This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 29th - January 4th

12/29/1937 - Lou Thesz defeated Everett Marshall for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/29/1985 - Stan Hansen defeated Rick Martel for the AWA Heavyweight title
12/29/1991 - Event - Starrcade, The Scope, Norfolk, VA
12/29/1995 - Mikey Whipwresk & Cactus Jack defeated Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW Tag Team title
12/29/1996 - Event - Starrcade, Coliseum, Nashville, TN
12/29/1996 - Eddy Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/29/1996 - Ultimo Dragon defeated Dean Melanko for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/29/1997 - Booker T defeated disco inferno for the WCW Television title
12/29/1997 - Ultimo Dragon defeated Eddy Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/29/1998 - Mankind defeated Rocky Maivia for the WWF World Heavyweight title
12/29/1998 - Doug Basham defeated Rip Rogers for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
12/30/1972 - Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens for the AWA Tag Team title
12/30/1989 - King Cobra defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/30/1992 - Big Van Vader defeated Ron Simmons for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/30/2000 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Galt, CA
12/30/2003 - Rey Mysterio, Jr. defeated Tajiri for the WWE Cruiserweight title
01/01/1963 - Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff defeated Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn for the AWA Tag Team title
01/01/1982 - Dick the Bruiser defeated Ken Patera for the Missouri State Heavyweight title
01/01/1986 - Dick Slater defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
01/01/1996 - Billionaire Ted, The Huckster and the Nacho Man debut on Monday Night Raw
01/01/1997 - Brian Christopher defeated Wolfie D for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
01/02/1990 - Arn Anderson defeated the Great Muta for the NWA Television title
01/03/1994 - USWA Tag Team title held up
01/03/1997 - Danny Christian & Johnny Thunder defeated Justin St. John & Butch Black (subbing for Steve Flynn) for the SSW Tag Team title
01/03/1999 - Rip Rogers defeated Doug Basham for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
01/03/2000 - Triple H defeated the Big Show for the WWF Heavyweight title
01/03/2000 - David Flair & Crowbar defeated Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner in a tournament final for the WCW Tag Team title
01/03/2001 - BJ Payne defeated Flash Flanagan in a singles match for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title and choose Damien as his co-holder
01/03/2004 - Hoss defeated Nigel McGuinness for the Heartland Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title
01/04/1929 - Gus Sonnenberg defeted Ed Strangler Lewis for the World's Heavyweight Wrestling title
01/04/1986 - Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final for the NWA Television title
01/04/1992 - Riki Choshu defeated Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/1993 - The Great Muta defeated Masa Chono for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
01/04/1996 - Nobuhiko Takada defeated the Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/1997 - Shotgun Saturday Night debuts from the Mirage Nightclub in New York
01/04/1999 - Hollywood Hogan defeated Kevin Nash for the WCW Heavyweight title
01/04/1999 - Keiji Muto defeated Scott Norton for the IWGP Heavyweight title
01/04/2000 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Genichiro Tenryu for the IWGP Heavyweight title

