Battle of the Big Apple information

November 4, 2008 at 9:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Fort Pierce

A gallery and video of a qualifier held to determine a competitor in the Battle of the Big Apple pizza eating contest Saturday in Fort Pierce, Florida are available. The Van Duzer Foundation’s web page about the contest requests that spectators to the contest Saturday bring a canned food item to donate to local food pantries and distribution centers.

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  1. Badlands Booker said (Registered October 9, 2008)

    November 4, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

    Obama Wins! Hoo Ah!

  2. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:07 am

    Wait untill your taxes go up, guns get outlawed, and home schooling is baned! Hoo Ah! Hoo Ah! Hoo Ah!

  3. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:25 am

    “NO NO NO NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA GOD D##N AMERICA”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3IAjphhw6E

  4. SuperPaul said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:30 am

    I am already practicing for my hot dog eating contest with the President-Elect. A picture of this future contest in progress has magically appeared on my website, http://www.tropicmon.com. Congrats to Obama, he is now a contender for the best dressed eater list 2009.
    As Erik the Red has mentioned on his blog awhile back, Obama and his family are big competitive eating fans…..now we need to get that Rose Garden MLE sanctioned contest put together. George, Rich, Dale, Ryan, consider this my official entry – I know I’m the first to register for this one!

  5. Gentleman Joe said

    November 5, 2008 @ 1:05 am

    Home schooling should be banned.

    You don’t need an assault rifle to hunt.

    About the only people on this board that will see their taxes go up are the Shea’s.

  6. Furious Pete said

    November 5, 2008 @ 1:09 am

    I’m Canadian 🙂

  7. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 4:18 am

    Yeah I like spread the wealth. I hate to work. I always wanted what it would be like to live in a socialist country. Soon I’ll know. Hoo Ah 🙁

  8. anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 7:24 am

    I am glad Obama won mainly to rid us of Bush and his stinkin republican army but already there are hints of black white racism. The man has not even entered the white house and i heard some people in the street yelling . Its Obama time the chickens have come home to roost. If that kind of bigotry is tolerated , then blacks, whites and the nation as a whole will remain divided for quite some time.

  9. confused said

    November 5, 2008 @ 8:51 am

    We aren’t socialist allready? Then how come we bailed out wall street?

  10. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 9:18 am

    Joe,last year both Obama and Biden both voted to raise taxes on people making $42,000.

  11. reality check said

    November 5, 2008 @ 10:21 am

    taxes would go up no matter which of the two got in

  12. Carey said

    November 5, 2008 @ 10:41 am

    not true. If you look into it further you will see that there were no measures being voted on to raise taxes, only to get rid of loop holes and outdated credits. Obama wants to allow tax credits to expire on their 2011 date, amd make permanent tax cuts in that bracket.

  13. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 10:57 am

    It wasn’t a blanket increase, retard. You’re talking about a microscopic subset of that income bracket who would have faced higher taxes. You’re basically repeating a very misleading criticism of the McCain campaign.

    Leave the politics out of the message board, especially if, like Anonymous 9:18, you’re too stupid to understand what you’re saying.

  14. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 11:01 am

    Though I’m a registered Republican, I do recognize that competent leaders can come from either party. However, I do not trust the US government when Democrats occupy the White House, AND control both “houses” of the legislature, as they do now. (Neither does the stock market, by the way … just watch where it goes from here over the next several months.)

    We’ve got some big changes forthcoming now. I have a feeling that in 2 years people will be just as displeased (if not more so) as they have been the last 2 years. I’m talking internationally, primarily.

    I just hope we can stand it.

  15. realist said

    November 5, 2008 @ 11:02 am

    If its about we shall overcome and its a long time coming then this presidential race wasnt worth a damn

  16. anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 11:18 am

    Rhonda, one would assume that you have alot of money if you are a registered republican.. 6 figures perhaps? I say give the man a chance . He hasn’t even been sworn in yet. I understand black people rejoicing over something they never dreamed would happen but if the intention is to use his name for racist or militant purposes then its not the white people who are the haters of society.

  17. Stevie Adnor said (Registered October 31, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 11:28 am

    Enjoy dancing in the streets and blaring your car horns now. I’m no pundit, but I’m siding with Rhonda on this one – hope you still feel like dancing next November.

