Dang it, dang it dang it - As a Habs fan I used to hate Tim Thomas, now I love him. (I guess I'll just keep hating the Bruins and Leafs a little more than before)

His three childrens names starting with "K"...it shows the mentality of the leftist hoards...I say hoards as in whores...same..their brain must only funtion when solar flares start..///

Hey Robert- Beat ya to it. From Reader's Tips:

Lead story on TSN: "The 2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins made their visit to the White House on Monday, but without the one player whose postseason heroics got them there in the first place. Conn Smythe Trophy winning-goaltender Tim Thomas did not attend the visit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and the team explained that he would post a statement regarding his actions on his Facebook page on Monday night".
Thomas may be a little flakey (a goalie doncha know), but to me, indicates personal integrity, and shows himself to be an excellent judge of character. WTG TIM!

Posted by: snagglepuss at January 23, 2012 6:23 PM

I expect he will pay the price for voicing freedom from the sheeple.

Timmy T is now my favorite goaltender. I especially look forward to him blanking the Nux.

Hey because you decided not to meet with a politician your a racist? Okay it's the president of the USA but so what?
You called it the way you see it. Who cares what the rest of them think.

Someone with principles. No one knows how to handle it. I guess they've never seen it before.

Dave Hodge should be fired from TSN for calling Thomas a racist.

Listened to the Vancouver sports radio today and just had to shut it off. Idiots like Dave Hodge should stick to their jobs, I couldn't give a rat's azz about his political leanings.

No more "going along to get along".

Progressives crap all over you every chance they get but demand respect and deference from you in return? Tim is an example to be applauded and emulated (even if he doesn't play for a team I cheer for).

Send him emails of support and congratulations, he needs to know his stand is being supported.

There isn't much about this man that is not admirable. A great athlete, father and thinking human being. Good on Tim Thomas...and I sure a H am NOT a Bruins fan.

Snagglepuss, sorry but I didn't see your post!

I hope that someone at Sun News asks Dave Hodge whether implying someone is a racist without any proof whatsoever is good journalism.

Montreal could use a uni-anglais goalie like Tim!

How many black people cover the NHL for the CBC?

I've been a Canuck fan my whole life, although I do admire the Bruin style of play... wussies need not apply. I am now a Tim Thomas fan! Good for you Tim! It's unfortunate but Thomas's days in Boston are now numbered... too bad for Boston.

Umm guys...it was Derek Stoppler who made the KKK comment...he was addressing it to @DaveHodge.

It's a twitter thing...

The 3K comment was made by Derek Stoppler and was addressed to Dave Hodge. Tweeter protcol thingy....

...protocol...but I beat the filter this time...

Bruce: I normally watch HNIC with the sound off except when the game is actually on, so I don't know the dude's name, but I have seen one black guy do in-between period reports from time to time. Not that I pay any attention to them, regardless of who is making the report, even Cassie.

Over at ZH, comments are running about 50-1 in favour of Timmy. I haven't checked his Facebook page, but I understand it's the opposite there. Think I might swing by, and help move the needle a bit.

Wonder what Grapes will say about this....

So now Tim Thomas will have to endure the wrath of the lefties from a State where you can find a Kennedy or one of their supporters under every rock.The US constitution guarantees him the right to freedom of speech among many other rights,but it would seem that the demoKrats in Taxechuesets would prefer to deprive Tim Thomas who is a US citizen of his Constitutional rights, because they don t happen to agree with his opinion.Karl Marx would be very proud,Thomas Jefferson not so much.

I'm a Habs fan and I liked Thomas even before I knew he a Gadsenish backplate on his mask.

Robert W.- Oops, no problem. Assumed you were doing Reader's Tips the last while, but see now it was EBD.
Important thing is to shine the light of day on the Obama-leftist-greenroid bozos. Carry on...

And Dave Hodge, by the way, you know, the pencil flippin' CBC analyst with 'The Hair' who got canned from HNIC back in the 70's...? His hair tonic was some powerful stuff...roots must have pierced the skull and sucked his brain dry.

That 3 kids thing is hilarious. By that logic, any pitcher who strikes out the side is racist.

Will this show up on his record as another shutout?

Strange how I liked Tim even though I hate the Bruins, and how Hodge made my skin crawl for no specific reason.

