Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- What I'd Call "Class Warfare"

...[T]here's a lot of competition in the media world in this quasi-reality show, it seems, that's being created in the GOP primary. It's just the nature of the beast right now..."

--Sarah Palin
[quoted recently on the subject of the media hype about the Republican primary contenders, and the mini-uproar over her calling "Herb" [sic] Cain the "flavor of the week."]

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So You Think You Can President?!?

Welcome back, everyone, to this week's edition of So You Think You Can President?!?

Just to remind everyone, this year we've got the Republican field of candidates for the party's nomination to take on Barack Obama in next year's exciting presidential race. After the American television-viewing audience expressed its dismay over stale and boring formal debates, we here at Fox jumped at the chance to winnow the field down in the exciting format of a reality show, where our contestants get to prove they know how "to president" by performing various wacky tasks for our collective amusement.

To recap last week's show: Rick Perry's up! Rick Perry's down! Will he be eliminated by our panel of pundits and party bigwigs, or will he get a second chance from our audience participation voting system (brought to you by the wonderful folks at Diebold, of course)? Stay tuned!

Also last week, Mitt Romney calmly jumped through the flaming hoops we had set up for him, and barely got singed! Looks like he's got more staying power than we gave him credit for! Herman Cain had to take a trip to the "Fight A Candidate Who Isn't In The Race Yet" ring, where he exchanged blows with none other than Fox News contributor Sarah "Mama Grizzly" Palin! You just can't get more exciting than that, folks!

Michele Bachmann dropped last week -- after turning in a very lackluster performance in audience voting -- and has now been banished to the "On The Brink Of Elimination" room, from which neither Jon Huntsman nor Rick Santorum was able to break out of last week. Sorry guys, you'll just have to try harder, or we're going to kick you out of the "Lightning Question" round at the end of each show.

Ron Paul is still a scrappy little fighter, and tonight we're going to see him take on the So You Think You Can President?!? center-ring "What Would Ronald Reagan Do?" task -- which involves the question: "Should a president order a terrorist strike or not, if the target is an American citizen?" Ron Paul's answer, of course, may tend to get some in our audience of Republican primary voters rather upset, so don't miss it!

Tonight, also, we have Newt Gingrich in the spotlight, as he presents his project assigned last week, to come up with a campaign document that voters can both understand and get excited about. We all remember Mitt Romney stumbling badly on this task, with his -- what was it, 287-point plan? -- so we'll see what Newt has put together. No bonus points will be awarded for re-using the phrase "Contract With America" -- but we didn't tell Newt that, so we'll see his reaction to this news later in the program!

But before we get to all that, we're going to open with our signature weekly event -- "Who Can We Convince To Run Next?" This week ...[drumroll]... we have in our studios... Chris Christie!!!

[Christie enters, as drumroll becomes bongo drum solo, then segues into Jethro Tull's "Fat Man" -- which continues playing, while a video montage of Christie's "greatest hits" clips (of him screaming at his own constituents) plays on the big screen overhead. The music fades away with the final line of the lyrics echoing through the theater: "Roll us both down a mountain / And I'm sure the fat man would win" -- as a massive wave of applause slowly dies away.]

Great to have you here tonight, Governor Christie! We'll be right back to talk to him after this message from our sponsors. Stay tuned, because there's much more of So You Think You Can President?!? coming right up!!!

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[Note: I wrote most of this last night, before I had read a similar article in the Huffington Post written by Jeffrey Feldman, titled "GOP Candidatemania" -- which I highly recommend. Also, I wouldn't have brought up the whole "fat man" thing, except apparently the inside-the-Beltway punditocracy has been so off into the weeds on the Christie will-he-or-won't-he thing that they've actually spent time discussing whether Christie's weight would be a problem for him as a candidate. Which is one of the reasons I was inspired to set this whole circus inside the reality-show format, since we're quite obviously edging pretty close to it, folks. Sheesh.]

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Most Impressive Democrat of the Week

We're not even sure these folks identify as Democrats or not, but since we make the rules, we are also allowed to bend them pretty much at will. So we're going to go ahead and award the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

This people-powered organization has been protesting Wall Street for the past two weeks, although this may come as news to some due to the lack of mainstream media coverage. Compare and contrast, for example, what coverage (led, no doubt, by Fox News) a similar event would have had if it had been put on by a Tea Party organization.

