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Boston Bruins Goaltender Releases Statement Explaining Absence From Obama Meeting
While his colleagues from the Boston Bruins were visitng the White House earlier today, goaltender Tim Thomas was absent. Here is his personal explanation for why he did what he did. We can only hope more role-models follow in his footsteps.
Thomas statement on White House absence (via the NHL)
"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"
And from USA Today:
h/t Not_Jim_Cramer
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Does one have to be a Tea Partier like Thomas to be an honorary ZH'er? Is that who this website is exclusively for? Zzzzzzzzzzz. I just had an episode of narcolepsy imagining that.
Where did I claim to speak for Tyler?
Oh, & to those who single out hockey players as not being the brightest guys around....they may not be members of mensa, but there are increasing number of college players in the game, and compared to especially football & basketball, these guys generally have a good head on their shoulders (when they aren't concussed).
+ whatever his Jersey number is + his age + 1776.
Step in line, goalie! Or you will be sent to a FEMA re-education camp!
Sarcasm people. Its use is sublime.
I use the sarc tags to help people out ; = )
<sarc> .... </sarc>
A local FM sports radio station in Boston is railing against Tim Thomas for putting his "politiacal views" ahead of the team.
There are many places in the world where politics is considered a contact sport.
I give credit to Thomas and the NHL for passing the message along. Contractually ,I'm sure they could have told him to STFU ,and gave some lame excuse for his absence.
What the PUCK?
I love that guy!
Tim Thomas 2012!
Say hallelujah, brothers and sisters
January 23, 2012 may go down in history as the start
of something historical.
First Rand Paul earlier today and now Tim Woods.
Both stood up to the government creeps.
If they had the elections tomorrow, either
one would win by a landslide.
I've always admired hockey. Real men.
Spartacus, Spartacus, Spartacus
Tim Thomas's message to the Political Elite:
The Puck Stops Here!
He should have gone to the White House and checked Obama hard into the podium.
The comments here are so much more refreshing than the ones on HFboards.com (hockey forum) dealing with the subject.
Tim Thomas has the Gadsden flag on his helmet for a reason. Well done, Tim. -Rangers Fan
Word up, TT. The only house you need to be at is the one between the pipes. Tell Obottom to stick it in his five-hole if he no like it.
Me like hockey. Make the Dumocraps and Repugnicants duke it out on the ice. Team that scores the most goals gets their bill passed. That will straighten out some of the vomit coming out of Washington. High sticking, bitchez !
It is rare in today's age to see anyone in the media's light display such integrity and guts.
Maybe those who would lead us into the pit would read what this man had to say and clean up their act, but I am not expecting anyone to do so, except for Ron Paul and his kind to give any credibility to this statement.
Well, there was the Dixie Chicks.
Aircraft accident in 3... 2...
Tim Thomas gained a new fan today.
Congrats to goaltender Tim Thomas: he has just made the biggest SAVE of his hockey career. Let others follow!!
What a wonderful day when sports stars that millions watch, root for, and respect speak and act up against tyranny!
Bravo Tim Thomas!
I feel great and it's only Monday.
The sheeple are awakening...
The Second American Revolution is rolling...
ANOTHER ASSHOLE independent / libertarian voter
who keeps his head up his ass
and listens to coast to coast AM
with all the right wing conspiracy wackos
for his (faux) news...
sad just how stupid people get with stupid news
Libertarians only watch Faux News very briefly in order to trigger their gag reflex.
You, sir, are a system of the greater problem.
Ken, What an unpleasant insulting fucktard you are.
Oh dear, a sycophant has wandered from the ether into the well of light; quick - find him a perch apart from the flame lest he burn before he becomes enlightened.
As one who believes winter is basketball season, I couldn't name a single player in the NHL (Gordy Howe finally retired, right?).
Until today, that is.
that took some balls in this day and age
Executive, legislative, and judicial. That makes it a hat-trick for T. Thomas. Not bad for a goalie.
Mr. Thomas, this evening, I raise a toast in your honor. Thank you for thinking for yourself and for standing for what you think is right.
Take that BO, ya puckhead
Now THAT is a champion!
Best news of the day.
Our government is controlled by various special interest groups and the Federal government is working way outside the constitution.
My hat is off to this brave individual....that wasno easy decision for him to make.
TT MVP FTMFW
I think the guy is a farkin DORK!
The Boston Bruins were invited to the Whitehouse which means he was representing Boston. His Pay Cheque is based on the representation of the City. This was a political statement and he should be reprimanded accordingly for not representing his city.
End of story!
