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The GOP's strategy right now is entirely aimed at getting Democrats to begin dismantling Obamacare.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hopes that by shutting down the government he can convince Democrats to defund it. Speaker John Boehner hopes that by threatening to breach the debt ceiling he can convince Democrats to delay it. If that fails, top Republicans quietly think they may be able to get Democrats to compromise on delaying the individual mandate.
Republicans do have a theory as to why Democrats will ultimately agree to some of this. Obamacare is unpopular. A lot of Democrats are up for reelection in 2014. In the end, they'll see a delay of the whole thing, or at least of the individual mandate, as a gift. The Obama administration may complain, but when vulnerable Senate Democrats begin voting with the Republicans, they'll quickly cave.
Senate Democrats find this logic baffling. "We're dumb," says an aide to a moderate Senate Democrat. "But we're not that dumb."
Congressional Democrats are realists on Obamacare. It's not popular now. They don't expect it to be popular by the 2014 election. But they know they own it.
"Our members are not going to become clean on Obamacare if they take one different vote now and they won't become culpable on Obamacare if they take one different now.," says a senior aide to the Senate Democratic leadership. "I don't see us having a Saul on the road to Damascus change of mind on health-care reform."
But it's the specifics of the GOP's pitch that really amuse Democrats. The argument they're making might make sense for repeal, but a one-year delay in Obamacare would just mean that implementation begins in October 2014 -- which is to say, one month before the 2014 election. That's supposed to help Democrats in the election?
Democrats point out that Obamacare's implementation schedule wasn't an accident. It was purposefully designed to begin in an off-year. That way there would be a year to work out the worst kinks, and by the time of the actual election, Democrats could point to millions of people getting insurance, running ad after ad highlighting constituents who now have coverage. If implementation didn't begin until October 2014, all voters would know about Obamacare would be the early glitches, as insurance coverage wouldn't begin until January 1, 2015.
In other words, the GOP is trying to sell Democrats on a political nightmare they specifically wrote the law to avoid -- and they're doing so on the grounds that it would actually be a political boon!
The individual mandate "compromise" is also looked on with some derision. Republicans assume that it will be attractive to Democrats because the policy is unpopular. But they haven't thought through the way the law works. "If you were to delay just the individual mandate, the premiums would jump much higher," says Rep. Chris Van Hollen. "That would sabotage the entire purpose of the exchange."
Democrats would be left trying to protect a law where premiums are skyrocketing and insurers are pulling out. They would've traded an unpopular policy that won't actually impose any penalties until 2015 for a complete disaster in 2014.
"They think Obamacare is in play," says the Democratic leadership aide. "We don't. We just take it for granted we're not going to fundamentally change Obamacare."
Moreover, Democrats see a real silver lining in the GOP's obstruction. The American people don't like Obamacare. But they dislike the Republican Party's kill-it-at-all-costs strategy even more.
According to a CNBC poll, the public opposes defunding Obamacare 44-38 percent. They oppose shutting down the government to defund Obamacare 59-19 percent. Republican brinksmanship takes defunding Obamacare from a slight political loser to an overwhelming political disaster.
Democrats know they own Obamacare. They can't get away from that. But they figure their chances in 2014 are substantially improved if Republicans own a shutdown -- or, worse, a default.
Democrats used to hope that Obamacare would help them in the 2014 election by being popular, but now they think it might help them by driving the GOP so crazy that the American people simply don't trust them to govern.


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New Rockford, Illinois tourism ad: Come hide away — like you're a state senator from Wisconsin
posted at 9:09 pm on February 25, 2011 by Allahpundit
Cheeky link bait aimed at conservative blogs or earnest ad campaign targeting progressives? It's the former for the moment, but let's face it — if the fleebaggers succeed in waiting Scott Walker out and getting the collective bargaining bill killed, they'll be instantly beatified on the left. Tales of their exploits shall be passed down in hushed tones from one generation of six-figure-income unionized public workers to the next. Why, without the "Wisconsin 14," kids will be told, mom and dad would have had to struggle the way the chumps in private employee unions do. There's tourism gold waiting to be mined in that kind of hagiography. Imagine visiting Rockford and sitting at the very same table where that moron accused Republicans of disrupting the democratic process by not letting him vote by phone — after he'd fled Wisconsin.
A pilgrimage to Rockford to see where Cheap Trick was born was already on my bucket list, so yeah, I'll find some time for a "here's where the battle to rein in spending died" tour while I'm there. It's history!
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Rodney Afif Movies
Love's Brother
- April 1st, 2004
- 103 mins
Set in 1950s Tuscany and Australia, this romantic comedy tells the story of two brothers and a bride. As fate would have it, the bride arrives from Italy betrothed to one brother, only to fall madly in love with the other.
Killer Elite
- September 23rd, 2011
- 116 mins
- 25%
Based on Ranulph Fiennes novel "The Family Men," the story follows a group of former British special forces members who are being hunted by assassins, lead by Statham's character.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- May 26th, 2017
- 153 mins
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.
My Year Without Sex
- 2010
- 96 mins
When Natalie collapses one August day and undergoes emergency surgery for an aneurysm, the doctor tells her she must avoid all stress and overexcitement – including sex. The story follows Natalie, her husband Ross and their two children over the course of one messy year. Forced to take stock of everything in their life, Natalie and Ross must navigate trouble-prone family holidays, Ross' job insecurity, and financial worries over Christmas. It's a wry look at twelve months in the life of a family under pressure.
Lucky Miles
- July 19th, 2007
- 105 mins
An Indonesian fishing boat abandons a group of Iraqi and Cambodian men on a remote part of the Western Australian coast. Told there is a bus over the dunes, the men are abandoned to a desert the size of Poland. While most are quickly rounded up, three men with little in common but their history of misfortune elude capture and begin an epic but confused journey drawn on by their hopes amplified by the empty desert. Pursued by an army reservist unit more concerned with playing ball sports and music, our three protagonists wander deeper into trouble, searching desperately among the harsh beauty of the Pilbara for evidence of a western, liberal democracy. Or the promised bus. Written by ex Wikipedia
- May 31st, 2001
- 99 mins
1890, Central Australia. On a Christian mission at the edge of the desert, a girl is born of an Aboriginal mother and an Afghan father. A dark skinned, green eyed, forbidden beauty - she is a reluctant traveler between the worlds of her parents. This is the story of Jila. Conceived against her mother's will, born between worlds, abandoned by love, cheated by death, removed from her faith and from her place. Written by Palace Films
Rodney Afif TV Shows
Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one slip can cost an operative their life.
When we first meet the team, it is headed by DSS Bernie Rocca (Joe Petruzzi), ably assisted by DS Ellen McKenzie (Anita Hegh). Peter Church (Peter Phelps) is the most experienced officer in the unit, but not one who easily takes direction. Constables Angie PIper (Kate Kendall) and Oscar Stone (Ian Stenlake) round out the team. Jess Napier played Kaye Kelso, a newcomer who dropped out after the the first five episodes. After the second season, Rocca left the unit and McKenzie was promoted to DSS. Soon after Dannie Mayo (Roxane Wilson) joined.
Big changes followed the death of Oscar Stone and the departure of Ellen McKenzie at the end of Series 5. The undercover unit became Special Investigations and moved from its 'front' garage back to police HQ. Insp. Luke Harris (Gary Sweet) took command, providing a wavering hand as he struggled to hide his bipolar disorder from his superiors. Chris Dichera (Jacinta Stapleton) and later Leo Flynn (Daniel Frederickson) joined Church and Piper as the undercover team for the later series of the show which had 8 series and 192 episodes in all.
Marshall Law
Welcome to the Marshall Law guide at TV Tome.The show, starring Lisa McCune of Blue Heelers fame along with another Heelers and SeaChange star William McInnes, Frontline's Alison Whyte and Anne Phelan of Something in the Air, tells the story of the Marshall sisters. Ros is a junior crown prosecutor with an appetite for love and life. Her sister Verity is beginning to make her mark at the bar while dealing with her ex-husband, eminent counsel Dylan Boyd.
The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life Of Us is an Australian drama revolving around the lives of the residents of an apartment block in an urban suburb of Melbourne. It follows the characters through some of life's most complex journeys, as they search for themselves in their work, social and family lives, yet always following one simple rule: all roads lead back to your friends.
This critically acclaimed, multi-award winning and hugely popular and successful series has gone from strength to strength, delving into aspects of young adulthood never before seen in such an honest and realistic way on Australian television. Featuring an all-star and incredibly talented Aussie cast, including Deborah Mailman, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan and Joel Edgerton, while continuing to find new talent and introducing them in fresh new story lines.
All Saints
All Saints is centered on the drama of life in an emergency department seen through the eyes of the people who carry the most responsibility for it - the men and women of the nursing staff. The program is a weekly, one hour series of self-contained stories with continuing serial threads for the permanent characters. Dr Frank Campion is the head of the Emergency Department. Frank's manners can be very bad at times but when somebody attacks one of his staff he will defend his staff member at all costs.
