One of the greatest stories of an underdog ever. The main character, Rocky Balboa played by Sylvester Stallone, went from being a poor, inner-city Philadelphia club fighter to the world boxing champion, making him go from rags to riches in a short time. He meets his love, Adrian in a pet store and marries her in Rocky 2. They go on to have a son and name him Rocky Jr. In the last film, Rocky 5, he "adopts" a young kid and shows him the ropes of boxing, only to become the object of his jealousy and has to defend himself in a street fight, proving he is the greatest fighter of all time.
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It’s believed that the invention of the printing press sparked the revolution, leading to the creation of the steam engine, followed by industrial plants and technological innovation. The industrial revolution then sparked the emergence of big business and capitalism as people found employment opportunities in new industries and industrial plants, attracting people to urban areas. The textile industry, mining, the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, the insurance industry, power plants, retail industries and the steel industry are just a few industries that emerged during the industrial revolution. Thanks to the emergence of the steel industry, the world’s first “skyscraper” emerged in Chicago in the 1880s. Then came the invention of the car by Elwood Hayes of Kokomo, Indiana; and the airplane by the Wright Brothers of Ohio; and then television and radio; and then the rocket by Robert Goddard and the space age; the birth of the microchip and the computer; mass communications, and then Big Brother and the internet--all of these were effects of the industrial revolution that greatly changed our society and lead to the current “second industrial revolution.” In less than a century mankind went from being a strictly agrarian, slave-owning society to landing on the moon.
Key events during the Revolution:
The invention of the lightbulb and phonograph by Thomas Edison, the invention of the telgraph by Samuel F.B. Morse, the invention of pills and elixirs by Colonel Eli Lilly (Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals), the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, the beginning of the retail industry with Sears-Roebuck, the unification of America's railroad in Promontory Point, Utah, Andrew Carnegie and the Steel Industry, John Rockefeller and the oil industry, etc.
It’s believed that the invention of the printing press sparked the revolution, leading to the creation of the steam engine, followed by industrial plants and technological innovation. The industrial revolution then sparked the emergence of big business and capitalism as people found employment opportunities in new industries and industrial plants, attracting people to urban areas. The textile industry, mining, the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, the insurance industry, power plants, retail industries and the steel industry are just a few industries that emerged during the industrial revolution. Thanks to the emergence of the steel industry, the world’s first “skyscraper” emerged in Chicago in the 1880s. Then came the invention of the car by Elwood Hayes of Kokomo, Indiana; and the airplane by the Wright Brothers of Ohio; and then television and radio; and then the rocket by Robert Goddard and the space age; the birth of the microchip and the computer; mass communications, and then Big Brother and the internet--all of these were effects of the industrial revolution that greatly changed our society and lead to the current “second industrial revolution.” In less than a century mankind went from being a strictly agrarian, slave-owning society to landing on the moon.
Key events during the Revolution:
The invention of the lightbulb and phonograph by Thomas Edison, the invention of the telgraph by Samuel F.B. Morse, the invention of pills and elixirs by Colonel Eli Lilly (Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals), the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, the beginning of the retail industry with Sears-Roebuck, the unification of America's railroad in Promontory Point, Utah, Andrew Carnegie and the Steel Industry, John Rockefeller and the oil industry, etc.
From the Garden of Eden to the mid 1800s, the world changed very little. But with the Industrial Revolution, mankind went from being a agrarian society to one that can talk to someone on the other side of the world—or the moon--in mere seconds.
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Fat:
heavily laden, weight challenged, person of size
Blind:
visually impaired, visually challenged (when it's not a challenge and no ability is present)
Guns: firearms
Retarded: mentally challenged
Skinny: slim, lean
Black:
African American. How can you be African while being American? You can also be African without being black. Some “Africans” are even white.
Minority: person of color
Mankind:
humankind so not to offend women. Ironically, MANkind refers to both sexes.
Old: elderly
Gay: homosexual, different sexual orientation
Gambling: gaming
Lying: misleading
Illegal alien: migrant, guestworker
Mexico: south of the border
Hispanic: Latino
Indian: south Asian or just Asian
Chinese, Japanese, Koran, Vietnamese: oriental, but:
Oriental: Asian
Midget:
little people, while “little people” can identify children
Short: vertically challenged
Politcal correctness makes Universties who's team name honors an indian tribe to be changed, for fear of offending them.
Political correctness will not allow U.S. troops to invade mosques in Iraq to search for WMD, knowing full well they are present, for the fear of offending Muslims.
Political coreectness demands unisex bathrooms.
Politcal correctness allows Muslims (and only Muslims) to have their own “prayer rooms” in airports.
Political correctness allows Musliim male cab drivers to refuse to pick up female passengers.
Politcal correctness, led by the ACLU, demands the removal of the Ten Commandments and Nativity scenes from public view, due to the fraudulent belief of “seperation of church and state.”