No, you're the dork. He gets paid to play hockey. Not bow-down to the other fucking-dork in the white house. Show us where that's in his contract? Thought so......
what if the white house is being illegally
occupied by impostors pretending to work
for the people of the country but actually
are working for masters whose only interest
is feeding off the service, labor, resources
and credit of america?
should tt show up then? just asking, hypothetical
like.
Please remove the "what if" at the beginning of your message. Woops! By replying, I just prevented that. Damn me!
And how many pay cheques were at risk at Penn State?
How many people stayed silent to keep the illusion alive.
Perhpas we started thinking what we stand for as human, not just as operatives of corporate interests.
A true American hero. I am sure when my family members next get sent to a war [two went to Iraq], this true blue hero of American manhood will step out of those goalie pads and say "Wait, you have done your bit, now I will defend America and kill those Arab terrorists!
God I love a hero. This guy is my fuckn' hero. If only he was as old as me, I am sure I would have seen him on the bus to bootcamp. Guys like this are what I told my kids they should try and be like! A man, a hero and America, Bravo, don't go to any Obama White House. He is an imposter. A Muslim and Arab and pals around with terrorists. I know that for a fact. You see I watch FOX, the only non-communist news outlet left in America.
You gotta love this guys balls. A real man. As I said before, a real American hero.
Your sarcasm hand is weak Kimosabe. Nobody in Iraq is defending America.
We don't have any enemies in Iraq. How can you defend us from someone who isn't our enemy in the first place? Please step away from the Kool-Aid.
I salute you!!!!
Packers Fan
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/01/22/weekly-intel-january-22-2012/
Disappearing Dialog, Why America Has Stopped Asking
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
.
Israeli Right to Kill President Supportable
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/01/23/obama-assassination-said-to-be-l...
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speaking of woven tangled webs.
What? He didn't want to hobnob with the American Dictator, Emperor Obama himself? Perhaps if the Teleprompter Tyrant allowed Thomas to call him Caesar!?
hey oBLAHma! go to 11:11!
Off topic, but interesting none the less.
Solar storm watch issued
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/science-environment/2012/01/solar-storm.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSuiAGfBaHk&feature=youtu.be
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecast model run, Jan 23, 2012
i did not notice any electrical problems.
the sun was beautiful and strong and the
weather was unseasonably warm and luxuriant.
new york metropolitan region.
except for the chem trails the sky was mostly
clear. i have yet to go into this night.
most of the snow from a few days ago has melted
by now.
A breath of fresh air, I can breathe again!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZ_HFJIGQw
A Bruin with class and a head on his shoulders. Wow. Well done Tim Thomas. Go Canucks Go!
What he wrote makes my day... Bless him...
Breaking: Fred Thompson endorses Newt!
Newt = More obama
This is the kind of spark that we can hope starts an inferno on awakening...........fingers crossed.
Sounds like snother one of those whacky Paul bots making sense again....
occupy ice
••
'scuse the cliché
Wow,an athlete that gives a fuck,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDtxiNwDS8
Tim will be cheered in every rink from now on
now,
let's see if ELI MANNING does the same thing in a few months.
heheh...
I strongly suspect that the one in the middle is a "hockey puck"!!!
I strongly suspect that the one in the middle is a "hockey puck"!!!
Bravo to a public display of disapproval. My hat goes off.
Then again, we haven't seen anything yet. Most of the sheeple worship these athletes and support them by wasting their precious time on this earth going to endless repetitive games, year after fucking year, and buying worthless memorabilia.
I'll know Americans are starting to wake up when these sports leagues disappear and nobody gives a shit. Until then, it's hard not to yawn.
I have zero sympathy for these sheeple when TSHTF. They are not going to trade their useless jerseys for my gold. No way.
Well, kind of ironic to trash the current system that has allowed him to make $20-$25 Million dollars while playing hockey...
Wrong! He hails from Flint, Michigan. You don't like it because that doesn't fit the profile created by your favorite filmmaker, Michael Moore
The "current system", to the extent that phrase means anything, is NOT what lets ANYONE earn anything. Anyone who repeats insane garbage like that really does need to LEARN HOW TO THINK.
Obama belives what he says
.
hes the President
This is fantastic.
Tim Thomas has a fan here.
LETS GO PENS
Tim Thomas was out of order and here's why. It was the Bruins who received the inivitation and not the player. Therefore he represents the Bruins and should understand that his own personal opinion and obvious political stance does not apply.
When the country is in the shitter, the Bill of Rights is shredded and both parties are pimping out the American people, there's no time to stand on ceremony.
same excuss the nazi guards used at nurumberg.
sports and politics do not mix
Amphitheatrum Flavium
Tim Thomas gives us hope.
