Wednesday, October 29, 2008
In just 15 minutes on an all-new Probably Uncalled For...
Episode 72: Come join us on the international talk radio hit (now with 3 straight Best Podcast nominations), as we'll be discussing the Ted Stevens convictions, more analysis of the last week of the Campaign That Has Taken Forever, personal responsibility taking a further beating, thanks to the state of Nebraska, great and stupid crime, another packed "Stupid Britain" segment, and all that TBA you have come to know, love, and crave on a weekly basis? You betcha *wink* Phone lines and chat room open the duration of the show, see ya there...
Monday, October 27, 2008
Show Notes and Links for October 27th, 2008
RIC FLAIR'S SON REID PRO DEBUT SET!
Pro Championship Wrestling(PCW) is proud to announce today that Reid Flair, the son of the Legendary "Nature Boy" Ric Flair will be stepping in the ring for his Debut Match at PCW'S "4ever Flair". This historic debut in the squared circle will take place on Saturday November 22 at the Oak Lawn Pavilion, 9401 Oak Park Ave, Oak lawn,IL.
Reid's opponent will be former PCW Triple crown winner "The Feature Presentation" Johnny Mac. With Johnny Mac's PCW Championship credentials, Johnny Mac looks to take the son of the Nature Boy to his limit in his first match.
Reid at age 20, standing 6'1, 218 pounds has the height, weight and body of a professional wrestler. But he has something no other young man with dreams of entering the ring has, the Nature Boy’s DNA, being the son of 16-time World Champion and professional wrestling legend Ric Flair.
Reid was a member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Championship team at Blair Academy. He also holds two New Jersey state wrestling titles.
Since graduating, he’s been working hard with his father, learning the ropes and the moves of the master. He’s also training under NWA wrestling legend George South at his famous Exodus Wrestling School in Concord, North Carolina.
When he’s not learning from the best in the business, Reid makes his home in Charlotte, NC.
So not only at "4everFlair" will Reid Flair make his in ring debut, you will also see the 16 time World Champion,"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair make his return to the Chicago Land area for a rare autograph session. Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime event.
Tickets for "4everFlair"are $15 for General Admission, Reserved Ringside Seats are $25. Doors open at 5:30 PM with a bell time of 6:30 PM. For more information go to www.PCWWRESTLING.NET
A limited number of SUPERTICKETS are available for $75.00, which includes a ticket to the event, a GUARANTEED Photo op with The Nature Boy and 1 item autographed. An Unbelievable Bargain!
PCW-"Expect The Unexpected"
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As reported on MarketWatch.com Oct. 23, THQ’s SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 for Xbox 360 has reached the "Platinum Hits" level just weeks before the release of the much anticipated SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. This is the second consecutive year that the SmackDown vs. Raw franchise has gone platinum. The newest edition of the video game will be available across all consoles on Nov. 9
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For people in the Maryland/Washington D.C. area, the local MyNetworkTV affiliate, My20 WDCA, is holding a contest for fans to win tickets to next year's WrestleMania. You have to tune into SmackDown for the next three weeks for a secret phrase. For more information on the contest, visit WDCA.com.
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WWE Raw Superstar Ron Simmons will be doing a seminar on Sunday, November 16 from Noon to 4:00 p.m. at Slamtech University in Central Falls, Rhode Island, reports www.f4wonline.com. The fee is $100. For more information on the seminar, you can call 508-536-6794 or e-mail slamtech2000@yahoo.com.
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SD Jones passed away today on his native island of Antigua from complications related to a stroke.
Special Delivery" Jones, one of the steadiest performers ever to appear in a WWE ring, passed away on Oct. 26 in his native Antigua, West Indies; he was 63.
Jones, whose real name is Conrad Efraim, was trained in the early 1970s by WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz, and entered WWE in late 1976. His WWE tenure continued through 1986. Through that time, Jones was a competitor who always gave optimum effort in all of his matches. Many of his opponents knew that if they wanted to gain a victory over Jones, they absolutely had to dig deep to earn it.
One of the more infamous distinctions that S.D. will be remembered for was his match against King Kong Bundy at the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985. The match lasted a mere nine seconds, and although on the losing end, this match made Jones a part of WWE history for the fastest pinfall ever scored at that time.
S.D.’s last WWE appearance was in 2006, when he inducted his long-time friend and confidant Tony Atlas into WWE’s Hall of Fame.
All of us here at Free Rein Media send out sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Special Delivery" Jones, one of the steadiest performers ever to appear in a WWE ring, passed away on Oct. 26 in his native Antigua, West Indies; he was 63.
Jones, whose real name is Conrad Efraim, was trained in the early 1970s by WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz, and entered WWE in late 1976. His WWE tenure continued through 1986. Through that time, Jones was a competitor who always gave optimum effort in all of his matches. Many of his opponents knew that if they wanted to gain a victory over Jones, they absolutely had to dig deep to earn it.
One of the more infamous distinctions that S.D. will be remembered for was his match against King Kong Bundy at the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985. The match lasted a mere nine seconds, and although on the losing end, this match made Jones a part of WWE history for the fastest pinfall ever scored at that time.
S.D.’s last WWE appearance was in 2006, when he inducted his long-time friend and confidant Tony Atlas into WWE’s Hall of Fame.
All of us here at Free Rein Media send out sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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That's it foR this week, see you all next week on our 1 year anniversary show.
Thanks for everyone who tuned in this week.
Tonight on an all new Inside the Squared Circle
Inside the Squared Circle for Monday night October 27th, 2008 and tonight
I will be discussing WWE Cyber Sunday Results, TNA's new Legends Championship and how you could win free tickets to Wrestlemania 25.
Plus Wresting Tidbits and Weird News
All this and more coming up on the show tonight.
Just click here for the shows homepage!!!
I will be discussing WWE Cyber Sunday Results, TNA's new Legends Championship and how you could win free tickets to Wrestlemania 25.
Plus Wresting Tidbits and Weird News
All this and more coming up on the show tonight.
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Why we need a level playing field
Well, here we are, just about a week away from what people are calling the most important presidential election of our lifetimes. Kind of hard to disagree, really. Of course, being a card-carrying Libertarian for nearly five years now, this is my second go-around with the perpetual aggravation of being involved in a third party. The lack of mainstream media coverage, the bug-eyed stares from older voters ("no, ma'am, I'm a Libertarian...it's a political party, not a religion."), and best of all, the stacked deck the Republicans and Democrats keep playing their hands out with, election cycle after election cycle.
If you can believe it, there are 260 declared candidates for the 2008 Presidential election, according to the Federal Election Commission. Bet there is a fair majority of people who will read this and not even be able to name three. If there are any who can't name either of the two major party candidates, let me be the first to congratulate you on making it this far in the article, because it must be one of those strange days where the handful of websites this is appearing on are somehow the only ones that are coming up on your computer. My first thought, upon reading that statistic, was "damn, it's like a Third World election, or worse, the California gubernatorial recall election."
So why is it, when a 2004 Zogby poll showed that 57% of Americans believe 3rd party candidates should be included in the presidential debates, only two 3rd party candidates have debated since the beginning of the televised debate era? You can thank the Commission on Presidential Debates for that. The commission was created in 1987, a dual effort by the Republican and Democratic Parties. I hear ya, it's probably the only time in history, barring declaration of war (justified or otherwise), that they got together on something without a few billion dollars tossed to the winds of pork. This turned out to be such a popular move that the League of Women Voters quit the debate racket altogether the following year. Why yes, it was a presidential election year, and no, I do not think it was a coincidence. When two political parties get together to create a "nonpartisan" committee, for the express purpose of enacting a system to all but guarantee that no one else will qualify for a podium at a debate, not only does the word nonpartisan take a beating, but I'm pretty damn certain a whole plethora of less-civil phrases or expressions come to mind. Like never-ending screwjob. I'm just saying.
The commission's first decision was to enact a 10% threshold in national polling for a candidate to be included in the debates. While that seems fair at first glance, as a third party candidate gaining just the 10% would be facing enough of an uphill battle with the two major party candidates gaining 40% or so, what the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the commission have all failed to mention, or explain, is why no national polling firms fairly include independent or third party candidates in the polling. Having worked in market research for a couple of years in previous employments, the simplest way the polling firms do this is by either not mentioning third party candidates at all (the usual M.O.) or mentioning the party, but not the candidate, or stances when relevant. This was further exacerbated after H. Ross Perot's appearance in the 1992 Presidential debates, after which the commission actually increased the threshold to 15%. Thank goodness someone was there to tell them that 15% of impossible is better than 10% of impossible, at least from the nonpartisan view of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The legality of the 15% barrier has been repeatedly affirmed by federal courts and the Federal Election Commission. Again, no giant shock there, bordering on use of profanity. Of course the Federal Election Commission will affirm the barrier is reasonable. Who makes up the Federal Election Commission and the federal courts? Republicans and Democrats. Why isn't anyone on Capitol Hill gettin' all mavericky with this?
One popular argument for the 15% threshold is that allowing candidates into the debates based on ballot access would lead to a group of third parties fielding candidates with a main focus on ballot access, which could create an overcrowded group of candidates. Uh, yeah, about that...wouldn't you say the current crop of 260 declared presidential candidates is slightly overcrowded. Besides that, third party and independent candidates already have to concentrate a huge part of their campaign on ballot access, as they have to earn their way onto the ballots each and every election cycle in most states, another unfair obstacle the two-party system has left on the road to the White House.
The American people, contrary to what many of the powers that be want you to believe behind all the doublespeak, and "what I meant to say" rhetorical gymnastics. If we can track a dozen candidates from each major party during their primary seasons, then why shouldn't we be able to track three, four, or even five candidates chasing the vote that matters? If the 2008 Presidential debates were open based on ballot access, then reasonably we would also have seen Libertarian candidate Bob Barr (on the ballot in 45 states) and independent candidate Ralph Nader (on the ballot in 46 states).
Having these four candidates on the ballot would be a far better gauge of national trends and opinions than the tired, business-as-usual party line politics we have been subjected to election after election. Many important changes began as ideas from third parties, but seeing as how the two major parties hold a chokehold on allowing the third party and independent candidates to get that message out to the public, by way of a debate, they simply continue to take credit where credit is not due. How is that not part of the business-as-usual attitude we have seen from administrations past?
Bottom line- it's well beyond high time the Commission on Presidential Debates ended the 15% threshold for participation by a candidate in the presidential debates, or at the very least make the five national polling groups they use to compile the percentages start including viable candidates with a mathematical chance of winning based on ballot access, such as Bob Barr. God knows for all the endless, non-stop jabber about change we have heard over the last two years of this campaign, it would be nice to see change that could literally affect the system in Washington.
If you can believe it, there are 260 declared candidates for the 2008 Presidential election, according to the Federal Election Commission. Bet there is a fair majority of people who will read this and not even be able to name three. If there are any who can't name either of the two major party candidates, let me be the first to congratulate you on making it this far in the article, because it must be one of those strange days where the handful of websites this is appearing on are somehow the only ones that are coming up on your computer. My first thought, upon reading that statistic, was "damn, it's like a Third World election, or worse, the California gubernatorial recall election."
So why is it, when a 2004 Zogby poll showed that 57% of Americans believe 3rd party candidates should be included in the presidential debates, only two 3rd party candidates have debated since the beginning of the televised debate era? You can thank the Commission on Presidential Debates for that. The commission was created in 1987, a dual effort by the Republican and Democratic Parties. I hear ya, it's probably the only time in history, barring declaration of war (justified or otherwise), that they got together on something without a few billion dollars tossed to the winds of pork. This turned out to be such a popular move that the League of Women Voters quit the debate racket altogether the following year. Why yes, it was a presidential election year, and no, I do not think it was a coincidence. When two political parties get together to create a "nonpartisan" committee, for the express purpose of enacting a system to all but guarantee that no one else will qualify for a podium at a debate, not only does the word nonpartisan take a beating, but I'm pretty damn certain a whole plethora of less-civil phrases or expressions come to mind. Like never-ending screwjob. I'm just saying.
The commission's first decision was to enact a 10% threshold in national polling for a candidate to be included in the debates. While that seems fair at first glance, as a third party candidate gaining just the 10% would be facing enough of an uphill battle with the two major party candidates gaining 40% or so, what the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the commission have all failed to mention, or explain, is why no national polling firms fairly include independent or third party candidates in the polling. Having worked in market research for a couple of years in previous employments, the simplest way the polling firms do this is by either not mentioning third party candidates at all (the usual M.O.) or mentioning the party, but not the candidate, or stances when relevant. This was further exacerbated after H. Ross Perot's appearance in the 1992 Presidential debates, after which the commission actually increased the threshold to 15%. Thank goodness someone was there to tell them that 15% of impossible is better than 10% of impossible, at least from the nonpartisan view of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The legality of the 15% barrier has been repeatedly affirmed by federal courts and the Federal Election Commission. Again, no giant shock there, bordering on use of profanity. Of course the Federal Election Commission will affirm the barrier is reasonable. Who makes up the Federal Election Commission and the federal courts? Republicans and Democrats. Why isn't anyone on Capitol Hill gettin' all mavericky with this?
One popular argument for the 15% threshold is that allowing candidates into the debates based on ballot access would lead to a group of third parties fielding candidates with a main focus on ballot access, which could create an overcrowded group of candidates. Uh, yeah, about that...wouldn't you say the current crop of 260 declared presidential candidates is slightly overcrowded. Besides that, third party and independent candidates already have to concentrate a huge part of their campaign on ballot access, as they have to earn their way onto the ballots each and every election cycle in most states, another unfair obstacle the two-party system has left on the road to the White House.