This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 22nd - December 28th

12/22/2000 - Raven defeated Steve Blackman for the WWF Hardcore title
12/22/2000 - Mike Rapada (Colorado Kid) defeated Sabu for the NWA Heavyweight title
12/23/1999 - Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka for the ECW World Heavyweight title
12/24/2000 - Controversial announcer Mark Madden was fired by WCW
12/25/1902 - Dan McLeod defeated Tom Jenkins for the American Heavyweight title
12/25/1968 - Rey Mendoza defeated Angel Blanco for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/25/1978 - Austin Idol defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Heavyweight Title
12/25/1978 - Kevin Von Erich defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA American Title
12/25/1978 - Ernie Ladd defeated Ray Candy by forfeit to win his 4th Mid-South North American title
12/25/1978 - Jerry Stubbs defeated Assassin #1 to win the Mid-South Louisiana Title
12/25/1983 - Magnum T.A. & Mr. Wrestling II defeated Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart to win the Mid-South Tag Team Title
12/25/1984 - The Rock 'N' Roll Express defeated Ted DiBiase & Hercules Hernandez to win their 3rd Mid-South Tag Team Title
12/25/1987 - Dave Peterson defeated Bob Brown to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
12/25/1994 - The Rock n' Roll Express defeated the Gangstas for the Smokey Mountain Tag Team title
12/26/1983 - The Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund for the WWF Heavyweight title
12/26/1988 - Event - Starrcade, The Scope, Norfolk, VA
12/26/1988 - Rick Steiner defeated Mike Rotundo for the NWA Television title
12/26/1990 - Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Riki choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight title
12/26/1993 - Terry Funk defeated Sabu for the ECW Heavyweight title
12/26/1994 - Jimmy & Ron Harris defeated the Moondogs for the USWA Tag Team title
12/26/1994 - PG-13 defeated Jimmy & Ron Harris for the USWA Tag Team title
12/26/1998 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/26/1999 - Flash Flanagan defeated Rico Constantino for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
12/27/1987 - Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels defeated Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose for the AWA Tag Team title
12/27/1993 - Event - Starrcade, Independence Arena, Charlotte, NC
12/27/1993 - Ric Flair defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/27/1993 - Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1994 - Event - Starrcade, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
12/27/1994 - Big Van Vader defeated Hacksaw Jim Duggan for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1995 - Event - Starrcade, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
12/27/1995 - Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/27/1995 - One Man Gang defeated Kensuke Sasaki for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/27/1998 - Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight title
12/28/1963 - Chris & John Tolos defeated Killer Kowalski & Gorilla Monsoon for the WWWF Tag Team title
12/28/1968 - Crusher & Dick the Bruiser defeated Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto for the AWA Tag Team title
12/28/1992 - Event - Starrcade, The Omni, Atlanta, GA
12/28/1992 - Ron & Don Harris defeated the Moondogs for the USWA Tag Team title
12/28/1997 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/28/1997 - Sting defeated Hulk hogan for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/28/1997 - Diamond Dallas Page defeated Curt Hennig for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
12/28/1998 - Scott Steiner defeated Konnan for the WCW Television title

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This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 15th - December 21st

