Atlanta, Georgia law firm Morris, Manning & Martin, reports Meredith Hobbs in the FULTON COUNTY DAILY REPORT, "rescinded offers to six of its incoming first-year associates and canceled this year's summer associate program because of the recession."
Okay, the weather is getting nice, especially in Atlanta. With the $5K starting bonus MM&M is paying those six they're not hiring, those six can purchase the paraphernalia to build Hoovervilles in the vicinity of MM&M. Some $ will also have to go for legal permits, legal advice about squatting, and bail if rounded up by The Authorities.
This is the time for brilliance in performance art. After all, there's nothing to lose. Even when the economy recovers, law will be a different entity, downsized. In addition, it will be on the prowl for fresh meat from the T-14. There's also plenty to learn in how to make a living through one's wits. During the 1970s CounterCulture, I picked up plenty about non-linear strategies to get what I/the advocacy group wanted. You don't do a study. You put on a show. Performance art, as every leader, successful salesperson, and Ponzi-scheme operator knows, is what influence, power and results are all about.
After Hooverville? Opportunity is completely open for the Six MM&M Squatters. Look where performance art got Barack & Michelle, Alan Greenspan, Uncle Bernie, the Roman Catholic Church with all its rituals, and the very earnest plaintiff bar.
Oh, boo hoo. "Don't make fun of my church because it makes me mad, mad, mad!" As a Catholic, I have to say that comment really operated in the opposite fashion from that which you undoubtedly intended: you made us all look ridiculous.
Posted by: Brandon Christian | March 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Well, Jane, you didn't look stupid until the gratuitous anti-Catholic remark. We'll pray for you.
Posted by: James Walverton | March 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM