Everything you didn't want to know about Chuck Norris and probably never asked.

[Shaolinlueb]

I stole this off of jaiyo.com where it was posted by the admin but who wouldnt want to share this. i laughed my ass off.

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.

When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.

Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.

Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't **** with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.

Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.

A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded.

Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.

To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.

The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".

Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"

The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His reasoning? It was more "humane".

Chuck Norris once went to a frat party, and proceeded to roundhouse every popped collar in sight. He then drank three kegs and **** on their floor, just because he's Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips from "Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of Norris having sex with Conan's wife.

If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

Before each filming of Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris is injected with five times the lethal dose of elephant tranquilzer. This is, of course, to limit his strength and mobility, in an attempt to lower the fatality rate of the actors he fights.

Chuck Norris took my virginity, and he will sure as hell take yours. If you're thinking to yourself, "That's impossible, I already lost my virginity.", then you are dead wrong.

One of the greatest cover-ups of the last century was the fact that Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker, but was in fact tea-bagged to death by Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris punched a woman in the vagina when she didn't give him exact change.

Chuck Norris once tried to sue Burger King after they refused to put razor wire in his Whopper Jr., insisting that that actually is "his" way.

Hellen Keller's favorite color is Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris frequently signs up for beginner karate classes, just so he can "accidentally" beat the **** out of little kids.

When Chuck Norris's wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, "Don't worry about it honey," and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, "Never question Chuck Norris."

Chuck Norris doesnt see dead people. He makes people dead.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

Sixteen Things You Didn't Know About Chuck Norris!
Body: Sixteen Things You Didn't Know About Chuck Norris!

1. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad He has never cried.

2. When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail, His family does not die from
cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also
requires no wagon, since He carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat
on
His back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

3. Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead
decided to punch His way out of His mother's womb. Shortly thereafter
He
grew a beard.

4. Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell His urine as a canned
beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.

5. Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the
JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with His
beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.

6. Chuck Norris sold His soul to the Devil in exchange for rugged good
looks
and
unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was
finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the Devil in the face and took His
soul back. Satan, impressed, couldn't stay mad and
admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every
second
Wednesday of the month.

7. The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck
Norris--more than meets the eye... Chuck Norris--robot in disguise,"
and
starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the Earth from
drug-dealing Decepticons and who could turn into a pick-up truck. This
was
far too
much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.

8. Chuck Norris was the fourth Wise Man. He brought baby Jesus the gift
of "beard", which Jesus wore proudly to his dying day. The other Wise
Men,
jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined
influence
to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly thereafter all three died
roundhouse kick-related deaths.

9. A man once asked Chuck Norris if His real name is "Charles". Chuck
Norris did not respond; He simply stared at the man until he exploded.

10. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

11. Chuck Norris took my virginity, and He will sure as hell take
yours.
If you're thinking to yourself, "That's impossible, I already lost my
virginity," then you are dead wrong.

12. Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips
from "Walker: Texas Ranger". He is now working on a way to make it
show
clips of Himself having sex with Conan O'Brien's wife.

13. The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

14. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming "Law" and "Order" are
trademarked names for His left and right legs.

15. After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb
on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His
reasoning? It was more "humane".

16. If you can see Chuck Norris, He can see you. If you can't see Chuck
Norris, you may be seconds away from death.


..... from this dudes myspace thing: http://www.myspace.com/primordialpurity

[Ou Ji]

Man, he's better than Sensei Andy, Judy Grandmaster!

Okay, if Sensei Andy, Judo Grandmaster and Chuck Norris fought who would win and why?












Help me, I'm being pulled into the wasteland!

[gwa sow]

thats awsome, funny as hell

[hung-le]

what happen Chuck Norris kick your ass

[Royal Dragon]

Okay, if Sensei Andy, Judo Grandmaster and Chuck Norris fought who would win and why?


Reply]
Chuck would win by KO with a "Spin reverse Kick" to the head 8 seconds into the first round.

Why? Becasue he's Chuck of course!

[IronFist]

There's one of those lists for Vin Diesel, too. It's hilarious.

[Lohanhero]

for those that are interested as i was when hearing about the Vin version...

Vin Diesel was taught to play the spoons by a reclusive and grizzled Chevy Chase.

Vin Diesel can not distinguish between babies and bagels.

In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Vin Diesel could use to kill you, including the room itself.

Vin Diesel is shadowed by an team of North Korean scientists who religiously collected every hair, skin flake, and speck of matter that dislodges itself from his body.

Green kryptonite makes Vin Diesel sick, red kryptonite makes him turn evil, and blue kryptonite makes him insatiably hungry for PEZ.

Vin Diesel is unable to speak. He simply moves his mouth and telepathy does the rest.

Vin Diesel was constructed out of seventeen cordless electrical drills, fourteen miles of silver duct tape and a dead rabbit.

One day Vin Diesel walked into a Wal-Mart Supercenter. His steps caused there to be an avalanche of falling prices burying numerous store employees.

Vin Diesel is the only human being to have gone through the heat pasturization process.

Vin Diesel records alternate audio-commentaries for every DVD he watches; they will all be released to the public on The Day of Reckoning

Vin Diesel can be linked to Kevin Bacon in 0 degrees, despite not being Kevin Bacon.

Vin Diesel routinely sends nail bombs to the head of the Food and Drug Administration. No one is sure why.

Not only can Vin Diesel comprehend the concept of infinity, he can write it as a multiple of pi.

[IronFist]

I saw two that said something like:

Vin Diesel is one of 7 people legally allowed to divide by zero.

and

When Vin Diesel jumps in a body of water he does not get wet. The water gets Vin instead.

rofl!

[Lohanhero]

hahaha last one you said has to be the winner!

[splinter]

Chuck has nothing on Bruce:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee

And for a slightly more extensive version of the list posted above:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris

[Lohanhero]

MacGyver actually built the suit that Darth Vader wears. The suit is made from toilet paper, a glass bottle and shavings from Chuck Norris' beard.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i didnt think chuck trimmed his beard.

i thought he just willed it to stay manly.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

.... chuck squeezes live cows into beef jerky before killing bulls in a single punch.

mmmm .... beef jerkey.

[bodhitree]

17th thing
He is GAY!!!!!!!!
:rolleyes:

[Lohanhero]

well since Chuck is THE man, it does make sence others would want him and his manly beard... about chuck never triming his beard.. perhaps McGyver secretly cut the manly beard with his swiss army knife, while Chuck was squishing cows! :P

[Wong Fei Hong]

I heard chuck norris had sex with himself because he was so good looking and he then separated in to two parts, chuck norris and chuck lidell, one was the celebrity we all know who is on tv and the other part was fighting counterpart he separated himself into .

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i heard chuck fu cked my mother.

gawd he's pimp.

[Iron_Eagle_76]

Joe Piscopo: "I want to see how good you really are"

Chuck: "You're only gonna see it once, Stone"

[bigdoing]

Chuck Norris used to pull up by my apartment in a white rolls royce in the early 8o's....i lived in torrance, ca.....he used to roll up and pick up this "****tly little blonde" thats what my mom told me on later in life after I found out it was chuck norris...this is true...I said "hi" to chuck norris......he really was pimp with a white rolls royce....

[yutyeesam]

He's being revered as a camp classic, which he is, but it's getting a lot of attention somewhat recently.

Here's some more:
http://www.funlol.com/funpages/more-chuck-norris.html

Shaolinlueb posted these already:
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com

Conan O'Brien has a Walker Texas Ranger lever on his show (one pull and out comes a clip of Chuck Norris kicking arse).

I DON'T GET IT. But I like it.

I remember back in the 80's he said he wanted to appeal to a wider audience, so he took the hand gun approach. And then, in 1986 when he came out with Firewalker with Lou Gossett Jr., he said he wanted to get back to his roots and feature more martial arts.

[Shaolinlueb]

i think most of it is these kids that never grew up with him. i remember his cartoon and his shows and the old school chuck. hes the 80s white amrtial artist and i guess they think its funny.

i have no idea. either.

[Vash]

Chuck Norris is not so much a thing as an Act of God. That Act, of course, being the Bringing of Pain.

[GeneChing]

I was falling asleep and I had the volumne down real low, but it was some kind of music video sort of thing - 'young chuck norris' - its' was mildly amusing.

Check out what the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200282_pf.html) has to say...:rolleyes:

[yutyeesam]

Interesting article, Gene. Now the "real" question: I wonder if Chuck-mania is going to do anything for the martial arts industry? You know, every time there's an iconic MA celeb, it does help the MA industry. My guess is that it will not, and be "Chucked" up there with the same effect that realultimatepower.net had on the MA industry - practically nothing, except for one more thing to mock it for. (don't get me wrong, I love it, and think it rules! but it doesn't exactly inspire me to practice, only flipping out)

-123

[JamesC]

HAHA! Flipping out...

[GeneChing]

...is begining to remind me a lot of Napoleon Dynamite. Was that good for martial arts? At first I thought it was, but now I have my doubts...

[Brad]

Anyone seen this yet? :D
http://www.4q.cc/index.php?pid=fact&person=chuck

[tug]

:p ROFLMAO THAT WAS CHUCKING HILARIOUS!!!!!!

[GeneChing]

I just saw him. He was at Gracie vs. Shamrock (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40708).

[GreenCloudCLF]

http://hallpass.com/media/chucknorris.htmlhttp://hallpass.com/media/chucknorris.html

Eat ninajs hearts for health...

blood and violence...

good stuff

[jethro]

In the 80's he spent 5 months working at jiffy lube, and whenever there was a dissatisfied customer they could have one tug at his chest hair. H:mad: e hasn't grown it back since so BACK OFF of him!

[greendragon]

If you have not seen this you must check it out. www.chucknorrisfacts.com

[bodhitree]

There was a thread like that here, but the site is much more awesome.

[GeneChing]

I wasn't sure where to post this. Perhaps this isn't the most appropriate place, but here it is:

Marine leader, actors recognize a few (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/BF7EE55C108942328525721C00436396?opendocument)
Nov. 4, 2006; Submitted on: 11/04/2006 07:16:04 AM ; Story ID#: 20061147164
By Lance Cpl. Ben Eberle, 1st Marine Logistics Group

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Nov. 4, 2006) -- A military promotion can be an honorable and memorable experience.

But how many service members can say they’ve been promoted by a four-star general?

It’s a relatively short list.

How about a four-star general, an actor who brawled with Patrick Swayze and a career martial artist/cultural icon with a propensity for roundhouse kicks? Even the grandkids might have trouble believing that one.

Corporals John W. Wright and Lazaro A. Castillo, intelligence specialists with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and Cpl. Romel M. Estremadura, a member of the 1st MLG Personal Security Detachment, earned these bragging rights and their present rank during a special promotion ceremony here Nov. 2.

Gen. Robert Magnus, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, along with action stars Marshall Teague and Chuck Norris, joined a military formation of 20 service members to promote the three Marines.

Magnus administered their oaths of enlistment and handed out the Marines’ promotion certificates before speaking to the crowd.

“Most of the Marines standing before us joined in the middle of a lethal war,” said Magnus, referring to the entire formation. “You should all be proud.

“What you’re doing is giving (the Iraqis) a chance, an opportunity. Most of you are rotating home, but the Iraqis are not going anywhere, they are home. You are helping them take back their own country, and they appreciate it.”

Magnus alluded to a conversation he had with Maj. Gen. Tariq Abdul Wahab Jasim, commander of the 1st Iraqi Army Division.

“General Tariq said you are all humanitarians, an interesting choice of words... but what he meant is that you are giving all of yourselves on behalf of his people,” Magnus explained.

“I’ve never been prouder in 37 years than I am right now standing among the likes of you,” he added. Magnus received his commission in 1969, seven years after Norris, 66, completed his fourth year in the Air Force.

Norris was a military police officer and took his first martial arts class while deployed to South Korea. For one of the recently promoted Marines, pinning on his new rank at the hands of a childhood hero seemed a fitting honor.

“I grew up watching ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ with my dad – we still watch reruns,” said Wright, a 21-year-old from Malakoff, Texas. He started laughing. “I guess it’s a Texas thing.”

Some pix:
Chuck Norris, a career martial artist and actor, shakes hands with Gunnery Sgt. John C. Pollack, intelligence chief for Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/200611483946?opendocument)
Action stars Chuck Norris and Marshall Teague visit service members in Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, and take part in promoting Cpl. Lazaro A. Castillo, an intelligence specialist with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/200611483034?opendocument)

[jethro]

Yeah, this seems like a good spot to put it I guess but it is odd seeing Chuck without Christie Brinkley.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Did he discover God and Jesus or something? What is the deal with all the Devin intervention/faith healing themes on his show?