Oh, and my parents named us Kathy, Kevin, and Keith - guess they were racists too. In 1950's Montreal.

How many black people cover the NHL for the CBC?

One full time, maybe more during playoffs:
Weekes made history in 2009, when he became the first black analyst in the sport of hockey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Weekes

snagglepus

Dave Hodge did not make that comment. Someone named Derek Stoppler made the comment, addressing it to Dave Hodge.

I like Dave Hodge because, IIRC he told HNIC to do pound salt for being amateur twits.

this is a slap in the face to all the Boston Bruins fans.
In case he hasn't noticed,

Massachusetts is a Democratic State.
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Who really gives a flying crap what Massachusetts is?

That is why I cant wait to bury the Democrat Party in the 2012 elections.

When we control the Senate, Congress,
and get rid of that smell in the White House,
all Massachusetts will have to be buried in is a snow bank..

If this would have been Bush as President the left would be howling in glee. I agree with Tim Thomas. Its time anyone with decency plus a love of individual liberty fight back against the Marxist. Pretending we must always defer to their wish. No matter how credulousness.
Nope, past the event horizon Conservatives stood up to call out these social Vampires for what they are.

@lisarpepper "If Tim Thomas is a fan of Glen Beck one can ONLY conclude that Tim Thomas is...anti-Semitic"

she's never listened to a word he's said, obviously

As a Montreal fan this is causing my Brain to short circuit.

No, Hodge himself made the comment, and tweeted it as well I believe. This other guy was quoting him.

Is this really surprising? Anti-government apocalyptic rhetoric you say??.. Take a good look at this photo of "Tim Thomas" .. an obvious Steynian nom de plume. He's everywhere. Just try and get a puck past him.

If he was quoting Dave Hodge there should be a RT (re-tweet) on there somewhere.

We'll trade Dryden for him. That should make everyone happy.

Ha!...good one WalterF...works for me.

marco...great picture. Quite the resemblance.
There has been something classy about Tim Thomas...noticed him during the All Star fun.Great guy!

Any one doing any research on dippy Hollywood types that have ever 'chosen' to not attend the Whitehouse?

An invitation to meet Jughead at the White House is an honour? You've got to be kidding.

I've been a fan of Tim Thomas since last Stanley Cup final,when he taught our sulky,overpaid,60 million dollar baby,Roberto Luongo, how to play goal in the playoffs.

Rumor has it Obama didn't know who the Bruins are,and remarked,"they're the shortest bunch I've ever seen on the Celtics".

Poll:
Are you upset Thomas didn't attend?

http://www.nesn.com/2012/01/vote-are-you-upset-with-tim-thomas-decision-to-not-attend-bruins-white-house-visit.html?rs-img120=0

Listened to the sports guys this AM on Team 1040(Vancouver) talk about how Thomas didn't respect the office of the president. Hell, the current occupier doesn't respect the office. The jock(Matt Zacharus) then went on to talk about how he was taught at journalist school how to walk the middle of the road politically. Then he went on to diss Thomas and repulicans and how bad Glen Beck was, not to mention the Tea Party..Also how, because he was a R, Thomas wouldn't be sharing any of his wealth with the poor. Someone shouls tell Zacharus that conservatives give MUCH more to charities than do liberals. Yeas, real middle of the road stuff.

Conservatives donate to charity, liberals get in line to receive it.

Hockey the last game you can actually watch white people play for now.

Of course that is offensive to most and won’t last forever, but how come white people are not allowed to watch something that they can culturally call their own? It’s not like anyone really wants white only colleges or news networks, newspapers, all white basketball teams and so on, like so many others or everyone else is allowed to have, and It’s not like you hate black people because you want the same rights that they enjoy. It’s just so confusing that they are allowed to enjoy all black everything and yet white people have to give everything away too them. Where’s the “social justice” in that?

Okay. I stand corrected. Dave Hodge did indeed tweet most of that comment.

Everething except KKK#racist

Missed the quotation marks. It does however change the tone of the comment...tounge in cheek maybe?

I believe the KKK#racist bit is Mr. Stoppler's editorial comment.

Doh!

I stand corrected. Dave Hodge did twitter that comment (tongue in cheek I think) without the 3k reference or the hashtag. I believe those are Mr. Stoppler's editorial comments.

Yeah hockey fans are such racists. Nobody watches the Jets here in Winnipeg because of Evander Kane.

