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World Wrestling Entertainment

2008-07-16T00:11:03Z

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'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly traded company dealing with wrestling entertainment. It also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building. The WWE puts on wrestling shows both in live events and on television and also has video games and product licensing. It was previously known was the WWF, World Wrestling Federation before changing its name. It is the largest entertainment wrestling organization in the world.

[[Vince McMahon]] is the majority owner and Chairman of the company and his wife [[Linda McMahon]] holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media [[Shane McMahon]] and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing [[Stephanie McMahon]], the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of all voting power in the company.

The company's main headquarters is located at 1241 East Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. There are also international offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Toronto.

Some promotional names that the WWE has:

*[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]].

WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE <ref>http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/wwe.html WWE</ref>.

==History==

The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was born in 1963 when Vince McMahon split off from the larger NWA league which was mostly a series of "mom and pop" wrestling entertainment outfits with each organization staying in its own area. The company was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. Under McMahon, the WWF would start to go national in the 1980's, breaking the unwritten rule of not encroaching on the turf of other regional leagues. As his revenue increased, he also started to sign the best known names from other organizations.

The breakthrough signing that became the first nationally recognized superstar was [[Hulk Hogan]] who, due to his appearance in Rocky III, had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could manage. Other big named wrestlers were brought in including [[Andre the Giant]]. Superstardom hit paydirt with the production of the first nationwide Pay per view [[Wrestlemania]] in 1985. Incorporating well known actors such as [[Mr. T]] into the production helped to turn the WWF and Wrestlemania into a mainstream hit.

Allegations of steriod abuse hit the WWF in 1994 as well as sexual harassment claims. They were a costly public relations nightmare that led to big cuts in salary for the wrestlers and staffs and saw many wrestlers leave to [[Ted Turner]]'s WCW league including Hulk Hogan.

"Stone Cold" [[Steve Austin]] rose as a star in the late 1990s in a new edgier era that saw a movement away from family fun to attacking authority, more violence, and swearing. The WWF and the WCW went more head to head during this time including having competing wrestling shows on Monday nights.

==Going Public==

On April 29 1999, the WWF made its return to terrestrial television by launching a special program known as ''SmackDown!'' on the fledgling [[UPN]] network. The Thursday-night show became a weekly series on August 26 1999.

On the back of the success of the Attitude Era, on October 19, 1999 the WWF's parent company, Titan Sports (by this time renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.) became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each. WWF announced its desire to diversify, including creating a nightclub in Times Square, producing feature films, and book publishing.

In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, announced the creation of the XFL, a new professional American football league that debuted in 2001. The league had surprisingly high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated primetime show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after UPN demanded that SmackDown! be cut by half an hour, McMahon shut down the XFL.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/05/10/xfl_folds_ap/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]</ref>

In March 2001 McMahon's empire grew when he acquired his main competitor WCW, which had been losing money and was sold for about $7 million.

In May 2002 the name of the company was changed from the WWF to the WWE after it was ruled that the World Widelife Fund owned the rights to the WWF label in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/wwf/worldwildlife.1997.01.20.html</ref>.<ref>http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp</ref>

Another smaller wrestling company, Extreme Championship Wrestling, was purchased in mid 2003.

In April 2002, about a month before the name change, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, one on ''RAW'', the other on ''SmackDown!'' due to the overabundance of talent left over from the ''Invasion'' storyline (which involved talent from the absorbed ECW and WCW rosters interacting in WWF storylines). This is known as the WWE ''Brand Extension''. Following the Brand Extension, a yearly ''Draft Lottery'' was instituted to exchange members of each roster and generally refresh the lineups.

In August 2002, the company launched [[WWE Niagara Falls]], a retail establishment in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

On May 26 2006, WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as its third brand with the new ECW program airing Tuesday nights on the Sci Fi Channel.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|accessdate</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
==== Current champions ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Brand
!Championship
!Current Champion
!Date won
!Date aired
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|rowspan=4 align="center" |[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
|[[World Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[CM Punk]]
|June 30, 2008
|June 30, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Intercontinental Championship]]
|[[Kofi Kingston]]
|June 29, 2008
|June 29, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Women's Championship]]
|[[Mickie James]]
|April 14, 2008
|April 14, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]]
|June 29, 2008
|June 29, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|rowspan=3 align="center" |[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
|[[WWE Championship]]
|[[Triple H]]
|April 27, 2008
|April 27, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE Divas Championship]]
|[[TBD]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE Tag Team Championship]]
|[[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]]
|November 13, 2007
|November 16, 2007
|-style="background: #E7DDEE;"
|rowspan=1 align=center|[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[ECW Championship]]
|[[Mark Henry]]
|January 22, 2008
|January 22, 2008
|}

==== Accomplishments ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Latest winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
|-
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[WWE Raw|RAW]], [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]], [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[Royal Rumble]]
|[[John Cena]]
|January 27, 2008
|-
|[[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]]
|[[Phil Brooks|CM Punk]]
|March 30, 2008
|-
|[[WWE Diva Search|Diva Search]]
|[[Eve Torres]]
|October 29, 2007
|}

==== Current developmental territory champions ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Promotion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Florida Championship Wrestling|FCW]]
|[[FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship|FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Miller]]
|January 19, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Jake Hager]]
|February 15, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champions]]
|[[The Puerto Rican Nightmares]] ([[Eddie Colón]] and [[Eric Perez]])
|February 23, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|}

===Defunct championships===
*[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] (1991-2007)1
*[[WWE Hardcore Championship]] (1998-2002)
*[[WWE European Championship]] (1997-2002)
*[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1981-2001) (recognized officially 1997-2001)
*[[Million Dollar Championship|WWF Million Dollar Championship]] (1989-1992, 1995-1996)
*[[WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] (1991)
*[[WWF Women's Tag Team Championship]] (1983-1989)
*[[WWF Canadian Championship]] (1985-1986)
*[[WWF International Heavyweight Championship]] (1959-1963, 1982-1985)
*[[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (1967-1985)
*[[WWF International Tag Team Championship]] (1969-1985)
*[[WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship]] (1978-1985)
*[[WWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] (1979-1981)
*[[WWWF United States Championship]] (1970-1975)
*[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship]] (1963-1967)

1WCW Cruiserweight title from 1991 to 2002

2Acquisition of WCW and ECW.

===Defunct accomplishments===
*[[King of the Ring]] (1985-89, 1991, 1993-2002, 2006)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wwe.com WWE.com]
*[http://corporate.wwe.com/ Official WWE Corporate Website]
*[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE WWE Stock]
*[http://www.wwe.co.jp Official WWE Japanese Website]

[[Category:Wrestling]]
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The Liberty Amendment

2008-05-19T01:44:32Z

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'''The Liberty Amendment''' is a proposed amendment to the [[U.S. Constitution]] that would severely restrict the power of the Federal Government to its Constitutional domain, and would protect the sovereignty of the states by outlawing any foreign influence on state laws and constitutions.

==Text of the Liberty Amendment==
Section 1. The Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.

Section 2. The constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States shall not be subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.

Section 3. The activities of the United States Government which violate the intent and purpose of this amendment shall, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected shall be sold.

Section 4. Three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States shall stand repealed and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts.

==External Links==
*[http://www.libertyamendment.org/ Offical website of the Liberty Amendment]

The Liberty Amendment

2008-05-19T01:44:22Z

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The Liberty Amendment

2008-05-19T01:43:07Z

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'''The Liberty Amendment''' is a proposed amendment to the [[U.S. Constitution]] that would severely restrict the power of the Federal Government to its Constitutional powers, and would protect the sovereignty of the states by outlawing any foreign influence on state laws and constitutions.

==Text of the Liberty Amendment==
Section 1. The Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.

Section 2. The constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States shall not be subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.

Section 3. The activities of the United States Government which violate the intent and purpose of this amendment shall, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected shall be sold.

Section 4. Three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States shall stand repealed and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts.

==External Links==
*[http://www.libertyamendment.org/ Offical website of the Liberty Amendment]

Constitution Party

2008-05-19T01:35:17Z

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The '''Constitution Party''' is a [[paleoconservative]] minor political party in the [[United States]]. The Constitution Party strongly champions the principles of government laid down by our [[Founding Fathers]] in the [[Declaration of Independence]] and the [[U.S. Constitution]]. The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries. It is the third largest political party in terms of voter registration with 367,000 registered voters.<ref>[http://www.constitutionparty.com/press_kit.php Constitution Party Press Kit]</ref> [[Rick Jore]], Member of the Montana House of Representatives, is the highest elected official who is a member of the Constituion Party.

== History ==
[[Howard Phillips]] founded the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992, with a goal to limit the Federal Government to its constitutional boundaries and to restore civil government to the principles our country was founded upon. In 1999, at its national nominating convention for the 2000 elections, convention delegates chose to change the party name to "Constitution Party," believing that the new name better reflected the party’s primary policy approach of enforcing the U.S. Constitution’s provisions and limitations.
In 2004, the party nominated lawyer [[Michael Peroutka]] and Christian radio host [[Chuck Baldwin]] as its presidential ticket.