But, media grumbles aside, we admit that we're suckers for street protest and political theater here. Getting people out in the streets to protest something important is tough enough to do even without discussing the media's coverage of such events. Occupy Wall Street may be a bit unfocused as to their ultimate goals, but their sheer persistence is admirable on its own accord.

Live in New York City? Not doing anything this weekend? Head on down and show your support! And while you're there, let them know they've won this week's MIDOTW award. Street theater used to be a solely Lefty tactic, before the Tea Partiers latched onto it. And we heartily approve of any group trying to take the tactic back from the anti-tax Right.

[For more information, please see the Occupy Wall Street official website.]

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Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week

Normally, our rules for handing out these awards limit the eligibility to Democrats who are public figures or are still in office. But that's close enough for us, for this week's Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week award. As previously mentioned, our Rules Committee for these awards is a pretty forgiving bunch. Ahem.

This week was almost one of those weeks, it bears mentioning, where we made it all the way through the week without being massively disappointed by any Democrat in the news. In such cases, we lock the awards cabinet back up for a week (those golden statuettes ain't cheap, you know), and withhold any presentation at all.

But wouldn't you know it, a name we thought we were done with (at least as far as handing out MDDOTW awards goes) popped back up on our radar. Yes, it seems Blanche Lincoln is back.

Lincoln used to be a senator. She was one of the bluest of the Blue Dogs. Then she lost her seat. Now, apparently, she's making a buck parroting Republican talking points. Her position is that the E.P.A. should just stop issuing all those regulations that business hate, because... um, well... because Republicans say so. So there. If you think that's an exaggeration, I invite you to click that link and read the quote from Lincoln, and see if you can picture a Democrat saying any of it.

This comes as no surprise, really (to anyone who knows of her rampant Blue Doggery in the past), but it's disappointing all the same.

Which is why, for the sixth time -- which ties her on the awards board with Charlie Rangel and Jay "Rocky IV" Rockefeller IV -- Blanche Lincoln is our Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week. Maybe she'll do us all a favor, and just change her registration to Republican....

Sigh.

[We're not sure where you can contact ex-Senator Blanche Lincoln, but she probably wouldn't listen to you anyway, unless you had a lot of money to give her.]

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Friday Talking Points

Volume 183 (9/30/11)

Today's talking points were inspired by (which sounds ever so much nicer than "ripped off from," don't you think?) a comment posted to last week's FTP?[182] at the Huffington Post. Our standard policy is we never identify such commenters here by name (or login name) without their previous consent, but I'd still like to publicly thank him or her for the idea.

Last week (as with this week) the subject de semaine was "class warfare." The comment which inspired this week's mini-rants contained a simple, repetitive concept: "When [something outrageous pushed by Republicans happens], nobody calls it 'class warfare'. Maybe we should."

Maybe we should, indeed.

Which led directly to this week's talking points. Barack Obama has been fighting to redefine "class warfare" for the past few weeks, and he's beginning to make inroads with the public on the issue. But he needs help -- from all Democrats discussing politics (whether on the Sunday morning chat shows on television, or around your own company's water cooler).

Here are seven almost-identical points to toss into this conversation. They don't even need their own individual introductions, because they all pretty much speak for themselves.

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???You want to know what I call "class warfare"? Attacking Medicaid.

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? I'll tell you what I call 'class warfare' -- attacking Medicaid. Medicaid is the federal program that assures that poor people have the choice between getting healthcare and crawling off into the woods to die. Republicans want to strip away this safety net, and allow more people to die for lack of money when modern medicine could easily save their lives. When they talk of slashing Medicaid or letting individual states take it over, this is the end result of what they are talking about -- more poor people with absolutely no option other than die from lack of medical care. And that is exactly what I call 'class warfare'."

