Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Newt Gingrich, Where is the GOP Headed?

Source:The FreeState

Not really Newt Gingrich himself, but his movement and followers represented where the Republican Party was headed post Ronald Reagan. Not George H.W. Bush who succeeded President Reagan as President, but didn’t offer a vision other than maybe on foreign policy. Of where he would take the GOP with him. President Bush was more of an operator or pragmatist as President. 

George H.W. Bush took  issues and problems as they came up, but not having a set of ideas and policies, or direction where he wanted to take the Republican Party. Whereas Newt Gingrich and his Conservative Opportunity Society group had a vision where they wanted to take the Republican Party. That later became known as the Contract with America in 1995. Shortly after being elected to the House in 1978, December, 1978, Rep. Elect Newt Gingrich when House Republicans were still in the minority. 

The House GOP had around 160 or so seats during the Carter Administration. They put together working groups that would work on bringing a House majority for the GOP. Raising money recruiting like-minded candidates, putting together and agenda. That they would try to pass, that later became the CWA of 1995-96. But it took them sixteen years to get there. But only he and his group believed they had any shot of taking back the majority. This was back in the day when the House Republicans had for the most part had around 160-180 seats, the late 1970s and 1980s. 

And House Democrats controlled the House since 1955. I don’t agree with Newt on much and he has personal characteristics that I don’t like, but I respect him a lot as a political strategist. Probably the best we’ve had since Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. He could see things happening that no one else could. Because he knew how to get there and deserves a lot of credit for that. 

CBS News: Longines Chronoscope: Senator Prescott Bush (1953)

Source:The New Democrat 

Senator Prescott Bush who of course is the father of George H.W. Bush and the grandfather of George H.W. Bush's children, was what we would call a Northeastern Republican today. Someone who leans conservative, but who isn't anti-government and someone who believes government should help people in need, but not try to run people's lives for them. Someone who believes that physically and mentally able people should work.

A Northeastern Republican is no Progressive New Dealer or Great Society advocate, but not someone who fits in well with the anti-government more libertarian leaning Tea Party movement of the Republican Party either. Or the Religious-Right in the Republican Party. Who leans right on economic and foreign policy, but not anti-government. Someone who believes the best government is the government that is closest to home and shouldn't be running people's lives for them. Out of people's wallets and personal lives.

CBS News: Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Showdown (1988)

Source:The New Democrat

If you are familiar with the old CNN version of Crossfire from the 1980s and 1990s, this is what it looks like. Where the two debaters let's say aren't really there to answer the others questions or points, other than to try to turn it around and make it look like something else. Where they are there to actually respond to the other side other than to say what they are there to say. Get their talking points out and to make their case. But not to actually have a discussion with the other side.

If this was a real interview, Dan Rather asks questions or makes points. And then George Bush has the opportunity without being interrupted as long as he's responding to the questions and points about what the interviewer asked. Not trying to respond to every single point that is made before the other has the opportunity to finish their point and make their case. Didn't see that here, what we saw was two people not really talking to each other, but for the most part talking past each other

TNA Impact Wrestling: The Knockouts Brawl On Impact

Source:TNA Impact- Tara vs Mickie James.

Source:The Daily Post

When I was a kid even though my father went out of his way to prevent me from watching pro wrestling because it was staged and winners were picked ahead of time and perhaps even for the violence. Even though dad let me watch as many Clint Eastwood and other action movies as I wanted to I managed to watch the WWF, WCW and the AWA almost every week. And several times each week because they were on multiple channels kind of like today. I was definitely a pro wrestling junky as a kid I couldn't get enough of it. Sort of how I feel about politics, current affairs and history today.

Even as a young adult and now as someone and this is a little hard to admit to, but now as Gen Xer in his mid 30's the generation is not hard to admit to but, the age I was still a fan, but didn't feel the urge to watch it every week. I sort of grew out of it like a boy grows out of wanting to build forts or wanting to eat junk food all the time. I'm not a TNA expert obviously, but back in 2003 or 2004 former WCW wrestler Jeff Jarrett along with former WWF and WWC wrestler Kevin Nash and a few other former WCW and WWF wrestlers launched a new pro wrestling organization called Total Non Stop Action or TNA. Because the WWE had a monopoly on the Pro Wrestling market.

TNA recruited other former WWE wrestlers like Scot Steiner, Sting and a few others and they discovered others like Samoan Joe. At first TNA was probably a minor league outfit barely making a profit if any. But within a few years they already had their own pay per view events. And a weekly cable show on Spike TV that was drawing ratings. And now today their probably a legitimate competitor with WWE. Even though WWE is clearly still on top, but TNA has clearly managed to make money and to recruit several wrestling stars away from the WWE. Like Kurt Angle who pound for pound and height for height is probably the best pro wrestler in the world today. And their top level wrestlers could probably compete with the top level wrestlers of the WWE today.

To speak about this video for a moment, I don't watch pro wrestling on a regular basis anymore. But going through Google Reader to look for things to read (which is the whole point of Google Reader) which is how I saw this video for the first time. But this video is a little more then nine minutes long with six beautiful, sexy, well built women all wearing tight sexy outfits. Look like their beating the hell out of each other. I think they did a good job of making it seem real and it would probably seem real in a movie as well.

Barb Wire (1996) Staring Pamela Anderson

Source:Alamy Stock Photo- Temuera Morrison and Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire. 

