John Stossel/FOX: Women’s insurance should cost more because ‘maybe they’re hypochondriacs’

[Uncle Joe]

83. It helps Republicans in multiple ways.

1. In general it promotes and glorifies violence which in turn affects the psychology of the nation. If you want to have a war like nation and the U.S. is that, then a societal tendency towards violence is a nescessary prerequisite.

2. Specifically it promotes violence with no rule of law, this is especially damaging to the gullible or young but even the people that know better take it in at a subconcious level. The referees in Professional Wrestling might as well be pseudo liberals on FOX "News" putting up weak or no resistance to any set of foul play or commentary. There was and I would wager no doubt still is plenty of foul play in Professional Wrestling with no or extremely little punative measures taken by the WWF.

3. It creates cultural division and stereotypes, the Republicans thrive on divide and conquer. I haven't watched Professional Wrestling in over 40 years but when I did, the heroes or good guys were quite well defined against the bad guys. Here in Nashville, the prime good guy was Jackie Fargo, he was blonde but had an Elvis hair wave and charisma, he would strut after faking out an opponent.

The bad guys were the masked "Mighty Yankees," we never saw their face, they might have been from Alabama, but they were known as Yankees, the evil manager Saul Weingeroff; started off managing a German Tag Team with Nazi undertones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Weingeroff

Often using his signature cane as well as fireballs (one of the earliest managers to do so) to aid in the victories of his wrestlers, he and the Von Brauners were one of the most popular "heels" in the National Wrestling Alliance during the early 1960s both for the Von Brauners Nazi-like in ring personas[3][4][5] as well as his eccentric antics such as his entering the 1964 U.S. presidential election.[6] The cause of rioting in several major cities, the trio often needed to have a police escort before and after wrestling events.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tojo_Yamamoto

Yamamoto had success as a heel as an individual wrestler and part of a tag team, particularly in the southern United States, invoking the natural hatred for World War II enemies (in his case, Prime Minister Tojo and IJN admiral Yamamoto; also successful were The Von Brauners, who wore Iron Crosses and goose-stepped around the ring). He worked in hundreds of different tag-team combinations, and even wrestled Hulk Hogan. According to Hogan, "he hit me in the throat with his cheap shot, I fell through the ropes...(on the floor) he grabbed a cigar out of a guy's mouth and dropped it in my boot".[2] These exemplify the kind of over-the-top heel tactics Yamamoto would use, in addition to the general distrust of the Japanese that many Americans held even after the war.

He was affiliated with Nashville-area wrestling promoter Nick Gulas for most of his career. In Nashville, he was promoted as "the most hated wrestler of all time" and "the epitome of evil".[2] Nick Gulas was notorious for supposedly underpaying his wrestlers, but Yamamoto and his trainee Jackie Fargo were notable exceptions. They were two of Gulas's best draws from the early 60's to the early 70's, but in addition to the money they generated, they were also reliable and loyal. Yamamoto showed his allegiance despite offers from other promoters, including an offer from his close friend and student Jerry Jarrett when he started promoting shows of his own.

Now Stossel most definitely leans towards Republicans and/or right wing, Libertarians he got paid $425,000 for those two smacks, so he came out pretty well and Professional Wrestling which paid him got tens of millions if not over a hundred+ million dollars in free advertising with the implicit/explicit message supporting their fiction that wrestling wasn't fake and David Schultz; the man that slapped Stossel has consistently stated that he was ordered to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stossel

David Schultz incident[edit]On December 28, 1984, during an interview for 20/20 on professional wrestling, wrestler David Schultz struck Stossel after Stossel stated that he thought professional wrestling was "fake". Stossel stated that he suffered from pain and buzzing in his ears eight weeks after the assault.[80] Stossel sued and obtained a settlement of $425,000 from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In his book, Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity, he writes that he has come to regret doing so, having adopted the belief that lawsuits harm many innocent people.[81] Schultz maintains that he attacked Stossel on orders from Vince McMahon, the head of the then-WWF.[82]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schultz_(professional_wrestler)

Although he has consistently maintained that World Wrestling Federation officials told him to hit Stossel, Schultz was fired. Many industry insiders believe that it was not because of his actions against Stossel, but rather because he challenged Mr. T to a fight backstage at a WWF show at Madison Square Garden.[13]

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In October 2006, Schultz was honored along with J.J. Dillon and Missy Hyatt at a dinner banquet hosted by the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and attended by former WWF wrestlers from the 1970s and 80s.[19] During the event, he would participate on a Q&A panel discussing the PWHOF and taking questions from audience members as well as conducted a "shoot interview" with RF Video. As part of their agreement, RF Video donated $500 in his name to the PWHF Building Fund and later presenting a check to PWHF President Tony Vellano.[20]