The American people, contrary to what many of the powers that be want you to believe behind all the doublespeak, and "what I meant to say" rhetorical gymnastics. If we can track a dozen candidates from each major party during their primary seasons, then why shouldn't we be able to track three, four, or even five candidates chasing the vote that matters? If the 2008 Presidential debates were open based on ballot access, then reasonably we would also have seen Libertarian candidate Bob Barr (on the ballot in 45 states) and independent candidate Ralph Nader (on the ballot in 46 states).
Having these four candidates on the ballot would be a far better gauge of national trends and opinions than the tired, business-as-usual party line politics we have been subjected to election after election. Many important changes began as ideas from third parties, but seeing as how the two major parties hold a chokehold on allowing the third party and independent candidates to get that message out to the public, by way of a debate, they simply continue to take credit where credit is not due. How is that not part of the business-as-usual attitude we have seen from administrations past?
Bottom line- it's well beyond high time the Commission on Presidential Debates ended the 15% threshold for participation by a candidate in the presidential debates, or at the very least make the five national polling groups they use to compile the percentages start including viable candidates with a mathematical chance of winning based on ballot access, such as Bob Barr. God knows for all the endless, non-stop jabber about change we have heard over the last two years of this campaign, it would be nice to see change that could literally affect the system in Washington.
Wrestling Milestones. October 27th - November 2nd
10/27/1974 - Born - Tombstone
10/28/2001 - Died - Chief Dave Foxx of a heart attack at 44
10/29/1949 - Born - Paul Orndorf aka Mr. Wonderful
10/30/1972 - Born - Shane Eden
10/30/1972 - Born - Adam Copeland AKA Edge
10/31/1966 - Born - Koji Kanemoto
10/31/1967 - Born - Big Bad Ben
10/31/1973 - Born - Scott Stone
10/31/1991 - Died - Gene Anderson of a heart attack at 58
10/31/2002 - Died - Edward "Moose" Cholak of naturalcauses at 72
11/01/1981 - Ted DiBiase defeated Paul Orndorff for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
11/01/1989 - Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Jim Garvin & Michael Hayes for the NWA World Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Masato Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated the Dudley Boys for the ECW Tag title
11/01/1993 - Rex Hargroge & Koko B. Ware defeated Moondog Spike & Mike Anthony for the USWA Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Event - November to Remember, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/02/1992 - Jerry Lawler defeated Todd Champion for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
11/02/1998 - Mankind is awarded the new WWF Hardcore title by Vince McMahon
11/02/1999 - Mankind & Al Snow defeated Bob & Crash Holly for the WWF Tag Team title
10/28/2001 - Died - Chief Dave Foxx of a heart attack at 44
10/29/1949 - Born - Paul Orndorf aka Mr. Wonderful
10/30/1972 - Born - Shane Eden
10/30/1972 - Born - Adam Copeland AKA Edge
10/31/1966 - Born - Koji Kanemoto
10/31/1967 - Born - Big Bad Ben
10/31/1973 - Born - Scott Stone
10/31/1991 - Died - Gene Anderson of a heart attack at 58
10/31/2002 - Died - Edward "Moose" Cholak of naturalcauses at 72
11/01/1981 - Ted DiBiase defeated Paul Orndorff for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
11/01/1989 - Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Jim Garvin & Michael Hayes for the NWA World Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Masato Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated the Dudley Boys for the ECW Tag title
11/01/1993 - Rex Hargroge & Koko B. Ware defeated Moondog Spike & Mike Anthony for the USWA Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Event - November to Remember, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/02/1992 - Jerry Lawler defeated Todd Champion for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
11/02/1998 - Mankind is awarded the new WWF Hardcore title by Vince McMahon
11/02/1999 - Mankind & Al Snow defeated Bob & Crash Holly for the WWF Tag Team title
This Week in Professional Wrestling History. October 27th - November 2nd
10/27/1987 - Tito Santana & Rick Martel defeated the Hart Foundation for the WWF Tag Team title
10/27/1990 - Event - Halloween Havoc, UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
10/27/1990 - Stan Hansen defeated Lex Luger for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
10/27/1991 - Event - Halloween Havoc, UTC Arena, Chattanooga, TN
10/27/1991 - Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton in a tournament final to become the first WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion
10/27/1992 - Shawn Michaels defeated Davy Boy Smith for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/27/1996 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
10/27/1996 - Dean melanko defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/27/1996 - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW Tag Team title
10/27/2001 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Pacific Sports Center, Vallejo, CA
10/27/2001 - Nick Berk defeated Nick Gage for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
10/27/2001 - Kid Kruel defeated Tim Arson for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/27/2001 - Little Guido defeated Kid Kruel for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/27/2003 - Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWE Intercontinental title
10/27/2003 - Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Jericho in a steel cage for the WWE Intercontinental title
10/28/1989 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
10/28/1995 - Mikey Whipwreck defeated the Sandman for the ECW Heavyweight title
10/28/1995 - Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Public Enemy for the ECW Tag Team title
10/28/1995 - Jesse James Armstrong & Tracey Smothers defeated PG-13 for the USWA Tag Team title
10/29/1988 - The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/29/1990 - Eddie Gilbert defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/29/1995 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
10/29/1995 - The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan by DQ and the WCW Heavyweight title is declared vacant
10/29/1995 - Johnny B. Badd defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW Television title
10/29/1996 - Macho Warrior Ric Hogan defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/29/1998 - D-Lo Brown defeated X-pac for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/29/1999 - Don Montoya defeated Chino Martinez for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/29/2000 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/29/2000 - Gen. Rection defeated Lance Storm & Hacksaw Duggan for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/30/1987 - Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler for the AWA Tag Team title
10/30/2001 - Booker T & Test defeated Chris Jericho & The Rock for the WWF Tag Team title
10/30/2001 - Christian defeated Bradshaw for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/30/2001 - Shelton Benjamin & Brock Lesnar defeated Rico Constantino & The Prototype for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
10/31/1979 - Shohei Baba defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
10/31/1997 - Joe Rules eliminated Pit Bull II in a 20 Man Royal Rumble Match to win the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/31/1997 - Pit Bull II defeated Joe Rules for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/31/1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Kenta Kobashi for the All-Japan Triple Crown
10/31/2000 - Ivory defeated Lita for the WWF Women's title
11/01/1981 - Ted DiBiase defeated Paul Orndorff for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
11/01/1989 - Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Jim Garvin & Michael Hayes for the NWA World Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Masato Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated the Dudley Boys for the ECW Tag title
11/01/1993 - Rex Hargroge & Koko B. Ware defeated Moondog Spike & Mike Anthony for the USWA Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Event - November to Remember, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/02/1992 - Jerry Lawler defeated Todd Champion for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
11/02/1998 - Mankind is awarded the new WWF Hardcore title by Vince McMahon
11/02/1999 - Mankind & Al Snow defeated Bob & Crash Holly for the WWF Tag Team title
10/27/1990 - Event - Halloween Havoc, UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
10/27/1990 - Stan Hansen defeated Lex Luger for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
10/27/1991 - Event - Halloween Havoc, UTC Arena, Chattanooga, TN
10/27/1991 - Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton in a tournament final to become the first WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion
10/27/1992 - Shawn Michaels defeated Davy Boy Smith for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/27/1996 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
10/27/1996 - Dean melanko defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/27/1996 - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW Tag Team title
10/27/2001 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Pacific Sports Center, Vallejo, CA
10/27/2001 - Nick Berk defeated Nick Gage for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
10/27/2001 - Kid Kruel defeated Tim Arson for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/27/2001 - Little Guido defeated Kid Kruel for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/27/2003 - Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWE Intercontinental title
10/27/2003 - Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Jericho in a steel cage for the WWE Intercontinental title
10/28/1989 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
10/28/1995 - Mikey Whipwreck defeated the Sandman for the ECW Heavyweight title
10/28/1995 - Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Public Enemy for the ECW Tag Team title
10/28/1995 - Jesse James Armstrong & Tracey Smothers defeated PG-13 for the USWA Tag Team title
10/29/1988 - The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/29/1990 - Eddie Gilbert defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/29/1995 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
10/29/1995 - The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan by DQ and the WCW Heavyweight title is declared vacant
10/29/1995 - Johnny B. Badd defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW Television title
10/29/1996 - Macho Warrior Ric Hogan defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/29/1998 - D-Lo Brown defeated X-pac for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/29/1999 - Don Montoya defeated Chino Martinez for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/29/2000 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/29/2000 - Gen. Rection defeated Lance Storm & Hacksaw Duggan for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/30/1987 - Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler for the AWA Tag Team title
10/30/2001 - Booker T & Test defeated Chris Jericho & The Rock for the WWF Tag Team title
10/30/2001 - Christian defeated Bradshaw for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/30/2001 - Shelton Benjamin & Brock Lesnar defeated Rico Constantino & The Prototype for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
10/31/1979 - Shohei Baba defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
10/31/1997 - Joe Rules eliminated Pit Bull II in a 20 Man Royal Rumble Match to win the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/31/1997 - Pit Bull II defeated Joe Rules for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
10/31/1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Kenta Kobashi for the All-Japan Triple Crown
10/31/2000 - Ivory defeated Lita for the WWF Women's title
11/01/1981 - Ted DiBiase defeated Paul Orndorff for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
11/01/1989 - Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Jim Garvin & Michael Hayes for the NWA World Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Masato Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated the Dudley Boys for the ECW Tag title
11/01/1993 - Rex Hargroge & Koko B. Ware defeated Moondog Spike & Mike Anthony for the USWA Tag Team title
11/01/1998 - Event - November to Remember, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/02/1992 - Jerry Lawler defeated Todd Champion for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
11/02/1998 - Mankind is awarded the new WWF Hardcore title by Vince McMahon
11/02/1999 - Mankind & Al Snow defeated Bob & Crash Holly for the WWF Tag Team title
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Great, now the St. Louis Blues have fallen victim to the Palin Curse
So, the St. Louis Blues decided to try their hand with having Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin drop the ceremonial first puck at a home game this last Saturday. Why not? It worked, ahem, wonders for the Philadelphia Flyers.
So after a hard day being deposed under oath as part of the ongoing Troopergate investigation, Palin, along with her husband and two younger daughters headed over to the Scottrade Center to drop the puck for the Blues-Kings game. This time around, Palin caught more cheers than boos, but that's hardly surprising in a way. After all, it was Missouri, the state that kept electing John Ashcroft to office (well, except for that time his lost to a dead guy) before Dubya took him off their hands.
How did it work our for the Blues? They lost, just like the Flyers did when Palin hit the ice in Philly. But the most ridiculous part of the whole evening? Blues goalie Manny Legace tripped on the red carpet they had for the Palin family and other muckety-mucks to walk to center ice on. Suffering a strained left hip flexor, Legace played only one period, allowing two goals on twelve shots.
Holy damn at Christmas, you're kidding me. The goalie couldn't see a carpet put in the middle of a huge sheet of fucking ice? I facepalmed a little longer than usual after reading this, and you at home are more than free to join me in that. No wonder the Blues have not been doing all that well in recent years. The goalie can't see carpeting placed on the ice, how the hell are we going to expect him to see a black rubber puck heading towards him at 90 mph? To make matters even worse, a team official pointed the carpet out to Legace, and he still tripped on it and injured himself.
For the record, I was once, but now am most assuredly no longer a fan of the St. Louis Blues. My hometown team let me down, and the thought of Sarah Palin wearing a big Blues foam finger and a home jersey just drives the stake a little deeper in my heart. Call it overreaction if you will, but at least someone in the NHL will be thrilled there is someone reacting to pro hockey. I will now open the floor for suggestions, as long as you don't mention the Flyers, Red Wings, or Blackhawks.
So after a hard day being deposed under oath as part of the ongoing Troopergate investigation, Palin, along with her husband and two younger daughters headed over to the Scottrade Center to drop the puck for the Blues-Kings game. This time around, Palin caught more cheers than boos, but that's hardly surprising in a way. After all, it was Missouri, the state that kept electing John Ashcroft to office (well, except for that time his lost to a dead guy) before Dubya took him off their hands.
How did it work our for the Blues? They lost, just like the Flyers did when Palin hit the ice in Philly. But the most ridiculous part of the whole evening? Blues goalie Manny Legace tripped on the red carpet they had for the Palin family and other muckety-mucks to walk to center ice on. Suffering a strained left hip flexor, Legace played only one period, allowing two goals on twelve shots.
Holy damn at Christmas, you're kidding me. The goalie couldn't see a carpet put in the middle of a huge sheet of fucking ice? I facepalmed a little longer than usual after reading this, and you at home are more than free to join me in that. No wonder the Blues have not been doing all that well in recent years. The goalie can't see carpeting placed on the ice, how the hell are we going to expect him to see a black rubber puck heading towards him at 90 mph? To make matters even worse, a team official pointed the carpet out to Legace, and he still tripped on it and injured himself.
For the record, I was once, but now am most assuredly no longer a fan of the St. Louis Blues. My hometown team let me down, and the thought of Sarah Palin wearing a big Blues foam finger and a home jersey just drives the stake a little deeper in my heart. Call it overreaction if you will, but at least someone in the NHL will be thrilled there is someone reacting to pro hockey. I will now open the floor for suggestions, as long as you don't mention the Flyers, Red Wings, or Blackhawks.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Palin 2012? I must have picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue...
How amusing that Sarah Palin named her favorite clothing store as Out of the Closet, a consignment store in Anchorage, Alaska. Hmmm...hardcore Republican loves Out of the Closet? Both amusing and ironic in the same stroke. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said stroke.
When mavericks collide? Their awkward interview with NBC's Brian Williams notwithstanding, who's campaign is it anyway? What's I'm trying to get my head wrapped around, is with Palin contradicting McCain on numerous occasions, when she's not managing to contradict herself while she's at it, how can any pundit seriously kick around the concept of a Sarah Palin presidential run in 2012? Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying she won't but who in their right mind would take her seriously? Flip flops, confusion, $150 grand in clothes, ethics probes, and of course, the apparent secessionist support aside, what base would she have, and can we start investigating these people now?
