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Sweeping budget cuts are about to begin under the rules of the so-called sequester. Georgia congressmen from both parties write about the damage that will be done by the austerity measure and the political maneuvering that brought us to this economic line in the sand.
Commenting is open below Hank Johnson's column.
By Jack Kingston
President Barack Obama has mastered a new kind of politics: Do nothing about a problem, refuse to meet with Congress, and then launch campaign rallies across the country to complain about nothing getting done. The latest example is his campaign against what he describes as the devastating cuts of sequestration. What he is forgetting to tell the American people is that it was his idea in the first place. He also forgets to mention that these "massive" cuts amount to less than 3 cents on the dollar over 10 years.
A little back story: Sequestration was created in the Budget Control Act of 2011. In exchange for another increase in the debt ceiling, the Obama administration proposed using automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion to force action on a larger deficit reduction package. It was the classic Washington move in which dessert is served up first, and broccoli is left for later.
To make matters worse, the sequestration proposal exempted 107 programs and largely ignored the drivers of our debt. Half the cuts would be directed toward defense, and 35 percent, toward non-defense discretionary spending. Less than 15 percent would come from mandatory spending on entitlement programs, which account for 62 percent of our budget.
That's why I joined other conservatives in voting "no." Not only were we against raising the debt ceiling yet again, but the spending reductions specifically protected the main problem — entitlements and welfare.
It was another boneheaded approach from a president and Congress afraid to take a tough stand. Despite dire warnings, sequestration is only a drop in the bucket in the context of our larger budget woes. The uproar over finding 3 cents on the dollar to cut belies the fact that our government has doubled in size over the last decade.
Our country is broke. Our future is at risk. We are not Greece yet, but that's where we are headed. It's not even just about our children's future. This disaster is affecting us now, and inflation is already being felt at the grocery store and gas pump. Our jobless rate is way too high, and families are hurting.
Washington has a spending problem, and the only way to solve it is through spending cuts. Sequestration's uneven hand may not be the best approach, but with a White House and Senate that refuse to act, it is our best chance to reduce spending today.
The House has acted twice to replace the cuts with targeted reductions and spending reforms. We have passed two budgets that tackle entitlements and put us on the path to sustainability. The Senate hasn't passed a budget since the iPad was invented and gas was $1.87 a gallon. The president's budgets cannot garner a single vote in the House or Senate.
When Washington shows leadership and deals with problems facing our country, the economy will soar. I know. I was there when we cut taxes, reformed welfare, reduced burdensome regulations, and balanced the budget. We can do this right with some dedicated hard work and honest talk. We don't need any more excuses or gimmicks. We need courage and action.
Jack Kingston, a Republican, represent Georgia's 1st congressional district.
By Hank Johnson
Sequestration was never put forward as a sensible policy for reducing our deficit, but as a reality check for both parties.
As the sequester deadline passes, we can continue to point fingers — gear up the blame game — and dig our partisan trenches, or we can choose to do better.
I hate to make my tea party friends uncomfortable by using a word they consider dirty, but with a little compromise, we can solve this. Without compromise, the $85 billion sequester could lower Gross Domestic Product (GDP), raise unemployment and flatten our fragile economic recovery.
A balanced approach to deficit reduction will help support the American people through job creation, economic growth and a strong middle class, while responsibly reducing our debt.
House Democrats have proposed balanced solutions that include repealing subsidies for big oil, implementing the Buffet Rule so middle-class families don't pay higher tax rates than the wealthy, and refocusing farm subsidies.
Although sequestration takes effect today, the House leadership did not call a vote on a single alternative.
Georgia will be one of the hardest-hit states. This year, Georgia could lose about $55 million in education funding, putting more than 1,000 teacher or aide jobs at risk and impacting tens of thousands of mostly low-income students.
In addition, 2,490 fewer low-income students will receive aid to help pay for college. Head Start services will be eliminated for about 1,700 children. Georgia will lose about $427,000 in grants for police officers on our streets.
Perhaps most devastating, Georgia will lose about $873,000 in funding for job search assistance, meaning 33,160 fewer people will get the help they need to find jobs.
More than 35,000 civilian Department of Defense employees will be furloughed, reducing pay by about $190 million. Army base funding will be cut by $233 million, and Air Force operations funding, by $5 million.
I voted for the Budget Control Act that created sequestration. I believed that these terrible cuts would force Congress to compromise. But compromise is not part of the vocabulary these days.
I am proud to have voted for each budget deal — none of which was perfect or even my preferred choice – because I recognized that we must move past our self-inflicted wounds and compromise for the greater good.
This is one of those times we must listen to our better angels. If we don't, economic growth will slow, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost, and more people will have to rely on government assistance for basic needs.
The Republicans have boxed themselves in, declaring there will be no negotiations and no new revenue on the table. This is the strategy they've pursued for the last four years: Obstruct President Barack Obama, inflict pain on the economy and the middle class, and then blame the president and Democrats.
This is exactly the opposite of what Americans are demanding. The people know we can do better.
Hank Johnson, a Democrat, represents Georgia's 4th congressional district.
March 2nd, 2013
9:08 am
We must choose not to quibble.
The following words, from Rep. Hank Johnson's article above, were the essence of what he was trying to communicate to all:
"As the sequester deadline passes, we can continue to point fingers — gear up the blame game — and dig our partisan trenches, or we can choose to do better. . . . with a little compromise, we can solve this. . . .The people know we can do better."