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???Making Granny pay

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? I call Paul Ryan's budget -- which the Republican House overwhelmingly voted for, I remind you -- nothing less than 'class warfare'. Ryan's plan would stick it to poor retirees to the tune of six thousand dollars a year, instead of giving them the Medicare they deserve. Ryan's plan would give old folks a set amount per year, as a voucher, and then leave them to the mercies of the private health insurance market. If that voucher didn't purchase anything near what Medicare covers, well, tough patootie, Grandma. Guess you'll have to fork over six grand out of your Social Security checks each year, just to get what you had been promised all along. How anyone can examine Ryan's plan for Medicare and not call it 'class warfare' is beyond me."

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???Attacking Social Security

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? Attacking Social Security. From Rick Perry calling it a, quote, Ponzi scheme, unquote, to the age-old Republican dream to privatize Social Security, this is a direct attack on American seniors who rely on those checks for survival. Ever since Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Social Security into existence, one political party has tried to kill it -- over and over again. The Republicans can't stand the concept of Social Security, and they are increasingly unafraid to bluntly admit this. Social Security could be 'saved' right this minute by one simple step -- removing the cap on earnings -- which would make it solvent for the next 75 years. Most people have never even heard of this option, which would not raise taxes for something like 97 to 98 percent of American workers. The media present the only possible options as 'raising the retirement age, slashing benefits, or hiking taxes on everyone' when this is just not true. There's a simple and easy way to fix Social Security -- tax every worker at exactly the same rate. That's it. That's how easy it is. Instead of this simple fix, Republicans fighting for the wealthiest two or three percent want to slash everyone else's benefits rather than making the wealthy pay exactly the same rate as a fireman or policeman. That is indeed 'class warfare', by just about any definition of the term."

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???Union busting

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? Union busting. This was, in fact, the original class warfare in the United States of America, and it used to involve a whole lot of violence. Speaking of 'warfare' today is almost laughable, when you learn the history of what Unions had to go through to get the basic workers' rights we all enjoy today. The federal government used to be in the business of violently protecting the rich folks' interests by strike breaking and Union busting. Sadly, today's Republicans have latched onto this as a tactic in statehouses across the country, and are now trying to push the idea at the national level. There is no clearer example of 'class warfare' in America today than Union-busting."

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???Voter suppression

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? Suppressing the vote among the poorest American citizens. The Republican Party is right now engaged in a state-by-state effort to combat what they call 'voter fraud' -- a problem that does not even exist. The Republican thinking is that they can hide behind the 'voter fraud' label to pass laws that make it harder and harder for poor people to vote. This effort is ongoing, and is one of the untold stories of this election cycle, because the news media is too lazy to report it. There is nothing more anti-American than using voting laws to suppress peoples' votes -- the ones you think won't vote for your party. I thought America was beyond such things, but apparently we aren't. And voter suppression is the ugliest and most disgusting form of 'class warfare' that I can even imagine."

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???Bucking the mainstream

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? Defending to the death tax policy that only the wealthiest agree with, when the overwhelming majority of the American people disagree. Republicans are bucking the mainstream of political thought on this issue, and they're so desperate they're complaining about Democrats wanting to, quote, divide, unquote, the American people. Excuse me while I utter a belly laugh. I mean, excuse me while I roll all over the carpet laughing so hard I can't breathe. I mean, seriously, is there any group in America left which the Republicans haven't scapegoated at one point or another in the past few years? Is there any division in the American people the Republicans have shown any reluctance to widen in order to further their political aims? Kettle, meet pot, in other words. But getting back to my point -- taxing millionaires a wee bit more is about the most popular idea in American politics today. In fact, I defy you to come up with an idea which consistently polls as high as a millionaires' tax in this country. Even a majority of Republicans agree with the concept. Even more astonishingly -- even a majority of the Tea Partiers agree. Taxing the rich a tiny slice more is the most popular mainstream opinion there is. And Republicans fighting this enormous wave of public opinion are indeed the ones attempting -- once again -- to wage top-down 'class warfare' on the rest of us. Only this time, we're fighting back."

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???Holding disaster relief hostage

"You want to know what I call 'class warfare'? Well, I'm glad you asked. Allow me to tell you. I call fighting as hard as you can against extending unemployment benefits for millions of Americans 'class warfare'. How can you not call this 'class warfare'? Fighting to take a check out of a desperate family's hands -- which could mean the difference between being homeless and having a roof over their heads -- how does this not fit everyone's description of 'class warfare'?

