Our Oasis and the Our Oasis blog would like to be the first to extend official congratulations to Libby, the mistress of The New Hampshire Joyride for making it to 1,000 posts!

Congratulations, Libby, and we hope to have you here for thousands more!

Sometimes, while going to sleep, I leave on The History Channel as something to listen to, given that my television has a sleep timer.

Last night, I heard this:

"Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or close his conscience."

This was FDR, in a speech promising American neutrality in what would eventually become World War II, as, at this time, America wanted to hide under a rock and pretend the rest of the world didn't exist.

I'd take this a step farther.

When one of the sides in a conflict is one's friend, and that friend is claiming victimization, even a "neutral" has an OBLIGATION to take account of facts. Even a "neutral" has an OBLIGATION to not close their mind or their conscience.

Should they not live up to these obligations, they're not being much of a friend. And if it is indeed a conflict where only one side is doing wrong, they are taking a side, that of the wrongdoer.

Something to think about.

I'm not always nice, but I am always honest.

You guys ever hear of the Kevin Bacon game, where any actor or actress can be linked to Kevin Bacon by going from movie to movie? I tried it with Adolf Hitler and had a surprising amount of success. I tried only movies at first then went to movies and TV if that didn't work.

The linking page is at: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks&

The Oracle says: william shatner has an adolf hitler number of 3.

William Shatner was in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Paul Busch
Paul Busch was in Himmel uber Berlin, Der (1987) with Curt Bois
Curt Bois was in Ewige Jude, Der (1940) with Adolf Hitler

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Ronald (I) Reagan number of 2.

Adolf Hitler was in Ewige Jude, Der (1940) with Curt Bois
Curt Bois was in Boy Meets Girl (1938) with Ronald (I) Reagan

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a 'Weird Al' Yankovic number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Radio Days (1987) with Kenneth Mars
Kenneth Mars was in Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) with Michael McKean
Michael McKean was in Haunted Lighthouse (2003) with 'Weird Al' Yankovic

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a George W. Bush number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in Nuremberg (1946) with Hermann Goring
Hermann Goring was in Memory of Justice, The (1976) with Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin was in Revenge of the Dead Indians, The (1993) with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky was in Rush to War (2004) with George W. Bush

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has an Osama bin Laden number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in Nuremberg (1946) with Hermann Goring
Hermann Goring was in "Century: America's Time, The" (1999) (mini) with Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese was in Tanner on Tanner (2004) (TV) with Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw was in Without Fear or Favor: The Best in Broadcast Journalism (2004) (TV) with Osama bin Laden

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Pope John Paul II number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Radio Days (1987) with Mike (I) Starr
Mike (I) Starr was in Freejack (1992) with Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger was in Papal Chase, The (2004) with Pope John Paul II

(It amused me that the route from Hitler to the last Pope goes through Mick Jagger)

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Meat Loaf number of 3.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Radio Days (1987) with Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth Welsh was in Focus (2001/I) with Meat Loaf

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Vince McMahon number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Cry Uncle! (1971) with Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino was in Longshot (2000) with The Rock
The Rock was in Beyond the Mat (1999) with Vince McMahon

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Paul Heyman number of 3.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Radio Days (1987) with Richard Portnow
Richard Portnow was in Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding (2004) with Paul Heyman

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has an Eric Bischoff number of 3.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in "G.I. Joe" (1985) with Sgt. Slaughter
Sgt. Slaughter was in "Sunday Night Heat" (1998) with Eric Bischoff

(which would link practically anyone on the WWE roster to Hitler)

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Britney Spears number of 3.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Radio Days (1987) with Seth Green
Seth Green was in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) with Britney Spears

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Walt Disney number of 2.

Adolf Hitler was in March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany (1938) with Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was in Show Business at War (1943) with Walt Disney

The Oracle says: Adolf Hitler has a Linda Lovelace number of 4.

Adolf Hitler was in Ewige Jude, Der (1940) with Curt Bois
Curt Bois was in Boot ist voll, Das (1981) with Simone (I)
Simone (I) was in That's Erotic (1979) with Georgina Spelvin
Georgina Spelvin was in Sexual Ecstasy of the Macumba (1975) with Linda Lovelace

Matt and I chatted while I watched RAW... here are some of the best bits...

Boffo97: Bald Eric pic at the beginning~~~~~~~~
I Am Matt Sutton: indeed! :)

Boffo97: You know, if the RAW theme really is dropping F bombs, I wonder why the FCC is letting them get along with it
Boffo97: or the ESRB for the games

Boffo97: Test wasn't fired. He shrank a few inches and became Gene Snitsky.
Boffo97: but it's NOT HIS FAULT!
I Am Matt Sutton: whose fault is it?
Boffo97: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?
I Am Matt Sutton: it's Drew Carey's!

Boffo97: You know... JR can't think of a redeeming quality of Snitsky? How about beating the crap out of the guy who lit you on fire?
I Am Matt Sutton: maybe J.R. has selective soap opera amnesia?
Boffo97: Maybe
Boffo97: I'd be all "Hey, so you lost the baby. I grieve for the baby. But you lit me on fire, you soulless bastard!"