    Anyway, I got sidetracked – what does this have to do with a pizza-eating contest in Florida? Other than Hall and Joey, who’s going? Did Sonya register – does anyone aside from me really care?

    Wow, I’ve got way too many questions…as usual.

  18. anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 11:48 am

    Mccain never belonged in the presidential race to begin with. They could have dug up Barry Goldwater’s remains and used him as the opposition to Obama

  19. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:06 pm

    Anonymous, you have a false perception if you believe being Republican is about having money, but I won’t get into that, because I don’t want to get any deeper into politics here.

    Stevie, I doubt Sonya would consider registering for a pizza contest with a total purse of $2,500, especially now. With Joey going, second place wouldn’t even cover travel expenses.

    I’m not even convinced we’ll see her eat at another bonafide contest for quite some time—-maybe next year some time. Anyway, both the IFOCE and Sonya may well be quite content with the way things are. In the meantime, maybe this will elicit additional female talent to enter contests without the pressure of having to eat against Sonya.

    I still remember Marie “Chain Gang” Chang. She seemed really nice, and was very attractive. I wish she had remained much longer.

  20. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:14 pm

    Rhonda,

    The stock market rallied in anticipation of an Obama victory and then sold off this morning as the wisest among traders and investors sought to capture profits from the run-up. It’s an extension of the kind of behavior that often happens in anticipation of good news: buy the rumor, sell the news.

  21. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:16 pm

    Rhonda,

    How well do you remember her?

    Her nickname was the Chang Saw.

  22. The Critic said

    November 5, 2008 @ 12:30 pm

    That was great television last night. Moving, historic, highly emotional, dramatic – no matter what you believe….this was the “moon landing” of the 2000’s.
    Mark my words, no matter how much strife there will be in the next few years as Obama cleans up W’s mess, we will all be glad he “overcame”. W damn near drove us back to Stoney Rockhead days.
    .

  23. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 1:43 pm

    Apparently you remember her much better than I do. You’re exactly right. But, then again, you should be, as you had the privilege of judging several contests she participated in, and therefore saw her up close. Thanks for the correction, just the same.
    🙂

  24. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 1:50 pm

    That’s true Anonymous, about buying the rumour and selling the news. But a Democratic-controlled House and Senate isn’t good news, and its negative effect is yet to be fully factored in.

    (And I promised to post no more today. I guess I inadvertantly lied. Sorry.) 🙁

  25. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

    Democrat-controlled.

    Not “Democratic-controlled.”

    And, again, what do you know? Honestly. Why is it bad news necessarily?

    Wait. Don’t answer that. Your answer will be wrong anyway.

  26. Stoney Rockhead said

    November 5, 2008 @ 2:17 pm

    Bush RockforBrains no welcome in me cave…him drive us back to pre-fire days

  27. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 2:31 pm

    Anonymous — the stock market DOES NOT TRUST POLITICIANS, so it relies on a party-divided House and Senate to factor out the risk with differing policies, as to keep each other in check. (I used to teach this in school.) But with either party controlling the Presidency, House, AND Senate, as the elder Bush would say … “That’s bad … that’s bad!”

    There are exceptions to the rule, but that’s been true, generally.

  28. I said

    November 5, 2008 @ 2:44 pm

    hey rhonda the stock market cannot trust or distrust politicians. the stock market is not a sentient being. yes the elder bush is the one to believe because read my lips no new taxes.

  29. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 2:59 pm

    Rhonda, nobody trusts politicians. But that doesn’t mean they wish for them to do nothing.

  30. Carey said

    November 5, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

    There hasn’t been any affects directly contributed to a total Democrat control in the past. There was the Republican control before the 1929 crash, but it is a little more complicated than blaming the Republicans. Britain had more to do with it than the Republicans did. W Bush’s disaster period was Republican controlled, but it was him, not his party, that left us where we are today. People don’t feel easy about it, since a lot of them are irrational and believe anything they hear at the local bar.

  31. Blah Blah said (Registered November 4, 2008)

    November 5, 2008 @ 3:58 pm

    What do we know about politics anyway?

  32. Anonymous said

    November 5, 2008 @ 5:14 pm

    She need tu go back to sckool!