Oh btw way - see who profit's from Obummer's Keystone pipeline rejection...yeah that's right Buffett...and shipping oil by rail generates more 'pollution'...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-23/buffett-s-burlington-northern-a...
That BOA investment is paying off well.
free base
a hockey puck
for liberty...
Tim Thomas was out of order and here's why. It was the Bruins who received the inivitation and not the player. Therefore he represents the Bruins and should understand that his own personal opinion and obvious political stance does not apply.
That is the thing about being part of a corporation, or an organization (hockey football team). Your personal views/opinions are subverted to the team....to the corporation.
The problem with the constant subversion in favor of the teams or the corporates interests, is it is a slippery slope. And before you know it you have subverted the crimes of Jerry Sandusky in favor of the glory of Joe Paterno's football legend and the interests of Penn State.
One's personal political ethical stance always matters. And perhaps we need to start using our voice again, and quit dancing to whatever corporate interests we repersent in our professional lifes.
People need to learn. There ARE no "organizations". All organizations are fictions, and are so deemed in long-standing fundamental law as "fictitious entities". Therefore, what WAS invited to the WH was several individuals. That one was wise and brave enough to "just say no" is wonderful.
Not!
It would be called individual freedom....not collective.
Communism is collective misery! If you like it go to Italy. There you can grow with the movement you prefer. There is no surer sign that freedom will prevail than an awakening like this. Truly a breath of fresh air.
Remember, freedom is and will always be about the individual!
So tell me Steffi, it was an "un-American" thing to do? His own personal opinion does not apply?
Tim Thomas was out of order and here's why. It was the Bruins who received the inivitation and not the player. Therefore he represents the Bruins and should understand that his own personal opinion and obvious political stance does not apply.
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Yep, he forgot to play for the team.
But hey, dont worry, US citizens standards are volatile, anytime it suits them, forgetting to play for the team is the greatest of qualities.
TT shoots, he scores! da da da da. da-da.
Who said hockey players were stupid? TT for President.
I for one would like to shake TT's hand.
Three cheers for Tim Thomas. I guess I finally found one downside to paying no attention to sports! Three cheers for Tim Thomas. You tell them.
This guy knows who he is..period!
If one stands up more will follow... it's amazing what one persons influence can have.
Whether it's Mike Maloney, James Turk or right here with "Tyler Durden" they all play a part in advancing the truth
Best Place To Buy Silver
If one stands up more will follow
This is probably posted somewhere else in this thread, but just that folks are aware, TT is one of only two U.S. citizens from the Stanley Cup champiion Bruins team. The other is Steve Kampfer, who didn't really play much in the playoffs.
So from a relevance standpoint, Thomas is the only guy on the Bs whose stance on this really mattered.
Thank you for your courage, Tim. There is nothing more respectable than a man willing to express his freedom.
This guy has to be posting on ZH!
Yo TT! Come on out! Best to be out in the light!
You are amongst friends!
Par Excellence statement BTW!
Thank you for your courage, Tim. There is nothing more worthy of respect than a man willing to express his free state of being.
Big fucking deal
Maybe, just maybe, this will get through to some brain-dead sports addicts.
Video: USS Enterprise False Flag Attack Pending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=Ufdw21ltc-8
Let freedom ring, bitchez!
Thank you TT.
What's this gotta do wiith Tim Tebow?
;)
The shot heard around the world - Boston, 1775
The slap(intheface)shot heard around the world - Boston, 2012
Wow... sports figures are rarely authorities on politics and government, but Tim has the right idea. Now, at the other end of the spectrum, if we can only convince John Elway that he is a LOSER for doing those snitch-on-your-neighbor Gestapo commericals.
The following video is Superbowl MVP John Elway making a complete ass of himself, gushing his support for the government and the Gestapo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVs6kVAwAwg
"Thomas is a Republican and has stated that the person he would most like to have dinner with is conservative TV pundit Glenn Beck" (Wikipedia) i.e. this retard would have attended if Bush Junior was still the prez no matter how much he screwed up and infrindged freedom
This retard has some convictions most of us here agree with us and the had the guts to make some sort of stand for his convictions. Until about 2 years ago I used to watch some Glenn Beck, everybody has to start somewhere or did you just wake up as a baby with your homepage set to zerohedge?