12/15/1996 - Event - In Your House VII, Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL
12/15/1998 - Road Dogg defeated Big Bossman for the WWF Hardcore title
12/15/1999 - Jebediah Blackhawk & Trailer Park Trash defeated Rip Rogers & Jason Lee for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
12/15/2000 - The Dudley Boyz and Tazz do a one-time return appearance for ECW to help the struggling company
12/15/2001 - Shinya Hashimoto defeated Steve Corino & Gary Steele in a 3-Way for the vacant NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/15/2001 - Trent Acid defeated Ruckus to win the CZW and Big Japan Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Titles
12/15/2001 - Adam Flash defeated Nick Berk and Nick Mondo in a three-way match for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
12/15/2002 - Event - Armegeddon, Office Depot Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
12/15/2002 - Kurt Angle defeated The Big Show for the WWE Smackdown Heavyweight title
12/15/2002 - Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWE Raw World title
12/15/2002 - Booker T & Goldust defeated Chris Jericho & Christian, The Dudley Boyz, and William Regal & Lance Storm for the WWE Raw Tag Team title
12/16/1962 - Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn defeated Art & Stan Nielson for the AWA Tag Team title
12/16/1983 - Mike Rotondo defeated Greg Valentine in a tournament final for the Florida State Heavyweight title
12/16/1990 - Event - Starrcade, Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO
12/16/1990 - Lex Luger defeated Stan Hansen for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
12/16/1995 - NWA Champion Dan Severn won the UFC Ultimate Ultimate in Denver, CO
12/16/2003 - J.T. Stahr & T.J. Dalton defeated Johnny & Jason Riggs and Apollo & The Hussla for the Heartland Wrestling Association Tag Team Titles
12/17/1906 - Frank Gotch defeated Fred Beell for the American Heavyweight title
12/17/1995 - Event - In Your House V, Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA
12/17/1999 - Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome for the ECW World Heavyweight title
12/17/2000 - Event - Starrcade, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/17/2000 - Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chuck Palumbo & Sean Stasiak for the vacant WCW Tag Team title
12/17/2000 - Terry Funk defeated Crowbar for the WCW Hardcore title
12/18/1999 - Big Dick Dudley defeated Damien Steele for the XPW Heavyweight title
12/18/2000 - Undertaker & the Rock defeated Edge & Christian for the WWF Tag Team title
12/19/1969 - Carlos Elio Colisetti defeated Rey Mendoza for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/19/1985 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Buddy Landell for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
12/19/1994 - Tommy Rich defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/19/1997 - Death & Destruction defeated The Legends for the SSW Tag Team title
12/19/1999 - Event - Starrcade '99, MCI Center, Washington, DC
12/19/1999 - Chris Benoit defeated Scott Hall for the WCW US Heavyweight title
12/19/1999 - Madusa defeated Evan Karagias for the WCW Cruiserweight title
12/19/2000 - Edge & Christian defeated Undertaker & the Rock for the WWF Tag Team title
12/20/1993 - Jerry Lawler defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/20/1996 - The Eliminators defeated the Gangstas for the ECW Tag Team title
12/20/1999 - Chris Jericho and Chyna pinned each other to become co-holders of the WWF Intercontinental title
12/20/1999 - Bret Hart defeated Goldberg for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/20/1999 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW US Heavyweight title
12/21/1973 - Rey Mendoza defeated Kim Sung Ho for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
12/21/1992 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/21/1996 - The War Machine defeated Beau James for the SSW Appalachian title