  33. Anonymous said

    November 6, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

    Obama said that “white folk’s greed runs a world in need”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLX3aRNaNk

    He also said that he would “BANKRUPT” the coal industry.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdi4onAQBWQ

  34. true red state said

    November 7, 2008 @ 12:52 am

    I see noting but twoface bunch in NYC .. yOU run to Pres . Bush for help when 9-11 happen

    And you cheer when you got the person who did it .. And now you cuss him … What you fail to notice
    was how Mrs Clinton got her back turn on by ppl who supported her in the past . Because of her being white ..

    all we keep hearing he the first … well what we dont hear is how is he going to fix this mess….

    Nor have we hear it at any time ….. give it 6 months you be hear saying he not worth crap …..

    then you say ohhhh you must not like blacks …..point is they use him to get the white house
    he didnt win …. he got no money to his name … Check out what he is worth .. you see it s not much

    what ever group just brought the white house will try things you never seen before

    for you so call saver is noting more than a PUPPET ..

    Dont think they wont take a shot at us with him in office … as little do you know when the GOP is in office .. Things like wars are put to a stop .

    For those who are to young to remember A dumb ass Pres name Jimmy Cater try to act if there was not need of war.. Even after so many USA people were hijacked on a plane …..
    if fact we get most attacks on USA people when the DEMS are in office …why because they do noting

    As for Jimmy Cater for those who dont know the yellow ass hole left those people behind in IRAN

    It true we dont need some book to tell us .. We were here when it happen…..

    The fact is we have no more leaders as we did in the past ….. on either side ,..

    But people watch so much of TV .. to think what come out from it to be the holy truth…

    With all of this said ..

    This nut is talking about sift jobs back to USA ….?????

    Go ahead cause unrest in Asia and see how people like the USA then …
    Thats where we are heading .. REMEMBER after Pres Bush took office it was only 9 months til they hit us …..

    GOD help us all

  35. anonymous said

    November 7, 2008 @ 1:39 am

    anonymous you saw what happened back in June when racial issues appeared on this website. All hell broke loose . I think we should leave that topic for WBAI . This is about eating and not politics

  36. Carey said

    November 7, 2008 @ 8:04 am

    “He also said that he would “BANKRUPT” the coal industry.” That isn’t even close. He wants to penalize polluters, so if a coal burning power plant would open and didn’t take measures to burn clean, it would go bankrupt. They should. Look at the mess created by industries dumping chemicals into our waters, and polluting the air.

  37. Carey said

    November 7, 2008 @ 8:10 am

    Also, that quote, from his book, was quoting a story from Rev. Wright talking about Haiti. I guess it is OK for Matt Damon to say the same things, because he IS white.

  38. Anonymous said

    November 7, 2008 @ 10:06 am

    Did you actually read the book???
    This webiste is about eating, not politics. We all know shit about politics and sound very stupid when we act like we know what we r talking about.
    so lets talk about what we know a little more, eating…

  39. true red state said

    November 7, 2008 @ 1:08 pm

    This does have to do about eating……. Companies only have eating contest with extra money …

    Now with all the extra money gone …………………………….. —====== No contests …..

  40. boone you idiot said

    November 7, 2008 @ 1:26 pm

    he still an ignorant ignorant person but he is correct about the extra money = contests

  41. Mr Positivity said

    November 7, 2008 @ 2:30 pm

    It would be nice if there was an iggy function on here like chat rooms have . This way the shitheads could babble on about anyone they please but the comments would never show up on the screen

  42. boone you idiot2 said

    November 7, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

    now where is dem contests dat you have up your redneck sleeve BOONE!

  43. anonymous said

    November 7, 2008 @ 2:37 pm

    true red state aka boone 12:52 i cannot understand a word you just said. All i know is i read somewhere that they were comparing who has the nicest looking ass, hillary or or O’bama’s wife

  44. Amommymous said

    November 7, 2008 @ 4:00 pm

    Once again you can’t hide yourself. Your ignorant comments and typing skills ( or lack thereof) make it obvious. Hayboy, you are proving to be an evil presence not only in the competitive eating world, but, now, in the real world. You are a sick, sick, bitter, and stupid man.
    I feel sorry for anyone who deals with you in your new awful league, or anyone who has to listen to you calling them. Bubba, I can’t believe you would ever associate with such a person. You are too good for that. You don’t have to join his league to win independent contests, just go win them without the racist banner of the WLOCE behind you – PLEASE!
    My plea is to OJrifkin, please block Boone’s computer from every posting on this website again, please ignore his eating league, and ban him, and all his aliases, from here for good. His latest streak of comments are wicked, dangerous, racist, insulting, and horrible in their intent. I’m willing to have my comments banned too, if both of us would be equally removed – anything to get rid of Hayboy.
    If anyone else agrees with me, anonymous, nickname, whatever, please also post a similar request. I think all these comments – hey, including this one, don’t belong here, and shouldn’t have to be put here to rebute such venom. Today, I am embarrassed to be on the same website as “true red state”, which should really be “true red hate”.

