The Critic

OH, GOODY, ANOTHER "HOSS". ugh. Maybe they can hurry him into a feud with The Great Khali - THAT'LL move merch and raise buyrates!!! They just don't get it - if everyone's a HOSS, there's nothing special about being a HOSS anymore.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Nov 23, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) The going story for Sabu getting squashed at Raw by UUUUUUUUUMAGA is that he has shown up to work late and recently fell asleep at a show -- which management thought was offensive to other workers. If I were Vince, I'd get mad at the writers for coming up with horses*** storylines that can't even keep the workers awake. But that would mean holding Stephanie accountable, and that just ain't happening.

You asked for it - I found this link at Metal Sludge: http://captainoftheussinevitable.ytmnd.com/

I bought "The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA" DVD set yesterday. Damn, this brings back some awesome memories! The AWA was what I grew up with, and I'm REALLY grateful that Vince put this DVD out. Just wonderful.

The best part of wakin' up.....is shuffle in your cup! The Clash - Spanish Bombs Clowns For Progress - Mary Tyler Moore Theme Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen The Modern Temper - Has Anyone Left The Same? Thee Trash Brats - Senior Trip The Cult - Sun King The Ducks - Internet X-plorer Rise Against - Life Less Frightening The Cure - Temptation Two Metal Church - In The Blood

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 04:36 PM) If a guy can throw the N word directly at someone and still not be considered a racist, then what does he need to do? Suggest lynching them? No, wait - he did that..... ....Tell them to shut up while the white man is talking? No, wait - he did that too....

Today's shuffle: The U-Boats - Town Whore The Cartels - Generation X's Nirvana - Aneurysm Kiss - Sure Know Something Metallica - The Frayed Ends Of Sanity The Clash - Capital Radio Dinosaur Jr. - Grab It Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love? Supersuckers - Doublewide Face To Face - Everything Is Everything

QUOTE(Purdue129 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 12:02 PM) You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm now 99.9% sure you haven't seen the core of Joe's work. I've seen a mess of clips on the Net and basically everything he's done in TNA. If he saves his best stuff for high school gyms, that's not the most effective business plan, I don't think.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 10:10 PM) I'm with Jenks and LCR on this one. America will always try to find something to complain about. I do not think Michael Richards is a racist. I do think he was intoxicated and frustrated, and all the hate came out. Like LCR said, those aholes who decided to heckle him that night just chose the wrong night and he snapped. If it was a Asian, Latino, or Caucasion that was heckling him, they would have got it just as bad too. It happened to be african american and he snapped. And for reference, I am one of Carlos Mencia's biggest fans. People who don't like his comedy are the real racists. Listen to what he says, but before you do, knock down that wall you have that completely disregards and racial issues that are talked about, and really, REALLY listen to what he says. I dare anyone to tell me he's wrong. We don't know if Richards harbors the same hatred towards Asians, Latinos, or other Caucasians that he showed towards blacks, so it's impossible to say that other ethnicities would have gotten it just as bad. If it wasn't race-based, he could have tried to shut them up some other way, but he didn't. He went straight to the "good old days" of lynching, and then multiple N-bombs, and then "that's what happens when you interrupt the white man". Sorry, but that's racist. All of it. I don't know if you can say racist things without being a racist, but what he said was completely racist. And since it wasn't in the context of......well, ANYTHING.....then it has to stand on its own for what it is. A hateful, racist attack on someone. Whether or not the person doing the heckling was an obnoxious, bothersome ass, the racist slurs were wrong and indefensible. Richards didn't use intoxication as a defense, so I certainly won't, and even if he tried to, being drunk is not a defense for this. And I guess I'm also a racist, since I don't find Ned funny either. It's lowest common denominator "beaner" jokes, with nothing insightful, new or original about it. It's all been done before, and better.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 06:25 AM) Critic, there's just one thing to say to your Joe apathy and your dislike of the recent Raw. DAMN. HA! Nice! I'm sorry, I know the Joe Tribe is behind him all the way, but I just don't see anything special in him. He's not terrible, I just find him ordinary. Like a bloated, taller Scott Norton. And did you actually LIKE last Monday's Raw??? From the opening clusterf*** segment, to the Umaga squash of Sabu, to the poor Spirit Squad kid having to job to the 60-year-old, 86% body fat Dusty Rhodes to the "bag over her head" women's match (wrong woman wore the bag, by the way), to the Monday Nitro-esque "all hands on deck" sloppy run-in finish, it was just unbearable to me. I couldn't even find any morbid humor in it, that's how badly it sat with me.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 03:47 AM) Until the shrieking wakes you back up again. I'm gonna be interested to see if they get Edge another Valet now, since Lita is leaving after Sunday. No, I REALLY can't take that shrieking. I usually go channel-surfing after her entrance.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 05:32 PM) If you really want turkey just go to the Golden Corral... your kid can get a steak and you can have your turkey... Nahhh, I'm not bent on having turkey. We'll probably have that for Christmas dinner anyway. My wife makes a fairly kickass stir-fry, so that'll be just fine with me and the little one. My kid would still want shrimp at a restaurant - she has expensive tastes already, so I'm in trouble when she hits the teen years.