A final note on this post- with Palin's brain-shut-off remarks regarding research being conducted with fruit flies, are there yet still people who honestly expect a McCain-Palin administration to have the backs of special needs children? Palin, who has already slashed the budget in her own state in that area, should not be seen as building a lot of confidence there. And four years from now, when her now-infant son won't be small enough to be handed off to another kid when a photo op springs up, ask yourself how many of the Palin offspring will be on stage acting as part of the backdrop. Yep, I think many of you have already asked yourself that question, in spite of probably already knowing the answer.
When mavericks collide? Their awkward interview with NBC's Brian Williams notwithstanding, who's campaign is it anyway? What's I'm trying to get my head wrapped around, is with Palin contradicting McCain on numerous occasions, when she's not managing to contradict herself while she's at it, how can any pundit seriously kick around the concept of a Sarah Palin presidential run in 2012? Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying she won't but who in their right mind would take her seriously? Flip flops, confusion, $150 grand in clothes, ethics probes, and of course, the apparent secessionist support aside, what base would she have, and can we start investigating these people now?
A final note on this post- with Palin's brain-shut-off remarks regarding research being conducted with fruit flies, are there yet still people who honestly expect a McCain-Palin administration to have the backs of special needs children? Palin, who has already slashed the budget in her own state in that area, should not be seen as building a lot of confidence there. And four years from now, when her now-infant son won't be small enough to be handed off to another kid when a photo op springs up, ask yourself how many of the Palin offspring will be on stage acting as part of the backdrop. Yep, I think many of you have already asked yourself that question, in spite of probably already knowing the answer.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
In just 15 minutes on an all-new Probably Uncalled For...
Episode 71: Come join Thomas Keister and ppdingles tonight, as they'll be discussing the latest on the 2008 Presidential election, including John McCain already working on his concession?, Sarah Palin swinging and missing on strike 4, voter fraud, some mind boggling Stupid Britain, prison breaks, prostitution, and equal rights for plants? Yeah, gonna be one of those shows...
For God’s sake, someone buy Palin a helmet before she hurts herself
So let me get this straight...Sarah Palin, who bounced through five colleges to get her degree, still does not have any idea what the role of the Vice-President of the United States is?
How the hell has she managed to make it this far in life, let alone politics? While I can't say much about bouncing from school to school, as I am on my third, when I was in 8th grade, back in 1989-90, I had to take and pass a class on the U.S. Constitution to graduate and move on to high school. One of the things I learned...that the Vice-President does not run the Senate! The Vice-President is merely president pro tempore, which is just a title, and votes only in the case of a tie. The Vice-President does not help craft policy on the Senate floor, or anything of the sort. My mom, who had to take the same test back in the 50's, also knows this.
I'm sure Palin would love to be VP, where she can meander around in sweeping circles on the White House lawn, looking for things to shoot, but in the last few weeks, she has shown she wouldn't even be qualified to be "Queen of Alaska," a job more suited to her acceptance of a successionist movement in the very state she plays Governor of.
The running joke has been that Palin is not smarter than a 3rd grader, in reference to her latest swing and miss on the question of the role of the Vice-President (for those of you scoring at home, that was strike 4!), but I am now starting to question whether or not she is truly smart enough not to walk into shit without the help of her handlers, or perhaps one of those tennis balls on an antenna, like you see with people who can't pull into garages in their SUVs.
How the hell has she managed to make it this far in life, let alone politics? While I can't say much about bouncing from school to school, as I am on my third, when I was in 8th grade, back in 1989-90, I had to take and pass a class on the U.S. Constitution to graduate and move on to high school. One of the things I learned...that the Vice-President does not run the Senate! The Vice-President is merely president pro tempore, which is just a title, and votes only in the case of a tie. The Vice-President does not help craft policy on the Senate floor, or anything of the sort. My mom, who had to take the same test back in the 50's, also knows this.
I'm sure Palin would love to be VP, where she can meander around in sweeping circles on the White House lawn, looking for things to shoot, but in the last few weeks, she has shown she wouldn't even be qualified to be "Queen of Alaska," a job more suited to her acceptance of a successionist movement in the very state she plays Governor of.
The running joke has been that Palin is not smarter than a 3rd grader, in reference to her latest swing and miss on the question of the role of the Vice-President (for those of you scoring at home, that was strike 4!), but I am now starting to question whether or not she is truly smart enough not to walk into shit without the help of her handlers, or perhaps one of those tennis balls on an antenna, like you see with people who can't pull into garages in their SUVs.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tonight on an all new Inside the Squared Circle
This is Inside the Squared Circle for Monday night October 20th, 2008 and tonight
I will be discussing WWE Cyber Sunday, TNA's LIVE iMPACT this Thursday night and One fans dream card he would like to see.
Maybe you will agree with his match picks and maybe you won't.
I will be discussing WWE Cyber Sunday, TNA's LIVE iMPACT this Thursday night and One fans dream card he would like to see.
Maybe you will agree with his match picks and maybe you won't.
Also the show is expecting former guest and indy superstar Biff Wellington the 3rd to call the studio and let us know whats good.
Plus Wresting Tidbits and Weird News.
All this and more tonight on the show.
Rudy Ray Moore 1927-2008
We were all saddened here at Free Rein Media to learn of the passing away of legendary singer, actor, and comedian Rudy Ray Moore yesterday, at his home in Toledo, Ohio, from complications of diabetes at the age of 81.
Moore, who released albums as far back as 1959, with several hitting the Top 40 or higher on the Billboard charts, is widely considered one of the first "X" rated comedians. Earning the title "King of the Party Records," Moore recorded his comedy albums at his home, bringing over friends for drinks, with an engineer to record the evening. Many of his albums charted despite being available only from behind record store counters, in a plain brown rapper.
It was with his first film, the self-financed Dolemite in 1975, that Moore would become an icon, with the cult classic still selling and renting heavily to this day. The film features, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest lines of dialogue ever ("I'm so bad, I kick my own ass twice a day!"). The Dolemite character would return in The Human Tornado (1976) and most recently in 2007's The Dolemite Explosion.
original theatrical trailer for Dolemite
Moore, who continued to appear in movies, animated projects, and CDs until health problems set in, was a tremendous influence on both myself, my long-time friend and collaborator, ppdingles, and more comedians, rappers, singers, and artists than I can count. He will be missed.
Moore, who released albums as far back as 1959, with several hitting the Top 40 or higher on the Billboard charts, is widely considered one of the first "X" rated comedians. Earning the title "King of the Party Records," Moore recorded his comedy albums at his home, bringing over friends for drinks, with an engineer to record the evening. Many of his albums charted despite being available only from behind record store counters, in a plain brown rapper.
