Posted on 12/18/2006 8:37:30 AM PST by MNJohnnie
"Wouldn't a pet store be more appropo?"
Not for someone famous. Rocky will (as many famous athletes do) open a restaurant with photos of him back in the day that would be patronized by fans and old friends with whom he could commiserate with. THere's no money in pet stores anyway...not for a former boxing champ.
Great movie by the way. Sly did himself proud.
But Adrian was a pet store worker. He could sell boxing kangaroos, and fighting roosters.
You causing trouble already ;)
Hey BTS, long time no see!!!
"Hey, take her to da zoo."
Now, if you want to see a good film, go see Pursuit of Happyness. Great one.
DOn't throw turkeys at leprachons?
If you're gonna tell the story, tell it right!
Kermit Washington was on the floor, in the game, when the fight broke out. Tomjonovich (sp?) ran onto the court from the bench and as he approached Washington from behind, Washington turned and landed a roundhouse that knocked Tomjonovich to the floor where he cracked his head. Both the punch and hitting the floor did severe damage to Tomjonovich. Washington's excuse for this was that he had a 'ghetto mentality!' In the ghetto, when you hear someone running up behind you, you turn around and cold cock him!
http://www.nysun.com/article/45298
Confronting Conflict With Barenboim
by KATE TAYLOR | The New York Sun | December 18, 2006 Monday
The conductor conceived the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with his friend, the late scholar and advocate of a Palestinian state, Edward Said, and established it in 1999. (The name is taken from a cycle of poems by Goethe, inspired by his reading of Persian poetry.) This summer, during the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the orchestra voted to add a political statement to its program, stating that there is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that the destinies of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples are inextricably linked.
"It is not an orchestra for peace," Mr. Barenboim said. "Peace requires much more than this. But it is a message of the orchestra that there is no military solution, and therefore we have to learn to know each other and find a solution that is just for everybody."
Mr. Barenboim went on to say that the parties must "achieve on the ground the conditions that we have in the orchestra, which are conditions of equality. When a Palestinian and an Israeli are playing the Brahms symphony on Tuesday night in Carnegie hall, in front of the Brahms Symphony, they are equals. But on the ground, in the West Bank, they are not equals."
He'd been callng around. Sounds like the killer of the young gal at the bar in NYC last year. He too, wanted to talk to the media. I recall her name being Imette ?
Old guy plays good. Never had a real team around him.
Juan Marichall did not pick up Roseboro's bat, Rush, as you just said.
Roseboro was catching at the time Marichal hit him!.
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http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Marichal_Juan.stm
On August 22, 1965, Marichal faced Sandy Koufax at Candlestick Park in the heat of a tight pennant race. The Giants and Dodgers had come close to a brawl two days earlier over catcher's interference calls. Los Angeles's Maury Wills had allegedly tipped Tom Haller's mitt with his bat on purpose, and Marichal's best friend, Matty Alou, retaliated by tipping John Roseboro's face mask. Roseboro nearly beaned Alou with his return throw to the mound. In the August 22 game, Marichal had flattened Wills and Ron Fairly with pitches when Roseboro purportedly asked Koufax to hit Marichal. When Koufax refused, Roseboro's return throw came close to Marichal's head. Name-calling ensued, until Roseboro suddenly ripped off his mask and stood up. Marichal rapped the catcher on the head with his bat.
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Rush again is just faking it........ as usual!
Santa's slay?
Never heard of it. I don't know if you're jesting or not...you'll have to say.
The Eagles will crush Dallas. Play the Rocky Song!
I watched this last night. This is how some on the left think. Very scary.
Hitler and Stalin: Roots of Evil
An examination of the minds of two of the 20th century's most brutal dictators and mass murderers--Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Based on recent psychological and medical studies, the program explores the personalities of these ruthless leaders, who were directly responsible for millions of deaths--their paranoia, suspiciousness, cold-bloodedness, sadism, and lack of human feeling. Includes interviews with Martin Bormann's son and Hitler's butler. cc
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