Boffo97: JR and King are saying that Eugene emulates stuff he sees on TV? Don't they tell us NOT to do that?
Boffo97: I should look at my logs after this and use them to post a running RAW thoughts post
Boffo97: C'mon JR, he's whipping him like a government mule. You want to say it.
I Am Matt Sutton: Eugene gets away with it because he's a WWE employee

Boffo97: I want a no baby sign.
I Am Matt Sutton: why?
Boffo97: I want to post it somewhere and confuse the hell out of people?
I Am Matt Sutton: works for me

Boffo97: YES, Regal!
I Am Matt Sutton: Regal~~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: You're gonna jump on Eugene? Here's some knucks for you, asshole!
Boffo97: In his RIGHTEOUS BRITISH VENGEANCE!

Boffo97: Trip is coming off as a Cult Leader here
Boffo97: or a bad politician
I Am Matt Sutton: either or
Boffo97: "Without me, RAW is nothing." I'd respond "And with you, RAW is Beating The Shit Out Of Trip, Bitch."

Boffo97: Maria is cute... she wasn't one of the Divas, right?
I Am Matt Sutton: no, I don't think so
Boffo97: We are ahs matt ahs hell.
Boffo97: Tajiri IS Matt
I Am Matt Sutton: *spits green mist*

Boffo97: Don't talk about your Oklahoma backside, JR.

Boffo97: What.... happpened to.... Tajiri....
Boffo97: is Shatner cutting a promo?!
I Am Matt Sutton: yes
I Am Matt Sutton: he is
Boffo97: Spoooooooock!
Boffo97: Be careful, his double axe-handle will knock out ANYONE.

Boffo97: Don't cheer his match announcements you flip flopping morons, you were just calling him an asshole two seconds ago!

Boffo97: Unless there's a certain match HE wants to see, he's going to keep letting the inmates run thing
I Am Matt Sutton: hmm
Boffo97: he feels betrayed by Evolution for no showing when he got his hair shaved
I Am Matt Sutton: interesting
Boffo97: "Tell me exactly what kissing Evolution's ass for the last 2 1/2 years has gotten me?!"
Boffo97: THIS RULES
I Am Matt Sutton: it DOES!
Boffo97: Eric has a spine!
Boffo97: Or maybe a penis!
Boffo97: Or maybe both!
I Am Matt Sutton: I'd rather not think about his penis, thanks

Boffo97: Bischoff is RULING it here
Boffo97: "Well *I* say, without that World Title, Triple H is NOTHING."
Boffo97: Holy holy holy crap.
I Am Matt Sutton: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Please don't let this be a tease. This is rulling so hardcore.
I Am Matt Sutton: this was THE best moment of the show
Boffo97: Even better than the Main?
I Am Matt Sutton: just barely better than the main event
I Am Matt Sutton: barely
Boffo97: Bischoff's whole body language seemed to be saying "**** with me, and I'm going to book you in a weapons match against 15 guys
I Am Matt Sutton: and I wish he would have done that
Boffo97: I like "I'm just here for myself!" Eric
I Am Matt Sutton: me too
Boffo97: So far this is a very bitch smacky downy show
Boffo97: Between Regal and Bischoff

Boffo97: Edge's book is Cheap As Free!
I Am Matt Sutton: hehe
Boffo97: Firebert, you stay here and think of a better Commando name
I Am Matt Sutton: sure thing

Boffo97: Viscera has theme music!
Boffo97: Viscera goes where Viscera wants!
I Am Matt Sutton: tonight was a really good show
Boffo97: They're even making Viscera rule it
Boffo97: they could have him all of a sudden hunting down all the former Ministry members... that would be cool
I Am Matt Sutton: yeah, really
I Am Matt Sutton: it would be
I Am Matt Sutton: they should do taht
I Am Matt Sutton: *that

Boffo97: who found a bigger spine, Maven or Bischoff?
I Am Matt Sutton: good question
I Am Matt Sutton: I don't know

Boffo97: You'll never forget the people you hurt while you were high
Boffo97: you get high enough, you kinda forget everything
I Am Matt Sutton: yeah
I Am Matt Sutton: but YOU CAN'T GROUND ME
Boffo97: IT'S JUST A LITTLE POT!
Boffo97: *slam*
I Am Matt Sutton: YOU WENT THROUGH MY ROOM, IT'S MY ROOM!
I Am Matt Sutton: *slams the door*
Boffo97: *waves his hand in front of his face*
I Am Matt Sutton: IT'S JUST A LITTLE POT!
Boffo97: You can't ground me!
I Am Matt Sutton: Cheech, Chong, & Cena
I Am Matt Sutton: Basic Tokeanomics
Boffo97: Basic Slamanomics
Boffo97: jinx
I Am Matt Sutton: aw :(

Boffo97: Simon shouldn't talk about other guy's penises
I Am Matt Sutton: nobody should talk about other guy's penises
Boffo97: Why didn't his head explode when he saw Viscera?
Boffo97: He screwed up his promo and repeated his spot!
I Am Matt Sutton: he did?
I Am Matt Sutton: I missed it
I Am Matt Sutton: I kinda tuned out
Boffo97: yeah... he repeated a line about how "Do I smell cheese?" with that one woman

Boffo97: I'd knee him in the crotch and then say "In a couple of weeks, you'll be able to see YOUR penis again!"