[Shaolinlueb]

if you talk ill about chuck norriss be prepared to take a round house kick to the head.

[boshea]

Did he discover God and Jesus or something? What is the deal with all the Devin intervention/faith healing themes on his show?

Here are some Chuck Norris facts (http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/), with some of his responses (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567).

Hope that helps to clear it up! :p

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

LOL!!!

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

[boshea]

LOL!!!


Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

Yea, I had to think about that one for a second.

[SaintSage]

But yeah, Chuck Norris is a born-again Christian.

[sanjuro_ronin]

But yeah, Chuck Norris is a born-again Christian.

Impossible, Chuck is God.

[lostdragon]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c7-Qs_th7G8

[sanjuro_ronin]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c7-Qs_th7G8

:D:D:D

Chuck Norris IS the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse !!

[GreenCloudCLF]

The Chuck is involved in an oragnization that attempts to get bibles into public schools...I am not happy with the Chuck.

[bodhitree]

chuck norris jokes are so 2006.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I think it's time Gene Crotch Kicks Chuck Norris to show him who's really the boss!!


They say the only reason Chuck Norris is allowed to have so much power is because Gene is too preoccupied with eating Nachos with his Nacho sauce covered Ninjetts! :D

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Reply]
I KNEW IT!!! He's been corrupted by a WOMAN!!!! Oh the Shame!!! If even Chuck Norris can be corrupted by a woman, what hope is there for the rest of us?!?! :(

If your whole life is spent trying to make money and you neglect the people important in your life, you will create an emptiness deep in your heart and soul. I know. I fell into that trap. I dedicated my whole life to fame and fortune. I had a huge hole in my heart and was miserable until I met my wife, Gena, who brought me back to the Lord.

[HOKPAIWES]

Chuck Norris had awsome body and shoulder hair duiring the 70's, like carpet.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLO1YIWQuXE

[BruceSteveRoy]

if you talk ill about chuck norriss be prepared to take a round house kick to the head.

don't give him false hope. there is no way to prepare for a chuck norris roundhouse kick.

[sanjuro_ronin]

The Chuck is involved in an oragnization that attempts to get bibles into public schools...I am not happy with the Chuck.

Chuck doesn't care.

[BruceSteveRoy]

Chuck Norris had awsome body and shoulder hair duiring the 70's, like carpet.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLO1YIWQuXE

yeah its a close call between who has more body hair CN or the kitten on the wall. i really like how he has the hair collar. like he waxed his back but didn't bother getting the top so that he could connect the two shoulder patches. adre arlovski had that same look in some of his earlier UFC fights. i can't imagine how he thought that would be a good idea.

[FuXnDajenariht]

not in the least work safe.

but i found it mildly amusing. :D

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2866688

[PaiLumDreamer]

Ive just started using Chuck Norris Toilet Paper, and ive found my roundhouse kicks to the head have improved 10 fold. Coincidence? I think not.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I started using Chuck Norris Toilet paper and noticed that when I do push-ups, I don't move up, I am now pushing the earth Down!! :D

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Also, I no longer have to read posts...I now stare them down until they give me the information I want! :p

[FuXnDajenariht]

lmao!

.... :D good ****

[mambi]

this country has been great to me .Ive been able to get material things and left mostly to make choices but primarily its a place to make money and sell waht you can Again dont make as simple as I appear to be making it but nothing is more important than money. Ironic , we accused the commies of materialism and not beliving in anything of the spirit.. Baseball bib bery good to me!

[Becca]

WTF?????? What did any of that have to do with Chuck Norris? Or puntuation? I'm a horrible speller, so I can generally read the worst spelling, but misplacing the spaces that should come after a period is really distracting...

[mambi]

Cant aford tha pace ang I fine most puntuation superfluose as I do phonies like chuckie.. Is it true he owns Da cheese?

[mambi]

PS What the hells in Colorado anyway? Unemployed English majors?

[Becca]

PS What the hells in Colorado anyway? Unemployed English majors?
Nope, just super-flouss. My spelling would be better if I majored in English.:D

Chuck is no phonie? Would the producers of "Walker, Texas Ranger" have let him "sing" in the theame song if they weren't under threat of being roundhouse kick to the moon? They could have gotten a better song with an Idol reject.:p

[stonewarrior67]

Is This The Kung Fu Forum Or Knitting Class? So What If Chuck Is Born Again? Good For Him And The Rest Of Ya Get Off Your Lazy Keisters And Do Some Chi-kung Or Something And Let People Who Would Like To Read And Talk About Kung Fu On This kung Fu Forum do So Without Your Deep Annoying Insights Into Chuck Norris. Thanks.

[Becca]

No one made you read this thread. It does say it's a "Chuck Norris" topic right in the title.:rolleyes:


Now go away; you are ruining the flow of our OT topic.:D

[stonewarrior67]

No one made you read this thread. It does say it's a "Chuck Norris" topic right in the title.:rolleyes:


Now go away; you are ruining the flow of our OT topic.:D

HEY TARD THIS IS A KUNG FU FORUM. NOW, YOU GO AWAY AND PUT DOWN YOUR DIET COKE AND SLAB OF CAKE AND GO DO YOUR RICHARD SIMMONS TAPE.

[Becca]

Ooooo, riled the newb. Or lurker; can't tell by the post count. FYI, not everything on the main board is spacifically "Kung Fu" related. And I can be enough of a troll to egg on people who think POSTING ALL IN CAPS is a good way to express themselves. Consider that fair warning. :)

[stonewarrior67]

LURKER, CAPS, TROLLS, EGG THING? I DONT KNOW ANY OF THAT STUFF. I JUST FIGURED OUT HOW YOU KNEW HOW MANY POSTS I HAD:mad: (MY FIRST SMILEY). BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN AND I JUST KNEW IF I CAME BACK HERE YOU'D HAVE THE LAST WORD. YOU CANT HELP IT AND I EXPECT MORE. OK SO IT'S A LOOSE KINDA THING HERE WHERE ANY SUBJECT IS ENCOUNTERED. I STAND CORRECTED ON THAT BUT WHO CARES IF CHUCK IS A CHRISTIAN NOW ANY HOO?
I SAW THAT JOHN S WANG AND OTHERS THAT I KNOW ARE THE REAL DEAL POSTED HERE AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE BOARD TO BE APART OF.
DID YOU LIKE THE DIET POP AND CAKE THING? MY SISTERS ALL USED TO BE ON THAT "DIET"....SORRY ABOUT THE TARD THING TOO.
SW

[mambi]

Hell the guy had electrolisys or was it nair? Walker Texas Ranger was an embarasment ( cant spell that G D word either) to M.A though he did look cute in the hat and chaps..life is tough.let the man find solace if he can even if its simplistic. About Chucki Cheese ? is it true it comes from the gonads of a sperm whale?

[bodhitree]

stonewarrior67

There is no need for a newer member to start disrespecting people here. Consider yourself warned, this behavior will not be tolerated.

[bodhitree]

LURKER, CAPS, TROLLS, EGG THING? I DONT KNOW ANY OF THAT STUFF. I JUST FIGURED OUT HOW YOU KNEW HOW MANY POSTS I HAD:mad: (MY FIRST SMILEY). BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN AND I JUST KNEW IF I CAME BACK HERE YOU'D HAVE THE LAST WORD. YOU CANT HELP IT AND I EXPECT MORE. OK SO IT'S A LOOSE KINDA THING HERE WHERE ANY SUBJECT IS ENCOUNTERED. I STAND CORRECTED ON THAT BUT WHO CARES IF CHUCK IS A CHRISTIAN NOW ANY HOO?
I SAW THAT JOHN S WANG AND OTHERS THAT I KNOW ARE THE REAL DEAL POSTED HERE AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE BOARD TO BE APART OF.
DID YOU LIKE THE DIET POP AND CAKE THING? MY SISTERS ALL USED TO BE ON THAT "DIET"....SORRY ABOUT THE TARD THING TOO.
SW


I now see your apology, sorry for giving you an infraction.

[Becca]

Hell the guy had electrolisys or was it nair? Walker Texas Ranger was an embarasment ( cant spell that G D word either) to M.A though he did look cute in the hat and chaps..life is tough.let the man find solace if he can even if its simplistic. About Chucki Cheese ? is it true it comes from the gonads of a sperm whale?
LOL! True. I actually enjoyed that show. But then, I enjoy a good "B" movie, too. I'm one of those peeps that laugh my head off at movies like Lake Placid, and TV shows like Walker, Texas Ranger. Actual comedys usually bore me. Unless it's Eddie I.;):D

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

First, "Lake Placid" was awesome!! not for the giant crock, but more for the way the characters related, especially the Sheriff and the Crock expert!!

My favorite line in the whole movie

Crock expert to Sheriff "Yeah, well...they normally conceal information like that in...books" :p


As for this

There is no need for a newer member to start disrespecting people here. Consider yourself warned, this behavior will not be tolerated.

Reply]
That is right ******!!! only the longtime seasoned members are allowed to disrespect each other!!!!!

[stonewarrior67]

uh, i have been here since 2004 and before that under i was a member here also under stonewarrior but my account was deleated due to inactivity.

[Becca]

"Now remember, you promised not to hurt me if I cut you down..."

"I lied."

I was never actually convinced this movie was ment to be a thriller. There's just too much funny stuff to let the freeky parts be freeky. Like the head flying out at the conservationist chick. That might have been creepy if she hadn't followed the chick-scream with "Why do all the flying heads have to hit me?" or words to that effect. You just can't get creeped out if your giggling...;)

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Yeah, I agree. That movie was about the wacky way the characters related to eachother. The dangerous Giant Crock was just the backdrop for the setting.

"I'm rooting for the Crock, I hope he eats your friends!" :D

[mambi]

The Hat was always to big anyway..

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

The Ten Gallon hat has been turned up to *Eleven* :p

[mambi]

confucionus say: "shave your back and head go bald therefore to cross to the other side row with one hand clapping........."

[Shaolin Wookie]

Reply]


If your whole life is spent trying to make money and you neglect the people important in your life, you will create an emptiness deep in your heart and soul. I know. I fell into that trap. I dedicated my whole life to fame and fortune. I had a huge hole in my heart and was miserable until I met my wife, Gena, who brought me back to the Lord.

Meanwhile, poor people are immersed in all the people important in their lives, and get so full of the love and smother in heart and soul, that they just want more money so they can get the hell out and find some of that deep emptiness and some GD peace and quiet.


And a really sweet car.:D

[Mr Punch]

Chuck Norris found God. So God went deeper into hiding. :D

Some silly boys. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=cqNbNMRWu_8)

[mambi]

The holy trinity" Right jab, left hook and a kick to the groin" By the way. Eric Clapton is God( at least he used to play for him)

[GeneChing]

...Chuck found Mountain Dew (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1wNxr9Sqg).

[jethro]

Has anyone ever seen Conan Obrien's Walker lever? I wish he would bring it back cause it was the funniest sh!t ever.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CYIXkgtPG8o
http://youtube.com/watch?v=izSt248PQlk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ww9OhaxDHJ8&mode=related&search=


"Alright, get outta here":D:D

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_hMq-JUOE&NR=1

[Xiao3 Meng4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdD54rG9oQA

Enjoy. :D

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4QgK_xEfE&NR=1

[Mr Punch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPjQlkkhDcI:D

[bodhitree]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V22INb7H1sI&mode=related&search=

[GeneChing]

Is Chuck working on another movie? He should. He really should.


1 presidential candidate gets secret weapon – Chuck Norris (http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58268)
WND columnist announces his endorsement for White House in 2008
Posted: October 21, 2007
8:20 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

WASHINGTON – One presidential candidate gets a secret weapon today – the unabashed and unreserved endorsement of Chuck Norris.

You might think it would be fellow actor Fred Thompson, late of "Law & Order." After all, not only do they have the entertainment industry connection in common, but it's been said Norris was suing NBC, claiming 'Law & Order' are the names of his left and right legs."

You might think it would be Hillary Clinton, because Chuck Norris' tear allegedly could create enough liquidity to nationalize health care.

Or, you might think it would be Ron Paul, because he wants to replace the entire Department of Homeland Security with Chuck Norris.

But if those were your guesses, you'd be wrong about who Chuck Norris is officially endorsing for president today in his exclusive column for WND.