"Furthermore, how Republicans can even look themselves in the mirror every morning is beyond me, after they tried to fight for their partisan extremism instead of voting for disaster aid. That's right -- Republicans thought it'd be a good idea to hold hostage the money for FEMA. This goes beyond astonishing to downright obscene, especially in the midst of a year which has seen more natural disasters than anyone could have predicted. Flood victims, tornado victims, hurricane victims, even earthquake victims -- all were told they might have disaster aid cut off if the House Republicans didn't get what they wanted elsewhere in the budget. That's not just 'class warfare' -- that's downright heartless. How the media can report on all of this and not use the term 'class warfare' over and over again is a mystery to me -- they only seem to trot the term out when Republicans want them to use it, it seems. Curious, that."

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Obama pitches jobs bill, GOP wants less red tape (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The White House and congressional Republicans just can't agree on the best prescription for the economy, with President Barack Obama demanding passage of his $447 billion jobs bill and the GOP pushing to cut government red tape.

Both efforts, the focus of competing radio and Internet addresses Saturday, face little chance of success as all-or-nothing proposals in a divided Congress.

Three weeks after Obama submitted his legislation, the Democratic-controlled Senate has yet to consider it.

"It is time for Congress to get its act together and pass this jobs bill so I can sign it into law," he said in his Saturday address.

The president has mounted a steady public campaign on behalf of his bill, trying to cast Congress and Republicans in particular as obstacles. With a populist flair, Obama has barnstormed across the country to prod Congress, so far to no avail.

The stops have come in contested election states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia, and the president has taken his message directly to the districts of leading Republicans.

On Tuesday, he will go to the Texas district represented by GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling, co-chairman of a special deficit reduction committee in Congress.

In the Republican address, Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia made a pitch for legislation in the House that would reduce regulatory requirements on businesses. He cited rules affecting cement plants and restrictions on institutional boilers as examples of government overreaching.

"For years, excessive regulations have been a source of frustration for businesses trying to stay afloat," he said.

"President Obama, who has said he's willing to consider stopping excessive regulations, should call on the Democrat-led Senate to follow the House in passing these jobs bills," he said.

Obama's public approval ratings have held steady in the low 40 percent range, but the public's assessment of his handling of the economy has been significantly lower. Obama has tried to deflect responsibility to congressional Republicans, who together with congressional Democrats fare much worse than the president.

Obama's proposal would cut payroll taxes for workers and for businesses, lengthen jobless benefits, spend on public works projects and pay local and state governments to keep teachers, police and firefighters on the job. He has proposed paying for the legislation with targeted tax increases. They include limits on deductions taken by wealthier taxpayers, closing corporate loopholes and ending oil and gas subsidies.

Republicans have said some of his proposals, such as the payroll tax cuts, are worth considering. But they object to spending proposals and flatly reject raising taxes to pay for them. Even some Senate Democrats have balked at the taxes Obama would raise.

There are 51 Democrats in the Senate and two independents who typically vote with them and 47 Republicans. But it usually takes 60 votes to overcome procedural roadblocks and pass legislation.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate and an Obama ally, told a radio interviewer this past week that there were not 60 votes in the Senate now for Obama's bill. "We can work on it," Durbin said. "We should."

In his address, Obama said that "some Republicans in Congress have said that they agree with certain parts of this jobs bill. If so, it's time for them to tell me what those proposals are."

Obama said that if people who listened to or watched his remarks feel the same way, "don't be shy about letting your congressman know. It is time for the politics to end."

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Online:

Obama address: www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111001/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama

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Irvine Co.: Largest U.S. real estate fortune - Lansner on Real Estate ...

Irvine Co.: Largest U.S. real estate fortune

September 29th, 2011, 12:00 am ? Post a Comment ? posted by Jon Lansner

Some of Bren?s holdings

Fashion Island in Newport

Pacifica towers in Irvine

Homebuilding in Irvine

Hyatt Center Chicago

Donald Bren is not simply the wealthiest person in Orange County. His fortune ? recently estimated by Forbes magazine at $12 billion ? is also the largest American real estate fortune.