Boffo97: The Tag Title Match is next
Boffo97: and remember, if you chant USA, you're cheering for Robert Conway

Boffo97: This commercial with LeBron James where he's resisting money and women to just play ball is funny considering how much he makes
I Am Matt Sutton: heh
I Am Matt Sutton: yeah, really
I Am Matt Sutton: Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are proof that college educations are overrated if you're a good athlete
Boffo97: yep... at least the NFL keeps high schoolers out

Boffo97: I don't want to know what Lawler puts in his Juice Box
Boffo97: Rikishi is on it!
Boffo97: and the Don't Try This At Home video?
Boffo97: Lawler is farking weird.
I Am Matt Sutton: it's the Don't Try This At Home video set to Benoit's music
I Am Matt Sutton: weird indeed
Boffo97: I guess Rikishi was just in the video
Boffo97: meaning they need to make a new one
Boffo97: or.. . JUST GIVE IT A REST ALREADY

Boffo97: Edge just shows up whenever he wants.
I Am Matt Sutton: he's such a slacker
Boffo97: He should keep doing so... that's be funny
Boffo97: just come out at random times.
I Am Matt Sutton: it would be
I Am Matt Sutton: like if he has a one-on-one match, just show up five minutes after his opponent walks out
I Am Matt Sutton: or later in the show when nobody's expecting him
Boffo97: Or in the middle of random matches or promos
I Am Matt Sutton: indeed
I Am Matt Sutton: he just walks out and starts cutting a promo

Boffo97: Chris may be in trouble! I'd better go!
I Am Matt Sutton: way to go and check on him, Edge
I Am Matt Sutton: he earned his paycheck tonight
Boffo97: You'd think Edge would actually want to KEEP the tag titles
I Am Matt Sutton: he's had a zillion of them
I Am Matt Sutton: you'd figure he'd get tired of them after a while

Boffo97: It does kind of devalue the tag titles for Edge to totally blow them off
I Am Matt Sutton: which devalues them worse, a crappy team holding them for a year or one guy thinking he's above them?
Boffo97: both do pretty bad

Boffo97: Lawler: "This is what Benoit gets for not voting Edge into the final match"
Boffo97: was Benoit supposed to vote against himself?
I Am Matt Sutton: doesn't everybody?
Boffo97: Who do you want to secks a supermodel? You or Edge?
I Am Matt Sutton: which supermodel?
Boffo97: Whichever one you want
I Am Matt Sutton: screw Edge, I'm voting for me
Boffo97: Then it's your fault Edge turned evil.
I Am Matt Sutton: it's NOT MY FAULT
I Am Matt Sutton: and it's NOT MY FAULT the baby is dead
Boffo97: Oh yeah... Edge and Snitsky will get along REALLY well

Boffo97: The Christmas themed Seed of Chuck movie should have a disclaimer "Santa Claus does not actually appear in movie."

Boffo97: I can eat an M-Azing without doing anything impossible for it
I Am Matt Sutton: would you do something amazing for an M-Azing?
Boffo97: I'd... pay 33 cents for one?

Boffo97: TAP, CHRIS!
Boffo97: TAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boffo97: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boffo97: !!!
I Am Matt Sutton: TAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boffo97: TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP-
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Am Matt Sutton: *taps*
Boffo97: ok then... bye
Boffo97: *saunters off to sell his book*

Boffo97: Maybe Bischoff was like an Evil Samson
Boffo97: cut his hair and he's less evil
Boffo97: He won't repudiate!

Boffo97: This sounds like a rather face-ish promo
Boffo97: though the Islam thing might turn some people off.
I Am Matt Sutton: yeah, it could
Boffo97: WWE is Arabic for WWE!
Boffo97: JR pretty much brushed it off
I Am Matt Sutton: "Huh, Islamic guys from OVW, go figure. Up next..."

Boffo97: Who wins between Team Hines and Team Sutton?
I Am Matt Sutton: the fans!

Boffo97: Edge: It's your fault! Snitsky: It's NOT MY FAULT! Trip: Fine, it's Batista's fault! Shut the hell up!
Boffo97: Batista: What?
I Am Matt Sutton: Batista: Hey, wait a second...
I Am Matt Sutton: jinx
Boffo97: Dammit
I Am Matt Sutton: :)
Boffo97: Orton, Maven, Jericho and Benoit: HA HA HA HA HA! Flair: Dudes, Maven is laughing at us! Why do I hang out with you jamokes anyway?!
I Am Matt Sutton: Batista: Because you've got nowhere else to go?
Boffo97: Flair: (sniff) I know... it's punishment for letting Roma in the Horsemen, isn't it?
I Am Matt Sutton: Batista: Yes. The decision was bad and you should feel bad.
Boffo97: Flair: And McMichael.... I... I.... I'M SORRY! *starts bawling*
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Aww, it's okay, buddy. Wanna go pull your trunks down and show the fans your ass?
Boffo97: Flair: *sniff* C-can I?
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: If it'll make you feel better.
Boffo97: Flair: And then can we have ice cream?
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Why not? You earned it.
Boffo97: Flair: With the mini Gummi Bears?
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Of course, of course.
Boffo97: Edge: This all is freaking weird.
Boffo97: Snitsky: Yeah.
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Shut up, you weiners. He's sensitive.
Boffo97: Flair: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Now look what you did. I hope you're happy now. Jerks.
Boffo97: Edge and Snitsky: We're sorry.
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: Are you really?
Boffo97: Russo: No they're not! Swervez r00l!
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: *punches Russo*
Boffo97: Russo: Ow! I'm gonna tell God on you!
I Am Matt Sutton: Trip: You do that.

