ZERO: Celebrity Recognition Can Take Time

Sunday July 8, 2007 - A ZERO award goes out to former NFL player and Fox Sports broadcaster Bill Maas who was arrested and charged with drug possession and weapons charges in Peoria, Illinois. Of course, all suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

According to this media report in USAToday.com, police found numerous items in his Hummer:

"Police found a .22-caliber revolver, 5 grams of suspected marijuana, 6 grams of suspected cocaine and 28 pills of Ecstasy."

Maas and a passenger were arrested Friday by Illinois Police. But it apparently took some time before police knew who they had:

'"We didn't recognize him until about 5 p.m. this afternoon," Trooper Tony Halsey told the Journal Star of Peoria on Saturday.'

Ouch! How can there be celebrity justice when they don't know you're a celebrity?

Source: USAToday.

Hero, Nero, Zero.com
http://www.heronerozero.com

HERO - American Hot Dog Champ Wins

Thursday, July 5, 2007 - A HERO Award goes out to Hot Dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. Chestnut, the contender, beat reigning champ Takeru Kobayashi 66 to 63 hot dogs in the world-famous annual Nathan's contest.

CNN even has a video of how the contest went down HERE.

Source: Nathan's

ZERO - Al Gore: Just Say No!

Wednesday, July 4, 2007 - Oh those wacky Gores. A ZERO Award goes out to Al Gore III for among other things, taking a pretty bad mugshot. But wait, there's more.


Seems young Albert Gore III, got himself arrested on the Fourth of July in Orange County, CA on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs.

Al Gore, 24, was allegedly driving in speeds in excess of 100 mph on the freeway early in the morning. Arresting officers reported that he smelled of marijuana. When his car was searched, numerous prescription drugs were reportedly found including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, and Adderall. He apparently did not have prescriptions for them. Maybe he was in Canada recently for some universal healthcare?

Al Gore was booked into a Santa Ana jail and released on bond.

Way to Go Al! I wonder how he told Pops and his mom Tipper? I'm sure the Gore's enjoyed some extra July 4th fireworks at their home.

Now THAT's an "Inconvenient Truth!"


Hero, Nero, Zero.com

HERO - Don't Mess with the Scots

Tuesday July 3, 2007 - A HERO Award goes out to Scottish cab driver Alex Mcllveen who with others fought the terrorists who crashed a burning car into the Glasgow airport terminal earlier this week.

"I told my passenger to run for her life, then I went for the man in the T-shirt and managed to skelp him in the face. I followed it up by booting him twice.

"By that time some other people had joined in and it seemed like the T-shirt guy was trying to get back into the Jeep.

"Then the driver got out of the car. He was already in flames. It was obvious he was the real psycho of the pair.

"Someone was hosing him down but the flames seemed to jump up again just as it looked like they had gone out.

"It was obvious the driver wanted into the boot of the Jeep for something and I was worried about what it was. I thought it must be a gun.

"He was going crazy, just lashing out at everyone and babbling p*sh in a foreign language the whole time.

"I've heard people say since that he was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of c**p to me.

"I ran for the guy and punched him twice in the face with pretty good right hooks.

"Then I kicked him with full force right in the balls but he didn't go down. He just kept on babbling his rubbish.

"I couldn't believe that he was still standing. I know I would have been floored by that kind of kick."

Alex continued to take on the man, who was lashing out with his fists. He recalled: "He was a big guy and I'm not really a fighter, but his punches were wild and I managed to dodge them and make some good strikes myself.

"Luckily, more people joined in and we managed to beat the guy down. The police apparently caught the other man.

Moral of the story? Don't be Messin' with the Scots!

Unfortunately, the police rewarded him with a parking ticket!

Read the full story at the Daily Record

HERO: Captain America, 1941-2007

Sunday, July 1, 2007 - A HERO award goes out to... Captain America?

Yes, it's sad but true. Captain America is dead.

According to the Associated Press story (via YAHOO):

Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest issue of Marvel Comics, due on newsstands the morning after Independence Day. After 66 years of battling villains from Adolf Hitler to the Red Skull, the red, white and blue leader of the Avengers was felled by an assassin's bullet on the steps of a New York federal courthouse

RIP.






Source: AP (via YAHOO)