Gilbert's Obama Tattoo

[celticmaestro]

Interesting, I personally think it's ok. Wouldn't have it myself, but it's ok. I think it should say "In belief we change" as well, "In believe we change" doesn't really make sense to me.

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[Schupac]

Interesting, I personally think it's ok. Wouldn't have it myself, but it's ok. I think it should say "In belief we change" as well, "In believe we change" doesn't really make sense to me.

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I really hope the grammar error is intentional otherwise that is really, really stupid.

[RickyDavisfor3]

it says "change we believe in"
 not "in believe we change" i think you read it top to bottom... but start at the index finger...

[Schupac]

it says "change we believe in"
 not "in believe we change" i think you read it top to bottom... but start at the index finger...

ohhh good point.

I'd be pretty leary of getting something topical inked on my body, but if Obama lives up to people's expectations then it can't be too bad.

[Roy Hobbs]

it says "change we believe in"
 not "in believe we change" i think you read it top to bottom... but start at the index finger...

ohhh good point.

I'd be pretty leary of getting something topical inked on my body, but if Obama lives up to people's expectations then it can't be too bad.

I was thinking about this, as well.  I really think that to many African Americans (and of course others), even if Obama's policies are a failure, his election is a historic moment that should be celebrated long into the future.

[zerophase]

I find this extremely hypocritical. On Gilbert's blog months before the election he claimed he was a Republican due to lower taxes for his salary and does not vote because he doesn't want to serve jury duty.

The Election
I’m not into politics, but I see what’s going on in the presidential race and I’m seeing rappers make songs for Obama and Mr. McCain doing all his stuff and I’m thinking, this is getting out of control, people. Whatever happened to Democrats and Republicans? You vote for who’s who.

It’s hard for me to vote, because since I’ve been in the NBA I’ve been in the upper class so I’ve been a Republican. If you have any type of money, you’re a Republican, period. So, it’s hard because you see a better looking president in Obama – I don’t even want to say because he’s black, but he just looks the part – and then you have McCain who is Republican and I’m like, man. I know Obama is going to raise taxes on the upper class from 20-60 percent, that’s what I’m looking at. To be honest, I stopped paying attention a long time ago when it was Bush and Gore when Gore won the popular vote, but Bush was the president.

Basically, what that told me was that everybody in America voted for Gore, but somehow, Bush became president. I am confused. Obviously, our vote doesn’t really mean anything. Then you have this thing called the delegate, then you got the super delegate and then you got the hidden delegate that nobody knows about. If you’ve never heard of the hidden delegate, that’s like when you’re buying a car and they say the taxes on the car are 20 percent, and then when you look at your statement, they charge you an extra three, that’s the same thing. It’s the hidden fee delegate that nobody knows about who has all this power. They actually get to pick who they want for president. So when I start looking at it like that, that’s when I stop paying attention because at the end of the day, our votes really don’t matter. I don’t mean to be rude about it, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. If Gore wins by thousands of votes and Bush is president eight years later … come on.

There’s another reason I don’t vote – I don’t want jury duty. If you’re not registered to vote, you can’t get jury duty. I know that campaign Diddy had a couple years ago, “Vote or Die,” yeah if the alternative is jury duty, I’m going to die. I’m not going to get in one of these cases where they blow the jury members’ houses up to get out of the trial, I’m cool. I’ve seen too many movies.

For whatever president that wins, what can I tell you? Do a good job. Change the world. I remember when we were voting for class president in high school, the guy who won was the guy who said he’s going to put the vending machines in the school cafeteria. That’s who I voted for. So until I hear vending machines or lower gas prices, I’m not voting. As soon as I hear, “Yeah, I’m going to lower gas prices,” then you got me, I’ll sit in jury duty.

http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5800009898

[jackson_34]

it says "change we believe in"
 not "in believe we change" i think you read it top to bottom... but start at the index finger...

ohhh good point.