It was with his first film, the self-financed Dolemite in 1975, that Moore would become an icon, with the cult classic still selling and renting heavily to this day. The film features, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest lines of dialogue ever ("I'm so bad, I kick my own ass twice a day!"). The Dolemite character would return in The Human Tornado (1976) and most recently in 2007's The Dolemite Explosion.
Moore, who continued to appear in movies, animated projects, and CDs until health problems set in, was a tremendous influence on both myself, my long-time friend and collaborator, ppdingles, and more comedians, rappers, singers, and artists than I can count. He will be missed.
What the...?
Well, folks, tomorrow leaves only two weeks until the end of the longest presidential election campaign I believe this country has ever seen. Also, one of the dirtiest on behalf of the Republican Party. John McCain and Sarah Palin (they have both dishonored and disgraced their individual titles, and I am not going to put them in) have redefined the words slime and sleaze as we know them!
Now, of all things for a Republican to complain of, McCain says Obama has raised too much money! And since everyone knows that too much money corrupts and causes scandal, I would say if anyone would know this, it would be a Republican, not the least to say a woman who has been found to have violated state ethics standards and a former member of the Keating 5!
Now, of all things for a Republican to complain of, McCain says Obama has raised too much money! And since everyone knows that too much money corrupts and causes scandal, I would say if anyone would know this, it would be a Republican, not the least to say a woman who has been found to have violated state ethics standards and a former member of the Keating 5!
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.
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.
Wrestling Milestones. October 20th - October 26th
10/20/1959 - Born - Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon
10/20/1970 - Born - Tiger Mask
10/21/1944 - Born - Bushwacker Butch
10/21/1963 - Born - Brian Costello
10/21/1965 - Born - Horace Boulder
10/21/1965 - Born - Charlie Norris
10/22/1971 - Born - Adam Flash
10/22/1972 - Born - D'Lo Brown
10/22/1976 - Born - White Trash
10/23/1963 - Born - Ron & Don Harris aka 8-ball & Skull of DOA, AKA the Bruise Brothers
10/23/1970 - Born - Terry Alan
10/23/1970 - Born - Tony Kozina
10/23/2000 - Died - "Yokozuna" Rodney Anoia aka the Giant Samoan of a heart attack at 34
10/24/1943 - Born - Superstar Bill Dundee
10/24/1957 - Born - Italian Stallion
10/24/1979 - Born - Stacy Keibler
10/24/1995 - Died - Killer Karl Krupp of a heart attack at 62
10/25/1957 - Born - Atsushi Onita
10/25/1965 - Born - 2 Cold Scorpio, aka Flash Funk, Scorpio
10/26/1949 - Born - Austin Idol
10/26/1949 - Born - Kevin Sullivan aka the Taskmaster
10/26/1993 - Died - Brazo de Oro of a brain aneurysm
10/26/1997 - Died - Big E Sleaze committed suicide at 22
10/20/1970 - Born - Tiger Mask
10/21/1944 - Born - Bushwacker Butch
10/21/1963 - Born - Brian Costello
10/21/1965 - Born - Horace Boulder
10/21/1965 - Born - Charlie Norris
10/22/1971 - Born - Adam Flash
10/22/1972 - Born - D'Lo Brown
10/22/1976 - Born - White Trash
10/23/1963 - Born - Ron & Don Harris aka 8-ball & Skull of DOA, AKA the Bruise Brothers
10/23/1970 - Born - Terry Alan
10/23/1970 - Born - Tony Kozina
10/23/2000 - Died - "Yokozuna" Rodney Anoia aka the Giant Samoan of a heart attack at 34
10/24/1943 - Born - Superstar Bill Dundee
10/24/1957 - Born - Italian Stallion
10/24/1979 - Born - Stacy Keibler
10/24/1995 - Died - Killer Karl Krupp of a heart attack at 62
10/25/1957 - Born - Atsushi Onita
10/25/1965 - Born - 2 Cold Scorpio, aka Flash Funk, Scorpio
10/26/1949 - Born - Austin Idol
10/26/1949 - Born - Kevin Sullivan aka the Taskmaster
10/26/1993 - Died - Brazo de Oro of a brain aneurysm
10/26/1997 - Died - Big E Sleaze committed suicide at 22
This Week in Professional Wrestling History. October 20th - October 26th
10/20/1964 - Mad Dog Vachon defeated Verne Gagne for the AWA Heavyweight title
10/20/1984 - Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez defeated Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/20/1995 - Terry Gordy defeated Brad Armstrong for the Smokey Mountain Heavyweight title
10/20/1996 - Event - In Your House XI, Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN
10/20/2000 - WCW fired Bret Hart due to his incapacitating injury - Hart announced his retirement
10/20/2001 - Tim Arson defeated Ken Sweeney for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/20/2002 - Event - No Mercy, Alltel Arena, Little Rock, AR
10/20/2002 - Triple H defeated Kane to unify the WWE Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles
10/20/2002 - Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit defeated Edge & Rey Misterio, Jr in a tournament final for the new WWE Smackdown Tag Team title
10/21/1983 - Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/21/1985 - NWA World Champion Ric Flair battled AWA World Champion Rick Martel to a double countout after 34 minutes in Tokyo, Japan
10/21/1996 - Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Marc Mero for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/21/1996 - Brian christopher & Wolfie D defeated Bill & Jamie Dundee for the USWA Tag Team title
10/21/2001 - Event - No Mercy, Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO
10/21/2001 - Edge defeated Christian for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/21/2001 - Chris Jericho defeated The Rock for the WCW Heavyweight title
10/21/2002 - Triple H molested a corpse while dressed as Kane, in the infamous Katie Vick necrophilia skit
10/21/2003 - The Basham Brothers defeated Los Guerreros for the WWE Smackdown World Tag Team Title
10/21/2003 - Rory Fox defeated Quinten Lee for the Heartland Wrestling Association Cruiserweight Title
10/21/2003 - Quinten Lee defeated Rory Fox for the Heartland Wrestling Association Cruiserweight Title
10/22/1979 - Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated Johnny & Jerry Valiant for the WWWF Tag Team title
10/22/1995 - Event - In Your House IV, Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10/22/1995 - Shawn Michales forfeited the WWF Intercontinental title to Shane Douglas
10/22/1995 - Razor Ramon defeated Shane Douglas for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/22/2000 - Event - No Mercy, Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
10/22/2000 - Kurt Angle defeated the Rock for the WWF Heavyweight title
10/22/2000 - Edge & Christian, as the Masked Conquestidores, defeated the Hardy Boyz for the WWF Tag Team title
10/22/2001 - Chris Jericho & The Rock defeated The Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team title
10/22/2001 - Bradshaw defeated Hurricane Helmes for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/22/2001 - Kurt Angle defeated Rhyno for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
10/22/2001 - Tajiri defeated Billy Kidman for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/23/1981 - Ken Patera defeated Jack Brisco for the Missouri State Heavyweight title
10/23/1989 - The Soultaker defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
10/23/1994 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
10/23/1994 - Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma defeated the Patriot & Marcus Bagwell for the WCW World Tag Team title
10/23/1995 - Brian Christopher defeated Jesse James Armstrong for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/23/1995 - Alundra Blaze defeated Bertha Faye for the WWF Women's title
10/23/2000 - The Hardy Boyz defeated Edge in a handicap match for the WWF Tag Team title
10/23/2001 - The Dudley Boyz defeated The Hardy Boyz to unify the WWF/WCW Tag titles
10/23/2002 - AJ Styles defeated Syxx-Pac for the NWA-TNA X title
10/24/1974 - Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Crusher & Billy Robinson for the AWA Tag Team title
10/24/1984 - Ernie Ladd defeated Magnum T.A. for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
10/24/1993 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