We're skipping the turkey entirely this year, as it turns out. The Mrs. has to work Thanksgiving night, and the kid doesn't like really like turkey, so we're doing a traditional beef and shrimp stir fry. Why waste the whole day cooking, when I could be doing yard work instead??

QUOTE(Purdue129 @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 04:40 PM) Nitro/Hardy even? I'm not a fan of ladder matches, to be honest. Too predictable, even for wrestling. It was okay for what it is, but I've seen too many of them, so I kinda zoned out. I'm really not a fan of gimmick matches in general, although TNA put a decent spin on the Cage/Rhino cage match with the weapons stipulation. And I lose interest in Nitro right after his manager's ring entrance.

RAW was absolute trash last night. Nothing whatsoever worth watching over the full 2 hours. I find myself looking forward to Thursdays far more than Mondays or Fridays lately.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 08:55 AM) It definately falls into the obscure category... I always said that if I was ever in a band (never happened, much to the rejoicing of eardrums everywhere), I would cover that song. I think it could be quite a rockin' little pop-punk tune.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 02:04 AM) 6. The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing My favorite Beatles song! ...is that weird?.... Anywho: 1 The Dragons - 3 Steps From The Bar 2 Machine Head - Block 3 The Wildhearts - Loves*** 4 Ben Folds - Dog 5 The Darkness - Get Your Hands Off My Woman 6 Venom - Metal Punk 7 100 Flowers - Our Fallout 8 The Ramones - I'm Affected 9 Alice Cooper - Acceptable (Anything For You) 10 Chinatown - Indians

I have no strong opinion on this. 9 million is a bit much for Pierre, but he'll swipe some bases and entertain the crowd with some hilarious 3-hop throws to the cutoff man.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 05:38 PM) Anyone else think that J.D Drew would have been a much better fit for the Cubs for CF, due to the better OBP? Would have been cheaper than Soriano as well. I don't know. Drew is more of an injury risk, but if the Cubs were interested in Zito at all, the "leftover" money would have at least given them a shot at aquiring Zito. As it stands, they're still going to strike out a lot, but they have a lot of bangers too. Without at least one new starter, they're still going to lose a lot of high-scoring games.

"Hey.....are we supposed to be wearing pants with these robes?" "I dunno....do you WANT to have pants on.....?"

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 04:13 PM) That Hendry is such a ZERO-just hear him talk-only makes me sick an idiot has an open checkbook Murton would help us in our vs. left handed problems, would he not? Yeah, he draws walks, has a pretty decent idea of the strike zone, and is not that bad of a glove in left - but he's not a leadoff hitter, and it's going to take a lot more than Matt Murton to pry away one of the Sox starters.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 04:00 PM) Also, doesn't he claim to be Mexican, but he's really German mixed with South American? I've heard he's part Honduran, I think? Not sure, I try not to pay much attention to him - I think he's awful. Not funny whatsoever.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 03:50 PM) I wouldn't go that far That's true. Mencia writes and prepares his racist, condescending "humor", Richards was ad-libbing his.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 02:48 PM) Breaking news: OJ's show and book have been CANCELLED! It's quite remarkable to me that a network with no shame could be shamed into cancelling this show.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 01:40 PM) Its hard to say for sure with that fuzzy video, but looking at the way he was moving and talking, I'd wager he was on something. Or maybe just really drunk. In vino veritas, Mel and Michael. I won't feel too bad if they both fizzle out and disappear from my TV. I'm guessing he's in rehab before Thanksgiving. And very apologetic. And still kind of done as far as mainstream Hollywood is concerned. "That's what happens when you interrupt the white man"????? To me, that's every bit as condescending and racist as his use of the Big N.