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    Open Trackback Friday — June 29, 2007 June 29th, 2007

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    The last Friday of June, 2007 is upon us so that means it’s Open Trackback Friday once again! This is your opportunity to share interesting blog entries from your blog by using this blog’s trackback feature. Many people, including myself enjoy reading a variety of material from other people’s blogs, so link your post to this one, send a trackback to it and it’ll appear in the comments section after I manually approve it. I still approve all comments & trackbacks manually due to spam bots so it won’t show up immediately, but I will get to it as soon as I can. I am still using myself as the ultimate spam filter but now have the aid of an excellent trackback filter. To obtain the trackback URL simply rightclick where it says “trackback” below and then click on “copy shortcut” to get it. That’s all there is to it! And thank you in advance for trackbacking to my blog. And while you’re here, please take some time to look at some articles I’ve posted. Maybe you’ll find something interesting. If you do, trackback to it as well.

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    Godly Wisdom — June 28, 2007 June 28th, 2007

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    What If Charlie Chaplin Choreographed A Wrestling Match — The Florida Brothers June 28th, 2007

    This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. I doubt it would go over well in the United States, but in Japan it works.

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    Daft Hands June 26th, 2007

    Watch this video. Quite cool although it starts out a little slow. However be patient. It’s worth it.

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    Chris Benoit — R.I.P. — 1967-2007 June 25th, 2007

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    Chris Benoit
    May 21, 1967 - June 25, 2007

    I was shocked this evening when I got home. I was planning on watching Monday Night Raw which started early this evening at 8pm instead of the normal 9pm showtime. However I had to go grocery shopping and by the time I get home, it’s 8:37pm so I turn the TV on to Raw. When the TV warmed up, it was on a segment with Chris Benoit talking about his beginnings in professional wrestling. As I continued to put up the groceries, suddenly I hear the voices of some of the announcers mentioned that they were remembering the live and career of Chris Benoit.

    WHAT?!?

    Immediately I get on the internet and do a news search and find out that Chris Benoit was found dead along with his family this afternoon in his Atlanta home. I was extremely shocked. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting authorities confirmed that Benoit, 40, his wife, Nancy (also known in the world of professional wrestling as “Woman”), and their 7-year-old son were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville. According to WXIA in Atlanta:

    Lieutenant Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department said the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he would release no other details. Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday. Police are investigating the deaths as a homicide.

    Benoit was scheduled to wrestle at the Vengeance pay-per-view last Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called “personal reasons.” Some sources reported that he had to rush home due to a “family emergency.” Atlanta law enforcement are investigating and have released no details as of this time.

    When further details are released, I’ll post them here.

    Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrate at WrestleMania XX
    Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrate at WrestleMania XX

    About 2 years ago, the world of professional wrestling lost Eddie Guerrero and today the wrestling world mourns the loss of Chris Benoit. As with Eddie Guerrero, I first saw Chris Benoit when he wrestled in Paul Heyman’s ECW and I became a fan of his early on. His intensity in the ring was amazing and I have always enjoyed watching him perform for years. Chris Benoit was one of my all-time favorite. He will truly be missed. My condolences go out to the family and friends of the legendary Chris Benoit.

    10:51 PM EST (6-25) UPDATE: Some new reports are saying Atlanta police have stated that they believe the deaths of the WWE wrestler Chris Benoit and his family came at the hands of a murder suicide. This is what I really DIDN’T want to find out happened. Another report I read from a news source said they were not shot to death. Hopefully more details will be released sometime Tuesday.

    8:21 AM EST (6-26) UPDATE: CTV.ca is reporting the following:

    Details surrounding the suspected murder-suicide of Canadian pro-wrestler Chris Benoit and his family are being described as “a little bizarre” according to a prosecutor involved in the case.

    Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre.”

    Friends of Benoit said they received “curious text messages” from the wrestler on Sunday morning, ABC’s Mike Von Fremd told Canada AM from outside Benoit’s home in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday.

    Lt. Tommy Pope, the lead investigator with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, told ABC News that the “instruments of death were located on scene.”

    Investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend and than himself some time on Monday.

    More details are expected to emerge Tuesday after an autopsy report.

    Officers are “not actively searching for any suspects outside of the house,” Pope said.

