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My god! Not a something another! You're really screwed now! HINT: It's difficult to determine the cause of an error message when you can't read the error message in question.

Generally speaking, everybody brings something of their own to the show sooner or later. Either ring skill, or mic skill, or both. RVD brought his self-styled offense and arguably a new type of laid-back cocky on-screen personality that could be seen as cool instead of heelish. Raven has been spoken of so many times as a guy with great ring talent (although I don't see it myself) when he feels like using it, and there's no denying he's got a unique style on the mic. Rhyno, on the other hand, is the most easily identifiable case of "go out and do what Paul tells you to do while Paul works the crowd into reacting to you." In the WWE, the guy's lone marketable phrase is more commonly associated with Paul than with him. He is the Heyman equivelant to every generic big guy the WWE puts on our TVs because they're sure that they can book anyone to get cheered or booed by the crowd as long as they're put over strongly enough. Except that in WWE, whenever they remember that they can't make the crowd WANT to see a guy no matter how strongly he's booked, they put that guy on Heat. In ECW, that guy gets a World title.

I think HHH already accepted the idea of being p-whipped for the rest of his life. It's simply the price to pay for being heir apparent to more money than you ever need to live comfortably.

I think a lot of people here are forgetting that Rhyno's entire gig basically revolved around Heyman using his ability to get anybody over and turning that up to the max. People here are acting like some great talent was just tossed to the winds, but if it wasn't for Heyman's art for promotion than Rhyno wouldn't be involved with the WWE at all, except maybe on the tear-down crew.

That's because a lot of us don't believe in "an eye for an eye" (quite literally, I guess) when it comes to prison torture. We're routinely one of the most advanced civilizations on the globe, so there's no reason for us to behave like the extremist scum we're trying to wipe out. Which is not to say that I think we should try to be mindful of every prisoner's favorite foods or something, but hey guys, Naked Human Pyramid Fridays are going to have to come to a halt, ok?

So, if, in some hypothetical reality, we're dealing with people from Arabic countries (not specifically terrorists, mind you) who broke the law, cutting off a hand or a head isn't necessarily out of the question?

The problem is that there is no regulation or standard as to how these people should handle the folks that they encounter. Police men, border patrol agents, they do. The last thing I want to see is some picture with shades of the Iraqi prison scandal, perhaps someone stripped of their clothes with a dog threatening them. I'm sure not everyone is like this, but you and I both know that rotten apples will spoil the barrel for everybody. It's not like all of these outlaw sherrifs are turning in their finds to the proper authorities to have them dealt with by the book.

That's what distinguished Dean as "The Outsider" and what makes Moore a kook. Aggressive politics does have it's advantages, as it organizes a base that may have lacked the will to try their hardest in the campaign, but it only really works well for the base, to the general public it looks like the party platform is to create a bunch of TV ads calling everyone who disagrees with them a nitwit. And that's sort of where the GOP has been since now, and it's really weird because their base helped them win a Presidential Election and can't get much more active than it already is. But still the frothing rampage continues, as they're now whipping at accusing courts that rule against their agenda of letting politics cloud their judgment. The reason why they're doing this is simply because it's the only part of government left that they can not say is swinged firmly on their side.

That comment was based on projections made in 1997 that have since been revised. Source plz (don't mean to be a smart-ass here, I'm actually curious...) I don't have all the details, but I do know that all predictions about the future of Social Security are based on the health of the economy. Since analysts kept expecting that the economy would stop growing eventually, they kept predicting trouble for social security and it would never happen, as the economy kept doing better and better. Things are on a decline, which gives them a bit more realistic of a view about when a problem will occur, but if the economy rises again (and more than a few people around here will tell you it will) then the date will likely be pushed off into a point in the future we can't determine again.

It also should be mentioned that WWE's makeup team does an absolute miracle job on these people. Go see many of the Divas without it and you'll see what I mean. She probably doesn't look all that different there than she did 2 years ago when the makeup was off. So comparing that improv'ed shot that probably wasn't as heavily made-up compared to the staged shot above or her endless list of TV appearances might not really be that fair. However, even the makeup team isn't able to wipe away those facial features, particularly that scowl. No question that she's Vince's daughter. Shane, on the other hand, takes more from Linda IMO, and won the genetics lottery as far as the face is concerned.

No, because protesters are too lazy to actually do the work. These guys are at least proving themselves able.

That's a seperate issue, and one that needs to be resolved in ways other than having a bunch of self-appointed supervisors using their own methods. Look, I suddently turn into an iron-hearted conservative when the subject of illegal immigrants comes up. But I think having a bunch of crackpots with questionable judgment sitting at the wall isn't a great idea. Part of that is because I have a mental image of a bunch of assorted hick types, some less sober than others, staking out positions and rambling on about "sending Jose back to where he should be." However, at least an equally large reason for my position is because I honestly believe it's far from great policy, and should be discouraged.