  45. boone you idiot said

    November 7, 2008 @ 4:53 pm

    obviously i’d agree with banning the guy.. he can be entertaining at times, but yeah he crossed the line with his comments and previous comments toward hardy and booker show that boone, for whatever non-negative points for him, should not be here. I like the idea of banning him, but do not think WLOCE news should be banned explicitly. But since only he posts WLOCE stuff, problem solved. It won’t be easy to ban him technically, but it won’t be too hard.

  46. Anonymous said

    November 7, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

    Dale Boone is the greatest eater in the world and the people who dont admit it are just jealous and thats all their is two it.

  47. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 8:13 am

    To many it is a joyous day and the beginning of a new dawn with Barack O’bama in the white house but some of these anti white racist radio stations are taking it to another level. We all know that the black man has gotten the short end of the stick for centuries and its long overdue that a black man should have a chance to lead this nation. When you hear remarks such as it’s about time dumb and dumber get their ass out of the white house , then it is obvious there are racial overtones associated with the election of our new president. We realize that Bush was a cancer to our nation but they make it sound as though the white man has no business in the white house so get the fu– out because it’s our time , Obama time. Sickening if you ask me.

  48. Anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 10:37 am

    I say, Dale Boone is the greatest eater in the world and the people who dont admit it are just jealous and thats all their is two it.

  49. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 10:58 am

    anony 4pm is that barlow? He is the only one dat call hayboy

  50. boone you idiot2 said

    November 8, 2008 @ 11:04 am

    I think dale boone is the biggest racist in competitive eating. He did have enough sense in his weak narrow minded brain not to use the “N” word around certain individuals when he was in the IFOCE . I will bet that he uses that word in front of his family or around his friends on a frequent basis.

  51. Anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 11:13 am

    Hail to Black Powa!

  52. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 12:11 pm

    Hasn’t even set foot in the oval office and already he is forced to apologize to Nancy Reagan about a seance remark he made the other day . That will be the first of many slip ups Obama will make in the next four years as president of our nation . Would not surprise me if the next one is Power to the People right on !

  53. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

    After 400yrs of white supremacy in the white house , maybe its time for a change. Let the black man lead this country for once. Lets face it the white man hasn’t gotten the job done in the past 40 years. With the exception of Clinton, Lyndon Johnson and Kennedy most of the others stunk. I dont even want to get into Nixon. One problem, if Obama fucks up you wont see another black president for quite some time Maybe never. Blacks will always be put on probation or scrutinized for every little thing they say or do and that is not right. I’m speaking from a white mans point of view and i just happen to be white. .

  54. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 3:17 pm

    Boone you are disgrace to competitive eating. Not only are you a bigot but you lied to everyone claiming you had a wife and a 19yr old daughter when in reality you have nothing. Your attempt to go out with Jill Stowler even backfired on you. I think you enjoy being hated. It gives you some type of sexual thrill Where is the commissioner or George shea to step in and put and end to this civil unrest

  55. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 9:53 pm

    After reading some of these comments , some of you really showed your true colors. I wish i never competed with you people at the same table

  56. anonymous said

    November 8, 2008 @ 10:59 pm

    True red state comment 12:52am and anonymous 4pm rebuttal Nov 7th have to be voted the comments of the month.

  57. anonymous said

    November 9, 2008 @ 12:02 am

    You make it seem like somethin new with Boone. Everyone including hardy and booker. know that he is a joke and an idiot . . Many times both of them came close to beatin his ass in front of everyone and i dont mean eatin. He left those comments on purpose because he wants attention. I bet his typing illiteracy is all an act too. Right now i bet he is getting a good laugh at your expense

  58. anonymous said

    November 9, 2008 @ 7:11 am

    Racism in the ifoce? not good i tell you, not good at all

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