Tim Thomas Skips White House Trip, Tweets The Fed Should Go Fly A Kite

The defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins made the great American trek to the White House today, but goalie Tim Thomas skipped the trip.

Thomas made a statement both by avoiding the invite and literally by posting this message on his Twitter account:


"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"

Here's the (mobile) link to the story from ESPN:
http://m.espn.go.com/nhl/story?storyId=7493826

What do you think LtDers? Should he have gone? Would you have gone?

LtD on politics: Take action and hold the banks accountable, amend the constitution to stop corporate money in politics

By DT

Take action today on 2 big issues...

The first petition is to force President Obama not to sign this "sweetheart" deal to allow Wall St to get away scott-free with what they did. Force a full-scale investigation to hold those who brought our country to its knees accountable!!

Hold Wall St Accountable!!


The other petition is to give President Obama and eventually congress the backing support needed to add a constitutional amendment to ban corporate money donations in elections. In essence it would reverse the supreme court decision known as "Citizens United" which allows big corporations like Exxon to spend millions of dollars on elections for certain candidates. President Obama has already condemned the Supreme Court decision so instead of going through endless process to reverse it, a constitutional amendment is the way to go.

Corporations are not people, don't let them buy elections!!

Stop Internet Censorship!!

Hey LtD-ers,

This will be the only post today in protest of the puppets of congress once again being persuaded by the puppet master corporate fat-cat lobbyists!!

Stop Internet Censorship; Say No to SOPA & PIPA!!

We need to stop allowing congress/lobbyists (is there really a difference anymore) that hide behind the cause of helping to stop piracy and copyright infringement but really are trying to control what we can and cannot view online. Even worse is this bill would make it next to impossible for many websites both big and small to stay in business...

Take action now!!!

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/internet_censorship/?rc=fb_share1

LtD sports wrap: NFL Divisional Round weekend

By DT

Wow... What a stunning weekend in the NFL. I had a feeling that one of the Packers or Saints would lose this weekend, but not both... Bottom line - when you are a team that's supposed to win, it's just a whole different beast. Add in a bye week to sit around and think;  it can prove to be a recipe for disaster  ...


Let's take a quick glance at what happen.


Saturday: 

The 49ers stunned the Saints 36-32 in San Francisco proving the theory that a dome team struggles mightily outdoors especially in the playoffs. This game was the best of the weekend. It was insane and unexpected to watch the 49ers match scoring drive after scoring drive late in the 4th quarter with the Saints. Side bar - holy Vernon Davis...

Speaking of holy; not even god, jesus christ or the entire holy trinity for that matter could help the Denver Tebow's stop Tom Brady and the Pats on Saturday night. The Pats completely demolished (old testament style...) the Broncos 45-10 and only needed 2.5 quarters to do so... Brady had 6 TD passes in 3 quarters I believe; the game was over before halftime...


Sunday:

The Ravens took out the playoff-virgin Texans 20-13 in Baltimore. The Ravens spent roughly 5 minutes (if that) on the wrong side of the score; they led the rest of the way. The Texans definitely gave the Ravens a good go but in the end the crafty veterans of the Ravens defense forced Texans rookie QB CJ Yates to make critical, drive killing mistakes that did in the Texans season.

In the final game of the weekend, the heavily favored #1 seeded Packers suffered a stunning defeat on their home field at the hands of the surging NY Giants 37-20. The Packers found out what it's like to defend a title, have a bulls-eye on your back (straight from a Dr Carr text of wisdom) in the post-season, etc. Not sure what I'm getting at; go back and read the first paragraph of this post, can't say it any clearer...

I'm just a little bitter because myself and Dr Carr while enjoying some delicious Pei-wei more-or-less called the Giants victory over the Packers. I should have put my money where my mouth is... As Drewman - the other third of LtD mentioned to me tonight; the Packers had everything to lose (they did), the Giants had nothing to lose. All to often that fact determines big games...


So next week, the NFL's final four will play Sunday to determine who moves on to Super Bowl XLVI.

AFC Title Game:   Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots on CBS at 3pm est.

NFC Title Game:   NY Giants at San Francisco 49ers on Fox at 6:30pm est.

LtD under review: 2012 Golden Globe winners, Ricky Gervias joke highlights

By DT

Hey LtD-ers, in case you missed it and care for that matter here is a good link with the list of Golden Globe winners.


http://tv.msn.com/golden-globes/2012-winners-list/story/



Here is a good link that has some of Ricky Gervias best jokes of the night (I'll get a video up as soon as I find a good one):

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/15/ricky-gervais-golden-globes-jokes-2/

LtD on politics: Huntsman reportedly out of the GOP race

By DT

Another GOP candidate has bit the dust... It's not a surprise but Jon Huntsman has reportedly dropped out of the GOP race with expected miserable support in the upcoming South Carolina primary. Miserable like 1%...

Huntsman is expected to support Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nod. That is also no surprise... I have long thought that Mitt Romney is the GOP's best shot at giving President Obama a run for his money in the 2012 election. The others are way to far to the right to get enough support to win a general election (thankfully).

The fact that the GOP has tried to find somebody - anybody that would be better than Mitt Romney shows what they really think of him. There is a real internal struggle (or as Bill Maher said, a civil war) within the GOP right now; definitely something to watch. It will be very interesting to see if Romney, who I saw several GOP supporters call an empty suit or just "the mormon" can actually get the people out to support him. I'm not talking about him winning the primary, I'm talking about the actual GOP voter count. They really don't like him...


Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/15/politics/gop-campaign-wrap/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

LtD radio show put on hiatus but a possible summer-time return in the works, more LtD website activity

Hey LtD-ers,

There is good news and  bad news...


Bad news first...

The LtD radio show on BlogTalkRadio has been put on hiatus indefinitely. Unfortunately there are several challenges that make it next to impossible to pull off a weekly radio show the way we want to do it.



The good news...

Myself, Dr Carr and Drewman will have more time to focus on posting to the LtD website!! LtD brain food will be aplenty...

The second part of the good news is we are currently having discussions to do a summer-time radio show when all of us are on east coast soil! We are also hoping to do the show somewhere with the ability to play some awesome tunes like we did before on Volta Radio!! Stay tuned for details on this some time in the spring...

Be sure to come and live the dream with us 24/7 - 365 on the Ltd website. Remember, tell your friends about us and have your friends tell their friends!!