This Week in Professional Wrestling History. December 8th - December 14th

12/08/1966 - Spiros Arion & Antonio Pugliese defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & Smasher Sloan for the WWWF Tag Team title
12/08/1969 - Victor Rivera & Tony Marino defeated Professor Tanaka & Mitsu Arakawa for the WWWF Tag Team title
12/08/1980 - Pedro Morales defeated Ken Patera for the WWWF Intercontinental title
12/08/1990 - Doug Gilbert & Tony anthony defeated Jeff Jarrett & Cody Michaels for the USWA Tag Team title
12/08/1993 - Far Too Wild defeated the War Machines for the USWA Tag Team title
12/08/1994 - Harlem Heat defeated the Patriot & Marcus Bagwell for the WCW World Tag Team title
12/08/1997 - Rocky Maivia defeated Steve Austin for the WWF Intercontinental title
12/08/1997 - Disco Inferno defeated Perry Saturn for the WCW Television title
12/08/1999 - Sean Casey defeated Scott Sabre for the Ohio Valley Light Heavyweight title
12/09/1974 - Jack Brisco defeated Shohei Baba for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/09/1991 - Kamala defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/09/1991 - Eric Embry defeated Tom Prichard for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/09/1993 - Brian Christopher defeated Buddy Landell for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/09/1995 - The Sandman defeated defeated Mikey Whipwreck & Steve Austin in a triangle match for the ECW Heavyweight title
12/09/1995 - Ricky Morton & Beau James defeated Death & Destruction for the SSW Tag Team title
12/09/2001 - Event - Vengeance, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
12/09/2001 - Chris Jericho defeated Steve Austin for the WWF Heavyweight title
12/09/2001 - Chris Jericho defeated The Rock for the WCW Heavyweight title
12/09/2001 - Chris Jericho became the first WWF/WCW Unified Champion
12/09/2001 - The Undertaker defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore Title
12/10/1930 - Ed Don George defeated Gus Sonnenberg for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/10/1973 - Bruno Sammartino defeated Stan Stasiak for the WWWF Heavyweight title
12/10/1975 - Terry Funk defeated Jack Brisco for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/10/1999 - Genichiro Tenryu defeated Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight title
12/10/2000 - Event - Armageddon, Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL
12/10/2000 - Chris Benoit defeated Billy Gunn for the WWF Intercontinental title
12/10/2000 - Edge & Christian defeated Bull Buchanan & the Goodfather, the Dudley Boyz, the Roadd Dogg & K-Kwik for the WWF Tag Team title
12/11/1997 - Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Heavyweight title
12/11/2002 - Sonny Saiki defeated Jerry Lynn for the NWA-TNA X title
12/12/1958 - Mark Lewin & Don curtis defeated Eddie & Dr. Jerry Graham for the AWA Heavyweight title
12/12/1990 - Larry Zbyszko stripped of the AWA Heavyweight title - last AWA Champion
12/12/1998 - Event - IYH: Rock Bottom, GM Place, Vancouver, B.C.
12/12/1999 - Event - Armageddon, National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, FL
12/12/1999 - Chris Jericho defeated Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental title
12/12/1999 - The Kat defeated Ivory, Jacqueline & Barbara Bush for the WWF Women's title
12/12/1999 - Val Venis defeated Davey Boy smith for the WWF European Heavyweight title
12/12/2001 - Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway defeated Jason Lee & Derrick King for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
12/13/1920 - Ed Strangler Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for the World's Heavyweight Wrestling title
12/13/1988 - Event - SuperClash II, UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
12/13/1988 - Jerry Lawler defeated Kerry Von Erich for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/13/1989 - Event - Starrcade, The Omni, Atlanta, GA
12/13/1989 - Andre the Giant & Haku defeated Demolition for the WWF Tag Team title
12/13/1993 - Alundra Blaze defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final for the WWF Women's title
12/13/1995 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Ahmed Johnson for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/13/1997 - Ricky Harrison defeated The War Machine for the SSW Heavyweight title
12/13/1998 - Rob Van Dam & Sabu defeated the Dudley Boys for the ECW Tag title
12/13/1999 - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg & Bret Hart for the WCW Tag Team title
12/13/2000 - Scott Hall arrested for allegedly kicking the door of a taxi in Florida
12/13/2003 - Danny Maff defeated Jerry Lawler for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
12/13/2003 - Eddie Thomas defeated Skinhead Ivan for the Jersey All Pro Television Title
12/13/2003 - Sonjay Dutt defeated Ruckus for the Combat Zone World Light-Heavyweight Title
12/13/2003 - Jimmy Rave defeated Trent Acid for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
12/14/1963 - Verne Gagne defeated the Crusher for the AWA Heavyweight title
12/14/1983 - Dick Slater defeated Greg Valentine for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
12/14/1992 - Jerry Lawler defeated Koko B. Ware for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
12/14/1996 - Wolfie D defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
12/14/1998 - Big Bossman & Ken Shamrock defeated Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg for the WWF Tag title
12/14/2002 - The Messiah defeated Justice Pain for the Combat Zone World Heavyweight Title
12/14/2003 - Triple H defeated Bill Goldberg for the WWE Raw World Heavyweight Championship
12/14/2003 - Randy Orton defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWE Intercontinental title
12/14/2003 - Batista & Ric Flair defeated The Dudley Boyz, Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak, Val Venis & Lance Storm, Rob Conway & Renee Dupree, The Hurricane & Rosey, & Test & Scott Steiner in a Tag Team Turmoil Match for the WWE Raw Tag Team title

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Probably Uncalled For Episode 71 Recap

Regarding the schmuck in Thomas Township, Michigan who got arrested for getting Bill and Monica with a car wash's vacuum cleaner...damn, buddy, I know times are tough financially for a lot of people here at the present, and 75 cents for a hummer, mechanical or otherwise, may be a hell of a deal, but if I may be so bold, just save up and buy a fucking Dustbuster. The people at Big Lots are not going to automatically assume you are in the market for a cheap companion that swallows, so you can check your social phobias, if any, at the door. An awkward 911 call kind of pales in comparison to spending a night in lock-up, although I'm sure you enthralled the holding cell with the woeful tale of love gone wrong in a car wash parking lot. You should be counting your lucky stars they didn't identify you in the news piece, dumbass...