March 1st, 2013
9:46 pm
Republicans and Democrats key in on different points. Republicans key in on waste, and their pocketbooks, and Democrats on protecting people:social security and services. Democrats view Republicans generally as being greedy and self-centered, and Republicans generally see Democrats as "losers" dependent on the government. Democrats see Republicans in office seeking an "easy", heartless "solution" by going after low hanging fruit like programs to help the less fortunate, like Medicaid, while the Republicans continue to fight for tax breaks for the rich.
Wasn't it just a year or so ago, that Governor Deal fought for sales tax exemptions for parts for Gulfstream, private jet repairs, while he fought to make sure those unable to obtain health insurance, and affordable health care, would continue being blocked from getting it (all the way to the Supreme Court)? Now he wants to make sure the very needy in Georgia who would finally get help under the Affordable Care Act, never do. Die they must? Really? Cancer treatments, organ replacements,… are not available to you just because you roll up to an emergency room. If everyone could be certain they could live until they are Medicaid eligible, we all would have less to pray about.
March 1st, 2013
6:52 pm
EJ: "@Hank (and Mary Elizabeth),
Tell me again why the federal government needs to fund local police and teacher's aides? Get the federal government out of the business of funding local projects. If Cobb County wants more police, let them raise local taxes. Then local taxpayers can engage LOCAL politicians and get involved with government. Our country is unique in that citizens can pick and engage our leaders."
EJ, you're so on target, but you are arguing with two confirmed statists. It's futile.


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This is something that could happen to people if they DO NOT make SMART choices instead of NICE.anyway cool flash dude i can't wait for your next flash ^-^
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the fray.....
Man, its so nice to heaer this song. im a fray masive fan. th movie was ok, though it could have less senes of just driving. how ever i see its true depth of meaning.
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Wildcats head football coach Jim Snider resigned Wednesday, days after Clarksville High's administration began an investigation into a hazing incident involving the school's varsity football team. Snider turned in his letter of resignation Wednesday afternoon, Elise Shelton, Chief Communications Officer for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, said in a statement released at 6:30 p.m.
Snider attended a meeting Wednesday with Clarksville High's administration to discuss the investigation of an incident that took place during the football team's annual summer camp in Pleasantville last week. He turned in his resignation during that meeting, Clarksville High athletics director Drew Williams said.
"We did accept that resignation," Williams said. "But I'm not going to comment on what was said during our meeting with the coach." Williams said the investigation continues, adding that last week's incident is now officially regarded as hazing. Williams would not give any details of what happened while the school continues to look into the matter.
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It's never too early to start planning for the next election
cycle, even in West Virginia
where a string of special elections kept coming and coming.
Now, post-election and post-legislative session, both the West Virginia Democratic Party and the Republican National Committee are
circling the wagons.
RNC Co-Chair Sharon
Day visited West Virginia
April 29 to talk about the party's growth and opportunity project, which
includes spending $10 million in local communications.
"We're committed to investing in going where we've not been
and communities where we need to be," Day explained.
She said the party didn't get the results it hoped for after
the most recent election cycle, but instead of assigning blame, a committee was
called together to look at what happened from all aspects of the campaigns and
then go out and let other people tell them, including every single person who
worked in a victory office.
And the responses, after 220,000 hours of listening to more
than 55,000 people?
"Insightful," Day said.
They came up with more than 200 suggestions.
"Some were fairly simple, and others were some we haven't
thought of," Day said. "Others were exactly what we wanted."
She said the party has not been connecting with women,
Hispanics, blacks or Asians, but there is nothing wrong with the party's
"We just need more messengers," Day said. "We normally had
an election cycle game plan, but now it's been stated very clearly that we can
no longer do election cycles."
Day said short-term and long-term plans are now in place and
also a 50-state plan so there no longer is a focus on a few "battleground
states," but attention on them all.
"That's exciting," Day said. "West
Virginia is strong … but we want to help make the
state of West Virginia's party
stronger, and put forth that same effort for every state party.
"And that allows you to elect local, and elect a farm team
with a very strong bench."
And the Democrats in West Virginia
are not taking a break either.
"We believe that we're going to have some tremendous
announcements starting today at 1 o'clock," West Virginia Democratic Party
Chairman Larry Puccio said April 30,
the morning of Nick Casey's
announcement he would run for the 2nd District Congressional seat that has been
held by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
since 2001.
"We're excited about a chain of announcements that we think
the public will be hearing about in the near future," Puccio said.
The winter announcement from Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., that he would leave public service after
almost 50 years of service will leave a hole in the party, but Puccio said
they're just grateful for his time in office.
"It's tough to lose an individual with the clout he has in
Washington, but everyone deserves to retire after working so hard for many,
many years, and we wish him the best," Puccio said. "He wants to see us
continue to have two candidates, and we're going to hear an announcement or
Puccio said filling those shoes comes from many factors.
"We look at many things, not just being an officeholder," he
said. "What you've done, how you've practiced in life, what your profession is
… there are many things that allow us to see a responsible individual that is
really preparing to give back and to serve as an office holder.
"We are always encouraged when we have an individual who has
been a true public servant and done a great job, but at the same time, we look
for individuals that have been responsible in their life, done great things and
also looking to serve."
Puccio said despite the WVGOP's gains in the Legislature
this year, the top seats are all still held by Democrats.
And the Democratic Party's Executive Director, Jacob Winowich, said the RNC's growth
and opportunity project "is just more paperwork the Republicans are putting out
to protect their damaged image that they weren't that successful this last
election cycle."
"They put in a lot of money and weren't successful on the
national level at all," he said. "The nation is changing and not supportive of
the National Republican Party so much anymore."
Puccio said the Democratic Party uses the word "responsible"
a lot, because it's a clear part of the party message.
"We're going to continue to be responsible and do
responsible things while working hard for the hard-working families of West
Virginia," Puccio said. "We'll continue to fight to
work for the families of West Virginia
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Facebook doesn't want your input on privacy
The social media giant seeks to end user voting on changes to its policy.
Just when you thought you could breeze through the last work day before Thanksgiving with help from the thousand-yard Internet stare, here's Facebook (FB) jarring you out of your tech loop with yet another privacy issue.
Because Facebook is like the fidgety kid in grade school who can't hold it together until the bell rings and ends up misbehaving the entire class into a pop quiz when it could have coasted by on hand-turkey drawings, it just had to mess with its privacy protocol on Wednesday. The company plans to stop letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, instead only letting them comment on proposed updates.
Yes, because privacy issues aren't a huge sticking point for Facebook. At all.
It's not as if Facebook's privacy policy incurred the wrath of the Irish Data Protection Comissioner's office last year and resulted in a full audit of how the site's treatment of 818 million European users complied with E.U. Law. It's not as if that audit led to a step-by-step walkthrough of Facebook's privacy policies, new privacy settings for individual posts and photos and a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last November over its handling of user data.
The site's voting process was the individual user's only means of affecting which parts of their profile Facebook could show and which portions would be hidden by privacy settings. If a privacy policy change drummed up 7,000 comments, the change went to votes. If more than 30% of Facebook's user base voted for it or against it, then their decision stood.
Granted, the site had only 200 million users when it adopted this model in 2009 and has more than 1 billion now, but it still makes Facebook an open democracy. It became a cudgel for privacy activists like the Austrian-based group Europe Vs. Facebook, which spurred on the Facebook audit by using one of the site's lesser known policies to request detailed copies of users' personal information. The group forced a vote on its own revisions to Facebook policy last year, though only 380,000 people cast ballots.
TechCrunch argues that the current 7,000-comment voting threshold is too low and allows groups like Europe Vs. Facebook outsized influence on policy, but also insists that dropping the vote altogether isn't exactly sound policy. Keeping the number that low lets gibberish and spam comments trigger a vote, while a higher threshold would arguably introduce more real people and opinions into the mix.
Getting rid of the vote would only make more Facebook users do what many Facebook exiles on Google+, the new MySpace, Twitter and only social networks already have: Completely distrust Facebook. The site has already faced privacy concerns about its facial-recognition photo tagging, account deletion, "couple" pages and other prying aspects of its service.
With its stock plummeting more than 36% in the last year and its losses last quarter unmasking its revenue as a giant game of Zynga's (ZNGA) FarmVille, the last thing Facebook needs is another excuse for skittish users to nuke their accounts. For Facebook users who'd rather stick around without letting the company unilaterally decide who gets to peep at their personal information, there's still time to comment and vote on what could be Facebook's last democratic approach to privacy.
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The Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels match at Survivor Series 1997 is widely considered to be the most famous shoot in wrestling history! But has recent new insight given credibility to rumors that it was a work? 411's Michael Weyer takes a look!
I try to avoid directly copying old columns. It's a risky thing, an easy way to get your stuff in during a hard week and I've certainly repeated various points but tried not to just openly redo an entire piece. However, this week is different. It's not just that it's the 15th anniversary of the event in question but in the five years since I wrote the original piece, opinions have shifted along with a few new facts to add to the argument. So here's an edited version of that old piece with some new notes added and a subject that still is talked about today.
Let's face it, we all love a good conspiracy theory. Just the idea of mysterious guys conceiving even more mysterious schemes to alter history behind our back just appeals for some reason. Now, the vast majority of conspiracies are mostly believable only to a few such as the moon landings being faked or those guys who think the world has secretly been run by lizard-like aliens. Most conspiracies involve major events such as the JFK assassination and seem born from the idea that it's impossible a single nutcase could knock off the most powerful man in the world. The most recent major conspiracy theory is that 9/11 was an inside job which does seem unlikely (I mean, honestly, look at Iraq and New Orleans and then tell me this government could pull off something so big without any problems or leaks). Richard Clark probably said it best, that conspiracy lovers make two key mistakes: "First, they assume the government is competent. Second, they think the government can keep a secret." Come on, Nixon was a hundred times smarter than Bush and he couldn't keep Watergate quiet in the pre-Internet era. Just look at the Petreaus scandal, the
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couldn't hide an extra-marital affair, you really believe a massive operation like 9/11 could have been quiet for a decade?
For the most part, I don't believe in too many conspiracy theories but I am a devil's advocate in many ways so I listen to them. How this pertains to the column this week is because I'm going to be talking about the wrestling equivalent of one such theory. A theory that what we know of as the greatest shoot in the modern history of the industry was actually the greatest work.
In short, the theory is that the 1997 Survivor Series Montreal screw-job was all planned out by Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels…and Bret Hart.
