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^ Hey, handn't you heard!? "Well Buffy the Vampire Slayer had an attempted rape in one episode! and an episode of CSI had a baby aborted with a clotheshanger, where was your outrage then!!" Not to mention, "well I'm not offended by the content of the angle, I just hate that they used cheap heat in this angle." *snickers obnoxiously*

Great and completely accurate post by Meltzer, but is it really an "unfair portrayal" at all, considering how many are defending this crap, who actually think (or claim to think) WWE wasn't trying to draw a parallel to terrorists here for heat, or whose one and only complaint is that its cheap heat and aren't bothered by the actual content. clearly the majority of the audience doesn't seem to mind. I'm guessing the ratings wont move either way.

This part at least I agree with. Seeing nothing wrong with the endless crap of years past and suddenly now getting offended is pretty stupid. Its just another in the long line of idiotic things that Vince has done over the past few years. did anyone seriously NOT think some angle like this would happen when the hassan promos started? Barring an immediate audience-rejection, it was only a matter of time, then was the time to get upset. I seriously sit back and wonder in amazement how in the hell I watched and enjoyed this crap back in 2001 and previous.

oh give up with that shit. People have been saying that bullcrap since it started. Hassan is a heel. A stereotype, a muslim terrorist, used to capitalize on real life terrorists to build heat. That's what his character is, and has ALWAYS been presented, for the sole explicit purpose of getting the audience to boo. The WWE didn't "present the character and let the audience decide" or "give him logical points", they're not "Making a statement about prejudice" or whatever other BULLSHIT JUSTIFICATION people spew out. If you can't see that, you are a fucking idiot who is defending "writers" that comic book writers and porn scripters laugh at. Hey why don't you same folks enlighten us on the incredible depth and subtext of a Pokemon episode while you're at it.

it was an awful idea before the london attacks happened. Of course people don't care. The fact that they still watch this crap known as WWE is enough to suggest that quality isn't an issue anymore. Typical WWE shit. Go watch it cause you "find the character entertaining" then complain why wrestling gets zero respect. It doesn't get the respect because it doesn't deserve it.

thats pretty fucked up.

as if this is some big surprise. I'm stil laughing at the people, back when this stuff first started, who insisted that this was going to be some intelligenct angle on race relations with arab americans, or how he was actually gonna be a face and they were gonna make some ambiguity, portrya him being treated unfairly, and all that crap. (laughs very loudly and in an extremely obnoxious manner). Clearly they decided to blatantly ignore 90 percent of all WWE angles and storylines. a "terrorist incident"? Pathetic. Then again, you "find the character to be entertaining" so its all dandy.

that number, if true, and there seems to be plenty of confusion in this thread about that and which number where on what chart represents what ppv *head explodes*... anyways, thats not a bad number at all imo, it seems to be about on par with what the lower end WWE ppvs are doing.

Well considering how many other "rules" of the bible that the religions now ignore, i really think its just a matter of time before gay marriage becomes just another "we frown on it but whatever". Its why i am really baffled as to the ferver of the "arguments" against it. 80 years from now will it really be a big deal at all? how many of the people who are against gays for religious reasons go and have sex with their boyfriends and girlfriends I wonder (outside of marriage).

i had heard somewhere that they were gonna debut with Philadelphia, which is an awesome movie

The Cavs? Jesus (shuttlesworth), imagine the backcourt of Lebron and Allen. If they can also keep Zydronus (sp?), that team can be deadly.

well if there's a friggin Golf channel and a Game Show network, I dont think a Gay network is too out there. At least there will be a variety of different kinda programming to choose from, unlike some of these niche channels. Niche audiences are money these days. The wonder of cable.

I thought the skinny on Jalen Rose was that he was a contender to be cut via the new rules, ie he'd still get paid money from his previous contract, which would (thereotically) make his asking price very very low (since he's already getting the $$). I could be wrong about that though. Also, I think Rose has wanted to play for the pistons, being a fan and a Michigan guy. I am a fan of the idea of picking up jalen and feel he would might not cost nearly as much as you think.