Boffo97: Your Seven Tough Enough Finalists!
Boffo97: Tazz: "These guys have some spunk!" Me: Ew.
I Am Matt Sutton: get your head out of the gutter
Boffo97: Is YOURS out?
Boffo97: Can you do this? *hops on one leg* How about this? *scoots on his butt*
I Am Matt Sutton: no, but I certainly didn't think of THAT when he said spunk
Boffo97: Suuuure you didn't
I Am Matt Sutton: I don't scoot on my butt like that because it makes me look like a friggin' retard
Boffo97: So you CAN... but you have the good judgment NOT to is what you're saying
I Am Matt Sutton: yes
Boffo97: Just like you COULD get on your roof and yell to the neighborhood "I have a tiny penis!" but you won't
Boffo97: makes you look just about as good
I Am Matt Sutton: and I have no reason to do that
Boffo97: I'll take your word for that. :)

Boffo97: I want Test back
Boffo97: Me and Stacy Keibler... and maybe Scott Rees
I Am Matt Sutton: I do too
Boffo97: we're keeping the dream alive
Boffo97: four of us now~~~~~
Boffo97: And no, Snitsky doesn't count
I Am Matt Sutton: aw
Boffo97: and that's NOT MY FAULT!
I Am Matt Sutton: IT'S NOT MINE EITHER
Boffo97: MY CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN
I Am Matt Sutton: SO IS MINE
I Am Matt Sutton: WHAT A SMALL WORLD
Boffo97: IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL

Boffo97: Lita: The Walking Kiss Of Death~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Essa Rrrrrrrrrios~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Lita DECIDED to marry Kane?
Boffo97: Kane hasn't been seen since.... if since is... two weeks?
Boffo97: "You're a bunch of rednecks, you're still my fans. You still count."
Boffo97: Penny will want to claim that line.
Boffo97: You know... all those other things Trish said were okay... but as soon as she said chubby, Lita's out to kick her ass.
Boffo97: BTW, who did Lita beat to deserve a title shot?
I Am Matt Sutton: her and Trish don't get along?
Boffo97: Just a little bit
I Am Matt Sutton: Lita earned the title shot by not having a kid, I guess
I Am Matt Sutton: she beat The Stork for the title shot
Boffo97: With Snitsky's interference? ;)
I Am Matt Sutton: the interference WASN'T HIS FAULT

Boffo97: Tomorrow is the most important day of the year?
Boffo97: Moreso than Christmas? Easter?
I Am Matt Sutton: moreso than Columbus Day?
I Am Matt Sutton: Cinco De Mayo?
I Am Matt Sutton: Chinese New Year?
Boffo97: It's more important than Secretary's Day!
I Am Matt Sutton: even Grandparent's Day?
Boffo97: Even more important than Groundhog Day!
Boffo97: Even more important than Groundhog Day!
Boffo97: Even more important than Groundhog Day!

Boffo97: Jeez, does Orton have enough pyro?
I Am Matt Sutton: pyro is like cowbell
I Am Matt Sutton: he needs MORE PYRO! like Chris Walken needs MORE COWBELL!
Boffo97: Evolution is a mystery.
I Am Matt Sutton: and the only thing that can solve it is MORE PYRO!

Boffo97: Batista and Flair are 552 lbs combined?
Boffo97: That would say Flair is 250... Batista is 300.... that sounds a big exaggeration.
Boffo97: i know they do exaggerate, but still
I Am Matt Sutton: unless Batista is 320 and Flair is 230
Boffo97: ....maybe
Boffo97: that'd be a lot for Batista though
I Am Matt Sutton: or 310 and 240 or somesuch
Boffo97: I'd guesstimate them to be more 25
Boffo97: 275
Boffo97: Yes, Ric Flair is 25 lbs
Boffo97: he's a big watermelon
I Am Matt Sutton: haha
Boffo97: With an old flabby butt.
I Am Matt Sutton: and manboobs
Boffo97: TWOOOO!
Boffo97: manboobs```````````
I Am Matt Sutton: indeed

Boffo97: Heh... Maven tagged in with Flair as a heel in peril~~~~~~~~
I Am Matt Sutton: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Cheating faces~~~~~~~~~
I Am Matt Sutton: indeed
Boffo97: Tag rope choking by faces~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I Am Matt Sutton: indeed
Boffo97: Flair fall down!
I Am Matt Sutton: that was my favorite part of the match
Boffo97: Flair go boom
Boffo97: Face Low Blows~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Flair is getting his ass royally kicked her
I Am Matt Sutton: yeah, really
Boffo97: It would have been funnier if the ref didn't allow Batista's tag for not seeing it
I Am Matt Sutton: funny AND surreal
Boffo97: Yes, for one shining tag match, the ref wouldn't be pro heel
Boffo97: It is so fun seeing the odds unfairly stacked against heels
Boffo97: if only for tonight
I Am Matt Sutton: I agree
Boffo97: Cheat, cheat, cheat, say the faces!
I Am Matt Sutton: do they lie, cheat, and steal?