I know that sounds crazy but then so do many conspiracy theories. We are dealing with one of the key watershed moments of professional wrestling, the moment that changed everything for both WWF and WCW, not to mention changed the lives of the three men involved in it. Even fifteen years later, when you watch it all unfold, you can feel the raw passion from the moment, the hatred from Bret to Vince and Shawn, Shawn seeming confused and the frustration of Bret.
But was that really what we saw? Or is it possible that this whole thing was conceived by three men known for their cunning ways in order to pave the way for Bret's exit from WWF with as big a splash as possible? One that would allow WWF to stay on top and still manage to give Bret some good heat for his WCW run with the possibility of a return down the way? Again, it seems hard to believe but the evidence for this can be rather compelling. Now since pretty much everyone knows how it all went down on camera and to the crowd, let's break down the work theory and examine how it matches up.
The Set-Up
The number one thing to accept in order for the entire theory to work is that only Shawn, Vince and Bret knew about it. No one else, not Earl Hebner, not HHH, not Bret's family, not even Linda McMahon or Jim Ross knew the real deal. Before you say it's impossible for that to happen, keep in mind how Brian Pillman worked the entire WCW locker room for months for the "Loose Cannon" character, truly convincing everyone he was losing his mind. Likewise, wrestling is filled with stories of men who kept so tightly to kayfabe they conned their own co-workers. Given how Vince can be a bit manipulative, the idea of him coming up with this isn't that out there.
It is hard to believe that Bret and Shawn could be working together on something given all their problems but then business is business. You have to remember that Bret was always one of Vince's favorite workers. Back in 1992, it was Vince who thought Bret would be a good choice to be WWF champion and while he was shuffled a bit in favor of Luger and Nash, Bret still remained a prime player with the company and appreciated Vince for those opportunities. For all his backstage politicking, Shawn also had to have some appreciation for Vince for giving him the big shots too. Thus both men felt a bit indebted to Vince and that might have played into it.
Last year's "Bret vs Shawn" DVD has actually added weight to this argument. One of the big revelations, which rocked quite a few "smart" fans was the two men revealing that so much of their supposed real-life heat in 1996 had all been planned. Think on that, for years, we've believed the tales of them having a major beef, of Shawn arrogantly telling Bret to "get out of my ring" at Wrestlemania XII and their issues, was all a work by the two to give the feud more meaning. If they could do that and keep it quiet for so long afterward, it's not as out of the realm of possibility they could have repeated the trick with Montreal.
One thing many who know Vince McMahon have agreed on is that Vince can be, as Bret himself has put it "the world's greatest snake oil salesman." Contrary to what many think, Vince does not surround himself with yes-men; rather, he has a knack for swaying people to his side. Witness a bonus on the
DVD where John Cena says you can go in ready to argue with Vince over how bad an idea is and leave convinced your idea sucked and Vince's is ten times better. Let's face it, if Vince McMahon had gone into politics, there's a very good chance he'd have become President with his conniving abilities. Thus, even with two men as big in the ego as Bret and Shawn, Vince had the ability to sway them to his side.
The fact was at this point in time, WWF was hurting. WCW was on top with ratings and buy rates and a lot of people seriously believed that they might be able to beat down WWF and put Vince out of business within a year. Now, it is possible Vince could see what was becoming more obvious by late 1997, which was that the over-emphasis on the NWO would lead WCW to a fall but also knew something else would be needed to give WWF a push. And this was just the opportunity he would need to give his company a major attention-getting moment.
The Plot
For the sake of this entire theory, let's imagine than in October, as WCW makes its big overture to Bret, Bret talks to Vince about it, which we all know happened. But instead of the public version of Vince telling Bret he couldn't afford the twenty year multi-million contract and letting him go to Bischoff, something else occurred. Vince did tell Bret he could go but also made an offer to Bret to give him a major exit from the WWF. A way for Bret to go out as a sympathetic hero but still hot as hell and give both Shawn and WWF itself a major boost.
Now this is one part of the theory that I have to admit does sway me a bit. If there's one thing we all know about Vince McMahon, it's that the man hates to show weakness of any kind. He will fight and put as positive a spin on things as he can thus it was really out of character for him to be so open over not being able to afford this huge contract, knowing it would get back to Bischoff. Indeed, Bischoff was convinced because of it that Vince was in even worse shape than he anticipated and thus stepped up his attempts to get Bret. It just seems so unlike Vince to be open about how bad his company was which makes it more believable it was part of a long-range plan.
Of course, the key flaw in this whole theory is that Bret and Shawn did not get along well and Bret was adamant about not losing the title in Canada. We've already learned that much of their hear in '96 was staged but became real in '97 after various misunderstandings. But Bret was, above all, a professional and despite his feelings, he did have loyalty to Vince and the WWF after all those years of service. He knew the tradition of a champion dropping the belt before he left and also knew how important it was to not hurt WWF at such a bad time. As much as he and Vince may not have gotten along, Bret had plenty of friends in the company and didn't want them to go under any more than Vince did. Bret had to know, as Vince did, that Bischoff would be crowing to everyone over signing on the current WWF champion and that would be a massive blow to the company's future. Bret had seen how his father's company had fallen apart due to pressure from the outside and didn't want that to happen to the one that had given so much to him. So, national pride or not, Bret would have been open to the idea of dropping the belt, albeit in a different way than possible.
