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The Best of the Fdh Lounge Multimedia Magazine NOTHING IS OFF-TOPIC: THE BEST OF THE FDH LOUNGE MULTIMEDIA MAGAZINE EDITOR Featuring an incredible Rick Morris multitude of subjects from the COLUMNISTS online companion to the world’s most Ben Chew diverse web TV Steve Cirvello show from Russ Cohen 2007-2011 — Jason Jones Released January 1, 2012 Samantha Jones Tony Mazur © 2012 FDH Enterprises, LLC Nate Noy The FDH Lounge Kyle Ross takes on Sean Trench the world! Table of Contents Part I: Sports Columns Pages 5-6: 1979: The Year That Yielded The Modern World — December 21, 2011 Page 7: Donovan McNabb’s Foolish Race-Baiting — September 18, 2007 Pages 7-8: Cleveland Needs To Grow Up About Lebron’s Yankees Hat — October 13, 2007 Pages 9-10: NFL Sunday Ticket Will Change Your Life — November 20, 2007 Pages 11-12: Black QBs in the NFL: Victims of Personnel Non-Support — November 23, 2007 Pages 12-13: How to Really Honor Sean Taylor — November 27, 2007 Pages 13-17: Why Stats Should Be the End-All, Be-All of All-Star Game Selection — January 9, 2008 Page 18: What’s Right and Wrong About Sports Today — February 10, 2008 Page 19: The Top 10 Quarterbacks of the Last 20 Years — March 4, 2008 Pages 20-21: The Top 10 Quarterbacks of All-Time — March 5, 2008 Page 22: NFL’s LA Solution: SoCal Chargers — June 1, 2008 Pages 23-24: Lebron May Go, But He’s Cleveland’s To Lose — July 5, 2008 Page 25: The Packers Have No Choice But To Move On From Brett Favre — July 19, 2008 Pages 26-29: How to Create the Ultimate Hoops Tournament — August 17, 2008 Pages 29-30: Urban Meyer: Covering the Spread for Wealthy Boosters — September 10, 2008 Page 30: The Idiocy of Obsessing Over Winning With a “Hometown Guy” — November 10, 2008 Page 31: Brian Burke to the Maple Leafs: Huge News For a Legacy Franchise — November 28, 2008 Pages 32-33: Plus-One is the Way to Go for the NCAA — December 7, 2008 Page 34: Farewell Greg Maddux, One of the Best Ever — December 10, 2008 Page 34: The NFL Youth Coaching Bubble Is Bound To Burst— January 25, 2009 Pages 35-36: Manny Roid-Mirez — May 7, 2009 Pages 36-37: Dream Sporting Event: New and Improved IROC — July 19, 2009 Page 38: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part I) — July 26, 2009 Pages 39-40: Baseball Purism: Outdated Thinking — August 22, 2009 Pages 40-42: A Tribute To Steve Yzerman As He Enters The Hall of Fame — November 9, 2009 Pages 42-43: Time To Rip Apart Inaccurate Criticism of Lebron’s Teammates — June 1, 2010 Page 43: To Its Everlasting Shame, The NBA Turns a Blind Eye To Tampering — June 10, 2010 Pages 44-45: How Could Lakers-Celtics Game 7 Not Be a Bigger Deal? — June 17, 2010 Pages 45-48: Lebron’s Decision: Immediate Thoughts On a Sad Spectacle — July 8, 2010 Pages 48-49: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part II) — July 14, 2010 Pages 49-52: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part III) — July 14, 2010 Pages 53-54: Lebron Is The Cavs’ Deadbeat Dad — August 7, 2010 Page 55: Admiring The Jets’ Approach To Franchise-Building — August 28, 2010 Pages 56-58: King Lebron Doesn’t Reign: Clarity Does — December 6, 2010 Pages 58-59: How a Plus-One Would Work This Year — December 6, 2010 Page 60: The Sports Mount Rushmore For American Cities (Athletes Only) — January 15, 2011 Page 61: Portrait of a Historic Losing Streak — February 3, 2011 Pages 62-64: How To Project a Bracket for Selection Sunday — March 10, 2011 Pages 64-65: Pro Wrestling Archetypes for MMA — April 9, 2011 Pages 65-66: Breaking Down The Shocking Jim Tressel Resignation — May 31, 2011 Page 67: FDH’s Top 32 Players In The NFL — August 9, 2011 Page 67: FDH Top 30 Players in MLB — August 13, 2011 Page 68: FDH Top 30 Players In The NHL — August 14, 2011 Page 68: FDH Top 30 Players in the NBA — August 20, 2011 Pages 69-70: Dream Sporting Event: NBA Lockout League — August 20, 2011 Pages 71-72: FDH and Sportsology’s Top 10 Athletes Of All Time — August 23, 2011 The FDH Fantasy Newsletter Weekly in-season sports analysis — FantasyDrafthelp.blogspot.com Table of Contents Part II: Entertainment Columns Pages 73-78: WWE Transitional Periods, Then and Now — November 1, 2007 Pages 78-80: Wrestling Heels Who Should Have Turned Face — February 2, 2008 Pages 80-81: Great Old-School Wrestling Angles — February 17, 2008 Pages 82-83: Guiding Light’s Producers: Defecating on Tradition — April 8, 2008 Pages 83-85: Top 10 Pranks From The Office — April 8, 2008 Page 85: The $100 Cheesesteak — May 29, 2008 Pages 86-89 Five Times Pro Wrestling Could Have Gone National Sooner — May 29, 2008 Pages 90-91: Handicapping the Jay Leno Sweepstakes — July 12, 2008 Pages 92-93: Starrcade’s 25th Anniversary: The Night the Business Changed Forever — November 9, 2008 Page 94: Believe It Or Not, Iran’s Mullah’s Have Never Heard of Pro Wrestling! — December 14, 2008 Pages 94-96: The WWF’s 1993: The Most Disjointed Wrestling Year Ever — January 11, 2009 Pages 96-97: Forecasting the Conan Tonight Show Era — May 29, 2009 Page 98: The Wrestling Business Needs Buddy Landel — March 21, 2010 Pages 99-100: Top 75 Christmas Movies of All-Time — December 24, 2010 Pages 99-104: Ranking the WrestleManias: 26 to 20 — March 27, 2011 Pages 104-110: Ranking the WrestleManias: 19 to 10 — March 27, 2011 Pages 111-115: Ranking the WrestleManias: 9 to 3 — March 27, 2011 Pages 116-118: Ranking the WrestleManias: 2 and 1 — April 2, 2011 Page 118: The FDH Lounge Top 50 Pro Wrestlers of All Time — April 9, 2011 Pages 119-122: Ripping Apart The MTV Movie Awards — June 6, 2011 Pages 123-125: Programming The WWE Network — August 28, 2011 Pages 126-127: Movie Review: Moneyball — October 2, 2011 Table of Contents Part III: Inspiration Columns Pages 128-129: Remembering a Century-Old Institution: The Cleveland Athletic Club — January 1, 2008 Pages 129-130: Inspiration Has a Name: Terrence Webster — February 9, 2008 Pages 131-132: RIP William F. Buckley, Jr. — February 27, 2008 Pages 132-133: RIP Alexander Solzhenitsyn — August 10, 2008 Pages 133-135: A September 11 Remembrance — September 11, 2008 Pages 135-136: Remembering Harry Kalas — April 13, 2009 Pages 136-137: Requiem For A Friend And Mentor — January 24, 2010 Page 138: How Pro Wrestling Legend Junkyard Dog Fought Racism In The South — March 21, 2010 Pages 139-140: Fare Thee Well, Wig Man — May 25, 2011 Pages 140-141: Hanging Out With The Greatest Sports Fans In The World — August 28, 2011 Pages 142-144: 9/11: 10 Years Later — September 11, 2011 Introduction To NOTHING IS OFF-TOPIC: THE BEST OF THE FDH LOUNGE MULTIMEDIA MAGAZINE By Rick Morris FDH Managing Partner It’s fair to say that when my partner Jason Jones and I conceptualized