Did my job. Now it's your turn. You can vote for Greg Gunderson to be one of the 15 professional race car drivers for the upcoming TV reality racing show called "Racin for a Living." If Greg gets enough votes (click here to go to the voting page and vote for Greg Gunderson - voting ends on July 31. You can vote as often as you can), he'll become the first deaf driver to compete in the upcoming reality show in 2007.
Now, Greg Gunderson would not be the first deaf person on a reality show. There were other deaf people who were (or are) on reality shows. Just like Matt Hamill who is now currently the first ever deaf MMA fighter ever to compete on the TUF3 (The Ultimate Fighter #3) reality show which is ongoing with 10 episodes left to go on Spike TV. Then we have the Vardon family with the deaf Mom and Dad along with their two hearing sons (one is austic) who were on the Extreme Home Makeover show back in August of 2004 with Marlee Matlin making a surprise visit at the end of the show. And then we have Christy Smith who became the first ever deaf person to be on any reality shows back in 2003 on a show called "Survivor."
Is there a trend going on here? We seems to be getting one deaf competitors on a reality show a year (except for 2005 which there weren't any, I believe). Are viewers likely to be more sympathic and supportive of deaf competitors or deaf people on reality shows? Are producers of reality shows starting to see that having deaf people on reality shows could actually boost their ratings? With 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States, that might be a reason why. But only about a fraction of that are people fluent in sign language that could easily relate to deaf competitors with signing ability on competition reality shows. Even if it's a fraction of the total deaf and hard of hearing population, that is still a good enough to boost the show's ratings. Either way, people watching reality shows tend to root for the underdogs, and if there is an identifiable deaf competitor(s) on the show, then viewers are more likely to favor the little guy. Just don't say that to Matt Hamill.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Hodgepodge
An interesting psychological aspect on readers of violent comic books.
Gay sickos in the mountains of North Carolina. They must really hate themselves. Or perhaps it's their jewels they hate?
More sickos here who have no tolerance.
Deaf English. Holy mackeral. Did they actually send this on to the White House? Should've been proof-read first.
Something big is coming very soon on Kokonut Pundits. No link yet. Patience people.
For those who hate Matt Hamill or will face him, be afraid.
Ok. For those who are rooting for Matt Hamill, show him your support. Can he do it? Watch Spike TV.
Deaf Pixel coming soon. What the heck is that?
Super hearing aid!
Maple Leaf ragtime piano piece. Go ahead and listen here. Good toe-tapping music. For a faster toe-tapping piece is the early Jazz piece by Jelly Roll Morton called, appropriately so, Fingerbuster. An extremely fast playing piano piece I'm working on. I need a better piano, though. A baby grand piano would be nice. Anyone?
More on Matt Hamill by the The Enquirer. No. Not National Enquirer you dum dums.
A cool techie AcceleGlove that recognizes signed movements into verbal responses. Be sure to click on the video to see the demostration.
Marlee Matlin is to play the leading role in a new movie called Silent Knights. Plans are in the works this Fall around Pittsburgh. A story of a college football team overcoming adversity to win their first winning season in years.
Interesting tidbit of history for y'all: Both Marlee Matlin and my wife were high school friends and classmates for a few years while at John Hersey High in Chicago. They've met a few times after high school graduation. One time at a Gallaudet homecoming (I have that picture) and another during a deaf softball game in Seattle, I think. Marlee Matlin (8/24/1965) and my wife are almost the same age by a few months difference.
Does anyone want to see a picture of Marlee Matlin in my wife's John Hersey high school yearbook? This offer isn't going to last.
Gay sickos in the mountains of North Carolina. They must really hate themselves. Or perhaps it's their jewels they hate?
More sickos here who have no tolerance.
Deaf English. Holy mackeral. Did they actually send this on to the White House? Should've been proof-read first.
Something big is coming very soon on Kokonut Pundits. No link yet. Patience people.
For those who hate Matt Hamill or will face him, be afraid.
Ok. For those who are rooting for Matt Hamill, show him your support. Can he do it? Watch Spike TV.
Deaf Pixel coming soon. What the heck is that?
Super hearing aid!
Maple Leaf ragtime piano piece. Go ahead and listen here. Good toe-tapping music. For a faster toe-tapping piece is the early Jazz piece by Jelly Roll Morton called, appropriately so, Fingerbuster. An extremely fast playing piano piece I'm working on. I need a better piano, though. A baby grand piano would be nice. Anyone?
More on Matt Hamill by the The Enquirer. No. Not National Enquirer you dum dums.
A cool techie AcceleGlove that recognizes signed movements into verbal responses. Be sure to click on the video to see the demostration.
Marlee Matlin is to play the leading role in a new movie called Silent Knights. Plans are in the works this Fall around Pittsburgh. A story of a college football team overcoming adversity to win their first winning season in years.
Interesting tidbit of history for y'all: Both Marlee Matlin and my wife were high school friends and classmates for a few years while at John Hersey High in Chicago. They've met a few times after high school graduation. One time at a Gallaudet homecoming (I have that picture) and another during a deaf softball game in Seattle, I think. Marlee Matlin (8/24/1965) and my wife are almost the same age by a few months difference.
Does anyone want to see a picture of Marlee Matlin in my wife's John Hersey high school yearbook? This offer isn't going to last.
When a Banjo Goes Plunk
Banjo, a deaf blogger from Canada, did a blog titled "Department of Homeland Perversion" with the focus on Michelle Malkin by accusing her of not "moving fast enough" to report on the recent arrest of a DHS spokesman, Brian J. Doyle in a child pornography sting. Despite Michelle Malkin's "long" delay (two days later, whoopee!) on not "reporting" the embarrassing news, she did however blogged numerous times about the problems at the Dept. of Homeland Security and the Federal Air Marshals Service that falls under DHS. She has blogged about the incompetence of DHS with over nearly six pages worth starting with the porno sting news at the very top.
Michelle Malkin is constantly blasting President Bush about DHS, FAMS and the border problems with Mexico along with reams of blogged pages about the immigration problems as well. It wouldn't do her justice to blog just a "short" piece about the sting on the DHS spokesman when she had blogged constantly in the past about the problems in DHS. She did blog a short piece about Doyle but along with nearly 6 pages worth on the problems of DHS and FAMS. This includes numerous links to her previous blogs about DHS and FAMS as well.
Now, you're probably thinking that I'm trying to excuse her for her exasperatingly, extremely long, long, lonnnnngggg delay on reporting about the embarrassing sting. Not so considering that Brian J. Doyle is a lifelong registered Democrat. And even with the liberal loving Time magazine problems with Doyle when he worked there prior to being hired by DHS in 2001 where Time may have possibly failed to provide important info to DHS about his Doyle's problem downloading porn while over at Time. After that startling revelation, why are the big name Democrat/Liberal bloggers and MSM suddenly so quiet now when they made a big stink in the beginning with front page headlines? Oh, yeah, because he is a...shhhhhhh....a Democrat, and that would reflect badly on MSM and liberal bloggers. Biased? Oh, please.
And, oh, Banjo was also wrong about Newsmax saying that it failed to report the story as well. That is quite incorrect. Newsmax reported it the very next day. None of the conservative bloggers that I know of are defending Doyle's conduct when everybody knows that it was a heinous crime to begin with. Unless, of course, you're one of the supporters of NAMBLA (warning: not work safe! - an outfit that advocates sex between grown men and little boys, reportedly as young as age 8) which the liberal loving ACLU loves to protect. Go figure.
Michelle Malkin may be "biased" but she's biased in a good way knowing the difference that truth matters compared to "journalists" who believe in making up a story so they can have a story to fit their agendas in mainstream media.
