on chastising

well, i was chided today by one bryan e. wallace. again. he is always making fun of me for having a blog and not writing in it. although, i am fairly certain that i completely own him as far as who posts to their blog more often.

but he does have a good point. i should write more. and i want to. it’s just that I keep myself busy and have no discipline, so it’s difficult to sit down and write anything worth a read. i also get hit with never knowing what to write about, but that’s no excuse. writers have always said the best way to become a good writer is to continuously write, even when you have nothing to write about. just put something down on paper (or the world wide webs, interwebs for short, if you will). which means i guess that’s what I need to be doing. at least every other day or so, i should just post something.

well, what is today’s topic(other than the above, of course)? the arrest of professor gates. obama used the right word, “stupid,” but he applied it to the wrong thing. he called the police stupid, but it’s the entire incident that’s stupid. the police were called about a break in; they arrived at the house and found a man walking around inside; they questioned him; he gets angry. sorry, mr. gates. the police were not aware that 50 yr old black men never rob houses.

if the police had not believed him once he proved he lived there, then yes, this would be a race issue. but they arrested him for becoming beligernet at being asked to prove he lived there. would he have rather they just let him go? what if there had been a 50 yr old black man, dressed well, well spoken, who had broken in to his home and was wondering around when they got there; then, when he tells them he lives there, they just let him go, and he begins to steal everything in mr. gates’ home? would mr. gates have preferred this so that it did not seem like a race issue? i doubt it. he doubtless would have sued the police force and taken who knows how much money from tax payers because the police did what he claims to wish they had done in his case.

too frustrated to continue. whatever. stupid.