The FDH Lounge in late 2006 as an all- topics spinoff of our FantasyDrafthelp.com venture that we couldn’t have conceived much of what has hap- pened. Sure, we hoped we’d tally the 150+episodes that we’ve compiled, but we’ve also had other great complementary ventures that have only served to reinforce our unique brand. The FDH Lounge Multimedia Magazine is certainly among them. Launched on August 14, 2007, the Magazine has seen thousands of pieces of work, from columns to pictures to videos and much more. We are as proud of what we have generated in this corner of cyberspace as we are the program that largely defines us. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Table of Contents Part IV: News Columns Pages 145-146: Happy To Mark The End of the Karl Rove Era — August 15, 2007 Pages 147-151: Iraq War FAQ — September 13, 2007 Pages 151-152: Jena and Iraq: Hearsay vs. facts on the ground — October 24, 2007 Pages 152-154: Pakistan Debacle Exposes Our Overreach — November 5, 2007 Pages 154-155: Bill Clinton Plays The Race Card: Now Liberals are Hating on Slick Willie! — January 21, 2008 Pages 155-156: Berkeley Hippies Still a Disgrace — February 2, 2008 Pages 156-157: Why the “Kitchen Sink” Approach Will Fail Against Obama in the Fall — February 17, 2008 Page 158: Obama’s (Intentionally) Ill-Defined “Change” — February 20, 2008 Page 159: Hillary Now Will Lose Unless She Disembowels Obama — February 23, 2008 Pages 160-162: Imagine Michael Scott Moderating the Pennsylvania Presidential Debate — March 6, 2008 Pages 163-164: Why the Economy is Way Worse Than “The Numbers” Show — April 21, 2008 Pages 164-165: George W. Bush Got The Clown He Deserved in Scott McClellan — May 31, 2008 Pages 165-168: If Fear Helps You Avoid Rape, It’s a Good Thing — June 1, 2008 Pages 169-170: Israel’s Schizophrenia — July 20, 2008 Pages 170-172: Quietly Selling Out Your Political Base Is As Bad As Doing It Loudly — August 2, 2008 Pages 172-174: Professional Politicians Are The Enemy — August 17, 2008 Pages174-175: Obama and the Infantilization of Politics — August 24, 2008 Page 176: Nancy Pelosi’s Vile Lies About Catholic Abortion Policy — August 25, 2008 Pages 177-178: The Bailout Blues: The Evil Party and The Stupid Party — September 30, 2008 Pages 178-188: Wall Street Crisis and Bailout: An FAQ — October 5, 2008 Pages 188-189: The Nate Silver Thumb on the Scale — October 13, 2008 Pages 189-191: A Form Apology Letter for “Obama Conservatives” — October 19, 2008 Pages 191-192: Grumpy Contrarian Political Takes — November 2, 2008 Pages 192-193: The Real Agenda the Obama Voters Approved — November 7, 2008 Pages 193-194: Festivus Grievances: McCain Post-Mortem Edition — November 16, 2008 Page 195: Have Yourself a Secular Little Christmas — December 6, 2008 Page 196: If Pelosi Wears the Pants, Obama is Screwed — December 21, 2008 Page 197: The Next Biofuel is … Kudzu??? — December 28, 2008 Pages 197-198: Why the Right Shouldn’t Leave the Auto Industry to Die — January 3, 2009 Page 199: A Challenge to Obama Supporters: Celebrate This Country After Obama Also — January 20, 2009 Page 200: Closing Gitmo May Sell Out US Security — January 24, 2009 Page 201: Octo-Mom and the Welfare System — February 15, 2009 Page 202: Why Real Conservatives Are Ill-Served by Obama vs.
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