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By MICHAEL REAGAN in the submissive media would be. Christianity, and helping to form his Nor was it true, as Obama Special To The Penny Press The speech was meant to be an social and political philosophy and charged, that the Reagan coalition explanation and expiation of his set him on the path to a life of public was created out of white resentment Most of the media and their guilt for his years of remaining mute service. Admirably, while denounc- for affirmative action or forced bus- fellow liberals were positively in the face of the outrageous anti- ing Wright’s extremism, he refused ing. giddy over Barack Obama’s speech Americanism spewed by his pastor to denounce the man himself. He charged that “anger over Tuesday, all but comparing it to the and bosom buddy, the Reverend Nobody expected him to declare welfare and affirmative action Sermon on the Mount. Jeremiah Wright. Wright anathema and cast him into helped forge the Reagan coalition. I won’t deny it was a masterful Until Tuesday, Barack Obama the outer darkness where there is Politicians routinely exploited fears (you can’t use his middle name, weeping and wailing and the gnash- of crime… talk show hosts and con- which has now become the “H- ing of teeth — one simply doesn’t servative commentators built entire Commentary word,” allegedly a code word for do to that sort of thing to a longtime careers unmasking bogus claims of anti-Muslim rhetoric) had steadfastly friend, benefactor and mentor even racism while dismissing legitimate denied he ever heard his friend and if he has been shown to have slipped discussions of racial injustice and piece of oratory — the man can be pastor make his hateful remarks. In the rails time after time. inequality as mere political correct- spellbinding — but when you stop the speech, however, he just kind of What was not expected was ness or reverse racism.” to consider what Sen. Obama was mentioned that; well, yes; he guess- Barack H. Obama’s use of a litany of Poppycock! These are not only really doing up there on the podium, es he was aware of the Reverend America’s past racist offenses to jus- outright falsehoods, but echoes of invoking the specter of slavery and Wright’s offensive rhetoric after all. tify not only Wright’s blatant hatred what Obama learned at the feet of Jim Crow and the era of “whites Mea Minima Culpa. of white America but his suggestion Jeremiah Wright and now preaches only,” it becomes clear that it was a He then launched into a defense that it was a sentiment shared by as his own beliefs. He learned his con job designed to make the voters of his friendship with the man most African Americans. And that is lessons well. as giddy as he knew his worshippers he credited for bringing him to simply not true. Continued on page4

The Conservative Weekly STEVEN MILLER PAGE 5 Voice Of Las Vegas FRED WEINBERG PAGE 6 Penny Wisdom VICTOR KAMBER PAGE 7 Inside: BILL HERE PAGE 8 Much of the social history AL THOMAS PAGE 10 of the Western world over Don't Pee On My the past three decades has WYATT COX PAGE 11 involved replacing what JOYCE MEYER PAGE 12 Leg, Barack Obama worked with what sounded PET OF THE WEEK PAGE 15 good. See Editorial Page 6 —Thomas Sowell THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 4 Wright Wing Racism Continued from page 3 When he suggested that my father’s coalition was based on anger over when he spends years genuflecting at his feet. affirmative action and welfare he was peddling a blatant falsehood as egre- Barack Obama is not an idiot. He is a brilliant orator who exudes charm gious in its falsity as Wright’s charge that whites created AIDS to wipe out and arouses near-worship from his host of giddy, hypnotized supporters. the black population. He is also a committed socialist and a talented salesman for his brand of Everything Obama said was directed at suggesting that while Rev. Marxist snake oil. Wright should not have used such inflammatory language, he was somehow Beware of camels bearing gifts, and politicians promising utopia. justified because of America’s white racism. Try as he might, Barack Obama cannot claim the innocence of a lamb Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is heard on in his long years of worshipful association with the Reverend Jeremiah more than 200 talk-radio stations nationally as part of the Radio America Wright. He was either fully aware of the seething racial hatred that moti- Network. Look for Mike’s newest book, “Twice Adopted.” E-mail comments vated Wright, or something of a blithering idiot who can’t spot a racist hater to [email protected]. THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 5 Commentary: Steven Miller ing degradation of health-care qual- there is the entire subject of medica- quality of care for certain patients. On The Road To ity are actually national. Moreover, tion errors. Last year the Institute Because Medicare’s price-fixing sys- they have been in place, gathering of Medicine estimated, based on tem only pays predetermined fixed Health-Care Hell increasing momentum, for a very multiple studies, “that about one sums for treatment of numerous cat- long time. medication error occurs per patient egories of illness, the actual cost to Currently, Southern Nevada First, a rarely publicized truth: per day in hospital care.” physicians and hospitals of deliver- news is full of reports of assembly- The hidden bone fields of American In that report, Preventing ing medical care can vary enormous- line colonoscopies, hepatitis C infec- medicine are already remarkably Medication Errors, the Institute of ly, depending on the patient. tions, clinics ignoring the most basic large. Consider the year-2000 study, Medicine also returned to the subject The result is to effectively ration safety protocols, criminal medical To Err Is Human, published by the of its earlier, groundbreaking work. care for the poor, the old and the investigations and a collapse of pub- Institute of Medicine of the National “The key messages of To Err Is sick. Because the government, not lic confidence. Academies. Its authors reviewed Human,” said the Institute, “were the patient, controls the treatment Welcome to the future of U.S. hospital medical records and that there are serious problems with price, the system offers big eco- American health care. found that as many as 98,000 people the quality of health care delivery; nomic incentives for assembly-line For the last two generations, the die every year from medical errors. that these problems stem primarily medicine that ignores the actual U.S. system of federally dominated, Even those numbers, however, from poor health care delivery sys- individual needs of such patients. third-party “managed care” medi- may be a substantial under-estimate: tems, not incompetent individuals; Precisely such a case was recent- cine has been on a direct trajectory the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and that solving these problems will ly reported in Las Vegas — 78-year- toward this ignominious point. and Prevention (CDC) says 2 million require fundamental changes in the old Duke Breuer, sent home from While an embarrassed Silver patients contract hospital-acquired way care is delivered.” the Endoscopy Center of Southern State now finds itself in the national infections each year, with 90,000 of That American health care’s Nevada, an IV needle still sticking spotlight, the main engines driv- them dying as a result. In addition, problems are systemic is an argu- in his arm. ment we often hear from advocates The impact of the federal gov- of socialized medicine. But the rare- ernment’s bureaucratic one-size-fits- ly admitted reality is that we already all system goes far beyond elderly have socialized medicine. And it Medicare patients. Because govern- is that system that is increasingly ment-paid medicine so dominates devolving into — and subjecting U.S. health care, most large third- us to — bureaucratically indiffer- party payers have, for economic ent, incompetent and callous Soviet- reasons, also adopted its approach. style medicine. Nevada and many other states, for Michael F. Cannon, director of example, use the same system in health-policy studies at the Cato their Medicaid programs for low- Institute, made this point emphati- income patients. Ditto for numerous cally last October: private insurers’ programs. “We’ve already got socialized Another major way govern- medicine. Government already pays ment is driving America down the The Penny Press Tips Its Cap To: for half of Americans’ medical care. road toward health-care Hell is by Governor Jim Gibbons for his willingness to kick Daniel McBride, Javaid Government controls production its repeated and politically moti- Anwar and Sohail Anjum off the Board of Medical Examiners if they do and consumption by determining the vated exemption of the health-care not quit voluntarily. “The law permits the governor to remove those mem- number of physicians; what services industry — medical professionals, medical professionals can offer and insurers, pharmaceutical companies bers for cause,” Gibbons said in a short news conference. “We will move to under what terms; where they can and hospitals — from the competi- remove them. It is going to be soon. We are not going to let this drag on.” practice; who can open a hospital or tive and accountability-producing These