The wealth of the Irvine Co. owner, a property empire ranked 26th on the 2011 edition of Forbes? annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans, was the largest among 27 American real estate-linked fortunes listed by Forbes. ?Bren?s fortune ? which Forbes has pegged at $12 billion since 2008 ? dwarfed the second-largest real estate fortune: the $5 billion wealth of New York developer Richard LeFrak.

Forbes writes of the 79-year-old Bren:

California real estate developer Donald Bren sits atop a mostly thriving mix of residential and commercial properties as the head of the Irvine Company. It purchased several properties within the past year, including the Hyatt Center office building in Chicago, which it bought from the Pritzker family for a reported $625 million. Irvine Co. has created a homebuilding unit that sold some 1500 new homes since January 2010. It?s also building the new headquarters for bond fund manager PIMCO in Newport Beach. The Irvine Co. portfolio includes 480 office properties, 125 apartment communities with roughly 44,000 units, 41 shopping centers, three hotels, three golf clubs and five marinas.

Two other Orange County-bred real estate fortunes made the Forbes? list:

At No. 150, Igor Olenicoff, 69, of Lighthouse Point, Flor

ida who built the Newport Beach-based Olen Properties empite. Forbes thinks he?s worth $2.6 billion. Forbes writes:

Through his Olen Properties owns more than 6.4 million square feet of office space, nearly 12,000 residential units in Las Vegas, Arizona, Florida.

At No. 260, George Argyros, 74, of Newport Beach. Worth a reported $1.75 billion. Forbes writes:

Investor and property baron George Argyros began career in the grocery business and eventually moved to real estate. His privately held Arnel & Affiliates manages 5,500 apartments and 2 million square feet of commercial space in southern California. Argyros also owns private equity outfit Westar Capital and is the leading investor in software development firm DST Systems.

Other California real estate fortunes on the Forbes 400:

  • No. 107: John A. Sobrato, 72, of Atherton ? $3.2 billion.
  • No. 200: Edward Roski, 72, of Los Angeles ? $2.1 billion.
  • No. 227: Richard Peery, 72, of Palo Alto ? $1.9 billion.
  • No. 242: John Arrillaga, 74, of Portola Valley ? $1.8 billion.
  • No. 293: Donald Sterling, 75, of Beverly Hills ? $1.5 billion.
  • No. 359: Alan Casden, 65, of Beverly Hills ? $1.2 billion.

And others, nationally:

  • No. 66: Sam Zell, 69, of Chicago, Illinois ? $4.7 billion.
  • No. 75: Leonard Stern, 73, of New York, New York ? $4.2 billion.
  • No. 103: Ted Lerner, 85, of Chevy Chase, Maryland ? $3.3 billion.
  • No. 114: Stephen Ross, 71, of New York, New York ? $3.1 billion.
  • No. 128: Donald Trump, 65, of New York, New York ? $2.9 billion.
  • No. 159: Alfred Taubman, 87, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan ? $2.5 billion.
  • No. 166: Ty Warner, 67, of Oak Brook, Illinois ? $2.4 billion.
  • No. 188: Mortimer Zuckerman, 74, of New York, New York ? $2.2 billion.
  • No. 200: Jeff Greene, 56, of Palm Beach, Florida ? $2.1 billion.
  • No. 212: Neil Bluhm, 73, of Chicago, Illinois ? $2 billion.
  • No. 212: Edward DeBartolo, 64, of Tampa, Florida ? $2 billion.
  • No. 227: Sheldon Solow, 83, of New York, New York ? $1.9 billion.
  • No. 242: Jerry Speyer, 71, of New York, New York ? $1.8 billion.
  • No. 263: Brad Kelley, 54, of Franklin, Tennessee ? $1.7 billion.
  • No. 273: Herbert Simon, 76, of Indianapolis, Indiana ? $1.6 billion.
  • No. 331: Leon Charney, 70, of New York, New York ? $1.3 billion.
  • No. 397: Steven Roth, 69, of New York, New York ? $1.05 billion.

Source: http://lansner.ocregister.com/2011/09/29/irvine-co-largest-u-s-real-estate-fortune/125553/

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Michael Jackson's Kids Watched Their Father Die

Michael Jackson's Kids Watched Their Father Die

Michael Jackson's children watched as their father passed away in 2009, according to two testimonies heard at Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial on Wednesday. Jackson's bodyguard and assistant both reported an agonizing scene at the pop legend's home, as his oldest children Prince, 14, and Paris, 13, saw Dr. Murray try and fail to revive their dad.

