Aug. 2, 2025

Another Blockhead Q&A

Another Blockhead Q&A

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Broadcasting live good evening, Blockhead Nation, and thank you for

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stopping by. Once again. You are listening to your favorite blockhead,

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the only podcast in the podcasting world that can somehow

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incorporate the Peanuts comic strip one minute and then be

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talking about MMA and Warriors inside the Octagon the next.

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I am your host. My name is Brian Little, and

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if you have read the title for today's episode, we

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are going back to something that I haven't done in

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a while. It's been a minute. We're dusting this off

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and we're gonna kick it off again, another one of

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the Blockhead question and answers. Haven't done one of these

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in a while. We will certainly see how it goes.

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And really today I've only got two questions, but both

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of these were sent in from members of the Blockhead Nation.

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I'll start with the first one that deals mostly with Peanuts,

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because let's remember three things are always talked about on

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this podcast. Number one, God is King, Number two, Peanuts

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is the single most successful comic strip in American history.

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And number three, mixed martial arts is the greatest sport

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under God's hot sun. So, reading from the I'm not

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going to disclose who this is This is a fan

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of the show. This is a member of the Blockhead Nation,

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and she says, since schools starting, did the Peanuts ever

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get nervous before going to school? The characters did they

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get portrayed by sparking anyway as being good students or what?

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Well to begin with, Yes to all of those, as

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far as being completely accurate with all of them, I'm

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gonna do my best. I'm really glad that she asked

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this question because this really expounds on last week gets

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befitted because last week I talked about an episode in

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the TV special called it was a Short Summer Charlie Brown.

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Those who have Apple TV, you can watch this for yourself.

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And how does that episode begin. It's the first day

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of school. They have been asked by their teacher, Offmar

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to write an essay a and get the idea. But

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as they sit down to write their essays, Linus goes

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into detail about they rush to freedom and of course

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Lucy has set up everybody to go to camp and

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there's competitions between the boys and the growth. So all

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of them are writing this as their theme as their essay. Okay,

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so that expounds upon last week on Summer came to

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an end. As most will say, summer's getting shorter and shorter.

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That was something that was said quite often in the

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Peanuts comic strip. So if we go to the strips itself,

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Lucy had no problem waking up Linus out of his

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slumber and screaming a him that school starts today. That

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was a particular comic strip where you see Linus tumbling

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out of bed because she's screaming at him to get

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up and get ready. In that same episode, it was

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a short Summer Charlie Brown. You see Charlie Brown trying

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to get Sally Ray for school and she says, I'm

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not going, and his retort is to say, but mom

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has made you a lunch She got you a new

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lunch box and everything, And so Sally thinks for a second,

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he goes, well, if she went to all that trouble

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and expense, then I guess the least I can do

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is go to school. But that is the only reason

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why I'm doing it. So as far as being good students,

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I mean, Charles Schultz did not shy away from every

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level of anxiety you have. You have one where Sally's

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running around, going crazy, going I gotta remember my locker combination.

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I've gotta know my conjunctions, i gotta know my rivers.

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I gotta know the capital of Venezuela. And of course

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Charlie Brown thinks to himself, well, summer used to come

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a lot later than it has lately, so it portrays

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the same way Americans feel about the start of school.

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There have been others where sometimes kids that are in

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their routine in school, they can say all they want

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to that this is my year to do better, and

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what happens they go back right into their habitual ways

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of doing things that they're used to For who am

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I talking about Peppermint Patty? She tells Marcy this is

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gonna be her year. She's gonna start doing better. In

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the very next seeing the comic strip, what she doing,

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She's fast asleep in front of Marsy. Nothing has changed

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with Peppermint pat and Marcy once again has to endure

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her apathy and her lack of care of what's going

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on inside the school. The only thing she excels in

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is her pe classes. So I hope that helps on

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how there are several references most of the time when

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Charles Schultz would use them in a classroom. It wouldn't

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always be at the start of school, but it would

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be midway through the year, and you'd have Sally having

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certain problems and finally we figure out the only problem

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is she can't get her locker to open. Or for instance,

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you have Marcy who has to deal with Peppermint Patty

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falling asleep and trying to save her from more punishment.

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And then you have Lucy who tries to wake up

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Linus and he goes, it's time for school again. She goes,

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what do you mean again? I went yesterday? That was

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a pretty common theme on do I really have to

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go today? I've been going the last couple day as

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I should be able to stay home. So the same

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thoughts that Americans have about school are very much portrayed

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in the Peanuts. So starting off this, you even have

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the brick wall of the school itself that had thoughts

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of its own. Sally had many, many discussions with the

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side of the school and says, good to see you

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again school, and the school let's give something to the

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degree of the feeling is not mutual. So that would

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be another one. So I hope that helps that. There

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are many examples of school started, and Sparky did not

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shy away from any of the anxieties that kids have

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when they're in schools. And as far as who's the

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good student, who's the bad student, I mean, you're going

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to have your wide array of every single one of

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them bringing their personality into the classroom. But once again,

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miss Othmark can bring them to attention just with a

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few trombone sound effects. So that's nothing new. I hope

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that is helpful To move on to the next question

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that came from a fellow friend of mine of the

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blockad Nation. Now this one's more broad and deals more

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with the concept of podcasting itself, and I was asked,

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what's the biggest impact I have from consistently putting out content?

