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The Rock walks in Buford Pusser's steps; Region comes out to see new 'Walking Tall' star
Jackson Sun ^
| 03-17-04
| KARY BOOHER
Posted on 03/17/2004 8:36:49 AM PST by Pikamax
Edited on 05/07/2004 9:15:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Photos by ERIKA ALEXANDER/The Jackson Sun - Dwayne Johnson, the former pro wrestler The Rock, signs an autograph for a fan Tuesday while being escorted by local police officers to the McNairy County Courthouse.
SELMER - From a black, tinted-windowed SUV, he emerged, his leather jacket off, a green T-shirt showing off his muscles and his handlers tugging on his right biceps as they tried to rush him back onto his private jet.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bufordpusser; dwaynejohnson; movies; therock; walkingtall; wrestling
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posted on
03/17/2004 8:36:51 AM PST
by
Pikamax
To: Pikamax
Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?
To: Pikamax; CounterCounterCulture
"I had an absolute blast," he said in an exclusive interview. Everytime I hear about this guy, he just seems to have so much fun and enjoys what he is doing. Unlike some of the other wrestlers (Brock)
Wrestling bump
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posted on
03/17/2004 8:40:42 AM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice.)
To: Pikamax
If the "Walking Tall" movies have taught us anything it's that many problems can be resolved by the correct application of an ax-handle.
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posted on
03/17/2004 8:40:56 AM PST
by
AreaMan
To: Pikamax
A bump for my buddy Dwayne Johnson (ok, so I've talked to him a couple of times at the local gym....). He is pretty conservative, as are most hollywood tough guys. Bad a$$ former Miami Hurricane, from the "bad old days" of the Canes.
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posted on
03/17/2004 8:41:27 AM PST
by
Paradox
(I have NO idea..)
To: Pikamax
Too bad the truth about Pusser is still a secret!
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posted on
03/17/2004 9:34:18 AM PST
by
Chapita
(There are none so blind as those who refuse to see! Santana)
To: Pikamax
7
posted on
03/17/2004 9:38:52 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Arguments that got Arnold elected in 02, will get a "moderate" RINO elected to the White House in 08)
To: AreaMan
LOL
8
posted on
03/17/2004 9:40:29 AM PST
by
Tribune7
(Vote Toomey April 27)
To: AreaMan
If the "Walking Tall" movies have taught us anything it's that many problems can be resolved by the correct application of an ax-handle. In the original movie it was a Hickory stick about 4 feet long and 3 inches across.
In the posters I've seen in the DC Metro it's a 2 by 4. LOL
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posted on
03/17/2004 9:41:15 AM PST
by
rllngrk33
(Liberals are guilty of everything they accuse Conservatives of.)
To: Chapita
Too bad the truth about Pusser is still a secret!OK, I'll bite...what's the secret truth about ol' Buford?
10
posted on
03/17/2004 9:41:55 AM PST
by
Ulysses
("Most of us go through life thinking we're Superman. Superman goes through life being Clark Kent!")
To: rllngrk33
Joe Don Baker with the stick...
11
posted on
03/17/2004 9:48:07 AM PST
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb.....................It's where the fruit is.)
To: battlegearboat
Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? No but I can smell what he had for lunch!
12
posted on
03/17/2004 10:00:11 AM PST
by
Bommer
(John Kerry = War Criminal!)
To: KantianBurke
1962 elected constable.
1964 elected Sheriff of McNairy County.
Shot eight times.
Knifed seven times.
Fought off six men at once, sending three to jail and three to the hospital.
Destroyed 87 whiskey stills in 1965 alone.
Killed two people in self-defense.
Hopped on the hood of a speeding car, smashed the window and subdued the man who had tried to run over him.
Incredible.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:04:44 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: rllngrk33
In the original movie it was a Hickory stick about 4 feet long and 3 inches acrossI stand corrected. Let me revise my previous statement:
If the "Walking Tall" movies have taught us anything it's that many problems can be resolved by the correct application of lumber.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:12:08 AM PST
by
AreaMan
To: Ulysses
It's still a secret!
15
posted on
03/17/2004 10:26:05 AM PST
by
Chapita
(There are none so blind as those who refuse to see! Santana)
To: hobbes1
*********************"Incredible."***********************************************************************
Absolutely incredible!
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:33:41 AM PST
by
Chapita
(There are none so blind as those who refuse to see! Santana)
To: battlegearboat
I love the Rock.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:36:20 AM PST
by
rintense
To: battlegearboat
Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?
I'd check rottentomatoes.com.
To: Pikamax
I met Buford Pusser in 1973, when I was 12. Nixon was coming to my central Illinois town to dedicate something and my cousin's dad, a local bar owner, was hosting a party for the Secret Service advance team. Pusser was hanging out with the SS guys. He died not too long after that.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:46:08 AM PST
by
Heyworth
To: hobbes1
The former Sherrif Hege in Davidson County, NC idolizes Buford Pusser, takes vacations to Pusser's homestead and has befriended Pusser's widow.
Unfortunately, none of Pusser's good qualities rubbed off on Hege.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:48:16 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Guess which longtime poster admitted she was happy when JFK was assissinated?)
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