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Skip to comments.Obama's Re-Election Mandate: Guess Whose Money He's Targeting Next?
Posted on 12/01/2012 7:11:15 AM PST by Kaslin
Many Americans didn't bother to vote in the past presidential election, some out of apathy or a belief that the election would hardly affect them. They are in for a rude awakening now that Obama has won re-election. His Santa Claus false promises are unsustainable, so there are going to be few winners and a lot of losers as he redistributes wealth. Obama ran on a platform of making the rich pay their fair share of taxes, but raising taxes on the wealthy will only fund the federal government for eight days a year. In order to even partially keep up with federal spending and debt payments, he will have to find new ways to take money from the middle class.
Private sector 401k and IRA owners are first on the Democrats' radar and may see their plans taken away soon. House Democrats are planning on eliminating those tax breaks and converting the private plans to government-controlled retirement accounts, where they will be at risk for insolvency.
The poor and lower middle classes filing bankruptcy are the next demographic being selectively targeted by the Obama administration. Last spring, federal bankruptcy courts and trustees started aggressively going after the paltry assets and incomes of the poorest Americans filing bankruptcy, demanding portions of their low wages, and assets such as their only car, in order to bring in more money for federal coffers and declare that bankruptcies have gone down under Obama. This was implemented despite federal bankruptcy laws' promise of a fresh start for the poor filing bankruptcy. Last year, bankruptcy courts targeting the poor like this was unheard of. Now, millions of Americans in the real estate industry who lost their jobs are finding out there is little relief for them in bankruptcy, as they are forced to pay bankruptcy attorneys to defend them in additional proceedings that can drag out for months.
Certain industries, anticipating worse economic times with Obama's re-election, have begun laying off thousands of workers. Some CEOs boldly announced the layoffs the day after the election, blaming them on Obama. The main industries laying off employees include technology, wireless, retail, grocery and healthcare, where the lowest-level employees have been hardest hit. Restaurant chains like Papa Johns are slashing employees' hours to less than 40 hours a week in order to avoid the expense of Obamacare and are raising prices.
Many middle class Americans will see their pensions eliminated or slashed, financially devastating for those under 55 years old who are aware that Social Security will be insolvent by the time they retire. The percentage of workers in America covered by a traditional pension plan fell from 62 percent in 1983 to 17 percent in 2007.
Government employees, represented by Obama-supporting public unions, fought tooth and nail to ensure that Obama won re-election, but Obama is not saving all their jobs and pensions. Older Americans falsely believed that if they paid into a government pension and relied upon it, it would be there for them when they retired. This is not true; it is no longer just newly hired employees who need to worry about losing their pensions. One retired firefighter in Rhode Island had his pension cut by $1,100/mth, and other firefighters saw their pensions cut by more than half. Several states have cut cost of living increases for existing pensioners. Many state and local governments are laying off employees. This is a pattern that is increasing, not decreasing around the country.
Non-union members are losing their pensions at an even higher rate than union employees. 20,000 auto employees lost most of their pensions when the U.S. Treasury Department decided to bail out General Motors. At the same time, those GM employees who were part of the United Auto Workers Union saw their pensions topped off and preserved. Pensions in the private sector are increasingly underfunded. Verizon's private pension plan is underfunded by $3.4 billion. If economic conditions continue to deteriorate, bankruptcy may not protect them. When corporations file bankruptcy, the courts tend to let them out of pension obligations to employees and retired employees.
Americans living in states where private sector employees are outnumbered by those dependent on government will be affected the worst. Known as death spiral states, these 11 states are considered high risk for economic default, shunned by investors. Americans in the real estate, investment, hospitality and tourism industries especially will face tougher times in these states over the next few years as those industries shrivel up and lay off workers, and municipal bankruptcies increase. Financial affairs in Stockton, California, have gotten so bad that police will only respond to calls for assistance if there is blood involved. Since 2009, the city has cut 25 percent of its police officers, 30 percent of its Fire Department and over 40 percent of all other city employees.
Everyone is familiar with troubled Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan's multiple prosecutions for theft, drunk driving incidents, traffic accidents and drug use. Yet no matter how many times she is arrested, she never serves more than a few days in jail because Los Angeles County cannot afford to lock up anyone but the most serious felons.
These are a just a few of the many ways Obama is stealthily taking away more money from the middle class. He brazenly targets certain types of Americans for austere fiscal measures, while giving others a free pass. He bails out Government Motors and its union employees with taxpayers' money, while Americans in the real estate industry who did nothing wrong are hassled for months as they try to file bankruptcy, with some of their bankruptcies ultimately thrown out. The liberal-dominated media has helped Obama accomplish this by failing to write about the selective targeting. Instead, the media hypes up stories of Obama playing Santa Claus. Obama does not care about the middle class, he cares about which special interests, such as unions, can contribute the most to Democrats' elections.
If Mitt Romney had been elected president, he would have pulled government out of the business of choosing winners and losers, allowing the private sector to create jobs and wealth again. Instead, the U.S. has turned into a feeding frenzy, with Americans fighting and clawing for whatever they can get at the expense of their neighbors.
"Many Americans didn't bother to vote in the past presidential election, some out of apathy or a belief that the election would hardly affect them."
Those are the only people I'm more happy to see shafted than than liberals.
Laziness is a greater sin past that of deliberately voting for evil.
Oh, goody. Marxist thief.
Dennis Prager commented during the campaign on the support for Obama among younger voters, saying Never in history have so many people voted so enthusiastically against their own interests.
He could have said the same thing about rich liberals, low-income people, and minorities. All will suffer as Obama leads these lemmings off the fiscal cliff.
The result of the turmoil is likely to be more federal intervention, more rule by decree, and more pandering to groups which were supposed to be pets of the administration. When will these pets begin to realize that they are being abused by their pretended champion?
In a situation like this, the tough have a better chance to survive. Those will be people who can take care of themselves, and rural people more than urbanized folk. Gun owners and those who can raise food will be better off than people in cities. States with little debt will do better than states who are, even now, broke.
The devil always makes lavish promises, but in the end, never delivers. So it is also with socialism.
Voting under the second amendment will begin promptly when this loser takes down this system.
I'm not sure what everyone is complaining about. Good steak and lobster dinners in D.C. don't exactly grow on trees.
" Instead, the U.S. has turned into a feeding frenzy, with Americans fighting and clawing for whatever they can get at the expense of their neighbors."
Well... not yet. But that day is probably coming.
He ran on a platform of class warfare and massive wealth redistribution. Americans goobled it up and gave him four more. The GOP is out of power for the balance of the nation's short life. There is absolutely no way the GOP is going to sell hard work and wealth accumlation when Baraq O'Claus is giving out goodies to all "His people" (meaning more than just skin color).
At a certain point you lose your deduction anyway. Or at least for the Roth IRA. As long as they don't try to take ours, let the lower incomes lose that deduction, they voted for it. I'm sorry but I'm not feeling much sympathy these days, let them all expire, let's all go off the cliff.
No mention of the Death Tax
Lots and Lots of Dems have retirement plans. Let him try and take them away. This will go over much worse than when Bush tried to privatize a part of Social Security.
It will be the beginning of the end of his presidency. He will be way, way overreaching.
Wait until we get near to the end game and the feds "Securitize" the billions of dollars sitting in IRAs, 40iKs and company pension accounts.
To them it's "Securitize".
To us it's "Confiscate".
He won't take them away. He'll promise them something better, and they'll give them away. And then they'll blame Bush.
He ran on a platform of class warfare and massive wealth redistribution. Americans goobled it up and gave him four more.
This has happened before, particularly under FDR. If one watches movies of the 1930s (some of my favorites), there is often an undercurrent of class envy. It is even found in WWII propaganda movies, where the lower-class recruits must educate the snotty rich kid. It is found in anti-Nazi propaganda, where the Nazi officer is shown as an aristocratic, monocle-wearing devotee of high art, but with an evil streak. (In reality, most Nazis were lower middle-class, with the highest concentration in what would be the equivalent of our high-school teachers!)
We might look ahead, and wonder what Obama will do as his system collapses. He could simply encourage the process of dissolution of the Constitutional republic, by (for example) admitting unlimited numbers of immigrants, and by socializing by decree. This would be the more peaceful option.
The other is to go to war. This is what Hitler and his supporters chose when they felt that their popularity was waning, and that their economy was not really improving as they claimed. It probably also propelled Roosevelt toward war involvement.
I picture Obama solving the Middle East problem by helping evacuate the Israelis from their country in a rescue operation, as the Arabs overrun the place in a bloodbath. This could be painted as a great, humanitarian move, while bringing peace to a troubled area. What a nightmare!