For Banjo, what might be a good idea is to stick with movie reviews from now on and not on American politics. When a banjo plays off key, it doesn't sound very good.
*Plunk*
Michelle Malkin is constantly blasting President Bush about DHS, FAMS and the border problems with Mexico along with reams of blogged pages about the immigration problems as well. It wouldn't do her justice to blog just a "short" piece about the sting on the DHS spokesman when she had blogged constantly in the past about the problems in DHS. She did blog a short piece about Doyle but along with nearly 6 pages worth on the problems of DHS and FAMS. This includes numerous links to her previous blogs about DHS and FAMS as well.
Now, you're probably thinking that I'm trying to excuse her for her exasperatingly, extremely long, long, lonnnnngggg delay on reporting about the embarrassing sting. Not so considering that Brian J. Doyle is a lifelong registered Democrat. And even with the liberal loving Time magazine problems with Doyle when he worked there prior to being hired by DHS in 2001 where Time may have possibly failed to provide important info to DHS about his Doyle's problem downloading porn while over at Time. After that startling revelation, why are the big name Democrat/Liberal bloggers and MSM suddenly so quiet now when they made a big stink in the beginning with front page headlines? Oh, yeah, because he is a...shhhhhhh....a Democrat, and that would reflect badly on MSM and liberal bloggers. Biased? Oh, please.
And, oh, Banjo was also wrong about Newsmax saying that it failed to report the story as well. That is quite incorrect. Newsmax reported it the very next day. None of the conservative bloggers that I know of are defending Doyle's conduct when everybody knows that it was a heinous crime to begin with. Unless, of course, you're one of the supporters of NAMBLA (warning: not work safe! - an outfit that advocates sex between grown men and little boys, reportedly as young as age 8) which the liberal loving ACLU loves to protect. Go figure.
Michelle Malkin may be "biased" but she's biased in a good way knowing the difference that truth matters compared to "journalists" who believe in making up a story so they can have a story to fit their agendas in mainstream media.
For Banjo, what might be a good idea is to stick with movie reviews from now on and not on American politics. When a banjo plays off key, it doesn't sound very good.
*Plunk*
Friday, April 14, 2006
When "Observe But Do Not Interfere" Interferes
Ok. It's official. I got Amy Robinson's permission to post her email responses to me about this guy's false reporting about me and hers, too.
This is Amy's permission response:
Let me try and go over how he twisted, lied and misrepresented other people's responses just to try and discredit my reputation as a blogger on Kokonut Pundits:
1. He lied about how I supposedly informed the internet public that I had specifically posted his name and/or his blogsite address on MMA forums. Never happened. Why should I? Google and Yahoo will take care of that because of the sudden intense interest about Matt Hamill by both the deaf and hearing communities.
2. He lied about what Amy said (see Archive.org) in his desperate attempt to make readers believe that I gave her specific information about this guy by giving her his name and/or his blogsite address when I emailed her about my blogsite. Never happened. Read Amy's email response to me in the above.
3. He lied by saying that I said that he was "anti-UFC" on MMA forums. That has never happened. He pretty much said that himself in his own blog! Also, I am not even a member on any MMA forums. So, I cannot post.
4. He lied about what Amy Robinson really said to him by twisting her email response. He twisted her response just to suit his own agenda about how she got information from me. Amy's response in bold letters:
Read her email response to me seen near the top of my blog to see how she retrieved info about Ridor off of my blogsite where he wished Matt Hamill a slow, brain-damaged death like Schiavo's.
This guy's credo is completely shot as of now. Well, it has been for awhile anyway. It may not have been apparent to some readers. You can see clearly, patently so, on the tactics he will use and how he will use people's words to suit his agenda to smear me and other people. Even to the point of not asking for permission to use other people personal emails on his blog hoping to generate more hatred and fomenting from the Deaf community. Or so he hopes. This is what gives the Deaf community a black eye. And he's doing a very good job at it.
I, on the other hand, would rather see all kinds of successes from deaf and hard of hearing people. Success can only be had if you work smartly and with dedication. Matt Hamill has proven that when he was one of the 12 people selected out of over 2000 who competed for the TUF3 slot. It took years of work. Lifting 10lb dumbells will not get you there.
I don't enjoy doing this type of lambasting but if it means to protect my reputation and, even more so, Amy Robinson's reputation, who is an amateur fighter, then I have no choice but to do this.
Just watch his blog and most likely he'll try and crucify Amy by calling her a "hearie" (as if that is a real insult to the hearing community), an "audist" or something so hideously "insulting." Maybe a "traiter!" This is a typical "crab theory" response by the deaf community. He'll undoubtedly try and do the same to me as he has always done.
As one poster commented on my blog recently saying, "you would think he's a fan of yours," when Ridor stalks at my every move in the blogosphere. Heck, enough so you'd probably think he works for Oscar Mayer weiner factory. If that what it takes to achieve "credibility" in the blogosphere then I want none of it. Yet, he gets it wrong every single time about me.
When you lie, twist words, make up stories and misrepresent other people long enough to the readers, the past has a way of catching up to you. I think it just did for Ridor. His overused balls, shaken but not stirred, are now effectively nailed to the wall for TUF3, Matt Hamill and UFC fans, and for Amy Robinson to see.
This is what happens when you interfere with the wrong people. Next time, please observe but do not interfere. Adhere to your own motto and heed to your own advice next time.
Thank you, Amy, for allowing me to do this.
UPDATE: More lies by Ridor caught in his own blog comment.
Ridor - "I do not care if he's a wonderful father (!) to some illegitimate kid that he conceived out of wedlock. I care less about it but I'd love to see him lose the contest or end up brain-damaged."
Kristi - Out of wedlock?? Better do your research a little better buddy.. we were married for 5 years. Your are the most hateful person I have ever met. I feel sorry for you.
Ron - Kristi, I'm not concerned with all of this discussion reguarding homosexuality, but rather supporting Matt and his reachign his goals!!! He was always a class act in my opinion. I coached matt at RIT and wish him the best of luck. I wish you and your daughter the best as well. Its been a few years since I've seen you and hope all is well. See Ya - Ron.
See what I mean folks? More fish stories from Ridor about Matt.
UPDATE II: Ridor continues to hold to his claim about Amy's email which is bogus and doesn't verify anything about me (see above emails) other than that I emailed to her about my blogsite. Which is why Amy allowed me, with her permission, to post her emails describing what Ridor has done is bogus! I never denied sending her an email. It was to inform her that I could offer a different perspective as a deaf/hh person on my blogsite about Matt. That's where she got the info about Ridor's blogsite. It came from my blogsite. What part you do not understand Ridor? What was your GPA again? Funny how Ridor continues to twist and lie about this. I have displayed Amy's full email response (with her permission to boot!) that rebuts Ridor's claim. Can he really be that dense after all?
Also, I'm not "forcing" you to accept Matt. That is a very weird and paranoid response. I guess you didn't notice on what I wrote earlier where I said that there are people who are either fans of the fighters or not. This includes a deaf MMA fighter. Me "forcing" you? Wotta laugh. Get a grip. You continue to misread into everything I write. What are your SAT scores anyway?
