It's all about the money.

There are a lot of things that bothered me about the Henry Gates arrest, but they're not the things that seem to bother our esteemed (Haha!) President.

The first thing that bothers me is that Henry Gates automatically assumed that the officer who arrested him for being disorderly was a racist. The party guilty of racial profiling was definitely NOT the officer.

The second thing that bothers me is that the media assumes that if the caller who reported the break-in gave the race of the suspected intruders, she was a racist. Not so -- a description of suspects is relevant, and you can eliminate or include a whole bunch of people in one fell swoop with the race of the individual(s).

The third thing that bothers me is that Obama shot off his mouth without knowing the facts. He automatically assumed that Crowley and not Gates was the racist. More racial profiling.

The fourth thing that bothers me is the arrogant, condescending attitude of Gates who says he wants to take advantage of this "teaching" moment. What he needs to take advantage of is a "learning" moment! He says he hopes the Cambridge police department will "choose to work with me toward that goal." Kind of like he worked with them when they were investigating a possible burglary?

The fifth thing that bothers me is that it's all about the money. Gates says he's going to make a documentary on his arrest to tie into a larger project about racial profiling. Wonder how much he'll make off that and the subsequent speaking engagements?

"Arrested scholar ready to move on." The Dallas Morning News; July 26, 2009; p. 5A.