Source:The Daily Post 

“Temuera Morrison, Pamela Anderson Lee Dann taucht Barb Wires (Pamela Anderson Lee) alte Liebe Axel Hood (Temuera Morrison) auf, um in einer dringenden Mission…  

From Alamy Stock Photo 

“PAMELA ANDERSON BARB WIRE (1996)”

Source:Alamy Stock Photo- Pamela Anderson as Barb Wire.

From Alamy Stock Photo

"Barb Wire is a 1996 film based on the Dark Horse comic book series Barb Wire. The film was produced by Brad Wyman and starred Pamela Anderson Lee. The movie was a vehicle for Baywatch star Anderson, intended to enable her to cross over from television to movie stardom...  

Barb Wire was released in theaters on May 3, 1996, the David Hogan directed film starred Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Jack Noseworthy, Xander Berkeley, Udo Kier, Andre Rosey Brown, Nicholas Worth, Clint Howard, Jennifer Banko and Steve Railsback.”

Source:Coming Attractions- Pamela Anderson as Barb Wire.

From Coming Attractions

Barb Wire is not my favorite movie of all-time not even close, (no kidding) but its a very entertaining movie and pretty funny as well with a lot of good action scenes in it. With Pamela Anderson in a lot of good scenes as a very sexy rebel biker chick. This is the best I’ve ever seen Pam look, she was of course alway gorgeous and baby-face adorable with her sweet voice as always. But she showed me something that I haven’t seen from her before. A sexy body, not just from top up but a lower body as well. She looked incredible in her black leather suit, she filled out those black leather jeans very well and look great in the black leather biker boots.

I’m a guy who will watch a mediocre, even a bad movie, if it has a sexy woman in it. Or several sexy women in it and without Pam Anderson in Barb Wire and replace her with an average looking lead actress. (Juliane More) Barb Wire would be a mediocre movie, even if the lead actress does a great job. But Pam Anderson didn’t just look great in the movie, but she did a great job in it as well. As a charming woman, but someone you don’t want to mess with because she’ll kick your ass. In the late 1990s when she was in VIP, she played a character that came off as somewhat clueless and a stereotypical blonde bimbo.

But Pam Anderson in VIP her character owned and ran the protection agency. But in Barb Wire she played someone who was clearly in charge and someone who ran the show and knew exactly what was going on and could defend herself as well. Barb Wire is clearly not a great movie, but it’s a very entertaining movie with a very sexy lead actress in it. Who also does a very job in and is worth watching.

The Fall Guy With Heather Thomas

Source:Brendan Cashell- The Fall Guy With Heather Thomas.

Source:The Daily Post

"Girl offering coffee in very tight jeans." 

From Brendan Cashell 

Apparently Brendan Cashell is not familiar with Heather Thomas or The Fall Guy. 

Source:Lou Reed- Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas.

" Heather Thomas - The Fall guy S3 E22 Old Heroes never die"  

From Lou Reed 

When I think of the ABC action show The Fall Guy, an action comedy really from the early and mid 1980's, I think of a very entertaining show with an excellent cast especially Lee Majors leading the way. Who was a great action comedic actor similar to Burt Reynolds or Clint Eastwood and also a very funny man not only on the Fall Guy. But since he was somebody who could kick ass as well as make you laugh on the same show. The Fall Guy had a great 4x4 Chevy pickup truck with a very powerful engine and the ability to jump like a sports car.

It was set in Los Angeles with Lee Majors playing a full-time stunt man who would moonlight as a bounty hunter when his job as a stunt man was slow to make extra money. And the two roles I thought went very well together because he could combine the roles very well. The show also had a gorgeous very sexy adorable blonde who played a stunt woman/bounty hunter. Heather Thomas who always looked sexy and wore skin-tight denim jeans on that show most of the time probably as often as Raechel Ray. Not with the type of body as Rachael Ray, but still looking very sexy.


The Fall Guy was probably the first of several action/comedies slash dramas in the 1980s later to be followed by Matt Houston, The A-Team, Dukes of Hazard was still around at this point. Magnum PI, Knight Rider shows that had very versatile actors and actress's with producers, directors and writers that wanted to show their cast's full abilities as actors. Charlie's Angels would be another one and following it in this period myself it was a time when network TV was actually worth watching and not loaded with cookie-cutter sitcoms or so-called reality TV. 

Mark Nowhereman: 'Biker Chick Heidi Runyon- OutTakes'

Source:Mark Nowhereman- Biker Chick Heidi Runyon.

Source:The Daily Post 

“Proper body positioning on a sportbike when cornering

(Canyon Riding) Demonstrated by a real biker chick. Click the link below... 

From Mark Nowhereman

Here are outtakes from Heidi who apparently is a motorcycle instructor or at least a woman who rides motorcycles and perhaps helping her friend Mark out in shooting this video about how to ride motorcycles. She seems very adorable certainly looks adorable, but is she the cutest biker in the world. I couldn't tell you since I haven't seen all of the biker chicks in the world. (ha ha) But she's certainly a beautiful baby-face biker chick who I'm sure Mark loved working with.

Checking out girls on bikes is like checking out girls who are cowgirls or construction workers or playing guitar or on stage performing. It's checking out women who do traditional at least straight man oriented activities and sort  of looking at ourselves, but seeing beautiful sexy feminine women instead and most at least that I know of love seeing women do these activities that is sexy feminine women especially when they are this cute as well.