Kid Shelleen who values his cajones and must say adios.

Kid you are a wise man. There was one and only one time I had a student offer to sleep with me for a grade (when I was younger and a grad student and she needed a C to keep her scholarship, though she thougt showing up for a test, much less passing one, was optional.). I told her, when she blantantly offered a BJ for a pass that it better be worth the $800 a month stipend I was getting  and the price of my tuition, and I didn't think she was quite that good. Probably could have gotten myself in a boat load of trouble, but I did have a witness, plus, the look on her face almost made it worth it.
FQ13 who may be a fool, but is an honest fool

[ericire12]

Kid you are a wise man.
FQ13 who may be a fool, but is an honest fool

And you are a Wise Latina Woman!

[tt11758]

FQ, while I applaud you for the way in which you describe doing your job, I must admit that personal experience would seem to place you in the minority of professors.  Not saying that you are, just saying that in my experience you're more rare than hens' teeth.

The fact remains, however, that the way YOU do YOUR job has no bearing on whether or not the racist asshat that this thread started out detailing, does or does not almost single-handedly set race relations in this country back several decades.

[tombogan03884]

No Tom. Its me taking the relevant chapters out of books and copying them by hand. Hundreds of pages worth, out of a couple of dozen books. I then get to apply for copy write and see that they are bound correctly. All to save them the money of buying the whole thing if all they need is chapter four. Tom, I've never said this to you before, but I probably should have, KMA! I work hard for my kids and I don't need your crap when I am busting my butt to do my job the right way.
FQ13

If I had seen these posts earlier my reply would have been the same (more or less) as what tt11758 posted

FQ, while I applaud you for the way in which you describe doing your job, I must admit that personal experience would seem to place you in the minority of professors.  Not saying that you are, just saying that in my experience you're more rare than hens' teeth.

The fact remains, however, that the way YOU do YOUR job has no bearing on whether or not the racist asshat that this thread started out detailing, does or does not almost single-handedly set race relations in this country back several decades.

The vehement defensiveness of your replies make me think that you do not disagree as much as you wish you could  Regardless, it does not take away from the fact that the self important asshole in question SHOULD have been thanking the responding Officer for doing his job. had it been me responding he would probably have wished he paid more attention to Cris Rock.

By the way FQ, answer me honestly, now that you have told me to KYA, doesn't it feel MUCH better to say what you are THINKING, instead of taking the "above it all" prim and proper PC tone 

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[ericire12]

Dr Obama was asked about this last night in the Press conf:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/22/painfully-embarrassing-softball-question-of-the-day/

[philw]

I have not read the all of the  thread

it made the news here


http://www.smh.com.au/world/police-acted-stupidly-arresting-professor-obama-20090723-ducm.html

there is a video as well 

[ericire12]

Obama tries to walk back his "Stupid" comment:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/how-not-to-win-support-from-police-unions/

    The White House says President Barack Obama was not calling a Cambridge, Mass., police officer stupid when he criticized last week’s arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. …

    On Wednesday Obama said the police “acted stupidly” when they arrested Gates even after it was clear that he was not a burglary suspect. Gibbs said that Obama did not regret the remark, but wanted to clarify that he was not calling the arresting officer stupid.

*Hey BHO, just blame it on Biden!

[ericire12]

It gets better......



http://www.zazzle.com/ill_speak_with_your_mama_outside_tshirt-235090175211093481

From the police report, we learn how articulate prestigious Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates can be when invited to speak on his front porch with police officers doing their jobs:

“YA, I’LL SPEAK WITH YOUR MAMA OUTSIDE!”

Click this link 
http://www.zazzle.com/ill_speak_with_your_mama_outside_tshirt-235090175211093481

[ericire12]

Better still:

Cop who arrested Gates teaches classes on how not to racially profile

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/nuance-cop-who-arrested-gates-is-an-expert-on-racial-profiling/

    Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class about racial profiling for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black, said Academy Director Thomas Fleming.

    “I have nothing but the highest respect for him as a police officer. He is very professional and he is a good role model for the young recruits in the police academy,” Fleming told The Associated Press on Thursday.

    The course, called “Racial Profiling,” teaches about different cultures that officers could encounter in their community “and how you don’t want to single people out because of their ethnic background or the culture they come from,” Fleming said…

    In radio interviews Thursday morning, Crowley maintained he followed procedure.

    “I support the president of the United States 110 percent. I think he was way off base wading into a local issue without knowing all the facts as he himself stated before he made that comment,” Crowley told WBZ-AM. “I guess a friend of mine would support my position, too.”