Ok so I have been lazy again... Sorry.
Hmm... Where to start? How's about the whole fillibuster deal?
THE FILLIBUSTER IS A USEFUL TOOL USED TO BALANCE POWER IN THE SENATE!! It is a tool that keeps one side from having a complete and unbalance control. What I find odd is the history of the fillibuster and what party used it...
Anyone know the longest fillibuster on record? The late REPUBLICAN (though he was a Democrat at the time, he was still a strong CONSERVATIVE) Strom Thurmond of SC. And you may feel free to correct me, but I think it was a civil rights bill he put so much effort into blocking with the fillibuster. I know he did fillibuster a civil rights bill either way.
But I'm not gonna spend anymore time on the fillibuster. All I can say is that if it is done away with, it'll be one screwed up thing. I'm sure the Republicans will be plenty anxious to get the fillibust back when they lose the majority in both houses of Congress.
Anywho, George W. Bush is an idiot. Did anyone else notice? lol.
Seriously, though. He doesn't support a woman's right to choose which is something I can't understand. He's so keen no 'pre-emptive' strikes and going after terrorists (both of which killed MANY innocent children) as well as capital punishment and... well... you never know... The unborn embryo could some day become a terrorist or commit a capital crime so by his policies involving pre-emptive actions, shouldn't he just kinda... take 'em out before they have the potential to possibly some day do something he doesn't like?
And before anyone says I'm being cruel, it's called SARCASM. He's an idiot and a hypocrite and I was only making a point.
Now onto John Bolton. Not only does he look like a stuffy, insane asshole... He IS a stuffy, insane asshole. Chasing woman while screaming at them in hotels, saying the UN does not exist, and that mustache... How the hell can he be our UN embassador?! HE SAID THE UN DID NOT EXIST!! He said it would not matter if the top ten floors of the UN building were torn off.
I really cannot see how the hell anyone could possibly use any amount of intelligence and still think he'd make a good embassador. Maybe he'll be in the top floor of the UN building when they tear it off of the building... That jerk.
Eddie Albert died a few days ago... For those who don't know, he was "Oliver Windell Douglas" in the 'Green Acres' TV show. He had just turned 99. He also was the warden in the orriginal 'The Longest Yard' movie.
I do believe that people at Guantanmo Bay in Cuba are being abused. Most are being held without representation and I have a feeling many are being abused. I dunno if they've flushed the Koran down the toilet or not but I do think it has been defiled. Apart from the accusations and accounts and all, I know how many Americans are and I know how they treat people and all and it's silly to think someone hasn't done something.
Luis Posada Carriles was arrested and I'm glad. He was a criminal. Yeah he did things to try to toss Castro and all but he was a criminal nonetheless. We'd be all angry and freakin' attack a country that tried to keep away a terrorist we were after.
The Schapelle Corby lady who is now in prison in Indonesia should be freed. I mean, the Aussies are looking into a smuggling scam that they've been looking at even before all of this went down. It's really unjust, I think. Some terrorist there plotted to kill some 90 Aussies in Indonesia and he got less than 3 years in prison as compared to 20 years she got. Injustice is crazy in other countries too which is almost comforting, lol.
I've heard they may be thinking of trading her for an Indonesian prisoner in Australia. I kinda hope that works out as long at it isn't too much of a criminal. But if it is, he'll be going to Indonesia so that'll be their problem, lol.
Is anyone else having NFL withdrawls? I dunno if I can make it 'til the season's start...
WWE is doing another 'draft' soon... Could be crappy... But it'll get things mixed up a bit and I'm a great fan of change.
Anywho, sorry I couldn't type more but I'm a little busy. I'll do more ASAP or whenever I can.
-=The Prynce
"I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and you father smelt of elderberries!"
-Frenchman Taunter
"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
-Sylvia Plath
Monday, May 30, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
Who'd Have Thought They'd Lead Ya Back Here Where We Need Ya?
Hm... No introduction today, straight to bussiness, eh?
I'll just start with some older news... Well... Like a week old.
So Terry Schiavo died. Its sad to see someone forced to starve to death no matter who you sided with. Personally, I didn't see where I could side with anyone but Terry. Her parents had a point in that she never told them what she'd want to do in that kind of a situation. And on the same side, it was kind of odd that Michael Schiavo just happened to remember his wife saying she woudln't want to live that way SEVEN YEARS after she'd been in that condition. And reports of them being at each others' necks the night she had the heart attack was suspicious, too. But even if none of that is reason to dislike the guy, the fact that he stopped seeking therapy for her REALLY does chap my ass. There could have been hope for her with therapy...
Well, that and the fact that he was involved with another woman whom he had two children with. That is OPEN adultry and I don't see how the courts didn't enull the marriage or force divorce or SOMETHING. I'm not sure what their options would have been but they should have done something.
But on the side of the husband, he DID go to school and became a nurse to learn how to better care for his wife. And legally, he had the right to decided if she was taken off of life support (which she wasn't on life support in reality) and he did.
Now, simply put... Congress did not belong in the matter. CHECKS AND BALANCES! SEPARATION OF POWERS! Do those phrases mean ANYTHING to the Republicans that lead the charge? Seems unlikely. But while they did go against the Constitution and commit an act that was probably bordering legality, I did support it... It was wrong but I wanted the woman to live. Is that hypocrytical?
But the thing that REALLY got me going was the Right's trying to use this to their advantage. They did and there is no denying it. Sure, they were upset when someone wrote a memo saying they should exploit it 'cause it was pretty much a given that they would and as Nixon learned, documentation can bite you in the ass.
But Bush... The man had the nerve to look into cameras and into people's eyes and say it was only right to "Err on the side of life." Son of a bitch! This is a man that sat idley by as 152 people were executed in his tenure as Texas governor! Of course he didn't sentence them himself, he wasn't the reason the executions were so rapid, and he didn't make the clemency laws. But he didn't try to CHANGE them, either. I REALLY dislike that guy.
For more about George W. Bush's "murders", go to http://www.bushkills.com/
Now the Pope. What a man, eh? Not that he was the best person to ever live or anything, but he was pretty cool. But he did do a lot of travelling and he wasn't unlike Ronald Reagan in that he was another "Great Communicator".
He's gonna be missed and remembered for all he did and the length of his 'reign' for a long, long time.
As could be expected, Republicans have already jumped on it and tried to draw parallels between themselves and the Pope when, in reality, one of the only things they had in common were there opposition to abortion. Did you know I don't like them much? lol.
Also rather recently, we lost Johnnie Cochran. What a great attorney he was, eh? Anyone who could get O.J. off is truly AMAZING. But apart from his job, he seemed to be a great dude. I saw him many times on TV like on Larry King and he was awesome. Dude had CHARISMA. He should have been an entertainer.
But he did do a lot. He was like a rabid dog when it came to civil rights. He wouldn't let up. He was truly a great man and he'll be missed without a doubt.
While on Cochran, I'm going to talk a little about one of his former clients, Michael Jackson.
Personally, I think Michael is innocent. Is he extremely quirky? Yes. Do I think he takes his relationships with children too far? PROBABLY. But that does not mean he has any sort of sexual or illegal relationship with them. I think he takes it too far by letting them stay at his house at all. And when people talk about how he lets kids sleep in his bed, he doesn't mean he's in the bed with them! He is either on the floor or in another room, from what I understand. You have to think about how MASSIVE this man's bedroom must be!
But although I think he's innocent, I wouldn't let my son stay there. As a parent, you are responsible to protect the well-being of your children. After the first allegations (which I also believe to be FALSE), that would be too much of a chance to be taking to let my child stay there. So I think that if he is found guilty, then the boy's parents should be prosecuted for CHILD ENDANGERMENT. If any of it is true, it is the fault of the parents for allowing it to have a chance to take place.
Now people may be saying that the parents are not out just to get money but... How true is that? These are criminal charges he was brough up on now but that's normally how these things would go. Criminal THEN civil. How much would you people like to bet me there will be a civil suit filed if he is found guilty (and maybe if he's ruled not-guilty!)? This way, it give more hope in winning the civil suit and getting MORE money.
So in conclusion... He's innocent. Leave the man alone. There's no law against being a weird fuck, which is his only crime.
Now here's a run-down for the 3/5/05 show, "Beach Bash" at Conway High School:
J-Sin lost to Ultra Dragon in what was actually a pretty cool match. J-Sin was a good heel that will probably be something some day if he works on his conditioning and in-ring skills. He can already work the crowd.
2 the Xtreme defeated Dark Riders of Appocalypse in a mildly entertaining match-up.
Danny $ won the 20 man Bunkhouse Stampede after eliminating Kim Chee (Who was VERY entertaining) in a match that included Rufis, J-Sin and Ultra Dragon.