It's not even one of the media-anointed front-runners – at least he wasn't a front-runner before this development.

It's former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee

"Though Giuliani might be savvy enough to lead people, Fred Thompson wise enough to wade through the tides of politics, McCain tough enough to fight terrorism, and Romney business-minded enough to grow our economy, I believe the only one who has all of the characteristics to lead America forward into the future is ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee," Chuck Norris writes today.

Find out all the reasons America's real-life super hero is championing Huckabee.

Chuck Norris has been writing his weekly column exclusively for WND since Oct. 23, 2006. The star of "Walker: Texas Ranger" and some of the biggest action pictures ever, Chuck Norris has talking to a new generation these days as part of an Internet craze for one-liners usually labeled not as jokes but as "facts."

Here are some samples:

* "Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there."
* "They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn't tough enough for Chuck's beard."
* "Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink."
* "Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming that 'Law & Order' are the names of his left and right legs."
* "Chuck Norris sleeps with a night-light because the dark is afraid of him."
* "Superman owns a pair of Chuck Norris pajamas."
* "There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live."
* "When Chuck Norris does push-ups, he doesn't push himself up. He pushes the Earth down."
* "When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris."

(You can contribute your favorite Chuck Norris Laughlines in the exclusive WND Forum.)

There are some 40,000 of these jokes, er, "facts" floating around the Net.

Chuck Norris' career began, not in movies, television or in the world of Internet trivia. The man who has employed martial arts in so many of his pictures first came to the world's attention as a real-life martial arts star. He was a six-time undefeated World Professional MiddleWeight Karate Champion. He was also a renowned teacher in the martial arts, with celebrity students including Steve McQueen, Bob Barker, Priscilla Presley and Donnie and Marie Osmond.

He has gone on to found the United Fighting Arts Federation with over 2,300 black belts all over the world. In 1997, Norris achieved another milestone in his life by being the first man ever in the Western Hemisphere to be awarded an eighth-degree Black Belt Grand Master recognition in the Tae Kwon Do system. This was a first in 4,500 years of tradition.

Norris is also a powerboat racer. In 1991, he and his team won the World Offshore Powerboat championship.

Then he went on to setting a new world record by racing a 38-foot Scarab boat 605 miles across the Great Lakes, from Chicago to Detroit, in 12 hours and 8 minutes.

In 1988, Norris wrote his autobiography, "The Secret of Inner Strength," which became a New York Times best seller. He followed up a few years later with a second book, "The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems."

Asked how he would like to be remembered, Norris answered as a humanitarian. Here are some his efforts on that score:

* As spokesman for United Way, his eight-minute commercial helped bring in over $2 billion.
* Veterans Administration spokesman, visiting V.A. hospitals and speaking with World War II, Korean and Vietnam War veterans – including one from World War I.
* Actively involved with the Make A Wish Foundation for 29 years.
* He has won the Jewish Humanitarian Man of the Year Award.

For Norris, however, the most rewarding accomplishment was the creation of his Kick-Start Foundation. With the help of President Bush, he implemented a program teaching the martial arts to 150 high-risk children at M.C. Williams Middle School in Houston, Texas, as part of the school curriculum. The program was so successful in helping to instill discipline and respect in the kids, as well as getting them out of gangs, that the program is now in 30 schools with more than 4,200 young boys and girls actively participating.

Norris and his wife, Gena, last year joined the board of directors of the National Council on Bible Curriculum In Public Schools with the quest of helping students understand the Bible's impact on history and literature. Both Norrises are featured in a popular television public service announcement that encourages citizens to bring the Bible back to America's public schools as an available elective course of study. The announcements are aired on several national networks.

The Norris announcements inform viewers that they can call the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools to receive information on how any citizen can help their local school board implement the NCBCPS curriculum. Already this year a record 49 new school districts have decided to offer "The Bible in History and Literature" course. Nationwide, 370 school districts have approved the course for use in over 1,350 schools in 37 states. More than 93 percent of school boards approached with the curriculum have voted to implement it, and the NCBCPS materials have never been legally challenged.

WND was the commentary forum that first launched David Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and others, including Farah, into national syndication. It also recently launched weekly columns by "Ten Commandments" Judge Roy Moore, Home School Legal Defense Association founder Michael Farris and entertainer Pat Boone.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Ah Chuck....

He should run for office, Chuck and Arnold !

Vote for them or get your ass kicked !

[GeneChing]

Tough meets Classy? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mg8EMmOWQI&eurl=http://www.digg.com/lbv.php?id=3816655&ord=1)

I drive a Honda. :rolleyes:

[sanjuro_ronin]

Tough meets Classy? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mg8EMmOWQI&eurl=http://www.digg.com/lbv.php?id=3816655&ord=1)

I drive a Honda. :rolleyes:

ROTFLMAO !!!!

Only Chuck !

[GeneChing]

Jackie used to pitch Mitsubishi. In fact, his '95 flick Thunderbolt was basically a huge ad for Mitsubishi. Chuck is eating Jackie's exhaust. Arnie's too if you cont the Hummer. I wonder what car Bruce would have pitched?

[doug maverick]

mustang shelby

[boshea]

Jackie used to pitch Mitsubishi. In fact, his '95 flick Thunderbolt was basically a huge ad for Mitsubishi. Chuck is eating Jackie's exhaust. Arnie's too if you cont the Hummer. I wonder what car Bruce would have pitched?

So, was Jackie Chan's role in the movie The Cannonball Run an ad for Subaru?

By some terrible misfortune I saw that movie again recently. It must have been on TV and I must have had absolutely nothing better to do. I honestly can't remember. It is one of the stupidest movies I have ever suffered through, and by that I mean all of the intentional humor was just not even remotely funny. However, it had a number of humorous elements that I don't think were meant to be funny (or even recognized). For example, Jackie Chan and Michael Hui played the two Japanese racers driving a Subaru. Of course they are both Chinese, and the funny thing is throughout the entire movie they were speaking Chinese, peppered with random Japan-isms such as "Bonzai!"

[Shaolinlueb]

So, was Jackie Chan's role in the movie The Cannonball Run an ad for Subaru?

By some terrible misfortune I saw that movie again recently. It must have been on TV and I must have had absolutely nothing better to do. I honestly can't remember. It is one of the stupidest movies I have ever suffered through, and by that I mean all of the intentional humor was just not even remotely funny. However, it had a number of humorous elements that I don't think were meant to be funny (or even recognized). For example, Jackie Chan and Michael Hui played the two Japanese racers driving a Subaru. Of course they are both Chinese, and the funny thing is throughout the entire movie they were speaking Chinese, peppered with random Japan-isms such as "Bonzai!"


i thought those were mitsubishi's. i know in the 2nd one it was a mitsu.

[boshea]

i thought those were mitsubishi's. i know in the 2nd one it was a mitsu.

In the first one it was a Subaru GL hatchback, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_%28film%29#The_Race). I didn't see the second movie.

I just noticed that in the Trivia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_%28film%29#Trivia) section of that article, they claim that the Japanese/Cantonese language mixup must have been deliberate and not a glaring oversight. I'm not so confident! Supposedly Jackie Chan was upset when he found out that he was cast to play a Japanese person.

[MasterKiller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYv2YW6azE

LOL. More politicians should have a sense of humor.

[Dragonzbane76]

HAHA yeah wish a lot more had that kind of sense of humor.

[cjurakpt]

and here I thought Chuck was an anti-NRA, pro-taxation Liberal pluralist...what a let down!

[Shaolin Wookie]

Now, I'm in no way advocating the Presidential bid of Mike Huckabee, (what with the fact he was one of three senators that admitted he doesn't think evolution is real, and the fact he's running for the Right [and it's religious feelings like his that can wreak havoc with the Right's advocacy]), but he has the coolest ad campaign right now.

He's sitting in front of the camera, and asks something like: "What is a focus of my campaign? To protect America's borders. How am I going to do it? Two words: Chuck Norris."

And then they pan out a little and you see Chuck sitting there next to him......LOL........

I swear, it's Chucky's religious feelings that get him on Huckabee's bus, but that's another issue.

I say we get Cung Le for the Left.....I don't know his politics, I just hope his appearance on that episode of Walker: Texas Ranger didn't corrupt him.

We could stage a battle for the presidency via duel, using the seconds. I'd put my money on Cung. Chuck ain't got nothing on this Le, either.;)



BTW...saw the ad on CNN. There's apparently a couple of them on Youtube. I'm at work so I can't retrieve 'em. Search ChuchHuckFacts, or something like that....LOL......can't wait to see the rest.

[MasterKiller]

http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39196

I sense a thread merge in your future.

[SaintSage]

Now, I'm in no way advocating the Presidential bid of Mike Huckabee, (what with the fact he was one of three senators that admitted he doesn't think evolution is real, and the fact he's running for the Right [and it's religious feelings like his that can wreak havoc with the Right's advocacy]), but he has the coolest ad campaign right now.

He's sitting in front of the camera, and asks something like: "What is a focus of my campaign? To protect America's borders. How am I going to do it? Two words: Chuck Norris."

And then they pan out a little and you see Chuck sitting there next to him......LOL........

I swear, it's Chucky's religious feelings that get him on Huckabee's bus, but that's another issue.

I say we get Cung Le for the Left.....I don't know his politics, I just hope his appearance on that episode of Walker: Texas Ranger didn't corrupt him.

We could stage a battle for the presidency via duel, using the seconds. I'd put my money on Cung. Chuck ain't got nothing on this Le, either.;)



BTW...saw the ad on CNN. There's apparently a couple of them on Youtube. I'm at work so I can't retrieve 'em. Search ChuchHuckFacts, or something like that....LOL......can't wait to see the rest.

While I don't support Huckabee for president, at least we know where he stands. He pretty firmly says what he believes and there isn't a whole lot of moving around. That's something you don't see very often.

[Shaolin Wookie]

So what are you saying? Knifefighter '08?:eek:

[Takuan]

I remember seeing a Cung Le video documentary, he prays before every fight.

Wanderlei Silva 08!

[BoulderDawg]

As much as I'm the politcal opposite of Chuck Norris and Mike Huckabee I like that commercial. I think it's funny, witty and will do nothing but win him votes.

As I've said before, I could really care less who the next prez is, it I had my choice it would be Kuchinic, but I do like to talk about it. Right now I think Huckabee is the best(maybe the only) chance that the Republicans have.

If I was Mayor Rudy or Romney I would take this man very seriously.

[Yao Sing]

Don't be swayed by fancy advertising. Non of them are worth crap and each one will put us deeper in the sheet. Only way out is Ron Paul.

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

[BlueTravesty]

Will It Blend: Chuck Norris (http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=chuck)

Everything Blends. Except Chuck.

[GeneChing]

what is it with american martial arts movie stars?


Creators to Distribute Op-Ed Column by Chuck Norris (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003682711)

By E&P Staff

Published: December 07, 2007 12:20 PM ET

NEW YORK The political-commentary column by former TV and action-movie star Chuck Norris will be distributed by Creators Syndicate starting Jan. 14.

Norris, 67, is a born-again Christian conservative who recently endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

The columnist, a martial-arts expert who holds an eighth-degree black belt in karate, is known for his "Walker, Texas Ranger" TV series as well as movies such as "The Delta Force" and "Firewalker."

[GeneChing]

Chuck could totally pull a Schwarzenegger and enter politics now.


McCain too old, says martial arts star (http://www.currentargus.com/ci_8029326)
By The Denver Post
Article Launched: 01/21/2008 01:00:00 AM MST

NAVASOTA, Texas — Campaigning for Mike Huckabee, actor Chuck Norris said Sunday that Sen. John McCain is too old to handle the pressures of being president.

"I didn't pick John to support because I'm just afraid that the vice president would wind up taking over his job in that four-year presidency," said Norris, who was hosting a fundraiser for Huckabee at his Lone Wolf Ranch.

"So we need to find someone that can handle it for four years or eight years . . . that has the youth and vision and communication skills to make that work."

Norris, 67, is four years younger than McCain, who will be 72 in August. Huckabee is 52.

[GeneChing]

I swear on a jug on nacho sauce.

Martial arts star kicks his way into the political limelight (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/story/0,,2243877,00.html)
Paul Harris
Sunday January 20, 2008
The Observer

The presidential primaries have thrown up almost constant shocks and surprises. But there is one thing that stunned everyone in politics: the unexpected impact of Chuck Norris.

