Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr.: August 15, 1945 – August 20, 2008

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If you’ve been watching NFL Football this past weekend, you’ve probably noticed a black circle containing a cryptic “GU 63″ on the playing fields and on the players’ uniforms. The “GU” stands for Gene Upshaw (aka “Uptown Gene”), and the “63″ is the number on the jersey he wore for the Oakland Raiders as a guard during [...]

George Dennis Carlin: May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008

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“Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits.” – George Carlin In today’s world, for better or worse, any jerk with a keyboard and an internet connection can broadcast these words freely across the world wide web without the fear of repurcussion, but it wasn’t always this way. These were the Seven Dirty Words (You Can’t Say On [...]

John Charles Carter: October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008

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Moses. Ben-Hur. George Taylor. Detective Robert Thorn. “Armageddon” narrator. The Commissioner in “Any Given Sunday”. Civil Rights and NRA activist. Any way you slice it, Charlton Heston was a Man’s Man and he will be missed by those who understand what The Mantuary is all about. May he rest in peace.  “Political correctness is tyranny [...]