ON one hand, wrestlers should do what they're told. On the other, it was a monumentally stupid decision (Austin v Brock was a WRESTLEMANIA main event worthy matchup), by a crew of writers and bookers who, for almost FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS have made awful decisions after awful decisions, fucking up every single storyline possible. I know at the time Austin somehow felt he was getting buried with the first round KOTR job, as opposed to Rock and Undertaker getting big PPV showdowns with Brock, but I think its simply typical WWE stupidity.

Wel, here we go. This is what the evangelicals put Bush back into the white house for, so they can get their supreme court candidate to push the vote on certain key issues the other way. If Rehnquist also leaves, it'll be the double whammy. strategy-wise, I'd say the smart move is to put an agreeable moderate in now, and use that as ammunition to put the right winger he wants for when Rehnquist leaves (if he is, i dont really know the details on that, cuz i'm lazy). Its interesting, cause if he goes right from center, the left will kick up a storm, but if he goes towards the center, the religious right will kick up a storm. Or maybe he flips it, makes his big stand now, and then suddenly puts in a really moderate (read: rational) guy when Rehnquist leaves.

Yeah PJ is skinny as a rail now. It's actually quite disconcerting and kind of creepy in my opinion. He should go back to the fat look.

I thought this was a pretty awesome movie. Cruise may going off the deep end in real life but he did a really great job. One of his stronger performances I thought. the effects and destruction and shit was just nuts and genuinely horrific. Great buildup, Beats the shit out of ID4 as best alien attack movie though

bahahahahaa! If Matt signs with WWE, he and Lita will get back togehter. Count on it. He seems like that kind of guy. she'll have her screwing and fun with Edge, and go back to chump Matt who will take her back. The only way this storyline can redeem itself is if Matt deliberatly signs to get close enough to Edge and Lita to do something truly evil and BAH GAWD heinous to them.

I dig that it seems to be a period piece, with the old biplanes and buildings and stuff, rather than setting in 'modern day' (zzzz)

somebody should tell Brooke Shields that Tom Cruise has done the research and knows, dammit!!! how dare she advocate nazi sciences!!!

funny semi-related tom cruise scientology wackiness (tom cruise is so incredibly entertaining now its not even funny. actually it is) I've read this already in some papers but i'm too lazy to find online links to them: http://www.radaronline.com/fresh-intellige...ndex.php#001291 06172005 Cruise Encounters of the Third kind GET JOHANS OFF ME Katie Holmes may have fallen for it, but Tom Cruise’s sci-fi seduction technique scared the bejeezus out of Scarlett Johansson, a source close to the actress says. Weeks before he began wooing his brainwashed bride-to-be, Cruise made repeated phone calls to the 19-year-old starlet—who was then set to co-star with him in Mission Impossible III—imploring her to meet him at the Scientology Celebrity Center in L.A. But when the actress finally agreed, the supposedly professional get-together took an oddly spiritual turn. “[Cruise] took me into this room, which was stifling hot, and was showing me all kinds of info about joining the church,” Johansson told our source. “The whole time he didn’t even offer me a cookie!” Instead, he offered her dinner—and a glimpse into the Twilight Zone. After two hours of proselytizing, our source says Cruise opened a door to reveal a second room full of upper-level Scientologists who had been waiting to dine with the pair, at which point the cool-headed ingenue politely excused herself. Soon after the meeting, Johansson dropped out of Mission Impossible III, reportedly due to scheduling conflicts. Asked about the incident, Johansson’s momager, Melanie Johansson, referred Radar to a publicist, who did not return calls or emails seeking comment. After striking out with Johansson, Cruise reportedly turned his attentions to 24-year-old Jessica Alba, 22-year-old Kate Bosworth, and 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan, before settling on the 26-year-old Holmes. As far we know, Cruise’s War of the Worlds co-star, Dakota Fanning, was never under consideration.

did Michael Jordan have awful WWE "writers" booking his comeback?

that was a pretty swank trailer. God help me, I just said 'swank' and i wasn't talking about hillary.

You know what I mean.

I give it three weeks of "WWE writing" before Lesner is just another WWE wrestler.