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Guests: Alan Grayson, John Nichols, Jonathan Alter, Stephen A. Smith, Sen. Maria Cantwell, John Feehery, A.B. Stoddard, Jamal Simmons, Barry Scheck, Rep. Brian Bilbray
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Good evening, Americans. Welcome to THE ED SHOW here on MSNBC. We got a Democrat with some guts. I'm a big fan of Congressman Alan Grayson, as in "no gray area." He'll join us in just a moment for a conversation. But isn't it interesting how the Republicans are just so offended. They're kicking up dust over Grayson's comments.
Grayson said the Republican health care plan is, "don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly." He's relating to a lot of people. Now, when asked to apologize - this is a classic - this is how you apologize to the Righties.
REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D), FLORIDA: Several Republicans asked me to apologize. Well, I would like to apologize. I would like to apologize to the dead, and here's why. According to this study, health insurance and mortality in US adults which was published two weeks ago, 44,789 Americans die every year because they have no health insurance.
That is more than 10 times the number of Americans who died in the war in Iraq. It's more than 10 times the number of Americans who died in 9/11. I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America.
SCHULTZ: You see, when you throw facts to conservatives, they really don't know how to handle it. I want to thank the Congressman from Florida for reminding us that this debate is not about cost curves and projections. It's about life or death. That's what it is. It's life or death. If you're the person who just got a pink slip and a cancer diagnosis - that was the story told to Minority Leader Eric Cantor, for which he had no answer. Let's not forget that.
The Republicans predictably have jumped on this because you see they really don't want to talk about health care reform. They want to talk about just how the Democrats are so mean all the time. Frankly, I think it's mean spirited for the Republican leader to say to a person who's got cancer, "Hey, go beg for charity." I can't let him off the hook on that.
The Congressman spoke from his heart. This wasn't some outburst. This wasn't an emotional set-up or anything like this. This wasn't flippant. He just took it to them by the rules - and he doesn't have to apologize to anybody for anything. And you know what? There's a lot of lefties around this country that are in their living rooms tonight saying, "Yes! This is how you got to handle these folks!"
The Republicans are demanding apologies for the same reason they're offering amendments about czars. They have nothing to offer into the health care debate. Well, joining us tonight is Congressman Alan Grayson, the new hero on the lefty block. Congressman, good to have you with us tonight.
GRAYSON: Thanks, Ed and I'm a big fan of yours as well. I listen to you on satellite radio all the time. That's a free plug.
SCHULTZ: It is. I appreciate that. That would be channel 167, all right (ph)?
GRAYSON: Let's be specific.
SCHULTZ: All right. Congressman, do you take anything back? I mean, are we going to see more of this?
GRAYSON: Absolutely not. The people who should be apologizing are the Republicans. They're the ones who should apologize for - for dragging us all through the mud here while we're just trying to improve health care in America. That's all we're trying to do.
SCHULTZ: Now, the thing I liked about it is that you had charts. I mean, this was planned out. You must have known that this was going to kick up a lot of dust. Did you fire and fire for effect?
GRAYSON: Listen, Ed, we've got to get past this point where everything is stalled, where the Republicans are winning just through inertia. We have a majority, we have to use it. We have to change America. That's the promise that President Obama made. We have to keep it.
SCHULTZ: I agree with you on that. Congressman, I'm sure you're aware of how they're pushing back on you. The National Republican Campaign said this about you. They're going after your character, and they're - I think they're trumping up a bunch of stuff.
But here is it. "This is an unstable man who has come unhinged. The depths of which Alan Grayson will sink to defend his indefensible comments know no bounds. This is an individual who has established a pathological pattern of unstable behavior." What is your response to that, Congressman? I mean, this is character assassination. What - what's your response to that?
GRAYSON: You know, my response is - whatever. America is sick of you, Republican Party. You are a lie factory. That's all you ever do. Why don't you work together with the Democrats to solve America's problems instead of making stuff up?
SCHULTZ: Well, they are making it up. Now, not to offend you in any way, but we did go back and check your background and we did find out that you are a Harvard grad, correct?
GRAYSON: That's right.
SCHULTZ: OK. And you also worked with Judge Antonin Scalia, correct?
GRAYSON: Among others, yes.
SCHULTZ: Along with Robert Bork, correct?
GRAYSON: Yes, and Judge (INAUDIBLE) who's the president's council and also Justice Ginsburg, and when I finished working with Justice Ginsburg, I went to work for her husband's law firm.
SCHULTZ: And you also have put together a very successful business before you ran for office. So you came from the private sector to go do what you're doing in Washington right now.
GRAYSON: That's right. A multibillion dollar business, traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
SCHULTZ: OK. So what we have here is a classic example of character assassination. We also checked your background. You don't have anything in your background at all about unstable behavior, and I want the American people to know that this is how they play the game when you have the courage to come out and stick it to them with the facts. And the fact is that people in this country are dying because they are sick and they are being excluded for coverage because of a preexisting condition.
This is a sound cut from Nancy Pelosi about this whole conversation about who ought to apologize to somebody. Here it is.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Apparently, Republicans are holding Democrats to a higher level than they hold their own members, because you've seen the statements regularly made by the Republicans on the floor about issues that relate to death. There's no more reason for Mr. Grayson to apologize than for - if anybody is going to apologize, everybody should apologize, you know? But let's just - you know, the point has been made. It's time for us to talk about health care. Typically, the Republicans would like to use this as a distraction from the fact that they have no plan.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, I think you'll agree with all of that. I just want to know from you tonight, are you going to continue to be on the offensive and not back down? Because right now on Liberal Talk Radio across America, you're the guy that people have been waiting for. I mean, we've got some folks in the media that get after the Righties, but you really stuck it to them. Is this going to continue?
GRAYSON: Just like you do everyday on the radio. It sure will. These people are "No" mongers. They've got no answers for anything. I said that two days ago, 48 hours ago. I said there is no Republican plan, and here it is, 48 hours later, and there's still no Republican plan.
SCHULTZ: And Congressman, what do you say to those who were trying to develop the narrative that - oh, this Congressman Grayson, he is really going to be in a tough reelection bid next year and he's doing this for attention and to get money and everything else. What's your response to that?
GRAYSON: My response is if I have to choose between my job and saving the lives of 44,000 Americans a year, I know what my decision is.
SCHULTZ: And the response you've gotten from Americans around the country has been very encouraging? Do your office (ph).
GRAYSON: Overwhelmingly positive and, in fact, it is true that thousands of people have already contributed to our campaign just in the last 24 hours.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, I can't work every day, but would you do my radio show one day when I'm gone? Because I got some pheasant hunting coming up and I - I think they want to talk to you.
GRAYSON: Listen, you are the man. I'd love to do your show.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, great to have you with us. Keep - keep up the good fight. I love it when we get a Democrat that calls them out, because that's what this is all about.
GRAYSON: We need Democrats with guts.
SCHULTZ: No doubt about it. Thank you, Congressman Alan Grayson, Democrat from Florida.
Now the Republicans are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites, got that? They are out there saying that health care reform will lead to death panels and euthanizing seniors. There's a guy that answered to it. One final point, for all of the hooey and the prognostication that's going on out there about the midterms, "Oh, Grayson's doing this because he might hurt the Democrats in the midterms," to hell with that! This - this guy is what it's all about. ]
Now, we're a year away from the midterms. That's an eternity in politics, isn't it? I want to know how you folks feel about this. Get your cellphones out tonight, folks. I want to know if you think will Congressman Grayson's comments help or hurt the Democrats when it comes to passing reform. Text "A" for help, "B" for hurt to 622639. I think he's the guy we've been waiting for. We'll bring you the results later on in the program.
Now, coming up with us right now, a couple of guys I really respect - John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation and also Jonathan Alter, senior editor for Newsweek and author of the book "The Defining Moment, FDR'S 100 Days and the Triumph of Hope."
John Nichols, do the Democrats need more of this? Are they - are they crying for this kind of approach?
JOHN NICHOLS, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, THE NATION: They need a lot more of this. Ed, they've been losing the fight on health care. And let me tell you, there can't be an easier sell in America than giving people the health care they need. So why are they losing? It's because they've pulled punches for the better part of eight or nine months. Alan Grayson came on and threw a punch, and it - and it connected.
SCHULTZ: No doubt about it. Jonathan Alter, is - do you agree with this strategy? He says there's going to be more of this. I mean, it's - it's a "no back down" moment for the Democrats in his world. How do you think this will play out?
