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Forever known to pro wrestling fans as the charismatic leader of the The Fabulous Freebirds, one of the upper echelon tag teams of all-time, Michael Seitz began his career as a referee in Tennessee pr...
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Published: Aug 13, 2008
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This was definitely one of those stories where the headline caused a double take, and then, right after reading the story, yet another double take.
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Published: Jun 09, 2008
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Yep, it's arguments like this that do the "pro" War on Drugs front no favors. In light of recent developments, for better and worse, on both sides of the issue,
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Published: May 16, 2008
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Sometimes you have to wonder why we are engaging in debate regarding illegal immigration at all. Sure, people across the country think this is an issue that needs to be addressed, maybe not right at p...
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Published: Apr 26, 2008
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Could it be considered a chilling development that Stephen King has emerged as a voice of reason? Probably not. After all, he is a fairly level-headed guy from what I understand (unless of course, you...
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Published: Apr 13, 2008
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You know how it is with these retro crazes, like all the stuff from the 70s coming back into vogue, for whatever reason. Now, exorcisms are back and better than ever in Europe.
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Published: Feb 23, 2008
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I love stop smoking campaigns. The asinine, overblown, emo, condescending, in-your-face ads have helped further the mystique that no matter how bad the facts are,
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Published: Feb 13, 2008
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I have said for years that the Food and Drug Administration is, for the most part, worthless, a wind-sock in a land devoid of breeze. For every report of tainted Chinese crap hitting the mainstream me...
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Published: Feb 02, 2008
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While you know some things just have to be coincidental, there is no denying eh guilty pleasure of connecting those events into some half-assed conspiracy theory or freak sequence of one things invari...
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Published: Jan 31, 2008
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I'm surprised you haven't heard the squeals of outrage from where you are sitting at this very moment, whether it be your favorite chair, your desk at work, or outside messing up a perfectly good day ...
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Published: Jan 14, 2008
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With the oppressive, vice-like grip of the holiday season firmly around our wallets, as well as other vital parts of our anatomy, I figured it was only a matter of time before some fairly ludicrous
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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Since the band done packed up and grabbed the first available lifeboat outta Dodge, there is very little left to do but watch Dubya try to steer what's left of ship around with an iceberg jammed in it...
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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With Kristal Marshall speaking out about her recent termination from World Wrestling Entertainment to England's Sun newspaper, I found it both interesting and amusing that the now-former Diva was "app...
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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With the holiday season now officially upon us, it becomes easier to remember the infinite numbers of ways human suffering exists here on this planet mudball, especially given the infinite numbers
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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You know you are heading into one of these weekends when you see the numbers in a report from the Congressional Budget Office. According to the CBO, the United States has spent roughly $604 billion on...
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Published: Oct 26, 2007
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It's a video gamer's world, baby. Around the same time the statistic came out that more people in the United States are playing World of Warcraft than farming
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Published: Oct 24, 2007
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I kind of figured it was time for another high-profile resignation of some sort from the Republicans. On October 19, Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) announced the end of his tenure as general chairman of the...
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Published: Oct 22, 2007
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With growing public discord over the veto by President Bush of proposed expansion of the SCHIP program, I found it particularly classless, but typical of the wholesale apathy by the GOP and their righ...
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Published: Oct 15, 2007
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Hooray for misguided outrage, I find myself thinking from the gallery as the brouhaha builds over the execution last month of Michael Richard in Texas (not to be confused with Michael Richards of Sein...
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Published: Oct 07, 2007
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With all of the flat-out denial we get treated to on a daily basis regarding the current state of our fiasco in Iraq, I imagine sometimes it is easy to forget that Iraq is not the only war America is ...
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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I can honestly say I have never seen rats fleeing a sinking ship. This is in part due to the fact I am not a giant fan of boats, but that's not the point.
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Published: Sep 29, 2007
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Talk about subsidized denial. New Haven, Connecticut became the first city in the United State to issue identification cards to illegal immigrants this week. Set to be in full swing following a measur...
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Published: Jul 26, 2007
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Telephone polling conducted over the weekend show what is hopefully a promising start for the Third District city council campaign of LP candidate Thomas Keister.
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Published: Apr 28, 2007
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The Libertarian Parties of Clark and Floyd County held their 2007 County conventions tonight at the Golden Corral Buffet in Clarksville, Indiana. The main order of business was the election of officer...
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Published: Apr 26, 2007
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It's like watching the C-Span version of Whose Line is it Anyway, the jabberwocky being produced by the Alberto Gonzales fiasco. After Gonzales' textbook example of twisting in the wind, the soundbite...
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Published: Apr 25, 2007
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With the face-off in waiting in the wings, Democratic leaders have launched a bill which would start the withdrawal of troops from Iraq by October 1, or earlier if G-Dub cannot show progress from the ...
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Published: Apr 25, 2007
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On January 26, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked U.S. allies to toss more into the kitty to help fight the Taliban from retaking portions of Afghanistan, even as the president already faces ma...
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Published: Mar 20, 2007
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In Kentucky, to help combat the ever-growing backlog of cases in the court system, a program was created in 2000 to appoint former judges to part-time roles, filling vacancies and traveling around the...
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Published: Mar 20, 2007
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With not only Kliff Hanger squaring off with Vic the Bruiser in a rematch for the CCW Heavyweight title that the Black Redneck had to wheel and deal overtime, much to Vic's expense, to gain, but a big...
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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The current top ten contenders to the CCW Heavyweight Championship and top five contenders to the CCW Tag Team Championship.
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
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It isn't very often you see mention of World Wrestling Entertainment or the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the business section of a newspaper. More often than not, when either company is named, th...
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Published: Mar 16, 2007
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Greg "The Hammer" Valentine may be one of the best-known second-generation wrestlers of all-time, the son of the legendary Johnny Valentine. While traveling around with his father, John Wisniski, Jr. ...
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Published: Jan 13, 2007
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While the masked wrestler has been an integral part of the sport since nearly the beginning, many fans are not aware of one great in particular, a man who graced rings throughout the South and Gulf Co...
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Published: Jan 10, 2007
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John Minton, who would go on to fame as one of the greatest big men in professional wrestling history as Big John Studd, began his career tag teaming with his trainer, the legendary Killer Kowalski in...
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Published: Jan 10, 2007
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One of the most successful, popular, and respected performers in all of professional wrestling, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat's blend of technical mastery, martial arts expertise, and high flying offen...
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Published: Jan 09, 2007
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One of the most talked about tag teams of the 1980s, the original lineup of the Midnight Express came together, as Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, and Norville Austin would join forces as a trio under the...
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Published: Jan 06, 2007
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Often announced as "Canada's Greatest Athlete," which he had self-proclaimed himself (naturally), "Iron" Mike Sharpe ranks among professional wrestling most revered characters. A second-generation gra...
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Published: Jan 04, 2007
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While his career would serve as a testimony to his toughness, for Brian Pillman, the fight was on from day one. Born Brian William Pillman in Norwood, Ohio on May 22, 1962, Pillman had throat cancer a...
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Published: Dec 29, 2006
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Born Terry Allen Wayne in 1959, he would make his debut as Terry Allen in Florida Championship Wrestling (he would eventually hold the NWA Florida Global Tag Team title five times over his career) in ...
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Published: Dec 26, 2006
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Known as "The Iceman" and "The Man of 1,000 Holds," technical master Dean Malenko would follow in the footsteps of his father, legendary wrestler Boris Malenko, achieving the respect of fans and profe...
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Published: Dec 26, 2006
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The most influential stable in the history of professional wrestling, hands down. From De-Generation X to the New World Order to later "homages," such as the Xtreme Horsemen (Turnbuckle Championship W...
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Published: Dec 26, 2006
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Over the course of a career that has spanned thirty six years, James J. Dillon has nearly done all there is to do, from wrestling and managing to several notable front office positions. Best known as ...
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Published: Dec 26, 2006
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Born Martin Lunde in Rome, Georgia on September 20, 1958, Arn Anderson enjoyed a fourteen year career in professional wrestling that, while ending far too soon due to injury, left many people in and o...
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Published: Dec 22, 2006
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Sometimes I wonder how much cities truly think things through when they pass 'bandwagon' legislation. In the same week that the city of San
Francisco voted to instruct the police to treat marijuana ...
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Published: Dec 20, 2006
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Born January 22, 1954 in San Antonio, Texas, Tully Blanchard, best known
as an original member of the legendary Four Horsemen, came by his wrestling stardom honestly. The son of wresting promoter an...
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Published: Dec 15, 2006