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tbsfan
04-30-2009, 10:07 AM
Very short article about Timothy apparently having dual US and Irish citizenship, thanks to Jean.

http://www.hotpress.com/news/5398549.html (http://www.hotpress.com/news/5398549.html)

sodascouts
04-30-2009, 10:23 AM
Interesting! Now I gotta find this magazine!

tbsfan
04-30-2009, 10:32 AM
Interesting! Now I gotta find this magazine!

You can order that issue and many of their back issues on the Hot Press website. I've already ordered mine. :)

http://www.hotpress.com/2841310.html

tbs fanatic
04-30-2009, 02:53 PM
How weird :eyebrow: I mean, why bother? My hubby is American and I am English but since we live in America I don't think hubby can apply for an English passport. We don't own property over there or anything. I believe (I'm not absolutely sure) that my boys could apply for one, however. It seems sort of pointless. I suppose Jean must have an Irish passport??

Brooke
04-30-2009, 03:49 PM
Yeah, I don't really see the point either. Is he afraid he is going to be kicked out of the US or something?

sodascouts
04-30-2009, 04:37 PM
Seriously! He said he did it "for a world safety net” - what the heck is that supposed to mean?

melrose
04-30-2009, 04:39 PM
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Unless he knows something that we don't know. Which I think is unlikely...

TimothyBFan
04-30-2009, 05:41 PM
I didn't comment earlier on that because I didn't want to come off wrong--Just glad to know I'm not the only one that thought this whole thing really strange and wacky!!!

luvthelighthouse
04-30-2009, 06:48 PM
I chalk it up to Jean saying, "you can become a citizen w/me"... Makes no sense to me either.

tbsfan
04-30-2009, 09:58 PM
Maybe it was just something he could do so he did it.

TimothyBFan
05-01-2009, 07:48 AM
Yeah, but what about the whole " I thought just for safeties sake, you know for a world safety net, it was a good thing to do."? What in the heck does that mean? Does he know something we don't?

tbs fanatic
05-01-2009, 10:42 AM
LOL - It's a mystery. I'm sure there are many hoops you have to jump through to become a citizen in Ireland (as in any country) so it must of been very important to Jean for some reason. :headscratch:

tbsfan
05-02-2009, 07:15 PM
The Sunday Times has more on the dual citizenship thing. Can't tell if they just took what he said in the Hot Press interview and put their own spin on it (for example, in the Hot Press interview he didn't say he was planning on getting an Irish passport) or if he talked about it in an interview with them as well. It does tell how he most likely obtained the citizenship (doesn't sound that difficult) and that being granted Irish citizenship isn't that uncommon.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6211357.ece

TimothyBFan
05-04-2009, 08:28 AM
I don't know, but it all still seems kinda strange to me. The whole "safety" and "There's a new kid in town. Timothy B Schmit, the bass player with the Eagles, has become an Irish citizen after his wife convinced him it would be safer than just holding an American passport." Whatever!

tbs fanatic
05-04-2009, 10:24 AM
LOL - I agree.

tbsfan
05-04-2009, 07:36 PM
You know in neither of those articles did I see a quote from Timothy that he was planning on getting an Irish passport. When asked about a passport he said he didn't have one yet, which is not the same as saying he's getting one. (There are a lot of things I haven't done yet, many of which I have no plans at all to do.) The Times article did do a good job of explaining why someone might want one though.

sodascouts
05-05-2009, 12:03 PM
True, tbsfan.

TimothysGirl
05-25-2009, 11:18 AM
From what I understand if highjacked American passport holders are targeted first by Terrorist and others usually released or at least treated better . Therefore Americans who travel a lot overseas are trying to get passports from different countries so they will be safer traveling esp if traveling with family. Makes sense in that light i guess.

Glennsallnighter
06-02-2009, 08:34 PM
I guess everyone wants to be Irish :wink: