WWE: WWE Classics- The Undertaker vs Dave Batista: World Heavyweight Championship (2007)

Source:WWE- The Undertaker vs Dave Batista for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

"Welcome to the Devil's Playground. Experience some of the most brutal matches ever with "Hell In A Cell". Batista vs. Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship. From Survivor Series, 11/18/07" 

From WWE

This is an interesting matchup because Dave Batista in real life is 6'5-6'6, 290-300 pounds, all muscle, sort of like a bigger Rock (also known as Dwayne Johnson) and very athletic. Which meant he was big and strong enough to go toe-to-toe, with a super heavyweight like The Undertaker. And yet what makes The Undertaker so special is that he's always just one power move, whether you're talking about close line, a boot, DDT, choke slam, or other moves, from completely devastating you and either beating right there or getting the upper hand and going to work on you. Regardless of who he was fighting or how big and strong the other wrestler was. As Dave Batista founded out against him. 

HBO Sports: The History of the ABA

Source:HBO Sports- Dr. J. Julius Erving the best player ever in the American Basketball Association. Perhaps the best player in pro basketball in the 1970s as well.

"Longshots - The Life & Times Of The American Basketball Association" 

From The True Sports Junkie

The ABA made the NBA better because it showed them that there were more players and markets that could compete in the NBA. During the 1969-70 NBA season there was only 14 NBA franchises in a country of 180 million people. There has always been a huge market for organized basketball in America, including pro basketball. But before David Stern came to the NBA in the mid 1980s as Commissioner, there was nobody in the NBA that knew how to market the league. And the management of the franchises didn't know how to market their clubs either. 

The ABA was successful because a lot of their clubs did merge into the NBA, like the New York Nets, Indianapolis Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, and Denver Nuggets. But also because the ABA proved that the NBA shouldn't just be a 14 team league that's competing with the NHL and North American Soccer League, and even professional indoor soccer just for attention and to have their games on TV and on radio. As well as proved that the ABA wasn't like the American Hockey League, but a division 1 major basketball league, that perhaps was just as good as the NBA as far as quality of talent and coaches. 

WWE: Inter Continental Championship- Hercules vs Curt Hennig (1990)

"M.R.Perfect vs Hercules. 1990 intercontinental championship." 

From Wrestling Bood

A great matchup of incredible raw power with Hercules vs one of the most skillful pro wrestlers of all- time, who was also a great athlete and very strong himself in Curt Hennig.

MTV: Unplugged (1999) Shakira: Octavio Dia

Source:MTV- Shakira, on MTV Unplugged in 1999.

"Shakira Unplugged 01 Octavo Dia." 

From MTV

I speak maybe 200 hundred words of Spanish and enough to somewhat casually converse and be able to pick up words when I'm reading Spanish and to a certain extent when I'm listening to it. So most of Shakira's 1999 MTV Unplugged performance I missed as far as comprehension. 

So I know in the song Octavio Dia is that it is about a man named Octavio and it's his day or something like that. But understanding every word in a song even it if is written and performed in your first language and enjoying hearing the song and it performed and listen to the performer, are two different things.

I know from this song that Shakira has a great voice and great sound. She's not just a bilingual speaker, but a bilingual singer as well. She's from Columbia, but her family is from Lebanon and she's of Arab descent. And yet she speaks Spanish as her first language, but also speaks English because she does a lot of business in America and perhaps speaks Arabic as well. She's a multi-talented multi-lingual performer and deserves a lot of respect for all of her talents.  

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Leathered Life: Edenbridge in Concert

Source:Leathered Life- Edenbridge in concert.

"Female rock band in tight leather pants." Don't remember the exact tag line for the video, which was originally from Leathered Life, but has since been deleted or blocked on YouTube.

From Leathered Life

I've never heard of the band Edenbridge and I'm not a metal fan. But the leader singer looks like a rocker click. A classic rocker chick as far as appearance and how she performs. Great red velvet top, great leather belt with a great buckle and great black leather jeans. 

The vocalist looks a bit different from Joan Jett, Meredith Brooks, Melissa Etheridge and other rockers chicks with the velvet top. But the black leather jeans are classic in rock culture whether you're talking about classic rock, (my preference) hard rock, heavy metal, etc. You just see rockers chicks dress different depending on the genre. 

Seems like all great rocker chicks have at least one pair of leather jeans with the boots to go with them. And rocker chicks like Joan Jett have made those pants a staple in their performances. 

You don't have to like this band and their music to acknowledge that their vocalist is a beautiful sexy woman who is great to check out especially on stage and a pleasure to watch perform and to listen to. 

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Days Of Our Lives: ‘Marlena Returns’

Source:Days of Our Lives- Hollywood Goddess Deidre Hall as Dr. Marlena Evans, on NBC's Days of Our Lives.

