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The idea you’ve been waiting for: Fight Club for politicians!
The idea you’ve been waiting for: Fight Club for politicians!
#1
Okay - just to be up-front on this. My intent here is NOT politics or a political discussion. But because it's humor directed at politicians in general, I felt it safer to post it here than in general discussion, okay? My intent here is entirely and solely to amuse you. Nothing else. Big smilies all around etc. ^_^

(Oh - and it's a day late for April Fools, so I don't think this is a hoax. But still - caveat emptor and all that.)

So - 

From a post at Hot Air:  

Quote:We're in an era where television executives take the day-to-day lives of exterminators, meter maids, and people with irritating mother-in-laws and turn them into reality TV. In other words, people are so starved for entertainment that they'll watch just about ANYTHING. What if, my friends, we had something as amazing as this on the boob tube here in the states? The ratings would be ASTRONOMICAL.

Quote:In a stunning upset, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau brawled his way to a third-round TKO victory over Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau. The referee stopped the fight in third and final round.

... It was an astonishing turn of events, which followed weeks of speculation that Trudeau would not only be beaten, but injured. Brazeau was a three-to-one favourite to win. He has a background in martial arts and formerly served as a reservist in the Canadian Forces.

... As of Saturday night, the event had raised more than $230,000 for the cancer foundation -- $30,000 of that raised by the fighters themselves.

Politician vs. Politician -- in the ring! The possibilities are ENDLESS.

Who wouldn't pay good money to see Bill O'Reilly slug it out with Keith Olbermann? How about Norm Coleman vs. Al Franken? Todd Palin vs. Levi Johnston? We could even break it into teams like it's done with the ultimate fighter. Imagine Team Tea Party vs. Team Occupier. What's not to love?

It's such a genius idea because it combines two things Americans love: senseless violence and complete unpredictability. Just imagine it: Heath Shuler is trained by a professional boxer and signs up to fight Allen West, who's being trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by the Gracie family. You think American Idol could stand up to that? Then think again, my friend, think again!

Politics as a combat sport for our amusement? Sign me up! 

-Logan
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(Mostly kidding. Mostly. Tongue)
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#2
Not a hoax - the papers up here have been full of it for over a week.

And they've been running this story for over a week, too.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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#3
If they're too busy beating each other up (and training for said beatdowns), they're too busy to create new laws.  Any of them, from both sides of the aisle.
I approve wholeheartedly.

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.
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#4
I'd actually like to see many if not most politicos -- of any stripe -- as "contestants" on "the Number One game show in the whole wide world! The Running Man!"
Ah-nold will not be invited to participate. The irony would be just too much, however deserving he may be.
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
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#5
Wasn't Jesse "The Body" Venturra in that film also?
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