JONATHAN ALTER, SENIOR EDITOR, NEWSWEEK: I - I do agree with him. As long as it's limited to, you know, your program, cable TV, speaking in his district, whatever. I don't like it on the floor. I - I agree with Nancy Pelosi. I think everybody should apologize for, you know, blaming the other side for death, whether it's death panels or what Congressman Grayson said and try to keep it civil on the floor. That's the way the founders wanted it and - and that's consistent with the traditions of - of the American Republic.
But in terms of stopping acting like pansies, which too many Democrats have for a long time, I think it's great and it's great for him to speak out.
SCHULTZ: Now, do you think he was not civil on the floor, Jonathan?
I mean, do you - do you think he went over the top?
ALTER: I do. Yes. On the floor, I think he went over the top where he's basically accusing the Republicans of favoring, you know, the deaths of people. The statistics are right. It's that extra, you know, twist that - that lays the dead bodies at their feet, that takes you into the realm of, you know, what you could call uncivil dialogue, and that just rubs all the wounds raw.
We can get health insurance, we can be tough without engaging in that kind of language. But there's no reason for him to apologize, because, you know, the - the Republicans, as he's pointed out, have done much, much worse on the floor over many, many years. And it's also true the reason that, you know, that - that Wilson had to apologize is because it was very personal about the President of the United States who was in the chamber at the time. So for them to compare this to Joe Wilson is completely preposterous.
SCHULTZ: All right. (INAUDIBLE) on that, but - but the key here is he was calling them out on a policy, he was calling them out on the lack of a plan. And so I'm thinking he was.
ALTER: That's fine (ph).
SCHULTZ: You know, I think he was in bounds because Americans are dying. John, what do you think?
NICHOLS: Well, let me remind Jonathan Alter as regards to the founders, that the third vice president of the United States was in a duel and shot the Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHULTZ: That wasn't good.
NICHOLS: So, the founder were not - It wasn't good, Jonathan, but the founders were not that into civility, and the fact of the matter is there's not only no need for apology, I think this is what you take to the floor. The American people see this health care debate as so vague, so empty right now, they need some real facts and some real passion.
SCHULTZ: What about the character assassination on this man, the response by the National Republican Committee on this?
NICHOLS: I think if there is a need for an apology at this point, this is - this is the place. If they cannot back that up and say, yes, here's our evidence of unstable behavior on the part of this congressman, then yes, there should be an apology.
SCHULTZ: And Jonathan Alter, I'll ask you about this. Is this a new low for the Republicans or any time anybody challenges them on - on any kind of policy or having a plan they start saying, well, this guy is unstable? There is nothing, I might add, in this - the congressman's background that would lead anybody in the medical profession to believe that he has got a pathological pattern of unstable behavior.
ALTER: It is not a new low because they've been awfully low before. But it's - it's, you know, definitely below the belt. But what happens is, it just escalates, and that's why - I just have to disagree with John Nichols on this. Yes, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had a duel, but why do we have these traditions? My distinguished colleague from South Carolina, the esteemed gentlemen from Pennsylvania.
SCHULTZ: We've got too many friends.
ALTER: Why - why were those put in? Why do we have those for 200 years? Because democracy does demand when you're in the congress, in our sacred halls, a certain level of civility. Cable TV does not demand that. Getting up and giving a speech.
SCHULTZ: Well, neither does talk radio. (INAUDIBLE).
ALTER: . does not demand it.
SCHULTZ: (INAUDIBLE) control that one for years. That's their domain and essentially people are trying to take their microphones away.
ALTER: I think it's great for the Democrats to come back real muscular on talk radio and talk this way, just not in Congress.
SCHULTZ: Final comment, John.
NICHOLS: Let me just tell you that Senator Bernie Sanders says the real opposition to the health care reform right now is coming from right wing talk radio because the Democrats have not been muscular enough. There was nothing uncivil about saying that people who are denied health care die.
SCHULTZ: Yes. If I might add - John Nichols, Jonathan Alter, thanks for joining us tonight. If I could just add, I loved the charts, because that means it was planned. He knew exactly what he was going to say, he knew exactly how he was going to say it. He's a successful attorney. He's a great presenter. We need more of that guy on the floor.
All right. Thanks, fellows.
Moving on, the Republicans want the speaker to reign in people like Grayson. Well, Congressman Brian Bilbray of California, he and I will go head-to-head with the rhetoric (ph) and the main event later in the show.
Plus, the president leaves tonight for Copenhagen to make the pitch for the Olympics in Chicago. A very American thing, I might add. Righties say that the trip's an unnecessary distraction. I call it a brilliant - a brilliant battle plan to jumpstart the economy for that region and the country. Stephen A. Smith joins me in a moment on that.
And the drugster says he's never met a - he's never met a happy liberal? That's because he lives in a compound. Anyway, he says we're angry, deranged lunatics. No, no, no. Rush, you're looking in the mirror. We got you in Psycho Talk tonight.
You're watching THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: The Republicans think the false outrage can keep the attention off health care reform? No, no, no. Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray is going to be here to debate me on that issue and others tonight.
Plus, Senator Lindsey Graham says birthers are crazy. Welcome back to the real world, senator from South Carolina. It's coming up at the bottom of the hour on THE ED SHOW. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. President Obama is about to leave for Copenhagen to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics. I think it's great that the president is showing his patriotism in pushing to bring the Olympics back to the United States, but proving that they can find a negative in absolutely everything, the Republicans are still jumping all over the president for his 18-hour trip to Denmark.
For more, let me bring in commentator and journalist Stephen A. Smith on this one tonight. Stephen A., good to have you with us.
STEPHEN A. SMITH, COMMENTATOR AND JOURNALIST: Always.
SCHULTZ: Is - do you think the American people are OK with the president getting involved in this and trying to seal the deal for his hometown?
SMITH: Of course they are. I don't think there's any question about it. Obviously you're going to have a few million people that have a problem with it, but that's only because they have a problem with him. Remember of the 69 million votes that he got to win the presidency of the United States, there were 59 million people who voted for John McCain, so you're going to have a lot of people out there that are willing to find any excuse whatsoever to have a problem with our president, and that's just the way it goes.
SCHULTZ: Well, to underscore that, this is - whatever you want to call him, Glenn Beck. This is his argument why Chicago should not get the Olympics.
GLENN BECK, FOX NEWS HOST: I'm - I'm trying to figure this one out. Vancouver lost - how much was it? They lost a billion dollars when they had the - when they had the Olympics.
SCHULTZ: Well, actually the Olympics there aren't until 2010. So they - they didn't lose a billion. This is going to be an economic development shot in the arm, but it continues from the hard right. This is House Leader John Boehner ripping into the president for this move as well. Here it is.
REP. JOHN BOEHNER ®, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: While the president is in Copenhagen tomorrow, the American people are going to wake up and find out that hundreds of thousands more Americans have lost their job. The administration's trillion dollar stimulus plan clearly is not working.
SCHULTZ: Why are the Republicans going so hard on this, Stephen A.?
SMITH: To some degree, it's a little bit of desperation. Let's get some of the facts out of the way first. In 1984, they made money from the Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1996, they made money from the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002, they made money from the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. So, certainly - and when you consider the fact that it's expected to be a $13.7 billion benefit to the City of Chicago, particularly the State of Illinois as well if the Olympics are there. There's no question that you make this move because you've got to go for it.
But in terms of the Republicans and being direct with your question, the reality is, again, it shows a little bit of desperation because there are so many things that you can point to, whether you agree or disagree with the President of the United States, the fact is there's a lot of issues - cap and trade, universal health care, the war in Afghanistan, et cetera, et cetera.
There are a lot of substantive things that they could stick to and stick to their guns and go in that direction, but one of the reasons that the Republicans tend to have problems sometimes is because they engage in pettiness on far too many occasions. That's not to say all of them are that way, but the ones who are end up being seen (ph) as individuals who speak for the party and that's a problem.
SCHULTZ: And they're short on memory, my friend. George Bush spent all 490 days in Crawford - all or part of 487 - (INAUDIBLE) 487 (ph) days at Camp David.
SMITH: But Ed, if the Olympics were - if Texas was bidding for the Olympics, you best believe the Bush family would have something to say about that.
SCHULTZ: They certainly would. Stephen A. Smith with us tonight here on THE ED SHOW. Good to see you, my man.