Get out of the IRA & 401K plans NOW. Take the tax penalty hit and convert to cash while there is still time...
Turn that cash into "something else"...
Anyone who read Dinesh D'Souza's books or saw the movie 2016 knows what the story is behind the class warfare. In 0bama's view, EVERYONE in this country is the "1%", no matter how rich or poor you are. A poor person in this country has it better than most of the rest of the world. You see, like any true leftist believer, 0bama is a "citizen of the world", not a citizen of any one country. His mission is to bring this entire country down. He sees it as wrong that since WWII this country has been the biggest player and has tried to shape the world in its own way. 0bama wants us to be a nation of equals and he wants an end to "American imperialism". He gives himself away anytime he's caught off guard. From his statement about "American exceptionalism" , to his answer to Joe the Plumber , to his view that civil rights didn't focus on income redistribution,it's all there , and our dumbed down population of uninformed voters don't really get what he means.
In some ways 0bama is the anti-Reagan. Recall how during the '08 campaign there were stories about how he wanted to "study Reagan's presidency." Well as most on FR know, the one thing about Reagan was he may have compromised , but he never lost sight of his principles. His compromises were all for pushing his belief in the greatness of the U.S. and the free market.
0bama has the opposite beliefs. He may compromise (like the 2010 tax cut extension) , but he never loses sight of his ultimate goal, to bring this country to its knees, and destroy it from within. Far from being an empty suit with no core beliefs, he has a very dangerous set of core beliefs. Most sensible Americans would run in horror if they ever really understood his core beliefs.
Obama,family and friends are on a millions of dollar vacation to Hawaii and he is sucking the American people dry of their savings..What a piece of dung they are..
Why do you think the Democrats fight so hard against cuts in the federal budget? Because cuts would mean layoffs of Democrat voters. It would mean doing away with the new welfare of a government job for Democrat voters. I guess too many conservatives don't understand the socialist nations. The leaders in the socialist nations aren't out pulling weeds in the garden. They lead the high life. Socialism/communism is a way for people to acquire wealth and power who couldn't acquire wealth and power through the traditional means available in their culture. Socialism/communism is a big lie. The Democrat party is a big lie. I grew up in a union, Democrat family. My father told me over and over that the Republicans were just out to make money. As I grew up, I came to realize that the Democrat party was all about making money, too. They just lie about it. I chose to go with the honest party. Liars lie about everything, and the Democrats are total liars.
Sorry, I don't see that happening.
My own opinion is that he is trying to spark some serious inflation.
For some reason people don't get very upset when the value of their money is stolen vs having the actual money stolen.
He won't need to upset anyone by doing this.
I am thinking of doing that maybe near the end of December.
Good article. Well worth the read.
That would be straight up theft!
Elections have consequences.
Are we so sure they've been going after the 'poor' filers of bankruptcy—wanting to avoid paying their bills, but keep their assets?
"Private sector 401k and IRA owners are first on the Democrats' radar and may see their plans taken away soon. House Democrats are planning on eliminating those tax breaks and converting the private plans to government-controlled retirement accounts, where they will be at risk for insolvency."
Conversion of existing IRA, 401k to government annuities could trigger a series of critical events. The real threat of conversion or confiscation would result in panic withdrawals from these accounts. Government could counter by freezing retirement withdrawals which would then likely result in panic withdrawal of regular bank accounts, stock and bond portfolios and capital flight. Freezing these accounts would essentially shut down commerce and markets. Businesses would fail and those that survived would stop sending in quarterly taxes. As the government was deprived of income, benefits would not be paid and welfare mobs would riot. Then we will have tyranny or anarchy depending on your location.
It doesn't take much to start a stampede, and once it starts, it is very difficult to stop.
California is about to release over 100,000 prisoners who are incarcerated. "They cannot afford to keep them out of the population who can behave".
They will be released in 3 batches—the worst will be released last, and include serious felony cases & serious sex offenders-most likely to repeat their offenses.
A Chicago thief in the White House. Good job America. Everybody gets a trophy!
Realize this:
All your 401 money is yours.....
When you die, all the balance can be inherited by your chosen beneficiaries.
When Obama siezes all your 401 money and 'folds it into a Federal retirement plan"——and you die—there will be not ONE RED CENT left for your family.
Many Americans have had their 401's and other private pension plans for over 35 years. To set that money aside, under a formula that was told to you up front & then to have the 'rules changed' when you are about to use that money is just plain fraud.
But- the Dems are the masters of fraud.
I believe such an action will trigger a revolution and it won't be pretty for the Libs.
Redneck Kharma
Our savings are insured by the FDIC, so if the federal government takes our savings some of us will simply help ourselves to bank funds to replace what was taken.
They may object to our methods, but hey—six of one, a half dozen of another. What goes around comes around.
See it for yourself.
Probably true - the fruits of generations of public school education and erasing of any understanding of what built this country and its economy.
Going after assets benefits creditors or the trustee, not the government.
I hope you have some serious support system.
IF you have money in an IRA, etc, you are in for a big shock.
That would be straight up theft!"
Obama doesn't care.
Neither does Pelosi or Reid, etc.
The prior bank failures have seriously damaged FDIC funds.
On that topic—remember when we always got word of a few bank failures every Sat AM or Mon AM? The failures have not stopped-—but the announcing of those failures has.
Have not heard of any for over a year.
LOL, another 4 years of confiscation and reditribution by the African communist and his "black agenda" administration.
Congratulations, America.
As for me, I have fertile land, well water (and a creek), a big wood stove (with cooktop), acres of ash trees, a big dog, and I'm armed to the teeth. Plus, I'm nowhere near any concentrated Democrat parasite nest ("city").
Good luck, everybody.
The REVENGE Administration only has one fanatical objective and that is to REDISTRIBUTE as much of this country's wealth as possible.
Do you know if zer0 can take total control of my savings plan (401K) with out the approval of congress? and will I have any say in this?
- Inflation: between 10-30% the first year, with another 10-30% increase in 2014 and 2015
- Taxes will skyrocket, first on the wealthy, but that won't be enough, so Obama will go after the middle class (he considers this "whitey money" anyway)
- Housing prices will fall even further as interest rates go up
- Companies will have to spend more money on lending money due to higher interest rates, which will cut their profits and force massive layoffs.
- Many business will close due to Obamacare, and those that remain open will cut back many employees to less than 30 hours per week - Those who rely on investment income will have a very hard time
- Bonds will become a very bad investment, and the stock market will lose anywhere between 20% and 90% of its value very quickly
If you don't have a fixed rate mortgage, refinance to one now! Don't pay off your mortgage early - that is madness with the coming inflation. If you still have an ARM, you are a fool to not convert to a fixed.....today!
Pay off other debt such as credit card debt or car loans.
Don't rely on whole life insurance (it is tied too much to stocks and bonds, which are going to get buried). Get term instead.
Gold will continue to be a safe investment, as well as some foreign currency and commodities (stay OUT of long term US govt bonds)
Now the Rat Party wants 100 percent.
The Establishment's New Normal
If you read Daniel, Ezekiel and Revelation, you will see that God had something quite different in mind.
Last I checked, House Democrats don't call the shots in that chamber.
What can we do? Yes, we have lots of money saved, take it out, suffer the penalties? IF it gets that bad, then we're all screwed. I can't go crazy thinking about this stuff. I drove myself crazy in Fall of 2008 with the market and decided whatever happens, happens. It was enough to drive me to drinking, lots of wine, back then.
Thanks, I'll listen to that. I enjoy listening to Mark Levin, don't get to listen to him as often as I use to, not in the car that time of day as much since I don't drive daughter to dance several days a week anymore. Love listening to him and both his books.
I was unaware that Skeletor married. Now I know.
Plus, the next congressional redistricting will be based on the 2020 Census and take effect for the 2022 election. Western economies should have crashed, burned and come back to life again by 2022.
The US gov't can print all the money it wants. (This is exactly what they are doing to pay for Zero's profligate spending. So why would they bother? IRA and Koeoh accounts are "small change" compared to Zero's far larger deficits that extend "as far as the eye can see".) This idea is the drug-induced dream of about a half-dozen moonbat 'rats.
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Some of this information and this old photo ended up in an article I wrote for Wild West Magazine.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Q is for Quests and Quilts
This old suitcase is full of memories. Mom kept all the old family pictures in it.
I loved going through it and wondering about all those people.
One of my favorites is this old photo of cowboys and what appears to be an old store. I wondered about it. Who were the people? Why is it in the family collection?
The quest began.
Over time I learned this was the headquarters for a ranch in southwestern Kansas. Prior to
that it was a store/restaurant in Cash City. My family helped build the town and owned the
store before the building was moved to the ranch. .
