ROTFLMAO! On Jul 30, 11:50 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > VT, > > "......like a banana eating jungle monkey..." > > Does not even imply that Gates IS one... only that on that day at that > time he acted like one. > > Living in rural CR and having more than a few banana trees I do know > what a "banana eating jungle monkey" acts like. Normally Howlers are > very serene beasts that simply lie around in the trees most of the > day, they do LOVE bananas. Have you ever tried to climb a banana > tree ?? Obviously not. They bend and bow and do all sorts of things > that "normal" trees containing the other fruits that monkeys love do > not. It requires that enough of the family unit climbs the tree to get > it to break or bow enough to get the ristra to the ground. There is a > lot of gentle fighting for position, frustrated screaming and and > constant scratching (there is a kind of black ant that lives in these > trees and they bite really hard). The whole ordeal is very disturbing > to the normal tranquility of the area and out of character for 99.9% > of the normal status of the monkeys. The whiteface monkeys are even > worse as they weigh far less requiring even more of them in the tree. > > To have said this about Gates is in reality (whether or not the author > knew it) a really good description of non-normal behavior that can be > found in us all at one point or another. > > You are welcome to come to my home, sit on the terrace with a nice > Hefeweizen and see for yourself...... > > On Jul 29, 11:55 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The actual > > email...http://opendebateforum2.blogspot.com/2009/07/full-email-sent-by-justi... > > > On Jul 30, 1:46 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Boston cop calls Gates 'banana-eating jungle monkey' in mass e-mail > > > > UPDATE II > > > > The Fox affiliate in Boston has published the text of the email Boston > > > police officer Justin Barrett sent in which he referred to Harvard > > > professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as a "banana-eating jungle monkey." > > > > It now appears Barrett's email was a letter to the editor of the > > > Boston Globe, complaining of the Globe's coverage of the Gates arrest > > > on July 16. > > > > Of Gates, Barrett wrote: "He is a suspect and will always be a > > > > suspect." > > > > "If I was the officer [Gates] verbally assaulted like a banana-eating > > > jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC [pepper > > > spray] deserving of his belligerent non-compliance." > > > > Barrett then went on to berate the author of the Globe article to > > > which he objected. > > > > "You are a hot little bird with minimal experiences in a harsh field," > > > Barrett wrote. "You are a fool. An infidel. You have no business > > > writing for a US newspaper nevermind detailing and analyzing half- > > > truths." > > > > AP reported that "Barrett was trained in racial profiling prevention > > > and had shown no signs of racial discrimination in the past." > > > > Barrett's tirade has spawned an instant flurry of comments on blogs > > > and talk shows. > > > > "If this is what [police officers are] putting in emails, imagine what > > > they're saying in private," blogged The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan. > > > > UPDATE > > > > The police officer who called Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, > > > Jr., a "jungle monkey" is a "cancer on the department," Boston Mayor > > > Tom Menino said Wednesday. > > > > A blog posting by Cindy Adams at Examiner.com also says Menino called > > > for the officer to be fired immediately. > > > > The Boston Globe reports that Barrett will be represented by the > > > Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, the local police union. The > > > union is expected to make a statement on the case Wednesday evening. > > > > ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES > > > > A Boston police officer has been suspended and likely will be fired > > > after sending an anonymous email that referred to Harvard professor > > > Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "jungle monkey." > > > > According to the Boston Herald, 36-year-old Officer Justin Barrett was > > > placed "on administrative leave pending a termination hearing > > > yesterday afternoon. When a supervisor confronted Barrett about the e- > > > mail - in which he called Gates a 'jungle monkey' - he admitted to > > > being the author." > > > > ABC affiliate WCVB reports that Barrett sent the email to colleagues > > > at the National Guard -- he is also a reserve soldier in the Guard -- > > > and to the Boston Globe. Police traced the email back to Barrett on > > > Tuesday. > > > > Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis "immediately stripped the cop > > > of his gun and badge," the Herald reported Wednesday. > > > > Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested on the front porch of his own > > > home on a public disturbance charge July 16 in an incident where a > > > police officer suspected the Harvard scholar of being a burglar after > > > Gates jimmied his way in. Gates says he was a victim of racial > > > profiling. Charges against him were quickly dropped. > > > > The incident became an even larger controversy when President Barack > > > Obama said last week that the Cambridge police had "acted stupidly" in > > > arresting Gates. And most recently, the neighbor of Gates whose 911 > > > call started the incident said she never mentioned that the two > > > persons on Gates's porch were black, and didn't talk to the arresting > > > officer, Sgt. James Crowley, at the scene. > > > > Both of those claims contradict Sgt. Crowley's police report on the > > > incident. > > > >http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/boston-cop-calls-gates-jungle-monkey...Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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