Of course, as many TV villains can testify, no one ever sees Chuck Norris coming. Or at least not until it's too late. Then he kicks you in the face. Yet to the amazement of pundits everywhere, Norris has transformed the Republican race. The actor and martial arts expert helped bring conservative candidate Mike Huckabee to a wider audience. It also marked Norris's arrival as a political force.

Norris endorsed Huckabee late last year in a video posted on YouTube, which became an enormous hit at a time when Huckabee's campaign could hardly afford TV advertising. Since then, he has campaigned tirelessly for Huckabee and Huckabee has returned the compliment by citing Norris as part of his trademark folksy campaign speech. It worked, too. When Huckabee won the Iowa caucus, they saw Norris standing right beside him.

Nor has Norris's influence lessened as Huckabee has gone on to be a major player in the Republican race. At a recent rally in South Carolina, Huckabee launched into an outline of his plans for a strong army. He said it would be 'Chuck Norris approved'. It was a joke. Probably.

The emergence of Norris has to count as one of the strangest reinventions in recent US pop culture. Most Americans know him for his role as Cordell Walker, a monumentally tough Texan lawman best known for his trademark 'round house' karate kicks to the heads of his enemies.

To say Walker, Texas Ranger is kitsch is an understatement. It became a favourite mocking point of late-night TV chat show hosts like Conan O'Brien. Its cheesiness also spawned a website called chucknorrisfacts.com, which lists bizarre claims about Norris's supposed superhuman strength. An example: 'When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris does not get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.'

In fact, the kitsch factor of Norris's public image masked someone who has taken conservative politics very seriously. Norris has been writing a weekly political column for some time, in which he espouses deeply conservative views on gun control, being anti-abortion and openly Christian, and not believing in evolution. To no one's surprise, he also wants a strong military and an aggressive foreign policy that could politely be described as 'muscular'.

Norris has even been a stand-in host for a current affairs talk show on the conservative Fox News channel. It is no wonder that Norris and Huckabee are such a perfect match. 'Chuck Norris is kind of the perfect iconic representative of this campaign,' said Professor Bob Thompson, an expert in popular culture at Syracuse University, New York.

But behind the kitsch, the cheese and the politics lies a fascinating personal story. Norris was born in Oklahoma and is half-Cherokee. He was teased about his mixed-race background at school and ended up joining the air force. It was there he took up martial arts and eventually left the military, opening a chain of karate schools. He took part in karate tournaments and broke into films, playing opposite Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon. He then starred in a series of war films, such as Delta Force, before taking up a TV career with Walker in the 1990s.

However, he seemed doomed to be seen as nothing more than the butt of student jokes. But experts say it should come as no surprise that Norris has been such a boon to a political candidate. Thompson points out that many conservatives and older people see shows like Walker as good examples of old-fashioned values. 'These are shows where you know who the bad guys are and the good guys win,' said Thompson. 'There is no one saying anything negative about this guy,' he said.

There is also a long history in America of some pop culture figures making the transition to high political office. Take Arnold Schwarzenegger, who went from body builder to action star to governor of California. No one makes 'I'll be back' jokes any more. Or Ronald Reagan, victor of the Cold War and star of Bedtime for Bonzo.

There are even odder examples. Ben Jones played the mechanic Cooter in the show Dukes of Hazzard before turning to politics and becoming a Georgia congressman. There is Fred Grandy, also a respected congressman, but whose first claim to fame was as Gopher on The Love Boat. With a history of turning kitsch into clout, no one should be surprised if Norris is only just starting his political career. 'We have not seen the last of this,' said Thompson.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck will never enter politics, the best he could do is president and that is a step down from his current position as Ruler Of the Universe.
:D

[GeneChing]

He's just being a politician. McCain is the most outspoken supporter of anti-MMA legislation. Chuck is invested in MMA. It's such a translucent attack that I'm surprised McCain acknowledged it.

[GeneChing]

A friend of mine was at a UCLA commencement with Toshiro Mifune (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49698). I was so jealous.


Chuck Norris Delivers Keynote Address (http://www.onenewsnow.com/Blog/Default.aspx?id=114512)

On Saturday, television star Chuck Norris delivered the keynote address at Liberty University's 35th commencement ceremony. The karate champion, actor, Total Gym spokesperson, and humanitarian gave graduates a little bit of his life story and said that God had brought happiness back into his life. Norris, who was born in Oklahoma, grew up poor and also described himself as "shy, introverted and non-athletic."

After he graduated from high school, he went to Korea after joining the Air Force where he was introduced to martial arts. He came back with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and started a martial arts school in Los Angeles. He won several national and international martial arts titles, and then began acting. Norris gained fame and fortune, and became a household name in the series "Walker, Texas Ranger." But even though he found stardom and fame, he said "I didn't have that joy and that happiness that I thought I should have in my life." About that time Norris was introduced to his wife, Gena, who is a Christian and read the Bible to him. He said "It's like the Holy Spirit hit me and said, 'Chuck it's time to come home.'"

Norris told the class to allow God to lead their lives. "I hope that you'll let him direct your steps because if you do, you can't go wrong," he stated. Interestingly enough, it was the graduates themselves who convinced the chancellor of Liberty to invite Norris as their speaker. News Advance reports that the graduates shouted "Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!" as Norris walked on stage. I can certainly believe this, because all my co-workers really like Chuck Norris - my fellow blogger Jacob is a huge fan. Although I never watched "Walker, Texas Ranger," I do appreciate Norris for standing up for what he believes as well - I'm sure it's hard to be a Christian in Hollywood these days. It certainly sounds as if he had some valuable wisdom and advice to give to the graduates.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Of course the Bible told Chuck to come home, he wrote it.
:D

[GeneChing]

Not sure how this one got by me for so long... y'all see Chuck's new book?


Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America (http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781596985582)
by Chuck Norris
ISBN13: 9781596985582
ISBN10: 1596985585
Synopsis: Norris--hero, icon, and legend--is back, packing a political and cultural punch with his new book. In it, Norris gives a no-holds-barred assessment of American culture and shows how Americans can get involved and change the nation's course for the better.

[bakxierboxer]

Not sure how this one got by me for so long... y'all see Chuck's new book?

He's already done a bit of a "promotional tour", appearing on that hot-bed of controversy:
"Larry King Live". :rolleyes:

[Lucas]

The latest news is in. (http://crazydogtshirts.typepad.com/crazy_dog_tshirts_blog/images/2008/05/11/chuck20norris20walk20kill20full.jpg)

[Shaolinlueb]

dont **** with chuck. chuck norriss for president 2012!

[SimonM]

Chuck Norris for Prez 2012

This message brought to you by the coalition of people who want to see the complete downfall of the USA. :p

[GeneChing]

I gotta say he looks good for 69. Must have been all those workouts with Christie (http://www.totalgymdirect.com/).

Chuck Norris Birthday Towers Over All Others (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1551175/chuck_norris_birthday_towers_over_all.html?cat=49)
March 10, 2009
Robert Dougherty

Many B-list stars kicked many an ass in the 80's and 90's, like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Segal and the like. These decades were a very good time for martial arts and ass-kicking stars who couldn't act to camp it up with their fists. Chuck Norris was one of those big stars, clobbering villains in movies and TV. But unlike those other monosyllabic fighters who burned out after a while, Chuck Norris is still as famous as ever. The Chuck Norris cult celebrates the 69'th birthday of their hero today.

People may be shocked that Chuck Norris's birthday makes him 69 today. But Chuck Norris defies age, facts, and all other things in the known universe. At least according to the various 'facts' about him on the Internet.

Chuck Norris celebrates his birthday after about 45 years of punching people down. Norris was a karate champion for 10 years, and a celebrated karate teacher. Norris later took his style to movies and television, starring in many B-movies, and one B-TV show.

For eight seasons, Norris brought justice to Texas as Walker, Texas Ranger. The series, and Norris, got an additional boost when Conan O'Brian introduced his "Walker, Texas Ranger lever" to Late Night, displaying the most insane moments from that show completely out of context.

Norris got additional fame in today's generation for various crazy Internet 'facts' posted about his power. Norris has risen to the level of superman by killing two stones with one bird, staring down books for facts, scaring outer space, and much more, according to the facts.

Norris has also lent his power to campaigning for Republicans like George H.W. Bush and Mike Huckabee. Norris was even credited for "making" Huckabee when it looked like he might win the nomination - mostly by Conan O'Brian, who was trying to claim Huckabee himself. He even saved the day for Vince Vaughn at the end of Dodgeball.

Chuck Norris has additional fame for elevating the power of his birthday. Even a God-king like Norris has to share his birthday with other powerful people, and he shares it with an unusual amount of celebrities today.

Norris actually shares his birthday with the two most infamous people that he hasn't beaten up yet - Osama bin Laden and the late James Earl Ray.

More positively, Norris lights his more muscular candles alongside those of Sharon Stone, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Carrie Underwood and Prince Edward
Chuck Norris Birthday Towers Over All Others today. Bring them on.

[Shaolinlueb]

69? :o

our favorite number

[GeneChing]

Dang. You just don't get anymore American than that.

Bush presents Chuck Norris with award (http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/04/01/News/Bush-Presents.Chuck.Norris.With.Award-3691271.shtml)
Martial arts legend speaks about his life, accomplishments
By: Matt Woolbright
Issue date: 4/1/09 Section: News

Chuck Norris' life, as the world knows it, did not begin until after high school when he was stationed at a military base in Korea.

Norris was awarded the McLane Leadership in Business Award Tuesday at the George Bush Presidential Library. Among the four who presented the award to Norris for his exemplary achievements as a martial arts legend, entrepreneur and humanitarian was former President George Bush Sr.

Norris' visit drew a large crowd. The audience filled the auditorium and much of an over-flow room that displayed the presentation via close-circuit television.

Norris told the audience he grew up in poverty in Oklahoma. He said his father was an alcoholic, so his mother was forced to act as both parents.

"Unfortunately, not having a male role model in my life, I grew up extremely shy and introverted," Norris said, "and nonathletic. People say 'oh come on,' but it's true. I never played sports in school and I never got up in front of a class all through high school."

After graduating high school, Norris joined the United States Air Force.

Norris' first assignment was a military base in Korea. There Norris enrolled in his first Judo class and two weeks into his training, broke his shoulder.

Shortly after, he was walking through a local village when he saw two Koreans practicing what is now known as Taekwondo. Norris said he was mesmerized by the activities so he began training - with a broken shoulder. Norris left Korea a black belt.

Upon returning to the U.S., Norris won the Los Angeles, state of California, U.S. and world championships in consecutive years, all of which were amateur events. Norris joined the professional realm and won the world title six years in a row.

Norris retired a winner and went into teaching martial arts. Norris said one of his students, renowned actor Steve McQueen, pushed him to pursue acting. Norris went full steam.

"A philosophy I've developed over the years is once I start something, then by Coca-Cola I'm going to finish it," Norris said.

Through pure determination and hard work, Norris made a name for himself with his first three movies. At this point, he wanted to get back to martial arts and use it to help youth the same way it had helped him and his students.

"I'm a product of what martial arts can do for you, it turned my whole life around," Norris said. "It changed a young, insecure, nonathletic kid into a world champion and renowned actor."

Norris said he decided to find a way to do this for the youth who cannot afford to go to martial arts school. His plan was to teach it in public schools as an alternative physical education credit, however, the Board of Education rejected his proposal.

Years later, while having lunch with Bush in the White House, Norris' idea came up in conversation. This time, with the president's assistance, the program was implemented.

The program, known as KICKSTART, specifies that participants are not permitted to have any gang affiliations.

"These kids can be a productive part of society rather than a destructive part," Norris said.

The first school was opened in Houston and was a huge success, Norris said. He is using Texas as the beacon state for this program and said he thinks its effects will be seen in the decrease in youth crime and gang involvement.

"That's Gena (his wife) and my mission in life, next to God and our family, KICKSTART is our passion," Norris said.

It is for this program and Norris' devotion to it that he was bestowed the award.

[Syn7]

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Dallas-Stars-goalie-doesn-t-wear-his-Chuck-Norri?urn=nhl-270487



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[GeneChing]

Donnie Osmond, not Donnie Yen. The mind reels


20 September 2010 01:31
Chuck Norris - Norris Taught Osmonds Dance Routines (http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/norris-taught-osmonds-dance-routines_1167058)

Boy band THE OSMOND BROTHERS had a secret weapon to ensure its dance routines impressed - martial arts master CHUCK NORRIS was their dance teacher.

