Hello and then some! I’m Flea and today marks the end of an error. Next week! Be on the lookout for the man everyone loves to hate and he loves that you love it, ERIC S!. First you get 411Mania, then Eric returns and then who knows WHAT will happen next! Like Elton said, change is gonna do ya good! So stick around, it’s getting good.
Speaking of good, that’s a lousy adjective for you readers. You guys are great! Yesterday, I requested that you visit www.endbadcredit.com, 1) to give a friend of mine some traffic and 2) because you can get a FREE FREE FREE copy of “The Insider’s Guide To Finding And Obtaining Government Grant†, which, as mentioned, you know better as “the annoying f*cking book that jerkoff pimps during RAW and Smackdownâ€Â. But the book makes you money, and in this case, you do not have to PAY $20 smackaroos, it’s FREE. He got tons of traffic, which is a great thing to hear. Needless to say, I used the powers here for GOOD, unlike some that would ask you to BUY something or flame mail some other hack on the web (or someone at their school and almost get EXPELLED! Right GRUT?) so once again, thanks, and if you haven’t had a chance, check it out – www.endbadcredit.com. FREE copy of a $20 plus shipping book available for visiting and it would be a cool thing for YOUSE to do for FLEA. Grazi.
So this is it. Let’s Get to It
THE FIRST THING ON THE LIST
Because, Lord knows, if we quit supporting THEM, they may wake up and realize what life is like in the real world
Hollywood Actors Raise McCarthyism Specter on Iraq
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actors, facing a vitriolic backlash for their opposition to a war against Iraq, have raised the specter of Cold War McCarthyism in an appeal to avoid returning to one of the movie industry’s darkest hours.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said a slew of hate-mail directed at actors who have taken a public personal stand against war, along with calls for boycotts of movies and albums on the nation’s talk radio airwaves and Internet message boards, “suggests that the lessons of history have, for some, fallen on deaf ears.”
“We deplore the idea that those in the public eye should suffer professionally for having the courage to give voice to their views. Even a hint of the blacklist must never again be tolerated in this nation,” SAG, the nation’s largest actors’ union, said in a statement.
The SAG statement was issued in response to a growing tide of abuse toward American celebrities who have spoken out against a “rush to war” on nationally televised award shows, through interviews, anti-war TV ads or by taking part in mass protests.
Martin Sheen, who plays TV’s popular fictional President Josiah Bartlet on NBC’s “The West Wing,” has been under fire since emerging as a chief spokesman in the anti-war coalition.
Sheen said in a Los Angeles Times interview this week that his hate-mail critics have demanded that NBC fire him from the Emmy-award winning series, adding that NBC executives had privately expressed fears that ratings would suffer because of the furor.
Sheen said the show’s staff has been “100 percent supportive” but that top network executives have “let it be known that they’re very uncomfortable with where I’m at.”
NBC said on Tuesday that Sheen’s personal views had nothing to do with the show. “Martin Sheen is acting in his capacity as a private citizen. We respect his opinion and his right to freedom of expression,” NBC said in statement.
SAG said suggestions that “well-known individuals who express ‘unacceptable’ views should be punished by losing their right to work” was a “shocking development” which recalled the 1950s House Committee on Un-American Activities under Senator Joseph McCarthy.
More than 320 people, including Arthur Miller, Orson Welles, Dashiell Hammett, Paul Robeson and Charlie Chaplin were placed on a blacklist that stopped them working for the entertainment industry because of views considered left-wing or unpatriotic.
SAG called it a “shameful period” for the entertainment industry, saying the industry today had a duty to guard and cherish U.S. constitutional principles of free speech rather than “prostrate itself before smear campaigns and witch hunters” as it had 50 years ago.
Sheen, along with actor Sean Penn (news) (who visited Baghdad in January), singer Sheryl Crow (news) (who performed at last month’s Grammy awards wearing a “No War” guitar strap), and scores of other celebrities have been slammed for being unpatriotic.
“I will not go to the movies. I will not support their television shows, I will not buy their music. My family and I shall boycott supporting anyone in Hollywood until they decide their job is for entertainment value only,” said one writer to the “Citizens Against Celebrity Pundits” online petition.
G.I.Jargon.com, a Web site representing U.S. military, police and firefighters, dubbed the celebrities “Taliban” and called for a boycott of “anti-American entertainers.”
McCarthyism expert Ellen Schrecker, professor of history at Yeshiva University in New York, said the level of rhetoric against anti-war campaigners could presage a return to the era of witch-hunts and blacklists.
“I think it is certainly a possibility. What I find heartening about the SAG statement is that it recognizes the importance of remembering that history, and being determined not to repeat it.
“It’s very important to take a public stand the way the SAG has done,” Schrecker told Reuters.