"Paris screamed out, 'Daddy!'" testified Alberto Alvarez, an assistant to Jackson. "She was crying."

Bodyguard Faheem Muhammad also described the reactions of Jackson's older children, then 12 and 11, to seeing their father lying motionless on his bed.

"Paris was on the ground, balled up and crying," said Muhammad. "Prince had a really shocked, just slowly crying kind of look."

As Murray reportedly shouted, "Don't let them see their dad like this," Alvarez said that he tried to comfort the children.

"Kids, don't worry, we'll take care of it. Everything's going to be okay," said Alvarez. "Then I asked Dr. Murray what happened, and he said, 'He had a bad reaction.'" Muhammad later he had the children's nanny take them away, so that they wouldn't see paramedics carry off the body.

Jackson's children have not been present at the trial, which began on Tuesday; however, it's been rumored that Prince may be called to testify. All three of Jackson's children -- including Blanket, 9 -- have been named on a list of potential witnesses. According to psychiatrist Gail Saltz, M.D., taking part in the trial could be traumatizing for Jackson's young family.

"Testifying is really not in the children's best interest, as it causes them to have to relive the circumstances surrounding the loss as opposed to having grieved already and attempting to continue on with their lives," Dr. Saltz tells iVillage. "It may stir up both their grief and their trauma.

"The images out there are disturbing for any child, let alone that he is their father," Dr. Saltz adds. "Hopefully the adults in their lives will try to minimize both media and courtroom exposure for them."

We can't imagine that Jackson's parents and siblings would allow the children to take part in the trial, except as a last resort to get Dr. Murray convicted. If found guilty, Murray will lose his medical license and face up to four years in prison.

 

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/michael-jacksons-kids-watched-their-father-die/1-a-387009

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Lady Gaga And Cher's 'The Greatest Thing' Is 'Timeless'

'It's an event,' co-writer/producer RedOne tells MTV News.
By Kara Warner


Lady Gaga and Cher
Photo: WireImage

While we anxiously await the release of Lady Gaga and Cher's duet, "The Greatest Thing" — which, according to Cher's Twitter, is supposed to drop in roughly two days — we can while away the hours with a few insider details about the song from co-writer/producer RedOne.

When MTV News caught up with the mega-producer recently, we did our best to get an early listen of the track, but no dice. Instead, we asked him to tell us specifically what kind of song "The Greatest Thing" is and whether we'll want to dance to it or sing along — or both.

"I think it's timeless. The beautiful thing about this song is, it's very uplifting, very uplifting. It's emotional, but it has dance on it, and it has a dance vibe on it," he explained. "It's just a timeless song. You can play it with the guitar, the piano, with whatever instrument you want. You can sing it a cappella, you know what I mean, it's that kind of song.

"I'm very excited about that song," Red added. "And it's an event. Cher and Lady Gaga: How big can it get?"

RedOne said Cher and Gaga were ecstatic with the finished product, and he couldn't be happier to have helped connect the two stars.

"Everybody loved it," he said. "Gaga on it, Cher, two big icons. [They are] part of music history. So it happened. I'm very happy to be a part of this."

What are you expecting from "The Greatest Thing"? Let us know in the comments!

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671744/lady-gaga-cher-the-greatest-thing.jhtml

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Operating Engineer (Downtown Portland) | Jobs in Portland

29 September, 2011 at 9:17 pm in Craigslist / Education / Government / Uncategorized

Jobs in Portland: Portland Center for the Performing Arts , 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon Multiple part-time positions Application deadline: October 13, 2011 Operates and maintains all heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical and mechanical equipment used in the daily operations of Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) facilities. Requirements: Two years experience as an operating engineer in a large public events facility, or any combination of education and experience which provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job. Possession of or ability to obtain a valid driver's license issued in the incumbent's state of residency. Must be able to work any shift during evenings, weekends and holidays as required. Willingness to be CPR certified is mandatory. To apply: Visit our web site at: www.oregonmetro.gov/jobs for the complete job announcement and a link to our online hiring center. The Portland Center for the Performing Arts is your premier arts and entertainment venue in the Pacific Northwest. Nationally recognized as one of the top 10 performing arts centers in the nation, the PCPA hosts every type of event imaginable. In fact, every year we have over 900 performances. PCPA is operated by Metro, the regional government serving the Portland metropolitan region. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Location: Downtown Portland Compensation: $28.87 This is a part-time job. OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