The popular 1960s family troupe were worried they danced like girls, so they hired the star to make its routines more manly by incorporating his martial arts moves.

In a video posted on Osmond.com, singer Alan explains, "(I said) 'Chuck, we need to toughen up our dance. Can you help us?'

"And he said 'Well let's learn some karate, and you can apply the moves, 'cause there's stomps, and hoo, yeah!' You know, it was very boyish, and that's what we wanted."

[GeneChing]

...in the Czech Republic no less. Can some one find the vids online?

Action Star, Martial Arts Legend, And Total Gym Spokesman Chuck Norris Makes A Comeback--David Hasselhof Style (http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978665331)
November 05, 2010 03:07 AM EDT (Updated: November 05, 2010 03:17 AM EDT)

Martial arts icon and star of the hit TV series Walker Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris, is making a return to television. In his new outting on the small screen, Norris laughingly judges martial arts moves and is mistaken by someone's mother for (of all people) the late Bruce Lee. Sounds interesting. So what sort of show is Norris's big comeback gig? A What's My Line-type game show perhaps? Or a kung fu version of American Idol? Guess again.

Chuck Norris' return to TV will not be seen on American TV. Norris's return to public view will be in a series of T- Mobile ads shown in the Czech Republic. However, according to Third Age. Com, Norris's fans worldwide will be able to tune in to the ads online.

Odds are the multi-talented, seemingly ageless Norris will become as famous for his Czech T-Mobile commercials as he was for his American TV series, action films, and Total Gym fitness equipment infomercials with Christie Brinklley. As shown on Wim Demeere's Blog, the Czech ads are brief, amusing vignettes in which the action star satirizes his own image. (In one ad, the quintessential tough guy Norris, faints at the sight of a woman chopping a fish.)

So will Chuck Norris become as monolithic an icon in the Czech Republic as David Hasselhof became in Germany? Why not? It's possible he'll become even bigger. Perhaps Norris will even invite the Hof to make a few guest appearences in his T-Mobile ads. The Hof could easily play a parody of a lethal tough guy.

After all, the world has already seen him demolish a hamburger.

[GeneChing]

I'm sure it works tho...

Where is Chuck Norris?, I'm Feeling Lucky button answers (http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7268847-where-is-chuck-norris-im-feeling-lucky)
Washington : DC : USA | Nov 08, 2010
By sylar87

The question "Where is Chuck NorrisChuck Norris?" is one of the most searched phrases on google.com today. Those who have no idea about the phrase just need to visit google.com and type the phrase “Where is Chuck Norris?” and then click on the I’m Feeling Lucky button.

The page that shows up after clicking on the I'm Feeling Lucky button seems a failed result at first, but the following words written right at the top of the page get conspicuous quickly:

“Google wont search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don’t find Chuck Norris, he finds you.”

This "Where is Chuck Norris?" thing is a joke by Google to amuse its users.

Some of the other jokes associated with Chuck Norris are:

"Whenever, Chuck Norris does pushups he isn’t lifting his body upwards, instead he is pushing the earth downwards."

"The only hand in the world that is capable of beating the Royal Flush is the hand of Chuck Norris."

"Chuck Norris does not need to wear a wrist watch because he is the one who decides what time it is."

[GeneChing]

...if Seagal hadn't done it first (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52600). :rolleyes:

Norris, Texas Ranger: Martial arts action hero Chuck honoured with real Ranger title (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335348/Martial-arts-action-hero-Chuck-Norris-honoured-real-Texas-Ranger-title.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:51 PM on 3rd December 2010

He spent years enforcing the law on-screen, playing Texas Ranger tough-guy Cordell Walker.

But now veteran action hero Chuck Norris can wear the five-point Ranger badge for real.

The 70-year-old was named an honorary member of the elite Texas law enforcement force by Texas Governor, Rick Perry, on Thursday.

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All action hero: Chuck Norris, pictured with his wife Gena O'Kelley, at a ceremony in Garland where he was designated an honorary Texas Ranger

The Walker, Texas Ranger actor and executive director was bestowed the rare honour at a state department office in Garland, Dallas.

Perry said: 'People may whisper about his super powers, but the greatest power of Chuck Norris is his integrity.'

The Texas Governor thanked the actor for bringing renewed attention to Texas Rangers with his portrayal of 'an iconic Ranger, a character who was observant, meticulous and honorable in every way."

The martial arts expert received his award alongside his 59-year-old brother stunt coordinator and producer Aaroan Norris who also was bestowed the honorary title.

'Together they helped elevate our Texas Rangers to truly mythical status,' Perry said.

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Tough guy: The karate expert, who set up his own martial art, laughs with Texas Governor Rick Perry during a news conference

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Honour: The certificate given to Norris appointing him to the honorary position of Texas Ranger, a role he played in the hit CBS show between 1993 and 2001

Texas Public Safety Commission Chairman Allan Polunsky, who voted to honor the Norris brothers in October, called them 'great Texans' who have worked to make 'this a better society to live in.'

The television show in which Norris played the karate-kicking lawman ran on CBS from 1993 to 2001.

Chuck Norris recalled that he and his brother were in Israel when they were asked to do the series.

He said they weren't interested unless they could do it with 'traditional values,' adding that Hollywood types initially scoffed.

'It's been an incredible run, I wouldn't have it any other way.'

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Hit: Norris as the iconic hero Cordell Walker

Norris' tough guy image led to odes to his strength being splashed across the internet.

Claims based on the actors indestructible toughness include: 'Chuck Norris doesn't breathe, he holds air hostage.'

Norris is a staunch Republican supporter who made a cameo during the 2008 presidential election, joining a stern-faced Republican candidate Mike Hukabee in espousing such strength in a satirical online video.

Hukabee's plan for border security? 'Two words, Chuck. Norris.'

The actor, who found fame flexing his martial art moves in films such as Way Of The Dragon alongside Bruce Lee established a martial arts foundation Kickstart to help children avoid the temptations of drugs.

Before his acting career took off the martial arts teacher competed at state, national and international level and his achievements include being a six-time undefeated World Professional MiddleWeight Karate Champion.

[GeneChing]

Abe Lincoln VS Chuck Norris Epic Rap Battles of History #3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2Zf9tlg2Y)

[Snipsky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2Zf9tlg2Y&feature=related

[SimonM]

I love epic rap battles of history. Pure awesome! :D

[Snipsky]

I love epic rap battles of history. Pure awesome!

I was just turned on to them today. oh man their awesome. I like the vader vs hitler one hahaha

[SimonM]

Einstein vs Hawking.

[Snipsky]

I love the Napoleon vs Napoleon as well....the beat is awesome...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_T2XtTiilY

But that Einstein vs Hawking is also bumpin too

[Zenshiite]

Wow. That ish is awesome!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris can kick you in the back of the Face !

[Snipsky]

Chuck norris wears a black belt on the bead that his KOK is growing.....He's chuck Mutha fikin Norris.......LMAO....

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird

[Punch.HeadButt]

I tried the Google search thing, and it works.

It also says:

Suggestions:


Run, before he finds you
Try a different person


Well played, Google...well played.

[Punch.HeadButt]

I've always liked Hitler Vs. Vader:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFA-rOls8YA

Favorite line comes from Vader: "So many dudes been with your mom, who even knows if I'm your father?" :D

[GeneChing]

World of Warcraft TV Commercial: Chuck Norris - Hunter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKpdxjHamI)

[mawali]

Herman Cain has two words for his detractors! Chuck Norris

Newt Gingrich has two words for his supporters. Chuck Norris

Republicans have two words for the economy. Chuck Norris

I had to go there!

[Yao Sing]

... supporting a video game (WoW) that hooks kids (and adults) into lazily wasting time in a virtual world instead of spending time getting real exercise?

Is he a sellout or what?

[doug maverick]

first... http://kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39196&page=9

second...wow or any other video games doesnt promote people sitting on there ass playing video games..people make that choice.

third...chuck norris doesnt sell out, because he is always stocked full of ass whippings.

[Dragonzbane76]

Money. Someone offers you probably a big chunk of money to say a few words, I don't think you would turn it down either.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris can kick you in the back of the face.

[Hebrew Hammer]

... supporting a video game (WoW) that hooks kids (and adults) into lazily wasting time in a virtual world instead of spending time getting real exercise?

Is he a sellout or what?

No way, he's freaking Chuck Norris, the martial arts most interesting man in the world. He has become a piece of Americana, stands for everything that is cool, and WOW is quite frankly very cool (Not that I play). The commercials are great, right up there with Mr T's Night Elf Mohawk!

Don't hate, I think his infomercials with Christie Brinkley for that crappy exercise machine was far more egregious than WOW. You couldn't even see anyone breaking a sweat on that thing.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris can hold his breath for 9 years.

[doug maverick]

No way, he's freaking Chuck Norris, the martial arts most interesting man in the world. He has become a piece of Americana, stands for everything that is cool, and WOW is quite frankly very cool (Not that I play). The commercials are great, right up there with Mr T's Night Elf Mohawk!

Don't hate, I think his infomercials with Christie Brinkley for that crappy exercise machine was far more egregious than WOW. You couldn't even see anyone breaking a sweat on that thing.

actually my mom lost 100lbs on that crappy exercise machine. and my brother in law lost 150. it works you have just have to use it.

[doug maverick]

Chuck Norris can hold his breath for 9 years.

chuck norris doesnt need to hold his breath...because chuck norris doesnt breath.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

[Hebrew Hammer]

actually my mom lost 100lbs on that crappy exercise machine. and my brother in law lost 150. it works you have just have to use it.

GTFO...seriously? I stand corrected...I've even tried those 'gravity' classes at the gym and didn't think they are all that tough...more like a 'toning' workout.

[doug maverick]

GTFO...seriously? I stand corrected...I've even tried those 'gravity' classes at the gym and didn't think they are all that tough...more like a 'toning' workout.

yup yup...you break a sweat, if you use it correctly and go all in...

[Jimbo]

Chuck Norris can roundhouse kick you in the head then resurrect your body from the dead. Then you will shake his hand and say 'thank you, Sir.'

[GeneChing]

Chuck Norris doesn't use bridges. He just pulls both sides of the river bank together.


Slovaks vote to name bridge Chuck Norris (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/23/slovaks-bridge-chuck-norris?fb=native)

US action film star leads the running in public vote for name of bridge to cross Morava river into Austria

Reuters, Bratislava
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 23 February 2012 13.14 EST


Slovaks have been voting overwhelmingly in favour of naming a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near their capital after 1980s US action film and TV star Chuck Norris.

The two other top names in the running for the bridge, which will span the Morava river and cross the border to Austria, were Maria Theresa after an Austro-Hungarian empress and the Devinska cycling bridge in honour of the closest village.

Norris, a martial arts expert-turned film star, is known for playing tough guy characters in such movies as Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action and The Delta Force.

The actor's work has become a popular source of kitschy fun among Slovaks and a mainstay for local jokes about macho strength and invincibility.

The final decision will be up to a regional assembly. But regional governor Pavol Freso has said it would follow the wishes of the people in the internet ballot where Norris leads as the top choice for the bridge's name.

"The same way as we have so far been building it in full sight of the public, we will seek that the name is accepted by the public as well," he said.

The voting will run until April. As of Thursday, 1,157 votes have backed Norris, 74% of the total, leaving the runner-up "Maria Theresa Bridge" far behind with 8%.

[Lucas]

good ol chuck

[Jimbo]

He was actually born March 10, 1940.

[Lucas]

shhh dont ruin the illusion :eek:

[Jimbo]

They surrendered because Hitler's psychic spies foresaw that I was going to be born exactly 18 years, to the day, after May 6, 1945. :D

[Lucas]

Its like this

[GeneChing]

I'm no fan of twitlight (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57648), so maybe that's why this struck me as unusually funny.
http://cdn.lolchamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-only-time-she-smiles-is-when.jpg

[sanjuro_ronin]

So that's why she doesn't smile more often...yikes.

[Lucas]

i dont get it! :confused:

[Lucas]

They tried to make Chuck Norris toilet paper, but it was impossible to use, cuz Chuck don't take **** from anyone!

[Lucas]

Chuck Norris doesn't listen to music, music listens to Chuck Norris.

[Lucas]

If you look back far enough in your family tree, Chuck Norris appears at least three times.

Chuck Norris can strangle you with a cordless phone.

[Jimbo]

Chuck Norris doesn't get frostbite; Chuck Norris bites frost.

[wiz cool c]

for all you hard core chuck norris fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2Zf9tlg2Y

[PalmStriker]

Ha! :D Funny!