Legacy of the Silver Shadow
Four ordinary kids face the extraordinary fact that a superhero really did exist in their city. The Silver Shadow is a forgotten crusader who waged a solitary war against crime and wrongdoing in the city 50 years ago. The kids discover a recording of the Silver Shadow's mind - an artificial intelligence the hero constructed in case he ever lost his fight against evil. The recording has a single purpose: to recruit a replacement. For our four kids, it's an opportunity of a lifetime - to learn and implement the Silver Shadow's heroic powers. They embark upon a bizarre double life - school kids by day, fledgling superheroes by night.
Ocean Girl
Welcome to Orca. Dr. Diane Bates accepts a job on a new underwater science labratory called Orca. She is going to study whales as part of her research. Recently divorced she and her two boys Jason and Brett set out to start a new life, what they don't know is that their life is about to change. After boarding Orca they soon discover irregular patterns in the Whale song. As the story unfolds it appears that the whale is communicating with another being -- a girl in fact! This girl not only can talk to whales but breathe underwater as well. The story continues as Neri discovers a sister and her origins -- a far off planet! She is from an advanced civilization "The Planet Of the Oceans" and that she has been sent on a mission to try to save her home as well as earth.
Major Crime
Zane Malik is a young detective at the Major Crime Squad. He is also a Muslim. And as a Muslim detective in a post 9/11 world where just to be an Arab, is to arouse suspicion and fear, Malik feels under pressure to prove himself, over and over.
Snr Detective Crowley was a detective of the old school, where rules and regulations played a poor second to getting a result. Crowley is a man at odds with the times. Not just the times, Crowley's at odds with everything and everyone, even himself. If he's at war with anyone, it's Zane Malik.
Malik battles with Crowley across six hours as, from Lakemba to Chinatown, they investigate the murders and crimes of a big city.
EAST WEST 101 is the story of two men whose destiny is irrevocably intertwined.
Malik is driven by a hunger for justice. He was twelve and at the till, when a masked gunman held up the family shop. Malik refused to hand over the money. His father was shot and brain injured. Since he joined the Force, Malik has been looking for the shadowy figure who pulled the trigger.
When he finally finds him, Malik's belief in the justice system is challenged by a powerful desire for revenge. As he hunts down the truth it is revealed that Crowley had a part to play in the original investigation. But will Crowley help or hinder Malik in his quest? He is a man whose vision has been blighted by pain and prejudice.
Crowley's son, Paul, was found dead of a drug overdose sold to him by a Lebanese dealer. When the drug dealer, who sold Paul the heroin, is found murdered, Internal Affairs come asking questions. Looking for answers. Not just from Crowley. Malik also. He was involved in the case.
Crowley is at the mercy of Malik. Will Malik end his career? What will Crowley do to stop him? There's an edge of danger as these two men circle one another.
This might look like the battle between two strong men for dominance - but it is also a metaphor for the fear that exists between East and West - as two men search for love, approval and forgiveness.
Set in and around 232, an up-market city brothel, Satisfaction reveals the world of five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their secret profession.
Satisfaction is an exploration of the relationships between these women: the bonds of friendship, the competition, the loyalty, the ruthlessness, the camaraderie. The stories are grounded and real - shocking, touching, funny, disturbing, intelligent and sexy. They are love stories with a twist - about strong women keeping themselves together when they're giving so much of themselves away.
About friendships, family, lust and love Satisfaction is provocative and compelling, revealing, confronting and intoxicating.
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers profiles the lives and investigations of the police in the small Victorian town of Mt. Thomas. Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon (John Wood) has been the head of the station since the show's humble beginnings in 1994. However, after a devastating attack on the police station in mid-2004, he has lost his grandfatherly demeanor and become a man set on revenge. The team includes the charismatic Detective PJ Hasham (original cast member Martin Sacks ); Detective Senior Constable Amy Fox (Rachel Gordon) - who challenges PJ both in and out of investigations; Constable Evan 'Jonesy' Jones (Ditch Davey) who joined the force to gain vengeance on his father's murder, but now is searching for new reason to stay; and his on-again/off-again girlfriend Senior Constable Susie Raynor (Simone MacAullay); Probationary Constable Kelly O'Rourke (Samantha Tolj) who has known Tom since she was a child, and is determined to prove herself; her sometime-friend Probationary Constable Joss Pero
MDA is an Australian Medical Defense Organisation. It serves an insurance function, defending the doctors who form its membership against lawsuits and malpractice actions, in return for a fixed annual fee. Its staff are a mixture of lawyers and doctors, led by lawyer Bill 'Happy' Henderson (Shane Bourne). He is ably aided by Dr Ella Davies (Kerry Amstrong), who later leaves to become head of emergency medicine at nearby St Albans hospital. Jason Donovan plays nemesis Richard Savage, a partner at Kato and Pittman, seen either as a wily and passionate advocate for patient rights, or an ambulance-chaser.
City Homicide
No greater honour will ever be bestowed upon an officer, than when they are entrusted with an investigation into the death of a human being.
Seven's new series follows young Homicide Detectives Simon (Daniel MacPherson, Neighbours, Tripping Over), Duncan (Aaron Pedersen, Water Rats), Jennifer (Nadine Garner, Water Rats, Stingers) and Matt (Damien Richardson) as they try to deal with the reality of their jobs in their personal and professional lives.
With the help of their Superintendent (Noni Hazlehurst, Better Homes and Gardens) and Senior Sergeant (Shane Bourne, Thank God You're Here, MDA) they go about trying to solve some of Melbourne's most brutal homicides.
City Homicide: Their day begins when your day ends.
This is City Homicide.


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Atlas (Newspaper) - May 19, 1838, London, Middlesex M mntvtLl 0t^^9Wx mtf^ouvnnl of WLittvatuvt* TRANSMISSION OF "THE ATLAS" BY POST TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. We are induced, ly numerous appUeations on thi$ subject, to state, for the information of our Subscribers, that " The Atlas " may be transmitted free of postage, through the General Post Offices, to the following places : Demmabk Bbbuuda. MoKTSBKaAT Dbubbaba. St. Lucia Coluubu Dominica Tobago Oibbaltab Babbadobs Ionian Istss Bbbbiob Canada Newfoundland St. Vincbht's Cobfi; Zantb Tobtola Spain (via Cadiz) BcBNOs Atbbs hamb0bob Fbance Obeecb Cabaooas CSFHAtONIA Bagota Malta Halifax CnXHATBH Bahamas Bbazils Tbinidad St. Kitt's Jamaica Gabthaobna Laquiba Canada Qdbbbo NOTA SbOTIA Nevis New Bbonswick Heligoland Hondobas Antigua Bbbmbn Obbnada (Nbw) St. Domingo " The Atlas" can also be transmitted, upon payment of one penny, to India-Caps op Good.Hofb-New South Wales, To all other places it may be forwarded upon the payment of two pence. No. 627. Vol. XIII.] SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1838. . EARLY EDITION Lm TIME FOR POST. THE ATLAS OF THIS PAY CONTAINS:- paob. The PoUtlclan................ 305 East Indian and Colonial Atlat.. 306 ColonialNew*..;.....:..^....,. 806 Foreign News ......306 Imperial Parliament..........307 BritisbNews..........309 Ireland........................309 Law' Reports..................310 Accidents and OSbnces..........'310 Omnium...... ^.;..............310 Tulips........................311 Ttieatrical Intelligence.....311 Saturday's News'..............311 Weekly Retrospect of the Money Market......................311 The Retrbspiective Feature In the CopyrightBUl.,..............312 Theatricals.....................313 PAGE. LITERATUBE. Homeward Bound..............313 Narrattve of a Voyage Round the World....................... 314 JUEadame Tussaud's Memoirs.....315 The Familv Sanctuary..........315 Literary Memoranda............315 Music and Musicians............316 New Music.....:...............316 Fine Arts......................316 Literary and Scientific Institutions......................... 316 The Army ....................316 Gazettes......................316 Births. Marriages, and Deaths ,. 316 Banktiig and Monetary Atlas.... 317 The Markets.......... 318 Advertisements................. 319 THE POLITICIAN. an appeal to the people. MoRNiNO Chronicle-Let Sir K. Peel and the Tories exxilt as they please in the strength they possess in the clergy, themagistraey) the yeomanry, and one or two more quarters in which they allege that their destructive princi{>les predqpunate, w^^ tell themtliiat theyare, nptwtlw and essentially.