== Core Principles ==
* [[Abortion]]: The pre-born child, whose life begins at fertilization, is a human being created in God's image. The first duty of the law is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood. It is, therefore, the duty of all civil governments to secure and to safeguard the lives of the pre-born.
* Local Government: Civil Government should reside close to the people. The best way to ensure this, is to keep it in the local arena, this ensures that government will be more responsible, responsive, and accountable than the current Federal Government.
* Congressional Reform: The Seventeenth Amendment (providing for direct, popular election of U.S. Senators) should be repealed
* Deficit Spending: The government must not spend more than it takes in during the payoff period.
* Crime: Crime, in most cases, is to be dealt with by state and local governments. "Hate crimes" is an excuse for the federal government to extend its jurisdiction to crimes which would otherwise be in the province of the states.
* Defense: The primary obligation of the federal government to provide for the common defense.
* Education: The federal government has absolutely no jurisdiction concerning the education of our children, the United States Department of Education should be abolished; all federal legislation related to education should be repealed. Education should be then relegated solely to the states
* The Judiciary: We support Congressional enforcement of the Constitutional rule of good behavior and to restrain judicial activism by properly removing offending judges through the process of impeachment provided for in Article I, § 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
* Religious Freedom: The Constitution grants no authority to the federal government either to grant or deny the religious expressions of the people in any place.
* State Sovereignty: The Constitution Party believes the federal government should divest itself of operations not authorized by the Constitution, the operations include, but are not limited too, policies relating to state education, natural resources, transportation, private business, housing, health care, and many more.
* Taxes: The IRS should be abolished. [[The Liberty Amendment]] should be ratified which would repeal the Sixteenth Amendment, and provide that "Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts."

== Notes ==
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==External link==
*[http://www.constitutionparty.com Party website]

[[Category:United States Political Parties]]

Protectionism

2008-05-19T01:32:50Z

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'''Protectionism''' refers to protecting domestic workers and businesses against competition by foreign businesses. The term is often used in a pejorative sense to criticize [[tariffs]] and other measures that have the effect of helping [[Americans]] in an economic sense.

==Protectionist Political Parties in the United States==
* [[Federalist Party]] (defunct)
* [[Whig Party]] (defunct)
* [[Republican Party]] (in the early 20th century)
* [[Reform Party]]
* [[Constitution Party]]

==Sources==
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm

[[Category:Economics]]

Roy Moore

2008-05-19T01:29:43Z

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'''Roy Moore''' was the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of [[Alabama]] before being removed from this position in 2003 for defying a federal judge's order to remove a statue of [[the Ten Commandments]] from his courtroom. As a result of his experience he founded the Foundation for Moral Law, and for a time he was considered a potential candidate for nomination of the [[Constitution Party]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.morallaw.org The Foundation for Moral Law]

[[category:law]]

Roy Moore

2008-05-19T01:28:46Z

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'''Roy Moore''' was the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of [[Alabama]] before being removed from this position in 2003 for defying a federal judge's order to remove a statue of the Ten Commandments from his courtroom. As a result of his experience he founded the Foundation for Moral Law, and for a time he was considered a potential candidate for nomination of the [[Constitution Party]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.morallaw.org The Foundation for Moral Law]

[[category:law]]

Michael Peroutka

2008-05-19T01:22:05Z

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'''Michael Peroutka''' was the [[Constitution Party]]'s [[POTUS|Presidential]] candidate for the [[2004 Presidential Election]]. He is the founder of the [[Institute on the Constitution]], and a regular contributer to the [[Christian]] [[conservative]] blog [[The American View]]. His candidacy received the endorsement of [[paleoconservative]] columnists [[Taki Theodoracopulos]]<ref>http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html</ref>, and [[Sam Francis]].<ref>http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://peroutka2004.com Michael Peroutka's official campaign website]
*[http://www.instituteontheconstitution.com/ Institute on the Constitution]
*[http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html The Real Deal]
*[http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm Peroutka For President: Wasting A Vote—Or Sending A Message?]

[[Category:Politics]]

Reform Party

2008-05-19T01:19:55Z

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The '''Reform Party''' is a [[political party]] in the United States founded in 1995 by [[Ross Perot]].

==Background==
Perot had run for President as an independent candidate in 1992 and got 19% of the popular vote. Perot's main issues were a [[balanced budget]], paying down the [[national debt]], enacting [[term limits]] and [[campaign finance reform]], and opposition to [[free trade]] agreements such as [[NAFTA]]. Following his 1992 run, he founded the organization [[United We Stand America]] to continue lobbying on these issues. In 1995 he founded the Reform Party in preparation for another run for the Presidency in 1996.

==1996 Presidential race==
Perot at first didn't announce he was running and instead called for other contenders to seek the Reform Party nomination, but when former [[Colorado]] governor [[Richard Lamm]] actually did so, Perot opposed him. There was some bad blood during the primary process for the party's nomination when Lamm supporters claimed they didn't receive ballots. Perot won the primary and went on to win 8% of the popular vote in the 2006 Presidential vote, significantly less than his 1992 showing. Following the 1996 elections, a small group of Lamm supporters left to form the [[American Reform Party]], believing Perot had too much control over the Reform Party.

==1998 midterm election==
Former professional wrestler [[Jesse Ventura]] won an upset victory for governor of [[Minnesota]] in 1998 running on the Reform Party ticket, the only victory by the Reform Party in a three way contest, garnering a plurality of 34%. The Reform Party held no seats in either legislative chamber, or any other state-wide elected cabinet office. In the stalemate, people from both major parties, Republican and Democrat, filled appointed positions by the governor requiring legislative approval because of a lack of qualified personal from the Reform Party moreso than partisan opposition.

==2000 Presidential race==
The 2000 primary season was marked by splits in the party. Two-time Republican primary hopeful [[Patrick Buchanan]] announced he was leaving the [[Republican Party]] to seek the Presidential nomination of the Reform Party. Ross Perot did not seek the 2000 nomination. Buchanan's main opponent in the 2000 Reform primaries was [[John Hagelin]], who had twice run for President on the [[Natural Law Party]] ticket, which advocated [[transcendental meditation]] (TM). Despite Hagelin's background in TM, opponents of Buchanan rallied around him as their best hope to stop Buchanan from winning the nomination. An unrelated split in the party occurred when a faction, including Jesse Ventura and term limits activist Jack Gargan, believed Perot had too much say over the party. Ventura's Minnesota chapter of the Reform Party left the party to become the Independence Party of Minnesota. Buchanan would go on to win the nomination at which point Hagelin's supporters walked out of the convention, held their own rump convention and named Hagelin the Reform Party nominee. The states recognized Buchanan as the legitimate nominee. Buchanan would win about 1/4 of 1% of the popular vote in the 2000 general election. Perot himself washed his hands of the Reform Party in 2000 and refused to endorse Buchanan.

==After 2000==
With the withdrawal of Ross Perot's leadership and financial support, the Reform Party fell on hard times. Many of Buchanan's supporters also left the Reform Party immediately after the 2000 election to form the short-lived [[America First Party]]. By 2004 what was left of the Reform Party chose to endorse the independent campaign of [[Ralph Nader]] rather than nominate their own candidate. An additional split occurred in 2006 with two separate conventions each claiming to be the official Reform Party convention.

==2008 Presidential race==
In the 2008 Presidential campaign, the Reform Party of [[Ohio]] endorsed Republican candidate [[Ron Paul]].

==Presidential Nominees==
*1996- [[Ross Perot]]
*2000- [[Pat Buchanan]]
*2004- [[Ralph Nader]]

==External links==
* [http://www.reformpartyusa.org/ Reform Party USA] - official website
* [http://www.americanreform.org/ American Reform Party] - small party which broke away from RPUSA in 1997
* [http://www.mnip.org/ Independence Party of Minnesota] - formerly the MN affiliate of the Reform Party
* [http://americafirstparty.org/ America First Party] - small breakaway party founded in 2002
* [http://www.uwsa.com/ United We Stand America] - unofficial website

[[Category:United States Political Parties]]

Reform Party

2008-05-19T01:15:16Z

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The '''Reform Party''' is a [[political party]] in the United States founded in 1995 by [[Ross Perot]].

==Background==
Perot had run for President as an independent candidate in 1992 and got 19% of the popular vote. Perot's main issues were a [[balanced budget]], paying down the [[national debt]], enacting [[term limits]] and [[campaign finance reform]], and opposition to [[free trade]] agreements such as [[NAFTA]]. Following his 1992 run, he founded the organization [[United We Stand America]] to continue lobbying on these issues. In 1995 he founded the Reform Party in preparation for another run for the Presidency in 1996.

==1996 Presidential race==
Perot at first didn't announce he was running and instead called for other contenders to seek the Reform Party nomination, but when former [[Colorado]] governor [[Richard Lamm]] actually did so, Perot opposed him. There was some bad blood during the primary process for the party's nomination when Lamm supporters claimed they didn't receive ballots. Perot won the primary and went on to win 8% of the popular vote in the 2006 Presidential vote, significantly less than his 1992 showing. Following the 1996 elections, a small group of Lamm supporters left to form the [[American Reform Party]], believing Perot had too much control over the Reform Party.

==1998 midterm election==
Former professional wrestler [[Jesse Ventura]] won an upset victory for governor of [[Minnesota]] in 1998 running on the Reform Party ticket, the only victory by the Reform Party in a three way contest, garnering a plurality of 34%. The Reform Party held no seats in either legislative chamber, or any other state-wide elected cabinet office. In the stalemate, people from both major parties, Republican and Democrat, filled appointed positions by the governor requiring legislative approval because of a lack of qualified personal from the Reform Party moreso than partisan opposition.

==2000 Presidential race==
The 2000 primary season was marked by splits in the party. Two-time Republican primary hopeful [[Patrick Buchanan]] announced he was leaving the [[Republican Party]] to seek the Presidential nomination of the Reform Party. Ross Perot did not seek the 2000 nomination. Buchanan's main opponent in the 2000 Reform primaries was [[John Hagelin]], who had twice run for President on the [[Natural Law Party]] ticket, which advocated [[transcendental meditation]] (TM). Despite Hagelin's background in TM, opponents of Buchanan rallied around him as their best hope to stop Buchanan from winning the nomination. An unrelated split in the party occurred when a faction, including Jesse Ventura and term limits activist Jack Gargan, believed Perot had too much say over the party. Ventura's Minnesota chapter of the Reform Party left the party to become the Independence Party of Minnesota. Buchanan would go on to win the nomination at which point Hagelin's supporters walked out of the convention, held their own rump convention and named Hagelin the Reform Party nominee. The states recognized Buchanan as the legitimate nominee. Buchanan would win about 1/4 of 1% of the popular vote in the 2000 general election. Perot himself washed his hands of the Reform Party in 2000 and refused to endorse Buchanan.

==After 2000==
With the withdrawal of Ross Perot's leadership and financial support, the Reform Party fell on hard times. Many of Buchanan's supporters also left the Reform Party immediately after the 2000 election to form the short-lived [[America First Party]]. By 2004 what was left of the Reform Party chose to endorse the independent campaign of [[Ralph Nader]] rather than nominate their own candidate. An additional split occurred in 2006 with two separate conventions each claiming to be the official Reform Party convention.

==2008 Presidential race==
In the 2008 Presidential campaign, the Reform Party of [[Ohio]] endorsed Republican candidate [[Ron Paul]].

==External links==
* [http://www.reformpartyusa.org/ Reform Party USA] - official website
* [http://www.americanreform.org/ American Reform Party] - small party which broke away from RPUSA in 1997
* [http://www.mnip.org/ Independence Party of Minnesota] - formerly the MN affiliate of the Reform Party
* [http://americafirstparty.org/ America First Party] - small breakaway party founded in 2002
* [http://www.uwsa.com/ United We Stand America] - unofficial website

[[Category:United States Political Parties]]

Protectionism

2008-05-19T01:09:23Z

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Protectionism

2008-05-19T01:07:50Z

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'''Protectionism''' refers to protecting domestic workers and businesses against competition by foreign businesses. The term is often used in a pejorative sense to criticize [[tariffs]] and other measures that have the effect of helping [[Americans]] in an economic sense.

==Protectionist Political in the United States==
- [[Federalist Party]] (defunct)
- [[Whig Party]] (defunct)
- [[Republican Party]] (during the early 19th century)
- [[Reform Party]]
- [[Constitution Party]]

==Sources==
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm

[[Category:Economics]]

Lou Dobbs

2008-05-19T00:45:09Z

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[[Image:Dobbs.jpg|left]]
'''Lou Dobbs''' (b. Childress, [[Texas]]; September 24, 1945 ) is an [[American]] [[journalist]] and [[columnist]]. He is the [[CNN]] anchor and managing editor for ''Lou Dobbs Tonight''. Dobbs was originally [[conservative]], but now he describes himself as an "independent populist" critic of the "excesses of [[capitalism]]." He has focused on [[immigration]] for years.

<blockquote>
Dobbs has won almost every award in journalism and he's a best-selling author and columnist. He's an independent populist and the leading media advocate for working men and women, their families, our middle class and the American way of life. <ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs] CNN.
</ref></blockquote>

'''University:''' BA Economics, [[Harvard University]] (1967).

==Political views==
Once a self-described "Lifelong [[Republican]]" and [[fiscal conservative]], Dobbs now considers himself an "independent populist" and criticizes what he sees as the "excesses of capitalism." [[Illegal immigration]] is one such excess that he scrutinizes on his television program. He is opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens and advocates enforcement of existing immigration laws, along with a tightening of border security. On trade Dobbs advocates protectionist restrictions in order to protect American industry, and maintain U.S. sovereignty. Positions that are not regularly covered on Dobb's show include a pro-death stance on [[abortion]], an opposition to [[gun control]] measures, and support for the [[gay agenda]].

== Books ==

* ''Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas'' (2004).
* ''Space: The Next Business Frontier'' (2005).
* ''War on the Middle Class'' (2006). "The middle class is being picked apart and its future mortgaged for the benefit of a small group of powerful American interests," Dobbs says in this book.

Lou is married to Debi Lee Segura (a one-time CNN sports anchor, apparently of [[Mexican]] heritage{{fact}}). They have four children: Chance, Jason, Hilary and Heather. They reside on a 300-acre horse farm in Sussex County, New Jersey.

==See also==
*[[Anderson Cooper]]
*[[Larry King ]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Conservative Links]]

== External links ==

*[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs Tonight]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/234/000044102/ Lou Dobbs] NNDB.
*[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2867 CNN's Immigration Problem] Is Dobbs the exception—or the rule?

== References ==

<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT: Dobbs, Lou}}
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Lou Dobbs

2008-05-18T23:46:30Z

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[[Image:Dobbs.jpg|left]]
'''Lou Dobbs''' (b. Childress, [[Texas]]; September 24, 1945 ) is an [[American]] [[journalist]] and [[columnist]]. He is the [[CNN]] anchor and managing editor for ''Lou Dobbs Tonight''. Dobbs was originally [[conservative]], but now he describes himself as an "independent populist" critic of the "excesses of [[capitalism]]." He has focused on [[immigration]] for years.

<blockquote>
Dobbs has won almost every award in journalism and he's a best-selling author and columnist. He's an independent populist and the leading media advocate for working men and women, their families, our middle class and the American way of life. <ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs] CNN.
</ref></blockquote>

'''University:''' BA Economics, [[Harvard University]] (1967).

==Political views==
Once a self-described "Lifelong [[Republican]]" and [[fiscal conservative]], Dobbs now considers himself an "independent populist" and criticizes what he sees as the "excesses of capitalism." [[Illegal immigration]] is one such excess that he scrutinizes on his television program. He is opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens and advocates enforcement of existing immigration laws, along with a tightening of border security. On trade Dobbs advocates protectionist restrictions in order to protect American industry, and maintain U.S. sovereignty. Positions that are not regularly covered on Dobb's show include a pro-death stance on [[abortion]], and an opposition to [[gun control]] measures.

== Books ==

* ''Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas'' (2004).
* ''Space: The Next Business Frontier'' (2005).
* ''War on the Middle Class'' (2006). "The middle class is being picked apart and its future mortgaged for the benefit of a small group of powerful American interests," Dobbs says in this book.

Lou is married to Debi Lee Segura (a one-time CNN sports anchor, apparently of [[Mexican]] heritage{{fact}}). They have four children: Chance, Jason, Hilary and Heather. They reside on a 300-acre horse farm in Sussex County, New Jersey.

==See also==
*[[Anderson Cooper]]
*[[Larry King ]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Conservative Links]]

== External links ==

*[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs Tonight]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/234/000044102/ Lou Dobbs] NNDB.
*[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2867 CNN's Immigration Problem] Is Dobbs the exception—or the rule?

== References ==

<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT: Dobbs, Lou}}
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Lou Dobbs

2008-05-18T23:45:26Z

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[[Image:Dobbs.jpg|left]]
'''Lou Dobbs''' (b. Childress, [[Texas]]; September 24, 1945 ) is an [[American]] [[journalist]] and [[columnist]]. He is the [[CNN]] anchor and managing editor for ''Lou Dobbs Tonight''. Dobbs was originally [[conservative]], but now he describes himself as an "independent populist" critic of the "excesses of [[capitalism]]." He has focused on [[immigration]] for years.

<blockquote>
Dobbs has won almost every award in journalism and he's a best-selling author and columnist. He's an independent populist and the leading media advocate for working men and women, their families, our middle class and the American way of life. <ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs] CNN.
</ref></blockquote>

'''University:''' BA Economics, [[Harvard University]] (1967).

==Political views==
Once a self-described "Lifelong Republican" and [[fiscal conservative]], Dobbs now considers himself an "independent populist" and criticizes what he sees as the "excesses of capitalism." [[Illegal immigration]] is one such excess that he scrutinizes on his television program. He is opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens and advocates enforcement of existing immigration laws, along with a tightening of border security. On trade Dobbs advocates [[protectionist]] restrictions in order to protect American industry, and maintain U.S. sovereignty. Positions that are not regularly covered on Dobb's show include a pro-death stance on [[abortion]], and an opposition to [[gun control]] measures.

== Books ==

* ''Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas'' (2004).
* ''Space: The Next Business Frontier'' (2005).
* ''War on the Middle Class'' (2006). "The middle class is being picked apart and its future mortgaged for the benefit of a small group of powerful American interests," Dobbs says in this book.

Lou is married to Debi Lee Segura (a one-time CNN sports anchor, apparently of [[Mexican]] heritage{{fact}}). They have four children: Chance, Jason, Hilary and Heather. They reside on a 300-acre horse farm in Sussex County, New Jersey.

==See also==
*[[Anderson Cooper]]
*[[Larry King ]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Conservative Links]]

== External links ==

*[http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Lou Dobbs Tonight]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/234/000044102/ Lou Dobbs] NNDB.
*[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2867 CNN's Immigration Problem] Is Dobbs the exception—or the rule?

== References ==

<references/>

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Patrick Buchanan

2008-05-18T23:29:43Z

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'''Patrick Joseph Buchanan''' is a noted [[conservative]] commentator, author, and three-time candidate for [[President of the United States]].

==Background==
Pat Buchanan was born November 2, 1938 in [[Washington, D.C.]] to Catherine and William Buchanan. His sister, [[Bay Buchanan]], served as [[U.S. Treasurer]] under the [[Reagan Administration]]. He is a lifelong [[Roman Catholic]]. He earned his bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in 1961 and his master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]] in 1962.

At age 23 he was hired by the ''[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]]'' as an editorial writer. He was a supporter of the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign for President in 1964.

In 1965, Buchanan was hired by the law firm of [[Richard Nixon]], and the next year, as a researcher for the Nixon Presidential campaign. Following Nixon's 1968 victory, Buchanan worked as a [[speechwriter]] and White House special assistant for the Nixon Administration and the [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] Administration.

Buchanan became a radio commentator starting in the 1970s, and a regular on ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]'' and [[CNN]]'s ''[[Crossfire]]'' starting in the early 1980s.

Buchanan also served as White House Communications Director during the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration, from 1985 to 1987.

==Presidential campaigns==
Buchanan has run for President three times. In 1992, he sought the [[Republican Party]] nomination against then-President [[George H.W. Bush]]. Many conservatives were alienated from the first Bush administration's policies, especially his reneging on his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge and his frequent use of the term, "[[New World Order]]" to describe his [[foreign policy]] goals. Buchanan offered conservatives who were disillusioned by the Bush Administration a choice in the 1992 primaries. Buchanan came in a distant second in the primaries but is remembered for his fiery keynote speech at the 1992 Republican convention.

In 1996, Buchanan sought the Republican nomination again, and pulled an upset victory in the [[New Hampshire]] primary. However, after [[Bob Dole]] emerged as the clear favorite after the [[Super Tuesday]] primaries, Buchanan suspended his campaign.

In 2000, Buchanan left the Republican Party and announced his intention to seek the [[Reform Party]] nomination for President. He easily won the Reform Party nomination over his main rival for the nomination, [[John Hagelin]], but carried only about 1/4 of 1% of the votes in the general election, coming in fourth place behind [[George W. Bush]], [[Al Gore]], and [[Ralph Nader]]. Ironically, however, the placement of his name on the [[butterfly ballot]] in Palm Beach County, [[Florida]], probably provided [[George W. Bush]] with his margin of victory due to [[Democratic]] voters mistakenly selecting [[Pat Buchanan]].

==Author==
Since the end of the [[Cold War]], Pat Buchanan has been largely identified with the [[paleoconservative]] wing of the conservative movement. As such he is an opponent of [[free trade]], a critic of mass [[immigration]], and a critic of foreign policy interventionism such as the [[Iraq War]], positions which put him at odds with the [[neoconservative]]s. He has written several books on these and other topics:

* ''Right from the Beginning'' (1988)
* ''The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy'' (1998)
* ''A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny'' (1999)
* ''The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization'' (2002)
* ''Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency'' (2004)
* ''State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America'' (2006)

He is also a co-founder and founding editor of ''[[The American Conservative]]'' magazine.

==External Links==
[http://www.Buchanan.org Pat Buchanan's official website]

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[[Category:Political People]]
[[Category:Conservative Commentators]]

Michael Peroutka

2008-05-18T23:22:58Z

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'''Michael Peroutka''' was the [[Constitution Party]]'s [[POTUS|Presidential]] candidate for the [[2004 Presidential Election]]. He is the founder of the [[Institute on the Constitution]], and a regular contributer to the [[Christian]] [[conservative]] blog [[The American View]]. His candidacy received the endorsement of [[paleoconservative]] columnists [[Taki Theodoracopulos]]<ref>http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html</ref>, and [[Sam Francis]].<ref>http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://peroutka2004.com Michael Peroutka's official campaign website]
*[http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html The Real Deal]
*[http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm Peroutka For President: Wasting A Vote—Or Sending A Message?]

[[Category:Politics]]

Michael Peroutka

2008-05-18T23:19:23Z

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'''Michael Peroutka''' was the [[Constitution Party]]'s [[POTUS|Presidential]] candidate for the [[2004 Presidential Election]]. He is the founder of the [[Institute on the Constitution]], and a regular contributer to the [[Christian]] [[conservative]] blog [[The American View]]. His candidacy received the endorsement of [[paleoconservative]] columnists [[Taki Theodoracopulos]]<ref>http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html</ref>, and [[Sam Francis]]<ref>http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://peroutka2004.com Michael Peroutka's official campaign website]
*[http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/taki.html The Real Deal]
*[http://www.vdare.com/francis/peroutka.htm Peroutka For President: Wasting A Vote—Or Sending A Message?]

[[Category:Politics]]

Bay Buchanan

2008-05-18T23:08:46Z

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'''Angela Marie "Bay" Buchanan''' served as [[United States Treasurer]] under [[Ronald Reagan]] from March 17, 1981 to July 5, 1983, being the youngest person to hold that position at the time. Born a [[Roman Catholic]] she eventually converted to [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], and endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] after advising [[Tom Tancredo]]'s failed attempt to seek the [[Republican]] nomination.

Michael Peroutka

2008-05-18T23:06:25Z

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Michael Peroutka

2008-05-18T23:02:53Z

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WWE Championship

2008-05-18T22:59:56Z

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The '''WWE Championship''' is the top [[Championship belt|prize]] in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]. It is currently held by [[Triple H]] and has been so since he won it from [[Randy Orton]] on April 27, 2008 at [[WWE Backlash|Backlash]].

[[category:Wrestling]]

WWE Championship

2008-05-18T22:59:38Z

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Bay Buchanan

2008-05-18T22:57:13Z

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'''Angela Marie "Bay" Buchanan''' served as [[United States Treasurer]] under [[Ronald Reagan]] from March 17, 1981 to July 5, 1983, being the youngest person to hold that position at the time. Born a [[Roman Catholic]] she eventually converted to [[Mormonism]], and endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] after advising [[Tom Tancredo]]'s failed attempt to seek the [[Republican]] nomination.

Bay Buchanan

2008-05-18T22:55:57Z

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'''Angela Marie "Bay" Buchanan''' served as [[United States Treasurer]] under [[Ronald Reagan]] from March 17, 1981 to July 5, 1983, being the youngest person to hold that position at the time. Born a [[Roman Catholic]] she eventually converted to [[Mormonism]], and endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] after advising [[Tom Tancredo]]'s failed attempt to seek the Republican nomination.

Patrick Buchanan

2008-05-18T22:49:51Z

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'''Patrick Joseph Buchanan''' is a noted [[conservative]] commentator, author, and three-time candidate for [[President of the United States]].

==Background==
Pat Buchanan was born November 2, 1938 in [[Washington, D.C.]] to Catherine and William Buchanan. His sister, [[Bay Buchanan]], served as [[U.S. Treasurer]] under the [[Reagan Administration]]. He is a lifelong [[Roman Catholic]]. He earned his bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in 1961 and his master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]] in 1962.

At age 23 he was hired by the ''[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]]'' as an editorial writer. He was a supporter of the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign for President in 1964.

In 1965, Buchanan was hired by the law firm of [[Richard Nixon]], and the next year, as a researcher for the Nixon Presidential campaign. Following Nixon's 1968 victory, Buchanan worked as a [[speechwriter]] and White House special assistant for the Nixon Administration and the [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] Administration.

Buchanan became a radio commentator starting in the 1970s, and a regular on ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]'' and [[CNN]]'s ''[[Crossfire]]'' starting in the early 1980s.

Buchanan also served as White House Communications Director during the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration, from 1985 to 1987.

==Presidential campaigns==
Buchanan has run for President three times. In 1992, he sought the [[Republican Party]] nomination against then-President [[George H.W. Bush]]. Many conservatives were alienated from the first Bush administration's policies, especially his reneging on his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge and his frequent use of the term, "[[New World Order]]" to describe his [[foreign policy]] goals. Buchanan offered conservatives who were disillusioned by the Bush Administration a choice in the 1992 primaries. Buchanan came in a distant second in the primaries but is remembered for his fiery keynote speech at the 1992 Republican convention.

In 1996, Buchanan sought the Republican nomination again, and pulled an upset victory in the [[New Hampshire]] primary. However, after [[Bob Dole]] emerged as the clear favorite after the [[Super Tuesday]] primaries, Buchanan suspended his campaign.

In 2000, Buchanan left the Republican Party and announced his intention to seek the [[Reform Party]] nomination for President. He easily won the Reform Party nomination over his main rival for the nomination, [[John Hagelin]], but carried only about 1/4 of 1% of the votes in the general election, coming in fourth place behind [[George W. Bush]], [[Al Gore]], and [[Ralph Nader]]. Ironically, however, the placement of his name on the [[butterfly ballot]] in Palm Beach County, [[Florida]], probably provided [[George W. Bush]] with his margin of victory due to [[Democratic]] voters mistakenly selecting [[Pat Buchanan]].

==Author==
Since the end of the [[Cold War]], Pat Buchanan has been largely identified with the [[paleoconservative]] wing of the conservative movement. As such he is an opponent of [[free trade]], a critic of mass [[immigration]], and a critic of foreign policy interventionism such as the [[Iraq War]], positions which put him at odds with the [[neoconservative]]s. He has written several books on these and other topics:

* ''Right from the Beginning'' (1988)
* ''The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy'' (1998)
* ''A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny'' (1999)
* ''The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization'' (2002)
* ''Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency'' (2004)
* ''State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America'' (2006)

He is also a co-founder and founding editor of ''[[The American Conservative]]'' magazine.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Patrick}}

[[Category:Anti-war Movements]]
[[Category:Political People]]
[[Category:Conservative Commentators]]

Samoa Joe

2008-05-18T22:45:45Z

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'''Nuufolau "Joe" Seanoa''' (Born March 17, 1979 in Orange County, [[California]]) Better known by his ring name "Samoa Joe", is the current [[TNA World Heavyweight Champion]], a title he won by beating [[Kurt Angle]] at TNA: Lockdown in 2008.
[[Category:Wrestlers]]

Impact Wrestling

2008-05-18T22:41:46Z

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'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)''' is an [[American]] [[Professional Wrestling]] organization founded in 2002 by wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett. TNA is the first major wrestling promotion to use the six-sided ring, and had exclusive rights to the NWA's Tag Team and Heavyweight Championships, until both expired in May 2007.

'''Current Champions'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Championship
! Current Champion(s)
! Date won
! Date aired
|-
| [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]
| [[Samoa Joe]]
| April 13, 2008
| April 13, 2008
|-
| [[TNA X-Division Championship]]
| [[Petey Williams]]
| April 15, 2008
| April 15, 2008
|-
| [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]
| [[Latin American Xchange]]
| May 11, 2008
| May 11, 2008
|-
| [[TNA Women's World Championship]]
| [[Awesome Kong]]
| January 7, 2008
| January 7, 2008
|}

[[Category:Wrestling]]

Samoa Joe

2008-05-18T22:40:26Z

PaleoCon: New page: '''Nuufolau "Joe" Seanoa''' (Born March 17, 1979 in Orange County, California) Better known by his ring name "Samoa Joe", is the current TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a title he won...

'''Nuufolau "Joe" Seanoa''' (Born March 17, 1979 in Orange County, California) Better known by his ring name "Samoa Joe", is the current [[TNA World Heavyweight Champion]], a title he won by beating [[Kurt Angle]] at TNA: Lockdown in 2008.

Impact Wrestling

2008-05-18T22:31:59Z

PaleoCon:

'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)''' is an [[American]] [[Professional Wrestling]] organization founded in 2002 by Wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett. TNA is the first major wrestling promotion to use the six-sided ring, and had exclusive rights to the NWA's Tag Team and Heavyweight Championships, until both expired in May 2007.

'''Current Champions'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Championship
! Current Champion(s)
! Date won
! Date aired
|-
| [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]
| [[Samoa Joe]]
| April 13, 2008
| April 13, 2008
|-
| [[TNA X-Division Championship]]
| [[Petey Williams]]
| April 15, 2008
| April 15, 2008
|-
| [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]
| [[Latin American Xchange]]
| May 11, 2008
| May 11, 2008
|-
| [[TNA Women's World Championship]]
| [[Awesome Kong]]
| January 7, 2008
| January 7, 2008
|}

[[Category:Wrestling]]

Impact Wrestling

2008-05-18T22:16:51Z

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World Wrestling Entertainment

2008-05-18T22:01:06Z

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'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly traded company dealing with wrestling entertainment. It also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building. The WWE puts on wrestling shows both in live events and on television and also has video games and product licensing. It was previously known was the WWF, World Wrestling Federation before changing its name. It is the largest entertainment wrestling organization in the world.

[[Vince McMahon]] is the majority owner and Chairman of the company and his wife [[Linda McMahon]] holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media [[Shane McMahon]] and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing [[Stephanie McMahon]], the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of all voting power in the company.

The company's main headquarters is located at 1241 East Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. There are also international offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Toronto.

Some promotional names that the WWE has:

*[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]].

WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE <ref>http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/wwe.html WWE</ref>.

==History==

The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was born in 1963 when Vince McMahon split off from the larger NWA league which was mostly a series of "mom and pop" wrestling entertainment outfits with each organization staying in its own area. The company was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. Under McMahon, the WWF would start to go national in the 1980's, breaking the unwritten rule of not encroaching on the turf of other regional leagues. As his revenue increased, he also started to sign the best known names from other organizations.

The breakthrough signing that became the first nationally recognized superstar was [[Hulk Hogan]] who, due to his appearance in Rocky III, had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could manage. Other big named wrestlers were brought in including [[Andre the Giant]]. Superstardom hit paydirt with the production of the first nationwide Pay per view [[Wrestlemania]] in 1985. Incorporating well known actors such as [[Mr. T]] into the production helped to turn the WWF and Wrestlemania into a mainstream hit.

Allegations of steriod abuse hit the WWF in 1994 as well as sexual harassment claims. They were a costly public relations nightmare that led to big cuts in salary for the wrestlers and staffs and saw many wrestlers leave to [[Ted Turner]]'s WCW league including Hulk Hogan.

"Stone Cold" [[Steve Austin]] rose as a star in the late 1990s in a new edgier era that saw a movement away from family fun to attacking authority, more violence, and swearing. The WWF and the WCW went more head to head during this time including having competing wrestling shows on Monday nights.

==Going Public==

On April 29 1999, the WWF made its return to terrestrial television by launching a special program known as ''SmackDown!'' on the fledgling [[UPN]] network. The Thursday-night show became a weekly series on August 26 1999.

On the back of the success of the Attitude Era, on October 19, 1999 the WWF's parent company, Titan Sports (by this time renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.) became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each. WWF announced its desire to diversify, including creating a nightclub in Times Square, producing feature films, and book publishing.

In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, announced the creation of the XFL, a new professional American football league that debuted in 2001. The league had surprisingly high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated primetime show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after UPN demanded that SmackDown! be cut by half an hour, McMahon shut down the XFL.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/05/10/xfl_folds_ap/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]</ref>

In March 2001 McMahon's empire grew when he acquired his main competitor WCW, which had been losing money and was sold for about $7 million.

In May 2002 the name of the company was changed from the WWF to the WWE after it was ruled that the World Widelife Fund owned the rights to the WWF label in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/wwf/worldwildlife.1997.01.20.html</ref>.<ref>http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp</ref>

Another smaller wrestling company, Extreme Championship Wrestling, was purchased in mid 2003.

In April 2002, about a month before the name change, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, one on ''RAW'', the other on ''SmackDown!'' due to the overabundance of talent left over from the ''Invasion'' storyline (which involved talent from the absorbed ECW and WCW rosters interacting in WWF storylines). This is known as the WWE ''Brand Extension''. Following the Brand Extension, a yearly ''Draft Lottery'' was instituted to exchange members of each roster and generally refresh the lineups.

In August 2002, the company launched [[WWE Niagara Falls]], a retail establishment in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

On May 26 2006, WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as its third brand with the new ECW program airing Tuesday nights on the Sci Fi Channel.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|accessdate</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
==== Current champions ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Brand
!Championship
!Current Champion
!Date won
!Date aired
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|rowspan=4 align="center" |[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
|[[WWE Championship]]
|[[Triple H]]
|April 27, 2008
|April 27, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Intercontinental Championship]]
|[[Chris Jericho]]
|March 10, 2008
|March 10, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Women's Championship]]
|[[Mickie James]]
|April 14, 2008
|April 14, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] and [[Cody Rhodes]]
|December 10, 2007
|December 10, 2007
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|rowspan=3 align="center" |[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
|[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[Vacant]]
|
|May 2, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE United States Championship]]
|[[Matthew Hardy|Matt Hardy]]
|April 27, 2008
|April 27, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE Tag Team Championship]]
|[[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]]
|November 13, 2007
|November 16, 2007
|-style="background: #E7DDEE;"
|rowspan=1 align=center|[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[ECW Championship]]
|[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]]
|January 22, 2008
|January 22, 2008
|}

==== Accomplishments ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Latest winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
|-
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[WWE Raw|RAW]], [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]], [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[Royal Rumble]]
|[[John Cena]]
|January 27, 2008
|-
|[[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]]
|[[Phil Brooks|CM Punk]]
|March 30, 2008
|-
|[[WWE Diva Search|Diva Search]]
|[[Eve Torres]]
|October 29, 2007
|}

==== Current developmental territory champions ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Promotion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Florida Championship Wrestling|FCW]]
|[[FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship|FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Miller]]
|January 19, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Jake Hager]]
|February 15, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champions]]
|[[The Puerto Rican Nightmares]] ([[Eddie Colón]] and [[Eric Perez]])
|February 23, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|}

===Defunct championships===
*[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] (1991-2007)1
*[[WWE Hardcore Championship]] (1998-2002)
*[[WWE European Championship]] (1997-2002)
*[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1981-2001) (recognized officially 1997-2001)
*[[Million Dollar Championship|WWF Million Dollar Championship]] (1989-1992, 1995-1996)
*[[WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] (1991)
*[[WWF Women's Tag Team Championship]] (1983-1989)
*[[WWF Canadian Championship]] (1985-1986)
*[[WWF International Heavyweight Championship]] (1959-1963, 1982-1985)
*[[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (1967-1985)
*[[WWF International Tag Team Championship]] (1969-1985)
*[[WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship]] (1978-1985)
*[[WWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] (1979-1981)
*[[WWWF United States Championship]] (1970-1975)
*[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship]] (1963-1967)

1WCW Cruiserweight title from 1991 to 2002

2Acquisition of WCW and ECW.

===Defunct accomplishments===
*[[King of the Ring]] (1985-89, 1991, 1993-2002, 2006)

==References==
<div class="references-small">
<references/>
</div>

==External links==
*[http://www.wwe.com WWE.com]
*[http://corporate.wwe.com/ Official WWE Corporate Website]
*[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE WWE Stock]
*[http://www.wwe.co.jp Official WWE Japanese Website]

[[Category:Wrestling]]
[[category:entertainment]]

World Wrestling Entertainment

2008-05-18T21:59:03Z

PaleoCon:

'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly traded company dealing with wrestling entertainment. It also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building. The WWE puts on wrestling shows both in live events and on television and also has video games and product licensing. It was previously known was the WWF, World Wrestling Federation before changing its name. It is the largest entertainment wrestling organization in the world.

[[Vince McMahon]] is the majority owner and Chairman of the company and his wife [[Linda McMahon]] holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media [[Shane McMahon]] and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing [[Stephanie McMahon]], the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of all voting power in the company.

The company's main headquarters is located at 1241 East Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. There are also international offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Toronto.

Some promotional names that the WWE has:

*[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]].

WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE <ref>http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/wwe.html WWE</ref>.