SMITH: Always, my ticket (ph).
SCHULTZ: All right. Up next, Rush Limbaugh takes Psycho Talk to another level tonight. He says the Democrats are obsessed with death. I say it's about time for a straitjacket for the drugster. It's all coming up in Psycho Talk next.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. Psycho Talk tonight, a regular
· the drugster's back. This guy spews more garbage in under a minute than most of us do in a lifetime. Listen to this.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, TALK SHOW HOST: I don't believe anybody in this country is dying because of a lack of health insurance, and the Democratic Party is obsessed with death. Life? No. Abortion, euthanasia. Liberty? No. Slavery, subordination to government. Pursuit of happiness? Not possible. I've yet to meet a happy liberal. They're angry, deranged lunatics. They don't want to enjoy life.
SCHULTZ: Hold it right there, now. OK. This is exactly why we have this segment on this show, Psycho Talk. So much to talk about here. Let's take it one section at a time. Here it is.
LIMBAUGH: I don't believe anybody in this country is dying because of a lack of health insurance.
SCHULTZ: OK, drugster - flat out wrong. The American Journal of Public Health released a study just last month that found that lack of health insurance leads to 45,000 deaths a year in this country, the United States. That's one unnecessary death every 12 minutes.
All right, the next part. Here it is.
LIMBAUGH: The Democratic Party is obsessed with death.
SCHULTZ: No, we're not. Members of your party, drugster, have been just freaking hollering about fictional death panels for months. But the Democrats are obsessed with death? I don't think so.
Come on. One last part here. Here it is.
LIMBAUGH: I've yet to meet a happy liberal. They're angry, deranged lunatics. They don't want to enjoy life.
SCHULTZ: Angry. Rush, I want to report to you tonight and all you conservatives out there that listen to this goof ball that all of us here on Team Ed at MSNBC, we're happy. We like what we do. In fact, I'm going pheasant hunting next weekend.
Rush, we all enjoy life, but, you see, we're liberals. We want people to enjoy the same opportunities, and for that to happen, the first thing they have to have is quality health insurance so they can afford to go out and enjoy themselves and not spend their money on, you know, trying to fix themselves up medically, which your party doesn't want to have happen.
Now, I'm going to keep fighting for the good health care bill until Congress gets it done, and if you think that makes me angry, deranged, a lunatic, or any of us on the left who are trying to make change in this country, we don't care. I want to improve the lives of fellow Americans, and so do all liberals.
Rush, this is serious Psycho Talk.
Coming up, the Senate Finance Committee will vote on Max Baucus' poor health care bill tomorrow. Senator Maria Cantwell is going to tell us how that's all going to come down in just a moment. Will any Republicans vote for it?
Plus, an innocent man - serious here - an innocent man may have been executed in Texas, and now Governor Rick Perry, who allowed that execution to go forward, has removed three people from the panel investigating the case. Legendary Lawyer Barry Scheck is on the case and he joins me in my Playbook. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: We got some breaking news tonight dealing with health care. Welcome back to THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. Big headline just posted on "Huffington Post." The Senate Finance Committee narrowly passed an amendment moments ago from Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington that moves the conservative panel as close as it likely will get to the public health insurance option. It creates a federally funded plan to compete with the private insurance companies. It got the support of Chairman Max Baucus and also the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, who is on the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Kent Conrad, and passed the committee by only one vote.
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington joins us now here on THE ED SHOW.
Great to have you with us.
SEN. MARIA CANTWELL (D), WASHINGTON: Thank you, Ed.
SCHULTZ: You know, give us the detail of this. What was in this amendment that moved Max Baucus and Kent Conrad?
CANTWELL: Well, I think, Ed, we hit the sweet spot. That is to say that we are going to provide leverage by giving states the opportunities to opt in. And they are going to do it by negotiating with private insurers. So really you're taking the best of practices that exist today to drive down insurance prices.
When we put that on the table, people saw that that is really what has happened in my state, and what we can deliver for Americans.
SCHULTZ: Give us an example. What is happening in your state? Is there one company that has the bulk of the business, is that what it is?
CANTWELL: No, really what happens is someone—right now, if you think about it, individuals try to go and negotiate with insurers, they're not getting anywhere. So when you come in with a big population, as we have done in Washington State, and say the state is going to negotiate—and you want access to this 100,000 people, you better give us the best price. That kind of negotiations have driven down the price 30 to 40 percent.
So we want to see that same type of leverage used against insurance companies in other parts of the country.
SCHULTZ: So this means we're going to have 50 different scenarios that play out. States could get in or out of this option, is that right?
CANTWELL: That's right. I would like something that's even more robust, but this is what we could get passed. I think what's going to happen is you're going to have both Democrat and Republican governors facing their constituency, saying, you aren't going to negotiate to drive down my insurance cost? I think governors are going to say, my god, if I can drive down the cost of insurance for my state, I'm going to do it.
SCHULTZ: So all politics is local. In a sense, the Senate Finance Committee wants to put it back to the state legislatures and the governors to duke it out in their own backyard, to bring these rates down. Am I reading that correctly?
CANTWELL: Well, I can say this, that we have efficient health care and we've driven down the cost. So I would like us to be more aggressive at the federal level. At a minimum, I want somebody in that ring fighting on behalf of the consumers to drive down costs. And I think that what we'll see is many states moving towards this model, and being successful at implementing what is a public plan, with competitive rates, and will drive prices down.
SCHULTZ: Now, is each state going to be given some federal money to start this program? And who is going to administer each one of these?
CANTWELL: The state administers the program. And we are giving federal dollars to do it. What I don't like about the underlying bill right now is we were going to give a subsidy to—say to you or your neighbor or my neighbor in Seattle. And they were going to take that check as a subsidy to an insurer and say, how much can I get for this and how much will you drop my rate?
They aren't going to get anywhere with the insurance companies with their individual check. But now that population bands together, as we do in the state of Washington, and says, you want access to my population, what's the best price? And that is what really is going to help us. We have seen, instead of paying 5,000 or 6,000 dollars for premiums, we've seen individuals only paying 3,000 dollars.
SCHULTZ: So you're convinced that this model will hold premiums in check, so to speak? Because there's going to be new competition in the market. How do you think this is going to be received by the insurance industry?
CANTWELL: It's going to hold down costs, because there's going to be a negotiator who is going to negotiate and demand that the price come down. We'll see what the—
SCHULTZ: I thought that's what insurance commissioners were supposed to do.
SCHULTZ: But if you want access, Ed—you know if you want access to the market, if you have buyers—how much do you drive down the price of anything if you only have two buyers or 50 buyers? Now if you have tens of thousands of buyers, you're going to drive down costs.
SCHULTZ: Senator Cantwell, you call it a sweet spot. This is a big break. Could we frame it as that? Do you think there's some real movement here?
CANTWELL: Well, Ed, I'm a mountain climber. This is a big mountain to climb, health care costs. This is a very good foothold. It's a start and we need to keep working.
SCHULTZ: Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington, with us on THE ED SHOW.
Senator, thanks so much for joining us tonight.
CANTWELL: Thank you.
SCHULTZ: For more, let's bring in our panel. Obviously, we have to get to the detail and we'll do that. Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons is joining us tonight. Also A.B. Stoddard is associate editor of "The Hill." And Republican strategist John Feehery. John, we'll start with you tonight.
From what you heard there—I know this, from the way it's all been set up, to move Max Baucus and Kent Conrad on this issue means it must be a pretty detailed amendment that is going to satisfy these conservative Democrats. From what you heard, what do you think? Is this new light on the situation?
JOHN FEEHERY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I think the senator put it right, that this is just a foothold on a very tall mountain. We'll see how this looks coming out of the committee and how it looks getting to the Senate floor. I guarantee you that this whole process is going to be evolving.
I think, Ed, you're right, and she's right in the sense that competition is key to driving down costs. That's why Republicans have always believed that you need to have associated health plans. You need to be able to have plans across state lines, so we can have more competition. Competition is definitely the key to driving down costs. So that sounds like a good plan.
You have some skepticism. I think a lot of other people have some skepticism from the left and the right. This is a long process. We'll see what happens.
SCHULTZ: From an administrative stand point, I want to know how 50 different plans or 50 different states are going to be able to do this for the good of the people. And who knows how it is going to works out?
A.B., I want to ask you—now, the two people that came on board, and the vote was by one, Conrad and Baucus, from what you know of it, do you think that this might move any Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee? What do you think?
