The distributor of rap star 50 Cent's upcoming film said on Thursday it was taking down some movie billboards near Los Angeles-area schools after community leaders complained they glorify gangs and violence.
Whoa, whoa, whoa - stop the press! Hip-hop/gansta rap glorifies gangs and violence? Since when? Well, you learn something new every day.
That's kind of neat. It's the percentage of households with Internet access sorted by state. From 2003. Wait a minute... 2003? Why am I posting that? Who cares what happened in 2003? Well, it's typed now and Drudge linked to it, so don't give me any grief.
Two things stick out here. First, he's punished for "posting his view on an online forum not related to the univeristy." What right do they have to monitor his personal time? Second, what is a CATHOLIC university pushing this agenda for in the first place?
Ryan Miner, 19, of Hagerstown, Md., was sanctioned by the university for posting his view on an online forum not related to the university.
He opposed an effort by other students to form a Gay-Straight Alliance group, an issue still being debated by the Catholic university.
You belong in TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA). You like to offer the fans an alternative to WWE's product. You like to focus more on wrestling and less on gimmicks and characters.
From wrestlecrap.com. It doesn't really matter what they're talking about, but I felt the need to post this.
"Certainly, WCW Standards and Practices had to be worried, as now the Yeti would be turned loose with 59 over men. The event had the potential for more sodomy than the entire Sam Quentin prison accidently and similtaniously overloading on Viagra."
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Bandera,
Texas. After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so
intoxicated that he could barely walk.
The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the
officer quietly observing. After what seemed an
eternity and trying his keys on five different vehicles, the man
managed to find his car--which he fell into. He sat there for a few
minutes
as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a
fine, dry summer night) -- -- flicked the blinkers on, then off a couple
of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. -- He moved
the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained
still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patron vehicles
left.
At last, the parking lot empty, he pulled out of the parking lot and
started to drive slowly down the road. The police officer, having
patiently waited all this time, now started up the patrol car, put on the
flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and carried out a
Breathalyzer test. To his amazement the Breathalyzer indicated no
evidence of
the man having consumed any alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said, 'I'll have to ask you to accompany me to
the police station. This Breathalyzer equipment must be broken.'
'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Texan. 'Tonight I'm the designated
decoy.'
My aunt Connie forwarded this too me. I hope it's not some sort of warning.
THE WORLD'S SHORTEST FAIRY TALE
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?" The girl said, "NO!" And the guy lived happily ever after and went fishing, hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and farted whenever he wanted.
Speaking of TNA, that funeral for the Dudley Boyz segment this week was freaking awesome. And I really really want to get their next PPV to see Samoa Joe vs. Jushin Thunder Lyger. The Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles iron man match should also be great.
At the onset of their conference call with Kevin Nash, Spike TV officially announced that due to TNA's strong performance in the last three weeks, the company would have a two hour primetime special on Thursday 11/3 from 9-11 PM Eastern. Spike TV did not announce a name for the special or anything additional. The Nash conference call is ongoing. PWInsider.com will have a complete recap upon its completion.
I saw this on the "Someone Bought This" section of WrestleCrap, but it's worth the double mention. Someone brought the Ultimate Warrior DVD to Jim Helwig himself and asked him to sign it. He did. He wrote "This DVD sucks - Ulitmate Warrior" That is the coolest thing I've heard all day.
NOTE: 25 minutes untill Wrestlemania tickets go on pre-sale....
Waiting for the weekly update of WrestleCrap - The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling is sometimes the only thing that keeps me going all week. Unfortunately, wrestlecrap no longer comes only in the form of website ever Friday morning. Now it comes to TV every Monday and Friday night too.
Not to trivialize the horrible things that homosexual Catholic priests done to children and teenagers, but I thought I'd link to this just because NOBODY ELSE WILL. Have at it.
Well, it's official. President Bush is intentionally trying to not only destroy the reputation and support for the Republican party, but also destory support of the war on terror AND lose the war in Iraq.
What is going on with this administration? Why on earth are they letting this happen to this great party? Delay, Frist, Miers, open borders, big government spending, the list goes on and on and on...
I know the whole "JR got fired" storyline is just that, but check out some of these quotes he made since Monday:
"I believe that there are many, many more issues to deal with other than who the announcers are. How many Bra and Panties Matches can you see? How different can they get? They’re all going to have big breasts. They’re all going to have a pair of bra and panties on. The only difference is what color they’ll be. "
"There are very few things in life worse than a wrestler trying to be an actor. It gets to be humiliating and embarrassing. I think wrestlers should wrestle. If they have a personality, then you exploit it. If they don’t have a personality they’re encouraged to find one or find another vocation. "
"I’ve endured wrestlers having sex with corpses, 80-year-old women giving birth to hands, and that is what we perceive to be entertaining"
"I hired Austin, I hired The Rock, I hired Mick Foley, I hired Kurt Angle. I think I’ve carried my share of the load. I have nothing to look back on and regret other than being utterly humiliated the last time I was on television."
"The Osbournes are certainly closer to the Cleavers than they are to the McMahons. Some day they’ll get what they deserve. I believe in karma. The Good Lord has a way of evening things out."
Joseph Farah talks about the mistake Americans made by voting for President Bush.
I share his frustration. We (Republicans) have the White House, House, and Senate, and have not done one single thing to reduce the size of the federal government. They don't have the courage to challenge the legality of the income tax. They don't have the courage to challenge the legality of social(ist) security. Bush has never met a spending bill he didn't like and finally it seems like he's going out of his way to lose popular support on Iraq.
