Over A Beer

Can all differences be solved over a beer? Looking at what will be happening tomorrow, July 30, 2009, it sure does appear that is the case.

President Obama has invited Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge Mass. Police Sgt. James Crowley to have a beer with him so that they can talk over the incident that occurred between Gates and Crowley when Crowley responded to a citizen’s call that there was a possible break-in at Gates home.

If you don’t know what happened from here, I will direct you to read the many News articles that have been written about the event. Simply speaking Gates felt insulted, Crowley felt threatened and the President, well he may have spoken stupidity.

Any way what should have been just a simple misunderstanding has become a national issue and will be discussed on the highest of national stages, with the President.

Is this really what we need our President to be doing? Since he put his foot in his month, probably. If he hadn’t helped to fuel the fire by his remark, the incident would already be back page news, if even news at all.

To me it doesn’t matter who was right or wrong. In ways they both probably were and under the law neither were since charges were dropped against Gates and Crowley thus far has been determined to have done nothing wrong. Things do happen that when people look back upon what they did wish they may have done things differently. I imagine deep inside both of these men would agree.

Anyway the public and more so the press is sitting back to see what happens over a friendly glass of beer. One question I have though is, if I have an argument with my neighbor can I have my glass of beer with the President?