About that charity you run, Professor Gates

American Thinker ^ | July 25, 2009 | Clarice Feldman

[jazusamo]

Dan Riehl explores  a charity headed by Professor "Skip" Gates which takes in a lot of money, pays out very little, mostly to his colleagues and assistants at Harvard, was late filing the necessary papers and lists as its office the house Gates rents from Harvard.

Perhaps as Ann Althouse suggested yesterday on her blog there was something in his home that Gates did not want the police to see.

Crowley says that Gates's "tone" was "peculiar." And I'm wondering why the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" would have upset him so much. It could have been just that it was an invasion of his privacy, but think about this along with the fact that Gates didn't seem to want to report the damage to his door that made him need to force it open when he got home. Did Gates already somehow know who had broken the door while he was away, so that he wanted to protect that person? Was that person in the house, such that the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" felt threatening to Gates?

Inkwell, the Gates charity is designed to help blacks trace their genealogy through their DNA. The stated purpose for Gates' trip to China which preceded this incident was to study Yoyo Ma's genealogy. Is Inkwell Gates' honeypot to pay for whatever trips he wants to make? 

Does the president have yet another close associate with tax problems?

[jazusamo]

to see who qualifies for reparations?

You're undoubtedly right!

[CaptRon]

thought it was pretty obvious.

[Doogle]

whoops, the phrase is “stray dogs usually get caught when they start to bark”

[Carley]

The cello was a muslim invention. The won told me so.

[dragnet2]

Gates' trip to China was to study Yoyo Ma's

CNN reporting that Gates did not say, "I'll talk to your Mama outside", but merely told the officer he just got back from Yoyo Ma studies in China.

[CaptRon]

You’re right. The alien in the Weekly World News said so.

[jazusamo]

Dontcha hate it when they do that? :)

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Sounds like Rahmbo’s set-up charity. I’ll bet Skippie’s charity pays his rent to the college! Nice gimmick!

[Andy'smom]

This is a link to the house in question (it’s painted yellow now): http://www.hres.harvard.edu/RRE/NewWeb/Brochure/Affiliated/Complexes/17ware.htm

It rents for $4,000 a month.

[hoosiermama]

A little mystery re: the second person....Prof Gates ties etc.....I just love a mystery, don’t you?

FBI, IRS, CIA, CBS, anybody out there interested?

[LikeLight]

That must be the yo' mamma Gates was yelling about. It was all a big misunderstanding!

OMG. There it is!

[penelopesire]

Clarice Feldman loves a mystery too. Thanks for the ping. Can’t wait to read it.

[Paladin2]

"...Yoyo Ma's...."

No wonder Gates told the cop he'd go out of the house to talk to "yo mama".

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Yeah, that’s rather odd, isn’t it?

[jazusamo]

Thanks, looks like a nice place for being that old. I suppose it’s been restored but yikes, $4,000 a month is a bunch.

[pointsal]

Where are the curious prosecutors?

Time to shake hands and get along....yeah right.

[antiRepublicrat]

I can’t find Inkwell at any of my usual charity rating sites.

[mlizzy]

Yo-yo ma (not "yo ma-ma") pictured. Too funny. You couldn't make this up if you tried.

[LucyJo]

Just to have a quick clickable link to more of the info:

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/07/a-gatesgate-at-henry-gates-bogus-charity.html

[Daniel II]

“but yikes, $4,000 a month is a bunch.”

Not when you have a private slush fund.