It's time for every "conservative" in America to realize you've been played for the fool.
It's time to wake up.
It's time to acknowledge you will not save American from ruin by supporting people like Bush and his Republican-majority band of co-conspirators in the House and Senate.
It's time to play hardball.
It's time to hold politicians to higher standards.
It's time to stop looking to Washington to solve the problems that have been created in Washington.
It's time, in short, to stop thinking and acting like "conservatives."
It's time to get radical. It's time to fight on offense. It's time to begin emulating men like Washington, Jefferson and Madison, not Bush, Cheney and Rove.
I turned on Raw tonight and what did I see? What did I hear? Stephanie McMahon's screechy, whinny, annoying, hideous voice. And to think, I wanted to marry her at one point. Thank goodness Triple H beat me to her.
You Know You Are Living in the Modern World When...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is thatthey don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
This could be interesting since Lesnar is still in a no-compete clause from his WWE contract. I wonder when Inoki & NJPW will be getting letters from Vince's army of lawyers.
I think the only other American's to hold this title are Scott Norton and Big Van Vader. Pretty cool.
Wrestling in his first match since Wrestlemania XX, former WWE champion Brock Lesnar defeated IWGP champion Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono in a three-way match after pinning Chono, capturing the IWGP title. With the victory, Lesnar becomes the first man to hold both the IWGP and WWE belts. Hulk Hogan won the initial IWGP tournament, but the promotion didn't institute an IWGP title until June 1987 when Antonio Inoki defeated Masa Saito in the finals of that year's tournament.
Brian Pillman mysteriously died in his hotel room before a WWF Pay Per View. He was feud with Golddust at the time and has just won the "services" of Dustin's wife, Terri Runnels. I remember Vince announcing that Pillman was found dead and the match will be called off. My response: "What stupid storyline." Of course we soon found out that it wasn't a storyline, though I'll bet there's still some people out there thinking that somewhere Pillman and Andy Kauffman are watching and laughing.
Now ask me if the criminals are being charged for a hate crime. The answer is no. Why? Because the victims are Catholic.
This is exactly why hate crime legislation should be considered unconstituional.
"They were screaming something about Catholics worshipping idols and other things. I was so stunned, I didn't hear it all," she said. "The man then went behind the altar and pushed it over. If it had not been so heavy and had not gone straight down the steps, someone would have been hurt, probably those little children sitting near us."
Well, hello. Raw was pretty fun tonight for once. Here's some random observations:
How predictable was it that Stone Cold would give Linda the stunner?
Doesn't it creep you out to watch Austin beat up women on TV? At least he gets to practice it off camera at home.
That was the first time in years that I popped for Mick Foley.
Ultra-classic line: Randy Orton telling Piper that Bob, Jr. was responsible for Piper's success and all he got out of it was bumps and bruises and a cast on his arm.
Oh, yay. We got "swerved" by the Triple H turn.
When Triple H was beating down Flair in front of the "WWE Legends" weren't you waiting for Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Arn Anderson, and Ricky Steamboat to jump the fence? It would have made perfect sense, but I guess logic was already thrown out with window with Triple H attacking Flair for no reason.
Welcome to Smackdown, Matt Hardy. How on earth could they have done such a poor job on the Hardy/Edge thing. The only way it would have been worse would be for the whole thing to be a plot to hit Kane.
Did you notice that Frankie was stuffed at ringside with Koko B. Ware?
Hogan vs. Austin in Chicago for WrestleMaina. I'm there!
And finally, what was with Ross and Lawler calling Angle/Michaels a "rubber match?" What the hell does that mean? It must mean something, because they used the phrase every fifteen seconds (I timed it) during the match.
Is it like a "ladder match", only you climb a rubber? That doesn't make any sense.
Is it like a "casket match", only the loser gets stuffed in a rubber? That doesn't make any sense.
A "rubber on a pole" match? That could go with Shane Douglas and the "viagra on a pole" match. Ladies and gents, I think we've found a winner.
Ooh! For bonus points, if Mick Foley puts his hand in a sock and creates "Mr. Socko" who would we have if Mick found the rubber from a "rubber on a pole" match? Why "Mr. Cocko" of course!
Isn't just absolutely sickening to see how the media-elists think? "Vote how we tell you to vote or you're stupid." What a disgrace. Then again, he did work for a network known for forging documents right before presidential elections...
Ok, last wrestling post. I swear. It's a good column in the Suffolk New Hearld looking at wrestling and reviewing the new Ultimate Warrior DVD.
"But maybe this is just the first part of the plan. Maybe Warrior's got his own trick up his sleeve, and perhaps he's up McMahon's as well. Maybe this is all part of a plan to pull a fast one on wrestling fans around the world. If we click on 'Smackdown' in a few weeks and see Warrior and McMahon hugging and laughing at us, will we really be surprised?"
How about that Husker game? The weather was great and the four hours of the game just flew by. Expect for the heart attacks I had during the fourth quarter and overtimes.
Then we went home to watch the debut of TNA: Impact on SpikeTV. It was pretty good. It came off as a nice alternative. They did a good job introducing some of the "TNA" guys while throwing in a few former WWE/WCW/ECW guys that non-TNA fans will know. My only complaint is that I don't think they should have Jarrett vs. Nash as their headliner. Do whatever you need to to catch the replay Monday.
I also watched the Best of Raw on USA tonight. Pretty good. It was totally sureal to see Bret Hart on the show talking about Owen's death. Catch the replay after Raw tomorrow.