Danny $ will go on to face AFE Champion DAVID FLAIR November 5th at "Generation Next" in Conway, SC once again.
In the Minies match, Short Sleeve Sampson defeated Todd Stone. It was a very entertaining match!
TWA-TNA and indie superstar SHARKBOY got the win over Man Child. Sharkboy made this match. I thought the persona of Sharkboy seemed cheesey as hell but after seeing him in a match, he was GREAT. He worked the crowd like no one else that night except for Foley and Stro.
Mick Foley then made a speech and donated a $2000 check to McCleod Children's Hospital.
Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young defeated The Bounty Hunters with Gail Kim. It was an ok match with two Bronco Busters by Mae. I was kind of transfixed on GAIL KIM the entire time, though. What a woman... Yumm...
Gail ended up turning on her team.
The Stro beat The Barbarian w/ Fabulous Playboy by DQ after a run-in by Dark Riders of the Appocalypse. 2 the Xtreme ran in to help Stro and they made a match for "Generation Next" in which, if Stro and 2 the Xtreme win, Fabulous Playboy will shave his mullet and if Barbarian and Dark Riders win, Playboy will take over a local DJ's radio show for a few weeks. He will be handcuffed to the DJ during the match.
David Flair came out the winner in a 3-way match with Buff Bagwell and Rick Steiner to be crowned the first AFE Champion. Flair worked the crowd well by saying his dad told him people in Conway had the ugliest kids. He's just a lil 'Naitch... very entertaining.
This match was GREAT! Buff truly was still BUFF. Steiner hasn't changed a bit, either. Steiner helped Buff during the match but turned on him and walked out to give Flair the win.
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka took the win again Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in a steel cage match with Mick Foley as the referee. Foley ended up shoving Sock-O deep in Valentine's mouth after Valentine got physical with Foley, as he was warned before the match.
The match was really good but short. I'd have liked to see it go on at least ten more minutes.
Well, that's about it for tonight. I'll post more ASAP. This was just a quick post, really. Stay tuned!
-=The Prynce
I'll just start with some older news... Well... Like a week old.
So Terry Schiavo died. Its sad to see someone forced to starve to death no matter who you sided with. Personally, I didn't see where I could side with anyone but Terry. Her parents had a point in that she never told them what she'd want to do in that kind of a situation. And on the same side, it was kind of odd that Michael Schiavo just happened to remember his wife saying she woudln't want to live that way SEVEN YEARS after she'd been in that condition. And reports of them being at each others' necks the night she had the heart attack was suspicious, too. But even if none of that is reason to dislike the guy, the fact that he stopped seeking therapy for her REALLY does chap my ass. There could have been hope for her with therapy...
Well, that and the fact that he was involved with another woman whom he had two children with. That is OPEN adultry and I don't see how the courts didn't enull the marriage or force divorce or SOMETHING. I'm not sure what their options would have been but they should have done something.
But on the side of the husband, he DID go to school and became a nurse to learn how to better care for his wife. And legally, he had the right to decided if she was taken off of life support (which she wasn't on life support in reality) and he did.
Now, simply put... Congress did not belong in the matter. CHECKS AND BALANCES! SEPARATION OF POWERS! Do those phrases mean ANYTHING to the Republicans that lead the charge? Seems unlikely. But while they did go against the Constitution and commit an act that was probably bordering legality, I did support it... It was wrong but I wanted the woman to live. Is that hypocrytical?
But the thing that REALLY got me going was the Right's trying to use this to their advantage. They did and there is no denying it. Sure, they were upset when someone wrote a memo saying they should exploit it 'cause it was pretty much a given that they would and as Nixon learned, documentation can bite you in the ass.
But Bush... The man had the nerve to look into cameras and into people's eyes and say it was only right to "Err on the side of life." Son of a bitch! This is a man that sat idley by as 152 people were executed in his tenure as Texas governor! Of course he didn't sentence them himself, he wasn't the reason the executions were so rapid, and he didn't make the clemency laws. But he didn't try to CHANGE them, either. I REALLY dislike that guy.
For more about George W. Bush's "murders", go to http://www.bushkills.com/
Now the Pope. What a man, eh? Not that he was the best person to ever live or anything, but he was pretty cool. But he did do a lot of travelling and he wasn't unlike Ronald Reagan in that he was another "Great Communicator".
He's gonna be missed and remembered for all he did and the length of his 'reign' for a long, long time.
As could be expected, Republicans have already jumped on it and tried to draw parallels between themselves and the Pope when, in reality, one of the only things they had in common were there opposition to abortion. Did you know I don't like them much? lol.
Also rather recently, we lost Johnnie Cochran. What a great attorney he was, eh? Anyone who could get O.J. off is truly AMAZING. But apart from his job, he seemed to be a great dude. I saw him many times on TV like on Larry King and he was awesome. Dude had CHARISMA. He should have been an entertainer.
But he did do a lot. He was like a rabid dog when it came to civil rights. He wouldn't let up. He was truly a great man and he'll be missed without a doubt.
While on Cochran, I'm going to talk a little about one of his former clients, Michael Jackson.
Personally, I think Michael is innocent. Is he extremely quirky? Yes. Do I think he takes his relationships with children too far? PROBABLY. But that does not mean he has any sort of sexual or illegal relationship with them. I think he takes it too far by letting them stay at his house at all. And when people talk about how he lets kids sleep in his bed, he doesn't mean he's in the bed with them! He is either on the floor or in another room, from what I understand. You have to think about how MASSIVE this man's bedroom must be!
But although I think he's innocent, I wouldn't let my son stay there. As a parent, you are responsible to protect the well-being of your children. After the first allegations (which I also believe to be FALSE), that would be too much of a chance to be taking to let my child stay there. So I think that if he is found guilty, then the boy's parents should be prosecuted for CHILD ENDANGERMENT. If any of it is true, it is the fault of the parents for allowing it to have a chance to take place.
Now people may be saying that the parents are not out just to get money but... How true is that? These are criminal charges he was brough up on now but that's normally how these things would go. Criminal THEN civil. How much would you people like to bet me there will be a civil suit filed if he is found guilty (and maybe if he's ruled not-guilty!)? This way, it give more hope in winning the civil suit and getting MORE money.
So in conclusion... He's innocent. Leave the man alone. There's no law against being a weird fuck, which is his only crime.
Now here's a run-down for the 3/5/05 show, "Beach Bash" at Conway High School:
J-Sin lost to Ultra Dragon in what was actually a pretty cool match. J-Sin was a good heel that will probably be something some day if he works on his conditioning and in-ring skills. He can already work the crowd.
2 the Xtreme defeated Dark Riders of Appocalypse in a mildly entertaining match-up.
Danny $ won the 20 man Bunkhouse Stampede after eliminating Kim Chee (Who was VERY entertaining) in a match that included Rufis, J-Sin and Ultra Dragon.
Danny $ will go on to face AFE Champion DAVID FLAIR November 5th at "Generation Next" in Conway, SC once again.
In the Minies match, Short Sleeve Sampson defeated Todd Stone. It was a very entertaining match!
TWA-TNA and indie superstar SHARKBOY got the win over Man Child. Sharkboy made this match. I thought the persona of Sharkboy seemed cheesey as hell but after seeing him in a match, he was GREAT. He worked the crowd like no one else that night except for Foley and Stro.
Mick Foley then made a speech and donated a $2000 check to McCleod Children's Hospital.
Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young defeated The Bounty Hunters with Gail Kim. It was an ok match with two Bronco Busters by Mae. I was kind of transfixed on GAIL KIM the entire time, though. What a woman... Yumm...
Gail ended up turning on her team.
The Stro beat The Barbarian w/ Fabulous Playboy by DQ after a run-in by Dark Riders of the Appocalypse. 2 the Xtreme ran in to help Stro and they made a match for "Generation Next" in which, if Stro and 2 the Xtreme win, Fabulous Playboy will shave his mullet and if Barbarian and Dark Riders win, Playboy will take over a local DJ's radio show for a few weeks. He will be handcuffed to the DJ during the match.
David Flair came out the winner in a 3-way match with Buff Bagwell and Rick Steiner to be crowned the first AFE Champion. Flair worked the crowd well by saying his dad told him people in Conway had the ugliest kids. He's just a lil 'Naitch... very entertaining.
This match was GREAT! Buff truly was still BUFF. Steiner hasn't changed a bit, either. Steiner helped Buff during the match but turned on him and walked out to give Flair the win.
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka took the win again Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in a steel cage match with Mick Foley as the referee. Foley ended up shoving Sock-O deep in Valentine's mouth after Valentine got physical with Foley, as he was warned before the match.