A.B. STODDARD, "THE HILL": I think that we'll have faith that Republicans can be budged when they start budging. So far, their opposition has been so unanimous and so unbreakable that it will be—it would be an interesting provision that you could call a public option, I think, on the Senate side, with Republicans opposition we've seen so far, that would actually get Republican votes.
Again, we don't know exactly if this is something that can make the long haul, end up in a final bill, and end up becoming law. It sounds hard to administer. I think that the Democrats are looking around, conservatives alike, and saying, what if we do hand out these subsidies? The co-op doesn't seem to be popular in attracting votes either. What if we hand out all these subsidies, and we don't drive down costs? So I think you're seeing movement, even by conservative Democrats, to try to approach the cost issue.
SCHULTZ: Jamal Simmons, let's face it, big insurance, big medical, they donate on a local level as well. There's no question about that. Are we to trust Republican legislatures and also Republican governors that they're going to be fair players in all of this, and really level in big business? What do you think?
JAMAL SIMMONS, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Here's what's interesting about this plan, from what we know about it—and you actually made a very good point, Ed—is you're going to push this back on the states. I want to hear—if this actually holds true, I want to hear the Republicans make an argument that you cannot let the states make a decision about whether or not they want to opt in to a public option.
This might actually be something that breaks through. I do think that
governors, who are forced with budgets that are ballooning, and having to -
· and tax payments that are falling in a recession, are going to have a hard time saying, I'm not going to negotiate for the best prices for our citizens.
SCHULTZ: Panel, let's switch subjects here quickly. There's been a lot of talk about leadership on the Republican side. There's a lot of rhetoric flying around on the airwaves in this country, a lot of accusations.
Today in Washington on a panel, this is Senator Lindsey Graham talking about the guy across the street on Fox. Here it is.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM ®, SOUTH CAROLINA: Here's what the Republican party has to do—this is I think a good point. We have to say, that's crazy. So I'm here to tell you that those who think the president was born somewhere other than Hawaii are crazy.
He's not a Muslim. He's a good man. Let's knock this crap off and talk about the real differences we have.
But we're not going to be impeded by sinners and nuts. That's not our problem.
Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party, as far as I can tell. He's aligned with cynicism. And there's always been a market for cynicism. But we became a great nation not because we were a nation of cynics. We became a nation because we were a nation of believers.
John, your response to that?
FEEHERY: Well, first of all, I really like Lindsey Graham. I think he's a great senator. I think he speaks truth as he sees it. I would also say that I think Glenn Beck himself would admit that he's not a Republican. I think he is an entertainer, in a sense, and I think he's someone who has very high ratings, but he says things that some people don't like.
Ed, I think you speak your mind. I think Glenn Beck speaks his mind. I don't think, Ed, you're necessarily a Democrat. I don't think Glenn Beck is a Republican.
I do think Lindsey Graham is right when he says that we have to confront some things like the birther movement. I think that—Barack Obama is an American. He's president. We have to deal with that. And on so many issues, on real issues, we can compete with the president, that we don't necessarily have to rely on all this other crap that doesn't matter. We need to focus on real issues. I really like Lindsey Graham.
SCHULTZ: A.B., how did you take his comments? I took it as it's time to stop the train and figure out and redefine who the heck we are, and cut to the chase that we're not associated with the crazy talk. What do you think?
STODDARD: Well, Senator Graham has always been a very bold truth teller. And after the 2008 elections, he did speak very publicly, after supporting John McCain so loyally in that election, about coming together and figuring out as a party how to attract the voters that the party lost last year, losing to a broad coalition that Obama and Democrats won.
I think the problem here is this: until you have leaders—Senator Graham obviously is not a leader in the Republican party. Until you have the standard bearers and the leaders, those running for president in 2012, et cetera, coming out and saying, we need to stop talking this way and calling out people who say things that are untrue about the president or something like that, Senator Graham is going to be fighting a lonely battle.
SCHULTZ: And finally, Jamal, can we at least say that the Republicans and Glenn Beck have one thing in common, and that is that they want Barack Obama to fail?
SIMMONS: It seems like all the Republicans, except for Lindsey Graham, who also said in that interview, that he wants some of Barack Obama's policies to fail, but he doesn't want his presidency to fail, because then his country fails. That's the kind of rhetoric the Republicans have to figure out how to adopt.
One thing about Lindsey Graham, although I disagree with him on a host of issues, he also stood up on torture, from long ago. He and John McCain stood up on the issue of torture, that America shouldn't do it. So I think the Republicans have got to decide that they are not in bed with these crazy whackos on the right, if they ever want hope of winning the hearts and minds of the middle people in the country.
SCHULTZ: We should also point out, it's not the guy we're talking about. It's Limbaugh as well. Talk radio in this country has pushed the narrative that Barack Obama is not an American, was not born—you know the birther movement and everything else. So I think this is a big statement by the senator from South Carolina.
Panel, thanks for joining us tonight.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is under fire for taking people off a panel investigating if the Texas execution took place and a man was innocent that was executed. Perry's—should we say legendary attorney Barry Scheck is going to be joining in the playbook to talk about this whole situation in Texas when we come back.
SCHULTZ: Texas Governor Rick Perry may have allowed an innocent man to be executed. Now he's trying to prevent an investigation into the case. Here's the story: in 2004, a man named Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for setting a fire that killed his three daughters. Last year, the Innocence Project investigated the case and concluded that his conviction was based on invalid information.
The Texas Forensic Science Commission was supposed to hold a hearing on the case tomorrow. It's looking into whether or not that arson evidence was valid. But yesterday, Governor Rick Perry suddenly dismissed three of the commission's members, forcing them to cancel the meeting.
Joining me now is Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project, for our viewers tonight. Great to see you. Good to have you with us tonight. The Innocence Project is?
BARRY SCHECK, THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: The Innocence Project an independent non-profit corporation, but we're affiliated with Cardoza Law School. And we have worked to exonerate, with post conviction DNA testing, most of the 242 people that have been exonerated in this country, and, I should add, 105 individuals who were identified really committed the crimes with the DNA test.
SCHULTZ: What's wrong with this case?
SCHECK: Well, this is a case where Cameron Todd Willingham was
executed for an arson murder based on invalid arson evidence, evidence that
I think any scientist now in this country would conclude was invalid
science. Governor Perry, just before the execution, received an affidavit
from an arson expert named Gerald Hurst, who said, look, the evidence that
was used to convict Willingham is junk science
SCHULTZ: And he denied the stay.
SCHECK: And he denied the stay.
SCHULTZ: OK. Is this—him replacing the panel, removing the panel at this time, just before they were getting ready to investigate, what would you compare that to? Is this a bold move?
SCHECK: This is the Saturday night massacre all over again. And for our younger viewers, that's when President Nixon fired the Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox because he was going to seek to get the Watergate tapes. This is just Governor Perry trying to prevent this commission to actually take a report from an arson expert that the commission itself appointed to see whether or not this was valid scientific evidence.
SCHULTZ: The governor is saying he's working within his powers on this, that he's OK on this.
SCHECK: What you have to understand is the Forensic Science Commission was originally passed by the legislature in the state of Texas because of all these problems in the crime lab. And the commission, after it was passed, Governor Perry dragged his feet for close to a year before appointing anybody.
After he appointed people to the panel, he delayed another few years and tried to prevent them from getting funded. Now that they got funded, the very first case they took up was the Willingham case, because of its importance, in that other people in the state of Texas could be behind bars because of arson, and innocent man could have been executed.
And after the commission appointed its own independent expert, who came back with a report that clearly said that Willingham was convicted based on witchcraft, just as the hearing was supposed to happen this Friday, Perry chose to replace the head of the Forensic Science Commission and two other members, just before the hearing.
SCHULTZ: Now, he points out in a statement tonight from his deputy press secretary that the Parole Board never recommended clemency for Willingham.
SCHECK: The parole board? That's one of the problems in Texas. The Pardon and Paroles Commission never really has taken serious reviews of this evidence. That part of the system is broken. But there really is no excuse for Perry himself not to have looked at this affidavit from the arson expert.
What's extraordinary, Ed, is there was an article in the "New Yorker" by David Graham two weeks ago that was extraordinary, that reviewed all the evidence in the Willingham case, not just the arson evidence. But Graham was a reporter who was skeptical. He went into it. He spent months on the story. He interviewed everybody. He wrote an extremely powerful piece, headlines all over the state of Texas, editorials in the "Dallas Morning News," the "Houston Chronicle," big stories about the Willingham case.