“Stefano tells John and Hope that the only way Marlena will be safe is if they agree to his terms. Stefano wants John and Hope to find a missing piece of art he had “the pawn” and Princess Gina steal but they never gave to him. John and Hope have no clue where the piece of art is but Stefano tells them they will have to revert to being the pawn and Princess Gina. Kate tells Will that she has suspected that he is gay for awhile. Nicole begins to develop feelings for Rafe but he goes off to try things with Carrie. Rafe arrives and over hears Austin and Carrie trying to work things out but he leaves before Carrie tells Austin that she can’t just turn off her feelings for Rafe. Agent Spencer tells Billie that she needs to move into the DiMera mansion to dig up more dirt on Stefano.” 

"All soaps have their iconic moments. You know, the ones when you know where you were, what you were doing, and the impact they had on you as they played out. One of mine happened when sweet Jenny Gardner (Kim Delaney) was blown to bits on a jet ski on All My Children.

In 2003, Days of Our Lives needed a ratings kick in the ass. The show brought back James E. Reilly, who wrote a story about a person dressed in black and a hockey mask who set out to kill the residents of Salem one by one.

Abe (James Carver) and Jack (Matthew Ashford) were the first two to go. Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) sat and chatted with her killer for nearly an entire episode before she met her demise. Next came Caroline (Peggy McCay) and Cassie (Alexis Thorpe). Who could ever forget someone falling out of a piñata? Never mind divorcing your ex . . . why not kill him on his wedding day? Goodbye Roman (Josh Taylor)!" 

From IMDB 

"All soaps have their iconic moments. You know, the ones when you know where you were, what you were doing, and the impact they had on you as they played out. One of mine happened when sweet Jenny Gardner (Kim Delaney) was blown to bits on a jet ski on All My Children.

In 2003, Days of Our Lives needed a ratings kick in the ass. The show brought back James E. Reilly, who wrote a story about a person dressed in black and a hockey mask who set out to kill the residents of Salem one by one.

Abe (James Carver) and Jack (Matthew Ashford) were the first two to go. Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) sat and chatted with her killer for nearly an entire episode before she met her demise. Next came Caroline (Peggy McCay) and Cassie (Alexis Thorpe)."

Source:Daytime Confidential- Hollywood Goddess Deidre Hall as the Salem Stalker, on Days of Our Lives.

From Daytime Confidential

“FICTIONAL STORYLINE INCLUDING DEIDRE HALL ‘Marlena” ATTENDING ALICE HORTONS FUNERAL.. THE CLIPS ARE RANDOM CLIPS FROM THE ACTUAL SOAP OPERA “DAYS OF OUR LIVES” BUT WITH THE MAGIC OF WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER MARLENA IS BACK SOONER THAN I THOUGHT!”

Source:Chris Landers- Hope Brady (played by Kristian Alfonso)

From Chris Landers 

As entertaining as this scene was and most of that being Deidre Hall as Dr. Marlena Evans, it’s not believable and I don’t mean that in a bad way. 

I mean think about that, Dr. Marlena Evans as a killer, the last thing doctors do is murder people. I mean that would break their hypocritical oath, wouldn’t it (or hippocratic oath, I know it is one or the other) and besides she is a baby-face killer, I mean she’s too sweet to kill anyone. Women that adorable don’t murder anyone, except in Hollywood, wait this is Days of Our Lives, so maybe this isn’t so unbelievable.

But that sort of goes to my point of why this scene is so good. Dr. Marlena Evans (played by Deidre Hall) this gorgeous, adorable woman, who looks 10-15 years younger than she actually is, who is better looking than Sammy who plays one of her daughters on this show, she’s perfect to play a killer, because no one would believe her as a killer. There’s nothing scary about her, which is why she could do it and fool everyone, because no one would expect her as the killer. Because she looks too sweet to hurt an ant. 

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WWE: Sid Vicious- Survivor Series 1996

Source:WWE- Sid Vicious at Survivor Series 1996.

"Sid makes his way to the ring for his WWE Championship Match: Survivor Series 1996. Sid hears the roar of the MSG crowd at Survivor Series 1996." 

From WWE

Sid Vicious was an incredible dominant force that never quite lived up to his full potential as a pro wrestler. If you had to put a list of the top 10 underachievers in the history of pro wrestling (WWE,WCW, AWA, WCCW) I think Psycho Sid (as he was called) would be towards the top of the list, if not at the top of the list. 

Sid Vicious was a man who was 6'9, weighed 320 pounds, no belly, almost no body fat, huge upper body, biceps, shoulders, who moved very well in the ring. He was a taller Hulk Hogan and a bigger Lex Lugar. Just a freak of power, physical strength, size, and athletic ability. But he was never more than a championship contender in the WWE, and was part of WCW went it went out-of-business in the early 2000s.

Rick Whitlow: Coyote Ugly- 'Courtney's Body Shot'

Source:Rick Whitlow- Courtney getting her body shots at Coyote Ugly, not at some gym. Ha, ha.

"Courtney giving body shots at Mary Ann's Bday Party @ Rita's Roadhouse" 

From Rick Whitlow 

"Courtney giving body shots at Mary Ann's Bday Party @ Rita's Roadhouse" 

Source:Rick Whitlow- Courtney at Coyote Ugly.

From Rick Whitlow 

This is not Courtney from Rita’s Roadhouse, but two of the workers and performers at a Coyote Ugly Bar demonstrating what a Coyote Ugly body shot looks like. This is not boxing (in case anyone is wondering) but where you get of whiskey or some other alcoholic drink in your belly button. 

Source Coyote Ugly Bar- Two Coyote Ugly girls.

I never got the point of the Coyote Ugly shots and why that is popular there and why they do that. But I do like watching sexy women lying on the bar. Sexy well-built healthy looking women and checking out their tight legs in tight jeans on the bar. And watching sexy women crawl on the bar. There’s nothing really there to try to understand. It is real obvious to see why that is sexy. (Assuming you’re not blind or gay, or a combination of both)

What I was focusing on here in this video, was the beautiful, sexy woman, in the skin-tight jeans, lying down on the bar.  And perhaps wishing I was the guy there pouring the whisky or scotch or whatever drink they used to pour into that woman’s bellybutton. Because she is obviously a very attractive sexy woman who looks great in tight jeans as most if not all sexy women do. 

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Mike Chycinksi: Miranda Lambert- Grand Rapids Concert (2010)

Source:Mike Chycinski- Country baby Miranda Lambert, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2010.

 "Miranda Lambert Grand Rapids concert in 2010" 

Mike Chycinski

Kerosene is one of Miranda Lambert's best songs. She comes off as a bad ass country girl who has been wronged and dammed and this is her chance to get back and let that out. 

Miranda is a country girl as far as culture, lifestyle and upbringing, but country girl doesn't go far enough to describe who Miranda Lambert is as a woman. I prefer to view her was a country rocker as far as her style of music. Perhaps Texas rocker would be a better label for her. Someone who combines the sounds of country with classic rock and sort of sings rock and roll, but with a Texas accent. 

Miranda has a very unique, diverse style that can bring in people who aren't country music fans (including yours truly) in to her and willing to give her a listen. And say: "Here's a country singer who comes off as rock and roll and has a good voice, good band and her music sounds rock and roll. " Such as myself and be willing to listen to her music. And besides, she's great to look at with the beautiful baby face, the great body and country girl style. 

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Paint it Prim: Miranda Lambert- Beckley, West Virginia (2010)

Source:Pain It Prim- Country Baby Miranda Lambert, in Beckley, West Virginia, in 2010.

"Miranda Lambert at Beckley WV" 

From Paint it Prim

Miranda Lambert is one of my favorite country girls because of her attitude and style. She's a no nonsense (to put it nicely) woman who always keeps it real and never afraid to let everyone know what she's thinking and how she's feeling. Miranda also has a presence both physical and otherwise is impossible to ignore. She's a sexier Jessica Simpson as far as body with the great curves and perhaps just as adorable and even immature. They both have a tendency to come off as somewhat childish (to put it lightly) and their high pitch voice and baby faces, just adds to that. 

Miranda is a beautiful, baby-faced, adorable country girl from Texas, who represents that lifestyle as well as it can be done. A skin-tight jeans and cowgirl boots girl, who loves tank tops and tight t-shirts as well. Sort of like the Daisy Duke (played by the great Catherine Bach) of the Millennial Generation. And even has a style of music that I can follow combining classic rock with her country and at the very least giving her a country rock, if not full rock sound. 

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Liberty Pen: 'PC Is Never Having To Say You're Sorry'

Source:Liberty Pen- welcome to America.

"Americans do not have a right to not be offended. They do have a right to free speech. Jackie Mason. Liberty Pen." 

Source:Liberty Pen 

"Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry"

Source:Real Life Journal- I believe that's Ally MacGraw from Love Story.

From Paper Rosesx

Political correctness, at its best (not exactly a high point) is a feeling in the country that bigotry should be wrong and looked down upon. Not outlawed, but considered unacceptable to the majority of the country. That I and I believe a consensus of Americans believe in. 

Political correctness, at its worse, (which is as high as Mount Everest) is this feeling that we should not only say things that may offend people that so-called Progressives (Communists, really) support, but that we shouldn't be allowed to say that and there should be legal or civil sanctions that should come down upon people who offend people that so-called Progressives support.

So-called PC Warriors also believe that if you say offensive things about people that so-called Progressives oppose (like right-wingers) well, thats just free speech. And what's the problem, because all they are saying is the truth. So it's not just political correctness that can be a problem, but a double standard that can come with political correctness that can also be a problem as well.

To put it bluntly: freedom of speech protects the assholes as much as the enlightened. Especially when the enlightened says things about people that so-called Progressives (and I'm being nice with the word Progressives) believe deserve special protection and are part of some vulnerable class of people that government should give special treatment to. There's nothing bigoted about the truth and I would argue nothing offensive either.

The Christian-Right and Muslim-Right have one big nasty thing in common: they tend to see women and homosexuals as second-class citizens. In the women's case, people who are only on Earth to serve their men and raise their kids. In the homosexual case, people who should be in mental institutions, if not jails and in the Islamist case, people who don't even deserve to live. You can still be put to death in some parts of the Middle East simply for being gay.

So when a Liberal or Conservative or Libertarian, says that the Christian-Right and Islamists view women and gays as second-class citizens, who are they offending and where is the bigotry? If you just say that about Christian-Conservatives, you'll be viewed as a hero with the New-Left in America. And as someone with the guts to speak the truth. But if you say the same thing about Islamists, even though all you're doing is speaking the truth, you'll be viewed as a bigot, by the New-Left in America.

The politically correct thing should always be the truth. And if someone is wrong, or ignorant, or even hateful, they'll be held accountable by everyone else. They won't be forced to shut up and government wont' take their platform away from them. But public opinion will sanction them and the asshole will loose supporters and perhaps their job. But they won't be thrown in jail simply for speaking their mind. That is not how a liberal free society works. 

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Reason Magazine: 'LA to Pet Stores: You Can't Sell Animals Unless They're Rescued'

Source:Reason Magazine- a local Los Angeles TV newscast talking about pet mills.

"Washington DC might pull a Bloomberg (as in soda ban) and Florida officials have put the kibosh on the latest in kiddie shindigs (alligator pool parties). But top dishonors come from the City of Angels. 

The once mighty city now teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. It suffers from double-digit unemployment, awful schools, ridiculously bad traffic, and ambulances that have a deadly, decades-long habit of showing up late. Yet city officials never fail to find new ways to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. The latest example: banning pet stores from selling cats, dogs or rabbits that come from breeders. We all want more pets to be adopted, but c'mon LA. 

This month we highlight the councilman who spearheaded the effort that will almost certainly make Los Angeles the largest US city to command its pet store owners to sell only rescue animals. 

Presenting Reason TV's Nanny of the Month: Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz!" 

From Reason Magazine

You would think with double digit unemployment, that Los Angeles would be looking to increase business and unemployment, rather than restricting how pet stores make money. I believe this is an example of why California and perhaps Los Angeles as well, being the largest city and metropolitan are in the state, is behind the national average when it comes to job creation and business creation, because they say no to new business's because they don't exactly like what they do, or how they run business's. 

So-called pet farms that should be shut down. Places that abuses animals and potential pets and are essentially animal concentration camps. But telling pet stores that they can't sell animals, animals that would otherwise end up at the pound, or going to some concentration camp, or being put to sleep, is not the way to go. 

When you have regulations like this you might as well put a sign up in your city that say: 

"Closed for business! We don't want your business and jobs here. We rather be on Welfare instead! A pleasure not doing business with you.

The Objective Standard: Craig Biddle- 'Is Objectivism a Cult?'

Source:The Objective Standard- Craig Biddle speaking on Ayn Rand's objectivism.

Source:FreeState Now 

"Craig Biddle addresses the question, "If an Objectivist is someone who accepts Ayn Rand's entire philosophy as true, how is Objectivism different from a cult?" In answering, Biddle discusses the essence of Objectivism, the nature of a cult, and the absurdity of positing that the former has anything to do with the latter. 

To explore more of these ideas visit:The Objective Standard." 

From The Objective Standard

I don't see Randianism as a cult, but the inspirational leader for American libertarianism. Even though Ayn Rand wasn't an official Libertarian. Just like John F. Kennedy is the inspirational leader for Liberals such as myself and Ronald Reagan is the inspirational leader of Conservatives. And Franklin Roosevelt in an inspirational Leader for Progressives. 

Now, some of the followers of Ayn Rand at times do seem like cult followers with some of their conspiracy theories that government is out to get them and that type of thing. But the movement by itself I don't see as some type of cult.

Ayn Rand objectivism, is that the individual should always be that: "That the individual is always first. And when people start concerning themselves with the affairs and worries of others, then somehow collectivism would sink in." Again, Ayn Rand, is not a Libertarian. Even Libertarians believe in private charity. And some Conservative Libertarians, even though they wouldn't have created the New Deal, or Great Society, aren't looking to eliminate it. For practical reasons mostly, but would like to see it run a lot better with private options for people who receive social services.

So when you talk about Ayn Rand and objectivism, you shouldn't try to link it with libertarianism, or conservatism. Even though so-called Progressives (who are actually Socialists) will aways do that. Because libertarianism and objectivism are two different things. 

Libertarians, believe in a minimal government, at least classical Libertarians. And that the safety net and charity should only be run by the private sector and with no government involvement. Objectivists, aren't even fans of private charity. And that individuals should always be left to solve their own problems.

Sky News: Cesar Millan- 'Dog Whisperer, Rejects Cruelty Claims'

Source:Sky News- Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan.

"Dog whisperer Cesar Millan has defended himself against claims that he is cruel to animals.

The allegations were made recently in a TV interview with presenter Alan Titchmarsh after tweeting animal-lover critics said the Mexican-born trainer used violence and even electric shocks to train the dogs.

But, Millan told Sky News, he made physical contact with the dog to distract the dog from the action it was about to take - for instance, stop the dog from going into fighting mode." 

Source:Sky News

Dogs, are similar to humans in this sense, that they have to get to know you and trust that you aren't there to hurt them, before they will open up to you and trust you. And once you accomplish that and you know how to approach them, they'll love you. 

I have a hard time buying (and not because money is tight) that Cesar Milan abuses dogs or any other pets. Of course he could be an Oscar caliber actor on his show and that his show is nothing but an act. And that while he pretends to be this great animal psychologist on TV, in his free time he beats dogs and cats with a whip for the hell of it, or to take out on his anger at whatever is pissing off at the time. I just don't see that.

He reminds me of the great adolescent phycologist who works with lets say troubled urban high school students who grow up in rough neighborhoods. Where their father is not around and if their mother works at all, she works two low-income jobs just to support her kids and doesn't have the time to look after them during the day. But this great teacher or psychologist who is probably a former Marine, or something comes in and teaches these kids how to behave and get with the program. And how important school is to their future and all of that. 

It's hard to imagine someone like Cesar Millan as a bullshit artist, who talks a great game in public, but in private is just as bad as the assholes that he has turned around made productive people out of.

Cesar Milan, at least to me, seems like that guy you want to have around when your dog doesn't know how to behave, or has no interest in behaving and you've tried everything else that you can think of. And you're just desperate, so you go on national TV and bring your home problems to the public. (Talk about desperation) So you bring in the Dog Whisperer to teach your dog how to behave and become a responsible member of the family. How to respond to their parents and other family members. Respond to commands, how to behave on walks, even how to go to the bathroom and anything else. 

I have a hard time believing that someone like Cesar Millan, who clearly loves dogs and has such great skill at training them, would in private be abusive to them and perhaps even criminal. 

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Henry Hanrahan: ‘The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time’

Source:Method Shop- I hope you get the point of this post. Otherwise you are going to have to answer to the Sergeant.

“As you might have guessed from its title, “The 100 Best Movie Insults of All Time” is a video montage of the greatest movie insults. It was made by an evil genius named Harry Hanrahan. Check out his YouTube page when you get a sec and watch this clip of the best movie insults when the kids are not around! Also, it’s definitely NSFW.”

From Method Shop

"The 100 Greatest Film Insults of All Time"

Source:Carl Barter- Paul Gleason, in the great comedy The Breakfast Club from 1985. Speaking of greatest insults: that movie has a lot of the best insults ever. RIP

From Carl Barter

What I get out of this video, is that we shouldn’t beat around the bush. If we are really pissed at someone or see them as complete losers and don’t give a damn about what they think, we should simply just tell them: “don’t beat around the bush, tell them what you really think”.

I’m perfectly cool with that, the only thing is I tend to go out-of-my-way not to be around people I see as complete assholes or morons. Call me crazy, but I don’t like hanging out with assholes or morons. I know more than I care to admit to and I tend to want to be at least a zip code away from them so I don’t have to admit that I actually know that person. Like if I’m ever under oath having to testify about their latest boneheaded screwup.

Now, if I just happen to be around an asshole who thinks they are as big and great as Godzilla, even though a baby could step on them and they get in my face and we have a little argument, by all means I’ll more than defend myself especially verbally, if simply laughing at them and trying to move on doesn’t work. There are times that assholes need to know what they are, if anything to give them incentive not get into someone else’s face in the future and bring a squirt gun to a machine gun fight. And I’m talking about real machine guns with real bullets, not a water machine gun.

Insults obviously have their place in life and without them some people would have no idea about big of a loser or asshole they are. Because they would never get it anyway and need that light to go off in their head and to get the point that they have serious flaws that need to be addressed. My issue is how you go about insulting someone. Do you bring yourself down to the level of the asshole that you’re putting down, or do you actually put some thought into how you critique that person.

Do you tell the asshole:”holy shit, you’re a fucking moron!” Or do you put some thought like: “I would call you a fucking moron, but that would be an insult to fucking morons”. And there was a similar line like that in this video.

Also swearing, if you have to swear to put someone down, you’re probably not much better off than the person you’re putting down. I realize how popular cussing and swearing is today and I get that and use it myself, but mostly when I’m pissed or shocked about something. Something like: “holy shit! The Washington Redskins actually won a game”. If you are familiar with 2012 Redskins, or the Redskins in recent years, you know winning is like a holiday for them. It doesn’t happen that often and sometimes they even go months without winning.

I like put downs or insults that come with thought. I mean if you were to call me an asshole, mother fucker, go down the line, the most you’ll get from me is a smirk, because I’m probably laughing about the brain cramp you just had coming up with that.

If you’re going to call someone stupid, give them an example of how stupid they are. “When God was passing out the brains, it was your day off, so you didn’t get one. Or he passed on you, because he didn’t think you were worth the effort or would try to sell your own brain”. You want to put me down or impress me with an insult, then impress and put some real thought into what you are trying to say. 

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News Beat: Mitt Romney- 'Jokes & One Liners at Al Smith Dinner- With Barack Obama'

SourceNews Beat- Governor Mitt Romney, speaking at the 2012 Al Smith Dinner.

"Mitt Romney, Barack Obama to trade jabs at Al Smith dinner

 The two presidential candidates took a break from the caustic criticism of the campaign trail to score political points with biting humor last night in New York City."

Source:News Beat

I guess going casual for Mitt Romney is not wearing a tuxedo, or a tuxedo that he personally owns. Perhaps Mitt takes his tie off before going to sleep and just sleeps in his slacks and sport coat. Mitt during the Republican primaries in the winter and spring this year of course had this reputation as being too stiff and too formal. So he sort of overcompensated and started wearing what young cool people call mamas jean. Which are somewhat baggy denim jeans that you might see your grandmother wearing around the house. Men, good-looking like in Mitt's case or not so good-looking, look horrible in baggy jeans.

Baggy jeans or mamas jeans, would be like country music singer wearing bandanna and a LA Raiders cap at a country music festival. It just doesn't seem right. If you're going to wear jeans especially denim jeans, they should fit you and you should fill them out. But Mitt doesn't have to worry about fitting in at an event like the Al Smith Dinner where all the men there probably own their tuxedos and perhaps even go to bed in them. Mitt is right at home where he belongs at an event like this. But at a sports bar in Cleveland or some place, he would probably look like the astronaut who landed on Mars by accident and had no idea where he was.

Reason: Anthony Fisher- Jessica Blake & Erik Jenson on The Exonerated: 'True Stories of The Innocent Sprung From Death Row'

Source:Reason Magazine- Talking about "The Exonerated."

"This play is neither left-wing nor right-wing. We don't have an agenda, our job is to stay out of the way and just let the people tell their stories," says Erik Jensen, co-author (with wife Jessica Blank) of The Exonerated, a one-act documentary play depicting the true-life experiences of exonerated Death Row prisoners. The Exonerated is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a limited run at the Culture Project in New York City.

Jensen and Blank talk with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher about how the play influenced former Gov. George Ryan's decision to commute the sentences of Illinois' Death Row prisoners to life imprisonment, the support of the Innocence Project, and what life is like for freed prisoners upon returning to society.

The play is directed by actor Bob Balaban and runs through December 2nd, 2012. The Exonerated features a rotating cast including Broadway regulars and well-known performers such as Stockard Channing, Brain Dennehy, Steve Earle, Marg Helgenberger, Christine Lahti, Delroy Lindo, Lyle Lovett, Michael McKean, Joe Morton, Chris Sarandon, Martin Short, and Trudie Styler. The cast also includes two exonerated prisoners playing themselves: Kerry Max Cook and Sunny Jacobs.

About 4.30 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein."

Source: Reason Magazine

Anyone whose pro-death penalty and I’m one of them, should be in favor of a long appeals process. To make sure that we get the right people, so to speak and not rush to put to death the wrong people. Not an appeals process that extends the process indefinitely, but that allows inmates and lawyers to bring new appeals, as long as they can bring new evidence that suggests that they may be innocent. So we are always executing the right people and not putting to death the wrong people.

That is the only way to make sure that the death penalty can be applied fairly. Putting the wrong person to death even by accident, whether you’re talking about manslaughter, or giving the wrong person the death penalty, is not a mistake that you can take back. I would be fine with a short appeals process without the death penalty. Because if the convicted murderers lawyers truly believe their client is innocent, they can still work on the case. And if they find evidence that proves their client is innocent, they can always present that evidence and open that case back up.

Every pro-death penalty person, especially if they consider themselves to be pro-life and pro-death penalty at the same time, should be in favor of a death penalty case like this. Because it makes their case for the death penalty better. That there isn’t a rush to put someone to death. Because they know if the person is guilty they’ll never leave prison anyway. And it gives opponents of the death penalty less evidence and a smaller case to use against the death penalty. And they would have a harder time saying that innocent people have been put to death because of the death penalty. 

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The Daily Buzz: Deidre Hall and Lynne Bowman

Source: Deidre Hall- Deidre Hall & Lynne Bowman on The Daily Buzz.

"Days of Our Lives star and author Deidre Hall and her friend and coauthor Lynne Bowman discuss their books and their appearance at the Southern Women's Show in Orlando on the Daily Buzz, October 12 2012."

From  The Daily Buzz

Deidre Hall, at least to me is the ultimate American Sweetheart. She’s gorgeous yes, but she is so freakin cute, baby-face adorable really and still is, now in her mid sixties. She doesn’t look much older now more than five years ago when I started watching the reruns of the soap operas as night. Because I had to work during the day.

Everything Deidre does, even the way she sits down and moves around or even talks on the phone and of course the way she speaks, makes me want to go, aw! Because she so sweet and has been one of the top soap actress’s, for what thirty years now. And has been on one of the top three soap operas ever since. Days of Our Lives, to go along with General Hospital, which is the best one of the bunch. And The Young and The Restless as well. And she’s just as sweet and funny in real life apparently, as she is on Days. 

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VH1: Cher- If I Could Turn Back Time: Live at VH1 Divas (1999)

Source:VH1- Cher, performing at VH1 Divas in 1999.

"This is a mix of two appearances by Cher. The first is at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards and the second is at 1999 VH1 Diva's Live. Please comment."

From Veuve

Source:VH1- Cher, performing at VH1 Divas in 1999.

The only Cher song that I like and perhaps because of the candor in it. A song about regret and I think it was about her relationship with Sunny Bono, a great classic rock song. 

This performance was part of VH1's Divas series that they did annually in the late 1990s and early 2000s. No idea if they still do that, but Cher whatever you think of her certainly qualifies as a diva. Great voice, great personality, great body, certainly very entertaining. And she's lived a hell of a life and with comes with that comes a lot of regret. 

Things you wish you shouldn't have said and done and perhaps got caught up in the moment and took out your anger on someone. "If I Could Turn Back Time", again great song, but it is sort of like saying: "If only I owned a helicopter, I would be able to avoid rush hour traffic everyday." People aren't tested by what they would have changed if they could go back. You learn from mistakes and then move on. 

We are all tested by how we react and carry ourselves in the moment. The better we do in real-time, the fewer mistakes that we'll make as we move on.  

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Reason Magazine: Lisa Kennedy- 'The Cast of Atlas Shrugged: Talks Film's Impact'

Source:Reason Magazine- talking about Atlas Shrugged The Movie.

"The book was incredibly informative for me," says actress Samantha Mathis who plays Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged Part II, "in terms of figuring out [Dagny's] backstory and where she came from, and why she believed what she believed, and what her relationships were."

ReasonTV correspondent Kennedy spoke with Mathis and other cast members at the film's Hollywood Premiere on Oct. 5 to find out how they connected with their characters and the themes portrayed in the movie.

Atlas Shrugged Part II, the second of three films based on Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 novel, hits theaters nationwide on Friday, October 12, 2012. (For more information on the film, go to:Atlas Shrugged Movie." 

Source:Reason Magazine

Atlas Shrugged (written by Ayn Rand) reminds me of someone who I guess knows the world is about to explode and they're going to die anyway and basically says: "What the hell, I have nothing to lose at this point. I can do whatever I want, because I'm going to die anyway. So thats exactly what I'm going to do." The world is literally on fire and I'm writer and I can write anything I want. Because no one is going to read it anyway. And even if someone does read it, no one is going to remember it, because everyone is going to be dead." 

Atlas Shrugged, is a complete and total fantasy with really no base in reality in it. And looks like something that was written by someone who perhaps had months to live, who was a writer and decides to write whatever they want at this point. With no editor to answer to, because no one is going to read it anyway.

Atlas Shrugged, is essentially a fantasy about what can happen when the private sector and a capitalist economy is regulated. It's not about what can happen when a developed, or highly developing country with a strongly growing an educated middle class, where poverty is shrinking, is taken over by Marxist revolutionaries, that decides to outlaw political parties, private property, starts detaining people who oppose them and nationalizes industries. We already know that story because we've seen it before. Lebanon comes to mind and perhaps you could make a case for Cuba as well. That would be a good book and movie and it would sell well if was done right. 

Atlas Shrugged (written by Ayn Rand in 1957) there hasn't been an example of a regulated private enterprise economy that has collapsed just because it is regulated, since that book was written.

Atlas Shrugged, which I'm sure is very clever and well-done and written by Ayn Rand, that shouldn't be a surprise. But as a movie it sounds like bad sci-fi movie from the Sci-Fi Channel. Every developed country in the world operates under some form of rule of law. That government is not there to tell people who to live their own lives and control our movement's, or anything like that. 

There isn't a single developed country in the world that is a Marxist state, or some type of authoritarian state from the Far-Right. But all developed countries do regulate how people interact with each other and regulate the economy. Not to run business's, but to protect customer's and workers. 

Economies can be over regulated and when that happens they struggle. But they all have some type of regulatory state that is there to protect workers and consumers from predators. And Ayn Rand lived in a great developed country like that for a very long time, that being America. 

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Liberty Pen: Christopher Hitchens- 'In Defense Of Unpopular Speech'

Source:Liberty Pen- British Socialist columnist Christopher Hitchens, actually making a great case for free speech. Not your typical Socialist. (To put it mildly)

"Popular speech does not need Constitutional protection. Liberty Pen." 

From Liberty Pen 

I don't agree with the late great writer Christopher Hitchens all the time. I'm a Liberal, he's more of a Democratic Socialist, a bit left to me on economic policy (to put it mildly) but we do tend to agree on some of these key social issues, like civil liberties, War on Drugs, and yes, free speech. 

But Freedom of Speech is exactly that: the freedom to speak, to go along with our property rights, are the most important freedoms and constitutional rights that we have in America. The freedom to speak is exactly that: the right to speak whether it's popular or not.

Since we are a liberal democracy, we've decided long ago, that we are good enough and intelligent enough as a nation, that we can have good intelligent tolerant thinkers. But that we can also have haters and ignorant people as well, because we are a good and intelligent enough as a people to figure out what's hate and what's not and what should be taken seriously and what shouldn't be. That we don't need big government to make these decisions for us. What we should and be able to listen to and what we shouldn't listen to. 

This is something that Liberals, Conservatives and Libertarians figured out a long time ago, but that today's so-called Progressives (Socialists, in actuality) so-called and Christian-Conservatives (but what are they conserving and they Bible are they reading) have never grasped, who believe government needs to be strong enough to be able to protect its people, even at times from themselves.

The Islamic film, that was perceived very negatively a few weeks ago by Muslims and so-called Progressives (Socialists, in actuality) but of course Christian-Nationalists view the film as free speech, because they like and agree with the film (but thats a different story) is a perfect example of what free speech is designed to protect: the right for people to be able to speak their mind, even as small as their minds and intelligence level may be. As long as they are not labeling people, threatening people, or inciting violence. 

What this anti-Muslim movie essentially does, is layout what the creators of this movie feel: "Islam is bad and so-forth, that Muhammad was a bad person and so-forth." But it wasn't calling for Muslims to be killed and beat up and so-forth. It was a negative if not bigoted view of Islam, but not calling for violence on Muslims. And thats the difference between free speech and threatening speech. Something we don't put up with as a nation. 

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The Phil Donahue Show: Ayn Rand (1979)

Source:Anarchy- Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand, on Phil Donahue in 1979.

“Phil Donahue: I am very pleased to present a woman that a number of people who have said “Atlas Shrugged changed my life. The Fountain Head changed my life.” Here’s a woman who is read by millions around the world. She may be our most-debated philosopher. She identifies that to which she adheres as “objectivism.” We’ll talk about it. We care very much about your sharing with us, your feelings about this most-interesting lady, a warm human being who has a lot to say and comes straight at everything she says. I’m pleased to present Ayn Rand. Miss Rand.

Ayn Rand is here and it’s about time we said hello after hearing so much about you when you’re not really altogether that available to the media. I know you do a radio show and there have been other occasions, but let’s see what I can do here in trying to help the world understand, those who may not be as familiar with your work.”

From Anarchism 

“A rare public appearance by Ayn Rand in the 1970’s. She’s in her 70’s in this video and her first public appearance since husband Frank O’Connor’s death.”

Source:Phil Donahue Show- Author Ayn Rand, being interviewed by Phil Donahue in 1979.

From Steve Packard 

This is a classic interview, because you had two very intelligent people with lots of followers, who both had a message to deliver, but came from very different sides of the political spectrum:

Ayn Rand, being a Libertarian/Objectivist and Phil Donahue being a more of a Social Democrat philosophically, but not a Communist.. Two people with very different beliefs on what the role of government is. Especially the role of the Federal Government:

Ayn, whose see government’s role as basically doing nothing more, then to basically protecting our freedom and constitutional rights. And Phil Donahue, believing that government should be doing a lot for its people. That there’s only so much we can expect that the private enterprise can do for the people.

The best thing that I could probably compare this interview with today, it would be like Ralph Nader interviewing Ron Paul, or vice-versa. Two men that are actually pretty similar when it comes to social freedom and civil liberties. But are very different in what they see the role for the Federal Government as it relates to the economy:

Ron Paul basically believing that people should be able to keep and spend as much money as they make and be able to spend it as they see it, as long as they aren’t spending that money hurting people. Ordering hits and that sort of thing. And Ralph Nader, believing that a country is a community and to be a member of this community, we should all have to pay a price for it. To make this community as strong as it can be. Similar to Rand-Donahue. 

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