TimThomas Snubs Obama

[bduke]

Tim Thomas turned down the POTUS invitation to honour the Bruins.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/bruins/story/2012-01-
23/bruins-white-house-visit/52758150/1

Cottonpicken found it.

Cheers... Bill

[buzz]

I am surprised he did not go for the experience
with his teammates.

[wauchope]

what does he think he proved?
another idiot

[buzz]

He is from Boston, home of the original tea party
and Paul Revere.

[cpallett]

"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.

"This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

"Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

"This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT"

[Burbert]

TT, should be fined and fired. HE has
shown the world, that he is a small
minded, racist, pig!

[bucket]

Burbert

How so? He blamed both parties. He may not have gone if was a republican president either.

I don't care either way, using sports teams for some extra publicity is what?

There is a lot of traction Obama gained because of this. Tim Thomas wasn't counting on the backlash as being positive for Obama.

To me, it seems a statement on how ****ed up things are in the states.

[furrowtickler]

I agree bucket.

[burnt]

Not his first shutout.

[riders2010]

Yah talking about f'd up, here is a guy making how many million to the point where the average working stiff family cannot even afford to go to the games because of his and the owner billionaire salaries, and he is talking about how the system is f'd up when guys producing grains meats, wood for the essentials are going broke? YA BOYS SHE IS A F'D UP ALRIGHT!

[monte]

Sports celebrities and politics do sometimes mix.

I agree most of the time the rich sports athletes would rather chase tail then make political statments where they get negative press.

Good for him to take the less popular stance.

[riders2010]

the money he's makin he doesn't have to chase "it" (ya know what I mean), it will come to him and his money!

He doesn't even get that he is part of the problem!

Wanna bet the next puck in the head and career done he goes for politician, he't then be as smart as most of them and rich a complete shoe in!

[cottonpicken]

pound ****in sand

the libertarians are coming

we will protect you from the socialist

we will protect you from the the cons

life liberty and the pursuit of
happiness

[riders2010]

Don't need protection from Conservatives, trouble is todays cons party are actually reform, but even some reform aren't bad even very good, it's the extreme nuts there and the extreme socialists we all need to avoid. But if we are the people I think we mostly are no cause for worry they will destroy themselves. How long depends on how good they publicly mask what they are actually doing or want to do.

The run away train owned by oil and potash etc. is on the go, every inch of dirt up for grabs at any cost so the share holders get more money. Give her away for some jobs and a small petty fee, then when you don't have people to fill the jobs bring in people other countries don't want and then brag how the population is growing while people are operated upon in the parking lots and special crime forces are looking for imported bums. All the while young canadian farmers are f'd as far as starting. But how about those asians indies and pakistanis let's kiss their asses while we give not only the resources but the land away too. Still say all politicians should have their bank accounts checked regularly, why is this big development going ahead so smoothly for them and not for concerns about the effects?

Quite the plan we got going here in hillybilly land.

You can pound what ever you like also!

[furrowtickler]

Tim T earns his wage, more that can be said for any plotico of any color. People pay himto perform and he does.Like I said he earned his paycheck, politicians and bankers are killing america