I also learned the cowboy on the left was named Mr. Peeples and according to local stories
he chased down an old wolf that was killing stock in the area.
Some of this information and this old photo ended up in an article I wrote for Wild West Magazine.
One of my first paid for writing assignments.
Another favorite photo from the suitcase was this one from Fowler, Kansas. None of these ladies is related, at least as far as I know, but Grandma did remember some of them. Grandma was always a quilter. She had a large frame that hung from the ceiling and they would lower it to balance on the backs of chairs and the ladies could gather around to practice their tiny stitches.
Questions lead to a quest for answers. Don't wait until it's too late to ask the people who may remember the who, what, when, where of your family photos.
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Those pictures are so cool. I have some old pictures that I have no clue why they were in my Grandmothers things. One is of a woman and child by a cabin but the thing I like is that behind her leaning against the cabin, within reach, is a rifle. Those were wild times. Thank You for sharing. I love hearing the stories an seeing your photos.ReplyDelete
What a fun quest! It is so true that writing behind a picture leaves a treasure for younger generations #AtoZchallenge ☮Peace ☮ ღ ONE ℒℴνℯ ღ ☼ Light ☼ visiting from http://4covert2overt.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
Such a good point - I've been given photos that are nearly 100 years old and must try and find out who they are, like you say, before it's too late.ReplyDelete
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8 Faster, Smarter, Better Management Strategies to Boost Your Business: We Want to Hear Your Management Strategies
Posted Feb 08, 2012 in Management
Problem: I'd like to implement pre-scheduling to help make our workload more consistent; we're overwhelmed one day and slow the next.
Strategy: Pre-scheduling—where the laboratory, rather than the dentist, determines the turnaround time for each case—helps ensure an even workflow, which minimizes the pressure of deadlines and enables a technician to focus on his product quality.
For example, some laboratories use a manual pre-scheduling system. Each technician has a designated block of time and pre-determined number of units he can handle per day. As cases come in, the office manager schedules them into an appointment book according to this set capacity and the laboratory's current workload. Once a technician's slot is full, no more cases are scheduled for him that day. The office manager then calls the dental office with the date on which the case will be delivered. There are also a variety of software packages on the market that can streamline the pre-scheduling process.
Pre-scheduling doesn't eliminate inevitable problems such as cancellations, late cases or remakes that can wreak havoc with your production cycle. So you still may need to juggle your schedule or implement strategies to maintain flexibility. For instance, consider scheduling your days at a slightly lower capacity to accommodate emergencies, allow for breathing room and maintain the level of customer service you want to offer.
Problem: I know documenting our fabrication procedures will help our work be more consistent and raise quality, but the whole process seems daunting.
Strategy: While showing a technique takes less time, it doesn't give your employees a point of reference. Step-by-step procedure manuals are a valuable way of getting all of your technicians on the same page. "You have to have something written down so your technicians have something to fall back on," says Ryan Dutton, Co-Owner of Dutton Dental Concepts in Bolivar, OH.
Each department in Dutton's lab has a fabrication manual that includes detailed instructions for every step of the fabrication process and even illustrations. To create his manuals, Dutton tapped into the people who were most familiar with the ins and outs of the daily production process: his technicians. He asked each department to review their fabrication procedures and develop written standards. The teams used manufacturers' product manuals to guide them and experimented when they disagreed on what should become the standard practice. For instance, the lab was using both pinned and pinless model systems so the staff members did a side-by-side comparison and determined that they preferred the results of the pinned system.
While Dutton admits that writing the manuals was a time-consuming process—it took one year—he says they have eliminated a lot of mistakes and reduced the number of remakes by almost half. Another benefit: because he involved his employees in the process, he feels they have a greater stake in following the documented procedures. "Giving my technicians a voice in establishing our quality controls helped make them more vested in our quality control efforts and feel like valuable, empowered members of the team," he says.
Problem: In this economy, I'm losing clients to price-cutting and offshore laboratories.
Strategy: The bleaker the economic picture, the more people want to do business with companies they trust. But for those dentists who may be tempted by a price-cutting competitor, you need to remind them constantly about why their loyalty should be with you. "My specific strategy in this economy is to bend over backwards. I'm agreeing to short turnarounds, saying 'yes' to the emergency cases, and dropping everything for that last-minute pick-up or custom shade," says Beth Kotewa, Owner of River City Dental Studio, Essexville, MI. "Everything I do is to show the dental offices they can't get that service from offshore or out-of-town labs that may offer a $30 savings."
Some labs are also instituting tiered pricing plans that allow you to retain business you might otherwise lose to a less expensive lab. For instance, rather than lowering prices on your premium restorations, offer them other options—like basic and mid-range restorations that require less labor and use a different quality of material.
Another strategy is to market your specialized expertise that's not likely offered by a cheaper laboratory. For instance, in the implant specialty, complex restorations like overdenture bars have grown in popularity, creating a window of opportunity for some proactive laboratory owners. "We are a lab limited to implant dentistry and our fees reflect the extra labor and knowledge required to produce implant-supported restorations," says David S. Weber, CDT, Owner, Sun Dental Laboratory, Medford, OR. "Competing by offering a higher level of service, care, knowledge and craftsmanship, and charging the dentist for the value of that level, has been a winning strategy for us."
Problem: My lab is bursting at the seams, but I can't afford a larger facility.
Strategy: Get a roommate. A few years ago, Brad White, CDT, Owner of two-person Perdue Dental Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, moved into a new building owned by another lab to share space and common expenses. "I'm paying the same amount of rent as before, but we've gained about 40% in terms of common areas, like the kitchen, dining area and an extra bathroom," says White, who splits the utilities with the other owner, Larry Brown, CDT, Brown Dental Prosthetics. "We also save about 15% by buying office supplies together. For instance, instead of us buying just a few reams of paper, we'll buy a case to share."
Problem: I'm getting ready to retire in a few years. As a solo operation, I feel like my only choice is to just sell off my equipment and shut the doors.
Strategy: If you're willing to plan ahead, that may not be your only option. If there's no family member interested in buying your laboratory, a sound strategy is to merge with another lab that is interested in bringing you and your clients on board. In a case like this, the perceived value of your laboratory is directly proportionate to your willingness to stay to ensure a seamless transition.
If you're not inclined to seek out a merger or work full-time during a transition, another possibility is to find a laboratory in the area that offers a similar quality product and shares your service ethic. Work out a deal in which you earn commission on those customers whose work you can transition to the new laboratory. Then, handle introductions, relay client preferences and help cultivate your clients' relationships with the new laboratory. It's not an extremely lucrative plan, but you can earn extra retirement income while taking care of your customers at the same time.
Problem: I'm thinking of merging with another laboratory owner but worry we won't work well together and the business will suffer.
Strategy: You're right to be cautious; a partnership isn't something you should enter into lightly. Consider these questions to be sure you're a good match:
• Do you have the same goals? Be sure to discuss your priorities and your vision for the business. "The most important thing my partner and I determined was the type of laboratory we wanted to be. We had both owned our own small laboratories and essentially our name was on every product that went out the door," says Allen Weinbrecht, who is entering his 23rd year of partnership with Ken Bailey, a former competitor. The two merged their businesses in 1989 to create Den-Tech Dental Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. "We both wanted to grow, but we also agreed our priority was to be sure our joint venture would continue to produce the quality our clients had come to expect."
• Do you complement each other? Ideally, the two of you will be able to play off each other's strengths and weaknesses; for example, maybe he's introverted and you're extroverted, or he'd like to focus on production while you handle the business end. Determining this requires you to step back and take an honest look at your strengths and weaknesses—as well as those of your potential partner—and think about who would be best suited to handle different parts of the business.
• Are your personalities a match? It's not only the other person's professional qualities you should think about. Consider whether or not your personalities "click" and whether you have similar values and personal priorities.
• Do you have a similar work ethic? If not, this is a common reason partnerships fail: one partner isn't contributing the energy and hours the other person is investing. Resentment is bound to grow if you're at the bench cranking out all of the work while your partner is spending the morning reading the newspaper.
• Are your financial philosophies in sync? Like a marriage, money-related disputes can be a source of tension between business partners. Sharing similar attitudes about finances—such as how you spend money, handle debt or stick to a budget—goes a long way toward minimizing that stress.
Problem: I've been hearing about laboratories implementing Lean Manufacturing; how can it help my lab?
Strategy: After implementing Lean Manufacturing in his lab, Creative Expressions in Winterville, NC, Tim Tyndall, CDT, reduced his turnaround time from approximately 12 days to five or six. "By switching to small batches, organizing the laboratory and getting rid of excess equipment and products, Lean has transformed our lives. It's made us super efficient and improved our quality and bottom line. It's a great stress reducer and great competitive edge, especially against offshore laboratories that can't compete with the shorter turnaround," says Tyndall.
Although Lean Manufacturing is a wide-ranging management philosophy built around five interrelated principles, what it boils down to is taking a comprehensive look at your processes with an eye toward eliminating waste and maximizing value. Processes include everything that is done to a case from pick up to delivery; waste is anything that doesn't add value to the final product and could include wasted time, materials, labor, space, etc.
As with any major management shift, the first step to implementing Lean principles is to get everyone on board; it can't just be a top-down management strategy. One way of involving staff members is to have them participate in flow charting, which entails defining all the steps in each process of the laboratory so you can begin defining and eliminating waste and extraneous work. Flow charting also helps distinguish value-added from non-value added activities, which are defined as waste in the Lean philosophy.
Two other key aspects of Lean: establishing good work flow to create an efficient progression of the cases through departments; and organizing your laboratory so that everything has a designated place and anything out of order is immediately visible.
Problem: I've been saying for a few years now that I was going to spend less time at the bench and more time managing the business but it just hasn't happened. Where do I start?
Strategy: The first step is to delegate just one task and build on it. Carefully look at how you spend your time and, while itemizing your various responsibilities, ask yourself, 'what job could I have someone else do for me that would make my life easier?'
In an ideal world, you already have a technician whom you trust to take on some of those duties. If you need to hire someone, think about exactly what you need. Maybe it's a high-end ceramist who can take on some of the more challenging cases or perhaps the only way to relieve the pressure would be with an experienced, all-around technician.
Delegating is not something that comes easily to most business owners. But the only way to successfully get off the bench is to stop wearing every hat—that of head technician, quality control manager, salesperson, marketer, CFO—and entrust some of those responsibilities to others.
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Scott, Ridley
Ridley Scott 1937-
English director and screenwriter.
The following entry presents an overview of Scott's career through 2003.
Since the release of his feature film debut, The Duellists (1977), Scott has emerged as one of the preeminent and most commercially successful directors in modern filmmaking. Known for his visual excess and stylish special effects in such films as Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), and Gladiator (2000), Scott both embraces and subverts the traditions of large-budget, Hollywood spectacle films. His movies frequently present sweeping epic storylines—often set against the backdrop of fantastic environments or major historical events—that focus on isolated characters overcoming adversity. However, several of Scott's works, particularly Thelma and Louise (1991) and Matchstick Men (2003), have also been noted for their keen psychological insight and complex characterizations.
Biographical Information
Scott was born in England on November 30, 1937, in South Shields, Northumberland, County Durham. During his childhood, he spent five years living in Germany, where his father, who remained an officer in the British Army after World War II, was posted. Scott studied painting at the West Hartlepool School of Art and later graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, where he studied advertising and graphic design. In 1965 Scott directed his first short film, Boy on a Bicycle, which was funded by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund. The short featured Scott's father and his younger brother, Tony, who also became a successful filmmaker, directing such films as Top Gun (1986) and True Romance (1993). After finishing Boy on a Bicycle, Scott began working as a set designer for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He became a director for BBC Television and worked on episodes of the series Z Cars in 1966 and The Informer in 1966 and 1967. In 1967 Scott founded the commercial production company, Ridley Scott Associates, which has produced several award-winning television commercials. Scott's first full-length film, The Duellists, won the award for best first feature at the 1977 Cannes International Film Festival. He followed The Duellists with the science-fiction horror film Alien. The widespread commercial success of Alien cemented Scott's reputation as skilled director, which has since been confirmed by the continuing success of his subsequent films. Scott has won a wide variety of awards and accolades, including nominations for best director from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down (2001). Thelma and Louise was nominated for six Academy Awards in 1991, winning the best screenplay award. Gladiator was nominated for twelve Academy Awards in 2000, winning best picture, best actor, best costume design, best visual effects, and best sound. Black Hawk Down was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2001, winning best editing and best sound. In 2002 Scott was knighted as an officer of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Major Works
Though Scott's cinematic oeuvre varies in genre and narrative style, one of the core continuing elements throughout his films is an emphasis on spectacular and atmospheric imagery. The Duellists, based on the short story "The Duel," by Joseph Conrad, is set during the Napoleonic wars. The story follows two French officers who repeatedly cross paths over a period of fifteen years, with each encounter resulting in a duel of honor. After his foray into historical fiction, Scott turned to Alien, a film that blends two disparate movie genres—science-fiction and haunted-house horror. The action of Alien primarily takes place upon a vast industrial spaceship, the Nostromo. On an isolated planet in the future, the crew of the Nostromo finds an abandoned ship, infested with a strange parasitic lifeform. The parasite eventually develops into an enormous, acid-dripping monster, who methodically kills each of the crew members. In the film's conclusion, the sole survivor of the alien's attack, a female captain named Ripley, is forced to battle the monster. Ripley's fight is complicated by an android who works for the company that owns the Nostromo, who wants to capture the alien for military research. In his next film, Blade Runner, Scott again created a narrative that combines science-fiction with another atypical genre, the film noir detective story. Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner juxtaposes a traditional 1940s pulp fiction detective adventure with a visually stunning portrait of a dystopian American future. Set in Los Angeles in 2019, the film's protagonist, Rick Deckard, is a "blade runner"—a bounty hunter who is commissioned to track down a group of violent, runaway androids who are nearly indistinguishable from human beings. These artificial lifeforms—called replicants—are only constructed to live for four years at a time due to human prejudice towards their physical and mental superiority. The leader of the replicants, Roy Batty, has come to L.A. to find their creator and force him to let them live longer. In 1992 Scott released a director's cut of Blade Runner, which significantly altered the original film. In Scott's revision, he added additional scenes, removed narration from Deckard's character, and changed the film's ending to imply that Deckard is a replicant himself.
After directing the critically-maligned fantasy film Legend (1985), Scott released the smaller, more intimate suspense-thriller Someone to Watch over Me (1987). The film concerns Mike Keegan, a detective from Queens, New York, who is protecting a Manhattan heiress from a murderous stalker. As Keegan becomes preoccupied with the woman he's protecting, their developing relationship begins to threaten his marriage and family. Highlighting the contrasts between modern American and Japanese culture, Black Rain (1989) is an action-oriented crime film in which an American detective travels to Osaka, Japan, to track down a group of gangsters. Scott followed Black Rain with one of his most popular and controversial films to date, Thelma and Louise. Using the format of the road movie, Thelma and Louise presents a compelling portrayal of two female friends who feel trapped within their prescribed roles in patriarchal American society. The film opens with Thelma, an oppressed housewife, and Louise, a cynical waitress, setting out for a weekend fishing trip. The pair is sidetracked after Thelma is almost raped, and Louise is forced to shoot and kill Thelma's attacker. Fearing that no one would believe that the killing was justifiable, Thelma and Louise set off on a cross-country trek, planning to take sanctuary in Mexico. Though they are being pursued by a phalanx of law enforcement agents, the two women begin a multi-state crime spree to fund their escape. In the film's widely-debated conclusion, Thelma and Louise drive their car off the edge of a canyon to avoid being captured by the police, choosing to end their lives free rather than submitting to the will of others. In 1992 Scott marked the five-hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America with the epic film 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Focusing on Columbus's struggles with government and church authorities to finance and outfit his voyages, Scott characterizes Columbus as a visionary pioneer akin to the astronauts of the twentieth century. Scott's next film, White Squall (1996), further develops his exploration of the perils of ocean voyages. Set in modern times, the plot follows a captain and his crew of juvenile-delinquent boys who learn discipline, bravery, and comradery when their sailboat meets a deadly ocean storm. Scott continued his emphasis on strong female protagonists—as seen in Alien and Thelma and Louise—with G.I. Jane (1997), in which a woman, Lt. Jordan O'Neil, aspires to become the first female soldier admitted into the prestigious Navy SEALS program. O'Neil eventually earns her place with the rest of the SEALS in combat after saving the life of the superior officer who had earlier brutalized her.