    1:01 PM EST (6-26) UPDATE: Fox News reported that Benoit strangled his wife, Nancy and then smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room. This is sad, tragic and confusing all at the same time. The wrestling world has lost one of its greatest superstars ever. Unfortunately he’s going to be mainly remembered for murdering his family rather than the professional wrestler who gave 100% each and every time he hit the ring to which fans worldwide responded with great respect and admiration. Regardless, there was no justification whatsoever for killing his family. It was wrong and completely barbaric. Why he did this is probably never going to be fully understood. The way his friends and coworkers spoke about him made it seem that he wasn’t the kind of person who would do this sort of thing. But apparently something inside of him drove him to do this insane, sadistic act. I honestly don’t know what else to say. I will tune into the scheduled ECW show to see how World Wrestling Entertainment handles this in light of these new developments.

    10:01 PM EST (6-26) UPDATE (most likely the final one): At the beginning of tonight’s ECW show on Sci-Fi Network, Vince McMahon made it clear that in light of the information concerning the murders of Nancy Benoit and 7-year-old Daniel Benoit by Chris Benoit no mention of Benoit would occur during the show. McMahon indicated that this would be the first step in a healing process and the wrestlers would do what they are the best in the world at: entertaining pro-wrestling fans. Also the WWE website has removed all mention of Chris Benoit all its areas with the exception of a brief mention of the murder-suicide. TNA’s website removed their brief mention of the Benoit incident. It’s rare, but I have to give kudos to Vince McMahon for their stance on this and I agree that this is the first step in healing. I also have to wonder how this affects those who knew and were close to Chris Benoit. The video tributes that aired on Monday’s Raw telecast from Dean Malenko, Chavo Guerrero, Edge, Triple-H, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and others were all heartfelt and sincerely moving. Now to find out that their close friend and co-worker committed such a heinous act has to be devastating for them. My prayers and thoughts are with them as well.

    Earlier in this post, I said Chris Benoit was one of my all time favorite professional wrestlers. I still hold to that. However, knowing now that he murdered his family, I have zero respect for him as a human being. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever…no reason whatsoever…for anyone to murder their family. Words fail me and cannot adequately express my disappointment, shock, sadness and anger. I just don’t know. Right now John Cena and Johnny Nitro are having the opening match on ECW but it just doesn’t feel right watching so I’m turning it off tonight. Maybe next week.

    And that’s the end of what I will write about this…

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    Dianne Feinstein Remembers The “Fairness Doctrine” — Wants Its Return June 25th, 2007

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    Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was on Fox News Sunday discussing, among other things, the “Fairness Doctrine” (i.e. - legislation requiring equal points of view in broadcasts on public airwaves). The “Fairness Doctrine” isn’t fair at all but instead forces liberal points of view to be aired regardless of what the marketplace may dictate. In regards to talk radio, conservative shows dominate the airwaves. Liberal networks such as Air American and Greenstone Media have tried but failed to be successful on the national front and in over 90% of American markets, conservative talk shows outperform their liberal counterparts in the Arbitron ratings. In short, the free marketplace proves that as it stands now, liberal shows do not deliver what the American public is willing to hear. It is up to the listeners, not the government, to ultimately decide what programs succeed or fail on the public airwaves.

    So liberal politicians like Dianne Feinstein decide that the free marketplace isn’t fair so they want to revive the Fairness Doctrine. In regards to talk radio, the legislation would force stations to air an equal amount of liberal content for conservative content. In other words, for every hour of Rush Limbaugh and/or Sean Hannity, the station would have to air an hour of some liberal talk show. This would be financially devastating for many stations because it’s very hard, if not impossible, to sell ad time on shows to which very few people listen. Furthermore, such legislation takes away many programming decisions that should be left up to the management of these stations, not the federal government.

    Furthermore, it’s ironic yet hypocritical at the same time that Feinstein and other pro-Fairness Doctrine liberals shout loudly for equal time for liberal programming in regards to talk radio yet remain silent when the tables are turned. For example, on television which are also considered public airwaves, network news is exceedingly and unabashedly liberal yet I don’t hear Dianne Feinstein nor any other liberal politician demanding the Fairness Doctrine be applied in that regards.