Boffo97: Tajiri H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boffo97: Heh, I think Batista dropped an F bomb "Oh, f...."
I Am Matt Sutton: oops
I Am Matt Sutton: the FCC won't like that
Boffo97: if it didn't make the air audibly, it's fine
Boffo97: plus they drop F bombs in the theme music

Welcome to the New Year's Revolution Roundtable!

This time we're truly groundbreaking! THREE girls! Envy us, all other roundtables! I am experimenting with a little format change here. If someone had additional comments after their first message, I'm including that. Let's get on with the show.

We are running a little late on this this time. I was sick and slept most of the day.

******

The Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship
Poll: Triple H: 3, Batista: 2, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Edge: 1 each

Dave: What I'd LIKE to see: Jericho wins and starts being used again.
What WILL happen: Batista's seeming dissension was "just kidding" as he helps Triple H win.

Matt: My prediction: HHH wins, and reinstates the "no title shot for Orton" thing. Orton wins the Royal Rumble in a few weeks, thus earning himself a title shot at Wrestlemania.

Sean: Jericho or Benoit winning would make me happy... i'm thinking it'll be the SOS as usual

B: Go Randy!

Libby: This was the hardest one to choose. Sure, Triple H is the most likely, but I just went nuts and picked Batista. Why not?

Dave: Is Batista ready?

Libby: I have a young friend here who thinks Batista is the greatest wrestler on the show. If he doesn't win it eventually, I'd be surprised.
I know that didn't answer your question.

Dave: I do agree the fans are ready to go NUTS behind Batista... and if they make it another "FOOLED YOU" booking decision, it's going to suck monkey balls.
Did anyone see this coming during the Deacon Batista days?

Matt: I didn't even expect it during the Leviathan days. Of course, I was the only person here who knew who Leviathan IS, but that's a story for another time.

Jill: GO JERICHO! And GO BATISTA cause my girly girl thinks you're so smokin' HOT.

B: His nice butt is ready.
Comments like that are just too easy :P

Dave: Comments like that are just too icky.

******

Kane vs. Gene Snitsky
Poll :Kane: 8, Gene Snitsky: 0

Dave: Kane wins, crushes Snitsky down to OVW and no one but Matt ever hears of him again.

Matt: The logical booking would be Kane winning, and that's who I chose. However, I could see them booking an ending where Kane snaps and destroys Snitsky with a weapon, thus getting himself DQ'd.

Dave: With the way they're going, Lita will turn on Kane and join Snitsky.

Sean: (in response to my prediction) i hope not... i like Snitsky, if just for continued interaction with Heidenreich. plus his beard/goatee is frightening.

B: Beat the living crap out of him Kane.

Libby: Please GOD, let Kane win and save his career. Another loss to Snitsky would kill me. Even though Snitsky is growing on me....a little.....Kane HAS TO WIN.

Jill: GO KANE!
GO
GO
GO KANE!
You can do it!

******

Lita vs. Trish
Poll: Lita: 5, Trish: 3

Dave: I'm picking Lita here... just because after so long of being victimized, it's time for good to finally get its comeuppance.

Sean: she is showing excellent fire and passion for a change.

B: Please let Lita win.

Libby: I could easily go either way on this one. I can see Trish pulling it off, though. Lita has just about rehabilitated herself with me, after some craptacular developments earlier in the year, but Trish is money. As far as I'm concerned, she is to that Woman's belt what Ric Flair was to the NWA title. Yeah.
Not to be a nitpicker, but if Lita wins...it's Trish that gets her "comeuppance". You're welcome.&

Dave: D'oh... while there's an argument that I could be correct... it is usually used in the other way.

Libby:Argument schmargument. You fudged it.

Dave: And you love pointing that out.

Jill: GO TRISH! Your bad self deserves that title.

******

Shelton Benjamin vs. Maven for the Intercontinental Championship
Poll: Shelton Benjamin: 6, Maven: 0

Dave: While it is nice they're doing something with Maven besides "Plucky underdog who happened to win Tough Enough", he's still going to be some time shedding the Jobber 4 Life image... while Shelton has real potential to be something special.
I say Maven is allowed to look good, but Shelton takes it.

Matt: Find me someone who takes Maven seriously, and I'll show you someone who should have their head examined. He's the only Tough Enougher that hasn't shown any sort of personality past being that guy from Tough Enough, and it'll be a long while before anyone sees him as any kind of threat. Benjamin wins.

B: I gotta go for Shelton, but I definetly prefer Maven's butt :)

Dave: That's just icky.

Libby: I think Shelton should win and build up a lot of wins, and be built up into a big-time player.
However, I expect Maven to win with some chicanery. I don't want that, but I have that sinking feeling.

Jill: GO SHELTON! Who da man? YOU da man!