guys have lots of ties to and friendships with the cretins who own the purchase a new MRI; who can mar- dynamics of free markets. clinics which exposed over 40,000 innocent Las Vegans to Hepatitis C. ket a drug or medical device; and Today, as special-interest rent what kind of health insurance con- seekers, leftwing ideologues and Gov. Jim Gibbons (twice in one week) who signed the Nevada Open sumers may purchase. Government mentally challenged politicians Government Initiative to set up a Web site at which citizens can review even sets the prices for half of our agitate for a full-blown, coercive, complete state financial records, with information about state contracts, health-care sector directly, and indi- police-state health-care socialism, grants and expenditures. rectly sets prices for the other half.” it’s worthwhile to stop and reflect The Penny Press Sends A Bronx Cheer Yes, said Cannon, “[m]uch of just a moment: the U.S. health-care sector is private. If you like the growing problems And A Bouquet of Weeds To: But private markets are not neces- America has now, you’ll love the sarily free markets. What matters mess we’ll have later. The City of Las Vegas for even thinking about kicking handbillers off the corner is who controls how the resources STEVEN MILLER outside the downtown marriage license office, a course that could take the city are used. More often than not, that Steven Miller is vice president for into unconstitutional waters. You'd think after going 0 for the century (and the ‘who’ is government.” policy at the Nevada Policy Research last century) in court, the city would learn the First Amendment implications of Consider, as an example, how Institute. trying to restrict free speech. federal rules operate to reduce the THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 6 OPINION From The Publisher... Memo To Obama: Don't Pee On My Leg Regular readers of this space know full well that I am not a fan of Barack heard them personally? Obama’s. OBAMA: You know, I guess – keep in mind that, just to provide more However, I had hoped to be able to write of his courage and character in context, this is somebody who I had known for 20 years. Pastor Wright the face of the now wide release of the relatively anti-American sermons has been a pastor for 30 years. He’s an ex-Marine. He is somebody of his 20-year pastor, Jeremiah Wright. who is a biblical scholar, has spoken at theological seminaries all across the country, from the University of Chicago to Hampton. And so he is a Alas, last Friday evening, we discovered what we have really known all well- regarded preacher. And somebody who is known for talking about along. the social gospel. But most of the time, when I’m in church, he’s talk- ing about Jesus, God, faith, values, caring for the poor, those – family, Barack Obama has the spine of a Jellyfish and his “politics of hope” those were the messages that I was hearing. And so you know, I think is the same old politics of “I did not have sex with that woman, Miss that the statements that have been strung together are compiled out Lewinski” of hundred of sermons that he delivered over the course of his lifetime. But, obviously, they are ones that are, from my perspective, completely Now let me be clear. unacceptable and inexcusable. And if I had thought that that was the tenor or tone on an ongoing basis of his sermons, then, yes, I don’t think I don’t agree with almost anything Jeremiah Wright preaches with that it would have been reflective of my values or my faith experience. regard to the United States. GARRETT: So, quick yes or no. If had you heard them in person you But this is America and we have a Constitution and that Constitution would have quit? specifies Wright’s right to make such statements. OBAMA: If I had heard them repeated, I would have quit. I mean, obvi- Barack Obama has been his parishioner for TWENTY YEARS! ously, understand that – understand that, you know, this is somebody Wright married him in that church. His children were baptized who is like an uncle. If you have – to me. He’s somebody who helped in that church by Wright. me find Christ. And somebody who always talked to me in very power- ful ways about relationship to God and our obligations to the poor. If Had he said to Fox News’ Major Garrett, “Pastor Wright has been my somebody makes a mistake, then obviously, you recognize – I make friend and advisor for 20 years and I love him. I don’t agree with him mistakes. We all make mistakes. If I thought that that was the repeated but I love him. His views are not my views but I have no intention of tenor of the church, then I wouldn’t feel comfortable there. But, frankly, rolling him under the bus merely