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How has that affected my life? Well, if I can,

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I had to learn this the hard way. Along the way,

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I knew that I wanted a podcast. I knew that

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I wanted to do this because growing up, podcasting had

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a different name. That would be side two of the

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audio cassettes. When I was younger, I would have this

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thing called a tape recorder that usually had a microphone

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attachment to it. And back when they had this thing

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called audio cassettes thumb here that might be listening that

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are younger, generation Generation Z or Generation Alpha. You're scratching

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your head, going what is that? Just google audio cassette.

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But what they would tell you is if you want

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to turn onto side B or side two, could record

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your own story, or you can record your own music.

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If you're not tuning into the radio and you're not

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capturing what was on the afternoon stations, you could use

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the other side for whatever you wanted to create. So

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that was very much a thing growing up, and I

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would go into my closet. I would not share that

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with the world. I would just do my best to

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become a good storyteller. So I was already very comfortable

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in my own skin when I found out what podcasting was.

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But as far as being consistent with it, I had

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to learn, just like many have to learn, that when

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you say you're going to show up, you show up.

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Even if you show up and it's not your best work,

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if you have a guest and it completely falls through,

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at least you showed up your tribe. In my case,

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you have the Blockhead nation. But your tribe, your listeners,

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your viewers, You're not leaving them to be confused. If

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you say you're showing up on a Saturday like I

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do because I'm a teacher by day and a podcaster

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by weekend, then I'm true to my word. If you

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are a person that goes I can only do one

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episode a month, there's nothing wrong with that. You're not

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leading your listeners or your viewers on by saying I'm

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going to put out an episode. You don't want to

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leave them guessing why, because they'll move on. So as

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far as being consistent and being as authentic as possible,

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that part has kind of been pretty easy for me.

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But he also asked about lesson learns or AHA moments.

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The most recent awha moment I had was every guest

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that I ever wanted have already been.

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On the show.

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I've got to know to look back over the collection

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of work that I have and be proud of it.

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I'm so proud that one of my best friends that

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I serve with on my ship came to the Blockhead mansion.

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We sat in the study and re recorded episode number

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one twenty Right with dan Usa is still the most

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important episode I have ever done and will ever do

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with this show, because the message truly matters. As far

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as doing episode three hundred, this one was a lot

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of fun for me, where I had former guests, friends

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of mine in the podcasting space that came by. We

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did a top ten, just like David Letterman used to

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do his top ten. Who spoke on it? The Little

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Red Hair Girl, she was number one. My best friend

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Dan spoke on it. You had smiling Sam Alvie who

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came by and spoke on his career, but also he participated.

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You had my friends Russ and Chris from the Empty Slate.

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You had Tori and Mike from the Nightly Rant, so

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I had Wesley and Drew Turner. I had such a

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great array of friends who came by and enjoyed this

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milestone for my show, but also for us just to

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have some fun and poke fun at each other. It

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was great. So when I have my AHA moment, it

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was that every game yes I've ever wanted, I've already

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had recently had Nate Corey nine years ago when I

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heard a podcast between Nate and Shale Son, and I

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knew I wanted a show like that. So now it's

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a matter of lesson learned. I am not afraid to

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stumble with this show, and nobody that does their own

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podcasts should be afraid of the mistakes that come along

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the way. Now does that mean that you need to

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polish them as time goes on? Sure? Do you need

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to be consistent? Yes, so you don't confuse your audience? Absolutely?

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Aha moments makes me go it's time for a new chapter.

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And what that's gonna particularly look like, I'm not sure,

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But since I've trailblazed with this show for so long,

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the horizon is wide, and I'm thankful for anybody who

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comes along the journey. That's part of the Blockhead nation.

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You're welcome and yes, you are wanted as we continue this,

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and I hope that the content I give to you

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serves you and serves you well. As Earl Nightingale wants to.

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Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. So

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in every way, by definition, this podcast you're listening to

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is a success, and it will continue to go on

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anybody wants to come along. There's plenty of room aboard,

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and I'm always here to be some nugget of wisdom

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and advice for you, certainly as we transition to what

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matters most, as we transition to the parable of this show.

