Bob Dylan is the Anti-Gates: What CNN Doesn’t Want You to Know

On a rainy day last week in Long Branch, NJ, Bob Dylan, wearing a hood, was peering into a for-sale home when a neighbor called the police fearing he might be a burglar. Two young officers arrived on the scene and neither of them knew who Bob Dylan was. They asked for I.D. – he had none but explained he was a musician on tour with John Mellencamp and they were set to play at a nearby stadium in Lakewood. Without fuss or anger, Mr. Dylan was escorted back to his tour bus where he produced I.D.

That was that. End of incident. (more…)

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Tags: Bob Dylan, CNN, Crowley, Gates, New Jersey
Posted Aug 19th 2009 at 8:41 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 206090173 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmcgruther/2009/08/19/peeping-dylan/Bob+Dylan+is+the+Anti-Gates%3A+What+CNN+Doesn%27t+Want+You+to+Know2009-08-19+15%3A41%3A59Michael+McGruther

The Monster That Nearly Ate Cambridge

For those of you who don’t know, I’m from Cambridge. Born and raised there. I grew up in the Jefferson Park housing projects a stone’s throw from Harvard. Never a Dull Moment in JP I can tell you! Even today. Knew lots of CPD cops like Officer Crowley too, but never in a good way. Like when a fellow punk projects friend of mine drove a stolen car through a fence and into the deep end of the local MDC kiddie pool. They wanted us real bad that night! I was guilty as sin, too. All wet, in fact. Rode shotgun the whole way. Front row seat. Yee-ha! Island Kingdom, eat your heart out.

My whole childhood was like that. A lot of crazy stuff, a lot of running from police. Was a local sport, like train-hopping. But that’s all just the gritty side of Cambridge. And even though I’m a rank Righty today, I still love Harvard University all the way, the Square especially. It’s the Crossroads of the World. I was a total Harvard Square rat growing up. Harvard is the Bright Light of Olde Cantabrigia. Harvard was also very active in the community back then, and most likely still is today. Harvard hosted field trips to the campus from schools all over Cambridge. The Agassiz Museum was my favorite. Lots of dead bugs and dinosaur bones. That was Heaven to me. Still is. (more…)

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Tags: ACLU, Al Sharpton, AMPAS, Barack Obama, BET
Posted Aug 4th 2009 at 5:37 pm in News, Politics | 19636689 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/08/04/the-monster-that-nearly-ate-cambridge/The+Monster+That+Nearly+Ate+Cambridge2009-08-05+00%3A37%3A12John+T.+Simpson

When a Little ‘Profiling’ Might Be a Good Thing

It must be great to be a Harvard professor with a bad attitude and be friend of the President. You might get a cool job in Washington D.C. You can also pop off to a cop and then expect the most powerful community organizer in the world to get your back at his next press conference. If you happen to be an African-American Harvard professor with a bad attitude, you can also scream racism and no one left of John McCain will doubt you’re wrong.

I also wonder what kind of lawyers they’re churning out at Harvard when their most well-know alumnus starts a statement with. “I don’t know all the facts.” and then doesn’t immediately follow that with, “So I have no comment.” Instead, he goes on for two or three paragraphs giving the facts as he was told them by his friend, the Harvard professor with a bad attitude, and then reaches a conclusion that the police acted “stupidly.” (more…)

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Tags: Harvard, Police, President Obama, Professor Gates, race
Posted Jul 29th 2009 at 1:28 pm in Politics | 192138121 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjena/2009/07/29/some-questions-about-racial-profiling/When+a+Little+%27Profiling%27+Might+Be+a+Good+Thing2009-07-29+20%3A28%3A46Jeffrey+Jena

We’ve All Felt a Little ‘Profiled’

“This isn’t about me; this is about the vulnerability of black men in America,” Henry Louis Gates Jr. said. He said the incident made him realize how vulnerable poor people and minorities are “to capricious forces like a rogue policeman, and this man clearly was a rogue policeman.”

It’s thinking like this that makes me sort of happy I chose to skip college after high school and instead jumped right into pursuing my dream. I started with nothing and worked my way up and because I’ve always lived and worked in the real world I know better than to accept this line of thinking and I’m certain a majority of Americans do too. (more…)

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Tags: black, Henry Louis Gates, Jersey City Police Department, Obama, Police
Posted Jul 28th 2009 at 1:47 pm in Politics | 19111459 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmcgruther/2009/07/28/what-makes-you-more-vulnerable-than-me/We%27ve+All+Felt+a+Little+%27Profiled%272009-07-28+20%3A47%3A11Michael+McGruther

Other Than That, Professor Gates, How Was Your Trip?