So after no doubt quite a few hours (if not days or weeks) of discussion, Vince, Bret and Shawn worked out this plan that would give Bret a major way out and engender tons of sympathy for him. They would put out the story of Bret leaving before the show to get more publicity while Shawn and Bret ratched up their already serious backstage heat to get people to think they were ready to kill each other for real. The fact they'd worked everyone so well with Mania XII showed they could pull that off so not out of the realm of possibility they could repeat the trick. Vince would then take in Hebner to tell him the supposed plan while Shawn also let HHH in on it too. Meanwhile, Bret would do stuff like get Hebner to swear to stick to the plan in order to sell the whole thing better. Shawn was no stranger to backstage politics with the Kliq and could see the obvious benefits for him so, before his whole born-again phase, he'd be open to conning everyone into this. That includes good buddy HHH. Just look at how he seems convincing in
Wrestling With Shadows
saying he knew nothing about it to everyone when he's on record today as having helped think it all up.
I know some people are going to say it's impossible all three would keep this so secret but keep in mind who we're dealing with. Bret was brought up in a land of kayfabe, spending years of his childhood convinced guys like the Stomper were trying to kill his dad and thrown to see them come to dinner. The
Wrestling With Shadows
documentary shows Bret trying out his heel mannerisms on his wife without her knowing about it so it's not hard to accept he'd keep something so major so tight. Ditto for Shawn and Vince has a history of playing things close to the vest. A wrestler is, after all, an actor in so many ways so for three men brought up in this business, it's not impossible to believe that they could be capable of fooling even those close to them that this whole thing for real. Looking back, one can see how Bret was worrying so openly about being screwed over, putting the idea in the heads of many over how Vince might pull something and he wouldn't let himself get in that position. Thus, it's a bit surprising how Shawn, in his autobiography, claims it was Bret's idea to get put in the Sharpshooter when he had to know what an open opportunity that would be for Vince and Shawn. And that bit with him going to Hebner? If that had happened on camera, everyone would know for sure Hebner was going to swerve Bret so the whole thing sounds rather contrived, as does the whole discussion with Vince telling Bret they're doing the double-DQ run-in.
That's another part of the theory that I admit is rather compelling,
Wrestling With Shadows.
It's a pretty amazing coincidence that at the time this was going down, Bret just happened to have a documentary crew following his every move, almost as if Bret wanted it recorded how he felt about this whole thing. What really intrigues is that the film has several bits of Bret and Vince talking with Bret on a hidden mic, Vince having no idea it was recorded. When the film came out, there was no real complaint from Vince over being taped without permission or knowledge. Come on, this does sound like the Vince McMahon we know? Wouldn't he be railing and raving about this done without his permission and do everything possible to block the film's release and sue for the use of him in it? Instead, he simply lets it go which hints that Vince used the crew to sell the idea more on how Bret was screwed over.
It's obvious what Shawn got out of it, the title. What could Bret's motivation be? It's twofold really. The big one is that it let Bret drop the title in a way that got him huge public sympathy and let him maintain a bit of dignity. He showed himself as the victim of a horrible double-cross that left him a hero in Canada, still with his pride without having to actually drop the belt. Also, it gave Bret a major boost in fame, to make his entrance to WCW even bigger for him and that would help out a star, something every wrestler wants. It was a risk for Vince to be certain as the locker room came as close as it ever has to open rebellion which could have been the end. But Vince held true to his guns and cooler heads prevailed as Vince decided to take up the fan heat on himself to forge the "Mr. McMahon" character that would help the company to its massive success. Vince McMahon loves the spotlight, he openly admits to that and he knew this would give him a prime place in the minds of the wrestling fans, which was a real rush for the ego.
So again, the idea is that Bret, Shawn and Vince kept this tight to make Bret's exit even bigger than it would have been, which was something WCW should have pounced on. Of course, even Vince didn't expect them to so badly drop the ball with Bret who was lost in the nightmare of WCW's backstage politics and bad mismanagement. One thing in WCW that does lend credence to the work theory is Starrcade '99 where they recreated the screw-job with Bret as Shawn Michaels. Would Bret really be that open to recreating the worst moment of his career when he hated it so much? There's the possibility that they might have thought up the idea of Bret eventually returning to face off against Shawn which would have been a huge moneymaker of a match. But that was changed first due to Shawn's injury putting him out for several years. Then, of course, Owen's death where Bret has openly acknowledged loathing Vince with a passion and soon seeing his family torn apart by the fight against him. Then there Bret's concussion and eventual retirement. But in a way, Montreal did still give all three the big boost they wanted and was really the major turning point for WWF retaking the lead in the Monday Night Wars. As I said before, Vince is a savvy man, savvy enough to see that the NWO would lead to a backlash soon and all WWF needed was something big to help swing the tide. Montreal was it and history has shown that.
Naturally, Bret's return to the company in 2010 brought so much of this up again but was seen as a way to mend the fences. I still contend that Vince made the initial "Screwed" DVD as biased as he could, knowing Bret's pride and ego would make him overcome his issues to work with WWF on a more balanced DVD. It was clear how in 2010, Bret was able to exorcise so many of his demons, settle it at last with Shawn and Vince and get it out of his system. But I also remember people expressing surprise at how Bret and Shawn shook hands after all that, no big angle of Bret attacking or anything. Most cite it as just both men realizing it was time to let it go but if you buy into this theory, you can argue that, since that supposed heat was all faked in the first place, it'd be easier for Bret to not hold a grudge anymore. If anything, seeing his family tearing itself apart over the last several years would do more than adjust Bret's mood to allow him to be more open about his past in the business.