10/24/1992 - Don Muraco defeated Jimmy Snuka for the ECW Heavyweight title
10/24/1994 - The Moondogs defeated the Phantoms for the USWA Tag Team title
10/24/1998 - The Dudley Boys defeated Rob Van Dam & Sabu for the ECW Tag title
10/24/1999 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegal, NV
10/24/1999 - Harlem Heat defeated Konnan & Kidman and Brian Knobbs & Hugh Morris for the WCW Tag Team title
10/24/1999 - Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/24/1999 - Rick Steiner defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW Television title
10/24/2001 - EZ Money defeated D'Lo Brown in a tournament final for the HWA Heavyweight Title
10/25/1992 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
10/25/1997 - The War Machine wins a four corners match over Johnny Thunder, Steve Flynn, and Ricky Harrison for the SSW Heavyweight title
10/25/1998 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/25/1998 - Rick Steiner defeated The Giant & Scott Steiner for the WCW Tag title
10/25/1998 - Vito & Guido defeated Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
10/25/1999 - Ivory defeated Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's title
10/25/1999 - Kidman & Konnan defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW Tag Team title
10/25/1999 - Bret Hart defeated Goldberg for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/25/2000 - Nick Dinsmore defeated Rob Conway for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
10/25/2003 - John Zandig defeated The Messiah for the Combat Zone World Heavyweight Title
10/26/1976 - The Executioners were stripped of the WWWF Tag Team title when three participated in a title defense
10/26/1980 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Bobby Jaggers for the Florida State Heavyweight title
10/26/1982 - Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito for the WWWF Tag Team title
10/26/1983 - Junkyard Dog defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
10/26/1987 - Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler defeated Dr. D & Hector Guerrero for the AWA Tag Team title
10/26/1997 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/26/1997 - Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Eddy Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/26/1998 - Diamond Dallas Page defeated Bret Hart for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/26/1999 - Davey Boy Smith defeated D-Lo Brown for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/26/2000 - Davey Boy Smith is arrested for allegedly threatening the life of his estranged wife and her sister
10/26/2001 - Event - World Wrestling All-Stars, Superdome, Sydney, Australia
10/26/2001 - Jeff Jarrett pinned Road Dogg in a tournament final to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion
10/26/2001 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Pacific Sports Center, Vallejo, CA
10/26/2002 - Event - Rebellion, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
10/26/2002 - Event - NWA 54th Anniversary Show, Memorial Coleseum, Corpus Christi, TX
10/20/1984 - Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez defeated Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/20/1995 - Terry Gordy defeated Brad Armstrong for the Smokey Mountain Heavyweight title
10/20/1996 - Event - In Your House XI, Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN
10/20/2000 - WCW fired Bret Hart due to his incapacitating injury - Hart announced his retirement
10/20/2001 - Tim Arson defeated Ken Sweeney for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
10/20/2002 - Event - No Mercy, Alltel Arena, Little Rock, AR
10/20/2002 - Triple H defeated Kane to unify the WWE Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles
10/20/2002 - Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit defeated Edge & Rey Misterio, Jr in a tournament final for the new WWE Smackdown Tag Team title
10/21/1983 - Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team title
10/21/1985 - NWA World Champion Ric Flair battled AWA World Champion Rick Martel to a double countout after 34 minutes in Tokyo, Japan
10/21/1996 - Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Marc Mero for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/21/1996 - Brian christopher & Wolfie D defeated Bill & Jamie Dundee for the USWA Tag Team title
10/21/2001 - Event - No Mercy, Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO
10/21/2001 - Edge defeated Christian for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/21/2001 - Chris Jericho defeated The Rock for the WCW Heavyweight title
10/21/2002 - Triple H molested a corpse while dressed as Kane, in the infamous Katie Vick necrophilia skit
10/21/2003 - The Basham Brothers defeated Los Guerreros for the WWE Smackdown World Tag Team Title
10/21/2003 - Rory Fox defeated Quinten Lee for the Heartland Wrestling Association Cruiserweight Title
10/21/2003 - Quinten Lee defeated Rory Fox for the Heartland Wrestling Association Cruiserweight Title
10/22/1979 - Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated Johnny & Jerry Valiant for the WWWF Tag Team title
10/22/1995 - Event - In Your House IV, Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10/22/1995 - Shawn Michales forfeited the WWF Intercontinental title to Shane Douglas
10/22/1995 - Razor Ramon defeated Shane Douglas for the WWF Intercontinental title
10/22/2000 - Event - No Mercy, Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
10/22/2000 - Kurt Angle defeated the Rock for the WWF Heavyweight title
10/22/2000 - Edge & Christian, as the Masked Conquestidores, defeated the Hardy Boyz for the WWF Tag Team title
10/22/2001 - Chris Jericho & The Rock defeated The Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team title
10/22/2001 - Bradshaw defeated Hurricane Helmes for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/22/2001 - Kurt Angle defeated Rhyno for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
10/22/2001 - Tajiri defeated Billy Kidman for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/23/1981 - Ken Patera defeated Jack Brisco for the Missouri State Heavyweight title
10/23/1989 - The Soultaker defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
10/23/1994 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
10/23/1994 - Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma defeated the Patriot & Marcus Bagwell for the WCW World Tag Team title
10/23/1995 - Brian Christopher defeated Jesse James Armstrong for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
10/23/1995 - Alundra Blaze defeated Bertha Faye for the WWF Women's title
10/23/2000 - The Hardy Boyz defeated Edge in a handicap match for the WWF Tag Team title
10/23/2001 - The Dudley Boyz defeated The Hardy Boyz to unify the WWF/WCW Tag titles
10/23/2002 - AJ Styles defeated Syxx-Pac for the NWA-TNA X title
10/24/1974 - Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Crusher & Billy Robinson for the AWA Tag Team title
10/24/1984 - Ernie Ladd defeated Magnum T.A. for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
10/24/1993 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
10/24/1992 - Don Muraco defeated Jimmy Snuka for the ECW Heavyweight title
10/24/1994 - The Moondogs defeated the Phantoms for the USWA Tag Team title
10/24/1998 - The Dudley Boys defeated Rob Van Dam & Sabu for the ECW Tag title
10/24/1999 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegal, NV
10/24/1999 - Harlem Heat defeated Konnan & Kidman and Brian Knobbs & Hugh Morris for the WCW Tag Team title
10/24/1999 - Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/24/1999 - Rick Steiner defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW Television title
10/24/2001 - EZ Money defeated D'Lo Brown in a tournament final for the HWA Heavyweight Title
10/25/1992 - Event - Halloween Havoc, Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
10/25/1997 - The War Machine wins a four corners match over Johnny Thunder, Steve Flynn, and Ricky Harrison for the SSW Heavyweight title
10/25/1998 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/25/1998 - Rick Steiner defeated The Giant & Scott Steiner for the WCW Tag title