[GoldenBrain]

To many funnies!

It's a good thing they are from different centuries because I'm pretty sure if their beards ever collided it would be the end of the universe as we know it.

[GeneChing]

Follow the link and watch the vid.

‘VHS vs. Communism’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/opinion/vhs-vs-communism.html?smid=tw-share)
FEB. 17, 2014

VIDEO|6:42
VHS vs. Communism
In Communist Romania in the 1980s, a young translator became an unlikely voice of freedom. She illicitly dubbed thousands of foreign films, distributed on VHS tapes, turning B-movie stars into heroes.
Op-Docs
By ILINCA CALUGAREANU

I was raised in Romania in the 1980s, under a Communist regime that, among countless repressions, reduced television to two hours a day of dull propaganda, traditional music, patriotic poems and censored films. One day when I was 6, my parents found a way to borrow a VCR. They invited their friends, and all night they watched grainy VHS tapes of Hollywood B-movies. I remember the films, but more so I remember how I felt when I stepped into the living room — like walking into a secret, magical and free world.

All the dialogue on these movies was dubbed into Romanian in a husky, high-pitched woman’s voice. Throughout my childhood, these films provided a glimpse into the forbidden West, resplendent with blue jeans, Coke and skyscrapers. As Hollywood movies became ubiquitous through the black market, this voice became one of the most recognizable in Romania. Yet no one knew who she was.

After the 1989 revolution I learned the true story, which I present here in this Op-Doc video. In 1985, Irina Margareta Nistor, a young translator at the national television station, met a mysterious entrepreneur. He was smuggling, copying and distributing movies on VHS tapes. This was the beginning of a working relationship that lasted more than a decade. In all, Ms. Nistor says she dubbed more than 3,000 different films. Thanks to her, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Lee became popular heroes in Romania.

In a time when the Romanian state controlled every aspect of its citizens’ lives -- including food, heat, transportation and information -- people found a way to escape and resist the state’s far-reaching hand, through the power of movies.

Ilinca Calugareanu is a London-based Romanian documentary filmmaker. She studied documentary filmmaking at Manchester’s Granada Center for Visual Anthropology. This Op-Doc video is adapted from an upcoming feature-length documentary, “Chuck Norris vs. Communism.”

Op-Docs is a forum for short, opinionated documentaries, produced with creative latitude by independent filmmakers and artists. Learn more about Op-Docs and how to submit to the series.

[Stickgrappler]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bK81TBZrB0A/UxqtO9IUehI/AAAAAAAAFm0/gcly31nd1Zo/s1600/chuck-norris-bday.jpg


Posted 4 vidclips in honor of Chuck Norris 74th bday!

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/happy-74th-birthday-chuck-norris.html

Happy Birthday Chuck! Many, many more to come!

Enjoy!

[GeneChing]

Chuck Norris turns 75: How the martial arts movie star became a cult legend in the age of internet memes (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chuck-norris-turns-75-how-the-martial-arts-movie-star-became-a-cult-legend-in-the-age-of-internet-memes-10097900.html)
Sorting out the facts from the #ChuckNorrisFacts
Antonia Molloy Author Biography
Tuesday 10 March 2015

Chuck Norris celebrates his 75th birthday today - and the American martial artist, actor, film producer, screenwriter and author has certainly crammed lot into his seven and a half decades.

Norris has gained a reputation for being totally "kick-*ss", winning global karate competitions and starring alongside the likes of Bruce Lee.

Along the way he has become the internet's icon of unbridled masculinity, inspiring a series of satirical factoids known as Chuck Norris "facts".

But he has also elicited controversy with some of his politically conservative views.

Here’s a look back of some of Norris' achievements over the years and the values that have shaped his world:

Martial arts
After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris rose to fame as a martial artist.

He was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middle Weight Karate Champion. In 1997 he became the first man from the western hemisphere to be awarded an eighth degree Black Belt Grand Master ranking in the tradition of Tae Kwon Do, which dates back more than 4,500 years.

He founded the Chun Kuk Do style in 1990, which loosely translates from the Korean as "The Universal Way".

Norris is also the founder and chairman of the United Fighting Arts Federation.

Film and TV
Norris has appeared in 23 films, including Delta Force, Code of Silence and Missing in Action. He also appeared alongside Bruce Lee in a number of action flicks, such as Way of the Dragon.

He played the lead in television series Walker, Texas Ranger, which ran from 1993 to 2001.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lNDLaSWmhY

Books
Norris has written several books, including Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America and the autobiographical Against All Odds.

A devout Christian, he has also authored religious-themed titles such as The Justice Riders.

Responding to the host of fan-composed "facts" floating around online, in 2009 Norris published The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book, which contains 101 of his favourite facts and stories.

Conservatism
Norris supports the National Rifle Association (NRA), which defends US citizens' right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Despite his huge fan base, he has been criticised widely for opposing same-sex marriage after he voiced his support for California Proposition 8, which temporarily banned same-sex marriage in the state. It was ruled unconstitutional in 2010.

And in a 2008 column for WorldNetDaily, Norris said he did not believe the Day of Silence should be marked in schools. This is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educations Network's (GLSEN) annual day of action to protest against the bullying of LGBT students and their supporters.

"Is encouraging or teaching about ****sexuality what our forefathers expected for the public education they founded? Even the most liberal among them opposed it," Norris wrote.

He added: "I do believe that we should equally and adamantly oppose such aberrant sexual behavior from being condoned or commemorated in our public schools through textbooks or a so-called 'Day of Silence'."

#ChuckNorrisFacts
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_uv8EOXEAA-xAh.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B96W4RmCEAA98XB.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-1DWtBUsAAcD_F.jpg


I remember seeing Breaker! Breaker! in the theaters when it opened. I never imagined that Norris would amount to what he has become.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Chuck Norris' real age is 6389, he only looks 75.

[GeneChing]

How many of you have kept up with Chuck's WND column?


Jade Helm 15, Crime Stoppers and KSK (http://www.wnd.com/2015/05/jade-helm-15-crime-stoppers-and-ksk/)
Exclusive: Chuck Norris reminds Americans to never check brains at government's door
Published: 2 days ago

http://www.wnd.com/files/2011/12/Chuck-Norris_avatar.jpg
Chuck Norris is the star of more than 20 films and the long-running TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger." His latest book is entitled The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book." Learn more about his life and ministry at his official website, ChuckNorris.com.

Benjamin Franklin said, “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.” He also said, “Security without liberty is called prison.” Both apply to what I want to share with you today in my culture warrior column.

Last Friday evening in Houston, my wife, Gena, and I were overjoyed to host the 22nd annual gala for our foundation, KICKSTART KIDS, or KSK, which seeks to build character through karate in students in Texas public middle schools. We were equally honored to have as our special guests at the event Texas Gov. and Mrs. Gregg Abbott and Marcus Luttrell, a former United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 facing Taliban fighters during Operation Redwing. It was an amazing night and gala!

On behalf of KICKSTART KIDS, we are doubly blessed this May also to be receiving the 2015 Safe School Crime Stoppers Award, an award given to any individual or group that has made a significant contribution towards keeping schools safe and enhancing education. What an honor it is, too!

Speaking of awesome patriotic fighting machines, Crime Stoppers USA is the national Crime Stoppers organization that spans the United States to create a network of local programs that work together to prevent and solve crimes in communities and schools across the nation, as its official website explains.

You can fight right where you are by supporting or joining the local Crime Stoppers organization in your area by visiting its website. You can even submit crime tips and review top criminals in the U.S. there. And if you want further training, then attend its 5th Annual Training Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 16-19, 2015, where stimulating and productive training classes are offered.

As I think about Crime Stoppers, Gov. Abbott, and former Navy SEAL Luttrell, I am reminded again of how true patriots need to continue to fight for freedom wherever we are. At 75 years old, I’m still fighting. If you’re reading this column, odds are you are, too.

Chuck Norris provides real solutions to our county’s problems and a way to reawaken the American dream in his best-seller, “Black Belt Patriotism.”

While out on a run in 1984, Gov. Abbot was struck by a falling oak tree that crippled his legs for life but not his heart, mind and passion. He not only went on to become attorney general for the Lone Star State but also its 48th and current governor.

In announcing his candidacy in July 2013, Gov. Abbott’s true grit showed when he said, “Some politicians talk about having a steel spine. I actually have one. I will use my steel spine to fight for Texas values every single day.“ He’s led a life of perseverance to prove it.

Last week, I laughed as some progressives in the mainstream media tried to mock Gov. Abbott for telling the Texas State Guard to monitor the Pentagon’s Jade Helm 15 military ops that are occurring this summer in seven states, including California and Texas.

If you haven’t heard about Jade Helm 15, you need to. It is multi-state training mission for special operations soldiers scheduled over an eight-week period in July and August, with most of the activity happening on private property but some public, too. The official website press release from March 24 admits: “While multi-state training exercises such as these are not unique to the military, the size and scope of Jade Helm sets this one apart.”

Gov. Abbot was right in writing Maj. Gen. Gerald Betty, “During the training operation, it is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed.” Abbott is demanding “regular updates on the progress and safety of the Operation.”

Concerned Texans and Americans are in no way calling into question our brave and courageous men and women in uniform. They are merely following orders. What’s under question are those who are pulling the strings at the top of Jade Helm 15 back in Washington. The U.S. government says, “It’s just a training exercise.” But I’m not sure the term “just” has any reference to reality when the government uses it.

“Well, I’m not trusting what we’re being told,” said Mike Hightower, an affable antique store owner and real-estate agent in the very small town of Smithville, Texas, where some Jade Helm 15 exercises will take place. He added, “I think there’s something a little more involved than what they’re telling us.”

If Washington wants to cool the embers of controversy, then it should quit stoking the fire, as with the posting of a map of Jade Helm 15 “just” exercises that label some areas of the country, including Texas, as “hostile,” according to KHOU 11 News in Houston and verified by the Washington Post.

I have an idea: If the government insists on running expanded military ops across seven Southwest states, why doesn’t it move all that “military training” south and protect our borders at the same time?!

Whatever Jade Helm 15 actually is, I think it is more than coincidental that the FBI director just confessed in February that the presence of ISIS can be felt in all 50 states of the U.S. and that the Pentagon is suddenly running its biggest military training exercise with every branch of the military across seven Southwestern states. Whether deterrence, display of power or something more covert or devious, let’s not come with any patronizing nonsense of impotence and simplicity when its origin is in Washington.

I’m glad Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is asking the tough questions of the Pentagon about Jade Helm 15, particularly because its “exercises” come too near to my ranch’s backdoor as well, at least according to the map. It’s pretty sad and bad when major military ops are ordered in a large, fiery state like Texas and not even the governor or its senators know the specifics.

It’s neither over-reactionary nor conspiratorial to call into question or ask for transparency about Jade Helm 15 or any other government activity. To those who merely think we should check our brains at the door of the White House and trust what the government does, I would reiterate to you the words of one of our government’s primary founders, Benjamin Franklin, who said, “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.” Again, he also said, “Security without liberty is called prison.” But then again, I’m sure some today would accuse Franklin of being conspiratorial, too!

As a friend, a law-abiding and loyal retired California Highway Patrol officer, said to me, “In God We Trust; all others we search.” Or as the maxim President Reagan cited, “Trust but verify.”

Friends, when it comes to freedom, we must question, verify and vet everyone and everything. As Thomas Jefferson told his nephew, Peter, in 1787: “Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

We must never check our brains or blindly trust, especially the government. Rather, we must fight until our dying breaths for liberty, especially when it appears those in power are trying to knock down Old Glory.

Former Navy SEAL Luttrell couldn’t have said it better: “I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.”

[sanjuro_ronin]

Didn't know he had a column.

[mickey]

Greetings,

The use of military to protect our borders?

Isn't this guy part Apache? And to everything he said, isn't this guy part Apache?


mickey

[curenado]

Whole place is proud of him and right there with him too.
It's pretty hard to convince Americans that some of the things we see are in any national best interest of any kind.

Ok...?

"Greetings,
The use of military to protect our borders?
Isn't this guy part Apache? And to everything he said, isn't this guy part Apache?"

Uh...Indians do not have a history with moslums because they exterminate them where ever they go. (Haha fkng DUH)
And I believe considering native history with federal gov. He was saying watch both.
They are executing indians in juarez so kimosabe seem better choice right now.

