i don’t want to get political on this blog, but your quote from ray about doc says it all- it has gotten to the point of people wishing bad things for our president and cheering when chicago doesn’t get the olympics. very sad. not all of it , some of it tho, is racial and ray and doc know about that.

And it’s apparently beyond Ray Ray’s understanding that those who believe Obama is a global socialist being rewarded ‘in advance’ by global socialists encouraging him to hasten the pace at which he is bringing down the US’s economy, sovereignty, strength and foundational principles aren’t being bad team players for not supporting the coach. Sheesh!

Clover, rocknroll, KJ33, Callmesir, etc., absolutely right that it’s unfortunate a lot of times when athletes start opining about politics. Obviously there is something disturbing about the notion that all Americans need to be “on the same team” and support the President regardless of his policies. Dissent used to be patriotic, when it was the left dissenting from Bush’s national defense decisions — but now when ordinary americans object to massive expansion of government control over the economy, nationalization of the auto industry and health care industry, throwing our allies like Poland, Israel and Honduras under the bus while appeasing Iran and Russia and trying to be best buds with Hugo Chavez, to dissent from these policies is akin to treason, being “not on the same team.” How disloyal to suggest Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel prize for peace — after all, just look at all the oppressive dictators and fundamentalist regimes he overthrew so that people could hold free elections…oh wait, that wasn’t him, but give him the prize anyway, he gives nice speeches about peace.

That being said, I disagree with Ray Allen’s statement here of course, but I didn’t lose any respect for him, I just wish athletes would not get into talking about politics. He’s a basketball player and a smart guy, he doesn’t spend his whole day thinking about politics, and I think Ray is a great guy and his heart is in the right place, he’s just not an expert on politics, I won’t hold that against him. No big deal. Having the first black president is a huge deal to a lot of people, and a lot of people have an emotional connection to Obama that isn’t really based on what his policies are. I can totally relate to that, so I won’t hold that against someone who isn’t a professional pundit, just a normal guy.

They can say whatever they want about politics. Whether I agree with him or not, I’m glad he has interests outside of basketball…

I don’t have a problem that Ray felt comfortable to speak to his opinions on politics when asked. So often we have a hard time getting answers from athletes to our questions, and Ray happens to be one that is willing to answer just about any question thrown at him. I also don’t have a problem when athletes speak to their opinions on politics, just as I wouldn’t begrudge any American for that, even if I were to disagree with what they said. Curt Schilling comes to mind as someone who used his position to present political opinion in a similar manner. However, if political retort became the norm from Ray instead of discussions centered around basketball (at least as long as he is playing professionally) then it would be irritating. But, having interviewed Ray in the past myself, he is definitely someone with the aptitude and intelligence for politics if he did choose to take on such a headache upon retiring from basketball.

I actually liked Doc’s comments (paraphrased by Ray) about the team aspect. Not so much for the comparison to the current state of affairs in this country, but as representation of his views on the team concept in general. It is clear to me that Doc has always understood how to develop positive team dynamics successfully.

   The things I don’t like that Obama has done, would have also been done by Hillary or any other Democrat who had gained the power. Its a Party philosophy, not a individual one.

   Since all politicians are prostitutes, Demo or Repub. they will play any card they can to do one thing: Get re-elected.

The prize itself is a joke.

Al Gore won it for making a PowerPoint presentation.

Henry Kissinger (war criminal) and Le Duc Tho (representative of a brutal totalitarian regime) got it for signing a peace deal that didn’t end the war!

Leaders of an apartheid state (Rabin and Peres) shared it with the terrorist trying to bring down that state (Arafat), with no peace in the Middle East anywhere in sight.

Now Obama, commander-in-chief, gets it while talking about expanding the war in Afghanistan. This is Orwellian, war-is-peace territory here.

So I don’t understand why anyone would be upset about something so meaningless. I just look at it like some charity just got a million dollar donation.

Correction: meant to say disagree with everything except that Arafat was a terrorist and that Gore didn’t deserve the prize because he just gave a power point presentation.

cause I’m not an expert on politics, and if someone asked me how I thought Obama has done, I wouldn’t be sure. : \

But….what exactly has Obama been doing apart from being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize prematurely to get your disapproval? And….are you Republican?

His color

But I like to get away from it at Celticsblog. I’m more than happy to ignore Allen’s comments, since Miss Camareto asked him about it (quite needlessly). And for that matter, I’m not sure why Jughead thought to bring the matter up here either.

As for anyone who thinks one could only be motivated to disagree with Obama’s politics because of his color… well, what’s to be said? Perhaps they also think Sheldon Williams should be the backup point guard.