The match was really good but short. I'd have liked to see it go on at least ten more minutes.
Well, that's about it for tonight. I'll post more ASAP. This was just a quick post, really. Stay tuned!
-=The Prynce
Sunday, April 10, 2005
I Remember When Rock Was Young... -- INCOMPLETE POST FROM A WHILE AGO. I DO NOT HAVE THE DATE FOR IT
Well here I am again. Nothing better to do than post another entry. I've been a little busy lately so forgive my slowness in updating.
Well, yesterday was rather uneventful. I went to Shannon's and we went to Shoney's and went back to her house and that's about it.
The day before was better. I got up early and Shannon came over and Darrell, Shannon, and I went to the Dillon County Complex so Darrell and I could see if they had any jobs worth trying for at job service. They didn't really have anything good but Darrell went to this thingy and talked to the people about different jobs and he told me to come in there with him so I went and we applied for jobs with a lumber company. We started talking to the ladies in there about hauntings and shit and ghosts after Darrell said something like "Too bad we can't get a job using our real talents" and I was like "We have talents?" and he was like "I mean 'paranormal investigation'" and the women in there were like talking about their experiences with ghosts and shit and one of them lives near Montrose and told us she used to go down there all the time and she said she'd been to Alice's grave and shit. It was cool. So we left there and went to Shannon's b/c she and I had a class at like 3:45 so we couldn't go where we had wanted to just yet.
So Shannon and I went to her class about breast feeding (she's pregnant for those of you who don't know) and it was pretty cool. Lots of videos with boobies. lol. You'd think "Ah, fat woman with icky droopy boobies" but they were cool boobies. I'll shut up... lol.
Well later, Darrell called and asked if I would be busy at about 8PM (He knew I had nothing to do lol) and that if I was free we could go check out some haunted sites. So I took a nap and woke up at 8 expecting he would show up around 8:15 at best but he was there at 8:03! I was amazed and shit! lol.
We went to a store on the other side of town for Shannon then we headed to McColl. We got there and Darrell got some money from his grandmother and then got some more gas and we headed through Bennitsville(sp?) and we pulled over in some cemetery that covered two sides of the road. We road on the first side and we were all creeped out. It was pretty creepy looking in there. We saw a Moselium(sp?) on that side but he said it wasn't the one he wanted to show us so we went to the other side and we found it and it was good and creepy. It was big and round and made of stone and it was there since like 1910 I think it said. We went to the other side of the cemetery again and we went over to the first moselium(sp?) we had seen and went up to it and inside the gate and we walked up to it and Shannon opened the doors and there was all kinds of weird shit down in there. It was kind of creepy.
But anyway, we left there and headed to Colonel Kolb's Tomb between Bennetsville and Society Hill. We turned down Col. Kolb's Tomb Rd. and that alone was plenty creepy. Then we found the tomb itself and it was kind of cool. It wasn't too creepy but the area around it was. We heard a little something in the woods and Darrell said he saw a person in the woods and then we went down to the river which is right behind it and we heard shit in the river.
While at the River, we heard what sounded like a car coming up and then we saw headlights so we took off back to the car to see who it was and a truck full of rednecks circled around the tomb and were like "Ya'll have permission to be out here?" and we were like "Uh..." and they were like "You know who's land this is?" and we were like "No." and they were like "Well we own this land and we don't want no trouble but we use it for coon hunting and we don't want nobody to fuck it up. Ya'll need to get going and not come back here no more." and we got in the car and left since we had only one pocket nice between us and we didn't know what they had. We were pretty sure they didn't own it but we couldn't prove it just then... More on that later.
So we left there and all that shit and the hicks followed us all the way back to town and we were looking for a place to pull over to see if they would follow us but when we got into town they turned off. Shannon and I were flipping them off almost the whole time back.
Then we went back to Dillon and that was that for that night.
Well, yesterday was rather uneventful. I went to Shannon's and we went to Shoney's and went back to her house and that's about it.
The day before was better. I got up early and Shannon came over and Darrell, Shannon, and I went to the Dillon County Complex so Darrell and I could see if they had any jobs worth trying for at job service. They didn't really have anything good but Darrell went to this thingy and talked to the people about different jobs and he told me to come in there with him so I went and we applied for jobs with a lumber company. We started talking to the ladies in there about hauntings and shit and ghosts after Darrell said something like "Too bad we can't get a job using our real talents" and I was like "We have talents?" and he was like "I mean 'paranormal investigation'" and the women in there were like talking about their experiences with ghosts and shit and one of them lives near Montrose and told us she used to go down there all the time and she said she'd been to Alice's grave and shit. It was cool. So we left there and went to Shannon's b/c she and I had a class at like 3:45 so we couldn't go where we had wanted to just yet.
So Shannon and I went to her class about breast feeding (she's pregnant for those of you who don't know) and it was pretty cool. Lots of videos with boobies. lol. You'd think "Ah, fat woman with icky droopy boobies" but they were cool boobies. I'll shut up... lol.
Well later, Darrell called and asked if I would be busy at about 8PM (He knew I had nothing to do lol) and that if I was free we could go check out some haunted sites. So I took a nap and woke up at 8 expecting he would show up around 8:15 at best but he was there at 8:03! I was amazed and shit! lol.
We went to a store on the other side of town for Shannon then we headed to McColl. We got there and Darrell got some money from his grandmother and then got some more gas and we headed through Bennitsville(sp?) and we pulled over in some cemetery that covered two sides of the road. We road on the first side and we were all creeped out. It was pretty creepy looking in there. We saw a Moselium(sp?) on that side but he said it wasn't the one he wanted to show us so we went to the other side and we found it and it was good and creepy. It was big and round and made of stone and it was there since like 1910 I think it said. We went to the other side of the cemetery again and we went over to the first moselium(sp?) we had seen and went up to it and inside the gate and we walked up to it and Shannon opened the doors and there was all kinds of weird shit down in there. It was kind of creepy.
But anyway, we left there and headed to Colonel Kolb's Tomb between Bennetsville and Society Hill. We turned down Col. Kolb's Tomb Rd. and that alone was plenty creepy. Then we found the tomb itself and it was kind of cool. It wasn't too creepy but the area around it was. We heard a little something in the woods and Darrell said he saw a person in the woods and then we went down to the river which is right behind it and we heard shit in the river.
While at the River, we heard what sounded like a car coming up and then we saw headlights so we took off back to the car to see who it was and a truck full of rednecks circled around the tomb and were like "Ya'll have permission to be out here?" and we were like "Uh..." and they were like "You know who's land this is?" and we were like "No." and they were like "Well we own this land and we don't want no trouble but we use it for coon hunting and we don't want nobody to fuck it up. Ya'll need to get going and not come back here no more." and we got in the car and left since we had only one pocket nice between us and we didn't know what they had. We were pretty sure they didn't own it but we couldn't prove it just then... More on that later.
So we left there and all that shit and the hicks followed us all the way back to town and we were looking for a place to pull over to see if they would follow us but when we got into town they turned off. Shannon and I were flipping them off almost the whole time back.
Then we went back to Dillon and that was that for that night.
Monday, April 04, 2005
What More in the Name of Love?
I've been lazy the past few days and haven't had a chance to post yet but I thought I needed to today.
This day in 1968, a great life was senselessly brought to an end by ignorance. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis motel.
I felt that I should post something today to the memory of him and while time is short, I'd just like to say that he was a brilliant mind that wanted nothing more than harmony and peace through peaceful means. He was not a bigot or a racist as most bigots and racists will claim. He was a loving man who wanted ALL people to be free.
But as I said, time is short so I decieded to just post the lyrics to a GREAT son by U2 that is about this great man. Read it. Enjoy.
-=The Prynce
This day in 1968, a great life was senselessly brought to an end by ignorance. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis motel.
I felt that I should post something today to the memory of him and while time is short, I'd just like to say that he was a brilliant mind that wanted nothing more than harmony and peace through peaceful means. He was not a bigot or a racist as most bigots and racists will claim. He was a loving man who wanted ALL people to be free.
But as I said, time is short so I decieded to just post the lyrics to a GREAT son by U2 that is about this great man. Read it. Enjoy.
-=The Prynce
| Pride (In The Name Of Love) |
| by U2 |
| One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come, he to justify One man to overthrow In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach. One man betrayed with a kiss In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love (nobody like you...) Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love... |
Friday, April 01, 2005
Now They Know How Many Holes it Takes to Fill Up Albert Hall
Sorry! Been busy and all so I haven't updated. I know you all hate me now but... It was to be expected. lol.
I recently had an EXCITING weekend in which I met two of the greatest wrestlers of all time! And I got to see them both in action LIVE and I got a picture with them both. But more on that later...
But for now... Let's talk movies.
1/7/05, I went early in the day to see the first showing of "White Noise" in Florence, SC. I had been waiting since before November to see this film! I wasn't at all disappointed.
Now I know that most of you may not know of this movie 'cause it did rather poorly at the box office. But it was GREAT. I'm not much of a Micheal Keaton fan, but he did an amazing job in this movie.
The basic premise of the movie is this: Dude's wife dies in what is thought to be an accident and after her death, some creepy fat guy stalks him and tells him his wife contacted him through EVP, which is the REAL LIFE phenomena in which 'ghost voices' are imposed on to tape when you record something. Well he tells dude to fuck off in so many words and he does but leaves him with his card. He ends up calling him and hearing from his wife and becomes obsessed.
The movie have MANY creepy moments, such as him getting a call on his cell where the number shows up as his dead wife's number after she'd been dead for months. Another series of creepy moments is the three 'beings' that keep showing up on his 'visual EVP' or whatever you'd like to call it.
Overall, this is a pretty long thriller/horror movie. I think it bombed at the box office because people though the whole thing was too unbelievable while still not over-the-edge. But as a ghost hunter, I knew about EVP's existance MANY years before this movie came out. It is very much REAL. It was not created for this movie. It does make you question its safety, though.
Anywho, I challange you all to go see it or rent it when it comes out and to keep in mind that it is based on something that is REAL. That being known may make the movie 100 times better for you.
Keeping with the theme of horror movies, I just recently saw "The Exorcist: The Beginning" and lemme tell ya... I'm glad I waited until it came out on video. It's kind of weak. I know most others say the same about the first hour and a half of the original but by comparision, the original is ACTION PACKED for the first half. The back-story itself was pretty good and could have made for a great movie but instead, it was 2 hours of them trying to capitalize on everything the original was but with more advanced special effects. Regardless of how much was spent on effects, it was too little to save the movie.
The commercials I had seen made the movie seem really scary and interesting but... How little they DO tell! It was like if the original "Exorist" and that one "Omen" movie where they got all historic and archeological got together and had a child who then went on to have a child with frickin' "Gili" or some other horrid movie and this was the spawn of that in that it has a touch of both (or at least it seems to borrow heavily from them both) and then it's just watered down with urine and released as this.
But overall, the acting was good. If I had my way, the actors and actresses would be the only cast memebers getting paid. Not to say it was Academy Award winning acting, but juxtaposed to the rest of the elements of the movie, it was the only good point.
Since I've last posted, I've also seen two more Kevin Smith films. I FINALLY saw all of Chasing Amy and it is the BEST of his films I've ever seen. GREAT comedy, a GREAT romance that's just really sad and of course, that GREAT Kevin Smith writing.
And I got Mallrats from Ebay a while ago and it was the crap! I've heard it called Kevin Smith's worse film, but I was in stitches throughout! I mean, it did seem to be more of a reason to just goof off and be weird but it was entertaining! ** But c'mon! It brought us the classic lines: "I eat peices of shit like you for breakfast!" "You eat peices of shit for breakfast?"
Anywho, I DO digress.
What I was talking about at first with meeting wrestlers... On 3/5/05, I got four autographs and a picture with THE HARDCORE LEGEND, MICK FOLEY! For those of you who don't know him by that name, he is also known as Cactus Jack, Mankind, and Dude Love... Or just Frank (Read his book you'll understand. lol)
I got him to sign my copy of his first book, the picture I had taken with him, my hoodie, and my cell phone. I no longer have the cell phone, though, as it was a peice of shit and my dad had it traded in. All's well, though. His signature was rubbed 98% off already.
A memorable story about Mister Foley... As I was coming in the line to get some stuff signed, my friend was just ahead of me. He asked, "So when's the next book coming out, Mick?" to which he replied something like "Ah, this April. It's gonna be a novel." and I, being in awe of seeing my WRESTLING IDOL, had a brain fart and was lost for meaningful response so I mustered all that I could... "Oh, cool. Is it going to be fictional or what, then?" to which he replied, "Well... Most novels DO tend to be fictional..."
...
I HAD JUST BE INSULTED BY MY IDOL! FUCKIN' AYE!
My excitement may not make any sense to most of you but it shows he thought enough about me (be it good or bad) to say to me the equivilant of "DUH You stupid shit!" and that's something I'll ALWAYS remember.
But... yeah. In reality, I think he did mean it to be insulting. He seemed to genuinely dislike me and kept giving me rather nasty looks. But to be disliked is still to be noticed so I'm flattered either way... Though deep inside, I'm hoping I just looked like one of his childhood friends or something. lol.
But if that wasn't enough, I also got a picture taken with the man that inspired Foley to wrestle in the first place, JIMMY "SUPERFLY" SNUKA!! I don't have a copy of the picture in my possesion, but I'm expecting a copy of it from my friend Darrell really soon!
On the day before this, I went down to the beach and stopped off at Conway to go to the wrestlers' autograph session. I met MANY wrestlers including Danny $(Dollar), The Barbarian, The Fabulous Playboy, SharkBoy, The Stro, Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, and Diamond Lil!
Barbarian is sooo cool! He really can't speak English very well! And what a large MONSTER he is! My friend told him he'd pay him to get a picture of him powerbombing me through a table. lol.
All of the others were great too, though. The most down to earth seemed to be Shark Boy and Stro (which is kind of shocking 'cause they've had a great taste of fame at the very least) and also Danny Dollar and Barbarian.
Barbarian was takling to his manager about what time the session would be over 'cause he said he was hungry. "Around six or so.", said his manager, The Fabulous Playboy.
"Ah. I be really hungry by then", responded the Barbarian.
My friend Darrell turned to me and said, "You heard the Barbarian! Go get him a sandwich!" to which Danny Dollar replied, "I think it will take a little more than one sandwich..."
Barbarian was hard to understand but still managed to say something that nearly had us all in stitches... "Maybe half a cow!"... I don't know why it was so funny. I guess it was just the way he said it. Well... That and the fact that I've been watching him on TV FOREVER and had just bought a picture of him from the 80's with his tag partner and Mr. Fuji.
Anyway, as I said earlier, I met The Stro. He wrestled in WCW as The Maestro shortly before they went under and I've known him very slightly through a friend who's site I used to do. But I talked to him a little bit about our mutial friend and he seemed to be a great guy. He told me he's going to be on a few episodes of "One Tree Hill" on the WB in April and he's going to be in TWO movies coming up. I don't know if they'll be B movies or what, but I'd love to see 'em!
He had a match against Barbarian at the show and it was GREAT. I've never seen him wrestle before and now that I have, I don't get how he's still in the indies. He's really good in there.
For more about The Stro, cruise on over to http://www.thestro.com/ !
I'll post a full review of the match results next time I post but as for now, I'm gonna just say goodnight.
Check back soon to see my comments on some of the latest news stories including the Pope's failing health, Terry Shiavo's death, and the death of the great JOHNNIE COCHRAN.
I swear I'll try to update in the next 7 days...
-=The Prynce
** Denotes the point at which I started again on 4/1/05. The rest of this above this point was written around 8PM on 3/11/05.
I recently had an EXCITING weekend in which I met two of the greatest wrestlers of all time! And I got to see them both in action LIVE and I got a picture with them both. But more on that later...
But for now... Let's talk movies.
1/7/05, I went early in the day to see the first showing of "White Noise" in Florence, SC. I had been waiting since before November to see this film! I wasn't at all disappointed.
Now I know that most of you may not know of this movie 'cause it did rather poorly at the box office. But it was GREAT. I'm not much of a Micheal Keaton fan, but he did an amazing job in this movie.
The basic premise of the movie is this: Dude's wife dies in what is thought to be an accident and after her death, some creepy fat guy stalks him and tells him his wife contacted him through EVP, which is the REAL LIFE phenomena in which 'ghost voices' are imposed on to tape when you record something. Well he tells dude to fuck off in so many words and he does but leaves him with his card. He ends up calling him and hearing from his wife and becomes obsessed.
The movie have MANY creepy moments, such as him getting a call on his cell where the number shows up as his dead wife's number after she'd been dead for months. Another series of creepy moments is the three 'beings' that keep showing up on his 'visual EVP' or whatever you'd like to call it.
Overall, this is a pretty long thriller/horror movie. I think it bombed at the box office because people though the whole thing was too unbelievable while still not over-the-edge. But as a ghost hunter, I knew about EVP's existance MANY years before this movie came out. It is very much REAL. It was not created for this movie. It does make you question its safety, though.