� jfeebleparly.: We would give Sir Robert Peel an additional nundried votes in the House of Conunons, and still assert that in eveiy element of genuine istrength his part is iinsqi^nd, i^nd^ that no steady or perin^i^e^t gOV(^rni^^j^^ can jpbssihly he pi^ it. Tner^'issucri a th^ putthc. jirincipljBr^ 1^^^ apostates, like the Grahams and Burdetts, say and do what they may to convince the world that politicalhonesty is a fable. There is such a thing as a people,' let inen| who have passed their lives in earning popular^^cbrti ^nd 4etei8|^tionJ&nd;i^ so convenient to banish the; yei^i-jictea , tbeir, ininds. And there is a part of the tJnited King4om cailed I^^ let the withering recollection of the state of disOTder, ^ttd destitution to which the^fi^^ redw^ed if iv^e it eyeir iso gwtf the iinrefqrined* unreduced,, unmitigi^ted, uhBalliated church of Ireland--dare to pretend a' zeal Ipr the Protestant religion. They call upon Englishmen to draw the sword upon their Irish fellow-subjects; they evoke the demons of discord and civil. #ar in behtdf of ah ihstibtion which^ judging of it by i^ effect^ shoidd iknhesitatihgly tem Popish, only that we know it toi be positively anti-Christian, because from century to century, from year to year, from day to day, and firqiji hour i/o hqur, we isee it producing efl^icts the most crimintd, the most demoralizing, the \ mbst oppreaisive, the �, most intolerable; and merefore the 11^ tP; the, extension qf iJie Ca&c^c-of the,'vei7 least, of the. various 'mischiefsl. whicK it has en-taiied upon the country. The appeal to En|[lbid in behalf of the Irish chiirch is a broad, appeal in behalf qf Pppeii^ in the lirst}nsta.nce, and of 4naffch]r|i^ the second. The pr�^tiended zeal for ,Prote.8l;antisni, is the raiikest hypocrisy thai ever sought to imppse'^upon the country. The menwhose voices are loudest in the howl against the reform and reduction of this establishment know in their hearts and consciences (such hearts and conscience's as faction has left them) that it is the sorest curse that, ever lighted on the reformed Mth in any part of Christendom. THE WHIGS CpNSUDiERED AS MINISTERS. Morning Post-^There are some of the ministerial people who veiy heartily chuckle over what honourable statesmen would corisidier a very humiliating position, They say that, upon Sir Robert Peel's own showing, the incapable government should continue, for the Conservatives are a mUch less mischievous opposition than they (the Whigs) would be, and though not possessing the emoluments or patronage of gOverhment they yet exercise many of its functions and much of its power. The depth of abasement in an administration which acts in conformity with this description of the state of affairs must be very great, bnt the depth of meanness which glories in it must be miich greater. What, indeed, can we conceive more infamous than that a set of men can only be bought off from active hostility to the institutions of the country by the receipt of pay and the ehj()yment of patronage as the guardians of these institutions ?' What can we imagine more worthy of scorn and eveii abhorrence than that a body of men should abide ih a position for which they profess themselves incompetent, trustiiig for their safety to the help of those whom they take every opportunity to load with reproach, and to derive of that reward and that honour whibh they know to be their due ? But we are told that this.state of.things is "absolute perfection." Nothing, it is affirmed, can be better than "a ministry which can do no harm, but may do good; and an opposition which will do no harm, and can do no good." This is the way in which an incapfible adininistration turns its disgrace into matter of self-jgiratulation. A set of politicians, who did all the h�urm they could to the institutions of the country, in order.to gain a fonowing, and to obtain office, are now so powerfully opposed that in the legislature they have not the streng<;h'to continue the harmful aggression, and thereupon they ask praise on account of their imbecility. They may do good-that is, when assisted by those whom they put out of the government, and by such assistaiice are enabled to overcome those by whose aid they got into the government-^and for this possibility of good they modestly demand credit! Another set of politicians, who did all the good they could for the institutions of the country, weye nevertheless forced into the seats of the opposition. They continue to dq all the good that a powerful opposition can do for the institutions of the country, and therefore the official guardians of these institutions cij out, "Let them by all mieans remain in Opposition. They help us, who are incompetent without their help; let them, therefore, remain, with their sense of merit for their reward, while we, incompetent as we are, and surrounded by the enemies of the church and throne, whom we call friends, enjoy official power and qflicial emolument. The opposition can do good, and let them do it. In the meantime we, who of ourselves cannot, will enjoy the public patronage of the country, and pocket the public salaries." This is the state of things contemplated with such marvellous complacency by ministerialists-this is what they call "absolute perfection!" But, whP is there save themselves that says this ;iincistry can do no harm? We do indeed boldly affirm that in the legislature they are powerless to effect that which they promised to their party they would effect. We maintain that the measures to which they stand pledged as the condition of their obtaining office they nave not the power to carry in the legislature; and so conscious are they of their weakness, that they do not dare even so xbuch as to propose those measiires for legislative adoption. It does hot, hoWeyerj follow from this- unfortunately it does not-that the mihistjy can do no harm. They can appoint, itnd they do appoint, to im-[iportant offices the very men whoin they are indebted to the Conservatives for being able to defeat in the legislature. Is it nothing that Mr. A. atid Mr. B. who have Voted against the estamished institutions of the country, aiid' whose votes the "opposition" have enabled the goverii-ment successfully to resist, are upon the first opportunity put into, places of trust, and confidence, and emolument by the government? Is'there nothing monstirous, nothing alarming, in this grclss disfortion of the nattiral cqurse of 'affaii's-^this depraved abandqhmeht of all thj^t .is hoi^est, straightforward, and intelligible in the management of the public business? . If, indeed, government could do nothing except through thelegislature-7-if it cquld neglect nothing except through a concurrent neglect of the legislature- the:^e would be some truth i^Ong with the great meanness of the declaratiqn that government was haJrmless by reason" of its imbecility. But there is much that a British government may do-^much more which it ought to do, and may leave undone, that the legislature cahnqt iinme-'diately check, or controiil, or repair. The ffearfid amount of th^s for eVU inay be rectqned up in the'deeds aiid the omisisionis of the present adiqainistratiqn. The government is indeed feeble, ^ut it is strong enough to abuse most grossly the trusts which are reposed in it. The government is indeed most inefficient, but it can perrint tbbe done the indsit enormous n^chief, and ^ it depends for existence on those who thrive by mischief it allows more harm to be done in one year than a wise, and honest, and vigorous administration could repair in ten. This is the evil which is wearing into the heart's core of the coiihty -this is the danger which every patriot should watch, and to which he should endeavour to put an end. THE JRISH CHAEITY COMMISSIONERS BILL CONSIPERED. CouRiER-r-A bill is at present in its passage through the House of Commons, for appointing commissioners to inquire concerning charities in Ireland. It has been read a second time, but has not yet goh6 through a committee. The Irish education committee, which sat in 1835 and 1836, reported that the annual income of charities left for the purposes of education in Ireland, amounted to upwards^ of 108,000/. It is estimated, that thfe income of other charities bequeathed upon specia.rand defined trusts, and of those given generally for the benefit of the poor, amounts to upwards of 150,000/. per annuih. In 1800, a board of charitable bequests was established in Ireland, with power tq proceed, through the medium of the Attorney-General, for the recovery of charities misapplied, but without any power of inquiry. The board is therefore obliged to rely upon the inefficient machinery of periodical returns, and in many cases, where proceedings have been instituted, the expenses have far outweighed the advantages obtainied. Another objection against thiS; board is, that it is exclusively composed, if we are cbr-rectiy informed, of Protestant clergymen. When the Irish Poor Law Bill was in committee, the 47th clause, which gave the cominissioners the power to interfere with charities, was struck but, on the motion of the Attorney-General for Ireland, on the ground that the bill (rf which we are how sjpeaking would be likely to beconae law. The bill is. entitled the Charily Commissioners (Ireland) Bill, and its Object is simply to appoint ten coramissiohers, of whom not more than five are td receive sialMes.^^v^^ powers to inquire into all existing charity trusts ih^^ land, to compel the attendance of witnesses, a,ndto^^^^^e^^ amine themion oath. Trinity College and Maynooth College are to be exempted from the inqmryi as also all charities exclusively supported by voluhtaly contribu- ;
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DOE Announces Closing Of BCHS
For the second year in a row, the Department of Education has announced that Beach Channel High School will be phased out and then closed after a three-year period that will allow all of the school's present students to graduate.
The announcement came as no shock to students, parents or staff.
They had been aware of the process to phase out and close the local comprehensive high school since December of 2009 when Department of Education spokesperson Will Havenann told The Wave, "We went to the school today to announce our proposal to phase out the school. There will be no more incoming freshman classes at the school and it will be closed in three years."
Of course, that announcement was made prior to a July ruling overturning the entire DOE phaseout program because the DOE had not followed the procedures outlined by the legislature's school governance act.
Then, in early November, the DOE issued a list of 47 schools that would be phased out and closed over the next few years, including Beach Channel High School.
Despite that, Queens High School Superintendent Juan Mendez told a small crowd at the school last month, "I was not informed that there is a plan in place to close the school."
That brought groans from the 100 people, mostly school staff and community activists, in the room. "I am here to listen to parents and staff and to bring back ideas about how to keep the school serving the students of Rockaway," Mendez added.
Mendez listened to more than a dozen speakers urge him to provide more programs and more resources to the school before giving up and closing it down.
The Department of Education, however, has once again lent a deaf ear to the school cohort and decided to close it down.
In a letter to staff members, Mendez said, "As you know, the Department of Education has been having an in-depth conversation with the Beach Channel High School community about why the school is struggling to serve its students.
