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There would be one candidate I would push for to be Bush's VP candidate if I was in charge of the campaign, and that's Rudy because it would make New York a winnable state for Bush. Right now, there's no way Bush wins New York, but New Yorkers LOVE Rudy Guliani and he could push New Yorkers to vote for Bush which would be a huge boon. Bush winning New York > Kerry possibly winning North Carolina...

This is good news for the viewership, but they still need to get back on Direct TV as Direct TV has a lot more subscribers than Dish...

This looks like a real good one. I'd give my strong reccomendations to order as all the matches look good and the Raven and Hardy stoylines are intriguing as well. 10 SUPERSTAR GUITAR ON A POLE MATCH NWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION JEFF JARRETT, KEN SHAMROCK AND THE ELITE GUARD VS. 3LIVE KRU, DUSTY RHODES AND LARRY ZBYSZKO In a shocking turn of events last Wednesday on Pay-Per-View, Ken Shamrock cost The Truth his shot at becoming NWA World Heavyweight Champion, as the UFC legend vented his rage on Killings for being eliminated from the Gauntlet Match. As a result, The Truth and 3LK are hellbent on revenge, and will join NWA legends “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko to take on Jarrett. Shamrock and the Elite Guard this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View in a Guitar On A Pole Match! The first team that gets to the weapon gets to use it on their enemies! DOUBLE LADDER MATCH NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE NATURALS VS. AMERICA’S MOST WANTED The Naturals once again shocked the wrestling world last Wednesday, beating (some say robbing) AMW for the NWA World Tag Team Titles. Despite their impressive ability, Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas relied on battering James Storm with the title belts to get the quick win – an assault that Director of Authority Vince Russo was watching backstage. After the match, Russo informed The Naturals they would face America’s Most Wanted in a Double Ladder Match this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View! Hanging above the ring will be AMW’s ring gear – which The Naturals recently stole. If AMW can grab their gear and win the match, they get a Tag Team Title rematch against The Naturals. But if Douglas and Stevens win, AMW lose their shot! X CHAMPION THE PHENOMENAL AJ STYLES COMPETES TWICE IN ONE NIGHT! AJ STYLES VS. MICHAEL SHANE w/ Traci AJ STYLES VS. KAZARIAN The human highlight reel of wrestling – AJ Styles – will compete in TWO matches this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View against X Division rivals Michael Shane and Kazarian! Since AJ won back the X gold, Shane and Kazarian have been on a vendetta to eliminate Styles from the X Division and get the title back in their camp. Both sides finally confronted each other this past week, with the matches being made for the Pay-Per-View. The stipulations for the bouts are this: If AJ wins one or both, the loser must leave the X Division! However, if either Shane or Kazarian are able to defeat Styles, they earn a shot at the X Title! Can The Phenomenal One survive this X endurance test? Tune in and find out! WILL JEFF HARDY RETURN TO TNA? We hope to find out that answer this Wednesday night live on TNA Pay-Per-View! This past week, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes told the world that Hardy had seven days to respond to TNA’s offer. TNAwrestling.com has confirmed that Dusty’s letter was indeed delivered to Hardy, and the superstar has reportedly told sources he will deliver his response to the American Dream, TNA and the fans this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View! THE AMAZING RED, CHRIS SABIN AND XXX (DANIELS AND SKIPPER) VS. TEAM CANADA w/ Coach Scott D’Amore The superstars involved in last Wednesday’s daredevil X Division Tag Team Tornado match have a chance to take it to the next level! The XXX team of Christopher Daniels and Primetime will join forces with Chris Sabin and The Amazing Red to take on the gifted superstars of Team Canada! Will the former Team NWA members and Red finally stop Team Canada’s dominance? Or, will coach Scott D’Amore and his team prove themselves to be the top force in the X division? Tune in and find out! RAVEN RETURNS - WILL SABU BE HIS TARGET? Raven has been mysteriously silent in recent weeks, unseen and unheard in the TNA Asylum. What has the superstar been planning concerning his ongoing war with Sabu? According to TNA officials, Raven will return to Pay-Per-View live this Wednesday night! With Raven and Sabu in the same arena, will all hell break loose? Tune in and find out! SABU AND SONJAY DUTT VS. ABYSS AND "BABY BEAR" SHELLEY w/ Goldylocks The newfound tag team of Sabu and Sonjay Dutt will join forces once again this Wednesday night on Pay-Per-View as they face Goldylocks' new stable of the monster Abyss and X newcomer "Baby Bear" Shelley. According to Goldy, she used Erik Watts' money to "purchase" the services of Shelley, who is a talented newcomer to TNA. In addition to the match, one has to wonder if Raven will make his presense felt during the night, as the war between Raven and Sabu could reignite! ALL THIS AND MORE THIS WEDNESDAY LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW!