Anywho, I challange you all to go see it or rent it when it comes out and to keep in mind that it is based on something that is REAL. That being known may make the movie 100 times better for you.
Keeping with the theme of horror movies, I just recently saw "The Exorcist: The Beginning" and lemme tell ya... I'm glad I waited until it came out on video. It's kind of weak. I know most others say the same about the first hour and a half of the original but by comparision, the original is ACTION PACKED for the first half. The back-story itself was pretty good and could have made for a great movie but instead, it was 2 hours of them trying to capitalize on everything the original was but with more advanced special effects. Regardless of how much was spent on effects, it was too little to save the movie.
The commercials I had seen made the movie seem really scary and interesting but... How little they DO tell! It was like if the original "Exorist" and that one "Omen" movie where they got all historic and archeological got together and had a child who then went on to have a child with frickin' "Gili" or some other horrid movie and this was the spawn of that in that it has a touch of both (or at least it seems to borrow heavily from them both) and then it's just watered down with urine and released as this.
But overall, the acting was good. If I had my way, the actors and actresses would be the only cast memebers getting paid. Not to say it was Academy Award winning acting, but juxtaposed to the rest of the elements of the movie, it was the only good point.
Since I've last posted, I've also seen two more Kevin Smith films. I FINALLY saw all of Chasing Amy and it is the BEST of his films I've ever seen. GREAT comedy, a GREAT romance that's just really sad and of course, that GREAT Kevin Smith writing.
And I got Mallrats from Ebay a while ago and it was the crap! I've heard it called Kevin Smith's worse film, but I was in stitches throughout! I mean, it did seem to be more of a reason to just goof off and be weird but it was entertaining! ** But c'mon! It brought us the classic lines: "I eat peices of shit like you for breakfast!" "You eat peices of shit for breakfast?"
Anywho, I DO digress.
What I was talking about at first with meeting wrestlers... On 3/5/05, I got four autographs and a picture with THE HARDCORE LEGEND, MICK FOLEY! For those of you who don't know him by that name, he is also known as Cactus Jack, Mankind, and Dude Love... Or just Frank (Read his book you'll understand. lol)
I got him to sign my copy of his first book, the picture I had taken with him, my hoodie, and my cell phone. I no longer have the cell phone, though, as it was a peice of shit and my dad had it traded in. All's well, though. His signature was rubbed 98% off already.
A memorable story about Mister Foley... As I was coming in the line to get some stuff signed, my friend was just ahead of me. He asked, "So when's the next book coming out, Mick?" to which he replied something like "Ah, this April. It's gonna be a novel." and I, being in awe of seeing my WRESTLING IDOL, had a brain fart and was lost for meaningful response so I mustered all that I could... "Oh, cool. Is it going to be fictional or what, then?" to which he replied, "Well... Most novels DO tend to be fictional..."
...
I HAD JUST BE INSULTED BY MY IDOL! FUCKIN' AYE!
My excitement may not make any sense to most of you but it shows he thought enough about me (be it good or bad) to say to me the equivilant of "DUH You stupid shit!" and that's something I'll ALWAYS remember.
But... yeah. In reality, I think he did mean it to be insulting. He seemed to genuinely dislike me and kept giving me rather nasty looks. But to be disliked is still to be noticed so I'm flattered either way... Though deep inside, I'm hoping I just looked like one of his childhood friends or something. lol.
But if that wasn't enough, I also got a picture taken with the man that inspired Foley to wrestle in the first place, JIMMY "SUPERFLY" SNUKA!! I don't have a copy of the picture in my possesion, but I'm expecting a copy of it from my friend Darrell really soon!
On the day before this, I went down to the beach and stopped off at Conway to go to the wrestlers' autograph session. I met MANY wrestlers including Danny $(Dollar), The Barbarian, The Fabulous Playboy, SharkBoy, The Stro, Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, and Diamond Lil!
Barbarian is sooo cool! He really can't speak English very well! And what a large MONSTER he is! My friend told him he'd pay him to get a picture of him powerbombing me through a table. lol.
All of the others were great too, though. The most down to earth seemed to be Shark Boy and Stro (which is kind of shocking 'cause they've had a great taste of fame at the very least) and also Danny Dollar and Barbarian.
Barbarian was takling to his manager about what time the session would be over 'cause he said he was hungry. "Around six or so.", said his manager, The Fabulous Playboy.
"Ah. I be really hungry by then", responded the Barbarian.
My friend Darrell turned to me and said, "You heard the Barbarian! Go get him a sandwich!" to which Danny Dollar replied, "I think it will take a little more than one sandwich..."
Barbarian was hard to understand but still managed to say something that nearly had us all in stitches... "Maybe half a cow!"... I don't know why it was so funny. I guess it was just the way he said it. Well... That and the fact that I've been watching him on TV FOREVER and had just bought a picture of him from the 80's with his tag partner and Mr. Fuji.
Anyway, as I said earlier, I met The Stro. He wrestled in WCW as The Maestro shortly before they went under and I've known him very slightly through a friend who's site I used to do. But I talked to him a little bit about our mutial friend and he seemed to be a great guy. He told me he's going to be on a few episodes of "One Tree Hill" on the WB in April and he's going to be in TWO movies coming up. I don't know if they'll be B movies or what, but I'd love to see 'em!
He had a match against Barbarian at the show and it was GREAT. I've never seen him wrestle before and now that I have, I don't get how he's still in the indies. He's really good in there.
For more about The Stro, cruise on over to http://www.thestro.com/ !
I'll post a full review of the match results next time I post but as for now, I'm gonna just say goodnight.
Check back soon to see my comments on some of the latest news stories including the Pope's failing health, Terry Shiavo's death, and the death of the great JOHNNIE COCHRAN.
I swear I'll try to update in the next 7 days...
-=The Prynce
** Denotes the point at which I started again on 4/1/05. The rest of this above this point was written around 8PM on 3/11/05.
Sunday, November 28, 2004
The Tussin, The Tussin! - (INCOMPLETE POST FROM 11/28/04. ACTUALLY POSTED 1/10/05 @ 7:44PM)
Hello everyone! I got lazy again so forgive me... or blow me. :-P
Well let me start with the most recent things...
Looks like Bush's tactics from 2000 have rubbed off onto Ukraine. There's speculation that the recent winner for leader over there actually cheated. I think the US is backing the effort to get to the real results. Good for us. Now we actually care about true democracy.
Some groups are wanting to push back the elections in Iraq. I don't know what I think on this... We've made such a mess over there that no matter who is elected, eventually it is going to revert right back to a dictatorship when we finally get the hell out of there. This whole war is just nonsense and should have never taken place.
Speaking of the war, though, I finally saw Farenhiet 9/11 and... wow. Micheal Moore did it AGAIN! It started kind of slow with the whole Bin Laden family's connection to the Bush family and regime but while it was the source of a few really good points and questions, in the end it was redundent. They had like 20 people all saying the same things. Micheal Moore was trying to drive that home too well and it ended up being annoying...
But luckily, that was just the beginning! The rest of the movie was AMAZING! It showed the gorey trueth of what is happening to our guys over there and their civilians, too. It shows how just before the war, things in Iraq where great! Totalitarian my ass! I think this movie sort of proves my theory that Hussien was an asshole back in the day and even in the early 90's but he tried to change that in his later years in power to be more of a president than a dictator. I mean, this part of the movie shows kids at a carnival riding rides and having fun. It shows woman dressed like some women dress over here. They weren't wrapped up with only eyes peering out. They wore what they wished and were smiling and happy.
It also showed how they felt about the US before the invasion... They thought we were pretty good as a people... Then it showed how they felt after bombings began. They HATED us. It showed one young man having to pick up peices of his 20 year old female neighbor after a US strike. It showed a man piling bodies of dead Iraqi children into the bed of a truck while damning the US. It just showed how little planning was actually put into the first strikes. It was a matter of taking over the country by any means neccesary as opposed to through tactfully bombing key targets.
Probably the worse and saddest part of the movie was the way some of the US soldiers acted. They were childish, disrespectful, and just assholes. Don't get me wrong, though. It wasn't ALL of them but the fact that any acted that way was just SHAMEFUL. I have always been against this war over there but that doesn't mean I don't support our troops. The opposite is actually true. But after seeing the ways some of those soldiers were treating civilians and old men, I think those of them who acted that way should be forced to be infantrymen in Falluja.
I can't keep going on about this movie or the war, though, or this post won't end. Just watch the movie with an open mind. You might learn something. It gets 4.75 our of 5 stars from me. BRILLIANT movie!