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For any of these dimwits to compare this to McCarthysim shows EXACTLY how out of touch they really are. And delusional for that matter. Besides, if you don’t buy their records and watch their movies, Sheryl Crow would not be able to cruise around in Hummers and Limos and Martin Sheen may have to give up the 24 carat gold douches and dildos. Or maybe that’s the other way around – nah, probably not.
HEY, YO! YOUIN PHILLY?
According to PWBTS, this is going on
this Saturday Night that CZW Owner John Zandig would make a HUGE announcement at The CZW show at The ECW Arena.
This representative promised that it would blow the roof off the building. He would not provide any further information
I can’t repeat how many times I wished I still lived up north. There is tons of wrestling energy happening and it’s great, fan-wise, to be in the eye of the storm. If you are in Philly GO!
HE’S COOL, HE’S COCKY, HE SPAMS!
HonkyTonk Man is always nice enough to send me his latest updates, maybe because I am a world famous online presence, but most likely because I joined the site to give away the membership in a contest last fall. At any rate, here’s what’s up with the Honkster
Honky Tonk Man speaks on UK tour, fans request WWE return.
For immediate release:
The Honky Tonk Man has added a few updates to his website, www.thehonkytonkman.com. The HTM, fresh off working a couple shows in the United Kingdom for Jake “the Snake” Roberts, had this to say about the trip:
“HTM arrived back in the his beloved Phoenix, AZ last night from a very successful 3 days in the UK. HTM wrestled Jake “The Snake” Roberts on two occasions while on tour in England. Both shows were sold out in advance, the first being Melksham and the second in Bristol. The UK fans were excited to see these two WWe superstars go at it again.
On Sunday, HTM was the guest trainer and speaker at a seminar for the wrestling students at the Jake’s “Snake Pit” training center for upcoming wrestling stars. The session was a smashing success with huge number of students in attendance that are being trained by “The Snake.” HTM spoke to them for well over and hour and then gave them pointers on several aspects of ring work. If you are int he UK and want to be trained the “right” way, contact The Snake Pit and get in the ring! “
In addition, numerous HTM message board members have began requesting to see the Greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time back on television. Here’s a summary of a message posted.
“I think that everybody here on The Honky Tonk Man.com wants to see The Greatest I.C. Champion of alllllllllll time back on WWE TV in some form or fashion.
That said, if you guys want to see The Honker back on WWE Television, I have a e-mail address, and I have a phone # for you to call to do what it takes to see The Honky Tonk Man back. Whether it be in an announcing role, a wrestling role, or even a management role, WE WANT HIM BACK ON T.V.!
If you would like to get a hold of some people and if you would like to voice your opinion, you can do so at the below e-mail address and phone number. “
FanServices@wwecorp.com
Phone: 1-203-352-8600
For more information and updates to the website visit www.thehonkytonkman.com
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Sounds good to me. I’d prefer Honky ten times over that pirate Goldberg. Speaking of which, let’s see how Mr. Bill’s contest is going
Well, it’s still around the upper 80% that say they want him back I guess that leaves it up to Vince not to aw f*ck I just thought of something
KURT ANGLE NECK INJURY COULD KEEP HIM OUT FOR A YEAR
Motherf*cker. Here we have been salivating over the Brock / Angle “dream match†a Kurt can’t go. According to all the normal sources – Kurt’s done for around a year – same as Austin, Rhyno, Lita and well, it doesn’t really matter who else, does it? Point is, Kurt broke his neck back during his amateur days and this was more of an “aggravated, lingering injury†more than a “career threatening, don’t worry he ain’t gonna be like Droz†type of thing. I guess better that Angle gets it done now, rather than later, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept him on as a “consultant†to “Team Angle†it would be ridiculous to keep a guy like Angle off of TV. But the real bitch about this is it leaves the door WIDE OPEN for you know who (and not him CRZ)
GOLDBERG!
Come to think of it, pay 3 million to GB and let Lesnar have him. I seriously doubt if GB would refuse to look at the lights, or try anything sneaky (like kicking him in the head). Brock would hand him his balls in a bag. HEY! I like the idear of this! Go back and vote the poll! Vote YES! And tell ‘em you want to see GOLDBERG VS. BROCK – WRESTLEMANIA. Right on!
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any stranger
Voodoo rituals, prosthetics and bleaching
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Embattled pop star Michael Jackson wears a prosthetic nose and once paid $150,000 for a “voodoo curse” to kill director Steven Spielberg despite being deep in debt, Vanity Fair magazine reported on Monday.
Vanity Fair, in an article for its April issue, also reports that Jackson bleaches his skin white because he does not like being black. The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as “spabooks,” the magazine said
Jackson’s manager did not immediately return phone calls and a faxed request for comment on the article. Jackson’s London publicist could not be reached for comment.
The onetime King of Pop has been dogged by controversy for months, first over his odd appearance in a California courtroom last November. That same month, Jackson stunned fans in Berlin by briefly dangling his young son from a hotel balcony.
And in February a British television documentary that aired to blockbuster ratings both in England and the United States caused a stir when Jackson told his interviewer that he slept in the same room, and sometimes the same bed, as young boys.
Vanity Fair reported in the article that in 2000 Jackson attended a voodoo ritual in Switzerland where a witch doctor promised that Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and 23 other people on the entertainer’s list of enemies would die.
Jackson, who underwent a “blood bath” as part of the ritual, then ordered his former business adviser Myung-Ho Lee to wire $150,000 to a bank in Mali for a voodoo chief named Baba, who sacrificed 42 cows for the ceremony, the magazine reported.
Vanity Fair reported that Jackson wears a page-boy wig and a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose. The magazine interviewed a source close to Jackson who said that, without the device Jackson resembles a mummy with two nostril holes.
According to the magazine, Jackson’s extravagant lifestyle and declining record sales have left him $240 million in debt.
The article, which relies in part on court filings in a $12 million lawsuit against Jackson by Lee, said that since the mid-1990s the reclusive entertainer has relied on a series of multimillion-dollar loans to cover his expenses.
In addition to the lawsuit by Lee, Jackson is also enmeshed in a $21 million court battle with German concert promoter Marcel Avram over canceled Millennium concerts and has been sued by Sotheby’s auction house for $1.6 million.
The magazine reported that Jackson must pay off the principal on a $200 million loan within a few years, which will be nearly impossible unless he sells his most valuable asset, the Beatles song catalogue. He owns only half of the catalogue while Sony Corp. owns the other half in an arrangement that might make selling his share difficult, Vanity Fair reported.
Jackson has also run up nearly $4 million per year in expenses from his Neverland Valley ranch in central California, where in April 2001 his amusement park equipment was nearly repossessed for late payments, the magazine said.
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I gotta tell ya I don’t know? What’s left to say about that freak? Talk about delusional, but I doubt he even knows war was invented. Probably doesn’t know Chris Hyatte, either. I think we are about 5 years away from a total breakdown- ending, most likely, in suicide, or some other violent fashion. Wacko Jacko, not Hyatte. I guess.
PAGE SIX
That’s going to wrap it up for me and the News reports. Eric is back next week, barring any last minute mood swings or panic attacks, and it has been my pleasure to fill in for him and will be extremely happy to have him back doing his Opinions, Etc. column. And let me be the first to ask that BOSS and Hashish just capitulate to Eric and allow him to drop “Wrestling†from the title. After (jesus, how long has it been?) all this time, you KNOW he has some things on his mind and should not be restricted to re-hashing this wrestling bullshit. Although his opinions on that are just as good, if not better, than most of the hacks on the Web – besides, he is going to talk about whatever he wants anyway. So – BOSS! Hashish! Just let the title be “Opinions, Etc.â€Â. We are 411MANIA now, so let’s get to synergyzing!
Personally, I like the column title “SCREEDS FROM THE CURMUDGEONâ€Â, but I could understand Eric not wanting to use that – most of his “morons†know neither the word “screed†nor “curmudgeon†so, unless they look for his ridiculous eye chart of a last name, they won’t find him – worse yet, they might fall into one of GRUT’s columns, and you know how that goes
So it’s been nice bringing you some Tuesday Hearsays and Mid-Week News Reports and I’m pretty sure that The Monday Edition is history and Saturday Evening Post / Saturday Matinee but it looks like I have agreed to I don’t really know how to describe it. According to BOSS, when you sign up hell, let’s allow him tell you
• Here’s the link
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• Options to fully customize your 411 main page.
• Access to The 411 Mailing List which brings you the latest in music, movies, wrestling, video games, comics, and more! Plus exclusive features including Ashish’s Express Post-RAW/Smackdown/PPV comments and advance Scott Keith rants!
• Full access to the 411 Forums, the #1 place to discuss wrestling, music, movies, and anything else on your mind!
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Ain’t that Great?!?!?! So click on the link above, or look up towards the top right of your screen and click “registerâ€Â. Oh yeah, I will be providing weekly contributions and will most likely give you a bunch of typed words about whatever is on my mind at 2-3 am Saturday morning. I’m normally one toke of the line at that point, but around 10 tokes before the line of “dead baby fingersâ€Â. So it’s a good mixture and should be interesting. I’m successful (and retired) so I might give you some Flea Advice! Maybe convince you that the best Rock N Roll has already been done, let you know what it is and where to get it! I’ll still talk wrestling, I suppose. Or maybe I’ll just transcribe a Hyatte phone call – that would be a hoot. Whatever it is, you can get it by registering. And I will give my personal seal of approval that whatever lands in your inbox will be put the Torch VIP Express to shame. And you don’t have to subscribe to a stupid newsletter. What more could you ask for?
Until then, thanks for reading, playing along and hopefully having a good time. Back to normal it is and Whiskey River take my mind
FLEA
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FLEA
p.s. (2) – Eric, you are welcome. Now show them how it’s done.
FLEA
