What he said about the police
Obama: If I Tried to Break Into the White House, I’d Get Shot
NO it is not YOUR house, it is the PEOPLES HOUSE! ~ Wild Thing
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. Recently, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested at his home in Cambridge. What does that incident say to you and what does it say about race relations in America?
OBAMA: Well, I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don’t know all the facts. What’s been reported though is that the guy forgot his keys, jimmied his way to get into the house. There was a report called in to the police station that there might be a burglary taking place. So far, so good, right? I mean, if I was trying to jigger into — well, I guess this is my house now, so…
(LAUGHTER) … it probably wouldn’t happen. But let’s say my old house in Chicago. (LAUGHTER)
Here, I’d get shot.
(LAUGHTER)
Now, I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That’s just a fact.
As you know, Lynn, when I was in the state legislature in Illinois, we worked on a racial profiling bill because there was indisputable evidence that blacks and Hispanics were being stopped disproportionately. And that is a sign, an example of how, you know, race remains a factor in the society.
That doesn’t lessen the incredible progress that has been made. I am standing here as testimony to the progress that’s been made. And yet the fact of the matter is, is that, you know, this still haunts us.
And even when there are honest misunderstandings, the fact that blacks and Hispanics are picked up more frequently and often time for no cause casts suspicion even when there is good cause.
And that’s why I think the more that we’re working with local law enforcement to improve policing techniques so that we’re eliminating potential bias, the safer everybody is going to be. All right? Thank you, everybody.
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On Doctors
Obama: Doctors Taking Tonsils Out For Money Instead Of Diagnosing It As Allergies
AP: In trying to rally support for health care overhaul, Obama described a patient who sees a physician for a sore throat, or a parent who brings in a child with a sore throat.
Right now, doctors a lot of times are forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that’s out there. So if they’re looking and you come in and you’ve got a bad sore throat or your child has a bad sore throat or has repeated sore throats, the doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, “You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid’s tonsils out.”
Wild Thing’s comment…..
This guy is such a dsgrace!!!
“…that there’s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That’s just a fact.”
Isn’t it also a FACT, that Black and Latinos commit a disproportionate amount of the crime per capita in this country. So according to the prez. if you see a Black or Latino breaking into a house in a predominantly white neighborhood, we should ignore it. There’s probably a simple explanation for it, like the 7 people, White and Black by the way, who broke into that house in Florida and killed the couple of 18 kids. Just ignore it.
Whenever, there is an argument and facts are involved they lose the argument. That reporter should know better than to ask a question of Mackdaddy, and expect him to actually understand what is actually going on.
“Obama: If I Tried to Break Into the White House, I’d Get Shot”
No; you dumb shit. You’ll probably get shot anyhow.
Americans, Unite against tyranny.
Obama’s friend got belligerent with the police when they came to his door and immediately pulled his race card. You would think a man who’s suppose to be a scholar would use his intelligence and say,”officer, I’m Professor Gates and this is my house. Here’s my ID with address. I broke in because I had locked myself out”. After being polite to the cops, he could have also thanked them for watching over his home and property. But no, this guy has a chip on his shoulder and how dare some uneducated cop come to his house and question him.
If my kid had repeated sore throats and his tonsils are swollen and his adenoids are jammed up, you bet, I’m gonna agree with the doctor and have them taken out. If this should pass, we should watch out for doctors who decide to only serve the wealthy. I don’t want assembly line surgery. I do not need “elderly counseling” when I get old (in the new health bill, it is listed as a mandatory thing) to tell me I really don’t need the surgery or that scooter or wheelchair. This bill is a POS!
That’s the thing of this whole Health Care. Doctors will NOT be allowed to make an educated opinion. A Bureaucrat will tell the Doctor what needs to be done.
Again, obama doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Tonsils are the first line of defense for the body. Years ago, it was almost standard to take a kids tonsils out after repeated infections. The Tonsils are suppose to swell up they contain the infection from spreading to the rest of the body. There is one theory, from the school of ‘Infectous Diseases’, that antibiotics should not be used immediately that the body should work on its own. Swollen Tonsils, fever etc and let the body’s own defense mechanisms do the work. But, Obama’s big concern is ‘how can a doctor charge and MAKE money off some poor ghetto kids infected Tonsils.’ Thats the root of this Health Care Scam, there is none, No Care and won’t be, if this stupid bill passes.