Next, just because I talk about HIV/AIDS or gays or whatever doesn't mean I'm gay. Far from it. Some people can be so dense over this where I have to spell it out. I like the female human species. None of that Brokeback stuff. When it comes to the male species on sex. It is simply gross. Now, if a person gets HIV through irresponsible and promiscuous actions, then it's the person's own damn fault. Simple as that. What's really funny is if you talk about it, means you are or might be gay or a repressed gay. Or if you don't talk about it, means you're a homophobe or don't care. Or if you do talk about it in a supposedly negative way (e.g. get HIV...your own damn fault, etc) means you're a homophobe. No. It's all about a person's accountability and responsibility. However, I do have the right to speak my opinions on the matter. One thing though, whenever a person claims that he test himself regularly for HIV, that alone speaks volume of the person's obvious irresponsible actions. You can actually see that whenever you read his blogs. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to be tested for HIV on a regular basis. Again, Ridor gets it wrong, every...single....time about me.
Keep on lying about Amy's email. I'm sure she would appreciate that.
This is Amy's permission response:
From : Amy Robinson <*********>This is what Amy said about Ridor in her rebuttal to his false reporting and accusation leveled toward me and at the same time misrepresented Amy's contention about me and how the info was gotten from me about Ridor.
Sent : Friday, April 14, 2006 4:13 PM
To : MMcConnell mmcconnell2004(at)hotmail.com
Subject : Re: UFC fighter intro...about deaf UFC fighter...my input.
You can use whatever you want of my emails, I really could care less if I piss that jerk off, so use whatever you want.
From : Amy Robinson <***********>I added "Kokonut Pundits" in the above to clarify the "your."
Sent : Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:28 PM
To : MMcConnell mmcconnell2004(at)hotmail.com
Subject : Re: UFC fighter intro...about deaf UFC fighter...my input.
That guy Ridor is a total prick, I don't know what his deal is. I mentioned his hateful blog on Matt over on the sherdog mma forums, and apparently alot of people complained to him about his comments. Somehow he got my email address and sends me this angry email, asking me who told me about his blog, so I said I found the link off of your (Kokonut Pundits) site. I then proceeded to tell him it was pretty extreme to wish brain damage apon someone, and that gay people preech tolerance, and he wasn't showing any himself. I also asked him if there was anyway he could have misinterperted the indicident between him and Matt, and he went off berading Matt calling him a names like a homophobe and stuff. That guy is nuts, and no I didn't give him permission to use my email.
Let me try and go over how he twisted, lied and misrepresented other people's responses just to try and discredit my reputation as a blogger on Kokonut Pundits:
1. He lied about how I supposedly informed the internet public that I had specifically posted his name and/or his blogsite address on MMA forums. Never happened. Why should I? Google and Yahoo will take care of that because of the sudden intense interest about Matt Hamill by both the deaf and hearing communities.
2. He lied about what Amy said (see Archive.org) in his desperate attempt to make readers believe that I gave her specific information about this guy by giving her his name and/or his blogsite address when I emailed her about my blogsite. Never happened. Read Amy's email response to me in the above.
3. He lied by saying that I said that he was "anti-UFC" on MMA forums. That has never happened. He pretty much said that himself in his own blog! Also, I am not even a member on any MMA forums. So, I cannot post.
4. He lied about what Amy Robinson really said to him by twisting her email response. He twisted her response just to suit his own agenda about how she got information from me. Amy's response in bold letters:
I got an email from Amy Robinson who confirmed that it was Mike “McWeenie” McConnell who mentioned about my anti-Matt Hamill entry: I really hope your were not very upset by my posting that, as I was just truly concerned that it was turning some people off to the UFC, and I was only going by Mr.McConnell’s word, who I really had no reason to doubt, as I have really no other connection into the deaf community, so once again please forgive me.That "word" she got from me came directly from my blogsite only....not in my email to her or from MMA forums that Ridor has ardently claimed...repeatedly so. I just informed her that I was blogging about Matt after I found out about her article on Matt. I informed her so she can have another source to read about Matt.
Read her email response to me seen near the top of my blog to see how she retrieved info about Ridor off of my blogsite where he wished Matt Hamill a slow, brain-damaged death like Schiavo's.
This guy's credo is completely shot as of now. Well, it has been for awhile anyway. It may not have been apparent to some readers. You can see clearly, patently so, on the tactics he will use and how he will use people's words to suit his agenda to smear me and other people. Even to the point of not asking for permission to use other people personal emails on his blog hoping to generate more hatred and fomenting from the Deaf community. Or so he hopes. This is what gives the Deaf community a black eye. And he's doing a very good job at it.
I, on the other hand, would rather see all kinds of successes from deaf and hard of hearing people. Success can only be had if you work smartly and with dedication. Matt Hamill has proven that when he was one of the 12 people selected out of over 2000 who competed for the TUF3 slot. It took years of work. Lifting 10lb dumbells will not get you there.
I don't enjoy doing this type of lambasting but if it means to protect my reputation and, even more so, Amy Robinson's reputation, who is an amateur fighter, then I have no choice but to do this.
Just watch his blog and most likely he'll try and crucify Amy by calling her a "hearie" (as if that is a real insult to the hearing community), an "audist" or something so hideously "insulting." Maybe a "traiter!" This is a typical "crab theory" response by the deaf community. He'll undoubtedly try and do the same to me as he has always done.
As one poster commented on my blog recently saying, "you would think he's a fan of yours," when Ridor stalks at my every move in the blogosphere. Heck, enough so you'd probably think he works for Oscar Mayer weiner factory. If that what it takes to achieve "credibility" in the blogosphere then I want none of it. Yet, he gets it wrong every single time about me.
When you lie, twist words, make up stories and misrepresent other people long enough to the readers, the past has a way of catching up to you. I think it just did for Ridor. His overused balls, shaken but not stirred, are now effectively nailed to the wall for TUF3, Matt Hamill and UFC fans, and for Amy Robinson to see.
This is what happens when you interfere with the wrong people. Next time, please observe but do not interfere. Adhere to your own motto and heed to your own advice next time.
Thank you, Amy, for allowing me to do this.
UPDATE: More lies by Ridor caught in his own blog comment.
Ridor - "I do not care if he's a wonderful father (!) to some illegitimate kid that he conceived out of wedlock. I care less about it but I'd love to see him lose the contest or end up brain-damaged."
Kristi - Out of wedlock?? Better do your research a little better buddy.. we were married for 5 years. Your are the most hateful person I have ever met. I feel sorry for you.
Ron - Kristi, I'm not concerned with all of this discussion reguarding homosexuality, but rather supporting Matt and his reachign his goals!!! He was always a class act in my opinion. I coached matt at RIT and wish him the best of luck. I wish you and your daughter the best as well. Its been a few years since I've seen you and hope all is well. See Ya - Ron.
See what I mean folks? More fish stories from Ridor about Matt.
UPDATE II: Ridor continues to hold to his claim about Amy's email which is bogus and doesn't verify anything about me (see above emails) other than that I emailed to her about my blogsite. Which is why Amy allowed me, with her permission, to post her emails describing what Ridor has done is bogus! I never denied sending her an email. It was to inform her that I could offer a different perspective as a deaf/hh person on my blogsite about Matt. That's where she got the info about Ridor's blogsite. It came from my blogsite. What part you do not understand Ridor? What was your GPA again? Funny how Ridor continues to twist and lie about this. I have displayed Amy's full email response (with her permission to boot!) that rebuts Ridor's claim. Can he really be that dense after all?
Also, I'm not "forcing" you to accept Matt. That is a very weird and paranoid response. I guess you didn't notice on what I wrote earlier where I said that there are people who are either fans of the fighters or not. This includes a deaf MMA fighter. Me "forcing" you? Wotta laugh. Get a grip. You continue to misread into everything I write. What are your SAT scores anyway?