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Just like Charles Schultz methodically did with his Peanuts and

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with Charlie brown Snoopy, he used an approach that the

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Prince of Peace himself did as well. And that's where

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this is going to continue. If I have guests on,

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I'm always going to talk you up. If I'm flying solo,

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stay tuned for the scripture of the day. Our scripture

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reading for this podcast comes from Psalm chapter sixteen, verse eight.

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I have set the Lord always before me, because he

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is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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Reflection from Bluela our Bible says, strong as our Lord,

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and powerful the force of his mighty arm, you shall

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never need fear any power of earth or heaven, for

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none can shake you from his unbreakable grasp. His hands

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of power and might are hands of safety and of

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protection for his own, and hands of wrath and destruction

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for his enemies. So rejoice, Believer, rejoice, Blockhead Nation, that

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you are His child. Now, as I shift into the

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second part of today's podcast, I have absolutely no notes

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in front of me, and part of that is just

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because even though I love the sport, there are gonna

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be some values We're gonna have to face. In particular,

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there's not a whole lot going on with today's fight

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that really has my interests. There have been some confirmed

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things that are happening later on in the year, as

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in Alex Pereira will be getting his rematch against Uncliath.

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You've also got Tom Aspinall that has a penciled in

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bout that he's gonna have to defend his heavyweight championship

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against Surreal Gone. In other words, we don't get at

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any of the superstars or the so called quarterbacks running

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to the front line for much of the rest of

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this year. Most of the hype is still built around

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potentially what's supposed to happen next year in the summer

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at the White House. So we have to accept that

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those who have brought casual fans over, like Connor McGregor,

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we are not getting that currently as we speak. People

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like John Jones, even though I am not particularly a

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fan of him, I realize the star power that he

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brings to the sport and that we are not going

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to get Tom versus John anytime soon, or certainly not

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right away, and that's just a reality we had to

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come to terms with. So it comes down to that

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there is gonna be a bit of a lull in

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this sport for a while. But normally I don't deviate

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away from MMA and go into other sports. But I'll

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tell you right now, Blockhead Nation, I'm going to because

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when I watch the trends, when I see friends of mine,

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they get so bent out of shape over things like

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the NFL trades, the NBA trading players. You see those

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that have not tuned in. I haven't figured this out

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that the Blockhead Mansion is only a few miles away

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from Dallas, Texas, where since February the fans of the

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Dallas Mavericks have been absolutely shattered, where as of only

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a few days ago, there have been discussions around the

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Dallas Cowboys and about the maybe not demands, but the

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request that was put out by Micah Parsons. So this

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is very much what's flaring up all through the city

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of Dallas and all through any of the Cowboy or

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Maverick fans these days. When you look to things like baseball,

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there's not a whole lot to get excited about there either,

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because our Rangers have been mediocre at best, so it's

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really hard to find something to get interested in these days.

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But I have to look at this and just go

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when I hear the discussion of what this player is worth,

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when I hear what value they bring to the world

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of sports, it makes me go back and kind of

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expound upon what I discussed when I mentioned that a

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UFC octagon being constructed on the White House lawn doesn't

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exactly look like American virtue, as it's a global sport

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and it almost represents the Roman colisseum. We have not

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digressed to the point to where we are having Christians

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killed in front of a wide audience and a colisseum,

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or we don't have gladiators with swords or shields, or

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we don't have animals that are brought in just for

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everybody's entertainment. But I there is a theory out there

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that is not far detached from history, and that's something

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called the Roman circus theory. So we have to ask

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the question. And maybe you've never thought about this before,

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and I hope you will. This is just a guy

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that as a fan of peanuts and MMA throwing out

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a throwing you a curve to think about. When I

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hear that this player is worth millions of dollars, I

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want you to explain to me what occupation in America

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deserves a million dollars a year. Most of you that

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are tuning in are just like me. I'm a teacher

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by day and a podcaster by weekend. I have my

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leverage by going in and teaching kids Mondays through Friday.

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I'll be coming off of my summer vacation pretty quick.

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But I'm asking you also, most of you that have

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a nine to five job, most of you that are

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tuning in are coming in on Saturdays because you're looking

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for a little entertainment, a little bit of education, a

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little bit of edification. So the Roman circus theory, how

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does this work well? The way it worked in Roman culture?

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Instead of allowing the entire population to question the policies

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of the emperor, how do you distract them from that? Oh?

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I know, you build a stadium, you build a colosseum,

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and you make sure that those that have lower intellect

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are paying attention to this instead of questioning what the

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Roman emperor is doing. Are you with me on this one?

