...Sci-Fi geeks were heard shouting out (in varying self-taught Klingon dialects no doubt) that pro wrestling "has no business" interfering with their network's direction. But I ask you this: Are we so different? If you prick us, don't we both bleed? (although the colors may differ based on the home planet). I mean, let's face it, to the general public at large, we're basically perceived as the same animal. That being morbidly obese losers, with strange collections who watch and scrutinize their program of choice to an unfair and nerdish degree. Hell, we even pine for the same unreal vision of women, with the only difference being that our women of choice are made of silicone while yours are metal or cartoons. I mean, why can't we all get along?
It really frightens me when I think about how close this guy came to stealing the 2000 election. In a way I feel kind of sorry for him. After all, how would you like it if your emotional, psychotic breakdown took place in the public eye over a six year period?
Uh... someone clear something up for me. I thought I had finally figured it out that there is NO Batwoman. (I thought.) There's a CatWOMAN. There's a BatGIRL. But no Batwoman. So has there always been a Batwoman? Is she just an older version of Batgirl? It's so confusing.
EDIT: Some of the mystery is solved. This BBC article ends with the following paragraph: "Batwoman, who first appeared in July 1956, has not been seen since September 1979 when she was killed by the League of Assassins and the Bronze Tiger."
Well I watched SmackDown. It looks like WWE Creative decided that that Finlay guy was getting too over as a bad ass "wrestler" so they gave him a midget. I was really really really really hoping that the rumors that this would happen were false.
STAMFORD, Conn., May 25, 2006 - World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., today announced the official launch of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling®) as a brand extension to its RAW® and SmackDown® franchises.
After acquiring the ECW assets in 2003, WWE spent the past few years re-introducing ECW to the global WWE audience and increasing the interest in its unique brand of sports entertainment. To date, WWE has successfully released three ECW DVD’s, all of which have become best sellers, and produced a very profitable ECW pay-per-view event in June 2005, with another ECW pay-per-view scheduled for this June 11, 2006. With consumer interest at an all-time high, WWE is introducing ECW as a complementary brand to RAW and SmackDown.
“After keeping the ECW concept alive and creating an enormous cult-like following for all things ECW from DVD’s to PPV’s to books, we feel that now the time is right to officially launch ECW as its own stand-alone franchise,” said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman. “RAW, SmackDown and ECW now represent a portfolio of WWE brands for fans of all ages and interests to enjoy.”
Similar to WWE’s RAW and SmackDown brands, WWE will produce, market and promote a full line of ECW products from television programs to pay-per-views to live events to licensed consumer goods.
In a related announcement, The SCI FI Channel today announced it would start airing one-hour episodes of a new ECW live television program, debuting June 13 at 10 p.m. ET.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.
WWE's Judgment Day was last night. It's getting good reviews from the online fans right now. Rey retained vs. Bradshaw. MNM lost the tag titles and broke up. Booker T won the King of the Ring. It sounds like Benoit and Finlay had a killer match, too. And Mark Henry beat Kurt Angle by count out.
I think the biggest news to come out of the PPV is that the Undertaker did a clean job to that big Khali guy in eight minutes.
Alan Keyes need to run for President in the Constitution Party. He probably wouldn't win, since Democrats won't vote for a black man, and Republicans won't vote for a third party out of the fear of handing an election to the Democrats. He would however be a strong enough candidate to bring out some of the important issues that the current band of traitors in power won't take on.
Keyes: During his speech Monday night, President G.W. Bush acknowledged in a breathtaking understatement that, "We do not have full control of the border." If this were the beginning of his first term, and he had expressed a determination to correct the failed policies of a predecessor, that statement might imply no dereliction of duty in his administration. As things stand, it represents an acknowledgement that under his administration the federal government has failed to fulfill one of its clearest and most vital responsibilities. Many Americans are wondering why.
It's just insane that the only voice of reason on network news right is coming from CNN. I'm really surprised he stays on their payroll.
"And the lies keep coming from both political parties. This president is not enforcing the immigration laws enacted by Congress, and this Congress is failing in its duty of oversight to demand that those laws be followed. Only a fool, Mr. President, Sen. Kennedy, Sen. McCain, would believe you when you speak of new legislation. You don't enforce the laws now. Would you do so if the law were more to your liking? Would you secure our borders and ports? Would you halt illegal immigration? Those are rhetorical questions, only, I assure you. The answers are obvious; obvious because of your conduct."
George Bush should be impeached and tried for treason. I say this as a conservative and as a Republican.
While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen -- and telling the Mexican government where they are.
WorldNetDaily is nine years old today. It would be cool to see how many other sites have been around that long. Anyone know of any list of oldest websites?
My site here started January 4, 1998.
Anyhow, congratulation to Joseph Farah an co. for nine very successful years on the "Information Super Highway."
Wow. More YouTube fun. Watch Hannity and Colmes interview this digusting, vile member of Fred Phelps Westboro Baptist Cult. Watch it and read the signs these "people" bring with them.
---------------------- [After the brief shoving match with Lawler they return from a commercial with Lawler trying to apologize.]
"You want to apologize? Like nothing happened. Like you didn't knock me on my ass in front of millions of people worldwide, and I'm gonna come down there and work with you. I'm not coming back, and now thanks to the magic of live television I'm gonna show the whole world, why for seven years in ECW I was the unscripted, uncensored, loose cannon of commentary. Six months ago, WWE called me, I didn't call this company because I was looking for a job. I didn't need a job. WWE called me because they had humiliated and fired...again, Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot, and from week one, week after week I've got an ongoing lecture about the differences in professional wrestling and sports entertainment. I'm not allowed to say 'pro wrestling', I'm not allowed to say 'wrestler'. I have to say 'sports entertainment' and refer to the wrestlers as 'superstars'. I'm told to deliberant ignore the moves and the holds during the matches so I can tell stories. Well ignoring the moves and the holds is damn insulting to the athletes, the 'wrestlers', not the entertainers who leave their families three hundred days a year to ply their craft in that ring. Here's the best part, because I'm not a sports entertainment storyteller I get pulled from Wrestlemania, and the reason I'm given is, is because I don't sound like Jim Ross who's the guy they fired in the first place. That makes sense, right? So I swallow the bitter pill, I'm a company guy. I get bumped from Wrestlemania. Then I get bumped from Backlash? I'm not good enough to call Backlash!? In ECW, I called live pay-per-views on my own, solo, no color commentators dragging me down. Wasn't done before me, hasn't been done since. But I'm not good enough to call Backlash because I'm not a sports entertainment storyteller. Well you know what? I am sick of sports entertainment. I am sick of male cheerleaders. I am sick of boogers and bathroom humor and semen and I am sick of our chairman. Who likes to talk about his own semen, he mocks God... he mocks God!!!!! And makes out with the divas all to feed his own insatiable ego. I am sick of sports entertainment, and most of all I am sick of you fans who actually buy into that crap! This sports entertainment circus! I never needed this job, and I don't want this job anymore."
[Then Joey pulls the WWE label of the microphone.]
I was kind of sad this morning so my choices were:
1. Go to work and listen to Pink Floyd all day. (stay sad) 2. Go to work and listen to Dave Ramsey all day. (get happy)
So just for fun, I listened to Dave Ramsey and all of the between commercial break music was Pink Floyd. And I mean weird Pink Floyd. Like Dogs and a Wish You Were Here parody about hair loss.