Next, just because I talk about HIV/AIDS or gays or whatever doesn't mean I'm gay. Far from it. Some people can be so dense over this where I have to spell it out. I like the female human species. None of that Brokeback stuff. When it comes to the male species on sex. It is simply gross. Now, if a person gets HIV through irresponsible and promiscuous actions, then it's the person's own damn fault. Simple as that. What's really funny is if you talk about it, means you are or might be gay or a repressed gay. Or if you don't talk about it, means you're a homophobe or don't care. Or if you do talk about it in a supposedly negative way (e.g. get HIV...your own damn fault, etc) means you're a homophobe. No. It's all about a person's accountability and responsibility. However, I do have the right to speak my opinions on the matter. One thing though, whenever a person claims that he test himself regularly for HIV, that alone speaks volume of the person's obvious irresponsible actions. You can actually see that whenever you read his blogs. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to be tested for HIV on a regular basis. Again, Ridor gets it wrong, every...single....time about me.
Keep on lying about Amy's email. I'm sure she would appreciate that.
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #8
Check out Fusion Weekly's article on Matt Hamill. Some interesting stories about how Matt Hamill got a spot on TUF3.
There is such a thing as being at the right place at the right time. Plus a bit of hard MMA training helps out alot.
By the way, this blog piece is technically blog #8 on Matt Hamill. Will keep it that way.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill.
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #5
Matt Hamill -First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #4
Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
Skill and training ultimately decide a contest, but a little good fortune helped Hamill earn a spot on the show.
"When I was a bouncer at Cavallo's (restaurant and tavern in New Hartford), people saw how I fought and the techniques I used to deal with unruly people," Hamill said in an interview using the Relay telephone system for the deaf. "I got lucky and met a cousin of another bouncer who was affiliated with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and she referred me to the president of the UFC, Dana White. He was also impressed and he invited me to try out."The tryouts in Las Vegas took two weeks. They did drug tests and physical tests and a lot of interviews. There were a lot of skilled, excellent fighters at the tryouts. Only 12 made it out of 2,000 who tried out."Hamill has worked at Cavallo's for about two years. Manager Noelle Cavallo said Hamill is one of her best "door guys."
There is such a thing as being at the right place at the right time. Plus a bit of hard MMA training helps out alot.
By the way, this blog piece is technically blog #8 on Matt Hamill. Will keep it that way.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill.
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #5
Matt Hamill -First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #4
Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #5
Check out the latest MMA forum, Sherdog, on Matt Hamill with multiple forum topics (if that link doesn't work, type in "matt hamill" in the Sherdog's search window) about Matt Hamill (you'll have to click on each one of them to find comments about Matt inside all highlighted in yellow for easy finding).
Shelly of Inside Pulse writer said earlier that
Indeed. And that seems to be true on Sherdog's MMA forum with multiple forum topics and threads by posters that have Matt Hamill on their minds.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill.
Matt Hamill -First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #4
Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
Shelly of Inside Pulse writer said earlier that
Matt, aside from the coaches, is clearly the star of the show so far (and we haven't even really seen him fight).
Indeed. And that seems to be true on Sherdog's MMA forum with multiple forum topics and threads by posters that have Matt Hamill on their minds.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill.
Matt Hamill -First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #4
Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill
Breaking news! Inside Pulse to Link to Kokonut Pundits on Series Blogging on Matt Hamill. Inside Pulse contacted me recently about linking my bloggings on Matt Hamill to their nationally recognized sports column website that's covering the TUF3 competition. It is now up!
Indeed. Matt is getting lots of attention and very favorable reviews so far (aside from a few deviants). A nice honor to be mentioned on Inside Pulse. Welcome Inside Pulse readers!
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
There's been a lot of talk about Matt Hamill around the internet. Matt, aside from the coaches, is clearly the star of the show so far (and we haven't even really seen him fight). His situation is interesting and the personality he's shown engages a lot of viewers. I was recently contacted by a hard-of-hearing martial artist and blogger by the name of Mike McConnell. He's written some posts about Matt Hamill in relation to the deaf community on his blog Kokonut Pundits. His Hamill-related posts: 1 2 3 4. Obviously, I'm a little behind, as he updates faster than I do. I'll continue to link to his blog entries weekly in case you're interested in his unique perspective. My older sister is deaf, so I'm also personally excited that Matt, as a deaf athlete, is getting a lot of mainstream recognition.
Indeed. Matt is getting lots of attention and very favorable reviews so far (aside from a few deviants). A nice honor to be mentioned on Inside Pulse. Welcome Inside Pulse readers!
Check out all of my up todate Matt Hamill bloggings.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Matt Hamill -First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #4
There was more of Matt Hamill in Episode #2 last night on Spike TV. However, there was one embarrassing incident where Matt was talking about the two British fighters at the reality house as being from "New England." This was a painfull demonstration to the audience watching the TUF3 show that in the world of no sound it's very hard to discern what is going on or what is being said by a group of guys cracking jokes and having fun. A few tips could be gleaned and understood from reading someone's lips and their body language to try and get the gist of the situation.
This leads to Tito's epiphany that Matt needed an interpreter. I don't know what was the time lapse from the time Tito picked Matt first from the lineup to the moment of "inspiration" that Matt needed an interpreter. Those few precious days or weeks(?) were lost in helping Matt get the best training had he been given an interpreter on the day he showed up on TUF3 for filming. Thus, making him look like a total dork among the sea of yakking hearing TUF3 contenders.
But after getting his interpreter, did Matt's training and enthusiasm increased substantially. Every fighter acknowledged that Matt needed an interpeter so he could effectively be a part of the Tito Ortiz team. Even one British guy on the Tito Ortiz team acknowledged that this would make it more "haaarder" (with his thick Britsh accent drawling that word out) on him because Matt will now get more valuable info on the finer points of MMA from coach Tito Ortiz. I wonder what Ken Shamrock would've done had he picked Matt if the opportunity was reversed? Lots of yelling? Never can tell. He already did that in Episode #2 to his team. At least Tito "mimed" and "gestured" his way to the best of his ability on communicating to Matt on the finer points of grappling and boxing defensively. Getting an interpreter earns Tito brownie points from the deaf community. Tito now can communicate with Matt more effectively and efficiently believing that he can help Matt be a serious UFC contender. Watch out Bisping.
Next comes the deaf nay-sayers "fans" (very, very few I might add) in the deaf community who are "anti-Hamill." They are only "anti-Hamill" only if they are gay (or sympathizers) or for some other reason they don't like him because of this guy who claimed (note: "fish story") that Hamill is virulently anti-gay or a "homophobe." Of course, as with any fighters, you will have your supporters and haters of MMA fighters.
After I started my 2nd blog series on Matt, I contacted Amy Robinson informing her about my bloggings on Kokonut Pundits on Matt Hamill from a deaf/hard of hearing person's perspective and with my background in MA, weightlifting and wrestling I'd be the person to look up to. I never once indicated to Amy about this guy by naming him specifically or gave out his blog address or link in my email to her (or on any other MMA forums for that matter). Never did I say he was "anti-UFC," either. This guy has lied and twisted Amy's email response by posting her email response on his blogsite without her permission! (more on that later) just to suit his agenda against me. He has gotten it wrong about me time after time after time....never right but always wrong in his attempt to twist facts and scenarios. If you can't stand the heat, then don't be an idiot and open your mouth about wishing a slow and horrible death on a TUF3 contender for the UFC ring. Talk about a bone-headed move.
After my first email contact with Amy Robinson she proceeded to my blog site, read my blog and retrieved this interesting link off of my Kokonut Pundits blogsite for the Sherdog forum. She created a thread called "Deaf Community Bloggers anti-Hamill campaign" (note the thread's title, it says "anti-Hamill" and not "anti-UFC" as this guy has claimed) and posted the Google cache link for posterity sake.
