Gates should be thankful to live in a neighborhood where the police do respond to break-in reports the same day they're called in. The cop obviously works nights, doesn't watch PBS, and therefore might not know Mr Gates by sight. But if Obama could bring Gates and Officer Crowley together, maybe he can reconcile Israel and the Palestinians. I can picture President Obama inviting Khaled Meshal and Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for a beer, and maybe a pig roast.

Good one, TT, and I would personally try to reconcile Israel and the Palestinians if I were Obama, but without the pig roast. I would also try to act more like an ordinary American president rather than a socialist if I were him. 5s.

TT, you are right on the money(as usual)! Absolutely hilarious and scathingly true. Now, here's a quick assignment. Let's see how fast you can come up with a "Gee Officer Crowley" (To Gee Officer Krupkee) parody! Fives right now, and (hopfully) fives to follow...

Great take on the "Gates of Hell" ;D

Laughing myself silly, for evident reasons apart from your parody brilliance

@Patrick and Mark: Hahahaha!!!!

Fine spoof of a political good

Oops, make that goof...

Great!

Damn! Why didn't I think of this title?

Hey TT - keep pushin' the envelope. It's time to wake up people! The name fits since he really WAS a gate crasher.

Great tribute to HL Gates! I am always against racial issues and racial slurs. This may be off topic, but I knew someone from high school who got expelled for making racial remarks and using racial slurs. Works well with the OS! 5's!

Hilarious stab at the prof (which is about what he deserves by the sound of it) but I was surprised to read that Obama thinks the New Zealand rugby team should be allowed to rob!

Lexcellent! This guy you've so completely skewered, you could open yer own kiosk selling Shish kaGates with BobaGadouche on the side! Thanks too, for the vocab lesson! And LOL FG's nick!

Patrick: I wouldn't know Gates by sight.... and we're not sure if there's a permanent truce here, much less complete understanding. Funny comment, though -- thanks!

Andria: Unfortunately, most "ordinary American presidents" have been adding in socialism, in varying amounts, since 1913. BTW, assume both Patrick and you know that pork is unclean to Muslims, too -- more evidence of how much heritage all Middle Eastern peoples share. Thanks for v/c.

Mark Scotti: *Brilliant* inspiration! Butt... already working on a "major" project that I hope to complete in the next couple of days ... and having already done Krupke http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/westsidestorybernsteinsondheim4.shtml , I know what a beeyatch it is to do. You could do it, Mark, and darn well! .... thanks for v/c!

Old Man Ribber: LOL!

Vera: (didja think the aka was necessary for the pea brain?) I Get A Kick Out Of You, too...

I get no kick from jokes plain
Watching some guy as he tries to be wry is my idea of "1" or a "2"
But I get a kick out of you.

Nice quick nick pick trick (except it kept reminding me of a baby-feeding formula for some reason), and thanks for the generous description. Now tell everyone that we did *not* plan this! :)

AFW: Make that "thanks"!

Jason: Thanks!

John Barry: I dunno, maybe too busy with The Three Hundred movie sequel? ... or Screamin' Jay put a spell on you? ... kicking myself for not seeing it sooner (although politely waiting for FG to find it made for a funny day), so I'm with ya, Bro.

Guy: TT is so far outside the envelope, he can't even see the stamp anymore, but thanks for the v/c!

Christie Marie M: Not sure if "tribute" is the right word LOL! ... but yeah, the whole idea was for us all to be color-blind; instead, the Gov forces us to see race (quotas, etc.), and certain people make a living from it. Thanks for v/c!

Andy Primus: The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA) Steelers (American) football club is known for their black uniforms, but did the Kiwis actually take that as the team name? Any idea why? Thanks for v/c.

TJC: Not sure the aroma would be that appealing, but lol at the side dish ....love your sense of hummus! My fava-rite commenter? .... And yes, I do believe we have a new pledge in the "A rose by any other name is a lot funnier" club!

I should have known that would go over your head because I don't think you have rugby in the US. Do you? The All Blacks are the NZ national team, they've been playing for just over 100 years & most of their line-ups would be considered the best team in the world of their time. They have played 443 international matches and won 330 of them - 75% win average. How many teams in any sport could claim that?

PS if you've never seen it, give it a go. It's similar to your American football but not so stop starty

Good point, TT. Using a ridiculous song for this stupidity was well selected. Why did this escalate at all. If it was my house, I would be grateful they were checking. Good to know my tax dollars are buying those folks beers.

Andy: Hardly any rugby here, perhaps at an Ivy League college or two; saw a bit on the telly once. Amazing record, to be sure ... but if you'll pardon my repetition, where did they come up with that name? Is it true?

Timmy1000: My house, too. -- but the Prof. wasn't smart enough to think of that? Thanks for v/c.

lol...great bit o' bashin'

Thank you for educating us about venery. In your first verse, "what TV (what the venery)" might have been a good substitute for "what TF." It is somewhat surprising that on AmiRight, which seemed like such an overwhelmingly liberal web site just 6 months ago, no one is coming out and defending the President.

I didn't answer that bit because I'm not 100% sure. I've always thought it was because they wear black top/shorts/socks but according to Wiki it's because a 1905 London paper wanted to say that they played as if they were all backs (the lighter players with the speed as opposed to the forwards who are the bulls) but it was mis-typed as all blacks and the name stuck.

alvin, thanks!

Andy, interesting -- funny how even mistakes stick around and become permanent. -- like in politics lol.

John Jenkins: I know that crude language is not to your taste, but apparently, some unprofessorial language was used by this eminent scholar, hurling insults, curses, whatever, at the police. Exactly *what* he said has been Orwellianly suppressed, by the media and probably by his superiors, on order from much higher up. But I wanted to convey his apparent mood and actions in the parody; hence, the crudeness.

I too have noticed, and commented elsewhere, the dramatic shift here, which has been far-Left since I arrived 3+ years ago. Not just in failing to defend the Pres (what's to defend?), but in not writing pro-O parodies with the same vociferousness and volume that they wrote anti-W parodies. I would guess that the reality check that some of us predicted has finally set in, and the disillusioned realize that he can't walk on water, he's backtracked on his promises (upholding the firing of the military's Arab translator for privately being gay, not disavowing the illegal wiretaps, etc.), and he hasn't any solutions, magic or otherwise. Heck, he promised health care magic, but it turned out he didn't even have a plan of his own to propose -- just asked Congress to do it. Anyone could have done that. ... So yes, it's nice that the screaming from the Left has quieted, but bad for the country that they've all been "had" by the image without substance.