Dave Hodge is hankerin' over his second high-profile firing from sports broadcasting. Couldn't happen to a better guy.

Hodge made the tweet.

SDH

Agreed. Viewing his twitter history now. I also does not include the 3K reference or #racist.

Syncrodox, in the interest of clarity, Dave Hodge originally made this comment. Then other referenced it, explaining it more fully.

If Hodge didn't mean "KKK" then what was it he implied?

I realize it was just meant as a joke but perhaps an inappropriate one given the sensitive nature of race-baiting these days.

"It"...

According to Joe Haggerty of Comcast SportsNet New England (Twitter: @HackswithHaggs), it was Brad Marchand (Little Ball of Hate, according to the President) who was going to offer this advice to President and presumed Blackhawks fan BO: "Yeah stop taxing me so much"

If anyone who thinks this current administration is utterly incompetent is a racist, what does it make a real racist?

A liberal, perhaps?

I think Sarah Palin made Thomas do it

Yeah, 'presumed' Blackhawks fan, like the time he named all his favorite White Sox players from when he was a kid?

Robert W. (Vancouver)

Agreed. 3K is definately implied. I read through his recent tweets (I don't follow Hodge) and found that his tweets infrequently (for a media type) and that a good portion of his tweets are tongue in cheek.

I don't know if he was race baiting or not. As to his insensitivity, or the inappropriatness of his comment. That's subjective...I found it wickedly snotty, but that's me.

I do know that the 3k reference and the hash tag appear to be Mr. Stoppler's editorial response to Hodge's suggestion...I think.

Anyways, thanks for the clarification.

I don't think the tweet thing is working for me. That is not Hodge nor Luongo posting, though people will give it a quick read and assume it is. There is enough vitriol out there without adding misleading stuff.

Hodge did indeed make the comment, and is getting called out for it...

https://twitter.com/#!/search/tsndavehodge

Actually, I must repent and give Hodge a lifetime pass after watching the HNIC pen flip.

Hodge, for no apparent reason, slammed Sun News Network on a TSN hockey(!) broadcast as well. His downtown Toronto LibCred is well known.

He should be taken to task over his latest and absolutely abhorrent bit by someone from the aforementioned network. If he wants to play with political fire, by all means, immolate him.

SolidFPlus

That's a CBC classic fer sure.

John Salt

Moby much..?

Sorry, I'm not following ya syncro...

Plus if you look at the "B" logo, take out the "B" and the "X", it means he's X-ing out the Black man. Also, what's left looks suspiciously like a CELTIC CROSS.

I'll give ya a clue...urban dic...moby...google.

BTW John Salt is pretty funny...from a moby perspective.

Is it insulting to say of a goalie "He shoots... he scores!!!"?

Thanks Kyle, I guess the person who points it out doesn't retweet it and makes it look like he is sending the tweet to Hodge. From watching years of Hodge, I would give him a chance to tell us he was being sarcastic (really, he was I hope) because otherwise he is really an ass :)

So, you're... calling me a left-wing troll. Looks like you're 0 for 2 on the night.

Update for those not interested in obscure internet pigeonholery: Hodge has been taken off TSN's twitter feed page. I have a feeling an apology or a firing will take place tomorrow (not mutually exclusive). Or at least I hope so.

I stand to be corrected as always. As per the origin of the tweet I self corrected.

As per the 3k reference and hashtag I believe Robert W. has posted the original tweet.

As per the mobyness of JS...well that's my take.

...at worst I'm 1 for 4 not 0 for 2...

You know things are bad when Stanley cup winning goalies are refusing to rub elbows with the ruling class. When has this happened before.

Kudos to the goalie for his principles. His team should be proud of him for not being a phony.

Tim may well be in line for the POTUS in the land south of us!

With the gas-bags and keystone-kop routine going on down there right now, I'll bet if his name were on the ticket, he could possibly win that thing.

Should print up "Tim Thomas for President" bumper stickers and make a couple of $$$million!!!

I largely agree with what Thomas said, although the problems certainly didn't begin on 20 Jan 09. In fact, he specifically noted that his comments were non-partisan.

But I'm leaning towards thinking he should have gone to the White House. I believe one must separate the office of President from either the current occupant or the institution of the federal government under these circumstances.