Now, whose fault was this? Well, I wasn't the one who was blabbing about wishing horrible and slow death like Schiavo on Matt Hamill who is competing in the TUF3 show. It was this guy. What is posted on the very public internet stays on and gets "Googlized" quite quickly. Either way, he needs to learn to be responsible for his own mess (and mouth). He said it. Not me. Cleanup on aisle 13!
While this guy claimed that Matt is a virulent homophobe, one Sherdog forum poster in the same thread named "NVME44" said the opposite about Matt:
Moral of the story? Everything is hearsay at the moment. But as for credibility? This guy's credo is completely shot by being purposefully deceitful to Amy, me and to the rest of the deaf community about the whole affair. He can be "anti-Hamill" for whatever reasons. But to make up stories to suit his agenda?
A little history here if you're still confused.
Again, anybody who says otherwise that I posted elsewhere on MMA forums, emails and such that I specifically mentioned this guy and posted his blog address is a LIAR! All info are in my Kokonut Pundits blog as the source of the information and direction to this guy's blogsite. That's the end of his conspiracy theory.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill and other related items:
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
Note: Be sure to check for newer blogs on Matt Hamill by clicking here and scroll down for the latest updates.
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This leads to Tito's epiphany that Matt needed an interpreter. I don't know what was the time lapse from the time Tito picked Matt first from the lineup to the moment of "inspiration" that Matt needed an interpreter. Those few precious days or weeks(?) were lost in helping Matt get the best training had he been given an interpreter on the day he showed up on TUF3 for filming. Thus, making him look like a total dork among the sea of yakking hearing TUF3 contenders.
But after getting his interpreter, did Matt's training and enthusiasm increased substantially. Every fighter acknowledged that Matt needed an interpeter so he could effectively be a part of the Tito Ortiz team. Even one British guy on the Tito Ortiz team acknowledged that this would make it more "haaarder" (with his thick Britsh accent drawling that word out) on him because Matt will now get more valuable info on the finer points of MMA from coach Tito Ortiz. I wonder what Ken Shamrock would've done had he picked Matt if the opportunity was reversed? Lots of yelling? Never can tell. He already did that in Episode #2 to his team. At least Tito "mimed" and "gestured" his way to the best of his ability on communicating to Matt on the finer points of grappling and boxing defensively. Getting an interpreter earns Tito brownie points from the deaf community. Tito now can communicate with Matt more effectively and efficiently believing that he can help Matt be a serious UFC contender. Watch out Bisping.
Next comes the deaf nay-sayers "fans" (very, very few I might add) in the deaf community who are "anti-Hamill." They are only "anti-Hamill" only if they are gay (or sympathizers) or for some other reason they don't like him because of this guy who claimed (note: "fish story") that Hamill is virulently anti-gay or a "homophobe." Of course, as with any fighters, you will have your supporters and haters of MMA fighters.
After I started my 2nd blog series on Matt, I contacted Amy Robinson informing her about my bloggings on Kokonut Pundits on Matt Hamill from a deaf/hard of hearing person's perspective and with my background in MA, weightlifting and wrestling I'd be the person to look up to. I never once indicated to Amy about this guy by naming him specifically or gave out his blog address or link in my email to her (or on any other MMA forums for that matter). Never did I say he was "anti-UFC," either. This guy has lied and twisted Amy's email response by posting her email response on his blogsite without her permission! (more on that later) just to suit his agenda against me. He has gotten it wrong about me time after time after time....never right but always wrong in his attempt to twist facts and scenarios. If you can't stand the heat, then don't be an idiot and open your mouth about wishing a slow and horrible death on a TUF3 contender for the UFC ring. Talk about a bone-headed move.
After my first email contact with Amy Robinson she proceeded to my blog site, read my blog and retrieved this interesting link off of my Kokonut Pundits blogsite for the Sherdog forum. She created a thread called "Deaf Community Bloggers anti-Hamill campaign" (note the thread's title, it says "anti-Hamill" and not "anti-UFC" as this guy has claimed) and posted the Google cache link for posterity sake.
Now, whose fault was this? Well, I wasn't the one who was blabbing about wishing horrible and slow death like Schiavo on Matt Hamill who is competing in the TUF3 show. It was this guy. What is posted on the very public internet stays on and gets "Googlized" quite quickly. Either way, he needs to learn to be responsible for his own mess (and mouth). He said it. Not me. Cleanup on aisle 13!
While this guy claimed that Matt is a virulent homophobe, one Sherdog forum poster in the same thread named "NVME44" said the opposite about Matt:
Im from Loveland and grew up with Matt and his family i keep in contact with...He is definately not a homophob...And he isnt cocky at all, actually totally the opposite...Very genuine guy and will do anything for anyone...As far as the last i heard he has been back and forth from Cincy and NY...He has been traning at both places...
Moral of the story? Everything is hearsay at the moment. But as for credibility? This guy's credo is completely shot by being purposefully deceitful to Amy, me and to the rest of the deaf community about the whole affair. He can be "anti-Hamill" for whatever reasons. But to make up stories to suit his agenda?
A little history here if you're still confused.
Again, anybody who says otherwise that I posted elsewhere on MMA forums, emails and such that I specifically mentioned this guy and posted his blog address is a LIAR! All info are in my Kokonut Pundits blog as the source of the information and direction to this guy's blogsite. That's the end of his conspiracy theory.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill and other related items:
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #3
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
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Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? - Blog #3
Be sure to watch Episode #2 TUF3 tonight at 10 pm Eastern Time on Spike TV to see Matt Hamill in action to be the first deaf UFC fighter. Check out Spike TV's schedule for other times should you miss it tonight.
Gygax, a Fight Forum moderator, has more inside scoops on Matt Hamill on his recent wins (2 - 0) in other MMA contests plus a picture of him beating the snot out of some big black dude with his back on the floor.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill and related blogs on MMA (mixed martial arts):
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
UPDATE: Welcome Impulse Readers! Be sure to check out Blog #4 on Matt Hamill.
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Gygax, a Fight Forum moderator, has more inside scoops on Matt Hamill on his recent wins (2 - 0) in other MMA contests plus a picture of him beating the snot out of some big black dude with his back on the floor.
Previous blogs on Matt Hamill and related blogs on MMA (mixed martial arts):
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
UPDATE: Welcome Impulse Readers! Be sure to check out Blog #4 on Matt Hamill.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Pack Test and Wildfires!
Finally finished my "pack test" yesterday and passed the test. So, now I'm qualified to fight forest fires. This is done every year in order to get our "Red Card." In this test I had to wear a 45lb pack and do 3 miles in 45 minutes or less. Timed myself well with my watch so I don't have to go on a mad run. Finished it with one minute to spar. Not bad considering that I'm 30 lbs heavier than last year. Essentially I was carrying an extra 75 lb load. Fared very well.
Speaking of wildfires. It's unreal on how many acres burned so far this year. Already over 2,000,000+ acres were burned when the 10 year average from January to this April 12th is 310,000 acres. We're already way ahead. Normally by the end of the fire season we'd be looking at anywhere from 5 to 7 million acres burned. But we're already at the 2,000,000 mark and we have 6 months to go. But what's really interesting is if you compare this year's current year-to-date statistics to previous years, especially year 2000 when it was remembered as a very bad year, you'll be shocked at the comparison.
Check out the long term fire statistics from 1960 - 2005.
If you want to check on the daily wildfire report, go here. Or if you want colorful maps and easy reading, go here. Updated wildfire reports begin at 8:00 AM Mountain Time (or 10 AM ET).