And then Perry decides to eliminate this commission—these commissioners just before the report comes out.
SCHULTZ: Very quickly, in all your years, have you ever seen anything like this?
SCHECK: Only when Nixon fired Archibald Cox.
SCHULTZ: Barry Scheck, great to have you with us. Thanks so much.
Next up, the main event. Republicans want the speaker to reign in people like Alan Grayson, the Congressman who was so outspoken. I say stop pointing fingers and fix health care. Congressman Brian Bilbray will join me next to debate that, coming up on THE ED SHOW.
GRAYSON: We have a majority. We have to use it. We have to change America. That's the promise that President Obama made. We have to keep it. If I have to choose between my job and saving the lives of 44,000 Americans a year, I know what my decision is.
SCHULTZ: That was Congressman Alan Grayson leading off the program tonight here on THE ED SHOW. He's not backing off his comments and he's not apologizing for them.
Joining me now is Republican Congressman from California, Brian Bilbray. Congressman, if you were to go to the House floor and give your opinion and not break any rules, why would anybody expect any apology? Where is he out of bounds on this deal?
REP. BRIAN BILBRAY ®, CALIFORNIA: First of all, Ed, remember, members of Congress on the floor have special protection under the Constitution. Even the freedom of press doesn't protect you from litigation and slander. But we are protected on the floor.
With that special right comes a special responsibility. I think, look, Alan knew he was going over the top whenever he drafted up his documents. He knew he wanted to push the button. And basically he got what he wanted. He wanted to push the envelope far beyond what I know anybody would have to say that—a Congressman saying today that there's a Holocaust occurring in America on American soil today is going over the limit. I think anyone would agree. He went over that line.
There's a lot of times that goes over the line, but those of us in Congress have to remember with those special rights comes some responsibility.
SCHULTZ: OK. Now, saying he's going over the line, that clearly is a judgment call, is it not? There's no rules or anything. He didn't slander anybody. He was talking about a policy. He gave his opinion, is what he did. So these rules are basically, hey, in the eyes of the beholder, are they not?
BILBRAY: There's a rule called common decency. To even insult the victims of the Holocaust with an example in the United States that you say is comparable is something that I think the people around the country will be upset about, no matter your party affiliation.
SCHULTZ: Does he deserve—The punch back from the NRCC is they're saying that he's unstable. Does he deserve that? We checked his past. There's nothing in his past that would even in any way, shape or form lead us to believe he's not a stable guy.
BILBRAY: Look, I don't think he's unstable. I think, though, that if I was an attorney who had been very successfully in the business of lawsuits, I wouldn't be the first one to stand up and point fingers at physicians who are working on this issue and saying they don't care about people being alive.
I think he's really carrying the wrong message for being the wrong guy at this time. So he has to moderate it to some degree.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, good to have you with us tonight. Appreciate your time. Brian Bilbray from California.
Earlier I asked, will Congressman Grayson's comments hurt or help Democrats trying to reform health care: 97 percent said help, three percent said hurt. I knew we were right on that.
That's THE ED SHOW. "HARDBALL" is next here on MSNBC with Chris Matthews.
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dANCEpROjECt, an affiliate company of the department of dance at Hope College, was featured during the "Member Preview Days" grand reopening celebration of the Detroit Institute of Arts that took place during the weekend of Friday-Sunday, Nov. 16-18.
The weekend's activities were planned for the museum's members. The reopening celebration for the general public is running Friday-Sunday, Nov. 23-25.
dANCEpROjECt presented a total of three performances on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16 and 17. The company was also invited to participate in the Nov. 23-25 celebration but was unable to return at that time because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead, dANCEpROjECt will perform at the institute on Friday, Dec. 14.
For the Preview Days, the company performed a mixed program of several short works in the museum's Rivera Court surrounded by the famous murals of Diego Rivera. "It was quite inspiring and we proved to be a huge success," said Steven Iannacone, who is artistic director of dANCEpROjECt and an associate professor of dance at Hope.
On Friday, Dec. 14, the company will present "De Tuin der Lusten" ("The Garden of Earthly Delights"), which has been performed at Hope several times as well as in Belgium and Mexico and on tour throughout the United States. The piece was produced with support from the Hope College Patrons for the Arts, Hope Cultural Affairs Committee and the Holland Area Arts Council.
dANCEpROjECt, previously known as Aerial Dance Theater, is a diverse movement experience which is dedicated to creating and presenting stimulating sophisticated works that entertain Holland-area audiences and audiences beyond the local community; developing serious movement and dance artists who are able to establish themselves in the professional dance community; and providing opportunities for both emerging and established choreographers to create and present their work.
The Detroit Institute of Arts opened in 1885 and moved to its current site in 1927. The renovation and expansion project that preceded the reopening had started some years ago. Additional information about the institute is available on the organization's Web site at www.dia.org.


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Book Review: The Christmas Cookie Cookbook by Ann Pearlman
It's coming time for the big Cookie Confab – though once again this year it is going to be downsized. Gail, Debbie and I have no days off in common anymore. It's sad. I love getting together to bake cookies and chew the fat. And drink. And bitch. And eat.
I have been pouring over my cookie books and even asked to review one. So yes – being the cheap chiseling food whore that I am - I got another free book.
The book I requested was The Christmas Cookie Cookbook, from Atria Books. This book is written by Ann Pearlman, who also authored The Christmas Cookie Club, a book about a group of women who get together every year to trade cookies and share their lives.
Now ya know me – I am not a chick lit kinda gal. My family was filled with evil harridans who smiled nicely at each other in public and cut each other to ribbons with their razor sharp tongues behind closed doors. Family gatherings were not the sappy sweet female bonding experiences that you find in so many books aimed at women. So needless to say I haven't read the novel The Christmas Cookie Club.
But I do love cookies and have been running The Cookie Confab for almost 10 yrs now so I was very intrigued by the premise for this book.
All that being said – I really enjoyed reading The Christmas Cookie Cookbook. Ann talks about how the club got started, about the women involved, and the deep bonds that have developed over the last 20 years – yes 20 years. That is some stamina right there!! Plus, you get concrete advice on how to start your own club, hints on how to make the event a success from setting the date to passing out the goodies.
There are recipes too. Now, do not expect any ground shattering breakthroughs in cookie baking technology. Many of these recipes have seen print elsewhere – including the recipe that I made as a test batch. (In fact, the Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookie is from the Ghiridelli website, modified to make the dough a little easier to handle when shaping into log. I, and my boss, have made a couple other changes which I will share below.)
Other recipes are included for appetizers and buffet dishes to keep everyone on the edge of sobriety, plus cookie making tips.
Oh yeah – and then there are the Rules. The Rules are brilliant. The Rules are awesome. They are the work of someone who understands how to organize and maintain.
This is my snarky non-chick lit interpretations of the rules. If you want the nice friendly PC version, then you will just have to go and buy the book.
- Cookie variety – no chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin – it's freakin' Christmas so act like it whydoncha?
- No Goo – cuz too messy is no good...
- Exclusive membership – No one wants to bake 20 dozen cookies for a party, so no – you don't get to come!
- Commitment - what?! You came one time and now you wanna back out!!!?? Bitch!
- Life Membership- well if we can put up with you, you can put up with us every year... or in other words the only way to leave the cookie club is feet first!
- Packaging – Thou shalt invest in something pretty to hold your cookies – no paper plates ya lazy ho!
- Share a dish – we need some food to soak up all this booze!
- Charity – spread the love – and calories – around!
- More Fun – do things that will be memorable - memorable enough to cut through the alcohol-induced haze.
I think the one thing I would have like to see with the cookie recipes were "keeping instructions" - a consistent addendum to each recipe talking about how long the product would keep, and the proper way to store them. One would assume that these recipes have been made and tested by the ladies who submitted them and those ladies would have some idea of how long these different types of cookies keep. Maybe that is kinda nit-picky but I'm just sayin'...woulda been nice.
Overall, I would say buy this book, especially if you have ever dreamed of running a cookie exchange or even another seasonal event every year. The advice is sound, the tone supportive and if you are lucky enough to have friends and family who actually like each other then I say give it a try!
Now your reward for putting up with my ramblings – the recipe!!!
Here is the recipe for Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookies. They demand something like milk or, even better, the slight bitterness of black coffee.