because I am running for President,” I that has not been my experience at Trinity United Church of Christ. would have a great amount of respect for him. His distancing was mealy-mouthed, and just like a kid saying “I’m sorry” I certainly have friends who cringe almost every week when this news- to his parents so he will be allowed to go out and play instead of sent paper comes out and yet defend my right to my viewpoints and I have to his room. friends who fall into the category of Reverend Wright who I would never think of distancing myself from. In the immortal words of Judge Judy, “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining outside.” Instead, this is what he said (transcript of Fox News live interview March 14, 2008): I—and I believe most Americans—have a hell of a lot more respect for loyalty (and a loyal disagreement) than a politician who will tell you what OBAMA: Well, Major, I’ve got to confess that, you know, as you know, he thinks you want to hear because he’s running for President and is I was voting in the Senate all day yesterday. So I wasn’t following this keeping his eye on the prize. story as carefully as I could have been. And then I flew back to Chicago. When I saw these statements, many of which I had heard for the Tuesday, Obama made a speech in Philadelphia which can best be first time, then I thought it was important to make a very clear and described as a “you-a-culpa”. He admitted, without coming out and say- unequivocal statement. None of these statements were ones that I ing, that he had not exactly told the truth on Friday. That he, in fact, had heard myself personally in the pews. One of them I had heard had been in the pews for some of the best of Wright’s sermons. And about after I had started running for president, and I put out a state- then, he tried to make Wright’s rhetoric seem to be our fault. ment at that time condemning them. The other statements were ones that that I just heard about while we were—when they started being run In short, Obama wants to be black enough for his black friends on FOX and some of the other stations. And so they weren’t things that I and white enough for everyone else. But he doesn't want race was familiar with. Once I saw them, I had to be very clear about the fact to be an issue. that these are not statements that I’m comfortable with. I reject them completely. They are not ones that reflect my values or my ideals or Barack Obama ought to be ashamed of himself. In the real world, you Michelle’s. And that, had I heard them, had I been sitting in the church dance with what brung you and Obama wants to dance with whoever at the time that they were spoken, I would have been absolutely clear will bring him in the future. to Reverend Wright that I didn’t find those acceptable. Obviously. Just like the politicians he says he’s not like. GARRETT: Sir, would you have—would you have quit the church had you FRED WEINBERG THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 7 Commentary: Victor Kamber often don’t exist. What To Do? Enjoy! There are Nervous Nellies like Democratic strategist Matt Bennett who is concerned that these attacks “could make our nominee the New York As the train wreck known as the Democratic Presidential primaries Mets of politics—winning in the spring only to lose in the fall.” rattles into Pennsylvania, practically the entire party establishment is look- Others fear that with Democrats fighting on and on with no end in sight, ing at Chairman Howard Dean and muttering as Oliver Hardy would to Stan while the GOP contest is over, gives McCain a tactical advantage. He has Laurel, “this is a fine mess you’ve got us into…” time to relax and shore up his vulnerabilities. Not to worry. His first act Fine mess indeed. This could be such a triumph that I have to think was to traipse over to the White House, where he received a toxic embrace Howard planned it this way. Instead of the unforgettable shriek he let loose from President Bush, providing Democrats with a photo-op that will be fea- after the Iowa primary results were in, I expect he is rubbing his hands and tured on millions of “McSame” campaign posters in the fall. chuckling the way leaders do when a great plan comes together. Democrats should be proud of their much-ridiculed party rules. When Everyone knows this is an election where the only way Republicans can Howard Dean invalidated nearly two million Democratic votes in Michigan win is for Democrats to find a way to lose. and Florida, he was playing by the rules. Even after all the primaries and The independent vote that GOP nominee John McCain once attracted is caucuses, neither of their extraordinary candidates is likely to have enough bitterly