Now the doubters will naturally wonder why, if it was all one major scheme, all three still act like it was a shoot. Well, part of that is the simple fact that if they were to reveal it as a work, pretty much everyone around them would be pissed as hell, especially Bret's ex-wife and kids, not to mention the Canadian fanbase. After all, the event made Bret an even bigger icon in his nation so having it revealed as a work would mar his image majorly. But also, all three can see how Montreal has become, in so many ways, their legacy, the one night of their careers that fans remember so well. That it's constantly brought up just shows that and indeed, one would think Bret would be more upset than he seems at how it's mentioned all the time. It's probable WWF would still have swung the tide against WCW; after all, the blowing of the Sting-Hogan showdown proved WCW could ruin most anything and the NWO backlash was going to strike eventually. But the Screwjob and, more importantly, its aftermath, were what shot WWF back with massive creative energy and it'd be hard to mar that. Just see the new "Attitude" DVD and how they celebrate what Montreal sparked, be a shame to wreck that myth with the truth of it all being set up. Bret and Shawn kept it quiet until last year how so much of their '96 heat was faked, that hard to believe they could keep something even bigger a secret?
I'm not saying this is all true, of course or that I really believe it. But the fact is, there are a lot of fans who do and thought I'd put the facts out there with the possibilities and let others judge for themselves. The irony is that the screw-job has become so accepted that all three could go on TV together and admit they planned it and most fans would find it hard to accept. For a decade and a half, we've heard Montreal come up time and again and it's probably going to happen this year too. And for a decade and a half, fans have been used to Vince shoving it down their throats, Shawn trying to shake it off and Bret remaining bitter about it. Even the involvement of Bret in 2010 hasn't done as much to let Montreal die down. But one has to wonder if it's possible, just possible that every year, all three men, in private, share a smile and a silent laugh at how they managed to put over all these bright, intelligent, smart fans that one great shoot was really a major scheme. The truth will probably never be known for sure but it's definitely something to think over, which is what conspiracy theories are born to do.
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Mid Life Crisis is a song about fame being a prison by former Fugees rapper, Wyclef Jean, from his new project titled "April Showers." The mixtape, his first project off his new imprint label Refugee La Republique/All Handz On Deck, is expected to drop in the Spring and will feature 2 Chainz, T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Trae Tha Truth and Uncle Murda.
Wyclef Jean - Mid Life Crisis Lyrics
Point see Jones once told me
The music industry is not a 50 yard dash,
it's global gumbo and that's a marathon,
Are you ready to finish what you started?
Little burns on my back, I'm back from hell's fire,
Little game to see the devil's alive,
Anything we can conquer, a LMP's
I'm on my second win running like a Jamaican
I want progress little ball cut, ..the few shots still caught the rapper,
Closest they got to me fallen was Monday,
..showin' dial, I was chokin' the legend,
and what the impression I leave on your girlfriend,
I physically but it's my voice and she's hearin'
She like that, ey, sing alone, she know the words to every song,
Hey, she call me Dandana, her favorite movie top shut up,
she love when I speak, cool you, what up..
me and colleague, go back with butter foot go,
Every morning we still we got,
brush my teeth and hit the black up,
hustle hard is what I'm made of,
some caught cope I cut that..
we kids one and cause with the big man
big man chins, we rock while its..
some did anything just to get there,
some see fame and some see the prison.
Some see fame and some see the prison.
Some see fame and some see the prison.
You're doing time, entrance, hold your head up,
I hope you get a party, cut up in me, in the same place,
that's why every night, I save my grace,
Sean..anything that can achieve,
So upper beat top 3 MC's, music mogul, philanthropy,
you're not hot, doing my piffanies,
Why now? Why not now?
Many of..only a few..the crowd,
I started off, about the MC, before it's smacked DVD's and you are LV
The lately lyrically, been under-estimated,
but the rap side of my brain is been reactivated,
but thanks to my mom used to pray to my..
SO shit I had a mid life crisis,
the padex with pig on my birthday,
why envy shall of made it's my birthday,
it's my birthday, it's my birthday
what's funny man she don't even know me,
hey, she like that, hey sing along,
she know the words, to every song,
hey, she like that, get a damn song,
she know the words to all my songs,
Hey, go girl, shake it,
But don't hurt nobody
it's the refugee republic
DJ's all dead
Some see fame and some see the prison.
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Brussels lies at the centre of Brabant, one of Belgium's nine provinces. The Flemings claim the lion's share of the province with their Vlaams Brabant (Flemish Brabant) actually encircling the capital – a noticeably narrow corridor of Flemish-speaking communities runs round the southern edge of Brussels. WATERLOO is easily the most popular attraction in Brabant Wallon (French-speaking Brabant) and is best seen on a day-trip from the capital. A run-of-the-mill suburb about 18km south of the centre of Brussels, the town has a resonance far beyond its size. On June 18, 1815, at this small crossroads town on what was once the main route to Brussels from France, Wellington masterminded the battle that put an end to the imperial ambitions of Napoleon. The battle turned out to have far more significance than even its generals realized, for not only was this the last throw of the dice for the formidable army born of the French Revolution, but it also marked the end of France's prolonged attempts to dominate Europe militarily.