Scott revisited the genre of large-scale historical epics with Gladiator, which won the best picture award in 2000 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. True to its name, Gladiator is set in ancient Rome and follows Maximus, a betrayed former general, who is forced to engage in gruesome hand-to-hand combat in the Roman Coliseum for the entertainment of the masses. Due to his skill in battle, Maximus becomes a celebrity and uses his newfound fame to overthrow Emperor Commodus, the man who killed his family. Scott further explored the suspense-thriller genre with Hannibal (2001), based on the novel by Thomas Harris. Hannibal is the sequel to Silence of the Lambs—a Harris novel that also spawned a popular film adaptation—which features a young F.B.I. agent named Clarice Starling matching wits with Hannibal Lecter, a highly cultured doctor and notorious serial killer and cannibal. The narrative of Hannibal presents Lecter as a charming anti-hero as it constructs a final showdown between Lecter and Starling orchestrated by one of Lecter's few surviving victims. Returning to the military world of G.I. Jane, Scott directed the gritty war film Black Hawk Down, inspired by the nonfiction book by Mark Bowden. Based on a true incident and told from the perspective of multiple characters, Black Hawk Down recounts a series of harrowing events in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993, when United States Army Rangers made a failed attempt to arrest a group of brutal Somalian warlords, resulting in a massive street battle. In 2003 Scott explored a new film genre—the con artist film—with Matchstick Men. The story revolves around Roy Waller, an incredibly phobic and obsessive-compulsive criminal on the verge of pulling off his largest scam to date. Matters are complicated when Roy's teenage daughter unexpectedly arrives and needles her way into Roy's schemes.
Critical Reception
Many film scholars have come to a general consensus that Scott's films typically excel in the realm of visual imagery, but are often weak in narrative and character development. Critics have been overwhelmingly impressed with Scott's cinematography and artistic design—Blade Runner, in particular, has been singled out for its visionary representation of a crumbling futuristic world. Reviewers have noted how many of the elements in Scott's films—the creature in Alien, the final shot of Thelma and Louise—have become iconic symbols often referenced in popular culture. However, some have characterized Scott's visual extravagance as a symptom of his origins in commercial television, commenting that his excessive optical effects are stylish but lacking in depth and expressive significance. Thelma and Louise has attracted a wide range of debate regarding its central themes. Some have argued that the film is a feminist tale of female empowerment, while others have countered, claiming that the film uses the trappings of feminism to create an exploitative female-fantasy adventure. Commentators have also discussed the role of violence in Thelma and Louise, with certain scholars criticizing Scott for glorifying violence as a means of conflict resolution. Several critics have also faulted Scott's military films, G.I. Jane and Black Hawk Down, asserting that the films act as fascist propaganda for the American military complex. Others have disagreed with this assessment, however, and noted that these films present a balanced portrayal of the American military.
Principal Works
Boy on a Bicycle [director and screenwriter] (short film) 1965
The Duellists [director] (film) 1977
*Alien [director] (film) 1979
†Blade Runner [director] (film) 1982
Legend [director] (film) 1985
Someone to Watch over Me [director] (film) 1987
Black Rain [director] (film) 1989
Thelma and Louise [director] (film) 1991
1492: Conquest of Paradise [director] (film) 1992
White Squall [director] (film) 1996
G.I. Jane [director] (film) 1997
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Harvey R. Greenberg (essay date fall 1986)
SOURCE: Greenberg, Harvey R. "Reimagining the Gargoyle: Psychoanalytic Notes on Alien." Camera Obscura, no. 15 (fall 1986): 86-109.
[In the following essay, Greenberg discusses the qualities of the central monster in Alien, rating it among the most frightening in film history, and examines the significance of the monster as a symbol of "capitalism's depredations."]
I admire its purity … a survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse or delusions of morality. …
Ash, Science Officer, the Nostromo
If Hair proclaimed the Age of Aquarius, Close Encounters...
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Peter Fitting (essay date November 1987)
SOURCE: Fitting, Peter. "Futurecop: The Neutralization of Revolt in Blade Runner." Science-Fiction Studies 14, no. 3 (November 1987): 340-54.
[In the following essay, Fitting explores the contrasting messages regarding the use and misuse of technology in the film Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the novel on which the film was based.]
My grand theme—who is human and who only appears (masquerades) as human?
Philip K. Dick, Comment (1976) on "Second Variety"
Is it still necessary to state that not technology,...
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Simon Cunliffe (review date 11 March 1988)
SOURCE: Cunliffe, Simon. "A Real Man." New Statesman 115, no. 2972 (11 March 1988): 38.
[In the following review, Cunliffe explores the theme of the vulnerability of the family in the context of "the zeitgeist of AIDS-and-Reagan America" in Someone to Watch over Me.]
Ridley Scott's new film, [Someone to Watch over Me,] its title taken from a George and Ira Gershwin lyric, is a cracking good thriller. And, like other contemporary Hollywood movies, it filters its taut, suspenseful plot through the zeitgeist of an Aids-and-Reagan America—making comparison with Fatal Attraction initially irresistible.
Mike Keegan (Tom...
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William Fisher (essay date autumn 1988)
SOURCE: Fisher, William. "Of Living Machines and Living-Machines: Blade Runner and the Terminal Genre." New Literary History 20, no. 1 (autumn 1988): 187-98.
[In the following essay, Fisher identifies an emergent genre of "multinational, commercial avant-garde" films which he labels the Terminal Genre. Fisher comments that Blade Runner represents the highest achievement of this developing genre.]
The possibility of finding likeness in diversity has always been a safety valve on the critical apparatus—"when in doubt, subsume it under a rubric." Now, on the other side of long debates on the subject in film studies, we understand "genre" to...
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Peter Ruppert (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Ruppert, Peter. "Blade Runner: The Utopian Dialectics of Science Fiction Films." Cineaste 17, no. 2 (1989): 8-13.
[In the following essay, Ruppert argues that Blade Runner is critical of the dominant social ideology in late consumer capitalism, observing that the film expresses ideological ambiguities which arouse the spectator's desire for an alternative to the status quo.]
Since first envisioned by Thomas More as an imaginary site that playfully maps out the possibilities for a rich and rewarding collective life. Utopia has been systematically undermined in its own form and survives today in a variety of grim and menacing visions (Orwell,...
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Thomas B. Byers (essay date autumn 1989)
SOURCE: Byers, Thomas B. "Kissing Becky: Masculine Fears and Misogynist Moments in Science Fiction Films." Arizona Quarterly 45, no. 3 (autumn 1989): 77-95.
[In the following essay, Byers comments that Alien, Blade Runner, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, and Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers include several moments of "startling misogyny," arguing that such instances of cinematic textual excess express "both the instability of male identity and the vulnerability of male hegemony."]
The four classic science-fiction films to be discussed here—Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1926), Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
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John L. Cobbs (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: Cobbs, John L. "Alien as an Abortion Parable." Literature/Film Quarterly 18, no. 3 (1990): 198-201.
[In the following essay, Cobbs asserts that images symbolizing abortion act as a central leitmotif of Alien.]
Ridley Scott's 1979 thriller [Alien] was greeted with no particular fanfare by the reviewers, and if there was a critical consensus it was that the film was at best watchable pabulum—reasonably professionally handled visually and enjoyably scary, but without significant nuance to qualify for discussion as art. Jack Kroll's comment was typical: "It's about time someone made a science fiction thriller that thrills, that has no truck...
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Pat Dowell (review date 1990)
SOURCE: Dowell, Pat. "Black Rain: Hollywood Goes Japan Bashing." Cineaste 17, no. 3 (1990): 8-10.
[In the following review, Dowell contends that Black Rain is an expression of American economic insecurity in the face of a perceived Japanese economic superiority.]
One of the many television news stories after the California earthquake in October 1989 examined Japan's quake readiness. There, if a temblor strikes, children know what to do "by rote," according to the network reporter, who would have undoubtedly said "by heart" if these had been spunky American kids or Frenchmen or Laplanders or anybody but the next generation of profit-hungry...
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Suzanne Moore (review date 2 February 1990)
SOURCE: Moore, Suzanne. "Sun Rises in the East." New Statesman and Society 3, no. 86 (2 February 1990): 44.
[In the following review, Moore notes how Scott portrays American individualism in contrast with Japanese collectivism in Black Rain.]
Is it really fair to compare a film made in one of the poorest countries in the world with a $37 million production by one of Hollywood's flashiest directors? No of course not. But Yaaba, made in Burkina Faso, a country with no filmmaking infrastructure will have to compete with Ridley Scott's Black Rain. Such is the democracy of the marketplace.
In fact this week's releases seem deliberately...
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Ridley Scott and Amy Taubin (interview date July 1991)
SOURCE: Scott, Ridley, and Amy Taubin. "Ridley Scott's Road Work." Sight and Sound 1, no. 3 (July 1991): 18-19.
[In the following interview, Scott discusses the filming of Thelma and Louise, the movie's role as a feminist film, and his future projects.]
Its high spirits and dazzling good looks notwithstanding, Thelma and Louise suggests that the situation of American women is dire indeed. When Louise (Susan Sarandon) comes to the rescue of Thelma (Geena Davis) and kills the man who's attempting to rape her, few in the audience feel that murder is unjustified. And when Louise rejects Thelma's suggestion that they go to the police with a despairing,...