If you live among the trees in the mountains, especially out west, watch out for this year's forest fire season. It looks deadly.
Speaking of wildfires. It's unreal on how many acres burned so far this year. Already over 2,000,000+ acres were burned when the 10 year average from January to this April 12th is 310,000 acres. We're already way ahead. Normally by the end of the fire season we'd be looking at anywhere from 5 to 7 million acres burned. But we're already at the 2,000,000 mark and we have 6 months to go. But what's really interesting is if you compare this year's current year-to-date statistics to previous years, especially year 2000 when it was remembered as a very bad year, you'll be shocked at the comparison.
Check out the long term fire statistics from 1960 - 2005.
If you want to check on the daily wildfire report, go here. Or if you want colorful maps and easy reading, go here. Updated wildfire reports begin at 8:00 AM Mountain Time (or 10 AM ET).
If you live among the trees in the mountains, especially out west, watch out for this year's forest fire season. It looks deadly.
Officer Who Was Attacked by McKinney Considers Legal Action
Good. I hope the officer who was attacked by Rep. McKinney goes ahead and file suit against her for ruining his reputation when McKinney basically called him to be a "racist cop," and among other implied innuendos. How nice when the Capitol police are there to protect some of the overly dramatic and de-sensitized liberal nuts. They have to put up with them even though they risk their lives everyday to protect them.
Previous blogs on McKinney.
Rep. McKinney - A Master on Red Herring
McKinney Plays the Race Card While 42 Black Congress Members Stay Quiet
Previous blogs on McKinney.
Rep. McKinney - A Master on Red Herring
McKinney Plays the Race Card While 42 Black Congress Members Stay Quiet
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Matt Hamill, TUF3, UFC and Opening Your Mouth Too Wide with Hatred
Lately, I've been getting lots of specific hits about Matt Hamill and his bid to become the first deaf UFC fighter on my blogsite. Now, a certain somebody is wailing and claiming that I went to a MMA forum or anything other similar Martial Arts forum just to inform people there about what this guy said about Matt Hamill and now, about other people, too.
Open your mouth too big and you'll certainly get results. I report in my blog. They decide. What a funny, unexpected outcome. Made my day.
UPDATE: Looks like I found the MMA site. Go here. And click on the link. Don't know if there are more MMA sites that has a similar discussion on Matt Hamill. Will look and let you know.
UPDATE II: Look at the join date by the guy who made the link. It was in 2005. It's certainly not me! Go figure. And I only got interested in this TUF3, MMA, only because we now have a potential deaf UFC contender.
This guy who doesn't like Hamill can say whatever he wants to say. I report. They decide. And yet, he still gets it wrong about me.....every.... single...time. McWeenie it ain't. I am just beside myself laughing at everything he says. He lives to exaggerate his stories. Big time.
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Few hours ago, I had to set up the moderation in order to control the comments. Apparently, the little bitter boy named McConnell informed someone on some Mixed Martial Arts forum that I’m anti-UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships) and many idiots came in to throw some anti-gay comments....Matt Hamill still sucks.Must be a Freud thing about him and Matt. And no. I didn't go to a MMA forum or anything like that. Why would I? I have no interest. No masquerading on my part. Sorry to burst this guy's convoluted bubble on this. Would be nice if somebody can tell me where I can find this "info" on one of those MMA forum sites that linked to my site or the other guy's site. Somebody else must've picked my blog piece and saw the link, and put it in one of those forums or got it off of Google (see my update in that link by scrolling down) and placed the link into one of the MMA forum sites.
Open your mouth too big and you'll certainly get results. I report in my blog. They decide. What a funny, unexpected outcome. Made my day.
UPDATE: Looks like I found the MMA site. Go here. And click on the link. Don't know if there are more MMA sites that has a similar discussion on Matt Hamill. Will look and let you know.
UPDATE II: Look at the join date by the guy who made the link. It was in 2005. It's certainly not me! Go figure. And I only got interested in this TUF3, MMA, only because we now have a potential deaf UFC contender.
This guy who doesn't like Hamill can say whatever he wants to say. I report. They decide. And yet, he still gets it wrong about me.....every.... single...time. McWeenie it ain't. I am just beside myself laughing at everything he says. He lives to exaggerate his stories. Big time.
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Burqas, Chris Muir, Day by Day and Bodychecking
Here's an interesting perspective from a foreigner trying on a Burqa for the first time and how suffocating it is to wear it. And not to mention how easy it is to stumble in that thing. Interesting thing is how male Muslims have their own way of "bodychecking" women in Burqas. Is this how some male Muslims have a chance to "feel up" their women in some sort of weird, sex fetish way to get their jollies while bumping them in the streets and sidewalks of the Islamic world?
Will Chris Muir of Day to Day cartoonist include this part? Bodychecking. I hope so. Seems like the character wearing the Burqa is learning some hard realities about Burqas and how they are designed to demean women and how they are supposed to be "invisible" to the world of men. Yeah, right. Male Muslims get their jollies bodychecking female Muslims in Burqas. If liberated women here in the United States and elsewhere do not mind Burqas, then please, they should wear them and throw away their Calvin Klein jeans. We certainly don't mind if they became invisible for awhile.
If you have missed the Day by Day cartoon episode on the Burqa episode, check it out in the April 2006 series starting on April 8.
As for the male Muslims, perhaps the Abu Ghraib prisoners ought to have been forced to wear Burqas instead? The MSM and liberals will probably scream something about it being worse than wearing underwear on their heads. Why don't the enlightened male liberals wear Burqas for awhile, too?
Yeah. It'd be as sillier as a "Brokeback" moment.
"After a few hours beneath the burqa, my sight has adjusted and my feet seem to have grown eyes. But my shoulders are sore from the dozens of men who have bumped into me full force. After two weeks as a foreign woman in Afghanistan, no man has ever bumped into me before. Now, in my burqa, I cannot pass five minutes without being plowed into. Does this mean, as I suspected, that women here, faceless under the burqa, may as well be invisible? Or is this just bodychecking for fun?"
Will Chris Muir of Day to Day cartoonist include this part? Bodychecking. I hope so. Seems like the character wearing the Burqa is learning some hard realities about Burqas and how they are designed to demean women and how they are supposed to be "invisible" to the world of men. Yeah, right. Male Muslims get their jollies bodychecking female Muslims in Burqas. If liberated women here in the United States and elsewhere do not mind Burqas, then please, they should wear them and throw away their Calvin Klein jeans. We certainly don't mind if they became invisible for awhile.
If you have missed the Day by Day cartoon episode on the Burqa episode, check it out in the April 2006 series starting on April 8.
As for the male Muslims, perhaps the Abu Ghraib prisoners ought to have been forced to wear Burqas instead? The MSM and liberals will probably scream something about it being worse than wearing underwear on their heads. Why don't the enlightened male liberals wear Burqas for awhile, too?
Yeah. It'd be as sillier as a "Brokeback" moment.
Monday, April 10, 2006
When Deafness Can Kill
Sad and utterly tragic. An Italian deaf tourist was killed and numerous other deaf tourists injured when a century-old tree fell on a group of deaf tourists in central Italy on Sunday, killing a man and injuring seven deaf people. None of them heard the warning cries from a bus driver warning them to get out of the way of the large Chestnut tree apparently falling slowly toward the group until it was too late.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
When the "Anything but Bush" Vote Meant a Vote for John Kerry
Yes. Remember the good old days when liberal diehards were running around screaming something about "Anything but Bush" vote? At a time when weeks before the November election in 2004 that John Kerry would be your guy for the next President of the United States? And now, let's look what Kerry had to say in NY Times on his faith and how it influenced his politics and you'll soon realized just how close you came to God that day had he been elected the next President:
Yes, that close. All I can say is "Holy crap!"