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It if seemed as though Newt Gingrich — veteran of pitched partisan battles, and no-holds-barred ideological cage matches — had been off his game of late, he came roaring back during the GOP debate in South Carolina. After flip-flopping on his attacks on Mitt Romney's record as a vulture capitalist, Newt went a long way towards making both Republicans elites and the conservative base forget that he made them spend a week struggling with a problem for which they not only have no solutions, but they haven't even decided is a problem. He may even have convinced some that he's got what it takes to face off against President Obama in November. He confirmed, yet again, the worst of many Americans' suspicions about conservatives and about the GOP.
And all he had to do was play the proverbial race card. With that, Newt knew he just might have a winning hand.
It was one of those moments when everything aligns. Newt, who is alternately at his best or worse when backed into a corner, had painted himself into a pretty tight one. He said as much when he admitted that it's pretty much over for him if Romney wins the South Carolina primary. And it looks like evangelical voters — a big chunk of the GOP's southern base — are leaning towards Santorum, and away from Gingrich and wife. It added up to a make or break moment for Newt, but he was in the perfect place (practically his home turf), and he had the perfect audience. The timing was perfect. Not only was it Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the Justice Department had recently rejected South Carolina's voter suppression law — which effectively disenfranchised African Americans, Latinos, and poor people. Then, New got the prefect question.
WILLIAMS: Speaker Gingrich, you recently said black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. You also said poor kids lack a strong work ethic and proposed having them work as janitors in their schools. Can't you see that this is viewed, at a minimum, as insulting to all Americans, but particularly to black Americans?
GINGRICH: No. I don't see that.
WILLIAMS: The suggestion that he made was about a lack of work ethic. And I've got to tell you, my e-mail account, my Twitter account has been inundated with people of all races who are asking if your comments are not intended to belittle the poor and racial minorities. You saw some of this reaction during your visit…
… to a black church in South Carolina. You saw some of this during your visit to a black church in South Carolina, where a woman asked you why you refer to President Obama as "the food stamp president." It sounds as if you are seeking to belittle people.
GINGRICH: Well, first of all, Juan, the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.
Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable. (LAUGHTER)
Second, you're the one who earlier raised a key point. There's — the area that ought to be I-73 was called by Barack Obama a corridor of shame because of unemployment. Has it improved in three years? No. They haven't built the road. They haven't helped the people. They haven't done anything.
BAIER: Finish your thought, Mr. Speaker.
GINGRICH: One last thing.
BAIER: Yes, sir.
GINGRICH: So here's my point. I believe every American of every background has been endowed by their creator with the right to pursue happiness. And if that makes liberals unhappy, I'm going to continue to find ways to help poor people learn how to get a job, learn how to get a better job and learn some day to own the job.
This Gingrich/Williams exchange has been endlessly analyzed and picked apart over the last couple of days, and how much it helped Newt's chances remains to be seen. But Newt's statements, and the standing ovation they earned him confirm what previous comments by Newt's fellow candidates have strongly suggested about GOP base: that playing the race card, ironically enough, can only help any GOP candidate's chances in the primaries.
Rick Santorum understood as much. What, in Iowa, was the oddest slurred syllable in American politics (in recent memory), became a full-throated response in South Carolina.
Sure, Santorum took his chance to demagogue on race, telling Williams that it only took three things to stay out of poverty in America: "Work, graduate from high school, and get married before you have children." He didn't allow that any residue of racism or discrimination might make it harder for African Americans to work, graduate from high school or marry. Santorum also made unfounded allegations, again, about the Obama administration forbidding certain federal programs from talking about marriage. But at least he answered Williams with some personal respect.
Santorum sounded the call, but lacked the necessary ingredient to really get the South Carolina GOP debate audience fired up. Santorum stuck to the GOP's script on race, which showed he understood how to talk to conservatives about the issue in general.
But Newt knew his audience. He knew what they were hungry for, and gave it to them with a skill that served to remind everyone just why he rose to the speakership years before. (After showing reminding everyone for the past week just how he self-destructed as speaker, years ago.) As Paul Waldman noted last week, in light of the Pew Research Center report showing that Americans see economic inequality as a greater source of conflict than race or immigration, conservatives have always been class warriors. It's just that they've focused their anger on a perceived cultural elite, rather than the economic elite, "with a healthy dose of racial resentment thrown in" for good measure.
For all their talk of the horrors of "class warfare," conservatives are enormous class warriors, it's just that they want people to think differently about class. Their story goes like this: There is no such thing as an economic elite, but if you want to get mad about your situation, your anger should be directed at the cultural elite. Snooty Upper West Side liberals, sanctimonious hippies, stupid Hollywood actors, arrogant college professors, biased reporters—these are the people who are keeping you down. They hate your religion, they hate your taste in food and entertainment, they hate the country you love, and they're trying to subvert everything you believe in and hold dear. Don't get mad at the corporation that closed the plant in your town, get mad at some professor of cultural studies somewhere who said contemptuous things about America. Don't get mad at the politicians who want to eliminate capital gains taxes and regulations on Wall Street, get mad at the people who want to put up a mosque in lower Manhattan. Forget about economics, because there's a more important war going on, a war for the soul of our nation, between good, honest, hard-working folks like you and the Republicans who want to represent you on one side, and the godless fornicating arrogant liberals who are trying to destroy America.
This has been the formula for success (along with a healthy dose of racial resentment thrown in) for every Republican campaign since Richard Nixon discovered the "Silent Majority" in 1968. If you want to hear its current form, all you need to do is tune in to Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly for a few minutes. No matter what the subject of the day is, the discussion will always circle back to the conservative class war. But as the Pew results show, you can only get people to ignore economic reality for so long.
That's what Newt measured out to his South Carolina audience, because he knew the way to their hearts.
But in the debate, Newt just may have attained the separation from Santorum that he so desperately needs. He did this not by attacking Romney's Bain Capital record; loud condemnation from conservative opinion-shapers has caused him to ease up on the subject, and when debate panelists tried to engage him on it Monday night, he claimed only that he'd tried to raise reasonable questions about Romney's business record and showed no interest in saying more. Instead, Newt struck gold by catering to racial and class resentments — with an assist (presumably unintended) from one of the panelists.
Newt knew the way to his South Carolina conservative audience's heart was not just to belittle someone, but to belittle the right someone. So, whether Juan Williams understood it or not, Newt transformed Williams into a stand-in for President Obama, and went to work with a gusto his audience more than matched with cheers of approval.
From the moment he began with, "First of all, Juan," Newt's response fairly dripped with venom. Newt might as well have called Williams "boy," for all the acid he poured into his emphasis on Williams first hame. The cheers of the audience made it clear he'd succeeded in doing what the basest of the base have wanted somebody to do to Barack Obama and every other black person "uppity" enough to suggest something might be wrong with the status quo.
Newt may be clueless about the reality of black life in America — that African-Americans have actually spent generations fighting for paychecks, not food stamps, and that conservatives politics haven't helped in that struggle. But Newt understood the near-apocalyptic paranoia Barack Obama's presidency inspired in his audience Monday night. He matched that paranoia with a response driven by his own desperation to beat Romney in South Carolina by showing he has what some conservatives still suspect Romney doesn't.
It wasn't just that Gingrich was saying things conservatives believe. He was standing up for conservative principles under assault. He was showing conviction and fight, something that voters who worry about Romney have been looking for.
It hardly matters that the facts don't support what Newt, Santorum or any of the Republican candidates have said (and will surely say again) about African Americans and welfare. It hardly matters that no Americans have been "put on food stamps" by the Obama administration or anyone else, but have applied for food stamps out of necessity; while Newt's own party has spent more than a year obstructing every attempt to relieve the stresses of an economic crisis caused by conservative policies in the first place. Even David Frum, whose frustrations with the GOP are well known, recognizes the problem.
Food-stamp usage is an indicator of an economy in crisis. The non-incumbent party will of course want to use that crisis to arraign the incumbent party and to argue for a change in direction: that's normal politics.
But it's not normal to imply that the people cast into the position where they must use food stamps to feed themselves are somehow the villain of the piece—or to depict blacks as somehow uniquely undeserving of the aid they get.
It's worth remembering that at least one quarter of the South Carolina Republican primary electorate will likely exceed age 65. These voters also depend on government: for Social Security, for Medicare, and for other benefits. Newt Gingrich understands the merits of such protections for these voters. Shouldn't a man who wants to be president of the whole country show equal understanding of the troubles and dangers facing all those who depend on government assistance: the poor as well as the old, the black as well as the white?