B: What's icky? K agrees with me. Maven has a nice butt. 2 to 1..we win. :)

Matt: Being a heterosexual male, I really have no desire to think about Maven's posterior. The matter is tied 2-2. :P

Dave: And Matt and I have hammers, so we get extra votes... and I get 1 more vote for being grand poobah. 5-2 us.

Libby: What a pile of bullshit that is.

Dave: It is not BS. We get extra points.

Libby: Total and complete bullshit.

******

Christian & Tyson Tomko vs. William Regal & Eugene for the World Tag Team Championship&
Poll: William Regal & Eugene: 6, Christian & Tyson Tomko: 1

Dave: Christian is far above needing the tag titles again, Tomko is far below deserving them. That fact, plus the thrown together nature of this feud, plus the fact that both challengers beat both champs in single matches leads me to believe that the champs retain here.
On that last bit, otherwise Eugene and Regal suffer for being so thoroughly dominated.

Matt: The Regal/Eugene combination are regularly entertaining and are really deserving of the titles. As has been said, Christian is way above the tag titles, while Tomko isn't credible enough to buy one of the replica title belts. Besides, there's that pesky "win on Monday, lose on Sunday" booking too, so I think Regal and Eugene are going to win this one.

Libby: I picked Christian and Tomko. Christian has been spinning his wheels for a while, and he always works in tag teams. It never fails. Plus, a tag team is pretty much the best place to hide Tomko's faults.
Furthermore, Regal and Eugene have had the belts for a short while now, and a short while is as long as a face team can expect to hold the belts on Raw. Plus, I'm just sick of Eugene. I hope the title loss spurs Regal to a violent, bloody, brutal beatdown on Eugene.
Come back to the dark side, Regal.

Jill: I don't really care much about this one.

B: Of course I gotta go for Eugene, simply cause he always makes me laugh. I love seeing what Eugene's up to each week. How can anyone be mean to him?
Of course I like Christian too. He's got the bad boy appeal,and I usually like his outfit. As for Tyson Tomko, eww.
Don't ya love how I turn wrestling into something girly? :P

Dave: You turn everything into something girly. :P

******

Jerry Lawler vs. Mohammad Hassan
Poll: Jerry Lawler: 5, Mohammad Hassan: 2

Dave: Oh wow... a guy we have no reason to care about vs. an announcer who frequently vacillates between heel and face when he isn't obsessed about puppies.
If Hassan were to lose this match, he'd be completely DOA... so he's going to win. But the problem is this doesn't really do that much for him.

Matt: Hassan is going to win, just because I doubt they'd book a guy to lose his first match. I also doubt that he'll be around very long, though. The simple fact that the character is blatently racist is just asking for some overzealous fan(s) to jump the rail and kick the shit out of him on a regular basis. That's why he's not in OVW any more, and I suspect that sooner or later, he's going to go the way of Mordecai and pull a disappearing act.

Dave: Not only will they not book a guy to job in his first match, he also won't be jobbing vs. an announcer.

Sean: the sad thing is that the kid's got a great look and is a fantastic talker (the idiot manager he's with can take a hike, though). he's a damn sight better than Carlito

Matt: I've seen Mohammad wrestle back in OVW (back when he was just called Mark Magnus), and he wasn't too bad of a wrestler either. He had a couple of really good matches with a pre-Eugene Nick Dinsmore. I'm sure a match with Lawler could be at least watchable.

B: I hope Lawler beats the crap out of him. That Hassan dude and his buddy are just flat out annoying. I literally dread when they come out on RAW each week. I usually just go get a snack or read a book until they get done.

Libby: I say Lawler wins, but by DQ when the extraneous 2nd Arab attacks. Yes, Lawler wins When Arabs Attack!
Lawler could just as easily lose by DQ, too. I don't know why, but I don't see a pin happening.&
It's usually a bad sign for your career when your first big feud in the WWE/F is vs. the announce team. See also: Taz(z).
I agree. He's a great talker and he looks really good. He's much better at this than Tiger Ali Singh was. (Did I get that name right?)

Jill: GO JERRY! BEAT HIS ARAB ASS!

Information is a powerful thing.

Information can build a friendship or dissolve it. It can make a reputation or it can break it. When information is one sided or flat out wrong, that can be a very dangerous and unfair thing.

And that's why I'm here to explain the truth of what happened to me in the summer of 2003. Some may argue that too much time has passed to be concerned about it, but something being wrong for a long time doesn't make it less needful of being made right. If anything, it makes it more so.

I should point out before I start though that even though I assert that every word herein is completely true, I recognize that Libby is her own person, with her own mind and her own decisions. She does not necessarily endorse every word here as "the complete truth". And I do not speak for her.

On December 21st, 2002, Libby and I began a relationship that developed beyond a friendship and we became e-boyfriend and e-girlfriend, but she wanted that kept secret because she had been burned on other online relationships before. While I'm not going to pretend I ever was or am now an equal to Emily for her, that relationship was something that had a real-ness to it. It wasn't always a smooth road. Libby and I had been coming off nearly a 6 month period of not talking to each other because of someone whom I had figured out was a complete unworthy asshole, but took longer to show that to her. As well, we were dealing with issues involving my assimilation into IOP. There were a lot of arguments because of this, and half the blame for those is mine. And they set up what came later.