opposed to a disastrous war that he would pursue for another hun- pledged delegates to claim the nomination. What saves the day are party dred years. If that weren’t enough, there’s the declining dollar and 4-buck a rules, enlisting the aid of super-delegates who have been waiting since gallon gas. And it is a given that no incumbent party ever won an election the1982 DNC convention for the opportunity to exercise their judgment and when the economy went into recession on their watch. “do the right thing.” (Those who worry about a “backroom elite” ignor- So how can Democrats possibly lose? Well, there are problem areas, ing the wishes of the majority need to understand that super-delegates are such as the nasty name-calling that has another two months to run, what to savvy, lifelong Democrats who didn’t get where they are by disappointing do about Michigan and Florida, and those up-for-grabs super-delegates. people.) Some Democrats worry that week after week of bitter primaries just Play by the rules. The American Dream is built on the notion that if you might hurt their chances. Real Democrats know this back-and-forth blood- play by the rules you’ll get ahead. That hasn’t been true for several years, letting generates continuing interest among voters and media while condi- but that’s why “change” is the dominant theme of this election season. tioning the eventual winner to withstand whatever muck the GOP swift- Only the fighting Democrats are on the media radar these days. The boaters throw in the fall. anointed but unloved Republican nominee simply grows older. By While it is true that voters like both Obama and Clinton, it is also true November voters may see his name on the ballot and ask: “Who knew?” that the candidates themselves and their top staff people detest each other Nice going Howard. This time when the results are in, a simple yell of (anyone ever involved in a political campaign knows this is true). So forget victory will suffice. the “dream ticket” scenario—the eventual nominee is more likely to select VICTOR KAMBER Eliot Spitzer as a running mate. For more than a quarter of a century, Victor Kamber has made head- Lots of nasty things have been said about each candidate, mostly by sur- lines as a political consultant while writing several books and providing rogates, but nothing Democrats haven’t heard before. Because of race and sound bites that resonate for network and cable talk shows. His blog can be gender, epithets are riskier than usual, allowing pundits to find affronts that read at www.victorkamber.com. www.choateweinbergreport.com You Can Get Billhere's Calendar and Newsletter FREE by email! The FREE, e-mailed, VegasResource.com Newsletter and complete index of

Las Vegas coupons for shows, buffets and attractions is available on the internet www.vegasresource.com THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 8 The Best Vegas Calendar BAR NONE! By Billhere The FREE, e-mailed, VegasResource.com Newsletter and complete index of Las Vegas coupons for shows, buffets and attractions is available on the internet at: www.vegasresource.com OPENINGS & CLOSINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE: Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of ======how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all Sometime in mid-March, MAINLAND RESTAURANT (French- time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and Vietnamese) will open in the PALAZZO sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. Sometime in mid-March, DAL TORO RISTORANTE (Italian) will The show features such hits as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” open in the PALAZZO. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Oh, What a Night,” and many Mar.23= Easter Sunday. more. Mar.31= Opening of the condominium part of the $365 million, Sometime in the first week of April, opening of the new “BRAND” TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER LAS VEGAS. It is a 64- steakhouse where Blackstones was located - MONTE CARLO. story hotel/condominium project located west of Las Vegas Blvd Apr.7= Southern Skyways will add service between Dallas/Fort on Fashion Show Dr., behind the New Frontier. The project is Worth Love Airport and Las Vegas. modeled after the successful New York venture at One Central Apr.13= Society of Seven show closes - Flamingo. Park West, Condominium units are in the price range from Apr.13= Nathan Burton’s Comedy Magic show closes - in the Variety $700,000 to $7 million and feature 1,282 condominium hotel units Theater inside the Miracle Mile Shops in Planet Hollywood. ranging from studios to multiple room suites. This will be the Apr.20= Nathan Burton’s Comedy Magic show opens - Flamingo. tallest residential tower in Las Vegas. the 645-foot tower will Sometime in April or May, 2008, A.J.’s Steakhouse closes - Hard open with a spa, a signature restaurant called “DJT,” a heated Rock. outdoor pool and 2,400 square feet of meeting space. May 8= The 2008 World Series of Poker. The 39th annual gathering Sometime in March, 2008, The Korea Town Plaza at Spring of the world’s best poker players will be held at the Rio, May 30 Mountain and Rainbow will be opening. The indoor Plaza, will through July 17, and be sponsored by Milwaukee’s Best Light include retail stores and restaurants. Now we will have both a beer. Chinatown and a Koreatown. Apr.??