"Clinton said it" doesn't make it any more false. I don't know what to make of the Bill & George stuff, except Clinton is somewhat of a media whore and Bush may be seeking ways to connect with moderate Democrats without looking weak or compromised. Even though I don't like the guy, it's kind of unfortunate for him that he landed in the middle of a firestorm of the GOP's "Us VS Them, fight like it's life or death" brand of politics.

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First he ended some crappy heel's mega-run and now he's getting his own belt design? Holy crap, John Cena is the new Ultimate Warrior.

What I mean is that if they're truly interested in the issue they'd make it their responsibility by seeking employment in the BP. Then you have more badges and regulations, and less cowboy law enforcement and the harassment that's bound to come with it.

Maybe if these people cared so much, they'd volunteer for the Border Patrol?

Not even looking at the mams, when the hell did her whole body go to shit? I know she always had that toothy Rita Rudner smile, but her face looks like it's made of plastic for some reason (maybe just the light) and her arms got chunky.

It depends, really... If they're doing like they did to Bagwell when they dumped him after his shitty match with Booker T (and both guys joined the company around the same time, so it wouldn't shock me if they did,) they'll offer to keep paying him to not work anywhere else. Then they could offer him an additional one-time payout for the ECW show. And in that case, since a guy's gotta eat, and he can't get any other employer for his services lest lose even more money...

The internet blog explosion is not powered by politics. It simply came about due to how it is, due to a result of software being fairly easy to use and not very demanding on a site host. It also doesn't require any sponsorships or media network cooperation, like the radio shows do. The only political ramifications is that thanks to that popularity, windbags who formerly didn't know HTML well enough to run a web site where constrained to arguing with the other dingbats on messageboards. Hmm.... He was national, but even Michael Reagan is national. He didn't become #1 until Clinton. Dailykos has the kind of national name recognition that Rush has since when? Or even Matt Drudge?

No, that one was real heavy on story. This one is more or less a slightly modified recreation of the same Mr Driller game that appeared on multiple consoles around 2000. The import version of the DS game has far more features and content that got cut because the translation team was too lazy to read all that Japanese, but obviously if you're not fluent you're going to have some problems.

I'll rent it pretty quick. I have the PC version and hate it, I knew I'd hate it when I bought it but I just had to drool at the pretty graphics. Yes, I spent hundreds of dollars upgrading my system for a game I ultimately didn't like. But I did get Half-Life 2 running at max details so not all is lost. My main complaint with the game is that it tries to be a shitty Resident Evil clone instead of a real Doom game. Doom is, more or less, about an army of monsters running toward you with open claws while you mow them down with big guns. Not about running through dark corners trying to pop the Imp that magically spawns in front of you and behind you while switching around your weapons to use your ammo evenly. Beyond that, while the engine creates some of the greatest atmospheres ever seen in gaming, the map design is horribly outdated. It's bad enough that there's scenes where picking up a powerup activates a script that spawns a bunch of enemies in your face, but there's also moments where you'll enter empty rooms, just to have a wall, that should not be opening up for any reason, open up like a doorway to reveal a tiny little closet-sized room used for no other reason than to hold the monster that ambushes you. Yes, the graphics look like something out of 2007, but the map design is stuck in 1995, complete with little monster closets that open up out of nowhere. How fucking sad. Lastly, there's the whole "goddamn flashlight can't be used in conjunction with a fucking pistol because apparently this fucking MARINE doesn't know how to use both motherfucking hands" issue, but umpteen reviews, blogs, etc have touched on that. I do want to give XBL co-op a try, though. Might get the nerve to go face the beasties that were bothering me in the PC version if I can take them on with somebody else.

I say they use him as a guy who may appear on one brand one week and another the next, but isn't popping from brand to brand on the same week. You could get crowd support for a guy that basically has to jump over the wall to fight his opponents, has to depend on the crowd to count his own pinfalls, can't win any titles, and just wants to beat people up. It is just a new rebel babyface angle but it's a rebel babyface angle that's far more spontaneous than the last ones. They could finally integrate him into the real roster by having him get a "win" over one of the brands' champions, but finds out he's not winning the title because it wasn't a legit contest. Then have him confront a GM and demand a non-sanctioned anything goes match against a worker at the next PPV for a contract (ideally, the opponent will be someone who can go instead of dead weight) and that will fully integrate him into the roster. Yes, it's a lot of work, but if they just had Lesnar magically appear one night it would be at least three months of boos and "you sold out."

Again, I'll doubt it. Raw is live, which means they need to have an HD crew and a standard crew. SmackDown can be recorded entirely in HD then downconverted and cropped into a 4:3 shot. Also, if they're using Final Cut Pro, no wonder the video packages kick so much ass.