Based on a careful analysis of this feedback and a thorough review of the date, the Department of Education today is announcing that it will propose to phase out and replace Beach Channel High School over the next several years."
In justifying the school closings, Deputy Chancellor Marc Steinberg issued a statement, "Year after year, even as we provided extra help and support, these schools simply have not gotten the job done for children."
After delivering the letter, Mendez met with staff, many of whom will lose their jobs and were angry at the decision.
Math teacher and United Federation of Teachers chairperson Dave Pecoraro evidenced his displeasure with a copy of a Gilbert and Sullivan song, "The Lord High Executioner."
Behold the Lord High Executioner, a personage of noble rank and title – a dignified and potent officer, whose functions are particularly vital!
Defer, defer, to the Lord High Executioner!
Defer, defer
To the noble lord, to the Lord High Executioner.
Pecoraro raged at the announcement and at Steinberg's statement.
"The DOE has taken everything away from us and increased class size over the past years. The class size in schools slated for closure has increased to where it is way over the state average," Pecoraro said. "They actually reduced extra help and support, not provided it."
Senior student Gilmary George is the valedictorian of this year's graduating class.
She is clearly not happy with the program to close her school.
"I think that it's unfair to close down our school without giving us any kind of chance, without help from the very people who are closing us down," George said. "If the DOE had given us some help, we would have improved and we have been improving. To call us an F school is wrong. The school has been here for 34 years, and it has become a second home for many students and our friends and teachers have become family. I feel that an important part of my life is being closed down. My alma mater."
City Councilman James Sanders Jr. thinks that it may be the school's fault that it is being closed.
"I served for ten years on the board of education, and I learned what it takes for a school to succeed," said Councilman Sanders. "The fact is that to be successful, certain criteria just have to be met, and too many schools are falling short. I like to call them, the "Magnificent Seven: First and foremost, a school needs good educational leaders; principals and assistant principals with the experience and vision to cultivate a positive learning program. Second, successful schools need parents who buy in, completely, to the school's program. Third, a school needs determined and disciplined students. Forth, schools needs committed teachers. Fifth, a successful school needs commitment from the community in which it resides. Sixth, the school needs a worthy program of study. Finally, the city and state must do their part in providing the resources necessary for a school to flourish."
Jack Zarin-Rosenfeld, a DOE spokesperson, said that there will be a community meeting to address the phase out process, although no date has yet been set. "The school impact statements will be on our website by next week, as well as the date for the community meeting," he said. "The city panel will vote on the proposal at its February meeting and everybody will have a chance to comment."


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Guests: Alan Grayson, Roger Cressey, Robert Reich, Eliot Spitzer, Maxine
Waters, Jonathan Alter, Bill Press, Ron Christie
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Good evening, Americans. And welcome to THE ED SHOW tonight from New York, out of the snowstorm from the Midwest. I think everybody was at the Minneapolis airport this morning.
Security is on our mind tonight. Two top stories that hit my hot button.
Of course, Dick Cheney thinks that he has unlimited license to go out and attack the president of the United States no matter what he does. I think his security plan was this disastrous war in Iraq. You know, I want Democrats to be aggressive in 2010 and go after this guy every time he opens his mouth.
Health care—Ping-Pong time. Nancy Pelosi is bypassing a formal conference committee. And I just want to know if the progressives are really going to be represented down the stretch and fight hard against the Senate bill and get what we really need.
And, of course, "The Drugster" is another hot button story tonight. He got a dose of, I guess you could say, the Democratic health care plan in Hawaii, and I love it. Got a lot more to say about this coming up in "Psycho Talk."
But first tonight, all right, the big story over the holidays.
This guy gets on a United States-bound plane for Detroit, right? He's got explosives in his underwear. Now we're in he pat-down culture. How far can we feel somebody up in an airport?
Dick Cheney couldn't be happier about all of this for some reason. The statements he's put out since that terrifying incident that can't be described as anything other than gloating, that's where Cheney is.
Cheney claims his criticism comes from reading the national security briefs and knowing just how many threats there are out there against the United States. What a bunch of bull.
Here are Cheney's own words: "Why doesn't (President Obama) want to admit we're at war?" Cheney says. "Because it doesn't fit with what seems to be a goal of his presidency—social transformation, the restructuring of American society."
Now, think about that, social transformation, restructuring of American society.
Now folks, you know what that is? That is Tea Party talk, is what that is.
Obama's domestic policy agenda has absolutely nothing to do with a guy going through airport security in Amsterdam. But Cheney is, again, going after the president of the United States with his old tactics, attacking Barack Obama any way he possibly can. But we're not allowed to ask Dick Cheney for any real questions on about how things went on his watch because we got hit on his watch.
So here's the deal. They want to see Obama fail at keeping this country safe.
I've said this for a long time and I believe it. Do you agree with me now?
Now, then there's "Waterloo" Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.
He's been making the rounds echoing Cheney's attacks.
SEN. JIM DEMINT ®, SOUTH CAROLINA: The concern that a lot of us have had over the last year is we've even dropped the word "terror." It's man-caused disaster, where we hesitate to call acts "acts of terror."
There's no question that the president has downplayed the risk of terror since he took office.
The president has downplayed the threat of terror since he took office. He doesn't even use the word anymore.
SCHULTZ: Senator, you need to watch the news. We're going to send you a copy of THE ED SHOW. The president spoke extensively about terrorism in his Nobel speech, his speech at West Point and a mosque in Turkey over the summer. He also used the term this weekend, Senator.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: All of those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on Christmas must know you, too, will be held to account. Our nation is against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred, and that we will do whatever it takes to defeat them and defend our country.
SCHULTZ: Amen to that.
DeMint is also criticizing the president for dragging his feet on the TSA nominee, Erroll Southers.
DEMINT: Well, unfortunately, the president waited eight months to even nominate a head of the TSA, and then they wanted him past without a good vetting process. They wanted—they didn't want any debate or a roll call vote on the floor. And as it turns out, there are some things about Mr. Southers that need to be considered.
SCHULTZ: Senator DeMint is the one that's keeping Southers from being confirmed because he doesn't like his position on unions. See, it always comes back to the money, doesn't it, folks?
I don't know what being a union supporter has to do with being qualified to protect America. If DeMint cared about security, you would think that he'd make sure that people protecting our airports are getting well paid. Like, maybe some health care, maybe some time off, maybe they'll want to keep this job because it's a good job.
Motivated employees are very important in the work place in America. But you see, the Republicans, they don't want to spend any money on security. They want to talk their way into the championship on all of this, if I may use a sports term.
The system failed. We all know that. But it was caught by some people in place. Right?
Now, what we need to find out is, where can we fix this? So, no matter where Obama starts, the Righties aren't going to like it. So we've got to live with that. I say the Democrats have got to go on the offensive and not become the punching bag in all of this.
Get your cell phones out, folks. Want to know what you think about this narrative that is starting to develop in 2010.
Tonight's text survey is: Do you think the White House should fight back harder against Dick Cheney's attacks? Text "A" for yes and "B" for no to 622639. We'll bring you the results later on in this program.
Now, I want this year for the Democrats, for the liberals—in fact, I should announce tonight that I'm planning on being a lot more liberal this year. I wasn't liberal enough last year.
I need to get more liberal. I need to get more aggressive. So I'm going to do that in 2010.
But I want folks to tell it like it is. That's what this is about.
We can't allow Dick Cheney to go out there and just throw it up there on the wall and let's see if it sticks, because that's basically where he's at. And I do believe that there are a group of congressmen, some representatives, that are willing to take it to them. And these are the people who are actually feared by the Republicans.
They're going to be going after this guy, Alan Grayson. They're going to be going after Eric Massa, who was on this program that really started this whole thing that's in the media right now because he went after Dick Cheney on this show and is not going to take his smoke anymore. This is what the Democrats have to do.
Joining me now is Congressman Alan Grayson. He's on the "tell it like it is" team in the Ed division.
Congressman, great to have you with us tonight.
REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D), FLORIDA: Thanks. I'm so happy to be your first guest of the year.
SCHULTZ: Well, there's a reason for that, my friend. And it's great to have you with us.
All right. I get this feeling that the Republicans have been waiting for this conversation for a long time because, in a sense, their political security is security.
What has to happen in 2010 to make sure that the Democrats and the liberals of this country really communicate their message, Congressman? What do you think has to happen?
GRAYSON: They failed us when they were in charge. Here's an interesting document. This was from five weeks before September 11th. I think that Mr. Cheney's familiar with it. "FBI information indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York."
This is a document that the president and Vice President Cheney got five weeks before September 11th, and the president went on vacation in August. So what does that tell you? Who's issue is this, this security issue? Is this a Republican issue or what?
SCHULTZ: No, exactly. And it's not right, it's not left, it's center. But the Republicans have taken it upon themselves to politicize anything. I think they have been waiting for this moment.
GRAYSON: They failed us. The greatest attack of terrorism in American history happened on their watch. We have nothing to be defensive about.