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Merkel: Germany wants 'strong Greece' in eurozone (AP)

BERLIN ? Stock markets soared around the world Tuesday amid hopes that Europe is finally finding a way out of its debt crisis. Greece passed an unpopular property tax and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to offer the struggling country "all necessary assistance."

It's unclear whether that will be enough to satisfy investors for long. Stocks improved following last week's turmoil as speculation grew that Greece's bailout creditors will look to impose bigger losses on Greece's private bondholders as well as recapitalize Europe's banks and expand the eurozone's rescue fund. So far, there's been no confirmation from Europe's capitals that such a comprehensive solution is being planned.

Financial markets closely watched a meeting between Merkel and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, but neither announced any new measures ahead of their private dinner at Berlin's chancellery on Tuesday evening.

"Through the euro, we are closely bound together, and the weakness of one affects us all," Merkel said at a news conference.

Germany, Europe's biggest economy, is seen as a key player in resolving the 17-nation eurozone's debt crisis, but Merkel's government has repeatedly been accused over the past 18 months of being a reluctant leader of the rescue efforts. Speaking earlier Tuesday alongside her economy minister, Philip Roesler, Merkel reiterated her conviction that there is no quick solution, saying the crisis must be dealt with "step by step."

Greece must receive an euro8 billion ($11 billion) rescue loan before mid-October to stave off bankruptcy, a collapse that would send shock waves through markets around the world. But creditors have demanded more efforts to raise revenue.

In response, Greek lawmakers approved a controversial new property tax Tuesday evening, passing it 154-143 in the 300-member parliament. The levy, in addition to public-sector reforms announced earlier, is expected to make up for lagging revenues this year by providing more than euro2 billion ($2.76 billion), or about 1 percent of Greece's annual gross domestic product.

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said his country will get the money. "The disbursement will be decided in time, in line with the course of our funding needs," he said.

Greeks have been outraged by tax and other austerity measures, and unions have responded with strikes and protests. Even as Venizelos spoke, protesting ministry employees and tax office workers chanted outside his department in Athens.

Venizelos said Greece had made great efforts to achieve its fiscal targets, but that a "hyper-effort" is necessary to fully meet its commitments.

Venizelos said representatives from the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank will return to Athens this week. The so-called troika suspended its review in early September amid talk of missed targets and budget shortfalls.

The current plan is to have Greece implement painful debt-reduction measures in exchange for rescue loans. Greece relies on funds from last year's euro110 billion ($149 billion) package, and European leaders also have agreed on a second euro109 billion bailout, although some details of that remain to be worked out.

"We want a strong Greece within the eurozone, and Germany is prepared to offer all necessary assistance," Merkel said in Berlin.

Papandreou, in return, pledged to implement the reforms demanded by Greece's international creditors. Speaking through a translator, he said this is a time "of great sacrifices for the Greek people. Therefore it is of great importance to receive signals of support from our European partners."

Ahead of the meeting between the two leaders, Merkel's government downplayed speculation of bold new moves to tackle Europe's sprawling sovereign debt crisis.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ruled out increasing the eurozone's new euro440 billion ($595 billion) rescue fund, calling it "a silly idea" that could ultimately endanger the AAA ratings of the main creditor countries such as Germany and the Netherlands.

Greece's new property tax will range from euro4.00 to euro20.00 ($5.50-$27.50) for every square meter (10.7 square feet). It will be charged through electricity bills to make it easier for the state to collect, instead of going through Greece's unwieldy and inefficient tax system. Those who refuse to pay will risk having their power cut off.

The extra charge has deeply angered Greeks, who have already been through more than a year of sharp austerity measures, including salary and pension cuts and higher taxes.