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If this upsets you just a little bit, we have

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to ask the question, why is this man worth forty

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five million dollars? Apparently? What's on the table is a

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twenty million dollar contract when he knows his net value

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is somewhere in the range of forty five to fifty

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million dollars a year. I'm not going to get into

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all the dynamics and all of the different distinctions for

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every single football player NBA player, MLB player. I'm not

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getting into WNBA with you with Caitlin Clark. I'm not

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going to get in all that. But I'm asking you this,

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Why is one of the reasons why they are worth

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millions of dollars a year. I'll tell you one of them,

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because you, my listener, the blockad Nation to anybody who

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tunds in this podcast, because you, the consumer, continue to

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buy season passes, because you, in some leap of faith,

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will still go and buy that merchandise because it makes

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your kids happy. Because you will go pay for that

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expensive parking and those expensive beverages and those expensive different

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items that are sold inside of the stadium for the

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sake of the euphoria that it brings. Because you will

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jump on to NFL Fantasy League and continue to move

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along this non existent world with your bets while you

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go on to draft Kings and you continue to place

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bets because you want to have some kind of bragging

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rights over your brother, your brother in law Larry, my

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brother Daryl, my other brother Daryl. This is one of

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the reasons why this man is able to have a

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million dollars a year. It's not just as athleticism. It's

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not as placed heavily upon Jerry Jones's shoulders as you think.

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Why because you keep going back because you would rather

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be part of the colisseum and be part of the

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entertainment instead of questioning what our emperor is doing. Because

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you are so consumed with this, watching what this hand

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is doing, so that you don't see what the other

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hand is doing and blockhead nation. This is a if

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this isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I'm calling

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myself out on this because I will look at MMA

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fighters and go, why do these guys who literally get

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peanuts for a living, Why am I seeing that they

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are getting five hundred thousand dollars for maybe two fights

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out of the year. Because there's one billionaire running the

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show where you've had a few that have contributed over

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the years, that Forteda brothers. You still got Dana White

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that runs the business model that gives nothing more than

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an opportunity, And it is heart shattering for somebody like

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me to know that these kind of contracts for the

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NFL the NBA are on the table for these different athletes,

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when these men who shut themselves into a cage and

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want a chance for one night to have the great

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leveler be the cage, because the great leveler certainly is

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not the world of sports. Because we can question all

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day long if there's something legitimate, is football a little

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bit scripted? Is the NBA a little bit scripted? I'm

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pretty sure that controversy sells. So we have to ask

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the question when we start to point a finger at

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Jerry Jones, when you start to point a finger at

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Mark Cuban. As much as I may not like these men,

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how much realizing how much they are Nicol and Diamond,

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for these guys who have true talent and are busting

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their butts every Sunday or every Saturday or every Friday

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whenever they're going to take to their field, how much

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are we still contributing to this me as an mma

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if I don't want to see things better. But there's

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nobody who can run a better business model than Daniall

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white is there. If there were, then Belatore wouldn't have

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closed their doors, and the PFL wouldn't have so many

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contractual issues that are leading to debuts of people like

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patche Mix. At the end of the day, we the

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consumer are too caught up in the world of entertainment,

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too caught up in this theory that's not far detached

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from history that we would rather be a participant in

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the stands in our Roman colisseum than question what the

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emperor or even the President of the United States, or

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even the governor of our state is doing, and not

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telling you to turn off your interest in sports and

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shift to politics. What I am telling you is just

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as we heard in our scripture for the day. Is

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it not time for us to hit our knees and

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open the word again? The more time block adad nation

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that I spend in the Word, the less this world

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has anything for me, because it's so cyclical. Mma, if

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you give it five hundred years, are we headed towards

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the Gladiator games? We have to ask these questions. If

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you want to get so angry at Jerry Jones, why

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are you still buying a ticket? If you're just watching

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from the fifty yard line from your own ac I

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really don't have a whole lot to say to that one.

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But when it comes to our sports, how much does

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that replicate the Roman circus theory? And I'm speaking to

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myself too. Is it time for us to understand what

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the Old Testament and the New Testament alike have been saying.

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That's time for us to bring it back and understand

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that God is king. I could tell you all day

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the mixed martial arts is the greatest sport under God's

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hot stunt. That is my opinion, with a lot of

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evidence behind it, and a lot of storytelling and narrative

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and a lot of anallyoonosis from the sport. But it's

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fairly new, originated in nineteen ninety three when you compile

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them all into one event called UFC one, and it's

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evolved and it will continue to evolve. I'm a consumer

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of that. What are you a consumer of? What are

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you allowing to disrupt your life to where you're no

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longer questioning the policies of the very few that are

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in power with the four hundred and thirty five House

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of Representatives and the one hundred Senators that make the

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laws of this nation. It's a hard question to ask,

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it's a hard internal question to wrestle with. Isn't that

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blockad nation. I'll leave you with that as you tune

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in next week, as I continue to talk of the Peanuts,

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as we talk about things like the start of the

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school year, what direction mixed martial arts is going always

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embedded with spirituality, embedded with and the parable of it all.

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Christ is in control. God's been control since the beginning.

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What instrument is he going to use to bring about

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his glory? We'll discuss that more next week. Saying blockhead time,

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same blockhead channel.

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