It is funny the magazine imagination versus the desert border reality. Come down? Be some savage's bowel movement?
We just sent scumlam a message:
9440

9441

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3vNftrQHk

[Jimbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tfcLL0Xke4&sns=em

[boxerbilly]

Greetings,

The use of military to protect our borders?

Isn't this guy part Apache? And to everything he said, isn't this guy part Apache?


mickey

Ask Geronimo. He had major issues with Mexican borders.

[boxerbilly]

Islam is growing in central America. Take a look !

I don't have issues with many Muslims. I do have issues with some. The good ones fear the bad ones. So they seldom speak out.

Call me a racist. I don't care. Neither do my Muslim friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jdv8kdhy4I

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFO1AtjoUoo

[boxerbilly]

So are some of you getting up to speed on your " I did not know that " history ? You don't know a lot ! It is not entirely your own fault but yes you do carry some blame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnZTad_6KjA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon

Islamist that disagree are encouraged to debate with this superior beauty. You will lose. She is smarter than almost all of us here.

[GeneChing]

I always figured Chuck Norris didn't think about Chuck Norris facts, they thought about him.


'Walker, Texas Ranger' star Sheree J. Wilson dishes on working with Chuck Norris (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/10/walker-texas-ranger-star-sheree-j-wilson-dishes-on-working-with-chuck-norris.html)
By Stephanie Nolasco Published August 10, 2017 Fox News

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'Walker, Texas Ranger' cast poses in 1997. From left, American actors Noble Willingham (1931 - 2004) (as C.D. Parker), Sheree J. Wilson (as Alex Cahill), Chuck Norris (as Cordell 'Cord' Walker), and Clarence Gilyard Jr (as James 'Jimmy' Trivette). (Photo by CBS Photo Archvie/Getty Images) (2008 CBS WORLDWIDE INC.)

Chuck Norris may be celebrated actor, martial arts champion, and beloved veteran of the Air Force, but to many young fans, the red-blooded American hero is an Internet sensation.

In 2005, a series of jokes known as “Chuck Norris Facts” began to circulate on the Internet that focused on his heroism and superhero strength.

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However, the 77-year-old (whose real name is Carlos Ray Norris) wasn’t laughing — at first.

“He didn’t know if they were just making fun of him at first,” Sheree J. Wilson, his co-star on “Walker, Texas Ranger,” told Fox News. “He was like, ‘What’s this about?' And it turned out to be the fact that people really admired him. Revered him. Like Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups, he pushes the earth down. Chuck Norris can cure cancer with a single tear. They’re just so funny.”

Once Norris got in on the joke, he came to love the "facts."

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Sheree J. Wilson with former co-star Chuck Norris. (Courtesy of Sheree J. Wilson)

“We had a ball just laughing, making up Chuck Norris jokes,” said the 58-year-old actress. “He can laugh at himself. He’s the real deal… He’s very familiar [with the memes]. I think somebody sent me a T-shirt that has 100 jokes about him on it. I am going to wear it the next time I see him.”

Wilson’s lasting friendship Norris has endured since “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which ran from 1993 until 2001. They first met on the set of the film “Hellbound” in 1993, which was directed by sibling Aaron Norris.

Wilson, who initially believed the movie was going to be shot in Chicago, was being relocated to Israel and she had to fly out in three weeks. But before then, casting director Mary Jo Slater recommended Wilson to CBS for the role of D.A. Alex Cahill, resulting in an audition. However, Wilson had no idea who else was starring in the series.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYZVSElmj4

“About five weeks of being in Israel, Chuck walks on the set and he looks like the cat that swallowed the canary,” she recalled. “He’s smiling at me, got his arms crossed, and laughing. He said, ‘You’re not going to believe this. Seems to me that they sent me these audition tapes for the top people for my TV series… Seems like they want this girl name Sheree Wilson to play the D.A.'

"We had the biggest laugh. We left Israel on December 21 and by January we were in Texas filming. We had already worked together for three months, so we worked well together and it was seamless.”

And Wilson insisted Norris is very much the iconic persona recognized by fans.

“He is the real deal,” she said. “So when he says don’t cross that line or you might get kicked in the face, he means it. It happened on occasion with some amateur little guys that got too excited being in a scene with Chuck Norris. But he’s such a strong family man. He cares so much about children.

"It started with the Kick Drugs Out of America program… He’s taken so many inner city kids off the streets, out of gangs, and turned their lives around. He’s a completely dedicated family man to his own family, as well as a much bigger, extended family… He cares about our vets, cares about our country. There’s no surprise about him except he has a great sense of humor as well.”

And even though “Walker, Texas Ranger" came to an end 16 years ago, it lives on. Wilson pointed out it’s still on the air worldwide and fans are finding inspiration from it now more than ever.

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(Courtesy of Sheree J. Wilson)

“There’s so many scary things happening right now in our world,” she said. “There’s a lot of terror and terrorists… People still want to know that the good guys are winning. And in our show, that was very clear. There are good guys and there are bad guys.

"And the good guys always win and the bad guys will get kicked in the head... It’s just a little bit of hope for the good. And it’s good morals and values. That’s what our show is about… It has a massive appeal for just that, some moral fiber and hope in the world.”

[GeneChing]

...but still, maybe it is. :eek:



EXCLUSIVE
Chuck Norris Nearly Dies After Suffering TWO Heart Attacks In Just Minutes! (http://radaronline.com/videos/chuck-norris-heart-attack-death-scare/)
The karate king stopped breathing in a near-death nightmare at a Nevada casino.
By Radar Staff
Posted on Aug 23, 2017 @ 7:31AM

Chuck Norris stared death in the face — and was zapped back to life twice within minutes, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively!

An insider close to the scary situation (http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/chuck-norris-son-mike-norris-poisoning-amerigeddon-movie-screening/) reveals to Radar the 77-year-old martial arts legend suffered two massive heart attacks in mid-July and endured a frantic 240-mile dash by ambulance and helicopter to get medical help that saved his life.

“This would have easily killed most men half his age, but Chuck is still at the peak of physical fitness,” Radar’s informant dished.

The terrifying ordeal began after the beloved martial arts king made an appearance at the United Fighting Arts Federation’s World Championships in Las Vegas on July 16.

After the event, Chuck, his wife, Gena O’Kelley, and other family members broke up their nine-hour drive home to Chester, Calif., by stopping at the Tonopah Station Hotel and Casino in a remote area of Nevada on July 17.

“Chuck’s wife checked the group into the hotel around 1:30 in the morning,” an employee at the hotel’s front desk told Radar. “He was on the casino floor a little while, and then went to his room.”

Around 5:30 a.m., Chuck collapsed with chest pains while taking a shower!

As shocked hotel guests watched, emergency responders rushed the ailing actor through the casino on a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance. But Chuck stopped breathing during a tense 100-mile, high-speed race to Mt. Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne, Nev.

Medics jump-started his heart with a defibrillator, while his tearful wife helplessly looked on, sources said.

After arriving at the hospital, the karate king suffered a second heart attack! Medical personnel stabilized him once again, and Chuck was flown to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno on a trauma chopper, an eyewitness said.

“It was touch and go. I was told his wife was allowed to ride in the med flight with him,” another source revealed. “Everything happened so fast that it felt like he died twice in 47 minutes! There was so much hysteria it’s impossible to know how long the ordeal lasted. People were watching the heart monitor — not the clock!”

But true to his image as a superhuman action hero, Chuck — who starred with Bruce Lee in the 1972 classic Way of the Dragon — bounced back quickly and was released from the hospital within days.

The source added: “Chuck trains all the time and knows he has to take great care of his body. He’s slowed down a bit, but considers this just a blip.”

[GeneChing]

OCTOBER 25 2017 - 3:48PM
Chuck Norris bottled water to be distributed by a Thornton company (http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5012328/chuck-norris-strikes-deal-with-hunter-company-photos-video/)
Damon Cronshaw


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Chuck Norris and his bottled water.

If the wars of the 20th century were fought over oil, the wars of the 21st century will be fought over water.

We reckon Chuck Norris understands this widely-held belief. This might be one reason why he’s selling bottled water.

We reckon Jeff Dumbrell gets this concept, too. Jeff’s Thornton-based company Calais Industries has secured the distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand to sell CForce Water by Chuck Norris.

Chuck starred in films like The Delta Force and Way of the Dragon and the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCBATHqrRRE

Calais Industries sells engineered materials to the mining industry, but the downturn in that sector led the company to seek new opportunities.

They’ll be selling Chuck’s artesian water under a company called Calais Water Distribution, which will have its brand launch on Friday.

Chuck’s water is sourced and bottled on his ranch in Navasota, Texas.

“We were looking for a product to diversify. I was cruising on Facebook one day. I’m a big fan of Chuck Norris – I’ve been doing taekwondo for 20 years. I came across the fact that he does bottled water. Bottled water seems to be doing really well at the moment,” Jeff said.

“So I thought, ‘hey why don’t we send an email to see if they’d be interested in anyone distributing in Australia for them’.”

The email was sent in April.

A week later, Jeff received a reply from the company’s vice president of sales, saying they didn’t have an Australian distributor.

Discussions progressed, including a “heap of 2am phone calls”, and a deal was struck.

“Chuck started bottling in February and releasing his water to the market,” Jeff said.

And now, the first container of Chuck’s bottled water is on its way to the Hunter.

Jeff is aiming to sell the water through supermarkets.

Topics suggested to Jeff that he was one of those courageous species known as entrepreneurs – the type who sees a good opportunity and goes for it?

“I think that’s a fancy word for people who can’t hold down a normal job,” Jeff joked, in self-deprecating fashion.

“It’s a huge financial risk. We’re committing to a full container of water. You can imagine that’s quite expensive.”

Topics dips its lid to Jeff and his company. As the coalmining sector declines, the Hunter Region needs more people like Jeff who are willing to have a crack at new industries.

Mind you, it helps to have a brand ambassador like Chuck Norris.

Chuck has agreed to sign 23 bottles for Jeff’s company. Anyone who buys a 12-pack of the water will have a chance to win one of these signed bottles.

“His signature is highly valued in America,” Jeff said.

If you think Chuck is all about profit, you’d be wrong. Last month, Chuck and his wife Gena donated 15,000 litres of their bottled water to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, through The Salvation Army.

Geldof’s Insight

The Property Council published an article on Tuesday about comments that Sir Bob Geldof made at a property conference.

We only know this because Newcastle Herald journo Ian “Kirky” Kirkwood sent us a link to it, saying Geldof made some “very good points”.

Here’s some comments from the humanitarian rocker, labelled in the article as a “highly-astute businessman with a net worth estimated to be around $100 million”.

Geldof said property had “profound psychological implications” because it was “bound to the most intimate and personal aspects of people’s lives”.

“Tread softly property dudes because you can tread on people’s dreams,” he said.

“People invest all they have now and in the future – materially, financially and emotionally – into this one asset.”

Geldof wondered why housing unaffordability could grip places like Australia, where there was “endless amounts of land”.

If you cannot afford to buy a home, you are “deep in the centre of the problem” in our world.

For “too long” there had been this “weird notion” that the economy and society were “somehow different and separate”.

“They are not,” Geldof said.

“Economic progress without social progress is a mean, dispirited, self-defeating, weak-willed thing.”

The good economy and the good society go together, he said, adding that “there are whole economies that require a new politics”.

“Business must be embedded in society or it has no function.”

Topics agrees with Kirky that Geldof made good points.

topics@theherald.com.au

Can we get a cage match between CForce Water by Chuck Norris, Bruce Lea Tea (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69530-Bruce-Tea) and Seagal's Lightning Bolt drinks (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?37259-Seagal-is-at-it-again&p=1304957#post1304957)?

[GeneChing]

I would NOT want to be sued by Chuck Norris.



Chuck Norris sues for $10M over MRI chemical he says poisoned wife (https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/11/02/chuck-norris-sues-10-m-over-mri-chemical-he-says-poisoned-wife/824839001/)
Associated Press Published 10:34 a.m. ET Nov. 2, 2017 | Updated 3:40 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2017
In a lawsuit, Chuck Norris says that a chemical used in MRIs poisoned his wife. Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more. Buzz60

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AP CHUCK NORRIS MRI LAWSUIT A ENT FILE USA TX
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SAN FRANCISCO – Action star Chuck Norris took on medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit filed in California on Wednesday alleging a chemical used in MRI imaging scans poisoned his wife.

Gadolinium that doctors injected into Gena Norris to improve the clarity of her MRIs have left her weak and tired and with debilitating bouts of pain and a burning sensation, the suit filed in San Francisco Superior Court says.