==History==

The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was born in 1963 when Vince McMahon split off from the larger NWA league which was mostly a series of "mom and pop" wrestling entertainment outfits with each organization staying in its own area. The company was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. Under McMahon, the WWF would start to go national in the 1980's, breaking the unwritten rule of not encroaching on the turf of other regional leagues. As his revenue increased, he also started to sign the best known names from other organizations.

The breakthrough signing that became the first nationally recognized superstar was [[Hulk Hogan]] who, due to his appearance in Rocky III, had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could manage. Other big named wrestlers were brought in including [[Andre the Giant]]. Superstardom hit paydirt with the production of the first nationwide Pay per view [[Wrestlemania]] in 1985. Incorporating well known actors such as [[Mr. T]] into the production helped to turn the WWF and Wrestlemania into a mainstream hit.

Allegations of steriod abuse hit the WWF in 1994 as well as sexual harassment claims. They were a costly public relations nightmare that led to big cuts in salary for the wrestlers and staffs and saw many wrestlers leave to [[Ted Turner]]'s WCW league including Hulk Hogan.

"Stone Cold" [[Steve Austin]] rose as a star in the late 1990s in a new edgier era that saw a movement away from family fun to attacking authority, more violence, and swearing. The WWF and the WCW went more head to head during this time including having competing wrestling shows on Monday nights.

==Going Public==

On April 29 1999, the WWF made its return to terrestrial television by launching a special program known as ''SmackDown!'' on the fledgling [[UPN]] network. The Thursday-night show became a weekly series on August 26 1999.

On the back of the success of the Attitude Era, on October 19, 1999 the WWF's parent company, Titan Sports (by this time renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.) became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each. WWF announced its desire to diversify, including creating a nightclub in Times Square, producing feature films, and book publishing.

In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, announced the creation of the XFL, a new professional American football league that debuted in 2001. The league had surprisingly high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated primetime show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after UPN demanded that SmackDown! be cut by half an hour, McMahon shut down the XFL.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/05/10/xfl_folds_ap/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]</ref>

In March 2001 McMahon's empire grew when he acquired his main competitor WCW, which had been losing money and was sold for about $7 million.

In May 2002 the name of the company was changed from the WWF to the WWE after it was ruled that the World Widelife Fund owned the rights to the WWF label in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/wwf/worldwildlife.1997.01.20.html</ref>.<ref>http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp</ref>

Another smaller wrestling company, Extreme Championship Wrestling, was purchased in mid 2003.

In April 2002, about a month before the name change, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, one on ''RAW'', the other on ''SmackDown!'' due to the overabundance of talent left over from the ''Invasion'' storyline (which involved talent from the absorbed ECW and WCW rosters interacting in WWF storylines). This is known as the WWE ''Brand Extension''. Following the Brand Extension, a yearly ''Draft Lottery'' was instituted to exchange members of each roster and generally refresh the lineups.

In August 2002, the company launched [[WWE Niagara Falls]], a retail establishment in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

On May 26 2006, WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as its third brand with the new ECW program airing Tuesday nights on the Sci Fi Channel.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|accessdate</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
==== Current champions ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Brand
!Championship
!Current Champion
!Date won
!Date aired
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|rowspan=4 align="center" |[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
|[[WWE Championship]]
|[[Triple H]]
|April 27, 2008
|April 27, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Intercontinental Championship]]
|[[Chris Jericho]]
|March 10, 2008
|March 10, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Women's Championship]]
|[[Mickie James]]
|April 14, 2008
|April 14, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] and [[Cody Rhodes]]
|December 10, 2007
|December 10, 2007
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|rowspan=3 align="center" |[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
|[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[Vacant]]
|
|May 2, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE United States Championship]]
|[[Matthew Hardy|Matt Hardy]]
|April 27, 2008
|April 27, 2008
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE Tag Team Championship]]
|[[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]]
|November 13, 2007
|November 16, 2007
|-style="background: #E7DDEE;"
|rowspan=1 align=center|[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[ECW Championship]]
|[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]]
|January 22, 2008
|January 22, 2008
|}

==== Accomplishments ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Latest winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
|-
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[WWE Raw|RAW]], [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]], [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[Royal Rumble]]
|[[John Cena]]
|January 27, 2008
|-
|[[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]]
|[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
|May 7, 2007
|-
|[[WWE Diva Search|Diva Search]]
|[[Eve Torres]]
|October 29, 2007
|}

==== Current developmental territory champions ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Promotion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Florida Championship Wrestling|FCW]]
|[[FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship|FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Miller]]
|January 19, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Jake Hager]]
|February 15, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champions]]
|[[The Puerto Rican Nightmares]] ([[Eddie Colón]] and [[Eric Perez]])
|February 23, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|}

===Defunct championships===
*[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] (1991-2007)1
*[[WWE Hardcore Championship]] (1998-2002)
*[[WWE European Championship]] (1997-2002)
*[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1981-2001) (recognized officially 1997-2001)
*[[Million Dollar Championship|WWF Million Dollar Championship]] (1989-1992, 1995-1996)
*[[WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] (1991)
*[[WWF Women's Tag Team Championship]] (1983-1989)
*[[WWF Canadian Championship]] (1985-1986)
*[[WWF International Heavyweight Championship]] (1959-1963, 1982-1985)
*[[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (1967-1985)
*[[WWF International Tag Team Championship]] (1969-1985)
*[[WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship]] (1978-1985)
*[[WWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] (1979-1981)
*[[WWWF United States Championship]] (1970-1975)
*[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship]] (1963-1967)

1WCW Cruiserweight title from 1991 to 2002

2Acquisition of WCW and ECW.

===Defunct accomplishments===
*[[King of the Ring]] (1985-89, 1991, 1993-2002, 2006)

==References==
<div class="references-small">
<references/>
</div>

==External links==
*[http://www.wwe.com WWE.com]
*[http://corporate.wwe.com/ Official WWE Corporate Website]
*[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE WWE Stock]
*[http://www.wwe.co.jp Official WWE Japanese Website]

[[Category:Wrestling]]
[[category:entertainment]]

World Wrestling Entertainment

2008-05-18T21:54:32Z

PaleoCon:

'''World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.''' ('''WWE''') is a publicly traded company dealing with wrestling entertainment. It also had failed venues in football (the [[XFL]]) and body building. The WWE puts on wrestling shows both in live events and on television and also has video games and product licensing. It was previously known was the WWF, World Wrestling Federation before changing its name. It is the largest entertainment wrestling organization in the world.

[[Vince McMahon]] is the majority owner and Chairman of the company and his wife [[Linda McMahon]] holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with their children, Executive Vice President of Global Media [[Shane McMahon]] and Senior Vice President of Creative Writing [[Stephanie McMahon]], the McMahons hold approximately 70% of WWE's economic interest and 96% of all voting power in the company.

The company's main headquarters is located at 1241 East Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut. There are also international offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, and Toronto.

Some promotional names that the WWE has:

*[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]].

WWE's revenue in fiscal 2006 (from May 2005 to April 2006) was approximately $400 million (US), with a net profit of approximately $47 million. As of August 2006, the company's market capitalization is over $1 billion (US). Its stock is traded on the NYSE <ref>http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/wwe.html WWE</ref>.

==History==

The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) was born in 1963 when Vince McMahon split off from the larger NWA league which was mostly a series of "mom and pop" wrestling entertainment outfits with each organization staying in its own area. The company was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979. Under McMahon, the WWF would start to go national in the 1980's, breaking the unwritten rule of not encroaching on the turf of other regional leagues. As his revenue increased, he also started to sign the best known names from other organizations.

The breakthrough signing that became the first nationally recognized superstar was [[Hulk Hogan]] who, due to his appearance in Rocky III, had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could manage. Other big named wrestlers were brought in including [[Andre the Giant]]. Superstardom hit paydirt with the production of the first nationwide Pay per view [[Wrestlemania]] in 1985. Incorporating well known actors such as [[Mr. T]] into the production helped to turn the WWF and Wrestlemania into a mainstream hit.

Allegations of steriod abuse hit the WWF in 1994 as well as sexual harassment claims. They were a costly public relations nightmare that led to big cuts in salary for the wrestlers and staffs and saw many wrestlers leave to [[Ted Turner]]'s WCW league including Hulk Hogan.

"Stone Cold" [[Steve Austin]] rose as a star in the late 1990s in a new edgier era that saw a movement away from family fun to attacking authority, more violence, and swearing. The WWF and the WCW went more head to head during this time including having competing wrestling shows on Monday nights.

==Going Public==

On April 29 1999, the WWF made its return to terrestrial television by launching a special program known as ''SmackDown!'' on the fledgling [[UPN]] network. The Thursday-night show became a weekly series on August 26 1999.

On the back of the success of the Attitude Era, on October 19, 1999 the WWF's parent company, Titan Sports (by this time renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.) became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each. WWF announced its desire to diversify, including creating a nightclub in Times Square, producing feature films, and book publishing.

In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, announced the creation of the XFL, a new professional American football league that debuted in 2001. The league had surprisingly high ratings for the first few weeks, but initial interest waned and its ratings plunged to dismally low levels (one of its games was the lowest-rated primetime show in the history of American television). NBC walked out on the venture after only one season, but McMahon intended to continue alone. However, after UPN demanded that SmackDown! be cut by half an hour, McMahon shut down the XFL.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/05/10/xfl_folds_ap/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]</ref>

In March 2001 McMahon's empire grew when he acquired his main competitor WCW, which had been losing money and was sold for about $7 million.

In May 2002 the name of the company was changed from the WWF to the WWE after it was ruled that the World Widelife Fund owned the rights to the WWF label in the United Kingdom.<ref>http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/wwf/worldwildlife.1997.01.20.html</ref>.<ref>http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp</ref>

Another smaller wrestling company, Extreme Championship Wrestling, was purchased in mid 2003.