    And while we are on the subject, just who will enforce this legislation and how? I mean, cmon folks, the feds can’t even enforce existing immigration laws on the books nor can they figure out how to catch up with the immense backlog of background checks they were supposed to have completed long ago. Are we to believe that the federal government will be able to effectively and fairly enforce the Fairness Doctrine if it is revived or recreated? This is yet another federal boondoggle waiting to happen. A Frankenstein’s monster waiting to be unleashed.

    The bottom line is this: the capitalistic system of allowing the public to dictate what programs succeed on the public airwaves should remain in place rather than the socialistic notion of the Fairness Doctrine forcing content the public tunes out onto stations’ schedules. The Fairness Doctrine is not fair now nor was it fair when it was in effect. It should remain deceased.

    A big tip o’ the cap to Big Dogs Weblog and Webloggin’ for the heads up on this.

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    Nancy Pelosi Supports CANADIAN Troops? June 22nd, 2007

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    Closeup of the CANADIAN soldier consulting with a physician from the screenshot of Nancy Pelosi's official website
    A nice closeup of the CANADIAN soldier consulting with a physician.

    Another embarrasing faux pas on the part of the Democrats on Capitol Hill. It seems they just can’t tell the difference between American troops and Canadian troops. Or at least the webmasters in their employ can’t. Either way it reflects badly on them. This isn’t the first time it’s happened either with equally embarrasing attempt at correction Captain Ed at Captain’s Quarters has more about this as does Michelle Malkin.

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    Open Trackback Friday — June 22, 2007 June 22nd, 2007

    Open Trackback Friday

    Summer is here and so is another Friday so once again it’s Open Trackback Friday! This is your opportunity to share interesting blog entries from your blog by using this blog’s trackback feature. Many people, including myself enjoy reading a variety of material from other people’s blogs, so link your post to this one, send a trackback to it and it’ll appear in the comments section after I manually approve it. I still approve all comments & trackbacks manually due to spam bots so it won’t show up immediately, but I will get to it as soon as I can. I am still using myself as the ultimate spam filter but now have the aid of an excellent trackback filter. To obtain the trackback URL simply rightclick where it says “trackback” below and then click on “copy shortcut” to get it. That’s all there is to it! And thank you in advance for trackbacking to my blog. And while you’re here, please take some time to look at some articles I’ve posted. Maybe you’ll find something interesting. If you do, trackback to it as well.

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    Godly Wisdom — June 21, 2007 June 21st, 2007

    Godly Wisdom
    Graphic by ChristArt.com

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    Chairman Hillary June 20th, 2007

    Chairman Hillary
    If a picture is worth a thousand words then this one kinda says it all, don’t it?
    Picture courtesy of Lundesigns.

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    O’Donnell Campaigning To Be Next “Price Is Right” Host June 19th, 2007

    Rosie O'Donnell

    According to many published reports, former “The View” co-host (and celebrity conspiracy theorist) Rosie O’Donnell is actively campaigning to be hired as the new host of “The Price Is Right” replacing long-time retired host Bob Barker. According to TMZ.com:

    The former “View” flamethrower tells her fan-inquisitors at rosie.com that she’s meeting with CBS this week to talk about “TPIR,” and that she’s all set to go if CBS asks her to take over the skinny mike from Bob Barker, who ended his 30-year run last Friday. “If they asked me, I sure would … I LOVE THE PRICE IS RIGHT,” she wrote. Barker endorsed Ro as his replacement over the weekend.

    However executives at FremantleMedia North America, which owns the show, have admitted that they don’t have much interest in seeing her come aboard according to published reports. CBS execs have remained silent on the issue and have not made any statements about the ongoing auditions which have included tryouts from “CBS Early Show” weatherman David Price, “Entertainment Tonight” co-host Mark Steines, Mario Lopez, George Hamilton, John O’Hurley, Todd Newton, Mark Kriski of L.A.’s “KTLA Morning News” and, most recently, Ian Ziering, who auditioned last week. I feel that if O’Donnell is made host of the long running game show, their will be an initial spike in ratings (a curiosity factor) which would be followed by a steady decline which could be accelerated by any off-the-wall, offensive comments which O’Donnell would probably make (not suring the show since it’s taped and heavily edited in post-production). This would parallel the decline of CBS’s evening news program since hiring Katie Couric as anchor.

    My choice, for whatever it’s worth, from the list of people known to have auditioned for the hosting duties, my choice would be Dave Price who is personable, can ad-lib well and seems to have excellent interaction skills with ordinary citizens. But that’s just my opinion.