SCHULTZ: So, is there going to be some conversation behind closed doors amongst Democrats? And I think supporters want to hear this, that you're not taking this anymore, that this has to...
GRAYSON: No. I mean, look, certainly not for Cheney.
My goodness. When Ross Perot was talking about that crazy uncle in the attic, I think he was talking about Cheney.
SCHULTZ: There's no downside to going after him. And the Democrats are only going to rally their base. And the base, you know, I think at this point, a little disgruntled when it comes to health care and maybe some other issues. But this is one that we absolutely cannot let slip away.
What would you say to Dick Cheney to his face if you had the chance?
Because he doesn't present himself to anybody that speaks the truth.
GRAYSON: You know, honestly, I think he's just trying to prime his book tour, his upcoming book tour. He got $2 million to write about his memories, and he's trying to stay in the public eye in order to push sales for his book. That's what I think.
I'm wondering, though, who is doing the introduction to his book. Is it Mephistopheles? I don't know. Maybe it's Satan.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, are you ready to be attacked by the Republicans in 2010? What kind of re-election...
GRAYSON: I am attacked by them all the time. But as Franklin Roosevelt said, I welcome their hatred.
SCHULTZ: Congressman Alan Grayson, great to have you with us tonight.
You are definitely on the right track.
GRAYSON: Thank you, Ed.
SCHULTZ: Appreciate your time.
For more, let me bring in NBC News terrorism analyst Roger Cressey for the serious brass tacks and nuts and bolts of all of this.
Roger, how safe are we? I mean, I went to the Minneapolis airport today. It looked like everybody in the world was getting out of there and coming to New York. The lines were long and it was tense.
I mean, there were people that were, you know, knowing that the—I guess the intensity is really increased. I thought the TSA definitely has been spoken to. They all got the memo. And it was a different atmosphere.
Can this make a difference, in your opinion?
ROGER CRESSEY, NBC NEWS TERRORISM ANALYST: Well, Ed, the bottom line is we are safe. And in the immediate aftermath of a failed attack, everyone's vigilance is higher, the government is going to battle station. TSA screeners are certainly at a heightened state of awareness of what they are going to do.
The issue is not in the immediate aftermath. The issue is, six, 12 months down the road, have we corrected the wrongs that allowed the attempted attack to happen on Flight 253 to ensure it never can happen again? And are people putting in new policies and procedures to be adaptive to how the enemy and the adversary is changing its approach to us?
Now, a lot of people have said, Ed, ,that the system is broke and that's why we nearly lost Flight 253. It's not that the system is broke. It's that the system did not adapt to how the enemy has been adapting. So we need to be more nimble and more proactive, and I think that's the biggest lesson learned from this failed attack.
SCHULTZ: Is it hard to bring all of this information together and run it up the flagpole to make sure that it's acted on? Is this a bridge too far or is this just a matter of being brilliant on the basics?
What about that?
CRESSEY: Well, I think, Ed, you put your finger on a big problem.
When I was at the White House doing counterterrorism, the amount of information we had then pales in comparison to the sheer volume of data that now the government is bringing in on counterterrorism issues. So, you were constantly sifting through, separating the wheat from the chaff and trying to determine what really matters.
What people are doing on a daily basis at the CIA and at the White House and elsewhere is triage. They're looking at this threat data. They're looking at other pieces of intelligence and saying, all right, what is the most important, what is the most immediate? How do we handle it?
And still, nine years after 9/11, there are still problems. There are both human error problems, some which we'll never fix, and then there are technological issues, which is how do we ensure better technology is used by the community to improve information sharing and minimize the chances of human error over the course of analyzing threats?
SCHULTZ: And finally, Yemen. If it wasn't on the radar screen of every American, it is now.
What are we doing different in dealing with Yemen that maybe we weren't doing during the Bush administration? What is the Obama administration doing, and is there a greater focus there than what maybe has been given credit?
CRESSEY: Well, I think the Obama administration came in and saw Yemen as one of the top three concerns regarding al Qaeda's potential. And what we've seen over the past 12 months is greater cooperation.
We've seen joint military operations. We've seen aid provided. And we've seen senior level consultations with President Salih in Yemen and with people in Washington.
What they understand I think quite well is there's an urgency to dealing with Yemen. But the problem though, Ed, is that as we've talked about before, with all the issues regarding Pakistan and al Qaeda, you see similar problems in dealing with Yemen.
What this means is there's no simple solution to Yemen. It require a long, well thought out process, and dealing with a threat that's getting much bigger there.
SCHULTZ: Roger Cressey, always a pleasure.
NBC News terrorism analyst.
Thank you so much for your time tonight.
CRESSEY: Thank you.
SCHULTZ: You bet.
Coming up, in 2009 your tax dollars helped Wall Street grow by almost 20 percent. Eliot Spitzer will be here to tell us just how we can squeeze some of that money out of these fat cats in 2010.
And "The Drugster," of course, gets admitted for observation. That puts him in "Psycho Talk," obviously.
And Robert Reich and Maxine Water, they're in the house tonight.
You're watching THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: And in my "Playbook" tonight, so how is the economy out there? How are we doing?
We've been through the first 10 years of this 21st century. Well, it was one of the worst for the American economy since the Great Depression.
You know, I've often wondered what it would be like if we had the poor people doing the news. I'm not poor. I've got a good job. Life is pretty good.
And I come to this job and I think about, OK, what would it be like for the average Joe who doesn't make six figures and, you know, has a family of four and is struggling to get there? What would the reporting have been like on health care, on anything?
Here's the bottom line. There was zero net job creation over the last decade. Got that? Zero.
Let's see, we had two recessions. Economic output rose at its slowest rate since the 1930s. Those Republicans, did us right, didn't they?
But there is some optimism for the new year. And I want you to be optimistic.
Now, these numbers might not mean much to you, but the fact is, the Federal Reserve is forecasting an average domestic gross product growth of 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent in 2010, GDP. And they predict the unemployment rate will dip below 10 percent. Who wouldn't take that?
But "New York Times" columnist Paul Krugman warns that 2010 may not bring the economic recovery that everybody is talking about. And he writes, "The odds are that any good economic news you hear in the near future will be a blip. Not an indication that we're on our way to sustained recovery."
"Will the Fed realize before it's too late that the job of fighting the slump isn't finished? Will Congress will do the same? If they don't, 2010 will be a year that began in false economic hope and ended grief."
If I may add to that—and I'm writing a book on this that's going to be released later this year, the late, great middle class. Don't have the title down totally now.
If we cannot, as a country, revitalize the middle class in this country, so to speak, if the average Joe is feeling good, with some disposable income, it's over. It will be over as we know America, unless we do something to rebuild the middle class in this country.
People that can go out and buy a washing machine with cash. OK? And not credit card.
People that can go out and actually pay their bills and have a little bit left over the way my mom and dad had it to do something for the five kids, if you know what I mean.
So how is this—this is Obama's heavy lift in 2010, and the Democrats, for that matter. The Progressive Caucus, I believe, is where the steroids have got to come from, for lack of a better term.
But let me bring in Robert Reich, former secretary of labor under the Clinton administration, professor of public policy, University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Reich, if I'm wrong, please correct me on this. Good to have you with us tonight and Happy New Year.
ROBERT REICH, FMR. LABOR SECRETARY: Happy New Year to you, Ed. And also, let me commend you for your New Year's resolution to be even more liberal and more outspoken this year. We need that.
SCHULTZ: I think that's the only way we're going to get anything done around here.
REICH: I agree.
SCHULTZ: What has to happen? What bricks have to be laid for this whole thing to turn around, in your opinion, for the next decade, if we can look out?
REICH: Well, it's more than economic growth. I mean, we've had economic growth in the past. The trouble is it has not trickled down to average working people. And unless average working people, the broad middle class, has enough money in their pockets, has good jobs—not just jobs, but good jobs—they cannot turn around and spend enough to keep the economy going.
They have to go deeper and deeper into debt, and we know what debt does. I mean, you create these giant bubbles. So, the major objective, the number one objective, domestically, of the administration has got to be more jobs and more good jobs.
SCHULTZ: Well, the economic stimulus package which I obviously believed in and still do, because a lot of the money hasn't been spent, that's just a foot in the door, so to speak.
REICH: Ed, that's just the beginning. And the stimulus really isn't enough to keep the recovery going because a lot of people—I mean, one out of five Americans is still unemployed or underemployed. And beyond that, the quality of jobs that the people who are employed have continue to deteriorate.
I mean, we are saying over the last 30 years, you look at a typical male wage, a typical male worker in this society, adjust for inflation, and that typical male worker is not earning any more on an hourly basis than he earned 30 years ago. Women are doing slightly better, but that's because they started way behind men, and they're still behind men.
Look, nobody is doing well except people at the top. Right now Wall Street is on the brink of giving hundreds—well, at least tens of billions—somebody just reported $200 billion—of bonuses to its top traders and executives. I mean, what kind of an economy is this?
SCHULTZ: Well, it's one for the top two percent. And something's got to change here.
