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Obama, Gates and Sgt Crowley To Be New Best Beer Drinkin Buddies?
Barry Artiste Op.Ed
You have to hand it to President Obama, if this Pub Crawl and Beer Fest works between Gates, his arresting Officer Sgt Crowley turn out to be a New Best Pal Trio, then what a coup!
I suppose it will be the Secret Service making the Beer Run, It may go down something like this?
Agent 3 Code Amber, President needs you to go on a Beer Run!! 10-4,
Agent 4, What kind of Beer over?
Agent 3 MMMM, let me ask! Over.
Agent 3 , The President wants a cold filtered ale, with German Hops, in a bottle not a can. Over.
Agent 4, MMMM won't that Piss off American Beer companies, German Hops? Over.
Agent 3, Yeah, but we discussed English Beer as well, and the Pres has a hankering for German beer ever since the Love Fest they Gave him last year on the World Election Tour, its payback time for Germany, besides we all know German beer is the best.
Agent 4, Jahowl, Mein Capitan, German Beer it is! Okay, Men, Let's Roll!
Agent 3, One more thing, pick up some chips and hotdogs..... wait a second... Yes Mr. President. I will ask him!
Agent 3, do not get Ruffled CHips, the President doesn't like sharp edges, oh yeah, if you are passing by a Blockbuster Video, pick up a Movie for the President.
Agent 4, Roger that!..... by the way, what kind of movie does the President watch?
Agent 3, any movie with Apache Attack Helicopters in them, pick one of those.
Agent 4, What about Operation Pussy Whipped? I thought the Presidents wife banned him from watching Action Movies with Violence? Maybe I should pick up Chick Flick instead, just in case?
Agent 3, Negatory! GET an ACTION MOVIE DAMMIT. Operation Pussy Whipped is cancelled for this Event. Regardless of what Mrs. President says, you better get a Action Movie, Oh yeah, pick up a pack of Lucky Strikes too for the President as well. Mr. President says, do not under any circumstances tell Mr. President any of this, got that?
Agent 4, M-M-M-Okay Mums the Word!
Agent 3, Roger that, and remember to use the back door of the White House, and for Christ Sakes, No Sirens and Flashing Red Lights this time. Remember , Mrs. President may be watching us from the balcony again, so be careful. We do not want a repeat of the last time we did this!
Agent 4, NO SIRENS, NO FLASHING LIGHTS, Roger, Out!
Wouldn't it be great if wars, political difference between leaders and such could be handled over a couple of Beers and back slapping, telling jokes and an action movie.
Obama to be sure will be the darling of Beer companies everywhere, rest assured the media will want to photograph this historic event, with Beer Company PR firms foaming at the mouth eager to find out which Beer they choose to Quaff at this Ordinary Joe Summit!
Too bad the Iranian President is a Tee Totaller, betcha Obama could smooth things out with him and Israel.
Obama at least has the right idea., Good Times and World Peace over Suds.
BOSTON -- African American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system.
After a phone call from President Barack Obama urging calm in the aftermath of his arrest last week, Gates said he would accept Obama's invitation to the White House for a beer with him and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley.
In a statement posted Friday on The Root, a website Gates oversees, the scholar said he told Obama he'd be happy to meet with Crowley, whom Gates had accused of racial profiling.
"I am pleased that he, too, is eager to use my experience as a teaching moment, and if meeting Sgt. Crowley for a beer with the president will further that end, then I would be happy to oblige," Gates said.
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at 06:59 on July 26th, 2009
I'll drink to that.
at 07:05 on July 26th, 2009
HA, Thanks! I wonder if they will be drinking off the tailgate of the police cruiser or secret service truck?
at 07:39 on July 26th, 2009
I think the Rose Garden would be fine. Too bad this event will be a media event and photo op. A behind the door meeting would be good. Let them loosen up after a couple of beer and let them then say how they really feel.
at 14:08 on July 26th, 2009
Yeah I know Roy, Obama was pissed some photographer snapped a photo of him having a cigarette despite his wife insisting he quit smoking months earlier. I mean come on the guy is human, I am sure his wife was pissed as well when she saw his photo smoking a cigarette.
at 08:17 on July 26th, 2009
Great Secret Service radio convo. Seems you have been part of some of them lol.
at 09:44 on July 26th, 2009
Hahaha
at 12:33 on July 26th, 2009
ROY: Are you referring to Curtis Sliwa?
at 19:50 on July 26th, 2009
Wow, that certainly is a mouthful, thanks
at 21:11 on July 26th, 2009
Sgt. Crowley would be wise to decline the invitation since socializing with thugs like Obama and Gates could reflect poorly on him as a professional police officer. If they wish to communicate with him privately, they should each send their attorney to contact Mr. Crowley's attorney. Drinking with the enemy is not a wise choice within professional police organizations. The President was compelled to initially address this publicly so why can't he continue on publicly? Use due caution Sgt. Crowley, since Bo doesn't abide by many laws of this land which he is not a citizen of anyway. He is quite adept at getting involved in issues he has no knowledge of and making very poor and costly decisions in regard. Maintain your professional standards and integrity. You owe them nothing! Leave them alone and don't let them suck you into their political shenanigans. Thank you for your dedication and the fine professional services you provide for the citizens of Cambridge. Please keep up the good work!
at 11:12 on July 27th, 2009
Will the taxpayers pay for the meeting with Crowley, Gates, and President?
I believe the President should pay for the visit since it was his words that caused this to become a national news item. Otherwise it would have been between the New Jersey police and Mr. Gates.