I'd be pretty leary of getting something topical inked on my body, but if Obama lives up to people's expectations then it can't be too bad.

I was thinking about this, as well.  I really think that to many African Americans (and of course others), even if Obama's policies are a failure, his election is a historic moment that should be celebrated long into the future.

Absolutley. Moments like this don't come around often so it's great to see people cherishing it.

I like the tattoo nonetheless, must of hurt though! Not much between the skin and bone.

[Roy Hobbs]

I find this extremely hypocritical. On Gilbert's blog months before the election he claimed he was a Republican due to lower taxes for his salary and does not vote because he doesn't want to serve jury duty.

Ouch.

[Kwhit10]

Should it be "in change we believe"

The way it is now doesn't make much sense to me either.

[zerophase]

Should it be "in change we believe"

The way it is now doesn't make much sense to me either.

change we believe in makes sense.

[Kwhit10]

Should it be "in change we believe"

The way it is now doesn't make much sense to me either.

change we believe in makes sense.

oh jeez I was reading it from top to bottom.  Thanks haha.

[Tnerb02]

Anyone else notice the Pierce-like gang sign?

[dark_lord]

i would never get it, but i think its really cool and unique.

[davemonsterband]

I could care less what's on it, considering it's laid out as gibberish, it's garbage.

[Toine43]

I find this extremely hypocritical. On Gilbert's blog months before the election he claimed he was a Republican due to lower taxes for his salary and does not vote because he doesn't want to serve jury duty.

The Election
I’m not into politics, but I see what’s going on in the presidential race and I’m seeing rappers make songs for Obama and Mr. McCain doing all his stuff and I’m thinking, this is getting out of control, people. Whatever happened to Democrats and Republicans? You vote for who’s who.

It’s hard for me to vote, because since I’ve been in the NBA I’ve been in the upper class so I’ve been a Republican. If you have any type of money, you’re a Republican, period. So, it’s hard because you see a better looking president in Obama – I don’t even want to say because he’s black, but he just looks the part – and then you have McCain who is Republican and I’m like, man. I know Obama is going to raise taxes on the upper class from 20-60 percent, that’s what I’m looking at. To be honest, I stopped paying attention a long time ago when it was Bush and Gore when Gore won the popular vote, but Bush was the president.

Basically, what that told me was that everybody in America voted for Gore, but somehow, Bush became president. I am confused. Obviously, our vote doesn’t really mean anything. Then you have this thing called the delegate, then you got the super delegate and then you got the hidden delegate that nobody knows about. If you’ve never heard of the hidden delegate, that’s like when you’re buying a car and they say the taxes on the car are 20 percent, and then when you look at your statement, they charge you an extra three, that’s the same thing. It’s the hidden fee delegate that nobody knows about who has all this power. They actually get to pick who they want for president. So when I start looking at it like that, that’s when I stop paying attention because at the end of the day, our votes really don’t matter. I don’t mean to be rude about it, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. If Gore wins by thousands of votes and Bush is president eight years later … come on.

There’s another reason I don’t vote – I don’t want jury duty. If you’re not registered to vote, you can’t get jury duty. I know that campaign Diddy had a couple years ago, “Vote or Die,” yeah if the alternative is jury duty, I’m going to die. I’m not going to get in one of these cases where they blow the jury members’ houses up to get out of the trial, I’m cool. I’ve seen too many movies.

For whatever president that wins, what can I tell you? Do a good job. Change the world. I remember when we were voting for class president in high school, the guy who won was the guy who said he’s going to put the vending machines in the school cafeteria. That’s who I voted for. So until I hear vending machines or lower gas prices, I’m not voting. As soon as I hear, “Yeah, I’m going to lower gas prices,” then you got me, I’ll sit in jury duty.

http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5800009898

Gilbert should stick to basketball analysis. I'm not sure if there was a sentence in that quote that I agreed with.


And I also think he'd be wise to go learn what an electoral college is before making that sort of political rant. He just comes across as an idiot.