Kerry is not only a Roman Catholic but also an ecumenicist. Once again I rely on the Times: Kerry asserted that "the Koran, the Torah, the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles had influenced a social conscience that he exercised in politics." My God, what bullsh*t politicians feel obliged to utter! Or maybe the bullsh*t is already second nature, or even first. But since Kerry raised it, let me ask: What hadith of the Prophet influenced him the most, and why? And here I have a personal interest: Which of the injunctions of Leviticus and who among the Prophets have the most meaning for him? Ordinarily, of course, I wouldn't ask such personal questions of a politician. In the spirit of Jesus, Kerry will certainly forgive me for doing so.
Yes, that close. All I can say is "Holy crap!"
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter? Blog #2
The deaf community’s reaction to Matt Hamill who wants to be the first deaf UFC fighter to reach the “Octagon” ring seems to be a very favorable one. While the minority few Deaf people are not as favorable toward Matt's endeavors. Even wishing a slow a death of some sort like Schiavo’s, and perhaps even exaggerating the story a bit as well just to generate some hatred. One deaf forum is already talking about the show. You could almost hear the deaf community rooting for Matt Hamill. I am, too. How often do we get to see this happen? Not very.
Now, it takes balls, the homemade steel kind, to enter into the Octagon ring not knowing what the outcome will be when it could literally be your last breath. Professional boxers have died from getting punched in the head. Imagine getting punched, kicked, choked, and slammed onto the mat. But one thing for sure, it's not easy training in the mix-martial art where you literally puke your guts out during intense training exercises. I've been there. It ain't fun. These are not wimps training for the UFC contest. Wimps are the ones who insist that lifting 10lb dumbells and a 10 minute stationary bike run constitute as an exercise program. Until you actually puke and can barely crawl up the stairs the next day because every muscles in your body is screaming with pain, then you will understand what a real exercise program is like. Rule#2 - never under-estimate what a person can do to you. See Rule #1.
If you have missed the first episode TUF3 show on Spike TV. Fear not. You still have a chance to grab the first show on Monday. There are 12 episodes altogether. Lots of opportunity to watch!
Season Schedule (Eastern Time):
Thursday, April 6th @ 10:00 pm-Episodes 1
Thursday, April 6th @ 1:00am-Episode 1
Saturday, April 8th, @ 10:00 pm-Episode 1
Monday, April 10th,@ 11:00pm-Episode 1
Thursday, April 13th@ 10:00pm-Episode 2
Saturday, April 15th@ 10:00pm-Episode 2
Monday, April 17th @ 11:00pm-Episode 2
Thursday, April 20th@ 10:00pm-Episode 3
Saturday, April 22nd @ 10:00pm-Episode 3
Monday, April 24th@11:00pm-Episode 3
Thursday, April 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 4
Saturday, April 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 4
Monday, May 1st@ 11:00pm-Episode 4
Thursday, May 4th@ 10:00pm-Episode 5
Saturday, May 6th@ 10:00pm-Episode 5
Monday, May 8th @ 11:00pm-Episode 5
Thursday, May 11th@10:00pm-Episode 6
Saturday, May 13th@ 10:00pm-Episode 6
Monday, May 15th @ 11:00pm-Episode 6
Thursday, May 18th@ 10:00pm-Episode 7
Saturday, May 20th @ 10:00pm-Episode 7
Monday, May 22nd @ 11:00pm-Episode 7
Thursday, May 25th @ 10:00pm-Episode 8
Saturday, May 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 8
Monday, May 29th @ 11:00pm-Episode 8
Thursday, June 1st @ 10:00pm-Episode 9
Saturday, June 4th @ 10:00pm-Episode 9
Monday, June 5th @ 11:00pm-Episode 9
Thursday, June 8th @ 10:00pm-Episode 10
Saturday, June 10th @ 10:00pm-Episode 10
Monday, June 12th @ 11:00pm-Episode 10
Thursday, June 15th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Saturday, June 17th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Monday, June 19th @ 11:00pm-Episode 11
Thursday, June 22nd @ 10:00pm-Episode 12
Friday, June 23rd @ 9:00pm-Episode 12
Saturday, June 24th @ 9:00am-9:00 pm- Marathon
First blog on Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
UPDATE: Apparently, some people are thinking that I went over to MMA or other similar Martial Arts forums where I "informed" them about this link I provided in this blog earlier. I have no interest in getting in MMA forums and did no such thing. I have no interest in doing so.
Now, if you go on Google and type in "UFC" and "TUF3" and "Hamill," you'll see the search results put me at the top. Or type in "UFC" and "Hamill" and I'm at second from the top search result. Or "TUF3" and "Hamill" where the search results put me at the top. You can see why people are raining on this one guy's parade.
I report. They decide. Apparently, whenever you open your mouth a wee too big, especially if you go after UFC guys (wrong and very boneheaded move), you could find yourself in a heap of trouble. Nothing bitter about what I wrote. Just that there are people who are either supportive of Matt Hamill's endeavor or not inside the deaf community. I just blogged about it.
Enjoy.
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Now, it takes balls, the homemade steel kind, to enter into the Octagon ring not knowing what the outcome will be when it could literally be your last breath. Professional boxers have died from getting punched in the head. Imagine getting punched, kicked, choked, and slammed onto the mat. But one thing for sure, it's not easy training in the mix-martial art where you literally puke your guts out during intense training exercises. I've been there. It ain't fun. These are not wimps training for the UFC contest. Wimps are the ones who insist that lifting 10lb dumbells and a 10 minute stationary bike run constitute as an exercise program. Until you actually puke and can barely crawl up the stairs the next day because every muscles in your body is screaming with pain, then you will understand what a real exercise program is like. Rule#2 - never under-estimate what a person can do to you. See Rule #1.
If you have missed the first episode TUF3 show on Spike TV. Fear not. You still have a chance to grab the first show on Monday. There are 12 episodes altogether. Lots of opportunity to watch!
Season Schedule (Eastern Time):
Thursday, April 6th @ 10:00 pm-Episodes 1
Thursday, April 6th @ 1:00am-Episode 1
Saturday, April 8th, @ 10:00 pm-Episode 1
Monday, April 10th,@ 11:00pm-Episode 1
Thursday, April 13th@ 10:00pm-Episode 2
Saturday, April 15th@ 10:00pm-Episode 2
Monday, April 17th @ 11:00pm-Episode 2
Thursday, April 20th@ 10:00pm-Episode 3
Saturday, April 22nd @ 10:00pm-Episode 3
Monday, April 24th@11:00pm-Episode 3
Thursday, April 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 4
Saturday, April 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 4
Monday, May 1st@ 11:00pm-Episode 4
Thursday, May 4th@ 10:00pm-Episode 5
Saturday, May 6th@ 10:00pm-Episode 5
Monday, May 8th @ 11:00pm-Episode 5
Thursday, May 11th@10:00pm-Episode 6
Saturday, May 13th@ 10:00pm-Episode 6
Monday, May 15th @ 11:00pm-Episode 6
Thursday, May 18th@ 10:00pm-Episode 7
Saturday, May 20th @ 10:00pm-Episode 7
Monday, May 22nd @ 11:00pm-Episode 7
Thursday, May 25th @ 10:00pm-Episode 8
Saturday, May 27th @ 10:00pm-Episode 8
Monday, May 29th @ 11:00pm-Episode 8
Thursday, June 1st @ 10:00pm-Episode 9
Saturday, June 4th @ 10:00pm-Episode 9
Monday, June 5th @ 11:00pm-Episode 9
Thursday, June 8th @ 10:00pm-Episode 10
Saturday, June 10th @ 10:00pm-Episode 10
Monday, June 12th @ 11:00pm-Episode 10
Thursday, June 15th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Saturday, June 17th @ 10:00pm-Episode 11
Monday, June 19th @ 11:00pm-Episode 11
Thursday, June 22nd @ 10:00pm-Episode 12
Friday, June 23rd @ 9:00pm-Episode 12
Saturday, June 24th @ 9:00am-9:00 pm- Marathon
First blog on Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
UPDATE: Apparently, some people are thinking that I went over to MMA or other similar Martial Arts forums where I "informed" them about this link I provided in this blog earlier. I have no interest in getting in MMA forums and did no such thing. I have no interest in doing so.