I said it last night on the show, and I will say it again here- it sure seems like John McCain is already trying out bits and pieces of his concession speech, doesn't it? Already planning on going back to Arizona and serving out your Senate term? That does not sound like a man confident of his chances, and with 12 days to go, it's starting to look like you may have to leverage whatever political capital you have left to even keep your Senate seat, when it's all said and done...

To Frank Armstrong of Clearwater, Florida, the guy who says his Lexus was singled out for vandalism over the McCain-Palin sticker: uh, yeah...maybe if more than just your car was hit by the tools who scratched stuff in the paint, burned it with cigarettes, put a burned flag on the hood, and possibly drained the snake on it, and all cars involved had McCain-Palin stickers on it, then you might have a legitimate bitch. Yours was the only car? Sounds to me like you might have been a douchebag to begin with, political preferences aside...

Glad to see this election is already going to be handcuffed in some shape or fashion by all the hand-wringing over potential vote fraud, dirty tricks in registration, and purging of voter rolls. Anyone has to try and figure out why voter turnout in our country is so low (we are ranked 114th in the world in that category, by way of comparison, Cambodia is ranked 2nd in the world, and they do not have compulsory voting, either), look to the never-ending bullshit that has engulfed our country's "democratic" system of voting. No third parties are given anything resembling a level playing field, the rules become more confusing and/or petty each and every election cycle, and to say the very least, the removal of the process from non-partisan hands does nothing to ensure the bullshit will just get higher and more pungent on every lap...I mean, we have all seen what happens when a career-building, politically motivated Secretary of State (not naming names, Katherine Harris), gets in the mix...

The one change I am starting to hope for more than anything else in the aftermath of this election is Sarah Palin fading back into the woodwork in Alaska. Never before have I seen someone so ill-equipped to handle the national political stage. She makes Dan Quayle look like he discovered the Theory of Relativity, and she even makes Dubya look like he at least knows what he's doing, even though it's mostly been wrong and damn near criminal (and that's the stuff that wasn't flat criminal). Raving idiots like Palin and Rep. Michelle Bachman of Minnesota are the reason I said the cause of women in political roles is being set back for generations to come, and the more they talk, the more it seems like they are bending over backwards to prove me right. These know-nothing desperate housewife wannabes are perhaps the great new unseen danger in the political arena, and you don't even need a Saturday Night Live sketch to see that...

Which disturbs me more about "Great" Britain...that you need a license to throw away the fucking plastic wrap your brown bag lunch, or that doctors in the country need a new helping hand to figure out whether or not a patient is, in fact, dead? Neither. It's the fact they are still considered a world power of any sort. The nation has well went past even being a parody of themselves, and if it weren't for a handful of comedians and actors, they would have no export of any value, other than dumbass news stories for me to rip apart on my show each and every week...

What civic planning fucking genius puts a prison next door to a kindergarten? What moron allows a kindergarten to open next to a prison? Man, and to think, Brazil is on the verge of becoming a major player on the world stage due to their huge energy resources...then again, rather not think about that for the time being...

Switzerland feels it needs to pass a constitutional amendment to protect the dignity of plants? Allow me to facepalm briefly...what's next, People for the Ethical Treatment of Lettuce? Oh well, can't say too much...it's not like the United States has managed to come through on that "all men (or women) created equal" shit they've been touting for 200+ years now. Curious, though...what's the penalty for picking a wildflower from the side of the road? Are we talking a fine, or is there a jail term involved for violating the civil rights of a plant?...

Jeffrey Goldberg, the guy who has made a bit of a name for himself by going through airports coast-to-coast circumventing their security measures, most recently boarding a flight from Minneapolis-St.Paul International to Washington, DC with an Osama Bin Laden t-shirt on and a fake boarding pass with no photo ID on him, has to be applauded for showing us the business-as-usual operations of the Transportation Security Administration. For a country whose government has went above and beyond in playing the fear card in racheting up "homeland security," this is hardly a shock. Borders are not secure, shipping ports are not secure, and so on and so forth. What I want to know is, while Goldberg's quest may be noble, what did he have to Google up to find an "inflatable Arafat doll," and did he use a fake name to order it? There's exposing lax security, and then there's having your name linked to that kind of purchase...

My condolences to the private investigators in Australia...I mean, it had to be a tough life already, getting laid in the name of the common good, but now, just a promise of sex for money is evidence enough? I sense a sudden drop-off in the numbers of PI's doing their thing, so to speak, down under, so to speak...

Great show again, as always, in my less-than-humble opinion. Quick shout outs to friends of the show Jennifer Dunn, dealing with an illness in the family, and Tinkerbell, who has been hospitalized for illness the last couple of days and may be facing surgery. I told Jennifer I have no use for organized religion, but for both these longtime friends of myself and co-host ppdingles, I'll pray for them, and I would ask that fans and listeners of the show would keep them in their thoughts and prayers as well. See you all next week, for an all-new episode.

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Editorial standards, or just more f**kery?

I have been an author, blogger, and syndicated columnist since 2000, and a writer even longer than that. I write because I enjoy it, not because of an overwhelming desire to be remembered as a literary heavyweight. Don't get me wrong, a little fame and fortune wouldn't be bad, but all in due time, I guess.

Over the course of my writing career, I have written some pieces that were well-received, and at the same time, I have written some things that have racked up a few complaints (or worse) here and there. Whether or not those complaints were the result of some stance I had taken, some off-the-wall remark I made about something, somebody, or some place, or because quite simply, the reader didn't like me. Like I give a damn at any rate. Love it, hate it, at least they read it, regardless of what they ultimately took home from the experience.

This commentary is not about fan mail, hate mail, or my other honors, dubious or otherwise, that I have earned. Writing for websites over the course of the past eight or nine years, I have encountered obvious differences from site to site. Not overly hard to figure out, folks. Whether it's content guidelines, submission guidelines, pay rates, or royalties (if any), every web site and webmaster has their own way of doing things.

I understand that. I can respect that. That's how things worked when I acted as an editor in the past, even when things seemed just a shade of gray past flat ridiculous. From 2000-2001, I contributed a variety of opinion pieces to the now-defunct Themestream.com, including my first two syndicated columns. They were an easy enough website to work with, in spite of some essential flaws, which in part led to their demise, not the least of which was the site's filters.

Don't get me wrong. I do not disagree with the concept of having filters on websites with a large pool of writers. I'm someone who can just as easily get my point across without having to resort to profanity, I just happen to enjoy using profanity. If you have never heard the saying "write like you speak," then now you have. And get out more, while you're at it.

My problem with Themestream's filtering was that I was censored for use of the word "honky." Yep, as in honky tonk music, honky tonk bar, and in the case I used the word, writing about professional wrestler The Honky Tonk Man. Simply ludicrous, I thought, as did my co-writer of the wrestling column affected. Needless to say, we didn't contribute many more pieces to Themestream, which was good, I guess, as they weren't around much longer after that, another chalk outline in cyberspace.

Fast forward to 2007, when I debuted my weekly radio talk show, Probably Uncalled For, on Blog Talk Radio, a website not even a year old then. While I'm free to say whatever I want on the air while hosting the show, there is a filter on the site's blog feature. No biggie. I think we have already established that by this point in the column. There are, however, limits to everything, and one would think by the year 2008, where celebrity sex tapes are almost everyday business and the mainstream media (for the most part) ignores shouts of "kill him" at political rallies (in the United States, no less), some common sense would have managed to seep in through the cracks.

Well, as Blog Talk Radio has finally proven to me, one would have thought different. I have posted many works on my show's blog on Blog Talk Radio, and all profanities have been censored, by myself, with two asterisks to dumb it down a bit.

