Obama's Solution for Race Relations: Let's all Get Drunk

Obamas Solution for Race Relations: Let's all Get Drunk

Paul Scott


It seems just like yesterday when black folks were cheering on President Obama for dissin' the cop, Sgt. James Crowley who allegedly assaulted Harvard Professor Henry "Skip" Gates.

(Wait a minute. It was yesterday.)

After all, as they say in the hood, you're supposed to ride for your homies when they get harassed by "the popo."

But not so fast.

Seems that as of today the Prez has done the reverse moonwalk in regards to his previous statement that the Cambridge police officers "acted stupidly," when they busted Dr. Skip for breaking into his own house.

Now, I didn't jump on the bandwagon with the folks who wear proclaiming Dr. Gates the official poster child for police brutality in the post racial Obama age. This very moment in some hood, somewhere, some brother is getting a Rodney King styled beat-down as you read this.

But I don't really see how Skinny Skip would pose a threat to anybody. (My 90 year old neighbor, Mrs. Jefferson can knock Gates out on a good day.)

But that's beside the point.

The point is President Obama was right the first time. It was stupid.

But now the Prez is saying that maybe he misspoke.

Now he's saying that Crowley is a "good guy," a real credit to the boys in blue, everywhere.

He also says that it is because of the past that African Americans are a little sensitive when it comes to matters like this.

Uh..no...We are "sensitive" because stuff like this is happening in the present.

President Obama is also inviting Crowley and the Skipmiser to the White House to crack a few brewskis.

So, I guess that's the Presidents solution to this countries "race problem."

Let's all go to the bar, get plastered and sing old Willie Nelson songs until we pass out.

And just think.

Fifty years ago, instead of marching through Alabama and getting sprayed by fire hoses and bitten by police dogs, all Dr. Martin Luther King and them had to do was invite Bull Connor over for a couple of 40ozs of Colt 45...

Well, in the words of that dude from the Bud Light commercials...

"Here's to you Mr. President, for your overly simplistic analysis of race relations.... "

"misteroverlysimplisticpresidentonracerelations "


Paul Scott writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com (919) 451-8283

NWSF Bullet: Jena Six's Mychal Bell Allegedly Shoots Himself

There are news reports circulating today that Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6 defendants, allegedly tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the chest after being accused of shop lifting, last night.

This is how the Associated Press is reporting the story.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473904,00.html

Now, this is how the local media in Monroe LA is covering the story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473904,00.html

See the difference?

Also, it seems that Dillards has quite a history of being accused of racial profiling:

http://media.www.houstonianonline.com/media/storage/paper229/news/2003/10/07/CollegeNews/Dillards.Ordered.To.Stop.Racial.Profiling-520956.shtml


I'm not sayin' whether Bell is guilty or not.

One, I wasn't there. And two, I don't shop at Dillards, anyway. (Not enough Afrocentric Clothing.)

But I will say this. It does seem that the media jump all over stories when something bad happens to a black person who beats the system.

Remember Rodney King's legal troubles after the LA Rebellion?

Seems like the underlying message that white America gives black folks is:

"See, even when we lose, we win."

NWSF Bullet: Profiling Possibility or Paranoia ?

I got "the TRUTH Mobile" inspected today and was driving off the dealership lot when I noticed that some knucklehead, who was probably in a hurry to go Christmas shopping, forgot to put my inspection decal back on the windshield.

I did a Dukes of Hazzard U-turn in the middle in the street and made a beeline to the service attendant.

"Yo, dude. Ya'll forgot my sticker," I said thinking about the extra minutes I would have to waste on a Saturday morning.

The attendant informed me that as of Nov.1, NC doesn't require inspection decals, anymore.

"So, instead of forkin' over the 30 dollars I just paid, I could have just yanked my old sticker off?"

Nope. All your inspection info is now in a data base tied to your license plate.

The repair dude had to spend 15 minutes convincing me that he was not just covering up for an absent minded coworker.

Finally, he gave me a copy of the new regulation and told me to keep it in my glove compartment. (Just in case.)

http://www.ncdot.org/dmv/vehicle_services/emissioninspection/nomoresticker/

My last question was, "Do the police know about this sudden change in regulation?"

He said that they "should" and I thanked him and drove off, slowly. Very, very slowly.

Most people will consider this real convenient. But for a black male, the implications are frightening. I mean, contrary to popular belief, racial profiling is still an issue.

Now, "5-0," will be running my license plates for no apparent reason, every time I venture into the section of town with the manicured lawns and the white picket fences. So much for probable cause.

I can see it now.

I'm rollin' down Country Club Road late one night and get pulled over by the cops.

"What seems to be the problem officer?"

"First, we noticed that you didn't have an inspection sticker and when we ran your tags...."

I rode home thinking about the "freed slaves" who had to carry around "freedom papers" back in the 1800's. Black folks have always had to have our paperwork in order.

Maybe, all those black history books that I read have made me paranoid.

But then I looked in my rear view mirror and noticed a police cruiser had been tailing me for the last couple of blocks...

Hip Hop Patriot Bill Passes

Looks like the House and Senate have passed the Hip Hop Patriot Act and sent it to Gov. Easley to be signed into law.

I'm not really surprised.

Never under estimate the power of paranoid politicians who prey on the fears of the public during an election year nor the poverty pimps and Hip Hop Hustlers who are lining up to get their grubby hands on some of that 10 million dollars in "prevention money" in order to get new state of the art expresso machines put in their offices.

What is disturbing is the lack of media coverage of opposing voices. If you remember at the beginning of the Iraq War, the left complained about those that were opposed to the "War on Terror" were silenced by media outlets such as Fox News.

With the "War on Gangs" we see the same suppression of opposing ideologies. I guess the new rule of thumb for journalism is why confuse the people with facts ?

Why no discussion of things like constitutional violations and racial profiling? Why not poll the people in the communities most affected as to whether their child's name might be on some mysterious "Gang net" without their knowledge.

I wonder how much hush grant money it took to make the local child advocacy and anti prison groups to look the other way while this bill was being pushed.

For many ordinary citizens, the impact of this act will not hit home until their child is accused of being a gang member because of his style of clothing.

Beware the dawn of the Police State.

Yes, we must fight against death and destruction in the community but to quote the late great Black Panther leader Fred Hampton Sr. who was murdered courtesy of COINTELPRO in 1969.

"Nothing is more important than stopping fascism because fascism will to stop us all."