On April 20th, 2003, I feel we were very close to getting these issues behind us, when a complication introduced itself. After a chat joke, Rob took it upon himself, without Libby's express permission, to post a chat snippet into IOP, and based on this joke, publicly declare himself to be Libby's new e-boyfriend. From what I understand, this relationship was never real. Libby was always trying to find a way out of it without hurting someone she considered a friend, and the only time she enjoyed that relationship was when she was angry at me. But at the time, Libby and I were thrust into a hell of a spot and just trying to find some way to get out of it without having to throw away the form of relationship we had and without hurting Rob's feelings. We cared about him at the time, under a mistaken belief that he cared about either of us.

This caused the problems between us to be multiplied exponentially. Most of the time, we were arguing, and most of those arguments were as to when she was going to break it off with Rob, something I recognize now only made things worse. As an outlet to these arguments, Libby would begin to tell others on AIM, then through her new blog that I was upsetting her, but of course, the detail as to WHY was missing, making it seem like I was pissing Libby off for no reason. The only way I could have defended myself is to have spilled the secrets about our relationship, so I held my tongue. But this was the beginning of the reputation damage caused, and I argued then that this was a violation of the confidentiality we had at her insistence.

Things began breaking down in July. I was knocked offline for a couple of weeks. When I left, Libby was insisting that I was her boyfriend still, and I left thinking that the break might be good for us. When I came back, Libby had posted several entries about how she was dreading my return, had started to allow Rob to post in her blog, and had deleted all content in a side forum that we had.

But all that aside, it doesn't justify what I did next, and I sometimes have problems forgiving myself for it. Without talking to Libby first, I presumed that she had not only ended the relationship but ended all agreements pertaining to it in just about the cruelest way possible. I took it upon myself to tell Rob the truth, given that at the time, I thought he was a friend. When Libby came on, I came unglued at her, happening to call her a very nasty word (the c-word) twice. I understand now that that word is something that is very offensive in the cultural circles of Libby and others. To me, it's a bad word, but there are far worse. My point in using it was only to try to convey the message "You call yourself a bitch sometimes and you take pride in that. This goes way beyond being a bitch. This was wrong." Still, I should not have used that word. I apologized soon after to her in private, and have repeatedly done so since. But it had been publicized by Libby, whereas the circumstances behind it, nor the apology had not been.

Another complication arose out of this. At the time, we all assumed Rob was an okay guy. But as most of us know now, he has a self fixation which borders on a need for institutionalization. In passing, I had happened to let slip that Emily was a confidante to our relationship, given that I had to keep it secret from everyone else. Rob actually presumed that he had to be so important that Emily would betray her real life girlfriend in favor of some guy on the Internet to tell some secret that wasn't even hers. My revelation was a cause of Emily getting hurt. It wouldn't have happened without that. But Rob was the person who actually hurt her by giving her all sorts of shit about not being more important than her real life girlfriend and revealing secrets that weren't hers to reveal. I received the punishment for this, he got rewarded for at least another eight months.

That night when I talked to Libby, she was upset, and quite justifiably so. But, the next night and later that week, there seemed to be little hints dropped here and there that this wasn't the way she wanted things to go, and that not only did she still want to be friends, but there was still a chance she wanted to be boyfriend and girlfriend again. It was enough that I not only stayed friends with her, but still wanted things to be like they were before. It was in pursuit of this that I decided to stay quiet after that first night, even in the face of some severely harsh things being said about me.

And about a week and a half after things broke down, Libby blocked me on AIM. That's known. What isn't is that it was about 4 days later that she unblocked me, and we have talked ever since. I told her my intention was to repair the friendship between us and to win her back as a girlfriend. I had hopes that within a month or two, Libby and Rob would have an amicable "breakup", her and I would get back together, I'd return to IOP, and everything would be happy. I believe the biggest flaw in that theory was that Rob's self fixation showed up again in that rather than caring about her enough to get her calmed down and thinking about who she really wanted to be with, just "took his win" and continued to stir the pot against me after turning on me himself.

In September 2003, Libby and I privately decided to call ourselves friends again. For her own reasons, Libby did not apologize publicly until around January or so and did not admit she talked to me until late March. And even then, the way she wrote this information implied that it was a recent development.

In a possibly related fact, a bit after this, Rob and Libby broke up over matters which seem to be related to the fact that Libby wouldn't allow Rob to do or say whatever he wanted to do, including abusing her blog to pursue his vendetta against me as he had and has been doing to Krissie since January (something Libby received direct proof of, and was afraid he would do or had been doing to her blog). Shortly after he took his ball and went home, Libby killed all his power, and deleted every self indulgent post he ever made in her blog (which turned out to be all of them). Luckily, it turned out that we had repaired things enough for her to select me as her new Tech Support.

Unfortunately, IOP was forced to close on April 30th, 2004 because of Delphi's money grubbing tactics. I never got to return there, primarily (I am told) because Libby was afraid of fights. And I believe that there would be fights. These fights had been started by Rob, James and Mike (all three of whom I will say more about later). Unfortunately, the way things went down, I was preemptively punished for their misdeeds. But by that time, because of their misdeeds, especially James', IOP had been reduced to a pale shadow of its former self.

