one warrior nation. we all remember the ultimate warrior right? that mysterious rope shaking adrenaline pumping wrestler who once defeated the indomitable hulk hogan? well, he's back on the public scene and now he's a political speaker. jim hellwig, who has now changed his legal name to warrior, was on tv the other day sharing his views on politics, life and philosophy. at first i was in disbelief. this gray haired old man was the ultimate warrior? but the caption said that the warrior was "former world wrestling federation champion" and nobody else would dare infringe upon that name so i had to believe. *rawr* the shocking thing was that the warrior was mad eloquent and intelligent. not to say that wrestlers can't be eloquent or intelligent but when you're used to seeing a guy body slamming folk, the last place you expect him to be is all up on your television screen preaching his conservatist beliefs. but as was pointed out, wrestlers are used to reading teleprompters and public speaking (yelling?) so they could, in some alternate universe, be excellent speakers.



the craziest thing was that i was feeling some of what the warrior had to say. he name dropped some rand, talking about how people should have a philosophy based on rational thought and not just some mish mash of crap pulled together into a churning hypocritical lifestyle. he addressed many issues that are facing young adults today and while i didn't listen to enough of the speech, the combination of his words and his past intrigued me enough to want to see what he had to say. so i'll have to keep my eye out for the warrior on cnn. the world is going crazy man.



are wrestlers as political pundits the newest thing?