Cosby is speaking about the black youths who are having trouble finding jobs because of their lack of dedication to education and poor speaking skills. That's who's at risk, no one cares about the set middle class family who uses some slang in their homes. Your Johnny Cash analogy to rap is flawed too, because the point is, thousands of black youths use rap star as role models, falsely believing that if they forgoe an education and act like "gangstas" they'll become rich and famous, to the point of epidemic. Again, this is not ALL, but to deny it's a big problem in inner cities is just turning a blind eye. White kids for the most part aren't influenced to "kill a man in Reno" as you say because they hear it in music. If it was a problem, an issue would be made, it's not. I've heard from many inner city school teachers who all cite that the worst thing they witness, is there ARE many black youths who want to learn and suceed, but are ridiculed and teased because they're "acting white" and thus are given into peer pressure to blow of school in order to fit in better. It's a real problem that has nothing to do with racism. It needs to be addressed by the leaders of the community and celebrities like Cosby who are in a position to speak out. Obviously, the parents need to be on the ball as well, but in many cases that is not avaliable for various reasons. Remember, if you have a problem, pointing to someone else and saying "well what about them!" is not going to do anything but shift the blame, you will still be in the same cruddy situation unless you do something about it yourself.

I believe Mike pointed out in the other thread on this topic, how great this worked out for Germany and France when they allowed foreign born men to rule their countries...

All to line Bush's pockets...

Oh sure, selective prejudice will go over REAL well. We'll allow SOME foreigners to run, just not the Arab ones... Universal rule, no one feels left out, you have to be a natural born American. Period.

The problem with 3rd parties is with the exception of The Libertarian party, they're all either religious based or drug legalization based or Communism based. That's it. http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm Olympic brings up a good point about being in California and his vote not really counting, as in Maryland I feel like I'm in the same dillema (then again we did just elect our first Republican governor since the 60s in 02, so who knows, but that was more because his opponent was an incompetent, unlikeable Kennedy family elite.)

What if they washed clean with soap before the inaguration?

Well a 14 year old boy has been arrested and charged with killing his father (the manager of Sam Donaldson's ranch), step mother and step sister. What a bizzare story.

No, it's there for a reason. We can't have our President have a possible split allegiance. We can't let our relations with his native country be jeapordized, especially if we need to take action against that country... Actually, we already had a thread on this subject. Check it out here: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...topic=50633&hl=

I always like to pop in on threads that mention the show to say I was AT Backlash 00 live, and the show was very awesome! Everyone marked out huge for Big Show as Hogan and every time Austin was so much shown in a video package the place exploded, it was such chaos when he finally came out. Insane heat.

Melvin will lift the snubs to victory, foot injury and all! (After taking a few days off for the initial injury, he returned for one at bat, blasted a homerun, came up limping and had to benched again and was then DLed. He's a Kirk Gibson for our time!) A man who as a young boy witnessed his father murdered on the streets of Venenzuela, grows up to be a star boxer in his country, battles through the minor leagues to become a utility man that keeps his name in the lineup with his consistent play, moves to 3rd base which he hadn't played in years because it was best for the team, becomes amongst the league leaders in hitting, raises a family of quintuplets and states his intentions when his playing career is over, to run for President of Venenzuela to help bring the country out of it's poverty and crime stricken state. Melvin is a wonderful player and an even better person!

Again, going local, gotta go with Mcgraw.

I don't know....the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If these guys think they can take him out, I say let them go for it. If they become an issue on their own afterwards, we can deal with them at that point. All I know is the idea of IRAQIS going after Al Queda themselves, thereby taking the load of our troops is the right idea...

YOUR snazzy preview graphics of the week: (if you're gonna start the preview thread, make sure to edit them in once they're up! ) Should be a good week to order, the Gauntlet sounds fun and I mark for Shamrock. Naturals/AMW always put on good matches and the Tornado Tag X match should be good too.

This hasn't been moved to HD yet, because....?

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?! I have digital cable so it doesn't effect me, but this is so out of the blue and the whole "effective immediately" thing doesn't sound good, like something triggered it. This is not good...

An interesting article on Edwards and his fortune: Let the games begin...

And how would any of that be false? That will be Edwards downfall, when he's exposed for who he really is. An inxperienced, one term senator millionaire trial lawyer who made a fortune off of others misfortune, while trying to portray himself as a fighter for the poor and becoming the leader in North Carolina of raising medical malpractice rates that have harmed many good doctors and made medical coverage such a problem in the country. The Dems will push him as a "fresh new optimistic face" or whatever but he has enough skeletons in his closet for the Bush campaign to throw at him...

Yes and it's like he says it all in one monotone breath. I don't think I could sit through a whole speech of his...

Hollly crap, I'm watching a live Kerry speech right now, and he might just want to let Edwards make all his speeches for him. I don't know if I've ever really sat and watched a speech of his, but he is BORING. The inflection of his voice doesn't change, this guy is NOT endearing. Bush may stumble over words but at least he puts some emotion into what he says and doesn't sound like an automated phone machine....sheesh...

Well, it looks like Edwards it is. MSNBC is really giving it to the New York Post (owned by the parent company of FAUX NEWS LOL) for miscalling Gephart....this should be fun...

Are you honestly insinuating Tejada doesn't deserve to make the team?

Example: This thread. Let's say it's a hunch