State electricity company unionists have threatened not to collect the tax. Public transport workers walked off the job Tuesday for two days, and were to be joined by taxi drivers on Wednesday. Tax office and customs workers also were on strike.

Police briefly scuffled with protesters outside parliament shortly after Tuesday's vote there and used pepper spray to disperse one group of youths.

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Elena Becatoros and Derek Gatopulos in Athens contributed.

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Full Sail Graduate Serves as Creator and Owner of Successful Independent Record Label and Recording Studio










Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) July 30, 2006 ?-

Full Sail Real World Education congratulates graduate, Timothy ?Tip? Wyman, for his extraordinary success opening the independent record label and recording studio, Wyman Records, based in Los Angeles, CA.

Wyman graduated from Full Sail with a degree in Recording Arts in 2003 and Wyman Records was founded in 2005. Within one year of operation, Wyman has expanded to 10 employees and two office locations. The company has instantly achieved success working with major artists such as: Kayne West, Three 6 Mafia and Paris Hilton. Recently, Wyman Records recorded and mixed Academy Award winning track, ?Hard Out Here for a Pimp,? for Three 6 Mafia. MTV has also filmed on location in the studio, as well as an episode of the popular television series, ?The Simple Life? which airs on E! Entertainment.

?Full Sail taught me the engineering skills that qualified me for a start in a professional studio. Similar to our class schedule, things happen at odd times and places in this business and I was prepared for long hours and hard work. I never knew what that meant until it happened for me.?

Wyman also stated, ?Full Sail stressed that the times change fast and that today is obsolete so don?t ever stop exploring. My studies at Full Sail gave me an awesome tease to the music industry and jump started my ability to create a career for myself in this ever-changing and challenging business.?

Wyman Records is negotiating a distribution deal with most major distributors and is being supervised as a label under Universal Music Group?s Monte Lipman. In addition, they are a certified vendor for Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony/BMG and Capitol Records.

?Full Sail is extremely proud of Tip and his great success with Wyman Records,? said Garry Jones, President of Full Sail. ?His accomplishments both at Full Sail and within the industry are an example of the outstanding hard work and dedication our students and graduates exhibit each and every day.?

Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. With over 20,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour five out of the last five years. Full Sail?s 91-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,000 students from all 50 states and 37 countries worldwide. Currently, Full Sail offers degrees in the following disciplines: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Development, Recording Arts, and Show Production & Touring.

Students experience a ?real world? education, with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day, and a 24-hour round the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the ?Most Innovative Program? Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. Full Sail has also been named one of the top three entertainment media colleges by Shift Magazine alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 1) and New York University (No. 2); Electronic Gaming Monthly named Full Sail one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world; Rolling Stone Magazine recently named Full Sail one of the ?Best Music Programs? in the country, in addition to one of the ?Best Music Business Departments? in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide, and UNleashed Magazine has named Full Sail one of the Best Film Programs in the country.

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Exotic Pet Dangers In South Portland

Does your child have an unusual pet? Many South Portland parents have bypassed cats and dogs for pets that don?t leave hair, urine, or vomit on the carpet. Ease of care, however, is not always a wise trade-off. South Portland parents should be aware of the multiple health and safety risks associated with reptiles, rodents, ferrets, primates, and even fish.

The following list of pets and the possible dangers reads like a script for a horror movie:

Fish: infections that can cause lung disease, skin infections, and leprosy
Hamsters: a virus that causes irreversible nerve damage
Hedgehogs: salmonella, yersinia pseudotuberculosis, rabies, and fungal infections
Iguanas, lizards, snakes: salmonella (the animals themselves can tolerate levels of salmonella far greater than humans)
Monkeys and other primates: herpes B (can cause meningitis in humans), tuberculosis, serious injury
Ferrets: these fierce critters with razor-sharp teeth have maimed many children
Prairie dogs: tuleremia (often fatal infection)
African Gambian rats: monkeypox (smallpox-related disease)

The foregoing information was taken from an excellent U.S. News article which can be found at http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/on-parenting/2008/10/06/8-pets-that-pose-major-health-threats-to-kids

With proper hygiene and safety precautions these pets may not cause problems, but it is important to understand the possible dangers. Consult an expert for comprehensive instructions on caring for any traditional or non-traditional pet.

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