'SpongeBob SquarePants the Movie' is probably the closest cinematic experience closest to a drug induced trip that I have EVER seen. It's good, though. Very funny. If you're a fan of the show it's a MUST. Of course, there's some subtle and more adult jokes and gags in there but that's in the show, too. Great movie. 4/5
While on the topic of movies, go rent '21 Grams' starring Sean Penn (amazing movie, 5/5) and the Kevin Smith film, 'Clerks' (cult classic if I ever saw one, 4.98/5).
So... Darrell and I went to audition for a 'B' film last Saturday. It was so much fun! There was a hott goth to interview us
------------------------
Sorry but I never finished this post and just saved it as a draft but I am now going to post it (the date is 1/10/05) in it's incomplete form. And about the B film we were interviewed for, we've been contacted once for it but not since with any further information. He had to improve on the spot the scene of him walking the green mile knowing he was innocent and there was being an injustice done. My scene was being pulled over by the cops and them finding 3 pounds of cocaine in my car. Oddly enough, we both blamed the actions we were defending on foreigners (Mexicans, I believe it was) lol. I hope to have more on the film soon.
-=The Prynce
Well let me start with the most recent things...
Looks like Bush's tactics from 2000 have rubbed off onto Ukraine. There's speculation that the recent winner for leader over there actually cheated. I think the US is backing the effort to get to the real results. Good for us. Now we actually care about true democracy.
Some groups are wanting to push back the elections in Iraq. I don't know what I think on this... We've made such a mess over there that no matter who is elected, eventually it is going to revert right back to a dictatorship when we finally get the hell out of there. This whole war is just nonsense and should have never taken place.
Speaking of the war, though, I finally saw Farenhiet 9/11 and... wow. Micheal Moore did it AGAIN! It started kind of slow with the whole Bin Laden family's connection to the Bush family and regime but while it was the source of a few really good points and questions, in the end it was redundent. They had like 20 people all saying the same things. Micheal Moore was trying to drive that home too well and it ended up being annoying...
But luckily, that was just the beginning! The rest of the movie was AMAZING! It showed the gorey trueth of what is happening to our guys over there and their civilians, too. It shows how just before the war, things in Iraq where great! Totalitarian my ass! I think this movie sort of proves my theory that Hussien was an asshole back in the day and even in the early 90's but he tried to change that in his later years in power to be more of a president than a dictator. I mean, this part of the movie shows kids at a carnival riding rides and having fun. It shows woman dressed like some women dress over here. They weren't wrapped up with only eyes peering out. They wore what they wished and were smiling and happy.
It also showed how they felt about the US before the invasion... They thought we were pretty good as a people... Then it showed how they felt after bombings began. They HATED us. It showed one young man having to pick up peices of his 20 year old female neighbor after a US strike. It showed a man piling bodies of dead Iraqi children into the bed of a truck while damning the US. It just showed how little planning was actually put into the first strikes. It was a matter of taking over the country by any means neccesary as opposed to through tactfully bombing key targets.
Probably the worse and saddest part of the movie was the way some of the US soldiers acted. They were childish, disrespectful, and just assholes. Don't get me wrong, though. It wasn't ALL of them but the fact that any acted that way was just SHAMEFUL. I have always been against this war over there but that doesn't mean I don't support our troops. The opposite is actually true. But after seeing the ways some of those soldiers were treating civilians and old men, I think those of them who acted that way should be forced to be infantrymen in Falluja.
I can't keep going on about this movie or the war, though, or this post won't end. Just watch the movie with an open mind. You might learn something. It gets 4.75 our of 5 stars from me. BRILLIANT movie!
'SpongeBob SquarePants the Movie' is probably the closest cinematic experience closest to a drug induced trip that I have EVER seen. It's good, though. Very funny. If you're a fan of the show it's a MUST. Of course, there's some subtle and more adult jokes and gags in there but that's in the show, too. Great movie. 4/5
While on the topic of movies, go rent '21 Grams' starring Sean Penn (amazing movie, 5/5) and the Kevin Smith film, 'Clerks' (cult classic if I ever saw one, 4.98/5).
So... Darrell and I went to audition for a 'B' film last Saturday. It was so much fun! There was a hott goth to interview us
------------------------
Sorry but I never finished this post and just saved it as a draft but I am now going to post it (the date is 1/10/05) in it's incomplete form. And about the B film we were interviewed for, we've been contacted once for it but not since with any further information. He had to improve on the spot the scene of him walking the green mile knowing he was innocent and there was being an injustice done. My scene was being pulled over by the cops and them finding 3 pounds of cocaine in my car. Oddly enough, we both blamed the actions we were defending on foreigners (Mexicans, I believe it was) lol. I hope to have more on the film soon.
-=The Prynce
Sunday, October 17, 2004
The Seven Seas of Rhye
The Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen
(lyrics by Freddie Mercury)
La - la - la
Give out the good, leave out the bad evil cries
I challenge the mighty Titan and his troubadours
And with a smile
I'll take you to the Seven Seas of Rhye
[fades while chanting:]
(oh I do like to be beside the seaside
oh I do like to be beside the sea
where the brass band plays - tiddly om pom pom
oh I do like to be beside the seaside -yeah!
oh I do like to be beside the sea
oh when I'm beside the sea, I'm beside...)
(lyrics by Freddie Mercury)
La - la - la
Fear me you lords and lady preachers
I descend upon your earth from the skies
I command your very souls you unbelievers
Bring before me what is mine - the Seven Seas of Rhye
Can you hear me, you peers and privy counselors?
I stand before you naked to the eyes
I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust
I swear that you'll be mine - the Seven Seas of Rhye
Sister - I live and lie for you
Mister - do and I'll die
You are mine, I possess you, belong to you forever-ever-ever-ahhhh!
Storm the master marathon and I'll fly through
By flash and thunder-fire and I'll survive - I'll survive - I'll survive
(I'll survive - I'll survive - I'll survive)
Then I'll defy the laws of nature and come out alive
Then I'll get you
Give out the good, leave out the bad evil cries
I challenge the mighty Titan and his troubadours
And with a smile
I'll take you to the Seven Seas of Rhye
[fades while chanting:]
(oh I do like to be beside the seaside
oh I do like to be beside the sea
where the brass band plays - tiddly om pom pom
oh I do like to be beside the seaside -yeah!
oh I do like to be beside the sea
oh when I'm beside the sea, I'm beside...)
Monday, October 11, 2004
BREAKING NEWS! -- Christopher Reeve
It's now just after 4AM and as I was shutting off my TV for bed, a breaking news announcement came on saying that Christopher Reeve has died at age 52. He is, of course, best know for his role as Superman in the 'Superman' movies and as an advocated for the paralyzed. He was paralyzed in the 90's in a horseback riding accident. He was an advocate for stem cell research and was just used as an example of people worth helping through the use of stem cells by John Kerry in the most recent presidential debate.
Apparently, he lapsed into a coma sometime this weekend after going into cardiac arrest as a result as some sort of severly infected sore of some kind.
Sorry I can't offer any information right now but it is BREAKING NEWS and the shock of it all prohibited me from taking in all of the things mentioned on CNN. If you want more information, I'm sure more will be avalible in the coming hours so check http://news.google.com/ http://www.cnn.com/ and check your favorite news channel for more information.
The world has lost a good man, a great actor, and one of the greatest advocates for stem cell research and he's gonna be missed.
RIP C.R.
-=The Prynce
Apparently, he lapsed into a coma sometime this weekend after going into cardiac arrest as a result as some sort of severly infected sore of some kind.
Sorry I can't offer any information right now but it is BREAKING NEWS and the shock of it all prohibited me from taking in all of the things mentioned on CNN. If you want more information, I'm sure more will be avalible in the coming hours so check http://news.google.com/ http://www.cnn.com/ and check your favorite news channel for more information.
The world has lost a good man, a great actor, and one of the greatest advocates for stem cell research and he's gonna be missed.
RIP C.R.
-=The Prynce
Moop
I won't waste your time with explantions of my not posting for a while again. I'll just start right in with things in the news that catch my eye...
For starters; Yusuf Islam AKA Cat Stevens... For those of you who don't know, here's a VERY short background...
Back in the day, he was a brilliant folk singer who wrote songs such as 'Peace Train'. I dare say he was a rival to John Lennon for the most peaceful person in existance. Well after a while, he converted to Islam and people (mainly Americans) grew to hate him even more than they had before.
Well, recently, he and his daughter were flying to the US (they are British citizens) and they realized that his name was on a 'no-fly' terrorist list that meant he could not fly in the US. So his plane was forced to land (in the US actually I think) to get him off of it ASAP.
Now here's what I think... I saw Mr. Islam on Larry King just the other day and the two were discussing the whole deal and other things in the media and I have to say, I'm now a fan of Yusuf Islam.