So, what's my problem? Glad you asked. On October 16, I published a post, Palin's reflection of herself? Yeah, don't stare too long, on my production company's blog, my blog on MySpace, the radio show's blog on MySpace, the writing community TIBU, and the show's blog on its Blog Talk Radio page. The column critiqued syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker's October 15 column on Sarah Palin and her supporters.

It has been fairly well-received thus far, no negative comments and a handful of positive feedback. Nothing in the column itself that could be considered overly controversial, nothing that would earn shouts demanding my head at the next Palin rally (at least I hope not, them peoples is nuts), and bottom line- no profanity.

Yet, when I clicked the button to publish to our blog on Blog Talk Radio, I was greeted with the occasionally familiar sentence, in red print, informing me that I "had entered a word the blog that may offend some readers." Facepalming briefly, I combed through the column to see if, somehow, an errant curse word had slipped in under the radar. I mean, I knew I hadn't but I've seen weirder things happen.

There it was, in black and white. The word cocktail. The word was used in the context of saying that any glibness Palin might possess may be good fodder for a cocktail party, but assuredly not for the White House.

I know. How dare I? No, not how dare I question Sarah Palin's qualifications, intelligence, grasp on reality, or her glaring lack of all of the aforementioned, but rather, how dare I use the word cocktail. I suppose I could have used the phrase friends or colleagues discussing current events over drinks, or simply just said at a party, but nope, I took the chance of offending someone by using the phrase cocktail party. Seriously? I would say I feel ashamed, but I fear someone may actually take me seriously on that.

I enjoy very much producing and hosting Probably Uncalled For on Blog Talk Radio, as I have done virtually every week for nearly a year and a half now, and I appreciate greatly that Blog Talk Radio exists in the format it does, allowing anyone with a phone and an Internet connection to throw themselves into the mix. It is, however, situations like this, more laughable than tragic, that lead me to question whether or not to keep publishing my posts on the Blog Talk Radio end of my network of websites, or to simply try and point my listeners to my other websites and hope for the best.

As ridiculous as this may sound to some, it's a bit @$#&ing easier than having to go back through my columns and inserting four dozen asterisks to replace words like c**ktail or possibly even insertion, although I'm personally baffled as how to mask that with a pair of asterisks.

In just 15 minutes on an all-new Probably Uncalled For...

Episode #69: Come join us on the international talk radio hit tonight, as we'll be discussing last night's second presidential debate, more dumbassery from Sarah Palin, victories for both voting AND Homeland Security, the usual stupid Britain, Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears, Amy Winehouse, and the possibility of an 85 yr old Indiana Jones cracking whip, among other topics TBA

Thoughts on Episode 68

Wonder how many people are hanging on every minute of the bailout drama, now that details are emerging in which our Senate apparently wants to bail out railroads and Puerto Rican rum production right along with a mess of other shit that has absolutely nothing to do with the economic woes in the first place. Like I said on the show, I doubt the railroads are hurting, last time I checked, NASCAR is doing just fine, and come on, man...fucking wool research? Like there isn't anything we don't fucking know about wool by the year 2008? Key to remember here is the fact that Sen. John McCain (the guy who thinks our economic fundamental are rock damn strong) voted for the bill, although not even twenty-four hours later, he is hounding G-Dub to veto the bill, no matter what. No matter what, damnit! What the hell, is McCain already regretting his latest one-night stand after a party at the pork bar?

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So, according to an "anonymous insider" at the American Red Cross, the Department of Defense made 5,000 black men disappear into the Louisiana swamps after a single bullet to the head, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? This is the assertion of Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party presidential candidate. You may now have a moment at home with which to facepalm. If you needed any further proof that McKinney is batshit crazy, maybe you'll get lucky and she'll wind up marrying Bobby Brown. Oh, what a reality show that would be...