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    Military Motivator June 19th, 2007

    Military Motivator -- Band of Brothers 2.0

    Thanks to the fine folks at BlackFive (which incidentally just celebrated their 4th anniversary), I found out about the Military Motivator blog which has these original posters in the style of those motivational posters. Some are solemn. Some make various points. Some are just hilarious. All of them good. Check ‘em out. I’ve added the blog to my blog roll to the left.

    Military Motivator -- Airborne Agenda

    Military Motivator -- Incompetence
    I particularly like this one.

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    Godly Wisdom — June 18, 2007 June 18th, 2007

    Godly Wisdom
    Graphic by ChristArt.com

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    Sherri Martel — R.I.P. — 1958-2007 June 15th, 2007

    Sherri Martel
    Sherri Martel
    February 8th 1958 — June 15, 2007

    The wrestling world has lost another legend. “Sensational” Sherri Martel passed away today at the age of 49. She has worked as a woman wrestler as well as a female manager in the AWA, NWA, WCW and WWF/WWE. Martel held the AWA and WWF Woman’s Championship. She has managed “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, Harlem Heat (Booker T. & Stevie Ray), Ted DiBiase (a.k.a. - “The Million Dollar Man”), Terry Funk, Shane Douglas and many others. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ted DiBiase on April 1, 2006. You can read more about her career at SLAM! Sports. From everything I’ve read about her and heard about her in shoot interviews, she was very well like backstage. She truly will be missed. My prayers and thoughts go out to her family and friends.

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    Open Trackback Friday — June 15, 2007 June 15th, 2007

    Open Trackback Friday

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    Happy Anniversary! June 14th, 2007

    Happy Anniversary

    Today marks the 21st wedding anniversary for my wife and myself. So now our wedding can legally buy alcohol in all 50 states and the District of Columbia! We don’t have anything special planned. We can’t AFFORD anything special. So we’re just going to say “Happy Anniversary,” give each other a kiss and move on. Yep, we’re kinda boring individuals.

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    Godly Wisdom — June 14, 2007 June 14th, 2007

    Godly Wisdom
    Graphic by ChristArt.com

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    William “Freezer Burn” Jefferson — Margolis-Noonan Op-Ed June 11th, 2007

    William 'Icebox Dollar Bill' Jefferson (D), Louisiana
    Rep. William Jefferson
    Democrat, Louisiana
    (a.k.a. - “Icebox,” “Cold Cash Bill,” “Dollar Bill,” “Freezer Burn Billy,” “Cool Hand Fluke”)

    Matt Margolis & Mark Noonan of Blogs For Bush and co-authors of Caucus Of Corruption have an interesting op-ed piece on TownHall.com about Louisiana Representative William Jefferson and the Democrats’ reaction (or rather inaction) concerning Jefferson.

    Here’s a portion:

    There is perhaps no better example of the fraudulent nature of the Democrats ethical posturing than that of Rep. William Jefferson, who after more than two years of being the target of a federal investigation was finally indicted on Monday. The 16-count indictment includes charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes, money laundering, obstruction of justice, corruption, and conspiracy. The scandal should have major repercussions for the entire Democratic Party, which largely ignored scandal during the 2006 campaign, then afterwards rewarded and protected Jefferson up to the day he was indicted.

    The charges against Jefferson are far worse than any allegations made against Tom DeLay, as well as the crimes committed by Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) and Bob Ney (R-OH) combined. If convicted on all 16 charges, Jefferson faces over 200 years in prison. During the 2006 campaign, Nancy Pelosi was quick to say that even a hint of GOP scandal was evidence of widespread corruption in the entire Republican Party. However, in the case of Jefferson, not only could Nancy Pelosi not be made to act in the interests of the American people, but she couldn’t even find any words of condemnation for Jefferson.

    You can read the rest of the article on Townhall.com if you are so inclined. I stand by my prediction that Jefferson will loudly and boldly proclaim his innocence while the Democrats posture claiming it’s all politically motivated but as the time for the trial creeps closer, expect a plea deal to a lesser charge with Jefferson spending his prison time at “Club Fed” where convicted Congresscritters spend their enforced vacaction.

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    Nothing About Paris Hilton Here June 8th, 2007

    Nothing about Paris Hilton here…
    Nothing to see here…
    Now move along to another post…

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