Now, if you go on Google and type in "UFC" and "TUF3" and "Hamill," you'll see the search results put me at the top. Or type in "UFC" and "Hamill" and I'm at second from the top search result. Or "TUF3" and "Hamill" where the search results put me at the top. You can see why people are raining on this one guy's parade.
I report. They decide. Apparently, whenever you open your mouth a wee too big, especially if you go after UFC guys (wrong and very boneheaded move), you could find yourself in a heap of trouble. Nothing bitter about what I wrote. Just that there are people who are either supportive of Matt Hamill's endeavor or not inside the deaf community. I just blogged about it.
Enjoy.
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UFO Crashes into Bushrod Park in Oakland, California.
It's true. Unbelievable! An unexplained falling object slammed into the grounds of Bushrod Park in Oakland, California. Officials and upset observers who arrived at the scene of the impact could actually see little green stuff and white parts as far as 20 feet away from the source of the impact which left an impressive crater 3 feet by 3 feet by 2.5 feet deep.
When Whinners Scream About The So-Called "Leak" By President Bush
Now we have some deaf and hearing bloggers screaming that it was president Bush who leaked classified information in the Libby case. Now, for those who do not understand, it's impossible for the president of the United States to "leak" classified information soley by virtue of an executive order from 1982.
Simply put for the Simpletons, when the president of the United State says something classified and he broadcasts it, it is immediately declassified. It is well within the President's powers and granted authority to declassify such information and use it to answer the questions of the press. President Clinton did the same thing to justify his actions on the bombing of the al Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan! So what did president Bush do? He informed Cheney to pass on the now declassified information to the press.
Get with it folks. Stop being hypocrites by playing up with the MSM press motives to try and slam president Bush at every turn. Again, it's IMPOSSIBLE for a president of the United States to leak information since a president has the sole authority granted to him/her by act of Congress signed in 1982 and under the Constitution.
The word "leak" as in leaking of classified information really belongs to the MSM press and those outside of the Executive branch authority since it is they who do not have the authority to leak classified information in the first place. And they are the ones who ought to be either shot or jailed. Scooter Libby never had any authorization to “leak” information from the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate.
Simply put for the Simpletons, when the president of the United State says something classified and he broadcasts it, it is immediately declassified. It is well within the President's powers and granted authority to declassify such information and use it to answer the questions of the press. President Clinton did the same thing to justify his actions on the bombing of the al Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan! So what did president Bush do? He informed Cheney to pass on the now declassified information to the press.
Get with it folks. Stop being hypocrites by playing up with the MSM press motives to try and slam president Bush at every turn. Again, it's IMPOSSIBLE for a president of the United States to leak information since a president has the sole authority granted to him/her by act of Congress signed in 1982 and under the Constitution.
Classified information belongs to the executive branch. Under the Constitution, the executive power is vested in a single official, the president. As Justice Scalia pointed out in his classic dissent in Morrison v. Olson, this does not mean some of the executive power; it means all of the executive power. The president can make a bad de-classification decision, but it is his decision to make. (In this case, it happens to have been a good decision, made to balance the misinformation put into the public domain by Joseph Wilson and others trying to mislead the public about Iraq’s nuclear intentions.)
The word "leak" as in leaking of classified information really belongs to the MSM press and those outside of the Executive branch authority since it is they who do not have the authority to leak classified information in the first place. And they are the ones who ought to be either shot or jailed. Scooter Libby never had any authorization to “leak” information from the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate.
Administrations leak — or, better, disclose — sensitive information in response to political conditions. All presidents do it, and there is nothing wrong with this. In fact, it is hilarious to hear the media, which constantly carps about government secrecy, now complaining about government disclosures.
I agree. If ya'll want to be a part of the stuck on stupid crowd, be my guest.
UPDATE: Again, once more for further clarification for those who have not been following the news for the past 2 1/2 years on the Libby case is that the so-called leak authorized by President Bush had nothing to do with Valeria Plame but in fact the, gasp!, "leak" actually covered Iraq war intelligence that was mostly already in the public domain. Even the perpetual "Stuck on Stupid" CNN's Jim Clancy tried to pass on this breaking live news "discovery" to the public that the leak was about Valeria Plame's identity. Not so.
Please! The President of the United States did not "leak" information to Cheney or Libby regarding the identity of Valeria Plame. And as a further hint, I support that a U.S. President has the power and authority to declassify any classified information just by talking about it to the public. This includes president Clinton as well if you hadn't noticed.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Prison official punished over 'Brokeback' screening
Prison official punished over 'Brokeback' screening. Correctional Officer broke prison protocols on which films are appropriate for prisoners. Don't want to get those sexually and violence deprived prisoners all riled and sexed up, do we? Ugh. Ain't gonna watch that film, either. Double ugh. I think it's time prisoners watch Disney movies with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse from now on.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Matt Hamill - First Deaf UFC Fighter?
I just watched TUF3 on Spike Tv tonight with Matt Hamill who wants to be the first deaf UFC contender and be the first to make it to the "Octagon" ring. Should be an interesting season to watch and see the results. Also, somebody took up http://www.matthamill.com and parked it. Better hope that guy is friends with Matt to do that stunt.
At my gym where I work out, there are several people who are training for upcoming "UFC" type competitions here in New Mexico and Texas. I talk to them whenever they come out of their converted racquetball court sparring room to get a drink of water and discuss with me the injuries, fighting techniques, etc. I've even sparred with them a few times while I did my Aikido martial arts (since 1997) over there. My Aikido is hold right now while I do my strongman thing. But 90% of all fights usually go down to the ground. Little did they know about my background other than Aikido when they tried to spar with me. That's for you to find out. Rule #1 - Don't think you know everything about the person you're about to attack. But if I were younger, it might have been fun to try this type of mixed-martial art competition. But since when you get older, you have a harder time recovering from injuries. You start to feel it by your mid-30s. Even harder still to try and recover after a hard workout session.
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At my gym where I work out, there are several people who are training for upcoming "UFC" type competitions here in New Mexico and Texas. I talk to them whenever they come out of their converted racquetball court sparring room to get a drink of water and discuss with me the injuries, fighting techniques, etc. I've even sparred with them a few times while I did my Aikido martial arts (since 1997) over there. My Aikido is hold right now while I do my strongman thing. But 90% of all fights usually go down to the ground. Little did they know about my background other than Aikido when they tried to spar with me. That's for you to find out. Rule #1 - Don't think you know everything about the person you're about to attack. But if I were younger, it might have been fun to try this type of mixed-martial art competition. But since when you get older, you have a harder time recovering from injuries. You start to feel it by your mid-30s. Even harder still to try and recover after a hard workout session.
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