Gadolinium is a metal found in so-called contrast agents used in many MRIs. Studies have shown it is retained by organs such as the brain, bones and skin. The American College of Radiology said in a statement last year that gadolinium-based contrast agents have been used for diagnosis and treatment guidance in more than 300 million patients worldwide since the late, 1980s and provide “crucial, life-saving medical information.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in May it found no evidence that retained gadolinium was harmful. A European Union agency reached the same conclusion in July but still recommended suspending some gadolinium contrast agents as a precaution.

The law firm representing the Norrises, Cutter Law, has filed numerous lawsuits in recent weeks on behalf of people who it also says are suffering from gadolinium poisoning.

The Norris’ lawsuit acknowledges no official, publicly stated link between gadolinium and symptoms reported by people who believe the metal has affected their health. But that’s in part because blood and urine testing for gadolinium only became available recently and most doctors were not aware of any disease that was associated with gadolinium other than one that affects people with kidney problems, the lawsuit said.

“One of the problems is this is a very misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed condition,” said Todd Walburg, an attorney for the Norrises.

The lawsuit accuses several manufacturers of gadolinium contrast agents of knowing about their risks, but failing to warn consumers. It seeks more than $10 million in damages, saying the Norris’ have had to spend millions of dollars on treatment for Gena Norris.

Chuck Norris starred in the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger.

[GeneChing]

The Bruce Lee reference is weird.


WHAT IS GADOLINIUM? CHUCK NORRIS CLAIMS IT POISONED HIS WIFE (http://www.newsweek.com/what-gadolinium-chuck-norris-claims-it-poisoned-his-wife-704647)
BY KATE SHERIDAN ON 11/7/17 AT 4:44 PM

On Thursday, a law firm announced it was representing Chuck Norris in a suit three different companies for $10 million in damages. Norris and his wife, Gena, claim that she has gadolinium deposition disease from medical scans taken five years ago. But what is gadolinium? And how controversial is its use?

Gadolinium is a chemical element—it's a heavy metal, and can be found on the periodic table as Gd—but we mostly associate it with medical scans. It's most often used as a contrast agent to make the scans turn out better. About 30 million people every year receive gadolinium, according to the American College of Radiology. As Bruce Lee noted in Forbes, these gadolinium-based contrast agents also include other chemicals, too, which are supposed to eliminate any toxic effects. (No, he's not that Bruce Lee; he is a professor of public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, not a deceased martial artist.)

Several such contrast agents are currently on the market in the United States. Norris is suing one in particular, Bracco. Bracco makes two contrast agents with gadolinium, according to the Food and Drug Administration. One was approved in the 1990s; the other was approved in 2004. The two have different chemical structures.

A lively patient advocacy community has sprung up, including on social media, around gadolinium concerns. However, the FDA announced in May that it had reviewed scientific studies and identified "no harmful effects" associated with the contrast lingering in brain tissue. There is a small group of people with kidney failure that may develop some side effects after being exposed to gadolinium, the announcement noted.

The agency promised a review of the evidence would continue and that there would be a public meeting on the issue—which happened on September 8, when the FDA's Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee met. Among the people who testified at that meeting—Chuck and Gena Norris. A representative read a letter from them at the meeting, Medscape reported.

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Actor Chuck Norris and his wife Gena O Kelley attend U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's caucus night event at the Embassy Suites January 3, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. The couple is now suing MRI manufacturers and a company that produces gadolinium-based contrasts, alleging that the contrast is poisonous.
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Ultimately, that committee agreed that there was insufficient evidence to support the idea that gadolinium could cause harm in people whose kidneys were functioning normally. But the group also agreed to that a warning about the potential for gadolinium-based contrast agents to stay in certain tissues longer than expected should be added to the contrast's label.

The European Medicines Agency took three gadolinium-based contrasts off the market in July due to similar concerns, though the agency noted it was a precautionary measure and that there wasn't much evidence of a health risk.

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Hau1Bhe3-0U

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjGWmTH7C6g

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6hb602588

[GeneChing]

Chuck Norris is Hosting a Chuck Norris Look-Alike Event in Texas (http://mentalfloss.com/article/571585/chuck-norris-hosting-chuck-norris-look-alike-event)
BY JAKE ROSSEN JANUARY 24, 2019

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At the age of 78, Chuck Norris can look back on a remarkable career. He parlayed his aptitude in karate competitions into a successful film and television career, acting opposite Bruce Lee in 1972’s Return of the Dragon and starring for eight seasons on the CBS action series Walker, Texas Ranger. His Chuck Norris Action Jeans—which provide flexibility in the crotch to better execute kicks—have been a practical fashion statement for decades.

Norris has now set his sights on another goal: He’d like to host the world’s biggest gathering of Chuck Norris look-alikes.

According to KTXS, Norris will be hosting a 5K race event on May 4, 2019 in College Station, Texas, where participants are being invited to appear dressed as Norris. Those paying a $30 registration fee ($50 at the door) will get a “sweet belt buckle,” fake beard, and a “Chuck Norris style T-shirt” to assist in the look, though they can also show up with their own customized costume. After the race, prizes will be awarded for Best Male Chuck Norris Costume, Best Female Chuck Norris Costume, and Best Kid Chuck Norris Costume for attendees 12 and under.

The objective is to set a world record for the greatest number of Norrises in one place, though it’s not clear if there is an existing record to beat. Norris also plans on greeting runners at the finish line. All proceeds will be split between Kickstart Kids, a nonprofit child assistance group that teaches empowerment through martial arts, and the Mercy Project, which seeks to create new economic opportunities for troubled communities in Ghana. These lofty goals may be too much for a single Norris, but a small fleet of them just may be able get the job done.

[h/t KTXS]

wait...Best Female Chuck Norris Costume?

[GeneChing]

Chuck Norris is celebrating his 80th birthday (https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Chuck-Norris-is-celebrating-his-80th-birthday-568664361.html?fbclid=IwAR2bEusBQp5pMJFYQrSfx9mOid VvbbBYXaW-2IOjOWvoY2LFSdAKi18KWPA)

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US actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, this year's special guest signals to the audience onstage during the opening gala of the 15th Shoe Box fundraising event in Papp Laszlo Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. The annual Christmas charity campaign was launched by the Hungarian Baptist Aid (HBAid) in 2004 to collect and distribute gifts donated by the public for underprivileged children during Advent. The organisation receives the labelled and boxed presents at nearly 300 designated collection points in the country. (Marton Monus/MTI via AP)

Posted: Tue 10:49 AM, Mar 10, 2020 | Updated: Tue 12:05 PM, Mar 10, 2020

(Gray News) - Actor Chuck Norris is celebrating his 80th birthday Tuesday.

Born Carlos Ray Norris in 1940, he would get his nickname while serving in the Air Force as an 18-year-old.

While stationed at the Osan Air Base in South Korea, he began studying martial arts. He left the service in 1962 and started working as a karate instructor. Norris was the first westerner ever to hold the rank of 8th-degree black belt in taekwondo.

It was in 1972 when Norris got his big break in the martial arts film “The Way of the Dragon,” where he and Bruce Lee had their iconic fight scene in the Roman Colosseum.


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[GeneChing]

Audiences enjoy seeing Norris fight justice against the bad guys. He has appeared in many films including “Good Guys Wear Black,” “Forced Vengeance,” “Code of Silence,” and “The Delta Force.”

Norris also starred in the hit 90s CBS television “Walker, Texas Ranger.” The show ran for eight seasons.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYZVSElmj4&feature=emb_logo

Norris has been a longtime supporter of numerous charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the United Way. Norris started his own charitable organization called Kickstart Kids. The purpose of Kickstart is to teach “...character through karate to empower youth with core values, such as discipline and respect, to achieve their greatest potential.”

Yesterday was his big eight-oh!

[GeneChing]

Utah grandma, 83, receives karate black belt from Chuck Norris (https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/44380022/utah-grandma-83-receives-karate-black-belt-from-chuck-norris)
Monday, July 26th 2021, 3:36 PM EDT
By Ashley Imlay


SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) -- Carole Taylor may be 83, but she now has a fifth-degree black belt in karate — an honor she received from Chuck Norris himself.

The Utah woman's passion for martial arts began 15 years ago at the age of 68, when she started taking her 11-year-old granddaughter to lessons.

"I thought: 'Wow, this is mental and physical. This would be a good thing for someone my age to do. ... So I asked the teacher if it would be all right if I joined the class, and so that's why I did it," she recalled.

Taylor learned karate alongside her granddaughter.

"We both got our first-degree black belts at about the same time," she said.

On Saturday, that granddaughter was there to watch Taylor show off her skills in front of dozens at Chuck Norris' annual United Fighting Arts Federation International Training Convention. For her demonstration, Taylor chose to show forms of karate including traditional hand techniques, stances, footwork, targeting, focusing and power.

She performed to the Beach Boys' song "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," because that's where she grew up. Taylor fooled the crowd by using her bow as a cane to hobble onto the center of the mat, prompting laughter and smiles from Norris and the rest of the crowd, a video of the event shows. She then straightened her back and began a display of powerful stances and fierce facial expressions. Taylor received a standing ovation from Norris and many in attendance.

Afterwards, Norris awarded her a fifth-degree black belt — an accomplishment that takes years to reach in the Chuck Norris System.

"I was so excited. I was able to bow to him, turn around, he put (a black gi) on me, I turned back around and bowed, and then he grabbed me and hugged me so hard, he actually pulled me off the ground almost … my one foot went up," Taylor said.

A gi is a traditional karate uniform. When someone reaches the fifth degree, their white top gets replaced with a black top, she explained.

"(Norris) was so kind, and he's 81, and he made some comments about that he had not been exercising all that much recently and that I had inspired him to go back and to begin to train again, and that made me feel very, very good," Taylor said.

The Layton woman also teaches karate at the dojo where she learned it. During the pandemic, she taught a student from the class at her own home because they had to social distance. Taylor had the student come to her house every day and they practiced on the patio outside, according to her daughter, Lacey Owens.

"It helps her mind to stay calm, to be able to focus on all the forms they have to learn, and that really has kept her brain fresh, I would say. It helps her to remember things, to memorize things," Owens said. "The dedication has given her something to keep going after every day."

Karate isn't the first talent Taylor has developed. She is also an actress who has appeared in plays and films, an artist and a calligrapher.

But karate has been another life experience Taylor is grateful to have found.

"It's just one of those things that makes for a more full life for me, and I absolutely love it, and it makes me feel strong, and it makes me feel confident, and it makes me feel as though I'm able to continue to learn," she said.

When the pandemic kept her home, Owens said karate gave her mother "some purpose in such a crazy time. And now, she can't test again for five years if she wants to go for her sixth degree, but she said to me, 'Why not? Why not? Might as well keep trying."

Owens said that she and the rest of Taylor's family are very proud of her.

"My mom's just been through a lot. She's had a lot of things thrown her way, and she's just always found the light in everything and kept on pushing, and just inspiring other people with her love and her kindness, and everybody that meets her is impacted by her light. And I am extremely grateful to be her daughter," Owens said.

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No joke: Chuck Norris and Vanilla Ice are starring as themselves in Zombie Plane (https://ew.com/movies/chuck-norris-vanilla-ice-zombie-plane-movie/)
Australian star Sophie Monk is also appearing in the action-comedy.

By Clark Collis Published on October 16, 2023

We're all familiar with jokes about movie tough guy Chuck Norris...

When Chuck Norris plays dodgeball, the balls dodge him.

Chuck Norris can kill your imaginary friends.

Freddy Krueger has nightmares about Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris is costarring with Vanilla Ice in a film called Zombie Plane.

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Chuck Norris and Vanilla Ice. GILBERT CARRASQUILLO/GETTY IMAGES; DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES

Actually, that last one is not a joke at all. The production entities Radioactive and Entertainment Squad announced today that Messrs. Norris and Ice are both playing themselves in an action-comedy titled Zombie Plane, which was shot in Australia earlier this year.

In the movie, a secret government agency has recruited celebrities to be undercover agents and the celebs must save humanity from an imminent attack from the undead. The film is directed by Lav Bodnaruk and Michael Mier and also stars Australian actress Sophie Monk. In a statement, producer Jessica Butland promises that audiences "can expect a wild ride, Vanilla Ice is in his element as [a] secret agent and Chuck Norris, having trained him, is excellent."

Of course, Chuck Norris shouldn't be called "excellent." Excellent should be called "Chuck Norris"!

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