Fighter Suspended from Job as Wrestling Coach after Obama 'Glass-ectomy' Remark

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MMA Fighter Suspended from Job as Wrestling Coach Following Obama 'Glass-ectomy' Remark



A mixed martial arts fighter from Minnesota has been knocked out from his job as an assistant wrestling coach following comments he made about President Obama last month, he told FoxNews.com.

Jacob Volkmann, 31, of White Bear Lake, Minn., said he was placed on paid administrative leave on Friday by the White Bear Lake School District after he invited Obama to make an appointment with him for a "glass-ectomy" on Dec. 30.


"A glass-ectomy is when you cut your belly button out and put a piece of glass in there so when you have your head up your butt you can see where you're going," Volkmann told a reporter following his victory over Efrain Escudero at UFC 141.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/10/mma-fighter-loses-job-as-wrestling-coach-following-obama-glass-ectomy-remarks/#ixzz1jAa840n3


..........decent is no longer legal, if you can't say something nice just shut up!  or the Obama administration will pay you a visit and take your job..........

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This was a decison of the local school district, just exactly as you conservatives would want government to be done.

So shut up.

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This was a decison of the local school district, just exactly as you conservatives would want government to be done.

So shut up.

....hey bonehead! ......it was YOUR President's administration that did this......so you shut up foo! 

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I call it an Abdominoplastindectomy.

Was the guy wrong?

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January 11 2012 Last updated at 08:00 AM ET
Jacob Volkmann's Anti-Obama Remarks Brought Attention, But Also Trouble
By Ben Fowlkes
MMA Writer


UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann was on his way to coach wrestling practice at White Bear Lake High School in Minnesota last week when the school's athletic director called him in for an impromptu meeting. If he didn't know where this was headed based on past experience, he probably should have.

In early 2011, Volkmann was placed on administrative leave from his job as an assistant wrestling coach at White Bear Lake High School after telling MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani that he wanted to fight President Barack Obama in his next bout because "someone's got to knock some sense into that idiot."

Following his most recent bout -- a unanimous decision win over Efrain Escudero at UFC 141 in December -- he again veered into political commentary in his post-fight remarks, this time telling UFC color commentator Joe Rogan that he wanted Obama to call him about scheduling a "glass-ectomy," which, according to Volkmann, "is when you cut your belly button out and put a piece of glass in there so when you have your head up your butt you can see where you're going."

Once again, White Bear Lake High administrators were not amused. And once again, Volkmann was placed on paid administrative leave. But this time, he told MMA Fighting, he thought he had followed the rules that school officials had given him, thanks to some intentionally clever wording.

The way Volkmann saw it, the athletic director was wrong to accuse him of offering to give Obama a glass-ectomy.

"I said 'Call me so we can schedule a glass-ectomy.' Not saying for him, not saying for who. ...I was trying to cover my butt. I purposely did that," he said.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/01/11/jacob-volkmanns-anti-obama-remarks-brought-attention-but-also/

Whatever this clown could be accused of I doubt the word "clever" would make an appearance.

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Whatever this clown could be accused of I doubt the word "clever" would make an appearance.

.....who said anything about clever He made a joke and said nothing any more incriminating than is said here.......the School district over reacted......so did Obama's (SS) gorilla squad visiting the kid.........

"The First Amendment doesn't mandate civility, even though we may wish it did. One person's vulgarity is another person's off-handed remark."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/10/mma-fighter-loses-job-as-wrestling-coach-following-obama-glass-ectomy-remarks/#ixzz1jHZLIbt1

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.....who said anything about clever

The author of the piece I linked to: But this time, [Volkmann] told MMA Fighting, he thought he had followed the rules that school officials had given him, thanks to some intentionally clever wording.

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.....who said anything about clever He made a joke and said nothing any more incriminating than is said here.......the School district over reacted......so did Obama's (SS) gorilla squad visiting the kid.........

"The First Amendment doesn't mandate civility, even though we may wish it did. One person's vulgarity is another person's off-handed remark."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/10/mma-fighter-loses-job-as-wrestling-coach-following-obama-glass-ectomy-remarks/#ixzz1jHZLIbt1

The secret service visits people who make some sort of threat on the president to ascertain the seriousness of it.  This guy made his statement on tv.

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Where in his statement was a threat made or implied?

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Where in his statement was a threat made or implied?

Ask the Secret Service.

[Observer]

I am asking YOU.

Can you answer or not?

[johnhp]

I am asking YOU.

Can you answer or not?

i am not a member of the secret service...apparently they thought there was some sort of threat to the president.  Tough shit.

[Observer]

You can't point out a threat contained in his statement.

Okay.

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Well, at least the guy wasn't accused of being a racist.

Maybe they understand that old chestnut has been overused and abused?

HOPE AND CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is NOT a threat!!!!!!!!