So that leads us to now. Libby and I both know Rob for the small, sad person he is, and he's out of the picture. Libby and I are publicly known as friends, and this account helps set the record straight on what really happened. As to whether Libby and I will get back together, if we do AND we decide to make it public, you'll be the first to know. And for all you know, maybe we already are back together..

In thinking about the situation, yes, Libby and I made a lot of mistakes. And we hurt each other through those mistakes. And I am sincerely very sorry to her for ever hurting her. But I do not believe we ever acted out of malice. Unfortunately, the situation was made far worse by three people who DID act out of malice.

Rob: You played the victim for all it was worth and gathered sympathy for it. But the truth is you wouldn't have been in this situation at all had you not taken that chat joke and posted it and pushed it without consent. You put Libby and I into a hell of a situation, and caused a ton of problems between us. But still, all that time, we were both worried about your feelings. My girlfriend said that she'd deal with the situation, and I trusted her to. But you and her were not a real relationship. That night I told you the truth, that was your chance to take this relationship that wasn't real, and make it something that was real. But you failed utterly because you didn't care about anyone but yourself. You tried to just "take your win", and as it turned out, you only cared about Libby for as long as she did what you wanted her to do. Since, while crying crocodile tears about how sad you were that we broke up, you began using Krissie to try to hurt me. You whispered lies into Charlie's ears to break him and I apart (though that just proved he was never really my friend either), and most lately and most despicably, you tried to use Madonna when she was hurting badly as a tool for your little vendetta. You are a sickening, pathetic human being who never deserved to be my friend. And I would have been better off for never knowing you.

Every friend you've ever had online, you've used and lied to. You pretend to care, you say all the nice little things, but it's only a charade, and it will all change the second they stop doing what you want. Those who still call themselves your friends just haven't been able to realize this yet.

Now, you may go into your Trillian logs to try to find some old conversation with Libby to disprove something I've said here... but the truth is that Libby, and a lot of other people as well have had to be careful to only tell you what you wanted to hear so you didn't go berserk.

James: You hated me from day one when I was in IOP. As to why, I'm not sure. Maybe it was inability to let a past that you only knew through hearsay go, even though everyone actually involved could. Maybe it was because you sincerely wanted IOP to be just you and girls, and I threatened that through being a high volume posting male. But for whatever reason, you hated me. Sean, your real life best friend, swore on his own reputation though that that hatred would never translate into abuse of your hammer against me. When things went wrong, Libby did indeed tell you to get rid of me, but that she would talk to Sean first. After a few days, and not hearing anything you made the call to go ahead and ban me. Twice in early August 2003, Libby calls it your call in the blog. But given your hatred of me, making that call on your own was a huge conflict of interest. A mod who really cared about the board and people on it would have done everything he could to avoid that. In this case, it would have been a simple matter to wait an hour or two and ask Libby for confirmation before you did it. You didn't do it, and I know why. You knew there was a chance she'd say no. However, by going ahead and making the call yourself, you changed Libby's decision from "Do I make the final call for the ban?" to "Do I overturn the ban AND buck James to do it?" And as you gambled, in her anger, she decided not to.

By this action, you betrayed IOP. You also betrayed Libby by abusing her anger and the situation, and you betrayed Sean by going against his swear on his reputation. And that hurt IOP. There was the direct effect of the friendly atmosphere being gone. Nobody may have up and left in protest, but there were a lot of people in there who knew this was utter bullshit... and who always had to worry if you might start plotting against them next. As well, all forums need to continue to grow and evolve, or they die. I represented IOP's evolution. You in fact posted that you would fight to the dying breath to make sure IOP wouldn't change, and your selfish, treacherous action was the ultimate outgrowth of that. And you got your wish. IOP didn't grow or evolve.

It stagnated and died.

And the fault lies completely on your head.

Mike: Let's face it, Mike, you're an unworthy little piss ant. You don't like me because when you did dumb ass hurtful childish things, I held you to an apology for them. And you apologized... but like a little pussy, you resented me for it. And from thereon out, you used any opportunity you could to take little shots at me that got farther and farther away from reality, so this whole situation became a goldmine to you. And you posted your typical bullshit on it, not worrying about what lies you spread about your alleged friend Libby in the process. But, as typical, you didn't know word one of what you were talking about. The sad thing is though, you've done more reputation damage to yourself than me. I tend to be able to spot the mentally diseased assholes out there before other people can. I spotted Chaz first, no one else saw it and they all denied it, and I was right. I spotted Wade first, no one else saw it, and they all denied it, and I was right. And I've spotted you. And some people deny it. Some people see it just as much though. And you can't help yourself, it's only going to be a matter of time before everyone else does too.

In any event, for anyone who's read this up to this point, I thank you for your patience and willingness to hear out the long overdue second side to this matter. I hope that pretty much all of you (except for the three idiots just addressed here) now know there was a second side to what happened in the Summer of 2003. For those of you who have stuck by me even though you never knew any of this or only knew parts of it, I appreciate your loyalty. For those of you who thought less of me after hearing lies and one-sided truths, I hope you're big enough men and women to reconsider your judgments. In any event, I consider this a long overdue vindication.