But as far as the flying issue... He has NO reason to be on the no-fly list. He is not an extremist and if you know anything about him, you'll know that he would NEVER take part in any sort of violence at all for any reason. But still, he can't fly in the US.
Another thing is that the name on the list isn't really his. It's someone with a similar first name but with much different spelling (Yassouf is what I think he said). So why can't he fly? Well... there's no real explantion. His name isn't on the list but for being similar to a name on the list he is not allowed to fly.
It's ok though because he's a rich guy and he's got his lawyers trying to get him removed from the list (He has flown to the US 19 times since 9/11/2001 and this is the only time he has been flagged).
Now for those of you who don't care too much about the civil liberties of an old folk singer, the entire thing may still apply to you and your safety. If fact, there is no doubt that it does!
Note that I said they forced his plane to land after finding out he was on a no-fly list... HE WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR OVER AMERICA WHILE LISTED ON A NO-FLY LIST OF POTENTIAL TERRORISTS! If a real terrorist was going to hijack a plane and was listed on the list he would have the chance to. All of this money Bush is requesting for Homeland Security and we had someone who they thought was a terrorist flying around! Maybe it's just my 'liberal bullshit' but I think that the best way to keep planes from being hijacked is to... like... KEEP THE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TERRORISTS OFF THE FUCKING PLANES TO START WITH!
But I'm gonna get carried away on that... It does get me goin', as you can see. I have a kid on the way and it's not making me feel any safer knowing he's gonna be living in a world like this where the government is too stupid to keep suspected terrorists off a plane to start with.
Moving right along, though...
If you know me, you probably know that I think the most pointless 'sport' is NASCAR racing... However, I have heard something recently that really gets to me...
After a race (like last week I think) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was interviewed after winning the race and he was excited and said a few "potty words" in a post race interview...
Now, for starters, I don't think what he said went overboard, nor do I think it was something that anyone watching has not heard before. I'll never understand how words can so deeply 'offend' someone, but somehow they manage to. To me, he sounded like any other person I know when they are thrilled about winning something and I hear much worse language walking around the streets of SC. The thing is, the FCC and NASCAR need to RELAX. It wasn't like he was dropping F-bombs like Dick Chenney on the senate floor.
Secondly, it was the carrier's fault (NBC, I think it was) for not using a 5 second delay like everyone else on the planet does. Not to stereotype anyone, but Southerners don't always use the most clean language esspecially when they're excited! Hell, I've lived in SC for my whole life so I know what I'm talking about. I'm shocked that all NASCAR programming does not work on a time delay.
And another thing... If you want to be lame and charge the guy for his foul ups then go ahead. I don't agree but it's not inconceivable. But they also took away like 25 of his points and apparently, they are very important when it comes to the championship. So... yeah. That was way out of line, I think.
Next I'm gonna touch on the debates...
Well the first debate, I thought Kerry clearly won but I wasn't going to say anything thinking that maybe I only saw it that way because I support Kerry. But then I saw that most of the country agreed so I wasn't afraid to touch on debates.
Edwards, I think probably did better than Cheney in the VP debate. See, Cheney is a smart dude. I do think he was too much on the offensive in always attacking Kerry/Edwards but all-in-all, while Cheney had many answers and spoke in a very intellectual tone and rather clearly and with intent, I think he sounded, as someone said on TV, too much like you were being called into the principal's office.
Edwards held his own. I was VERY pleased with it. While he wasn't a decisive winner, it was his first debate! He, too, spoke clearly and intelligently. As far as content goes, they both did very well.
But if I had to pick a winner, I'd have to say it was Edwards because he was less on the offensive, I think. He wasn't a clear-cut winner, but I think he was ahead by a small margin.
Now to the most recent debate...
Bush was a cocky acting ass. His 'bulldog' Republican style is rather old. He spoke none (or little) on the actual issues and was more concerned with spouting off his unproven 'facts' and putting an extremely untrue spin on everything to make Kerry seem like Satan as a Democrat. He was clearly full of nothing but lies, propaganda, and untrue spins.
But I feel like people think that I'm anti-Republican... I'm not. There are many Republicans that I actually like and a few I'm considering voting for. Bush, however, IS the Republican stereotype (but worse) except he's not as fat as most would like.
I could go for HOURS on my reasons for disliking Bush but I'm not here to spread my opinion as truth or to Bush-Bash, only to state it as an opinion.
But really... I don't care who you vote for, people. JUST VOTE! I think it would be TRAGIC to see Bush back in office but if he actually WINS it then there's nothing I can do or say. It just really gets to me that some people just don't vote. You have the ability-- DO IT! I LOVE the commercials that flash "Vote for..." and then a ton of different topics across the screen and then it says "Vote for SOMETHING!". There IS a topic relevant to you that will be decided by who is elected or by articles that you can vote on yourself.
Check the web, people. Odds are you can register to vote by mail in your state but if you can't, take the 10 minutes to get out and register. Go to your county building or what-ever and do it.
That's all for now, people. Hang tight. =)
(Does anyone even read my posts/journal? If so, leave a comment and/or email me at theprynce@gmail.com to let me know I'm not wasting my time.)
-=The Prynce
For starters; Yusuf Islam AKA Cat Stevens... For those of you who don't know, here's a VERY short background...
Back in the day, he was a brilliant folk singer who wrote songs such as 'Peace Train'. I dare say he was a rival to John Lennon for the most peaceful person in existance. Well after a while, he converted to Islam and people (mainly Americans) grew to hate him even more than they had before.
Well, recently, he and his daughter were flying to the US (they are British citizens) and they realized that his name was on a 'no-fly' terrorist list that meant he could not fly in the US. So his plane was forced to land (in the US actually I think) to get him off of it ASAP.
Now here's what I think... I saw Mr. Islam on Larry King just the other day and the two were discussing the whole deal and other things in the media and I have to say, I'm now a fan of Yusuf Islam.
But as far as the flying issue... He has NO reason to be on the no-fly list. He is not an extremist and if you know anything about him, you'll know that he would NEVER take part in any sort of violence at all for any reason. But still, he can't fly in the US.
Another thing is that the name on the list isn't really his. It's someone with a similar first name but with much different spelling (Yassouf is what I think he said). So why can't he fly? Well... there's no real explantion. His name isn't on the list but for being similar to a name on the list he is not allowed to fly.
It's ok though because he's a rich guy and he's got his lawyers trying to get him removed from the list (He has flown to the US 19 times since 9/11/2001 and this is the only time he has been flagged).
Now for those of you who don't care too much about the civil liberties of an old folk singer, the entire thing may still apply to you and your safety. If fact, there is no doubt that it does!
Note that I said they forced his plane to land after finding out he was on a no-fly list... HE WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR OVER AMERICA WHILE LISTED ON A NO-FLY LIST OF POTENTIAL TERRORISTS! If a real terrorist was going to hijack a plane and was listed on the list he would have the chance to. All of this money Bush is requesting for Homeland Security and we had someone who they thought was a terrorist flying around! Maybe it's just my 'liberal bullshit' but I think that the best way to keep planes from being hijacked is to... like... KEEP THE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TERRORISTS OFF THE FUCKING PLANES TO START WITH!
But I'm gonna get carried away on that... It does get me goin', as you can see. I have a kid on the way and it's not making me feel any safer knowing he's gonna be living in a world like this where the government is too stupid to keep suspected terrorists off a plane to start with.
Moving right along, though...
If you know me, you probably know that I think the most pointless 'sport' is NASCAR racing... However, I have heard something recently that really gets to me...
After a race (like last week I think) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was interviewed after winning the race and he was excited and said a few "potty words" in a post race interview...
Now, for starters, I don't think what he said went overboard, nor do I think it was something that anyone watching has not heard before. I'll never understand how words can so deeply 'offend' someone, but somehow they manage to. To me, he sounded like any other person I know when they are thrilled about winning something and I hear much worse language walking around the streets of SC. The thing is, the FCC and NASCAR need to RELAX. It wasn't like he was dropping F-bombs like Dick Chenney on the senate floor.
Secondly, it was the carrier's fault (NBC, I think it was) for not using a 5 second delay like everyone else on the planet does. Not to stereotype anyone, but Southerners don't always use the most clean language esspecially when they're excited! Hell, I've lived in SC for my whole life so I know what I'm talking about. I'm shocked that all NASCAR programming does not work on a time delay.
And another thing... If you want to be lame and charge the guy for his foul ups then go ahead. I don't agree but it's not inconceivable. But they also took away like 25 of his points and apparently, they are very important when it comes to the championship. So... yeah. That was way out of line, I think.
Next I'm gonna touch on the debates...