But what's different now, Mr. Reich? You know, you helped create 22 million jobs. Was it just the dot-com boom, or were there different things happening in the Clinton administration that maybe we're not paying attention to and catching on to that maybe should be done now?
What do you think?
REICH: Well, there was a real emphasis, Ed, on job creation, on investing in people, not only education, but also roads and bridges, infrastructure investment, investment in research and development. The whole notion in the 1990s was you invest in the ground, you invest in the bottom of the economy, and you grow the economy from the bottom.
You don't simply bail out banks. You don't give rich tax breaks. You don't expect that the economy is going to grow from the top. It doesn't grow from the top.
You've got to get the bottom going. You've got to get the middle class with more wages and better jobs. That was the entire emphasis.
SCHULTZ: Mr. Reich, great to have you on tonight. Thanks so much.
We'll do it again.
REICH: Thanks, Ed.
SCHULTZ: You bet.
Coming up, the middle class finished '09, I guess you could say, pinching pennies, scraping them together, trying to make it all happen, while Wall Street finished up 20 percent. Eliot Spitzer will explain just how we can get some of that money back in 2010.
That's next on THE ED SHOW.
Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. Great to have you with us tonight. Thanks for watching.
2009 ended on a high note for Wall Street with the Dow finishing up almost 19 percent. Good for you if you're in it.
Meanwhile, folks on Main Street getting burned big-time. Last year, the government used taxpayer money to buy toxic assets from big banks. That program was supposed to help get the economy going after, you know, some tough, tough times. But instead, you know, some of these banks went out and bought more risky home loans.
They were allowed to go do business as usual, profiting off your tax dollars. Lack of oversight. And now, of course, that's really a bad word, "oversight."
The former governor of New York joining us tonight, Eliot Spitzer, to tell us just how we can straighten this whole thing out. What do we have to look forward to?
Mr. Spitzer, great to have you on tonight. Appreciate it.
ELIOT SPITZER, FMR. NEW YORK GOVERNOR: Ed, thank you so much and Happy New Year to you.
SCHULTZ: And Happy New Year to you.
What does the middle class have to look forward to in 2010 when they see this kind of stuff in the news?
SPITZER: Unfortunately, more of the same. And as you just were discussing with Robert Reich, what we are seeing is a redistribution of wealth in this country in the wrong direction. And that's where those bonuses really reflects to people.
Billions and billions of dollars going to the very upper crust. No new job creation for those in the middle class over a decade. And wages have been stagnant, at best, for those who are working.
And so what we need to do is reconfigure this economy. And the idea that a number of folks have had is to begin to use two levers of power that we don't often enough think about.
One is as consumers. And two is as owners of the companies that we're talking about.
Consumers—here's a very simple idea. There's something called MoveYourMoney.info. Take your savings accounts, your checking accounts, move them out of those big TARP recipient banks that are not doing the right thing with our money and move to community banks that are doing the right thing.
They're lending to homeowners in a good way. The community banks, that is, lending to small businesses.
Use your power as the consumer of banking services just the way you pick a car. You buy the car, choose the bank you want based upon whether that bank is doing the right thing.
Go to MoveYourMoney.info. It's an amazing Web site. It let's you find where there's a community bank right near you in your neighborhood that is doing the right thing.
It's like watching "It's a Wonderful Life" and seeing Jimmy Stewart do the right thing with his bank. It's a brilliant idea.
SCHULTZ: Well, I think there's a lot of Americans out there that think, oh, me doing, this it won't make a difference. But if enough Americans do respond to this, it will shift the paradigm and the discussion, and we'll get a lot of people's attention.
SPITZER: We've got to do that, Ed, because we're doing—frankly, we're doing what's easy, which is to blame just Wall Street and to say to Congress, fix it, or to say to the regulators, fix it. The regulators won't fix it. They never have. They won't get it right.
We as consumers can do it. The other way is as owners. We own these companies. We own the shares. Get the pensions funds, get the mutual funds, get the state controllers who control these pension funds to begin to change the pay paradigm not only on Wall Street, but also across corporate America, where we give people money for bad performance.
SCHULTZ: Eliot, are these banks actually a greater risk right now with some of the paper they've picked up?
SPITZER: I don't think we know. The amazing thing is I speak to people on the street all the time. They tell me there is still inadequate information to know whether or not what they have on their balance sheet is good or bad. We just don't know.
SCHULTZ: Think about what you said there. We have forked out billions of dollars and we really don't know just how they are totally operating or what complete risks we are at right now.
SPITZER: We don't know what they're doing with the money. In other words, are they lending it in a way that's good for the economy? Are they just investing it over seas? Or are they just involved in proprietary trading on Wall Street.
These are the questions that should be—look, Ben Bernanke gave a fascinating speech the other day. He said, don't blame us. We are just the Fed. We were just controlling monetary policy. Wait a minute; the Fed, the New York Fed in particular, had people at every major bank. They should have been examining all these things for years.
Yes, it's easy, as I just did, to blame the regulators. What we have to do is come up with the creative solutions to use your power as a consumer, as an owner, to get the way these businesses do business to change.
SCHULTZ: Eliot Spitzer, great to have you with us tonight.
Appreciate your time. We'll see you a lot in 2010.
Coming up, Shooter's got another thing coming if he thinks his political fear-mongering is going to go unanswered. One of his biggest defenses, Ron Christie, landing in the hot seat tonight on THE ED SHOW.
Plus, after giving Republicans all that they wanted in 2009, it looks like House progressives are going to be—just shout out—be shut out of the final negotiations on health care. I'll ask Congresswoman Maxine Waters if she's going to put up with that. You're watching THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. Progressives have been hoping Nancy Pelosi would go to bat for those two tough words, public option, in conference committee. Now it looks like there is not even going to be a conference committee. Democratic leaders have decided to hammer out their differences in private to avoid any round—let's say—of Republican stall games.
A lot of progressives are concerned about this, that this push—that this final mixing of the bill isn't going to be what the House members want. A lot of concern over there.
Joining me for more on that is California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a member of the progressive caucus. Maxine, great to have you on tonight. Appreciate your time, as always.
REP. MAXINE WATERS (D), CALIFORNIA: Thank you very much, Ed.
SCHULTZ: You bet. What is your number one concern that you hear, that there—I guess you could call it a watered down conference committee. They're going to close the doors and shut the republicans out. How do you feel about that? How do you feel about the possibility that the House if just going to get pushed aside and it's going to be the Senate bill?
WATERS: First of all, I just got the news early this morning, that there was not going to be a conference committee. And I was a little taken aback by that. I was truly looking for transparency. And, of course, many of us have got to engage those who are involved in the process to try and get that public option back in there, to remain the House version.
Also, there's something wrong with this bull structurally from the Senate side. They want 50 different exchanges in 50 different states, where some of these states won't even have any competition. They will have one or two insurance company. They may not regulate them at all. And they could do whatever they want to do with the increasing premiums and co-pays.
And I'm just really concerned that we won't have an opportunity to put up the fight that we need to put up in order to, first of all, just straighten this thing out and make sure that we have a universal health care plan, a national health care plan with national exchanges. That's the first big thing that is wrong.
And then, of course, the public option. You know that. And then, of course, I'm worried also about taxing the health plans that workers have fought very hard to get. And calling them Cadillac plans just does not sit too well with me.
SCHULTZ: Congresswoman, when you take a look at this, what you just described is that the House of Representatives stands the real chance of being marginalized here, after a long, hard, drawn out fight. A lot of people campaigned on change. A lot of people in districts across America won seats because of health care. And now it seems like it's up to Nancy Pelosi. Do you trust Nancy Pelosi?
WATERS: I trust Nancy Pelosi. What I don't know and what I don't understand is what the conservative element would do, both in the Democratic party—and, of course, I know the Republicans are out to kill anything.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
WATERS: I know that they are out to tie up the system. And there are many ways that they could do this. They could go to debate on three items before they even get to a conference committee. And they could just tie up the whole system. I know that's a problem.
But here is what I also know: I know that to the degree that we are able to put up a fight and put up a struggle, we may be able to get this thing back on the right track. Right now, I don't know how we are going to do it.
SCHULTZ: Congresswoman, great to have you with us tonight. Thanks so much for joining us.
WATERS: You're so welcome. Thank you, Ed.
SCHULTZ: You bet. Congresswoman Maxine Waters from California. For more, let's bring in our panel tonight. Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Bill Press is with us. And also Jonathan Alter, senior editor, columnist of "Newsweek" and an NBC News analyst.
Gentlemen, it looks like it's going to get politically messy for the Democrats. You're take, Bill? Is this dirty water for the Democrats to go down this road?
BILL PRESS, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: I don't think there's any choice. Yes, but I don't think there's any choice, because, as Maxine pointed out right there at the very end, the Republicans in the Senate could bottle this thing up for months. So this idea of what they are calling ping pong, which is avoiding the regular conference committee, and negotiating back and forth, I think, makes sense, if—and here's the key, Ed—who is going to be appointed to do the negotiating?