In April 2002, about a month before the name change, WWE decided to create two separate rosters, one on ''RAW'', the other on ''SmackDown!'' due to the overabundance of talent left over from the ''Invasion'' storyline (which involved talent from the absorbed ECW and WCW rosters interacting in WWF storylines). This is known as the WWE ''Brand Extension''. Following the Brand Extension, a yearly ''Draft Lottery'' was instituted to exchange members of each roster and generally refresh the lineups.

In August 2002, the company launched [[WWE Niagara Falls]], a retail establishment in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

On May 26 2006, WWE revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as its third brand with the new ECW program airing Tuesday nights on the Sci Fi Channel.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi|accessdate</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
==== Current champions ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Brand
!Championship
!Current Champion
!Date won
!Date aired
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|rowspan=4 align="center" |[[WWE Raw|RAW]]
|[[WWE Championship]]
|[[Triple H]]
|October 7, 2007
|October 7, 2007
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Intercontinental Championship]]
|[[Chris Jericho]]
|March 10, 2008
|March 10, 2008
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[WWE Women's Championship]]
|[[Beth Phoenix]]
|October 7, 2007
|October 7, 2007
|-style="background: #FFEEEE"
|[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] and [[Cody Rhodes]]
|December 10, 2007
|December 10, 2007
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|rowspan=3 align="center" |[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
|[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
|December 16, 2007
|December 16, 2007
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE United States Championship]]
|[[Matthew Hardy|Matt Hardy]]
|May 20, 2007
|May 20, 2007
|-style="background: #EEEEFF"
|[[WWE Tag Team Championship]]
|[[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] and [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]]
|November 13, 2007
|November 16, 2007
|-style="background: #E7DDEE;"
|rowspan=1 align=center|[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[ECW Championship]]
|[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]]
|January 22, 2008
|January 22, 2008
|}

==== Accomplishments ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Brand
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Accomplishment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Latest winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
|-
|-style="background: #EEEEFF;"
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[WWE Raw|RAW]], [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]], [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]
|[[Royal Rumble]]
|[[John Cena]]
|January 27, 2008
|-
|[[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]]
|[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
|May 7, 2007
|-
|[[WWE Diva Search|Diva Search]]
|[[Eve Torres]]
|October 29, 2007
|}

==== Current developmental territory champions ====
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Promotion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date aired
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Florida Championship Wrestling|FCW]]
|[[FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship|FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Miller]]
|January 19, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion]]
|[[Jake Hager]]
|February 15, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|-style="background: #FFFFEE;"
|[[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Champions]]
|[[The Puerto Rican Nightmares]] ([[Eddie Colón]] and [[Eric Perez]])
|February 23, 2008
|N/A ([[House show]])
|-
|}

===Defunct championships===
*[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] (1991-2007)1
*[[WWE Hardcore Championship]] (1998-2002)
*[[WWE European Championship]] (1997-2002)
*[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] (2001)2
*[[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1981-2001) (recognized officially 1997-2001)
*[[Million Dollar Championship|WWF Million Dollar Championship]] (1989-1992, 1995-1996)
*[[WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] (1991)
*[[WWF Women's Tag Team Championship]] (1983-1989)
*[[WWF Canadian Championship]] (1985-1986)
*[[WWF International Heavyweight Championship]] (1959-1963, 1982-1985)
*[[WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (1967-1985)
*[[WWF International Tag Team Championship]] (1969-1985)
*[[WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship]] (1978-1985)
*[[WWF North American Heavyweight Championship]] (1979-1981)
*[[WWWF United States Championship]] (1970-1975)
*[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship]] (1963-1967)

1WCW Cruiserweight title from 1991 to 2002

2Acquisition of WCW and ECW.

===Defunct accomplishments===
*[[King of the Ring]] (1985-89, 1991, 1993-2002, 2006)

==References==
<div class="references-small">
<references/>
</div>

==External links==
*[http://www.wwe.com WWE.com]
*[http://corporate.wwe.com/ Official WWE Corporate Website]
*[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE WWE Stock]
*[http://www.wwe.co.jp Official WWE Japanese Website]

[[Category:Wrestling]]
[[category:entertainment]]

Paleoconservative

2008-05-18T02:42:43Z

PaleoCon:

'''Paleoconservative''' is a term that describes an academic or scholarly [[conservative]] who emphasizes religious heritage, national and Western identity, [[tradition]], [[civil society]] and classical [[federalism]], the importance of [[demographics]], and an anti-interventionist policy of [[Robert Taft]]. Paleoconservatives oppose [[illegal immigration]], [[communism]], [[authoritarianism]], [[social democracy]] and entitlement programs.

Many paleoconservatives identify themselves as "classical conservatives" and trace their philosophy to the [[Old Right]] [[Republicans]] of the interwar period, which helped keep the U.S. out of the [[United Nations|League of Nations]], reduce immigration with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, and oppose [[Franklin Roosevelt]]. They often look back even further, to [[Edmund Burke]], as well as the American anti-federalist movement that stretched from the days of [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[John C. Calhoun]].

==Etymology==
The term paleoconservative was first used by either [[Thomas Fleming]] or [[Paul Gottfried]] originally as a joke, with the "paleo" prefix meaning "old" in opposition to the "neo", or "new", conservatives. Even though the term was used by the paleoconservatives' enemies because they saw it as unflattering, it is now routinely used by both its proponents and its detractors.<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/12/08/what-the-heck-is-a-paleoconservative-and-why-you-should-care/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref>

Gottfried wrote in his entry to ''American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia'': "Paleoconservative" becomes a conceptual and political counterpoint to "neoconservative" in "The Conservative Movement" by Thomas Fleming and Paul Gottfried (1988). Here the term no longer refers merely to conservative traditionalists of the 1950s and 1960s, e.g., Southern Agrarians, Catholic anticommunists associated with "National Review", and Taft Republicans who rallied to the Cold War. Instead, the term is now applied to embattled conservatives who opposed the growing influence of anticommunist New Deal Democrats on the Reagan presidency and on the conservative movement on the 1980s."

==Philosophy==
Paleoconservatism "is distinguished by certain [[Philosophy|philosophical]] presumptions that differ markedly from the presumptions of [[neocon]]s and most modern conservatives."<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" op cit.</ref>

Unlike most conservatives today, paleoconservatives are against the [[Iraq War]]. They are highly critical of the [[George W. Bush|Bush administration]] and the mainstream conservative movement. Paleoconservatism vocally distinguishes itself in its opposition to [[neoconservative|neoconservatism]]. However, what really sets them apart from other conservatives is much deeper than just policy: they generally reject the [[Enlightenment]] in whole or in part; they reject [[John Locke|Lockean]] "[[Social contract|contract theory]]" and the concept of "natural rights" outright. Dr. Donald Livingston, Professor of Philosophy at [[Emory University]], has argued that natural rights are a "philosophical superstition," and that "Whatever they might be, natural rights are universal and apply to all men. Further, they are known by reason, independent of any inherited moral tradition... It follows, therefore, that the doctrine of natural rights must be in a condition of permanent hostility to all inherited moral traditions. Any such tradition, no matter how noble the goods of excellence cultivated in it, can always be seen as violating ''someone's'' natural rights under some interpretation or another."<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "Understanding the Paleoconservative Perspective on Life" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/31/understanding-the-paleoconservative-perspective-on-life/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref> Paleos strongly oppose American membership in the [[United Nations]].

Paleos agree with mainstream conservatives on issues like opposition to [[secularism]], [[abortion]] on demand and [[gay marriage]], while supporting capital punishment, handgun ownership and an original intent reading of the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Paleocons also often argue that modern managerial society is a threat to stable families.

=== Culture ===

Paleoconservatives differ from neoconservatives on [[immigration]], [[affirmative action]] and, unlike mainstream conservatives, paleos generally oppose [[miscegenation]] (multicultural integration). Paleoconservatives also question the supposition that [[European]] [[culture]] and mores can ever be transplanted or forced upon non-Western cultures, due to separate cultural heritages. As a result, paleocons are most distinctive in their emphatic opposition to open immigration by non-Europeans, and their general disapproval of U.S. intervention overseas for the purposes of exporting democracy.<ref>http://www.nationalinvestor.com/Experts-Lubinskas.htm</ref>

=== Religion ===

Paleoconservatives are [[Conservative Christianity|Conservative Christians]] in theology and oppose religious [[pluralism]]. They support orthodoxy of the [[doctrine]] within the respective denominations. They stress the importance of the need of America to return to its Christian Heritage.

=== Economy ===

Paleoconservatives support [[free market]] [[capitalism]], but many are ardent opponents of [[free trade]], citing disintegration of America's manufacturing base, and American dependance on imports as adverse effects of free trade. They strongly oppose all forms of [[socialism]] or [[communism]]. They seek to replace [[Federal Reserve System]] with a Constitutional monetary system, and in some cases, a return to the gold standard. They are deeply concerned with the United States' loans of large amounts of money from the [[World Bank]] and the huge trade deficit the country is experiencing. Unlike mainstream conservatives, paleos oppose the continuing US financial support of [[Israel]]. Like other conservatives, they emphasize the importance of creating jobs for the working class and the slashing of [[taxes]] and spending.

== Definitions ==

In the March 2004 edition of [[Chronicles (magazine)|''Chronicles'']] magazine, Samuel Francis defined paleoconservatism versus conservatism as: "What paleoconservatism tries to tell Americans is that the dominant forces in their society are no longer committed to conserving the traditions, institutions, and values that created and formed it, and, therefore, that those who are really conservative in any serious sense and wish to live under those traditions, institutions, and values need to oppose the dominant forces and form new ones."