Well the first debate, I thought Kerry clearly won but I wasn't going to say anything thinking that maybe I only saw it that way because I support Kerry. But then I saw that most of the country agreed so I wasn't afraid to touch on debates.
Edwards, I think probably did better than Cheney in the VP debate. See, Cheney is a smart dude. I do think he was too much on the offensive in always attacking Kerry/Edwards but all-in-all, while Cheney had many answers and spoke in a very intellectual tone and rather clearly and with intent, I think he sounded, as someone said on TV, too much like you were being called into the principal's office.
Edwards held his own. I was VERY pleased with it. While he wasn't a decisive winner, it was his first debate! He, too, spoke clearly and intelligently. As far as content goes, they both did very well.
But if I had to pick a winner, I'd have to say it was Edwards because he was less on the offensive, I think. He wasn't a clear-cut winner, but I think he was ahead by a small margin.
Now to the most recent debate...
Bush was a cocky acting ass. His 'bulldog' Republican style is rather old. He spoke none (or little) on the actual issues and was more concerned with spouting off his unproven 'facts' and putting an extremely untrue spin on everything to make Kerry seem like Satan as a Democrat. He was clearly full of nothing but lies, propaganda, and untrue spins.
But I feel like people think that I'm anti-Republican... I'm not. There are many Republicans that I actually like and a few I'm considering voting for. Bush, however, IS the Republican stereotype (but worse) except he's not as fat as most would like.
I could go for HOURS on my reasons for disliking Bush but I'm not here to spread my opinion as truth or to Bush-Bash, only to state it as an opinion.
But really... I don't care who you vote for, people. JUST VOTE! I think it would be TRAGIC to see Bush back in office but if he actually WINS it then there's nothing I can do or say. It just really gets to me that some people just don't vote. You have the ability-- DO IT! I LOVE the commercials that flash "Vote for..." and then a ton of different topics across the screen and then it says "Vote for SOMETHING!". There IS a topic relevant to you that will be decided by who is elected or by articles that you can vote on yourself.
Check the web, people. Odds are you can register to vote by mail in your state but if you can't, take the 10 minutes to get out and register. Go to your county building or what-ever and do it.
That's all for now, people. Hang tight. =)
(Does anyone even read my posts/journal? If so, leave a comment and/or email me at theprynce@gmail.com to let me know I'm not wasting my time.)
-=The Prynce
Sunday, October 10, 2004
INCOMPLETE POST FROM 10/10/04. ACTUALLY POSTED 1/10/05 @ 7:49PM
I won't waste your time with explantions of my not posting for a while again. I'll just start right in with things in the news that catch my eye...
For starters; Yusuf Islam AKA Cat Stevens... For those of you who don't know, here's a VERY short background...
Back in the day, he was a brilliant folk singer who wrote songs such as 'Peace Train'. I dare say he was a rival to John Lennon for the most peaceful person in existance. Well after a while, he converted to Islam and people (mainly Americans) grew to hate him even more than they had before.
Well, recently, he and his daughter were flying to the US (they are British citizens) and they realized that his name was on a 'no-fly' terrorist list that meant he could not fly in the US. So his plane was forced to land (in the US actually I think) to get him off of it ASAP.
Now here's what I think... I saw Mr. Islam on Larry King just the other day and the two were discussing the whole deal and other things in the media and I have to say, I'm now a fan of Yusuf Islam.
But as far as the flying issue... He has NO reason to be on the no-fly list. He is not an extremist and if you know anything about him, you'll know that he would NEVER take part in any sort of violence at all for any reason. But still, he can't fly in the US.
Another thing is that the name on the list isn't really his. It's someone with a similar first name but with much different spelling (Yassouf is what I think he said). So why can't he fly? Well... there's no real explantion. His name isn't on the list but for being similar to a name on the list he is not allowed to fly.
It's ok though because he's a rich guy and he's got his lawyers trying to get him removed from the list (He has flown to the US 19 times since 9/11/2001 and this is the only time he has been flagged).
Now for those of you who don't care too much about the civil liberties of an old folk singer, the entire thing may still apply to you and your safety. If fact, there is no doubt that it does!
Note that I said they forced his plane to land after finding out he was on a no-fly list... HE WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR OVER AMERICA WHILE LISTED ON A NO-FLY LIST OF POTENTIAL TERRORISTS! If a real terrorist was going to hijack a plane and was listed on the list he would have the chance to. All of this money Bush is requesting for Homeland Security and we had someone who they thought was a terrorist flying around! Maybe it's just my 'liberal bullshit' but I think that the best way to keep planes from being hijacked is to... like... KEEP THE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TERRORISTS OFF THE FUCKING PLANES TO START WITH!
But I'm gonna get carried away on that... It does get me goin', as you can see. I have a kid on the way and it's not making me feel any safer knowing he's gonna be living in a world like this where the government is too stupid to keep suspected terrorists off a plane to start with.
Moving right along, though...
If you know me, you probably know that I think the most pointless 'sport' is NASCAR racing... However, I have heard something recently that really gets to me...
After a race (like last week I think) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was interviewed after winning the race and he was excited and said a few "potty words" in a post race interview...
Now, for starters, I don't think what he said went overboard, nor do I think it was something that anyone watching has not heard before. I'll never understand how words can so deeply 'offend' someone, but somehow they manage to. To me, he sounded like any other person I know when they are thrilled about winning something and I hear much worse language walking around the streets of SC. The thing is, the FCC and NASCAR need to RELAX. It wasn't like he was dropping F-bombs like Dick Chenney on the senate floor.
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Sorry but I never finished this post and just saved it as a draft but I am now going to post it (the date is 1/10/05) in it's incomplete form.
-=The Prynce
For starters; Yusuf Islam AKA Cat Stevens... For those of you who don't know, here's a VERY short background...
Back in the day, he was a brilliant folk singer who wrote songs such as 'Peace Train'. I dare say he was a rival to John Lennon for the most peaceful person in existance. Well after a while, he converted to Islam and people (mainly Americans) grew to hate him even more than they had before.
Well, recently, he and his daughter were flying to the US (they are British citizens) and they realized that his name was on a 'no-fly' terrorist list that meant he could not fly in the US. So his plane was forced to land (in the US actually I think) to get him off of it ASAP.
Now here's what I think... I saw Mr. Islam on Larry King just the other day and the two were discussing the whole deal and other things in the media and I have to say, I'm now a fan of Yusuf Islam.
But as far as the flying issue... He has NO reason to be on the no-fly list. He is not an extremist and if you know anything about him, you'll know that he would NEVER take part in any sort of violence at all for any reason. But still, he can't fly in the US.
Another thing is that the name on the list isn't really his. It's someone with a similar first name but with much different spelling (Yassouf is what I think he said). So why can't he fly? Well... there's no real explantion. His name isn't on the list but for being similar to a name on the list he is not allowed to fly.
It's ok though because he's a rich guy and he's got his lawyers trying to get him removed from the list (He has flown to the US 19 times since 9/11/2001 and this is the only time he has been flagged).
Now for those of you who don't care too much about the civil liberties of an old folk singer, the entire thing may still apply to you and your safety. If fact, there is no doubt that it does!
Note that I said they forced his plane to land after finding out he was on a no-fly list... HE WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR OVER AMERICA WHILE LISTED ON A NO-FLY LIST OF POTENTIAL TERRORISTS! If a real terrorist was going to hijack a plane and was listed on the list he would have the chance to. All of this money Bush is requesting for Homeland Security and we had someone who they thought was a terrorist flying around! Maybe it's just my 'liberal bullshit' but I think that the best way to keep planes from being hijacked is to... like... KEEP THE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TERRORISTS OFF THE FUCKING PLANES TO START WITH!
But I'm gonna get carried away on that... It does get me goin', as you can see. I have a kid on the way and it's not making me feel any safer knowing he's gonna be living in a world like this where the government is too stupid to keep suspected terrorists off a plane to start with.
Moving right along, though...
If you know me, you probably know that I think the most pointless 'sport' is NASCAR racing... However, I have heard something recently that really gets to me...
After a race (like last week I think) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was interviewed after winning the race and he was excited and said a few "potty words" in a post race interview...
Now, for starters, I don't think what he said went overboard, nor do I think it was something that anyone watching has not heard before. I'll never understand how words can so deeply 'offend' someone, but somehow they manage to. To me, he sounded like any other person I know when they are thrilled about winning something and I hear much worse language walking around the streets of SC. The thing is, the FCC and NASCAR need to RELAX. It wasn't like he was dropping F-bombs like Dick Chenney on the senate floor.
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Sorry but I never finished this post and just saved it as a draft but I am now going to post it (the date is 1/10/05) in it's incomplete form.
-=The Prynce
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