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Janet Abrams (review date July 1991)
SOURCE: Abrams, Janet. Review of Thelma and Louise, by Ridley Scott. Sight and Sound 1, no. 3 (July 1991): 55-6.
[In the following review, Abrams comments that, despite Thelma and Louise's apparent celebration of feminine freedom, the film actually expresses an oppressive attitude toward women who "take their lives into their own hands."]
Trapped in a claustrophobic marriage to carpet salesman and giant-sized infant Darryl, Thelma Dickinson is coaxed into joining her friend Louise Sawyer, a harassed coffee-shop waitress, on a weekend spree [in Thelma and Louise]. The trunk of Louise's car overloaded with Thelma's luggage, they set off in high...
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Elissa Marder (essay date September 1991)
SOURCE: Marder, Elissa. "Blade Runner's Moving Still." Camera Obscura, no. 27 (September 1991): 89-107.
[In the following essay, Marder discusses the interplay between artificial and organic beings in Blade Runner and examines questions of filmic representation regarding the relationship between human spectators and visual technology.]
In the decade that has elapsed since Blade Runner's first commercial release, Ridley Scott's 1982 science-fiction film has been retroactively hailed as one of the most powerful and influential examples of cinematic postmodernism.1 Despite the fact that Blade Runner has achieved almost canonical...
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Richard Alleva (review date 13 September 1991)
SOURCE: Alleva, Richard. "Over the Edge?" Commonweal 118, no. 15 (13 September 1991): 513-15.
[In the following review, Alleva comments that Scott's skillful portrayal of two strong female protagonists elevates Thelma and Louise into "a cultural milestone."]
Scarfed and sunglassed like Jackie Onassis, the two women drive their Thunderbird convertible through the Southwest toward Mexico. They chug little bottles of Wild Turkey whiskey, bang on wheel and dashboard to the beat of the country and western music that blares from the car radio, and sing along raucously when they're not making spontaneous whoops of joy. A casual observer might take these two for...
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David Desser (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Desser, David. "The New Eve: The Influence of Paradise Lost and Frankenstein on Blade Runner." In Retrofitting "Blade Runner": Issues in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," edited by Judith B. Kerman, pp. 53-65. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991.
[In the following essay, Desser explores how Blade Runner reworks motifs and mythic themes from John Milton's Paradise Lost and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, focusing particularly on the themes of redemption and transcendence.]
A number of critics have claimed that some...
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W. Russel Gray (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Gray, W. Russel. "Entropy, Energy, Empathy: Blade Runner and Detective Fiction." In Retrofitting "Blade Runner": Issues in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," edited by Judith B. Kerman, pp. 53-65. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991.
[In the following essay, Gray notes that the plot of Blade Runner finds its origins in the hard-boiled detective fiction of the 1940s, asserting that the film is both energized by the traditions of, and contributes to the revitalization of, the detective genre.]
"You don't get anything for nothing,...
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T. J. Matheson (essay date fall 1992)
SOURCE: Matheson, T. J. "Triumphant Technology and Minimal Man: The Technological Society, Science Fiction Films, and Ridley Scott's Alien." Extrapolation 33, no. 3 (fall 1992): 215-29.
[In the following essay, Matheson argues that Alien offers a pessimistic vision of man's relationship to modern society in the face of advancing technology.]
When Ridley Scott's film Alien appeared in 1979, critics were generous in their praise of the picture's technical merits but felt that however impressive its machinery might be, the film was less than an artistic or intellectual success. In the main, reviewers agreed with Jeffrey Wells that the film lacked...
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Peter Wollen (review date November 1992)
SOURCE: Wollen, Peter. "Cinema's Conquistadors." Sight and Sound 2, no. 7 (November 1992): 21-3.
[In the following review, Wollen characterizes 1492: Conquest of Paradise as a re-evaluation of the myth of Christopher Columbus, portraying Columbus as a visionary maverick and national hero.]
Ridley Scott's film about Columbus, 1492: Conquest of Paradise revolves around the first sight of land after the long voyage. The screen is covered in clouds, which drift slowly away, like gauze curtains, to reveal a lush green tropical landscape, filled with trees, foliage and plants. Later in the film, Columbus recalls this image as one that will stay with him in...
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Philip Strick (review date November 1992)
SOURCE: Strick, Philip. Review of 1492: Conquest of Paradise, by Ridley Scott. Sight and Sound 2, no. 7 (November 1992): 41-2.
[In the following review, Strick comments that, despite a dull and plodding narrative, the cinematography, soundtrack, set design, and costumes in 1492: Conquest of Paradise are impressive and skillfully constructed.]
[In Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise,] Fernando, son of Christopher Columbus, recalls how his father proved to him that the Earth is round. Convinced on this basis that the riches of the Orient could be reached by sailing West from the Canary Islands, Columbus then sought Church support for his...
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Richard Alleva (review date 20 November 1992)
SOURCE: Alleva, Richard. "Goodbye, Columbus: Ridley Scott's 1492." Commonweal 119, no. 20 (20 November 1992): 20-1.
[In the following review, Alleva criticizes 1492: Conquest of Paradise as a confused production that lacks a unifying vision of Columbus and his achievements.]
Perhaps it was inevitable. Making a movie about Columbus for this year of all years was bound to unnerve any filmmaker. Yet it's impossible to forgive what Ridley Scott has delivered. 1492: Conquest of Paradise exudes desperation, panic, and the sort of hysterical rhetoric that is born of desperation and panic.
The soundtrack by Vangelis epitomizes the...
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Joe Abbott (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: Abbott, Joe. "The 'Monster' Reconsidered: Blade Runner's Replicant as Romantic Hero." Extrapolation 34, no. 4 (1993): 340-50.
[In the following essay, Abbott examines Blade Runner and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as two texts that attempt to address the implications of artificial life.]
It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery.
—Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
The "bold question" to which Victor Frankenstein makes reference in the early pages of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the question of the origin (or...
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Mark Kermode (review date May 1996)
SOURCE: Kermode, Mark. Review of White Squall, by Ridley Scott. Sight and Sound 6, no. 5 (May 1996): 64.
[In the following review, Kermode describes White Squall as a dramatically flawed hybrid of film genres that is ultimately unsatisfying.]
Connecticut, 1960. Against his father's wishes, Chuck Gieg travels from home to join the crew of the school ship Albatross in Port St. George, Bermuda [in White Squall]. He is joining a group of 13 teenage boys who have enlisted for a character-building cruise under the command of 'Skipper' Christopher Sheldon. Early in the voyage, Gill fails to help rescue Chuck from tangled rigging ropes due to...
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Raphael Shargel (review date 22 September 1997)
SOURCE: Shargel, Raphael. "Gender and Genre Bending." New Leader 80, no. 15 (22 September 1997): 20-1.
[In the following review, Shargel faults G.I. Jane for paying lip-service to a strong female protagonist, while the film's overall tone is exploitative towards women.]
Halfway through G.I. Jane, Master Chief John Urgayle (Viggo Mortensen) interrogates Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil (Demi Moore) in a rather unconventional fashion. He ties her hands behind her back, slaps her repeatedly across the face and rams her body through a door. When O'Neil tries to fight back, the Master Chief, infuriated, pummels her with such force that she can hardly stand. Not...
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Robert Ashley (review date November 1997)
SOURCE: Ashley, Robert. Review of G.I. Jane, by Ridley Scott. Sight and Sound 7, no. 11 (November 1997): 42-3.
[In the following mixed review, Ashley observes that Scott's direction expresses ambivalence about the patriotic message in G.I. Jane.]
Lt. Jordan O'Neil works for US Navy intelligence [in G.I. Jane]. Her boyfriend is a high-ranking intelligence officer. Senator Lillian DeHaven is leading a campaign to force the Navy to allow women into their elite combat unit, the Navy SEALS. Needing to find a candidate who can get through the punishing training programme and still look good for PR purposes, DeHaven chooses O'Neil. She agrees and heads for the...
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Kenneth Turan (review date 5 May 2000)
SOURCE: Turan, Kenneth. "Russell Crowe's Muscular Performance, Stylish Battle Scenes and Rich Atmosphere Help Cut through the Shortcomings of Ridley Scott's Gladiator." Los Angeles Times (5 May 2000): F1.
[In the following review, Turan offers a generally positive assessment of Gladiator, noting that the film spends "too much time on predictable plot twists."]
Gladiator delivers when it counts—but then and only then. Like an aging athlete who knows how to husband strength and camouflage weaknesses, it makes the most of what it does well and hopes you won't notice its limitations. With someone like Russell Crowe in the starring role, it...
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Leslie Felperin (review date June 2000)
SOURCE: Felperin, Leslie. "Decline and Brawl." Sight and Sound 10, no. 6 (June 2000): 34-5.
