Spying for Lying: President Obama, Professor Gates, Sergeant Crowley over Beers

Saturday, August 1, 2009

President Obama, Professor Gates, Sergeant Crowley over Beers

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (L) and Sergeant James Crowley meet in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 30, 2009. Last week Crowley arrested Gates in Gates' home. UPI/Pete Souza/White House Press Office Photo via Newscom

Obviously the incident at Gates' Home was an emotional one, where both individuals have to share some responsibility for not being calm. An incident where body language and not mirroring each others emotions would have had a better conclusion. Hindsight...

Okay we will never know what is being said over beers, or will we?

Above Gates is speaking using gestures. With this gestures he is speaking from his perspective. We use this to explain how we feel by moving our hand back and forth from the heart. Crowley is leaning back- which could be comfort- but it is not- no one can feel totally comfortable at the White House- he is more 'stand offish' while the President is leaning forward, which shows interest, but also notice how he is leaning towards Crowley- this is a way of showing some sort of support or concern.

Wow, good job photographer! The photographer has either caught a microexpression or a macroexpression. His mouth (dropped open) shows surprise while his eyes (lowering of the eyebrow and intense gaze) and forehead shows anger. Crowley cannot believe what the President is saying. If it is a microexpression we see a true emotion, if he maintained this expression for one to four seconds then Crowley could be purposely showing his discomfort or it is a true emotion.

One of the best photographs of the day is the one below. It tells me they have moved beyond the incident from a personal level. This was taken as they made their way from the White House to the table. Here we see Crowley help Gates down the stairs. Neither would allow this type of contact if they still harbored deep negatitive emotional feelings towards each other.

Official White House photograph.◦

1 comments:

E De Grave said...: Obama seems to to walking with a kind swagger!Made me laugh outload , Thanks.; November 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM

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I also have a couple of warnings: (1) Don't read people and tell people what you're seeing in them. People hate it- and you become instantly creepy; (2) Be careful, if all of a sudden you are looking at everything more clearly you can become super sensitive. This can be very dangerous to yourself and all of your relationships. Recognize if at least 70% of our communication is not the words that are used- all of a sudden you could be seeing 3 times more information it can be scary- so chill out a little.

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Step 1:

Get a good body language book. I can recommend this book because it covers all the bases.

Step 2:

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More books. These I can recommend because they are really interesting. Sure they will cover some of the concepts you already learned from the first body language book, but they have something to add, and it becomes a refresher now that you have some experience under your belt.

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Branch out. Get more technical books. Read FBI profiler books. Check out some NLP stuff. Watch the news show that feature interrogations like 48 hours and Dateline. Watch some reality shows like the Bachelor. Read scientific articles on the latest research in the area. Play poker. Offer to interview candidates for job openings at work. Watch the news. Pay attention in meetings. Sell something to someone. Watch Lie to Me and some of the non technical crime shows are pretty good. Meet someone at a meeting or social setting. Make sure your family and friends know you care about them by using what you learned here to show them.

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