As for Dave Hodge, had he called Thomas "racist" based on nothing more than his White House no-show, that would be WAY out of line to the point of slander, but I don't believe he did. The line about the kids is tasteless and classless but does not constitute an outright accusation of racism on its own. It's marginally humorous if it comes from someone with a track record for frivolous comments of that nature. Those who respect freedom of speech may condemn it on the above grounds, but nothing more.

Funny, but I seemed to have missed all the liberal outrage in defense of Tim's statement... you know... just like they supported the Dixie Chicks... sarc

Funny, but I seemed to have missed all the liberal outrage in defense of Tim's statement... you know... just like they supported the Dixie Chicks... sarc

Funny, but I seemed to have missed all the liberal outrage in defense of Tim's statement... you know... just like they supported the Dixie Chicks... sarc

Main point of clarity: the "KKK" reference was inherent in the original Dave Hodge tweet. It was HIS intention to craft that association in the minds of readers, and that's why he and TSN are now taking a tremendous amount of heat. It was repugnant and, indeed, libellous.

Which is why I said (along with hundred of others on twitter) that I hope he's taken to task for writing some pretty vile things about an athlete - things of a political nature. If he's going down that road, then someone on our side should call him out and give him a taste of life on the political/media battlefield.

[aside:] Synchro, seriously, I have no idea what makes you draw those conclusions about me. It's mind boggling in fact, given the positions I've taken here. Wait, is this some kind of hazing ritual??

Well if they trade him, that team would be looking good for the Stanley Cup, seeing as how he pretty much won it by himself last time. Imagine what the guy could do behind Vancouver's defence, why even Luongo almost won and his idea of puck-stopping is to dive headfirst at the skates of the shooter.

Frivolity is a valid path..freedomspeachywise..? No?

syncrodox, it was obvious what point moron Hodge was trying to make. Click on the original tweet in his timeline, EVERYONE else understood it as well.

If in fact Dave Hodge made that tweet it exposes him as a total moron. That isn't even close to funny. Insulting to Mr. Thomas' children.

The vast majority of comments at TSN are pro Thomas. As they should be. I'm a Bruins fan, so I respected Thomas before. But I respect him even more now.

RIGHT ON TIMMY!

Paul: Dave Hodge did tweet it. See his feed at Twitter.

Yeah, bluetech! That poll is still open!

Rock the vote!

If you want to complain, the email address for audience relations at TSN is Audience.Relations@bellmedia.ca.

"Hitler never forgave Schmeling for refusing to join the Nazi party, so he had him drafted into the Paratroops and sent him on suicide missions."

Schmeling is remembered as a hero. Hitler, not so much.

John Salt... Hodge is still alive on TSN's twitter page, at least as of 0930 AST today.

I'm with nv53. Entertainers, and here I include sports celebs, are hired to entertain and amuse us, not to make stands of any kind. That is is the trade-off they should know. After their career in sports is done, then go nuts.

Don't you just hate it when athletes exploit their success toake a political point?

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer-olympics-mexico-city.html

Nold et al. So politicians can score points off entertainers and sports personalities, for thats all this was, cheap popular politics, but a principled man is supposed to keep quiet and allow that political exploitation? That is a morally bankrupt philosphy.

I'm curious if it's possible to do a cross reference between critical Tim Thomas tweets and critical Tim Tebow tweets?

I'll bet my bottom dollar that the bandwagon seats are full of the same people.

""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 [ sic ] vision for the Federal government. "

Absolutely! And we can add Canada to that equation although we are not as far down the rabbithole into a corporate police state as the US, it isn't for lack of trying by both PC and Liberal governments.

I must remind people on a daily basis that this is a nation where you will be criminally charged for defending your life with a weapon.

It is a nation which will hold your livelihood ransome to the licencing and regulatory regime of its private property despising administrators.

It is a nation with a ministry who's sole purpose is to limit outside information from reaching citizens.

It is still a nation who will arrest you for what you say, think or believe.

It's perfectly logical for Obama supporters to assume those that disagree with 'the one' are racist. After all, that was precisely the reason many voted for him in the first place. Having no clue of his political policies leaves them empty headed as to any possible reasoning why someone would dare disagree.

Bumper sticker voters for a bumper sticker president. What more could, or would, you expect?

