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Brewers currently leading the Phillies 6-4 in the bottom of the 7th. If the Brewers win tonight, they take the series.

I think Reagan gets a little too much credit for ending the Cold War. Did he speed up the death of the USSR? Most certainly. Does that mean the USSR wouldn't have died without the US policies? No.

It's true about most wrestling fans at the average WWE show. The wife and I went to a WWE house back in the fall of '04, and it was total hicksville. This was in Madison, WI...but most of the fans look like they had just rolled off the hay wagon.

Maybe next we'll be seeing old episodes of AWA wrestling on Adult Swim.

David Flair was under a WWE developmental contract for a while, IIRC, but was let go last year.

No, but he's too far on the left to attract most middle class Americans, IMO. This is the guy that said "the Republic party is basically just a bunch of Christian white guys." As a Christian white guy, this makes me question whether or not I should vote Democrat again in the future.

I couldn't agree more. If you crowd the plate, how can you complain about getting hit by an inside pitch every now and then? Frankly, he shouldn't be allowed to wear all that "armor" either.

From everything I've ever read or heard, Reagan gave lip service to being pro-life but never actually did anything to curb abortion, either while California governor or as president.

No, see, you guys don't get me. I HATE the current administration. I did support going to war when Iraq supposedly had WMDs, but since they obviously didn't, President Bush should be punished for his mistakes and lies. That's why I voted for John Kerry. I don't like the Democrats all that much because they have no coherent agenda, and Howard Dean was a terrible choice to be DNC chairman.

If they really did this, they have clearly devolved to some level of sub-humanity and need to be destroyed, because they clearly can't live in our society.

Brewers beat the Phillies, 3-2. Turnbow gets the win. Bill Hall makes a big defensive play to end the top of the 9th, after moving to shortstop from CF (JJ Hardy apparently got hurt), then ends up scoring the winning run after smashing a double. Is there anything this guy can't do?

Freedom means having all your information known by the government at all times (at least according to the neo-cons, apparently).

I guess if you consider conservatism to be completely pro-corporate (which mainly it has been in recent years), than yes, you're right.

Maybe there aren't any real major conservatives left. I dunno. I just get sick of hearing people on talk radio like Hannity and Rush talk about what a great conservative Bush is, when most of his moves are pretty internationalist. You are right, though, Bush is definitely pro-corporate. That's basically why he got elected. You also nailed the point about Reagan on the head...he was touted as being a great Republican president, but he created a huge deficit and a lot of middle class people suffered while he was president. But, he made people feel good about America, and that's what most people remember

I just say "No, it's all real!" and leave it at that.

As if having the Southside team win the World Series last year wasn't enough humiliation for Cubs fans...

Yes he is. Certainly not in terms of government spending, foreign policy, or immigration issues. I guess he's conservative in that he's pro-life but hasn't done anything to curb abortions, much like Republican deity Ronald Reagan.

I don't recall anyone at my high school having a cell phone or pager (I graduated in '98). I know another local school in the area banned pagers, because they figured they were being used by drug dealers.

Man, I know I've asked this before, how come no one never just shot Russo or something?

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, but at King of the Ring '98, the New Age Outlaws vs New Midnight Express (Bart Gunn and Bob Holly), was WWF World Tag Team Champions vs NWA World Tag Team Champions (though only the Outlaws' belts were on the line).

Well, is that really unfair though? I mean, how many matches has Rock wrestled, or how many episodes of RAW has Stacy Kiebler been on since they both got mainstream acceptance? I don't think it's so much shunning as "out of sight, out of mind." As far as what else you said originally, I agree that wrestling is seen as "un-cool" right now. But, I think a lot of that is WWE's fault. I mean, look at the average episode of Monday Night RAW: - Vince McMahon talking about how he's bigger than God, and making people kiss his ass (literally). - Women doing an imitation of wrestling, in bra and panties, hitting each other with pillows. - Ridiculous '80s style charicatures like Umaga, who appears to be some sort of Samoan caveman. (For the record, I kind of like Umaga, but it follows my point). - Kane involved in an angle tied to his movie, where he hates a certain release date, and beats up on his co-stars. - Matches that end in screw job finishes, week after week. How are people supposed to respect wrestling when WWE clearly doesn't respect the intelligence of their own viewers? In Japan, wrestling is generally seen as being legitimate, but part of that is because for the most part, promotions like New Japan and NOAH conduct themselves like legitimate sports leagues. Sure, they have angles and storylines, and even occasionally something offensive, but that stuff never dominates the show or overtakes the wrestling in the ring.

Most real conservatives have already realized that Bush is no conservative at all.

I was at Miller Park today...what a great game. Kind of an adventure towards the end, but a win's a win. Hopefully Bill Hall gets some recognition on national TV for that homer.

No need to panic. That's a good couple decades down the road before it ever makes it into our homes.

Kill 'em both.