= Miracle Mile Shops in PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & Sometime in March, 2008, Phase 1 of the reassembly of the La CASINO Opens RG512 store (chic and trendy attire). Concha motel lobby next to the Riviera will open as a historical Apr.??= WYNN LAS VEGAS will re-launch the LA REVE show after site. extensive changes in its creative content, better lighting focuses, Sometime in the third week of March, the RIO Village Seafood many technical improvements. ALSO, La Reve Theater’s 2087 Buffet reopens after an extensive facelift, but is keeping its seats have been reduced to 1606, with no seat more than twelve seafood theme. rows from the stage. The theater itself has been repainted in Mar.??= Opening of TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL. Located west warmer tones and given new, roomier seats and more plush of Las Vegas Blvd on Fashion Show Dr., behind the New Frontier. surroundings. On top of all this they have created what they Sometime in March, 2008, the Variety Theater inside the Miracle call a “Champagne Circle” ($66 extra), where 100 guests sit in Mile Shops in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, will open another custom chairs sipping Perrier Jouet and eating chocolate-covered performing theater with a 300-seat capacity. It will be located strawberries on top of the Cheeseburger In Paradise Restaurant next to the May 6= Cher starts her shows at Caesars Palace. existing Variety Theater. Sometime in the spring of 2008, Widening should begin on Sometime in March, 2008, Tommy Bahama’s Emporium & Interstate 15 in southern Nevada -- under an accelerated program Restaurant will open in the Town Square Shopping Mall. allowing it to be designed as it’s being built. The $242 million Sometime in late March, 2008, 1. The Grape Restaurant (Wine Bar project is dubbed the North Corridor project. It’ll improve about with a full restaurant), 2. Blue Martini Restaurant and 3. Kabuki four miles of the freeway north of the Spaghetti Bowl interchange Japanese Restaurant. will open in the Town Square Shopping near downtown Las Vegas. Plans call for widening I-15 from Mall. six lanes to 10 up to Lake Mead Boulevard, reconfiguring the Apr. 4= “JERSEY BOYS” opening in the new PALAZZO TOWER. Lake Mead Boulevard interchange, and widening the freeway to JERSEY BOYS is the winner of four 2006 Tony Awards including Best eight lanes from Lake Mead Boulevard to Craig Road. Electronic Musical. The original Broadway cast recording on Rhino Records message won the Grammy Award for Best Show Recording. JERSEY BOYS Please e-mail errors, omissions and additions to: is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, [email protected] www.pennypresslv.com www.choateweinbergreport.com THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 9 THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 10 Commentary: Albert Thomas everything is going down the fund manager must continue to buy and is not Cash Is A Position allowed to sell, BUT YOU CAN. During any 10-year period history records at least one or two bear mar- Have you been to any of those Money Shows? They have them all over kets of 20% to 40% or more. During those times brokers do not counsel the country. Orlando, Las Vegas, New York. their clients to sell and hold cash in a money market. Just about every type of investment vehicle you can think of is offered to Think back to 2000. If you had sold 10% or 15% off the top how much the hapless investor. 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And 80% of all mutual funds do NOT outperform the S&P500 index Al Thomas’ book, “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy It!” has helped thousands in any year. of people make money and keep their profits with his simple 2-step method. Mutual fund managers are not able to protect customers money. The Read the first chapter at www.mutualfundmagic.com and discover why he’s charter of most funds requires they must be 90% invested at all times. When the man that Wall Street does not want you to know. THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 11 Commentary: Wyatt Cox has been The Undertaker. Wrestling Still More The Democrats have...Hillary Clinton. The WWE has John Cena, a reasonably talented athlete who has tem- Ethical Than Politics pered his act down and held down with stupid catchphrases and a “hip hop” attitude that consistently gets him booed by most fans except younger kids A good friend that I never met died over the weekend. and teenage girls. Most true wrestling fans boo him based on his choosing “Playboy” Gary Hart, the arch nemesis of the much beloved Von Erich not to perform, despite his ability to perform. family, passed away over the weekend at the age of 68. The Republicans have ... John McCain. In spite of the on screen feuds between Hart and the Von Erichs, the real The WWE has Ken Kennedy, a promising individual who has the ability life Gary Williams and the Adkisson family worked toward a common pur- to cut a reasonable promo and talk a good game, but is still really learning pose: the success of Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling. how to tell a story in the ring. His recent gaffes about not using steroids WCCW was the last of local “territorial” wrestling. Long before while turning up on the Signature Pharmacy list of steroid purchasers Vincent Kennedy McMahon came along and built the big national brand of amounts to talking out of school while trying to toe the party line. the World Wrestling Federation (not to be confused with the cuddly little The Republicans have ... Mike Huckabee. pandas of the World Wildlife Federation) there existed a loosely organized The WWE has Edge, someone who knows how to elicit a crowd reac- group of regional promoters that worked local territories and gave wrestlers tion, can carry a match with the worst wrestler in the organization, and can a place to ply their craft. make people tune in week after week. But the WWE has shown no faith Gust Karras and later Bob Geigel ran Kansas and Missouri, Bill Watts in him and has regularly taken him out of the spotlight to put other, lesser ran Oklahoma and Arkansas, the Adkissons ran Texas, the Crocketts ran the talented wrestlers in the feature spots. He has been the future for a very long Carolinas, and the father of McMahon ran the Washington/Baltimore/New time, if only the WWE would give him the chance. York corridor under the Capital Sports banner. The Republicans have ... Mitt Romney. As my friend April Hunter, a valet/manager and former pro wrestler The WWE has Montel Vontavious Porter, or MVP. Given a push way until a number of injuries took her out of the sport said, top wrestlers in the before he was ready, this young man can talk, but can’t wrestle for crap. day could make a thousand a week in a territory, work for 4 to 6 months, Despite the fact that he’s the WWE US Champion, he is far too inexperi- then line up their next area and take a month off to rest and heal between enced to be on the big stage and needs a lot of seasoning before he’s ready stints. Even the local boys could work 3-4 nights a week for a $50 payoff to headline. nightly...good money in the 70’s and 80’s, especially if they had a full time The Democrats have ... Barack Obama. job! The WWE has Ric Flair. Active since the 70’s and arguably the best McMahon’s systematic dismantling of the territory system meant that interview and promo artist in the WWE today, he consistently gets no a lot of hard working wrestlers were out of a job. Nationalization of wres- respect from McMahon and the WWE hierarchy. Flair should be a manager tling meant less work, and more importantly, there was no longer a training for the top talent in WWE today. Instead, at 53, he’s in the ring regularly ground for the talent that McMahon needs to survive. and preparing for life after wrestling. But while he’s still hands down better Plus, rather than relying on people involved in the sport to deal with than over half the active roster in the ring, and better than 99% of the talent creative, McMahon went to professional scriptwriters --people who had on the mike, he gets zero respect from management. no understanding of wrestling’s appeal -- to develop storylines for his com- The Republicans have ... Ron Paul. pany. Writing for WWE Smackdown or Raw is a whole lot different than WYATT COX writing for Everyone Hates Chris or the Gilmore Girls. If Wyatt hits Megabucks, he’ll book at least one show with his favorite tal- A lack of understanding of the audience, a failure to develop talent, and ent, and maybe even an Obama/Clinton jello wrestling match. Pass along a willingness to turn a blind eye to the physical, mental, and moral well- your fantasy