[In the following review, Felperin asserts that Gladiator is Scott's best work to date, observing that the film functions as an allegory that expresses an implicit criticism of the contemporary American mass entertainment culture.]
The Encyclopaedia Britannica imperiously dismisses the Roman philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius as "a historically overrated figure, presiding in a bewildered way over an empire beneath the gilt of which there already lay many a decaying patch." In Ridley Scott's magnificent new action film Gladiator the patch has become...
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Brenda Cooper (essay date fall 2000)
SOURCE: Cooper, Brenda. "'Chick Flicks' as Feminist Texts: The Appropriation of the Male Gaze in Thelma and Louise." Women's Studies in Communication 23, no. 3 (fall 2000): 277-306.
[In the following essay, Cooper argues that Thelma and Louise effectively undermines traditional Hollywood misogyny by appropriating the cinematic "male gaze" that has been utilized in the past to subjugate, objectify, and trivialize women.]
When Thelma & Louise (Scott, 1991) hit cinemas in the summer of 1991, it was met simultaneously with harsh criticism as well as enthusiastic acclaim by women spectators. In the years since its release, Thelma...
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Neil McDonald (review date April 2001)
SOURCE: McDonald, Neil. "Dr. Lecter, I Presume." Quadrant 45, no. 4 (April 2001): 59-62.
[In the following review, McDonald compares the novel Hannibal to Scott's film adaptation, noting that the film achieves a moral and dramatic complexity that is lacking in the novel.]
Filmmakers saving a major writer from betraying his own creation? Unbelievable! Not really, because this is what screenwriters David Mamet and Steve Zaillian and director Ridley Scott have done in Hannibal for Thomas Harris, the author of the original novel.
When the book was published in 1999 director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Ted Tally—both of whom had won...
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David Thomson (essay date April 2001)
SOURCE: Thomson, David. "The Riddler Has His Day." Sight and Sound 11, no. 4 (April 2001): 19-21.
[In the following essay, Thomson discusses Scott's major strengths and weaknesses as a filmmaker, focusing particularly on Hannibal.]
In a recent interview for American television's 60 Minutes, Ridley Scott was about as enthusiastic as his gruff, laconic manner (and advanced age) would allow. He confessed that he was having a tremendous time, better than ever, getting up every morning to make movies. Could there be anything more fun in life? In fact, the man is 61; in effect, he seemed half that age. Is that the secret to carrying on in his very tricky business...
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Kim Newman (review date April 2001)
SOURCE: Newman, Kim. Review of Hannibal, by Ridley Scott. Sight and Sound 11, no. 4 (April 2001): 48-9.
[In the following review, Newman offers a negative assessment of Hannibal, arguing that the plot is not compelling and the characters are underdeveloped.]
Ten years after the consultations with serial killer Hannibal Lecter that led to triumph over murderer Jame Gumb, FBI agent Clarice Starling is involved with a bungled shoot-out that leaves five dead [in Hannibal]. Paul Krendler, Clarice's long-time enemy in the bureau, gains leverage over her as she is blamed for the operation. Wealthy paedophile Mason Verger, disfigured by Hannibal, is buying...
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Andrew Stephen (review date 11 February 2002)
SOURCE: Stephen, Andrew. "War Comes Home." New Statesman 131, no. 4574 (11 February 2002): 22-3.
[In the following review, Stephen criticizes Black Hawk Down for feeding into many dangerous American myths about foreign policy and military intervention.]
Even going to the movies is different here in the US nowadays. Waiting for the main film to begin last Monday, I watched two ads for soon-to-be-released films with gung-ho US militaristic themes. Then followed the silent invocation "God Bless America", in appropriate colours, flashed up in huge letters on the screen. It reminded me of Fox Television's coverage of the Superbowl the day before: not only was...
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Manohla Dargis (review date 12 September 2003)
SOURCE: Dargis, Manohla. "A Veteran of Epics Directs Smaller Men." Los Angeles Times (12 September 2003): E14.
[In the following review, Dargis characterizes Matchstick Men as "a minor interlude between Scott's usual major endeavors," noting that Scott seems more comfortable directing epic-scale productions.]
A self-consciously modest film from an immodestly talented director, Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men comes equipped with a major star (Nicolas Cage), a ripe second banana (Sam Rockwell) and the regulation pretty face (Alison Lohman).
The script was co-written by Ted Griffin, who hatched Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's...
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Further Reading
Coleman, John. Review of Legend, by Ridley Scott. New Statesman 110, no. 2855 (13 December 1985): 30-1.
Coleman dismisses Legend as a "limp" Hollywood fable, noting that the film presents "[n]o coherent world of any kind."
Corliss, Richard. Review of Legend, by Ridley Scott. Time 127 (12 May 1986): 98.
Corliss criticizes Scott as a "master of artifice," arguing that Legend "is as simple as a bedtime tale."
Frost, Linda. "The Decentered Subject of Feminism: Postfeminism and Thelma and Louise." In Rhetoric in an Antifoundational...
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Some of you might know Elliot Cole as a composer of concert music, Contributing Editor here at Sequenza 21, or as a doctoral student at Princeton. But do you know Cole as a … rapper?
De Rerum, Elliot's debut EP as a fast-talking MC, under the project moniker Oracle Hysterical, tackles lofty subject matter. According to Cole, "It's a verse history of the world as I understand it (to c.2000BCE, after which, I discovered, history is mostly redundant), and also a general synthesis of, well, most every (nonfiction) book I've read in the last decade."
The EP is available for free download via his website. If you enjoy this taste of Oracle Hysterical, you can check out their performance of a retelling of the Rake's Progress alongside the Metropolis Ensemble at the MATA festival in NYC on May 12.
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Skip to comments.Republicans Endorse Platform Language to Dismantle Most of the Federal Government*
Posted on 08/31/2012 10:31:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
I wish the Republican Platform was binding.
Why? Because the GOP, for all intents and purposes, has just proposed to eliminate the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Health and Human Services, along with a host of other government programs, agencies, and departments.
More specifically, they endorsed the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which means they put themselves on record in favor of getting rid of all federal spending and intervention that is inconsistent with the Founding Fathers vision of a limited central government.
Heres some of the story, as reported by The Hill,
All federal spending should be reviewed to ensure powers reserved for the states are not given to the federal government, according to the GOP platform approved Tuesday. The platform language is meant to ensure all federal spending meets the requirements of the 10th amendment, which prohibits state powers from being given to the feds. We support the review and examination of all federal agencies to eliminate wasteful spending, operational inefficiencies, or abuse of power to determine whether they are performing functions that are better performed by the States, the platform reads. These functions, as appropriate, should be returned to the States in accordance with the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
For those of you who dont have your Cato Institute picket Constitutions handy, heres what the 10th Amendment says.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
In other words, the 10th Amendment is basically a back-up plan to re-emphasize that the federal government was prohibited from exercising power in any area other than what is specified in the enumerated powers section of Article I, Section VIII.
And if you look at those enumerated powers, that pretty much invalidates much of what happens in Washington.
Thats the good news. The bad news is that the Republican platform will have less impact on a potential Romney presidency than this blog. In other words, Republicans dont intend to live up to this promise. Heck, they dont even know that they have such a position. Thats why I included the asterisk in the title and must draw your attention to this fine print.
But I suppose its good that they included this language in the platform, even if its merely empty political rhetoric
P.S. If they did abide by the 10th Amendment, it means that Obamacare also would be repealed.
P.P.S. Yes, this implies limits on democracy. Our Founding Fathers, contrary to E.J. Dionnes superficial analysis, were opposed to untrammeled majoritarianism and wanted to make sure 51 percent of the people couldnt vote to rape and pillage 49 percent of the people.
Get rid of all non essential Gov't. Slash the rest to bare bones. Let the courts do the work if they have to. I don't care if the Czar(s) are cut. It will only add to unemployment "a little".
Rules and Regs are getting complely out of control. Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians!
EJ Dionne is a superfical idiot. The Founders specifically worried about Dionne sort of untrammeled majoritarianism which is why they designed the check and balances into our political system.
Cutting Medicare and Social Security? Ha! Good luck with that.
Overturn Wickard v Filburn!
hell yeah!
I have a list. Full list of Federal Agencies
I will provide detailed plans to use in crafting legislation and full citation of applicable Art 1 Sec 8 specified duties for what's left.
I'll do this for a grand total of $250k/year, plus medical and dental, and I'll consider myself under contract until the list above matches Art 1 Sec 8. I'll work from home on my own computers. I'll have the first bills ready to be voted upon by the time the next Congress is seated.