They have gotten away from pulling tonsils much more than they did years ago.
But to relate Alergies to Tonsils is pure BS. Again, this half-wit, half-black Soutpiel is spreading a bunch of non-sense to get his Communist agenda through.
But the bottom line, obama will let some no-nothing Bureaucrat tell a Doctor, who has spent 8-12 years in school learning his specialty, how he should treat patients.
Wait until health care is limited for those over 60. Someone is diagnosed with a desease for which the survival rate is 75-95% with proper treatment but a DEATH SENTENCE will be pronounced by some beaurocratic board because the over-60 person is deemed “no longer a viable. contributing member of society ” . Obama has declared that you should be given a pain killer and sent home. Perhaps there will be “counselors” on site from the Hemlock Society and Dr. Kervorkian. Now we glean from the text of the bill that “end of life ” counseling will become mandatory for those receiving medicare. Where is the AARP now? Some of us may not take this lying down. Think army of old codgers amass in Washington with pitchforks , axes and rope- and nothing to lose !!!!
Willy, Washington State already has a law that let’s Seniors get counseling and a suicide pill from some doctor other than their usual one. The family doesn’t get told. The Senior takes the pill home and uses it whenever. I look for Colorado to be next. It has surely occurred to Obama that the quickest way to reduce the cost of health care is to put old guys like me on a proverbial ice floe and send us out to sea. Not far off. I have decided to die of natural causes. F the doctors and MRSA laden hospitals. A woman in my church was ruined by MRSA caught on vacation in a Pensacola hospital. After weeks of treatment it cost $20 K to fly her to Denver home. They can ruin us and bankrupt our family easily. Read about Rose Hospital in Denver and the drug addict aide who swapped needles. I had a hip replaced in Rose and thought it was the best hospital in America. Now I wouldn’t put my terminally sick cat there.
I couldn’t watch the entire address, he’s desperate for sure. He can’t speak about life experiences in any facet, he has none, he’s that post turtle and he’s pushing the puppeteers agenda more than his own. He’s an incoherent speaker at best. Isn’t it dangerous to use one’s entire vocabulary in a single answer?
It’s that, I’m a victim, and the blame game mentality that’s the tip off, the herd of Democrat muskoxen are blocking any discussion, even Orin Hatch is bailing out. Not that Hatch has been an ally, he’s in CYA mode. AARP has shown their colors with Morris Dees, they are nothing more than a socialist PAC.
obama has angered the police and the doctors. He will anger everyone before 2012. That is good. Maybe he won’t be reelected.
His reasoning is pure bullshit. Blacks commiy many more crimed than anyone else. If all the Blacks were removed from America there would probably be a 70% reduction in the crime rate.
He accused doctors of performing unnecessary operations just to make money. Some may. But to throw out a blanket accusation is discrimination.
obama is showing his Marxist theories in action now. He wants his nationalized health care plan to go through so he is trying to turn us against doctors.
Hi Lynn,
“I do not need “elderly counseling” when I get old (in the new health bill, it is listed as a mandatory thing) to tell me I really don’t need the surgery or that scooter or wheelchair. This bill is a POS!”
What would you expect. This was dreamed up by POS’s.
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.” Joseph Story, Justice to the United States Supreme Court, 1811-1845.
The cop who arrested the Black Professor, says, Obama, doesn’t know the facts. He wouldn’t cooperate or calm down. Gates would not show Identification so he was arrested.
As usual the bamster doesn’t know all the facts.
The Cop said, I know I did nothing wrong And will not aplogize. Good for the Cop.
Food for thought, currently I have a lady friend who is 73 with COPD, her Oxygen delivery system has 9 settings on it, she’s on Medicare. Her last visit the to the doctors was last week, she had the Oxygen delivery set to 9, the highest delivery rate, the doctor told her to have the Hospice come out to her home, this is the current state of her care, the current system has given up and so much as sentenced her to die.This is a death sentence for both her and her husband, she’s his caretaker. She is not the only friend or family member I have witnessed being set on that ice floe that Horace mentioned. The Hippocratic Oath is now the Hypocrite Oath.
I am corrected (as usual by my loving wife). The lady in our church caught MRSA here in CO and took it to Florida with her. Sorry about that dear Floridian Chrissie. Forgive me.
Horace, that is ok.
Thank you everyone for your input on this
I really appreciate it.
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