All these repug sheeples never complained about freedom when Bush bought in the Patriot act or spent trillions of Tax payer money to secure contracts for Bectel and Halliburton in Iraq, now complaining bout Obama like he's done something major that infringes the constitution, the only thing Obama has done is FUCK ALL, if someone here can specifically name one policy he has implemented that is unconstitutional I'll agree with them, my problem with Obama is he's done nothing- about bank fraud, US torture, stupid foreign policy, debt, etc.
Respect!
as I was balling up newspaper yesterday morning
to start the fire in the furnace,
I came across a headline that read
"Should the U.S. hav a law requiring people to vote?"
I didn't stop to read it.... I was cold, I wanted fire ....
Suddenly, I guess I'm a hockey fan. I hate sports, but if this spreads, I think I'm all-in.
brave man, there will be payback. I know for calling Sen ted Kennedy office years ago to tell him he was still the biggest killer in the senate (ok not just on that, but that got his staff pissed)..got IRS goons on my ass for 5 years in a row after wards some times multiple audits in the same tax year. he will pay.
Bravo Tim Thomas! Bravo! Follow his example, Boycott and civil disobedience is the call of the day.
Boycott and civil disobedience is the call of the day.
Those aren't the same thing. Mr. Dire Straits tune, Sir.
MORONS.
All the people who think this guy is a great hero are exactly the same ones who were too scared/stupid to protest when the patriot act was rammed thru.
Thomas is a registered Republican and has stated that the person he would most like to have dinner with is Glenn Beck!
"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People"
When some wingnut celebrity says the above it's called patriotism, when a progressive liberal does it (patriot act/OWS) it's called treachery.
Welcome to the struggle, us Liberal progressive types have been fighting it for the 7 years before the black guy took over.
While you were all riding the bush's gravy train to Cashville, we were being spat on and pepper sprayed by people like you for trying to warn about the dangers of the patriot act.
I'm not bitter..................Honest.
Personally i have used traceroute to locate the phyical address of all comments posters on ZH who refer to phyical PM's and stocks of food, ammo or fuel on their land, these loners will be the first visited during the collapse by me and my hungry team of resource redistribution operatives.
Hugs Xxx :-)
Your attempt to look like a technical Sherlock Holmes is incredibly naive and makes you look technically illiterate. Traceroute my posting IP all day long, but it will provide you nothing - especially my Physical Address.
I want them to bring it, don't sing it. War was declared on the American public on 12-30-11 NDAA S-1867 so who cares? Only 7 out of 358 Dems and Republicans voted against it. Should tell you something, they don't represent you.
Tim Thomas your statment and the SOPA blackout make me feel better about world... This little act alough not Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham Jail is quite a statment. I am making a donation to Ron Paul and any Tim Thomas foundation... The world thanks you for your slam on the Neo-consertive big government.... As the ignorance of the negative comments comes in i just listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCB6W1TKcc
ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST.. THE WORLD THANKS YOU..
Henry David Thoreau
Mohandas Gandhi Satyagraha
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham Jail
John Lennon
Rosa Parks, "mother of the civil rights movement"
James Bevel, the Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Dalai Lama
Henry David Thoreau
Lech Wa??sa
Dorothy Day co-founder of Catholic Worker Movement
Philip Berrigan former Josephite priest and nonviolent activist
Daniel Berrigan Jesuit priest and nonviolent activist
Sousveillance, passive campaign against surveillance
Václav Havel
Anna Hazare, 2011 Civil Disobedience in India for Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill)
Mohandas Gandhi Satyagraha
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham Jail
John Lennon
Rosa Parks, "mother of the civil rights movement"
James Bevel, the Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Dalai Lama
Lech Wa??sa
Dorothy Day co-founder of Catholic Worker Movement
Philip Berrigan former Josephite priest and nonviolent activist
Daniel Berrigan Jesuit priest and nonviolent activist
Sousveillance, passive campaign against surveillance
Václav Havel
Anna Hazare, 2011 Civil Disobedience in India for Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill)
highwaytoserfdom
You may have a point...........However to place a celebrity up there with Gandhi, kinda kills whatever point you were trying to make, unless you are comparing TT to Hanoi Jane or bradley manning.
Here's your chance to convert an ignoramus, explain to me why this act is deserving of thanks from the world.
Cheers,
Ah .. your sarcasm hand is strong! Something tells me you normally do this with someone tied to a chair.