"Socialism Is Legal Plunder" - The Law; Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
"Above all, if you wish to be strong, begin by rooting out every particle of socialism that may have crept into your legislation. This will be no light task." - The Law; Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
DEPOPULATE socialists from the body politic. Here are some...
DEFUND their collectives. Here are a few.../sarcasm
live - free - republic
The only future for our kids...is just all that happening with powers transferred back to the States.
We will all live to see just how flexible and resilient a structure our Founding Fathers bequethed us.
Excellent! Now, here's to actually doing it...
I didn't see your link, Dead Corpse. Nice work. YOU'RE HIRED! Dead Corpse for President!
live - free - republic
Further, I've never voted for a gun ban, or a take over of a medical care industry. I believe that if it's human, killing it is murder. Even if said human is still in someone else's womb. So I'm more qualified the current GOP pretender.
Now all I need a a half billion dollars and we can get this campaign rolling...
Or... Some enterprising Congress-critter can put me on payroll at the above listed terms and I can get to work... It's a bargain in the long run.
Its really very simple. If half your budget is borrowed money, your government is twice the size it needs to be. It logically follows that you need to cut away about half of your government.
The things you don't do from Washington don't go undone. If they need doing, private people will pick up the slack, or private companies, or churches, or towns, counties, states. Thats how it works in a free country. If its a need, someone will build a company to do it. Or someone will set up a charity to do it. It will get done.
Best headline I've ever read.
If that is not a reason to vote Republican, I don't know what is!
Try 90%. Possibly more...
For an extra $25k/annual, I'll even provide free market based solutions for any services that may have a "perceived" need. Like how to re-integrate the Air Force back into the Army/Navy/Marines. How to privatize NASA. How a model like the IEEE could be used to set up various free market consortium to take over for agencies like the FAA/FCC/FDA.
It's still a heck of a deal.
Re-vamp DHS to be a coordinating Agency that will help link efforts between citizen milita groups in various States operating under local Governor/County Sheriff auspices.
I agree with your list of agencies to eliminate completely. Add to it Department of Energy.
If we handed BLM land off to the states, we could shrink Interior down to nothing. Hand the parks over to the states, you could eliminate it.
Beyond State, Defense, and Justice, the rest are either optional or quite expendable.
As can the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
And the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...
Literally hundreds that can go.
That chart says our revenues will be the same 40 years from now as they are today. What we don't plant to grow at all?
There's no way we could get that lucky.
excellent point
Yes! Good start.
He's a left wing lunatic
Oh those pesky asterisk disclaimers...
Call me in, all the way ! Heros of the Republic, arise!!! Restore USC and heed your fore-fathers design.
And while we're at it overturn Calder, McCullough, Gibbons, Helvering, Kelo, Koramatsu, Butler, Buckley, Penn Central, Home Building and Loan, Bollinger, Roe, Bennis, Raich, American Trucking Association, Gold Clause Cases, Carolene Products, the Obamacare Case, etc.
I'm not sure why you think Gibbons was wrong, but other than that what I do recognize on that list relied on Wickard for precedent, so if it goes, they go.
Why is the GSA missing from that list?
No, it doesn't. It shows a flat-line extrapolation of the historical 18% average of past tax revenues expressed as a percentage of GDP. You've got to see that it's a PERCENTAGE scale, which means it's 18% of whatever the GDP may grow to be, which figure is extrapolated from past data, as well, to get the 24% of GDP data point for the sum of the entitlements shown.
The only ways out of the dead-end involve repeal WITHOUT REPLACEMENT of "Obamacare," four decades of GDP growth at more than double the historical average, or some combination of both.
I'll leave it as an exercise to figure out which of the two elements we should most rely on to get the job done.
Gibbons was the first time they expanded the commerce clause, so far as I know. It unilaterally rewrote "commerce" to mean "navigation," and if that weren't bad enough for regulatable navigation to be within one state if the body of water it was on overlapped state lines. This decision is still used today to justify, for instance, EPA rules covering "navigable waterways" consisting of a pond in your backyard.
Take out Homeland Security and throw it away with the BATF.
Reduce the leviathan to those matters clearly authorized in the ennumerated powers, and enforce the ninth and tenth amendments, leaving all other matters to the states? We could go back to a part-time legislature, pay reps $20,000 and senators $30,000, and give each a staff of two people.
It'll never happen, short of another revolution.
Wrong. That chart indicates what will happen if our taxes don't go up to pay for said entitlements.
It explicitly did not recognize any application to intrastate commerce.
The subject to which the power is next applied is to commerce "among the several States." The word "among" means intermingled with. A thing which is among others is intermingled with them. Commerce among the States cannot stop at the external boundary line of each State, but may be introduced into the interior.
It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary.
Wickard established the "substantial effects" doctrine that says Congress can regulate anything they "find" to "have a substantial effect on interstate commerce". In Roscoe Filburn's case, he was fined for growing his own wheat, because in doing so he avoided having to buy it, and that would deny someone in another state the opportunity to sell it to him, thus affecting interstate commerce.
Congress explicitly claims this "substantial effect on interstate commerce" in the Clean Air Act, which established the EPA.
We are close and it's been looking more and more like it all the time.
Regardless of who wins in November, my sense is we are seeing the beginning of a sort of changing of the guard, where the old, tired ways, names and brands are simply discarded, the same way we leave things behind when new technologies or better ways of doing things come along and the old ways are abandoned.
This is true for Big Labor and its unions, the media and its many disciples and, with any luck since skill is usually absent, this will be especially true for the symbiotic political parasite that feeds on all of it, the progressive movement worldwide.
That title is music to my ears, like the band's practicing the dirge before the parade. Hallelujah! Let's dance! There's a Renaissance a comin'!
Short essay Here.
Lots of great suggestions to cut these porkulus socialists.
Music to read this thread by...("what they need's a damn good whacking") BUMP!
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History/Education/Context BUMP!
The EPA and NLRB both need to be eliminated, as well.
When you say "commercial operators," there's the rub. They'd have to be involved in commerce to be commercial, and if we're talking about commerce why bring up "navigation"? Because the decision extended the power beyond commerce to non-commercial navigation, that's why. Otherwise there's be no controversy and no decision to force kids to study in textbooks.
Oh yes it did apply to intrastate navigation.
As for Wickard, yes it is immeasurably worse for extending the definition of "commerce" to include everything affecting commerce. But did you know, and check me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember the majority opinion in Wickard citing Marshall in Gibbons as having held that navigation was regulatable because it affected commerce. Or at least it was implied. Which is false, since Marshall pretended navigation was commerce, though everyone knows better. But there it is: Gibbon is an explicit inspiration for your bated Wickard.
As for the Clean Air Act, that's all well and good. But I was talking about water, obviously. I 'll eat my hat if the phrase "navigatable waterways" doesn't pop up any time they want to justify backyard pond regulations.
As for the part about "carriers" such as railroads, you have it backwards. Gibbons was decided in the 1820s when hydrocommerce (if that's a word) was king. The principle that the feds can meddle with railroads whenever and wherever they want, even on lines that don't cross borders, came later and was inspired by Gibbons.
By the way, I think Gibbons had a good effect. And it was in line with the intent if the commerce clause, which was to prevent interstate trade wars. Had it been after the 14th amendment and had they struck the state monopoly on steamship passage down on 9th amendment antimonopoly principle I'd be all for it. But they didn't, and they acted unconstitutionally.
I'll believe it when I see it on April 15th.
Having interacted with you for many years here on FR, I'd install you in that job in a heartbeat.
The more Ithink about it the more I realize how apt is your choice of the term "commercial operator" for understanding how wrongheaded is our post-Gibbons and more importantly post-Wickard Constitutional mindset. The law struck down in Gibbons conferred a monopoly on some steamship service operating within New York. That service was certainly a commercial enterprise, but in what did its commerce consist? Ferrying passengers across the river? No, that's navigation, not commerce. Where was the commerce, then? Why, when the passenger bought the ticket, that 's when. Thar was a commercial transaction. The rest is what was laid for in the commercial transaction, not the commerce itself.
Whence this notion that whatever a "commercial operator" does is commerce? Not so. Commerce is commerce, and calling navigation, manufacturing, storing, and all the other actions of commercial enterprises commerce is unjustified by common experience and the dictionary.
Marshall had to have his way, partly out if the noble instinct to strike down unearned privilege. But after navigation became commerce later railroad travel was too. Eventually so was manufacturing and everything else done for a buck, and entirely within one stare too. Then anything that affects commerce is commerce, and finally almost not doing anything, at least according to four SCOTUS justices.
unearned privelege.
Republicans going to refund all the money workers paid into "govt. handouts" like social security and medicare all their working lives? Didn't think so. The politicians will consider all the money paid into those programs by workers as belonging to the politicians.
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