The most important take-away from Monday night's debate isn't what Newt Gingrich said, anymore than what Rick Santorum said was the most important take-away from Iowa. The most important take-away is what it says about the Republican party and its conservative base that statements like Gingrich's and Santorum's — not to mention the ongoing saga of Ron Paul's old newsletters — won't hurt Republican candidates in the primaries, and may actually help them.
Newt understands that much. Thus, he played what may be the last card in his hand. Whether he wins or not, it's clear he hasn't folded. Yet. After his performance in South Carolina, he may not have to. Yet.
Update: It's looking like playing the race card in South Carolina may yet turn out to be a winning hand for Newt. Josh Marshall writes that Rasmussen's latest poll shows Gingrich gaining nationwide. Romney's camp has noticed, and has launched a new attack on Gingrich, using former members of Congress who served with Newt and have decidedly negative take on his tenure as Speaker.
Update: And if that doesn't work, there's always the robocalls.


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Area: 88 sq mi
Population (2014): 30,112
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Our county is the smallest county in the state of West Virginia, and the farthest north, being at the tip of the Northern Panhandle. We were created from Brooke County in 1848, and named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
We are made up of the incorporated communities of Chester, New Cumberland and the City of Weirton. As well as the unincorporated communities of Chestnut Hill, Congo, Fairhaven, Kings Creek, Lawrenceville, Lennyville, Moscow, New Manchester, Newell and Sun Valley.
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As a farm machinery mechanic and writer, Dan brings a hands-on approach that only a pro can muster. Along with his In the Shop blog, Dan writes a column by the same name as well as the Shop Series for Farm Journal magazine. Always providing practical information, he is a master at tackling technical topics and making them easy for all of our readers to understand. He and his wife, Becky, live near Bouton, Iowa.
Welding is easy. My grandsons, with a little assistance, can get two pieces of steel to stick together. The welds look like metallic chicken poop, and crack like glass, but the boys are proud to say they can "weld."
Creating strong welds that look decent is a challenge. Preparation is the key. Start by removing all paint and rust from the surfaces to be joined, especially if you're using a MIG wire welder. Paint and rust when heated disrupt the gas shield essential for good MIG welds. If you're MIG welding and have trouble striking and holding an arc, stop and take time to grind away paint or rust. ALL the paint or rust---even a little bit of residual paint or rust can create problems. Stick-type arc welders are more tolerant of rusty or painted metal, but definitely benefit from paint- and rust-free surfaces.
Be sure to grind away paint and rust where the ground clamp for MIG welders will be attached--MIG wire welders are EXTREMELY fussy about having a good ground. Make the ground point as close to the actual weld as possible. When I weld in a combine grain tank, I use battery jumper cables to extend our MIG wire welder's ground lead so I'm "grounded" as close as possible to where I'm welding.
Then, when all the preparations are taken care of, be patient while welding. Follow all the tips your shop teacher tried to teach you in Industrial Arts Class in high school. Clamp things tightly. Tack-weld opposite ends of the pieces to keep them from "moving" as you put heat into the metal. If you're using a self-darkening helmet with variable tint, use a tint setting that protects your eyes but still enables you to monitor the pool of liquid metal at the welding point. Low-amp MIG welding may require #10 tint or less to adequately see what you're welding. Stick welding generally requires #10 tint or darker to protect eyes from feeling like they've had sand tossed into them when you go to bed after a day of welding.
Wear leather or protective gloves. It's not a macho thing---I've learned that just about the time you get things "right" and have a nice, even bead flowing, a spark will inevitably land in your palm and make you jerk or jump. If welding vertically or upside down, consider wearing a leather welding cape, sleeve or some sort of protection (a stout denim or canvas-duck jacket helps, but will get burned spots that will fray at the next washing) against sparks landing in the crook of your elbow or at the base of your neck. Sparks landing in those spots will not only make you jerk, they will make you leap to your feet and dance like a geek at the Junior/Senior Prom.
You can have the best stick or MIG welder on the market, the correct welding rod or wire for the metals you're joining, and the perfect amperage for the job, and still end up with scaggy-looking, weak welds. Simply removing paint and corrosion, then ensuring there is a good ground point, helps that welding equipment performs optimally. Using the proper tint of helmet, protective gloves, and gear helps YOU perform optimally--and without scarring.
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November 28, 2006
Sysix International, Inc. and IXEurope GmbH Announce Partnership to Deliver Business Continuity Solutions to European Market
Sysix Solutions International (GmbH) a subsidiary of Sysix Solutions, Inc., a global technology solutions provider, announced today a business partnership with IXEurope, a company specializing in data centers, secure infrastructure for hosting and business continuity solutions.
As part of the new business alliance, IXEurope (with fourteen IXDatacentres and two Business Continuity Centers across Europe) will provide colocation facilities and a full range of data center support services to Sysix's growing customer base across the European community seeking technology infrastructure, consulting services and financing for business continuity solutions.
Sysix Solutions will be one of the partners IXEurope is working with within its successful IXExchange partner- and referral- program. Sysix provides solutions for business continuity customers across international markets and will now offer hardware and software to IXEurope's data center customers. Sysix will gain access to a significant base of blue-chip customers as IXEurope is increasingly becoming the default provider of data center services for the financial markets.
IXEurope is one of the fastest growing data center companies in Europe with 14 mission critical IXDatacenters in four countries. IXEurope datacenter services have won industry awards for quality and service for over six years. Customers use their IXDatacenters™ to run anything from network nodes to major IT applications and solutions.
According to Mike Barnick, Vice President of Professional Services at Sysix: "The Sysix International organization is pleased to announce this partnership with one of the leading and respected data center and security services providers in Europe. This new business alliance will provide a framework for our companies to participate in joint marketing and solution development initiatives. Our ultimate goal is the delivery of a complete suite of the best technology and support available - either to augment a business's internal operations, or to provide services for complete business resumption and recovery following an outage or disaster."
Harro Beusker, Managing Director of IXEurope Germany, adds, "Both Sysix International and IXEurope are respected infrastructure-, technology- and service providers and we look forward to working together in this customer-focused partnership. Our combined offerings will ensure that our customers gain the technology and support required to meet demands for resilient business infrastructures, availability objectives and to reduce risk."
About IXEurope
IXEurope is one of Europe's fastest growing providers of datacentre services. Its principal activities include primary datacentre services, connectivity services and business continuity solutions.
IXEurope works with enterprise and internet customers to provide resilient datacentre infrastructure to house their IT systems far more cost-effectively than through in-house provision. The benefits include optimised IT performance, improved systems availability and reduced corporate risk through improved regulatory compliance. By continually focusing on quality, IXEurope also gives clients exceptional service levels and on-site access to a high level of technical expertise.
With award winning datacentre facilities in key European cities, broad technology expertise and a proven track record, IXEurope provides solutions that give customers the confidence that their operations are protected. The Company has over 400 customers in the enterprise, internet and networking markets including Merrill Lynch, Juniper Networks, Network Rail and France Telecom.
Founded in 1998, IXEurope was listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2006 under symbol IXE.L.
For more information please visit the website at www.ixeurope.com.
About Sysix
Sysix comprises: Sysix Technologies, Sysix Consulting, and Sysix Financial. The company provides mission-critical business technology solutions including hardware and software, consulting and financial services. Sysix Solutions, Inc. is a partner of IBM (NYSE:IBM); HP (NYSE:HPQ); Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), EMC (NYSE:EMC); Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO); Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL); F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV); Hitachi Data Systems and others. Headquartered in Chicago, Sysix also has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, Milwaukee, Phoenix and San Francisco. Sysix international headquarters are in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. For more information, visit the Sysix Web site: www.sysix.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of IXEurope into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; the results of any litigation relating to past stock option grants and practices; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.


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What is the Government's transparency agenda?
We are bringing the operation of government out into the open so that everyone can see whether it is delivering good value for money. This involves publishing government documents online and making public sector data freely available.
What are the chief government documents being published online?
We are publishing public accounts online so that people can scrutinise them and help to identify overspending. These documents include:
What government data is being released?
We are making as much public sector data as possible freely available to people. This open data agenda is being led by the release of a number of key datasets. These include:
How is government data being made available?