Journalist Rod Dreher of the ''Dallas Morning News'' outlined what he called the "Crunchy Con Manifesto", which summarizes most paleoconservative principles:

*"We are conservatives who stand outside the conservative mainstream; therefore, we can see things that matter more clearly.
*Modern conservatism has become too focused on money, power, and the accumulation of stuff, and insufficiently concerned with the content of our individual and social character.
*Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.
*Culture is more important than politics and economics.
*A conservatism that does not practice restraint, humility, and good stewardship — especially of the [[Conservation|natural world]] — is not fundamentally conservative.
*Small, Local, Old, and Particular are almost always better than Big, Global, New, and Abstract.
*Beauty is more important than efficiency.
*The relentlessness of media-driven pop culture deadens our senses to authentic truth, beauty, and wisdom.
*We share Russell Kirk’s conviction that “the institution most essential to conserve is the family.”
*Politics and economics won’t save us; if our culture is to be saved at all, it will be by faithfully living by the [[Russell Kirk|Permanent Things]], conserving these ancient moral truths in the choices we make in our everyday lives."<ref>'''Dreher, Rod''' "A Crunchy Con Manifesto" [http://crunchycon.nationalreview.com/about/ National Review Online]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref>

The leading publications of the paleoconservatives includes ''[[The American Conservative]]'' and ''[[Chronicles (magazine)]].'' Perhaps the most well known paleoconservative is [[Patrick J. Buchanan]]. Other paleoconservatives include [[Peter Brimelow]], [[Thomas Fleming]], the late [[Samuel Francis]], [[Peter Hitchens]], [[William S. Lind]], [[Scott McConnell]], [[Charley Reese]], [[Paul Craig Roberts]], [[Steve Sailer]], and [[Clyde Wilson]]. The term has also been applied to the three key intellectuals in post-war conservatism: [[Russell Kirk]], [[Richard Weaver]], and [[Robert Nisbet]].

== See also ==

*[[Paleoconservatism Worldwide]]

==References==
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Paleoconservative

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PaleoCon:

'''Paleoconservative''' is a term that describes an academic or scholarly [[conservative]] who emphasizes religious heritage, national and Western identity, [[tradition]], [[civil society]] and classical [[federalism]], the importance of [[demographics]], and an anti-interventionist policy of [[Robert Taft]]. Paleoconservatives oppose [[illegal immigration]], [[communism]], [[authoritarianism]], [[social democracy]] and entitlement programs.

Many paleoconservatives identify themselves as "classical conservatives" and trace their philosophy to the [[Old Right]] [[Republicans]] of the interwar period, which helped keep the U.S. out of the [[United Nations|League of Nations]], reduce immigration with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, and oppose [[Franklin Roosevelt]]. They often look back even further, to [[Edmund Burke]], as well as the American anti-federalist movement that stretched from the days of [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[John C. Calhoun]].

==Etymology==
The term paleoconservative was first used by either [[Thomas Fleming]] or [[Paul Gottfried]] originally as a joke, with the "paleo" prefix meaning "old" in opposition to the "neo", or "new", conservatives. Even though the term was used by the paleoconservatives' enemies because they saw it as unflattering, it is now routinely used by both its proponents and its detractors.<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/12/08/what-the-heck-is-a-paleoconservative-and-why-you-should-care/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref>

Gottfried wrote in his entry to ''American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia'': "Paleoconservative" becomes a conceptual and political counterpoint to "neoconservative" in "The Conservative Movement" by Thomas Fleming and Paul Gottfried (1988). Here the term no longer refers merely to conservative traditionalists of the 1950s and 1960s, e.g., Southern Agrarians, Catholic anticommunists associated with "National Review", and Taft Republicans who rallied to the Cold War. Instead, the term is now applied to embattled conservatives who opposed the growing influence of anticommunist New Deal Democrats on the Reagan presidency and on the conservative movement on the 1980s."

==Philosophy==
Paleoconservatism "is distinguished by certain [[Philosophy|philosophical]] presumptions that differ markedly from the presumptions of [[neocon]]s and most modern conservatives."<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "What the Heck is a Paleoconservative and Why You Should Care" op cit.</ref>

Unlike most conservatives today, paleoconservatives are against the [[Iraq War]]. They are highly critical of the [[George W. Bush|Bush administration]] and the mainstream conservative movement. Paleoconservatism vocally distinguishes itself in its opposition to [[neoconservative|neoconservatism]]. However, what really sets them apart from other conservatives is much deeper than just policy: they generally reject the [[Enlightenment]] in whole or in part; they reject [[John Locke|Lockean]] "[[Social contract|contract theory]]" and the concept of "natural rights" outright. Dr. Donald Livingston, Professor of Philosophy at [[Emory University]], has argued that natural rights are a "philosophical superstition," and that "Whatever they might be, natural rights are universal and apply to all men. Further, they are known by reason, independent of any inherited moral tradition... It follows, therefore, that the doctrine of natural rights must be in a condition of permanent hostility to all inherited moral traditions. Any such tradition, no matter how noble the goods of excellence cultivated in it, can always be seen as violating ''someone's'' natural rights under some interpretation or another."<ref>'''Phillips, Dan''' "Understanding the Paleoconservative Perspective on Life" (2006) [http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/31/understanding-the-paleoconservative-perspective-on-life/ Intellectual Conservative]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref> Paleos strongly oppose American membership in the [[United Nations]].

Paleos agree with mainstream conservatives on issues like opposition to [[secularism]], [[abortion]] on demand and [[gay marriage]], while supporting capital punishment, handgun ownership and an original intent reading of the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Paleocons also often argue that modern managerial society is a threat to stable families.

=== Culture ===

Paleoconservatives differ from neoconservatives on [[immigration]], [[affirmative action]] and, unlike mainstream conservatives, paleos generally oppose [[miscegenation]] (multicultural integration). Paleoconservatives also question the supposition that [[European]] [[culture]] and mores can ever be transplanted or forced upon non-Western cultures, due to separate cultural heritages. As a result, paleocons are most distinctive in their emphatic opposition to open immigration by non-Europeans, and their general disapproval of U.S. intervention overseas for the purposes of exporting democracy.<ref>http://www.nationalinvestor.com/Experts-Lubinskas.htm</ref>

=== Religion ===

Paleoconservatives are [[Conservative Christianity|Conservative Christians]] in theology and oppose religious [[pluralism]]. They support orthodoxy of the [[doctrine]] within the respective denominations. They stress the importance of the need of America to return to its Christian Heritage.

=== Economy ===

Paleoconservatives support [[free market]] [[capitalism]], but many are ardent opponents of [[free trade]], citing disintegration of America's manufacturing base, and American dependance on imports. They strongly oppose all forms of [[socialism]] or [[communism]]. They seek to replace [[Federal Reserve System]] with a Constitutional monetary system, and in some cases, a return to the gold standard. They are deeply concerned with the United States' loans of large amounts of money from the [[World Bank]] and the huge trade deficit the country is experiencing. Unlike mainstream conservatives, paleos oppose the continuing US financial support of [[Israel]]. Like other conservatives, they emphasize the importance of creating jobs for the working class and the slashing of [[taxes]] and spending.

== Definitions ==

In the March 2004 edition of [[Chronicles (magazine)|''Chronicles'']] magazine, Samuel Francis defined paleoconservatism versus conservatism as: "What paleoconservatism tries to tell Americans is that the dominant forces in their society are no longer committed to conserving the traditions, institutions, and values that created and formed it, and, therefore, that those who are really conservative in any serious sense and wish to live under those traditions, institutions, and values need to oppose the dominant forces and form new ones."

Journalist Rod Dreher of the ''Dallas Morning News'' outlined what he called the "Crunchy Con Manifesto", which summarizes most paleoconservative principles:

*"We are conservatives who stand outside the conservative mainstream; therefore, we can see things that matter more clearly.
*Modern conservatism has become too focused on money, power, and the accumulation of stuff, and insufficiently concerned with the content of our individual and social character.
*Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.
*Culture is more important than politics and economics.
*A conservatism that does not practice restraint, humility, and good stewardship — especially of the [[Conservation|natural world]] — is not fundamentally conservative.
*Small, Local, Old, and Particular are almost always better than Big, Global, New, and Abstract.
*Beauty is more important than efficiency.
*The relentlessness of media-driven pop culture deadens our senses to authentic truth, beauty, and wisdom.
*We share Russell Kirk’s conviction that “the institution most essential to conserve is the family.”
*Politics and economics won’t save us; if our culture is to be saved at all, it will be by faithfully living by the [[Russell Kirk|Permanent Things]], conserving these ancient moral truths in the choices we make in our everyday lives."<ref>'''Dreher, Rod''' "A Crunchy Con Manifesto" [http://crunchycon.nationalreview.com/about/ National Review Online]. Accessed 26 December 2007.</ref>

The leading publications of the paleoconservatives includes ''[[The American Conservative]]'' and ''[[Chronicles (magazine)]].'' Perhaps the most well known paleoconservative is [[Patrick J. Buchanan]]. Other paleoconservatives include [[Peter Brimelow]], [[Thomas Fleming]], the late [[Samuel Francis]], [[Peter Hitchens]], [[William S. Lind]], [[Scott McConnell]], [[Charley Reese]], [[Paul Craig Roberts]], [[Steve Sailer]], and [[Clyde Wilson]]. The term has also been applied to the three key intellectuals in post-war conservatism: [[Russell Kirk]], [[Richard Weaver]], and [[Robert Nisbet]].

== See also ==

*[[Paleoconservatism Worldwide]]

==References==
<references/>
[[category:politics]]