Upon his return from an overseas trip Henry Louis Gates and his driver were attempting to open the front door, which was jammed shut. A passer-by noticed the men forcing the door open and phoned the police. By the time Sergeant James Crowley, the responding police officer, arrived Gates was inside his home. Crowley asked Gates to step out of his home and show some identification, which according to Crowley, the professor produced only after accusing the police of hassling him because he is a “Black man living in America” and saying something about Crowley’s mamma. The situation continued to escalate until finally Gates was arrested for creating a public disturbance.

Unfortunately, rather than using this incident as an opportunity to have an honest and substantive conversation about stereotypes and race, racialists of every stripe have high-jacked the discussion in order to continue a one-sided discussion focusing on Black victim-hood. One such racialist is our post-racial President Barack Obama.

During his Wednesday evening press conference the President claimed that Gates was the victim of racial profiling and that the Cambridge Police “acted stupidly” in arresting Gates for breaking into his own home. Alas, the president was tall on rhetoric, but short on facts, which was surprising (or perhaps not) given that the conference questions were pre-approved and he knew to expect it. Contrary to the President’s assertion- Gates was not profiled. The police were responding to a report of a possible break-in at Gates home. Nor was Gates arrested for breaking into his own home. He was arrested for disorderly conduct. (more…)

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Tags: Cambridge Police, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Obama, Police
Posted Jul 27th 2009 at 12:03 pm in Featured Story, News, Politics | 192486199 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/07/27/other-than-that-professor-gates-how-was-your-trip/Other+Than+That%2C+Professor+Gates%2C+How+Was+Your+Trip%3F2009-07-27+19%3A03%3A11Joseph+C.+Phillips

Perez Hilton: Violence Isn’t the Answer, Violent Laughter Is

Perez Hilton aka Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. is the worst.  I’m not just referring to his much-publicized hit job on Carrie Prejean during the Miss USA contest.  I’m referring to his entire career.  His website, PerezHilton.com, is a parade of puerile garbage, a sleazy attempt to raise himself to celebrity status by tearing down other celebrities.

So it was not unsatisfying to watch his latest run-in with fellow Obama-supporter, assumed-name-fellow-traveler, Will.i.am.  In fact, it was delicious. Perez Hilton/Mario got into a verbal confrontation with Will.i.am, which ended with gay Mario calling Will.i.am a “faggot.”  Will.i.am’s manager then got into the act, punching Mario in the eye.  To which Mario responded with an enraged and hilarious YouTube video.  Because, after all, what better way to respond to being punched than to bitch about it on your blog?  (more…)

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Tags: "faggot", GLAAD, Perez Hilton, Police, will.iam
Posted Jun 26th 2009 at 4:35 pm in Celebrity News | 1689583 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2009/06/26/perez-hilton-violence-isnt-the-answer-violent-laughter-is/Perez+Hilton%3A+Violence+Isn%27t+the+Answer%2C+Violent+Laughter+Is2009-06-26+23%3A35%3A37Ben+Shapiro

Lonewolf Diaries: Time to Body Check Obama

I was back in junior high when my dad used this unforgettable analogy: “The role of the government is similar to that of a hockey referee. His job is to keep the players safe and keep the pace of the game. No more, no less.”

Granted, my dad was really just trying to simplify an explanation for me amidst a time in my life where I’d rather be lighting my own flatulence than engaging in true political discourse, but looking back… I realize that my father is a genius! Step aside Thomas Edison and Guy-who-invented-PopTarts, there’s a new sheriff in town.

The simple, yet brilliant description should be one of the “go to” weapons in any conservative’s quiver when it comes to debating the left. See, liberals hate it when you have a firm grasp on the role of government and more importantly, the founding fathers original intent. It makes their run-around, situational ethics a lot harder to peddle. Now of course using the “hockey referee” analogy may be blatantly Canadian of me, so for all you Southerners just replace “hockey” with “football”, and if you’re gay…. “Soccer.” (more…)

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Tags: football, free market, government, hockey, Military
Posted Apr 28th 2009 at 5:11 pm in Politics | 1192629 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/04/28/lonewolf-diaries-its-time-to-body-check-obama/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+Time+to+Body+Check+Obama2009-04-29+00%3A11%3A53Steven+Crowder

The Police Redeemed

Last year,  I went to see The Police when they came to Columbus.  I could not have been more disappointed with the show.  They looked uninterested — like three solo acts who weren’t willing to play together. On top of it, they didn’t let Sting play any of his hit songs.  When someone pays a lot of money to see a show, you expect them to put some effort into entertaining you.  I drove home, hoping that the band just had an off night. (more…)

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Tags: Palladia, Police, Sting
Posted Mar 7th 2009 at 12:53 pm in Entertainment, Reviews | 7495839 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jkasich/2009/03/07/74958/The+Police+Redeemed2009-03-07+20%3A53%3A27John+R.+Kasich