Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

well, actually i think the Kurt Angle situation mostly is quite clear. but i'd like to continue to address things like the internet so-called fans. reading all the comments reminds me of the Schiavo case. you had two sides of the equation coming out and politicizing the situation. more than that you had politicians themselves getting into the act to enhance their image (e.g. Tom Delay, Jeb Bush). as i mentioned in one of my blogs, the saddest thing was that i don't think anyone really considered how Schiavo the person at the forefront of the controversy felt. what i read are all these snivelling, self-righteous posters who name drop and call out like prejudice, intolerant bigots the moment someone disagrees with their beliefs. yet there are truly few in all of this who really understand how Kurt Angle probably feels in this. one thing that is certain is that the whole opening up of the business has exposed this ugliness. there's a reason as i've mentioned so many times why these people have private lives. these issues are their own and not for other people's to determine. unless that individual chooses to expose their personal life to the public like Rhino and his wife or Shane Douglas and his addiction, people ought to keep a distance. in reality, people can't do this. the "ought to" phrase becomes "can't do." it's human nature. however, what is clear to me (after a premonition i had tonight) is that the WWE should've taken more responsibility upon themselves to handle this situation. kicking Kurt Angle out is merely looking away from the problem. but they've done a lot to aggravate it and not address it in an appropriate manner. again this situation is typical of American corporate culture. welcome to America 2.0. businesses in America simply want to avoid litigation so they often find it easier just to sever someone rather than provide the help they need. not just WWE but all companies that i know of. companies want to suck the life blood out of you, own you and yet the minute you stop giving, they tell you to pack up your bags and get the fuck out like a girl you get tired of sleeping with. that premonition i spoke of earlier was about my father. my father was on the outs with Raytheon. when they got bought out by GM, he got cut. like Kurt Angle, he no longer fit the image that the company wanted him to be. so he was dead weight, and a liability. he also had his own problems, which, as i've noted many times here, leading him to his current condition as a stroke victim in a convelescent home. before that he was working for a company and got cut too, obviously not making the grade. to me though, if these companies had more compassion about their workers rather than just giving a fuck about their useless shareholders and their bottomline, maybe my father wouldn't be in his situation. no, i'm damn sure he wouldn't be there. but this is what i mean about corporate America 2.0. they don't accept any responsibility of the individuals (except the shareholders and the senior management of course). companies force their employees to abide by their rules for minimal 40 hours a week. somehow, for some reason, most people tend to obey these rules. yet people still can get fired? yeah, companies "claim" that they provide some sort of help. to what extent though? just a fucking phone call so you can talk to an underpaid fuck to tell you not to do the thing that you're doing so you can go back to the hell hole cubicle? you call that help? i firmly believe companies should be forced to be utterly responsible for ensuring that their employees are doing well. putting a drug test into place is one thing because you're just monitoring their behavior. but companies have to do more. if you hire a person and call them "permanent," use the fucking word literally!!!! the people that are fucked up are the ones that need the most help because few people are willing to provide the proper care and support in the first place. the problem is that the government won't intervene to the level that's necessary in the US. they need a policy to force companies to provide this level of care. it's frustrating when you see some fuck like a McMahon, a Bill Gates, a Barry Diller, etc. with billions while you and your family struggle just to get by. why do these rich assholes need so much money? can't they spare some for their employees that really need the care? some people may think i might be pro-TNA or anti-WWE by the way i usually praise TNA and slander the WWE. it has nothing to do with that. or rather i slander the WWE because of their policies and the way they've managed to trick people into thinking that their product is the best. however, when you take away all the marketing spin, you're left with something that looks like Mordor from LOTR. it's typical corporate America at it's finest and there isn't anything people can do about it, until someone finally blows the whistle on the company and exposes the underlying business practices that bring it down. yet i have a feeling it probably will never happen. it feels like it's always getting closer, but it won't happen. i have a paranoid theory in the back of my mind that says these Harvard, Yale, etc. elite university graduates have some sort of Satanic pack with each other on the vision of driving America and possibly the world. the average person is not part of this world and never can be so we're essentially screwed as these other people dance in their high profile nightclubs, fuck women in their limos, and live this hedonistic lifestyle that God would condemn to Hell if he lived up to his name. nonetheless, it's scary to think how much power these people in their corporate towers have and yet for a guy like a Kurt Angle, how he's nothing more than a pawn to make a few bucks. no wonder Hogan plays the way he does. when people say Hogan is one of the smarter guys in wrestling, i think i can finally understand where he's coming from. the problem is that most people don't. he knows how to deal with the system and a McMahon. that's pretty powerful to say in a place where there's few power brokers in the industry. but given his situation, you gotta realize that he's got a point.