Nevertheless, the historic importance of Waterloo has not saved the battlefield from interference – a motorway cuts right across it – and if you do visit you'll need a lively imagination to picture what happened and where – unless, that is, you're around to see the large-scale re-enactment which takes place every five years in June; the next one is scheduled for 2015. Scattered round the battlefield are several monuments and memorials, the most satisfying of which is the Butte de Lion, a huge earth mound that's part viewpoint and part commemoration. The battlefield is 3km south of the centre of Waterloo, where the Musée Wellington is easily the pick of several Waterloo museums.Read More
The Musée Wellington
The Musée Wellington
The Musée Wellington, chaussée de Bruxelles 147 (whttp://www.museewellington.com), occupies the old inn where Wellington slept the nights before and after the battle. It's an enjoyable affair, whose displays detail the build-up to – and the course of – the battle via plans and models, alongside an engaging hotchpotch of personal effects. Room 4 holds the bed where Alexander Gordon, Wellington's principal aide-de-camp, was brought to die, and here also is the artificial leg of Lord Uxbridge, another British commander: "I say, I've lost my leg," Uxbridge is reported to have said during the battle, to which Wellington replied, "By God, sir, so you have!" After the battle, Uxbridge's leg was buried here in Waterloo, but it was returned to London when he died to join the rest of his body; as a consolation, his artificial leg was donated to the museum. Such insouciance was not uncommon among the British ruling class and neither were the bodies of the dead soldiers considered sacrosanct: tooth dealers roamed the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars pulling out teeth, which were then stuck on two pieces of board with a spring at the back – primitive dentures known in England as "Waterloos".
In Wellington's bedroom, Room 6, there are copies of the messages Wellington sent to his commanders during the course of the battle, curiously formal epistles laced with phrases like "Could you be so kind as to …". Finally, an extension at the back of the museum reprises what has gone before, albeit on a slightly larger scale, with more models, plans and military paraphernalia plus a lucid outline of the immediate historical background.
The battlefield – Le Hameau de Lion
The battlefield – Le Hameau de Lion
Some 4km south of town, the Waterloo battlefield is a landscape of rolling farmland, interrupted by a couple of main roads and more pleasingly punctuated by the odd copse and farmstead. The ridge where Wellington once marshalled his army now holds a motley assortment of attractions collectively known as Le Hameau du Lion (Lion's Hamlet). This comprises four separate sites all within a few metres of each other, with the added offering of a 45-minute battlefield tour in a four-wheel-drive. Of the four sites, the worst are the Centre du Visiteur, which features a dire audiovisual display on the battle, and the Musée de Cires (same hours), a dusty wax museum. The best is the 100m-high Butte de Lion (same hours), built by local women with soil from the battlefield. The Butte marks the spot where Holland's Prince William of Orange – one of Wellington's commanders and later King William II of the Netherlands – was wounded. It was only a nick, so goodness knows how high it would have been if William had been seriously injured, but even so the mound is a commanding monument, surmounted by a regal 28-tonne lion atop a stout column. From the viewing platform, there's a panoramic view over the battlefield, and a plan identifies which army was where. Also enjoyable is the Panorama de la Bataille (same hours), where a circular, naturalistic painting of the battle, on a canvas no less than 110m in circumference, is displayed in a purpose-built, rotunda-like gallery – to a thundering soundtrack of bugles, snorting horses and cannon fire. Panorama painting is extremely difficult – controlling perspective is always a real problem – but it was very much in vogue when the Parisian artist Louis Dumoulin began this effort in 1912. Precious few panoramas have survived and this one is a bit past its best, but it does at least give a sense of the battle. You can also venture out onto the battlefield under your own steam by following the old track that cuts south across the fields from beside the Panorama.
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon escaped from imprisonment on the Italian island of Elba on February 26, 1815. He landed in Cannes three days later and moved swiftly north, entering Paris on March 20 just as his unpopular replacement – the slothful King Louis XVIII – high-tailed it to Ghent. Thousands of Frenchmen rallied to Napoleon's colours and, with little delay, Napoleon marched northeast to fight the two armies that threatened his future. Both were in Belgium. One, an assortment of British, Dutch and German soldiers, was commanded by the Duke of Wellington, the other was a Prussian army led by Marshal Blücher. At the start of the campaign, Napoleon's army was about 130,000 strong, larger than each of the opposing armies but not big enough to fight them both at the same time. Napoleon's strategy was, therefore, quite straightforward: he had to stop Wellington and Blücher from joining together – and to this end he crossed the Belgian frontier near Charleroi to launch a quick attack. On June 16, the French hit the Prussians hard, forcing them to retreat and giving Napoleon the opportunity he was looking for. Napoleon detached a force of 30,000 soldiers to harry the retreating Prussians, while he concentrated his main army against Wellington, hoping to deliver a knockout blow. Meanwhile, Wellington had assembled his troops at Waterloo, on the main road to Brussels.
At dawn on Sunday June 18, the two armies faced each other. Wellington had some 68,000 men, about one third of whom were British, and Napoleon around five thousand more. The armies were deployed just 1500m apart with Wellington on the ridge north of – and uphill from – the enemy. It had rained heavily during the night, so Napoleon delayed his first attack to give the ground a chance to dry. At 11.30am, the battle began when the French assaulted the fortified farm of Hougoumont, which was crucial for the defence of Wellington's right. The assault failed and at approximately 1pm there was more bad news for Napoleon when he heard that the Prussians had eluded their pursuers and were closing fast. To gain time he sent 14,000 troops off to impede their progress and at 2pm he tried to regain the initiative by launching a large-scale infantry attack against Wellington's left. This second French attack also proved inconclusive and so at 4pm Napoleon's cavalry charged Wellington's centre, where the British infantry formed into squares and just managed to keep the French at bay – a desperate engagement that cost hundreds of lives. By 5.30pm, the Prussians had begun to reach the battlefield in numbers to the right of the French lines and, at 7.30pm, with the odds getting longer and longer, Napoleon made a final bid to break Wellington's centre, sending in his Imperial Guard. These were the best soldiers Napoleon had, but slowed down by the mud churned up by their own cavalry, the veterans proved easy targets for the British infantry, and they were beaten back with great loss of life. At 8.15pm, Wellington, who knew victory was within his grasp, rode down the ranks to encourage his soldiers before ordering the large-scale counterattack that proved decisive.
The French were vanquished and Napoleon subsequently abdicated, ending his days in exile on St Helena, where he died in 1821. Popular memory, however, refused to vilify Napoleon as the aggressor – and not just in France, but right across Europe, where the Emperor's bust was a common feature of the nineteenth-century drawing room. In part, this was to do with Napoleon's obvious all-round brilliance, but more crucially, he soon became a symbol of opportunity: in him the emergent middle classes of western Europe saw a common man becoming greater than the crowned heads of Europe, an almost unique event at the time.


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1. Your "Do the Math" college tour represents a frontal assault on the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry. What led you to embrace this tactic?
It's actually more than a college tour — we're mostly going to big cities. Divestment by colleges and churches and cities is a big part of the plan, but we're also trying, as you say, to simply psych up the environmental movement to go after the fossil fuel industry. It's the math that persuaded us — the piece I wrote for Rolling Stone ["Global Warming's Terrifying New Math"], which was confirmed by the International Energy Agency this week. We've got to keep 80 percent of [fossil fuel] reserves underground — that's all there is to it. And to do it, we have to make people understand that this industry is now a rogue industry, the equivalent to the planet's health of the cigarette industry for our individual health. So far so good — nine straight sold-out houses for the first nine shows. I'm backstage right now at the Orpheum in Boston, about to go out and talk to almost 3,000 people. It's been a long time since the environmental movement rolled like this.


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The Gunners are in sixth place, four points adrift of fourth-place Chelsea, which is still to play Manchester City on Sunday.
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Revealed: A&O takes biggest hit as magic circle squanders £10m on lost trainees
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Not sure about all this, isn't the point of hiring lots of trainees these days primarily in order to provide the firm with plenty of (relatively) cheap labour? If they were all kept on after 2 years the firm would have far too many low level associates that cost far more than trainees, but whose fee earning potential would not be that great in some cases. Of course, I could be wrong and this is all about finding talent, not about working cheaper labour for maximum profit.
That is a truly lightweight piece of analysis! Just a comment on trainee retention with some relatively spurious costs thrown in!
At the same time as firms are trying to be more scientific in setting their recruitment targets they are also being hit with other trends. Not least of which is that none of the big firms really need trainees any more. Or at least not to deliver legal work, which can mostly be done by someone else for less, or by technology, or not done at all, and is likely not to be particularly profitable anyway (and/or it's so miserably awful that the trainees don't want to do it anyway). So they're mainly doing it to protect their cultures and ethos. Thank goodness.
Anyway, a substantial number of current recruits won't want what big law offers in the long run and perhaps those firms are sick of training lawyers for other people.
Actually, Anon, that is a common talent management tactic emerging at many corporates and consulting firms - called a "first bounce" approach. If they are going to leave anyway, why not take the benefit of hiring them as newly qualifieds. Of course that doesn't work long term, it is a free rider issue, so most firms know they need to keep investing.
Agree with most of the comments made, but there is a valid point, in that firms should be seeking to optimise the investment made in trainees. It does miss the point that there is an optimum number to retain - no hiring process gets everything right, so an 80% hit rate and retaining the best could well be a great outcome.
I wonder to what extent does this analysis factor in the incoming trainees from other firms as newly qualified. Sure, many leave the profession, but you can bet A&O picked up a few from Slaughters and vice versa. It is only the net loss that is the issue.
These figures are rather vague. The true cost per trainee seems to be based only on salary + law school maintenance fees. Once you add in law school fees and the costs to run the HR teams that recruit and train the trainees, plus the budgets those departments have for events/training etc, and also consider the employer tax contributions etc - these figures are clearly out.
Although the "loss" may also be debatable depending on the billing to clients, it is estimated it takes until about 3 years PQE to get a return on the investment of a trainee.
The harsh reality of the situation is some trainees are just not good enough, factored in to the equation is the moving goal posts when firms in good times are more likely to retain.
I always worry when recruiting a traineee, who claims they bill a high amount, that they have been used as sweat equity, and have not really learnt a lot as the high billing is due to the commoditised nature of the task perfomed.
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