Mark: Not the twitter page, the twitter *feed* - they're different. Dave Hodge still has a twitter account, he's just been taken off their feed.

Although you probably will never read this comment, as it seems - for reasons completely lost on me - that I'm in moderation and never to return.

Oh cool, comment posted. To whoever is responsible, thanks for allowing me back. I'm new here, and am sorry if I broke any rules.

Tim Thomas took a principled stand and issued a brief statement explaining his actions. He did not grandstand or pontificate or engage in name-calling as most left-leaning celebrities tend to do.

How this can be construed as a slight against the Boston Bruins or Bruin fans escapes me.

nv53:

"It's the office you respect"

See, that's the problem with the American imperial presidency. You can't separate the office from the holder, and no one has done it much justice lately.

Here, we have a much saner system - the head of State is the Queen, and her representative, the G-G. That office is above politics, and worthy of enduring respect. The PM? Not so much.

Not that I was ever in any danger of having to choose, but if I'd been invited to meet Cretin, I would have had to wash my hair. Martin? Maybe - there were times I almost felt sorry for the guy. PMSH? Sure, any time. However, should the G-G have requested my presence for a ceremony, I'd have gone, even if it was la Clarkson, or Mme. Jean. Not to have done so would have exhibited disrespect for the country; snubbing a PM is merely insulting a celebrity.

And the rest of the team went to see 'bama?

Time for a name change: The Boston Pooh Bears

Thanks for clarifying, John Salt. His comment is indeed missing from the feed, but it's glowing in red lights on his tweet sheet. :)

FYI Dave Hodge has posted a clarifying tweet. Apparently yesterday's tweet was tongue-in-cheek sarcasm......

Could have used a '/sarc' tag or something....

University of Vermont does turn out the occasional good egg.

John Salt @12:16 - the filter is a dark, ravenous force of unfathomable mystery, but we have been repeatedly assured that its comment-devouring decisions are never personal. It hates us all. The only thing we really know about it other than that is that it has no tolerance for anyone peddling onl*ne V*agra ins*rance.

By the way, as a casual Bruins fan, I was not insulted, but rather delighted, and wish leftard commenters would not presume to speak for me.

Curt Bloody Sock Schilling the Yankee Slayer will ever be a hero to Red Sox fans.

What is that guy smoking? Don't tell me, I don't care.

BTW, it will be interesting to see what happens to his endorsements. He was starting to show up in commercials nationally. My bet is that that is all over.

Tim, I'm betting his jersey sales go through the roof.

Watch when the national anthems are played.# 30 beats # 44 every time .

The rhetoric on team 1040 radio sports in Vancouver this morning angered me to the point I was yelling at the radio. If Dave Hodge tweeted that "Thomas is a racist" he should be suspended and should have to formally opologize.

Remember when Dave Hodge called Michael Jordan a racist when he snubbed George H. Bush? Me either.

nold @ 9:50 a.m.: Just to clarify, I didn't say Thomas or another athlete or entertainer shouldn't take a stand; what I said was that he was meeting with the "office of the leader of the country", rather than with "Barack Obama" or "the American federal government". I think people should take a stand.

KevinB @ 12:59 p.m.: That's another way of looking at it, I suppose.

I quit taking TSN serious many years ago when they had a feature running prior to one of the olympic games that focussed on Beach Volleyball and the amount of sand that happened to enter the upper 'uniform' of the female participants.
Good solid reporting in my view!
Happened to be on a flight last nite and TSN was on 2 channels on the aircraft. One channel featured ladies tennis - love the grunting!
The other TSN channel was carrying a Raptors game - good Canadian sport eh!
A'holes!

" they had a feature running prior to one of the olympic games that focussed on Beach Volleyball and the amount of sand that happened to enter the upper 'uniform' of the female participants. "

Sounds like they were right on top of things.

If you don't think the women's curling craze last olympics was due to the fetching ladies playing, then you better figure out who put the saltpeter in your diet ;·)

On John Gormley's Wednesday edition of Heroes & Zeroes, he had Thomas pencilled in as today's zero.

I agree with Gormley on most things, however, I think he missed the boat on this one.

It is TRUE!
I have heard this Tim fellow is trying change his team name to the "White Hawks". This is to match his white gloves.
But he loves stopping that black puck!
If he played in Montreal, we would force him to undergo much therapy, before he got on the ice!