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Glenn Jacobs, the WWE wrestler better known as Kane, was interviewed in the Baltimore Sun recently and aside from his wrestling career, which he senses is winding down these days, he did air some interesting political views. Jacobs is a member of the Libertarian Party and was asked by the Sun reporter whether he ever envisions America electing a Libertarian, independent or third-party president.

Here’s his response:

Certainly I think the way things are going with the economy, and this is not a rip on any particular party because they’re both at fault, but with the centralization of the economy, central planning, that doesn’t work. We saw that everywhere it’s been tried. As things unfold I think people will be looking for answers, and I think the Libertarians, certainly the people that understand real economics – Austrian economics – they have those answers. So we’ll see what happens. I think we do live in very interesting times.

Not bad for a fellow who’s spent most of his adult life beating up on other large fellows inside metal buildings. The pro wrestler also writes a political blog called “The Adventures of Citizen X.”

Thanks to low ratings when RAW gets expanded to three hours too frequently, WWE and USA have cut down the number of times the show is expanded from its normal two-hour format. This past Monday celebrated RAW’s 900th episode, which was pretty special as a benchmark, but the next three-hour RAW won’t roll around until November 15 as a build-up to the Survivor Series PPV.

Personally, I’m in favor of reducing the number of times RAW is expanded to three hours, in order to keep it feeling like a special event. Do it too often, and it eventually just feels routine. I’m sure there are some custom electronics that could calculate the math behind the perfect equation of how often RAW ought to be expanded to three hours, but personally I think it ought to be a bit more organic than that: it should only be expanded for very special events.