10/25/1998 - Vito & Guido defeated Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
10/25/1999 - Ivory defeated Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's title
10/25/1999 - Kidman & Konnan defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW Tag Team title
10/25/1999 - Bret Hart defeated Goldberg for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/25/2000 - Nick Dinsmore defeated Rob Conway for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
10/25/2003 - John Zandig defeated The Messiah for the Combat Zone World Heavyweight Title
10/26/1976 - The Executioners were stripped of the WWWF Tag Team title when three participated in a title defense
10/26/1980 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Bobby Jaggers for the Florida State Heavyweight title
10/26/1982 - Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito for the WWWF Tag Team title
10/26/1983 - Junkyard Dog defeated Butch Reed for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
10/26/1987 - Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler defeated Dr. D & Hector Guerrero for the AWA Tag Team title
10/26/1997 - Event - Halloween Havoc, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/26/1997 - Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Eddy Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight title
10/26/1998 - Diamond Dallas Page defeated Bret Hart for the WCW US Heavyweight title
10/26/1999 - Davey Boy Smith defeated D-Lo Brown for the WWF European Heavyweight title
10/26/2000 - Davey Boy Smith is arrested for allegedly threatening the life of his estranged wife and her sister
10/26/2001 - Event - World Wrestling All-Stars, Superdome, Sydney, Australia
10/26/2001 - Jeff Jarrett pinned Road Dogg in a tournament final to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion
10/26/2001 - Event - King of the Indies Tournament, Pacific Sports Center, Vallejo, CA
10/26/2002 - Event - Rebellion, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
10/26/2002 - Event - NWA 54th Anniversary Show, Memorial Coleseum, Corpus Christi, TX
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Palin's reflection of herself? Yeah, don't stare too long...
Kathleen Parker wrote in her syndicated column yesterday wondering how the mainstream media can improve their image. Other than actually acting like most journalists used to, I can't think of a more solid, or to the point answer.
Worrying about Barack Obama's so-called connection with former 60's radical William Ayers, but nary touching a stone about the governor of Alaska not only addressing the convention of a secessionist group (of which her husband was, and may yet still be a member of) and letting the group know to "keep up the good work" could be a good starting point. That the sitting governor of a state apparently agrees with the stances of a group that wants the very state he or she runs should be more of a focus than that of a charity board, on whom both Democrats and Republicans have served in the past.
Wringing hands over Barack Obama's attendance of a church whose pastor has occasionally made what could be considered inflammatory remarks in the past should pale slightly in comparison with Palin's one-time (or current, I keep losing the scorecard) pastor, who flat honestly believes in witchcraft, or John McCain's past endorsements from some the most half-baked elements of intolerance disguised as representatives of Christianity. If anything, credit could be extended to Palin for somehow making the case that we might be able to accept a Wiccan or Pagan practitioner in the White House. After all, witchcraft is as witchcraft does, I suppose.
The concept that Sarah Palin knows very little about important policy areas such as foreign policy may be brushed off, in comparison with presidents and vice-presidents past, although to the best of my knowledge, none of the previous ever used "well, I have heard of them before" as an answer to questions of capability. I have heard of base jumping, but you'll never get my pale white behind on the ledge of a skyscraper, parachute or otherwise, so I hardly think my mere knowledge qualifies me to run a base jump association. Rather, it is her more-than-apparent flexibility with the nutcases who attend her rallies yelling "kill him!" in reference to one of her opponents. It would be far less disconcerting if Palin were simply just in favor of succession from the nation by Alaska than in trying her level-headed best to get a presidential candidate shot.
It is Parker's opinion that Palin's supporters see themselves in her, and ultimately, how frightening could that wind up being, given the people that Palin herself has been palling around with? Parker asserts that Palin's "lack of polish and knowledge feels like an absence of slickness and glibness" to her supporters.
That's just flat wrong. After eight years of an administration utterly void of slickness, that perpetuation cannot be allowed to continue unchecked. Glibness? That might be great fodder for a cocktail party, but hardly in relation to the White House. Palin's got polish, folks, but let's not kid ourselves here. She's been polished with a dangerously crazy rag, and we are already seeing more than enough evidence of how the fumes have gotten to her.
Worrying about Barack Obama's so-called connection with former 60's radical William Ayers, but nary touching a stone about the governor of Alaska not only addressing the convention of a secessionist group (of which her husband was, and may yet still be a member of) and letting the group know to "keep up the good work" could be a good starting point. That the sitting governor of a state apparently agrees with the stances of a group that wants the very state he or she runs should be more of a focus than that of a charity board, on whom both Democrats and Republicans have served in the past.
Wringing hands over Barack Obama's attendance of a church whose pastor has occasionally made what could be considered inflammatory remarks in the past should pale slightly in comparison with Palin's one-time (or current, I keep losing the scorecard) pastor, who flat honestly believes in witchcraft, or John McCain's past endorsements from some the most half-baked elements of intolerance disguised as representatives of Christianity. If anything, credit could be extended to Palin for somehow making the case that we might be able to accept a Wiccan or Pagan practitioner in the White House. After all, witchcraft is as witchcraft does, I suppose.
The concept that Sarah Palin knows very little about important policy areas such as foreign policy may be brushed off, in comparison with presidents and vice-presidents past, although to the best of my knowledge, none of the previous ever used "well, I have heard of them before" as an answer to questions of capability. I have heard of base jumping, but you'll never get my pale white behind on the ledge of a skyscraper, parachute or otherwise, so I hardly think my mere knowledge qualifies me to run a base jump association. Rather, it is her more-than-apparent flexibility with the nutcases who attend her rallies yelling "kill him!" in reference to one of her opponents. It would be far less disconcerting if Palin were simply just in favor of succession from the nation by Alaska than in trying her level-headed best to get a presidential candidate shot.
It is Parker's opinion that Palin's supporters see themselves in her, and ultimately, how frightening could that wind up being, given the people that Palin herself has been palling around with? Parker asserts that Palin's "lack of polish and knowledge feels like an absence of slickness and glibness" to her supporters.
That's just flat wrong. After eight years of an administration utterly void of slickness, that perpetuation cannot be allowed to continue unchecked. Glibness? That might be great fodder for a cocktail party, but hardly in relation to the White House. Palin's got polish, folks, but let's not kid ourselves here. She's been polished with a dangerously crazy rag, and we are already seeing more than enough evidence of how the fumes have gotten to her.
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