matchups at rant.wyattcox.net being of your talent. Hmmmm... Sounds an awful lot like the Republicans and Democrats, no? Perhaps some of you might take offense, but there are an awful lot of comparisons to be made between pro wrestling and politics. Want A Penny Press In The WWE chairman, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, is an egocentric maniac who books himself as the center of attention instead of the talent that fans usually pay to see. He consistently puts his own ego ahead of his com- The Mail? pany and crows about ratings successes, despite the fact that the total view- ing audience for wrestling is less than 10% of what it was 20 years ago. $75 per year First Class Mail The Democrats have....Howard Dean. Name______Penny Press The WWE has Mark Callus, who for years has had a huge run on top as Address______5010 Spencer the character The Undertaker. Though he is not the athlete he used to be, City_____State___ZIP_____ Las Vegas, NV 89119 people still show up to see him simply for his entrance. While the skillset is low and the movement is slow, people want to believe in the charisma that THE PENNY PRESS, MARCH 20, 2008 PAGE 12 Commentary: Joyce Meyer encourage. We can all build up, lift make me so weary at times. I would better for me. There have been times The Spirit up and speak life to those around us. get physically, mentally and emo- when I’ve prayed, “Lord, I need to We can refuse to be slanderers—we tionally worn out. I needed encour- be encouraged,” and the next thing Is The Key! can refuse to do the work of the devil agement but there wasn’t always I knew, I was receiving cards, gifts and tear others down with the words someone there to give it to me. and flowers. I love the book of Proverbs! This that come out of our mouths. In fact, I used to get angry I learned that every time I allow is a wonderful book of wise sayings You may be thinking, “Well, because there was no one there to myself to be resentful and start com- written by King Solomon, the wis- Joyce, that’s easy for you to say. build me up. I would concentrate on plaining, things only grow worse. est man who ever lived. One of the But the truth is, I don’t feel like all that I was doing for others and As long as I keep my eyes on the verses that’s helped me the most in encouraging anyone. I need some- how little others were doing for me. Lord and trust Him to bring me the my walk with the Lord is Proverbs one to exhort and encourage me!” This was a destructive way to think! encouragement I need, I am strong 18:14. It says, The strong spirit of a I understand how you feel because It’s certainly not the way the Lord enough to endure whatever comes man sustains him in bodily pain or I have been there—many times. In wants us to think. He wants us to my way. My spirit is the key! trouble, but a weak and broken spirit my ministry I used to get so discour- come to Him and find our strength JOYCE MEYER who can raise up or bear? (The aged and down in the dumps that I and encouragement in Him. For more on this topic, you may Amplified Bible). just wanted to give up and quit. The I finally learned that if, instead order Joyce’s four-CD series Me Do you realize what King intense preparation and heavy travel of getting angry, bitter, and resent- and My Big Mouth! by calling 1- Solomon is saying in this verse? involved with ministry, as well as ful, I will go to God in earnest, 800-727-9673 or visiting www.joy- He is saying that regardless of what the demands of motherhood, would humble prayer, things will go much cemeyer.org. comes into a person’s life, he can bear up under it if he has a strong spirit within him to sustain him when times of trouble come. But if his spirit is weak or wounded, he is going to have a hard time with any- thing in life. Do you know what is wrong with many Christians today and why they can’t seem to handle their prob- lems? It’s not because their prob- lems are any worse than those of anybody else; it’s because they are weak. I don’t mean to say that they are physically weak. I’m saying that they are weak in their spirit. The Bible tells us to bear with the failings and the frailties of the weak (see Romans 15:1). We are to lift them up and support them (see 1 Thessalonians 5:14). In Romans 12, we see that one of the gifts that God has given to some people is the gift of exhortation and encouragement. Such people are usually easy to rec- ognize because every time we get around them, they make us feel bet- ter by the things they say and do. Do you know anyone like that? Do you know someone who just naturally encourages and strengthens others by their very presence and personal- ity? 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