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Being found dead in your truck in a Wal Mart parking lot after huffing seven and a half cans of fucking compressed air (also known as keyboard cleaner)? Congratulations, Julie Miller of Franklin, North Carolina- you just got the seat right up front on the short bus to Heaven. Hope you kept your hands inside the bus on the trip, dumbass.

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Using a religious defense to try and dodge charges including running a bordello? (that's whorehouse for those of you who do not own a dictionary or a word a day calendar from the Hustler Superstore) Damn near brilliant, but still a swing and a miss...A for effort, though.

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Now that the police in Britain have managed to confiscate (and subsequently lose) an elderly man's cane, which they deemed an "offensive weapon," maybe on next week's show, we'll find the tale of cops in the UK snagging an old lady's walker as a weapon of mass destruction. I know how you feel...you wanna look at me like I'm crazy, but the more you examine that situation, the more you find yourself feeling I'll probably be right sooner than later.

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Which is more disturbing: the concept of Kelly Osbourne having drunken, unprotected sex, or Ellen DeGeneres hawking beauty products, in yet another semi-ironic celebrity example of hypocrisy? Yeah, I hear ya...tough call. Better yet, rather not think about either, come to think of it...

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I would love to make an outrageous statement for charity, like for every picture our readers or listeners send of them with a stolen mile marker 66.6 sign from New Jersey, I'd donate some $ to the March of Dimes or something, but let's not kid ourselves here, people. I host an Internet radio show. How much do you think that is really paying right now? Yeah...but if you do manage to steal the signs, helpfully located at:

• The Garden State Parkway, Barnegat
• The New Jersey Turnpike, East Windor

Then send the damn pics, anyway...we'll post them on here, everybody will get a chuckle, and if you get pinched, as an added bonus, we'll slap your mugshot up here if they make it on The Smoking Gun's website. Good times.

In just 15 minutes on an all-new Probably Uncalled For...

Episode #68: Tonight, on an all-new Probably Uncalled For, join Thomas Keister and ppdingles as they will be discussing the latest on the Bailout, 3rd party updates on Bob Barr and absolute lunacy from Cynthia McKinney, more stupid Britain, Kelly Osbourne, Ellen, the road sign of the beast, and the new Free Rein Media Store launch, among other topics TBA.

Tonight on an all new Inside the Squared Circle

Inside the Squared Circle for Monday night September 29th, 2008 and tonight
I will be discussing WWE Smackdown's move to MyNetwork TV and the huge card that night, how you could play xbox against TNA Superstars, dinner with a diva and how you can go see WWE RAW for free!
Plus wresting tidbits, Weird News and my Question of the Week.


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Just 15 minutes until an all-new Probably Uncalled For

Tonight, on an all-new episode of Probably Uncalled For, Live on Blog Talk Radio, join Thomas Keister and "The Internet Legend," ppdingles, as they'll be discussing: Sarah Palin, Brooke Hogan, sex in stupid places, brain damage, D-bag extraordinare Dane Cook, music, reality shows, others TBA...

8:00 PM East/5:00 PM West

Tonight on an all new Inside the Squared Circle

INSIDE THE SQUARED CIRCLE FOR MONDAY NIGHT SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2008 AND TONIGHT
I WILL BE DISCUSSING UPCOMING WWE/TNA PPV'S, WWE RAW HITS YET ANOTHER MILESTONE, AND CACTUS JACK COULD VERY WELL "CROSS THE LINE"
PLUS WRESTLING TIDBITS, WEIRD NEWS AND MY QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
ALSO BREAKING NEWS ON THE FREE REIN MEDIA ONLINE STORE.

THE SHOW RETURNS TO THE AIR AFTER MISSING LAST WEEK DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE FROM HURRICANE IKE'S WINDS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA.


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Probably Uncalled For canceled for tonight!

Tonight's episode of Probably Uncalled For has been canceled due to a continuous power outage at the Free Rein Media studios.
We will return next week with an all new episode.
Keep checking back here on BLOG! for details.

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