Political correctness allows women to attend all-male schools but wont allow men to attend all-female schools.
Fat:
heavily laden, weight challenged, person of size
Blind:
visually impaired, visually challenged (when it's not a challenge and no ability is present)
Guns: firearms
Retarded: mentally challenged
Skinny: slim, lean
Black:
African American. How can you be African while being American? You can also be African without being black. Some “Africans” are even white.
Minority: person of color
Mankind:
humankind so not to offend women. Ironically, MANkind refers to both sexes.
Old: elderly
Gay: homosexual, different sexual orientation
Gambling: gaming
Lying: misleading
Illegal alien: migrant, guestworker
Mexico: south of the border
Hispanic: Latino
Indian: south Asian or just Asian
Chinese, Japanese, Koran, Vietnamese: oriental, but:
Oriental: Asian
Midget:
little people, while “little people” can identify children
Short: vertically challenged
Politcal correctness makes Universties who's team name honors an indian tribe to be changed, for fear of offending them.
Political correctness will not allow U.S. troops to invade mosques in Iraq to search for WMD, knowing full well they are present, for the fear of offending Muslims.
Political coreectness demands unisex bathrooms.
Politcal correctness allows Muslims (and only Muslims) to have their own “prayer rooms” in airports.
Political correctness allows Musliim male cab drivers to refuse to pick up female passengers.
Politcal correctness, led by the ACLU, demands the removal of the Ten Commandments and Nativity scenes from public view, due to the fraudulent belief of “seperation of church and state.”
Political correctness allows women to attend all-male schools but wont allow men to attend all-female schools.
If you don’t believe that political correctness is bad, just look what it has done to Europe: they longer know what they believe as their society continues to erode and decay.
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Spoofs from the show:
1. Tim’s frequent jokes about Al’s flannel shirst and overweight mom.
2. always seeking advice from his next door neighbor Wilson Wilson, only to screw it up
3. Wilson’s face is always hidden
4. always rewiring things to give it “more power”…only to have it explode
5. his wife Jill can’t cook
6. Tim has an obsession with Sears
7. always competes with Doc Johnson, a 80-year old retired proctologist, for the neighborhood’s best Christmas lights
8. Tim is so clumsy that he dropped a steel beam on his wife’s car, fell though a portapotty, glued his head to a table, had a hammer frozen to his tongue, fell through the roof on a project house, blew up a friend’s house and blew up the dishwasher
9. always building a hot rod in the garage
10. frequently grunts when exited or perplexed
11. Bob Villa is his biggest competition
12. Tim often hits his head on a basement pipe above the stairs
13. frequently made jokes about his mother-in-law “Nanna’s” weight but stopped when he saw how thin she had become
14. Always wants Tool Time to take a commercial break when he gets injured
15. Tim frequently gets sick eating Polish food from "Stan’s" Polish restaurant in Hamtramk
16. Tim is well-known at the emergency room, even to the point of having his own cup labeled “Tim”
17. Tim often wears sweatshirts from a Michigan college.
18. Tim's three sons' are always bullied by Vinny McGern
Spoofs from the show:
1. Tim’s frequent jokes about Al’s flannel shirst and overweight mom.
2. always seeking advice from his next door neighbor Wilson Wilson, only to screw it up
3. Wilson’s face is always hidden
4. always rewiring things to give it “more power”…only to have it explode
5. his wife Jill can’t cook
6. Tim has an obsession with Sears
7. always competes with Doc Johnson, a 80-year old retired proctologist, for the neighborhood’s best Christmas lights
8. Tim is so clumsy that he dropped a steel beam on his wife’s car, fell though a portapotty, glued his head to a table, had a hammer frozen to his tongue, fell through the roof on a project house, blew up a friend’s house and blew up the dishwasher
9. always building a hot rod in the garage
10. frequently grunts when exited or perplexed
11. Bob Villa is his biggest competition
12. Tim often hits his head on a basement pipe above the stairs
13. frequently made jokes about his mother-in-law “Nanna’s” weight but stopped when he saw how thin she had become
14. Always wants Tool Time to take a commercial break when he gets injured
15. Tim frequently gets sick eating Polish food from "Stan’s" Polish restaurant in Hamtramk
16. Tim is well-known at the emergency room, even to the point of having his own cup labeled “Tim”
17. Tim often wears sweatshirts from a Michigan college.
18. Tim's three sons' are always bullied by Vinny McGern
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Milwaukee was the setting for Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days.
Milwaukee was the setting for Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days.
Milwaukee may not have the urban sophistication of New York, Boston, Phil, San Fran, Seattle and L.A., but it is decent and owes its decency to its proximity to Chicago. Milwaukee owes Chicago a whole lot of gratitude.
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John Edwards is among one of the groups of people that is most wrong with this country and wants to run for President. God help us.
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