We are publishing government datasets online in an open format. Anyone is free to re-use the data to create socially useful applications and websites. We envisage that data will be:
We will create a new "right to data" which gives people the right to request the release of government-held datasets. These datasets would then be published regularly. We have already identified the most requested datasets:
What is the Public Sector Transparency Board?
A Public Sector Transparency Board has been established in the Cabinet Office to support public sector organisations as they fulfill the Government's transparency and open data commitments. The Board's responsibilities include:
Who is on the Public Sector Transparency Board?
The Public Sector Transparency Board is chaired by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude. Board members feature a mix of external experts, data users and public sector data specialists. They include some of the UK's leading experts and advocates on transparency and open data:


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Slowly the vehicle crawled to a halt near to the junction of our RV point. The night was dark with a light fog settling over the roof tops of the houses nearby. The street was bathed in light as every house had their lights on as the occupants craned their necks to see what was going on. We could see the blue flashing lights ahead of us and we awaited the arrival of orders.
Sitting in the relative warmth of our truck we watched black clothed figures move in and out of the shadows at the other end of the street. Somewhere in that area was the house where a male had gone 'ballistic' and had trashed the property after assaulting his girlfriend. His girlfriend was on her way to the local hospital with injuries consistent with a heavy and sustained beating.
The assailant, the owner of the property, had locked himself in the house and had made threats to kill himself and anyone who came near. No one went near…..yet. Our job was to hang back while the Police tried to talk him into giving himself up. We were there for anybody who should become injured during the siege. Behind us another Police vehicle arrived and out poured several dark clad and heavily armed officers. I make a mental note 'Should they not be between us and the house?'
Its 'dark o clock' in the small hours of the morning and we have still half a shift left. These jobs either go very quickly and everyone shakes out back to their stations or base, or they drag on for hours and hours. And in some cases days and days. I hope for the former. We are both tired, hungry and thirsty after being bounced from job to job since leaving our station at the start of the shift. My eyes feel gritty and my stomach thinks my throats been cut. I also have a full bladder the size of a 'Space Hopper'.
Thoughts of a 'wet' and some food are interrupted as the armed officers behind us split up and edge down either side of the street towards their unarmed colleagues. All we can hear are careful, muffled footsteps as they try to keep in the shadows. Looking at their kit as they file past us they are dressed in the usual dark fire retardant coveralls and carrying what appears to be Heckler and Koch sub machine guns and automatic pistols strapped into thigh holsters with various magazine pouches. All are wearing hard helmets and a couple are balaclavered up!
A Police officer walks over to us and tells us the score. Stamping his feet and blowing into his hands to try and keep warm in the cold night air he explains that our potential customer (and their potential client) has gone to ground in the house. No lights are showing and because he is known to be violent and has assaulted Police before lots of officers have been deployed including armed response. 'Is he talking to anyone?' I ask. The Police officer states that since the initial threats he has been quiet.
'Whats the plan then? Are you going to storm the house or sit it out?' I hope for a storming then we can crack on and get sorted for tea and medals back at our station. 'Don't ask me, the Bosses are playing it cagey. But I do know that 'Negotiators' have been called for.' This should be interesting as there is no space for another vehicle down here. Where a 'Command & Control' unit will go no one knows.
'So what are the negotiators going to do?' my crew mate asks as he settles down with both boots on the dashboard, arms crossed and his head hunkered down into his fleece looking like a giant, fat baby sparrow. 'Well the main thing they'll do is set up secure comms. They'll get dedicated, secure phones into the house somehow and open up the negotiations. I do know they've got some sophisticated kit.'
'Once comms are in place they'll use psychological techniques and mind games to out wit him and hopefully secure a peaceful conclusion to the scene.' I vaguely recall a film with Denzil Washington and another with Bruce Willis in a siege situation. 'Failing all reasonable means to resolve the situation the MOE (methods of entry) team will go in. And they will go in hard.' My next question is the all important one…'How long til they get here?'
The minutes pass by slowly and after another updated sit-rep from the Police I decide to ask one of the many curious householders if I can use their toilet? Its not one of the nicer estates around here but the householder is happy to let me use the facilities. After reducing the size of my 'Space Hopper' considerably, I am greeted at the bottom of the stairs by the householders wife holding two mugs of tea. 'Do you want any sugar love?' Resisting the urge to ask for cake and biscuits I gratefully accept the proffered beverages.
Sitting in the truck with our steaming hot mugs of sweet tea, we keep wiping the inside of the windscreen free of condensation which has emanated from said vessels of 'Ambulancemans Nectar.' Two hours have now passed and there is still no sign of the negotiators. I have visions of the wanted man fast asleep in his bed whilst we are all waiting outside. My next vision is of two fat blokes walking down the street towards the house.
'Looks like they must live round here. Should see some fun and games when the Police stop them!' I say to my crew mate. As they get nearer to the property a Police officer beckons them over towards a marked Police vehicle. They stop in the middle of the street and exchange a few words with the officer. Both look about in their early fifties, unfit and appear to have just got up. I wait to see what happens to our two 'gate crashers.' They move away and continue towards the house!
Within seconds they are through the garden gate of the house and as one moves to the front door the other looks around the front garden for something. This is bizarre, why have they been allowed to approach the house? The first man crouches down and shouts something through the letterbox! The second man has started to throw pebbles at the bedroom window! The scene is unfolding in front of our very eyes as we sit in our truck 200 metres away. The Police have not moved! They maintain their positions.
Pointing towards the house I ask the nearest officer 'What the **** is going on?' He looks over to the house, looks back to me and smiles…'Those two? That's Bill and Ben. The negotiators!' A couple of minutes later and lights come on in the house and five minutes after that Police are let into the property. Not more than five minutes later the wanted man calmly walks out handcuffed and towards a waiting Police car!!!
So after two and a half hours all it took was two fat blokes to shout through the letter box and chuck some stones up at a window to resolve the situation! All I can think is that they were either very lucky and brazened it out or they knew him better than anyone else?
What would Denzil or Bruce have done…?


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The Beginning of the Creation
"For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be." (Mark 13:19)
The phrase "from the beginning of the creation" or equivalent occurs at least six times in the New Testament, indicating beyond question that the world was created at a definite beginning-point of time. All other cosmogonies, on the other hand, are evolutionary cosmogonies, which deny a real beginning for the space/time cosmos at all.
What almost seems a redundancy in our text is the phrase "the creation which God created." Evidently the Lord thought it vital to stress the fact of divine creation, especially as the great last-days "affliction" draws near.
That the "creation" mentioned in this verse refers explicitly to the cosmos is evident from the parallel passage in Matthew 24:21, where the same prophecy is rendered as follows: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time." Here "world" is actually the Greek kosmos, referring to the ordered universe of heaven and Earth. Thus, according to the Bible, the entire universe (including even time itself) came into existence at the "beginning" when God created it, as recorded in Genesis 1:1.
Note especially the significance of Mark 10:6 in this connection: "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." Jesus was here quoting from the account of the creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:27) and included what seemed an almost incidental confirmation that God created them, not after many billions of years of cosmic evolution, but from the very beginning of creation! Man and woman were not divine afterthoughts, as evolution would imply, but were the very reason why God created the universe in the first place. HMM


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MADISON, Wis.—Bruce Berman of Marinette is planning to run for lieutenant governor as a Democrat.
At least two other Democrats have said they want to take on Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in a recall election.
If a Democratic primary is necessary, it will be on May 8 with the general election on June 5.
The 47-year-old Berman is a contract driver and has never run for statewide office before. He ran for state Assembly in 2004 and lost to then-Assembly Speaker John Gard.
Berman says he wanted to run for lieutenant governor in part because other candidates were from the Madison or Milwaukee areas.
Other Democrats running are Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, and Milwaukee private investigator Ira Robins.


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Clinical nutrition: parenteral nutrition
Saunders, 1993 - Health & Fitness - 889 pages
The new 3rd Edition of this definitive reference on parenteral nutrition has been completely revised and updated to cover some of the significant advances in the field. This New Edition is also multi-authored with several international contributors to broaden its appeal. Furthermore, a number of new chapters have been added to cover some of the latest advances such as Metabolic Response to Illness and Its Medications; Transplantation; Nutritional Pharmacotherapy with PN and Peripheral PN; and many more.
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Technology development makes missions possible. Each Mars mission is part of a continuing chain of innovation. Each relies on past missions for proven technologies and contributes its own innovations to future missions. This chain allows NASA to push the boundaries of what is currently possible, while still relying on proven technologies.
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