Shaquille O'Neal provided an assist to police over the weekend,
trailing a man who allegedly assaulted a gay couple before alerting an
arresting officer.
The 7-foot-1 Miami Heat center, who is
in the process of becoming a Miami Beach, Fla. reserve officer, was
driving on South Beach around 3 a.m. Sunday. He saw a passenger in a
car yell anti-gay slurs at the couple, who were walking, said Bobby
Hernandez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department.
The
man then got out of the car and threw a bottle, hitting one of the
pedestrians, who was not seriously hurt. The man got back in the car,
which sped off. O'Neal followed, flagging down an officer who made an
arrest, Hernandez said.
An 18-year-old man was arrested on
charges of aggravated assault and assault with a deadly weapon. The
driver of the car was not charged.
O'Neal, who hopes to be
a police chief or county sheriff one day, was already being fitted for
his Miami Beach police uniform before he helped the police out.
"For
this incident I don't want to be credited as an individual who does
police work," O'Neal said in a statement. "I want to be credited as a
Miami Beach police officer."
AP's editors help the Preznit out by writing the headline—except that the headline doesn't match what Bush actually said:
Bush Takes Full Responsiblity for Katrina Blunders (via AP)
Interesting, if true. But read on:
"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do it's job right, I take responsibility," Bush said.
Omigod! Bush just executed an incredibletriple weasel--flawlessly!
Just
look at those weasel words: (1)"To the extent," (2) "fully," and (3)
"right"! What a performance! That man can spin! If I were on the
judge's panel, I'd give it a 9.0, except I'd have to take off a couple
tenths on style, for the ears, that narrowness between the eyes, the smirk, and
that weird lump on his back...
And kudos to the AP editors for helping Him out with that "full" in the headline, that's not actually part of His remarks...
Rating Bush's deceptions has evolved to an art form.
Of course, Bush and the Republicans believe that the Federal
government's "job" is to prove to Americans that the 'federal
government', not just the Republican goverance, is the problem. So
by those standards, Bush can feel a great deal of pride in the "job"
He's done...
Bush himself asks, "Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very
important question ...."
If Bush doesn't KNOW the answer to that, after four years and billions
of dollars spent, and AFTER watching the governmental effort for the
past two weeks... THEN I THINK IT'S CLEAR, THE ANSWER IS NO!
Shaquille O'Neal provided an assist to police over the weekend,
trailing a man who allegedly assaulted a gay couple before alerting an
arresting officer. 