Arab spring, Greece, Portgual, britan calling Iceland terrorist. Come on Frédéric Bastiat's classic essay, “The Law Thomas Jefferson wrote, Thomas Jefferson wrote “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Hanioi Jane or Gulf of Tonkin? Manning or weapons of Mass distructions? Kwaite or Cross drilling encouragment? How about remember the Maine? Heck we have only been in 60 or so conflicts since Korea... What are you trying to say?
tt refused to lend his fame to a political
event, this is out of order and divisive to
the hero following herd mentality that is at
the root of this ancient technique of social
control, talent and quality lent out to give
credence in a social manner to anti social
policies and controls. conformity challenged !
next thing you know he will refuse to do
cola commercials.
he is opting out of the cult of personality
status sharing with the political establishment.
is that so bad? will he lend his status to some
other political figure? will he reject the entire
concept of mass mind modulation through fame and
the group tendency to be open to those manipulations?
and so what? what would Joseph Goebbels say?
Bush league. Taking an event meant to celebrate and honor his TEAM and turning it into a platform for his political views (right or wrong, doesn't much matter) was amateur hour. What happened to taking one for the team, Mr. Thomas?
Look, we all agree that the Goobermint is naughty - fine. Sing it from the subway, the shower, the rooftops or your goalie crease - I don't much care. Think about his young and un-jaded teammates - going, as champions, to the White House to meet and be congratulated by the President of the United States (the same United States that gives him the rights to speak his mind and earn $5M a year playing a game) and their glory being overshadowed by Mr. Thomas' juvenile dispaly of semi-patriotic grandstanding.
Let the flame wars begin, but as Herb Brooks said: "You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back." Mr. Thomas forgot that yesterday.
Would that be the same President and United States that just signed a law removing TT from having due process, should the gubment deem him a threat?
Farmer writes "Mr. Thomas' juvenile dispaly of semi-patriotic grandstanding" LMFAO. Semi-patriotic? How the fuck did you ever deduce that from TT's eloquent and well written statement? Perhaps reading (doubt you read any of it) our Constitution or Bill of Rights. Simpler yet, read the full, unedited (think revisionist) statements or speeches of any of the founding fathers. You are clearly over your head here at ZH. Try a site where NOT thinking critically is lauded as being "smart".
Personal attacks are crude and profanity is base. Learn more words.
Did you not do the very same thing in your post? Kind of the pot and kettle story isn't it?
Your words:
"Bush league. Taking an event meant to celebrate and honor his TEAM and turning it into a platform for his political views (right or wrong, doesn't much matter) was amateur hour. What happened to taking one for the team, Mr. Thomas?
United States that gives him the rights to speak his mind and earn $5M a year playing a game) and their glory being overshadowed by Mr. Thomas' juvenile dispaly of semi-patriotic grandstanding.
Let the flame wars begin, but as Herb Brooks said: "You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back." Mr. Thomas forgot that yesterday.
Hypocrisy is not a positive attribute.
Think about his young and un-jaded teammates - going, as champions, to the White House to meet and be congratulated by the President of the United States (the same United States that gives him the rights to speak his mind and earn $5M a year playing a game) and their glory being overshadowed by Mr. Thomas' juvenile dispaly of semi-patriotic grandstanding.
None of his "young and un-jaded" teammates from the Cup team, except for the never-heard-of Steve Kampfer, are U.S. citizens. So Thomas has a virtually unique perspective on this.
TAKE A STAND HOMEBOY!!
THAT IS THE WAY!!!
Every journey and revolution starts with one step!
right on!!! bravo!!
I wonder how the hockey player likes his new taxpayer funder hockey rink. Hopefully he will refuse to play there.
What the hell does one have to do with the other? He was complaining about the Federal Government, not local or State.
What is important here is not the timing and place of TT's public statement, but that he exhibited something in critically short supply and that is standing for what one believes in the face of possible great personal and professional cost. I am quite certain his decision was not made lightly. These are his teamates and this is at minimum the national stage if not an international one.
One can disagree with his action and/or reasons, but no one can argue that it took significant strength of character for TT to stand his ground and let the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. TT brought to light in stark fashion the cause of freedom and advanced it in a way few of us could, and we (Constitutional minded) Americans are all much better for it. imho. Whether I agree (I do) or not, Mr. Thomas commands my utmost respect.
I wonder what he would say if the Boston Bruins were invited to the floor of the NYSE... given the Kleptocracy that inhabits the dark recesses of the trading floor.
...interesting, Bruins Goalie declares the White House represents contempt, and then the Bruins pull their Goalie as Rosemary's Baby declares the State of The Union, defining the contempt, and the Washington Capitols score on an empty goal and win the hockey game.
What's next, a debt ceiling speech in front of the the White House with the Washington Monument over Rosemary's Baby's shoulder ,,,before the Carlyle Group pays to repair the earthquake damage which shut down the beast? LMAO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epAWlwUXHOQ&feature=related