If you've got Henry Waxman, you've got Maxine Waters, you've got Nancy involved in this House, we're in good shape. If you have Chuck Schumer, you have Chris Dodd, Tom Harkin involved in the Senate, we're in good shape. On the other hand, you give it to Max Baucus, we're screwed. So I think that's what the key is.
The other thing is the role that Barack Obama plays, and how actively involved the president is willing to be.
SCHULTZ: Jonathan Alter, I feel like I've just read a press release that the Senate's in charge and everybody else get out of the way. Your take?
JONATHAN ALTER, "NEWSWEEK": I don't think that is true at all, actually. This is the time for both the House and the Senate to press hard, for the president to press really hard, to inject himself into the process. He's going to, from all indications.
Maxine Waters is absolutely right that 50 different state exchanges would be a disaster. It's essential that there would be one national exchange. Because Olympia Snow, who the president has been courting, is on record supporting a trigger public option, there's a possibility of getting that back into the process.
As far as the Cadillac plans go versus—cutting them, which is what the Senate does, versus taxing the wealthy, over 500,000 folks, which is what the House does to pay for this, they need to split the difference on this and have both revenue streams. And actually if they did both of those things, maybe they could implement this earlier, Ed, because one of the big problems with the bill right now is it phases in a few years from now for cost purposes. So one of the ways that they should try to fix it now is to raise more money up front, so that we can get this done for the American people before 2013, 2014.
SCHULTZ: OK. So, Jonathan, to follow up, you seem to have been over
recent months projecting the fact, from your opinion, that this is a great
achievement for President Obama, that this really is a heck of a lot better
ALTER: Yes.
SCHULTZ: -- than what maybe some progressives out there are spelling it to be.
ALTER: Way better.
SCHULTZ: OK, Bill, go ahead.
PRESS: I want to say, I'm not sure of that. I don't think we know yet. and I come back, Ed—you and I have talked about this—to the role that the president has to play right here. As Jonathan says, it looks like there is a chance he will be very actively involved. Here's what I would like to see: I want to see him hold these meetings at the White House. I want to see him lead these negotiations and then do what he promised us during the campaign, put it on C-Span, so we can see exactly what deals are being made. If we do that, I think we can get a strong bill that Obama and all of the rest of us can be proud of.
SCHULTZ: Jonathan, explain to our viewers tonight what you think presidential involvement is. You think the president actually is going to sit down for hours on end and go through the details. OK, this what the American people want. This is what we have. We have to strengthen this. Do you think he's going to get into the minutiae of the whole thing?
ALTER: I do. Actually, he's already been quite into the minutiae in his private meetings. He's had many of them, dozens, many of them one on one.
SCHULTZ: Then I got to ask, where's the public option.
ALTER: He's dealing with political reality. Again, Ed, you and I have talked about this a lot. Just because he's president doesn't mean—it's like herding cats. That's the way it is with these senators. But now he's in a stronger position because they kept this bill on track and got it through both the House and the Senate. It now has a tremendous amount of momentum. And that gives a tremendous ability to knock heads a little bit.
SCHULTZ: Can they do anything about the date? Gentlemen, final question for both of you, can they do anything about the date? This pre-existing condition thing, they are going to have to come up with other legislation that will fast track that to affect a lot of the Americans. That, I think, would be a big political—what about the dates?
ALTER: I certainly think it would be very important for them to implement at least some of this sooner. And to do that, they have to raise more revenue, which means that both the people who don't like the taxing the rich and the labor unions that don't want to have to pay some taxes on the Cadillac plans, they are going to have to compromise and give something up in order to get it implemented quicker.
PRESS: Ed, very quickly, they got to have this whole thing kick in a lot sooner than they are. Here's the one thing I want to see—We know what the deal breaker was for Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman. I want to know what it is for Barack Obama. I think the world wants to know, the American people want to know. Now is the time.
SCHULTZ: Gentlemen, always enjoy the discussion. Good to have you with us.
ALTER: All right. Thanks.
SCHULTZ: Coming up, if you're a millionaire, you have a big mansion. you have a G-5 jet, you should probably think twice before saying that you didn't get any special treatment. El-Rushbo in Psycho Talk when we come back. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: And in Psycho Talk tonight—well, you knew we had to—got to start off with our old buddy, Rush here, 2010. It's a new year. You may have heard that Rush was admitted to a hospital with chest pains. He was on vacation in Hawaii. Hold it right there. When this story first broke, it was serious condition.
Well, it turns out, he is just fine. By the way, I really do think he needs to get his head examined because, shortly after he was released from the hospital, the Drugster used his health scare to imply that we don't need health care reform.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Based on what happened to me here, I don't think there's one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine, just dandy.
I've got nothing special. I've got no special treatment other than what anybody else who would have called 911 and been brought in with the same kinds of symptoms.
SCHULTZ: Rush, don't pay your bill, because there's a lot of people in this country that can't pay their bill. And see how you get treated then. Of course, the health care system for you, it's just dandy. You can afford the best insurance out there on the market. There's no doubt about it. The debate isn't about getting better doctors. It's about giving everyone access to those doctors and being able to pay for it.
And by the way, the Hawaiian health care system you speak so highly of is the closest thing in America to the Democratic reform plan. And by the way, it works. Hawaii's health insurance premiums are among the lowest in the country. And just 6.7 percent of Hawaiians were uninsured in 2008. Compare that with about 15.8 percent nationwide.
Rushbo, you're right. You probably did get the best treatment in the world. But implying that it makes health care unnecessary, my friend, is ill-informed psycho talk.
Coming up, the former vice president wants you to think that we are less safe under Obama's watch. And I think the administration needs to return fire big time. I'm putting former special assistant to Dick Cheney, Ron Christie, in the hot seat. We're going back and forth on this issue next on THE ED SHOW. Stay with us.
JOHN BRENNAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: I'm neither a Republican or Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations. And either the vice president is willfully mischaracterizing this president's position, both in terms of language that he uses and the actions he's taken, Or he's ignorant of the facts. And in either case, it doesn't speak well of what the vice president is doing.
SCHULTZ: Willfully mischaracterizing or ignorant. That's the verdict on Dick Cheney's criticism from a career CIA officer, President Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor, John Brennan. One of the former vice president's biggest defenders joins me now in the hot seat tonight. That's Republican strategist Ron Christie, and former special assistant to Vice President Cheney.
Ron, great to have you on tonight.
RON CHRISTIE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Happy new year, Ed.
SCHULTZ: You bet. Happy new year to you. I want to make sure I'm not missing anything here. Dick Cheney is not a talk show host. He's not on anybody's payroll. He is the former vice president of the United States. Ron, is it reckless for him to go out and say some of the things he's saying? What good does it do, in your opinion?
CHRISTIE: I think it's very important for the American people to have a man of Dick Cheney's stature and his experience on foreign affairs and military matters to weigh in to very important issues when America is confronting a very significant and serious war on terrorism.
When you look at the former vice president's comments about the president either pretending that we're not at war or not taking the threat seriously enough, he has strong merits for his accusations. For one, Ed, for goodness sakes, how in the world would we allow terrorists, people who try to kill innocent American people, to be brought to the United States, steps away from the World Trade Center, where they can make a mockery of the American justice system.
SCHULTZ: That's an opinion. I want to focus directly on Dick Cheney here. The point is, social transformation and also restructuring American society. What does that have to do, Ron, with security? It seems like Dick Cheney is on a mission to defeat Obama at every corner. Why politicize?
I mean, if I was sitting next to you on an airplane, Ron, I think you're politically wrong and I think I'm politically correct, but I don't want you to die. I don't want to politicize the TSA or our intelligence. And it just seems to me that Dick Cheney is operating so terribly irresponsible, almost un-American. That's how I feel.
CHRISTIE: And I couldn't disagree with you more, Ed, and here is why. I was in the White House on 9/11. I was working for the vice president at the time. Our entire focus shifted from looking at domestic priorities, such as education and Social Security reform, to we need to take every step at our disposal to protect the American people against future attacks.
SCHULTZ: You don't think the president is doing that?
CHRISTIE: I think when the president of the United States allows terrorists to get Miranda rights, when he refuses to treat the recent individual, the Christmas day terrorist, would be terrorist, as a criminal, rather than as an enemy combatant and a war criminal, I think that makes the United States less safe.
SCHULTZ: OK, in the minds of who? That is due process. That's our legal system. That's the moral hype ground. That's something that the Obama administration—all along the campaign trail, he said, that's exactly what he was going to do. But the point of these constant cheap shots, and this side shooting that's taking place by Dick Cheney, from a character standpoint, it's almost as if it's hateful and it's personal.
He actually thinks that President Obama doesn't grasp the severity of what is taking place in the world, after he puts more troops in Afghanistan, after he beefs up counter-terrorism in hot spots around the world? Why politicize it, Ron? What good does that do?
CHRISTIE: First of all, I know Dick Cheney and he's a man of character. And he doesn't hate anybody. And he certainly doesn't hate President Obama. I think we all want our president to succeed. We want President Obama to succeed. I want him to succeed.
But the important thing is that the president of the United States has a constitutional responsibility to protect the American people against future attack. And when the president takes steps that I believe—don't take my word for it. Look at Joe Lieberman. When Senator Lieberman, who is the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, says that it's a terrible mistake to treat this individual as a criminal, rather than a terrorist—
SCHULTZ: That's about method. But that's about method. And to personally attack the president of the United States, it looks like he's rooting against Obama, rooting against the sitting president, who is commander in chief. Disagreeing with him is one thing, but the personal attacks—I don't' know. Where I grew up, freedom of speech is a responsibility. I don't think former Vice President Cheney is doing the country any good by constantly going out.
Ron, you've got your opinion and I've got mine. Great to have you with us.
I want to bring back Bill Press and Jonathan Alter tonight with a quick comment on all of this. Jonathan Alter, am I over-stating my position on this?
ALTER: Not a bit. We have top understand that the vice president of the United States told a big fat lie in the last week. He said that Barack Obama has not said we're at war. Obama said we're at war in his inaugural address. He's said it consistently since. The vice president knows that. He's willfully ignoring. He's not telling the truth.
Second point, the former vice president of the United States is emboldening the terrorist. I know that's a serious charge, but think what he's doing. He's saying that our president is weak, is letting down our guard. What message does that send to terrorists? Come attack us, if you will. You don't say that about the president if you're the former vice president. A talk show host, fine, say anything you want.
SCHULTZ: That's the point I was making.
ALTER: If you're the former vice president, you don't say that. That emboldens terrorists.
SCHULTZ: Bill Press, what's the proper move to handle this, if you're in the White House? What do you do to fight this back?
PRESS: I think the proper move is to absolutely call Dick Cheney on every lie that he has told. Barack Obama has done more in Pakistan, stepping up the fight against terrorism. He's done more in Yemen. Since then, he's doubled the support for Yemen. And he's also trying to get rid of some of the unnecessary aggravation by closing down Gitmo. The president is being irresponsible. He cannot be allowed to get away with it.
SCHULTZ: Gentlemen, good to have your take on this tonight. Appreciate your time again. Tonight, I asked the audience, do you think the White House should fight back harder against Dick Cheney's attacks? Ninety percent of you said yes; ten percent of you said no. I guess that means you want to hear Robert Gibbs get after it at the podium. I'm OK with that.
That's THE ED SHOW. I'm Ed Schultz. "HARDBALL" with Chris Matthews starts right now on the place for politics, MSNBC. We'll see you back here tomorrow night, 6:00 Eastern. Have a good one.
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'Why do you reckon most people go to work?" asked the woman. "Beats me," I said. "The same reason they get up in the morning, I guess, or eat low-fat spread or use dental floss, I would wager.
"You're probably right," she said with a sigh. "Only I don't feel as though I'm getting the most out of this job."
Damn right you're not. Office life, that's the biggest oxymoron in the book. They sold you a great fat lie called freedom. No company is in the business of making people happy. Any single-celled cretin knows it's dangerous to instil the workforce with confidence - it means that they stop cowering, ask questions, want a pay rise, a footstool, a comfy chair, a back massage, decent coffee and light years of paid vacation. They start to think they're running the gaff, and very soon the boss is out the door on the minimum wage and boiling up dog food for tea in a Hackney henhouse.
Believe me, offices have obliterated more spirits than any car, drug or rabid gun monger.
What? You don't believe me. Then read Michael Bracewell's Perfect Tense. All the interminable quotidian horrors of the white-collar hell are described there in pornographic detail. Walking across London Bridge in the commuter tide trying to wipe the smog and sleep from his eyes, the narrator dreams the oldest dream of all. The great escape - the saturnine office worker tells the boss he's a snake-eyed critter, walks out of the filing cabinet inferno, ditches his chinos and Burton jacket at the waterfront and breaststrokes out towards freedom, his bum cheeks shining like two giant pearls. It's enough to convince anyone with a half soul to get the hell out, and if they haven't got one already, to get a life, buy one, borrow one, burgle one from somewhere.
I'm not going to apologise for this body belch of misanthropy and ill will because for the past week I've been proofreading a plant directory. In my book, that gives me sovereign right to feel pretty damned fugged off. Catch this: 200 pages of cranes, dumper trucks, wrecking balls, skips, electronic theodolites.
"You look bored," said the head geezer. No, no, no, how wrong could he be? I looked suicidal.
This was sub-pondlife work for demented simians to wrap their hairy heads around. And what's more, crowning the duff labour was the general chirping about summer holiday heaven - Costa Rica, Cuba, Las Vegas, beloved Brighton - and this perverted collective bonhomie that would have made a mud wrestler squirm. Only in our dreams are we free, the rest of the time we need wages.


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Response to new Indian dossier next week: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said Islamabad will send its response to the sixth Indian dossier on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks next week.
Malik, who held a meeting to review the new Indian dossier, said its examination would be completed by next week and Pakistan would then send its response, Geo TV reported.
On Friday, the interior minister said that Pakistan had started the trial of the five militants arrested in connection with the attacks with transparency. The hearings would begin after Eid and are likely to be completed in two to two-and-a-half months.
He challenged India to a "debate" during the coming session of the UN General Assembly over the conduct of its probe into the November 26-29, 2008 Mumbai carnage that claimed the lives of over 170 people, including 26 foreigners.
He asked India to stop the blame game and resume talks with Pakistan.
Malik's remarks came a day after India on Thursday conveyed to the US its displeasure over Pakistan's "reluctance" to take action against militants arrested for their role in the Mumbai terror attacks and letting their suspected mastermind go free.
India's Home Minister P Chidambaram, who met Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, other government officials and key lawmakers on his second day of Washington visit Thursday, expressed displeasure over Pakistan's "reluctance to take action" against five to six militants arrested for their role in 26/11 and releasing their "mastermind" Hafiz Saeed.
Urging India not to cast doubts on Pakistan's sincerity, he said that as Pakistan respected Indian courts, India should respect Pakistan's courts as well.
About Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, Malik said he had been released by the Pakistani courts for want of evidence.


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1999 Holden Commodore Executive 3.8L Ecotec V6 from Australia and New Zealand
A comfortable and fuel economical car
Rear brake lights stopped working. The dealer said it had a broken cable, so we got that repaired for $180.
Sometimes when turning lock to lock, the steering wheel makes this whining sound, usually in the morning.
Wheels keep making a squeaking noise, found out that it was just the hub cap being loose.
A lot of water keeps dripping when opening the boot during or after a rainy day.
Some of the rubber seals between the exterior panel joints have cracks in them.
When I was parked up my driveway on a rainy day, the driveway being steep, for some reason water got through the door sill. It was probably from the wind shield installed on that side, but it's just unacceptable how water can get in so easily. There was lots getting in. Don't seem to have that problem anymore, even though nothings been done.
Build quality is alright, some of the plastics joints are separating. My first car was a Mitsubishi Sigma and the plastics in that looked more up to the job than in the commodore. The main family car, a 2000 Camry, overall feels more reliable and solidly built, but this is just a minor issue, it's not like the commodore feels like its going to fall apart.
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Overall it's a very good and reliable car, currently having no mechanical problems other than the rear brake lights.
Though there seems to be a lot of problems with the car (with all the list that I wrote), they're actually only minor problems, nothing serious. I can live with them and I would still recommend this car to a buyer.
Engine is very responsive, but sounds rough when going past 3000rpm and is let down by an automatic transmission that doesn't know which gear to choose. It sometimes makes a huge 'clunk' noise when downshifting.
Good fuel economy. I average about 11.9L/100km, that's a mix of highway and city, but more of highway.
Seats are comfortable, and the interior is huge, since I've only been in small-medium sized cars. Being a P-plater, this is an awesome car to have and has more than enough power.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
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Two Marines die in sleep, two days from being honorably discharged
Coincidence has family members stunned, awaiting investigation results
JACKSONVILLE - A Camp Lejeune Marine who survived four roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan was found dead in his sleep Sunday, days after a New River Marine also went to bed and never woke up.
L.Cpl. Charles Delbert New, 23, died in his sleep Oct. 28. The Ohio native's death came 19 days after Sgt. Randy Travis Klafert, 25, also passed away when he turned in for the night. Klafert served as a New River Cobra helicopter mechanic with Unit HMLA 167. New was based at Camp Lejeune, a Marine who joined because of 9/11, and left his family days before Christmas 2007.
Both men were scheduled to be honorably discharged two days before their deaths. In a phone interview Thursday, New's grandmother said her family is in a state of disbelief, numbed by the cruel coincidence.
"Charles was supposed to be home yesterday, it's unthinkable," said Connie Long from her Cincinnati-area home. "When we found out Sgt. Klepferd also died in his sleep, and was also due to be discharged in two days, my mind went full tilt. I don't believe in that kind of coincidence."
NCIS is now investigating both deaths. According to family members, an autopsy was performed on New Monday. A request for information on the investigation and autopsy findings was denied late Thursday.
The cause of death for Klafert has also not been publicly disclosed. Relatives of both men said neither Marine had any health issues. Long said she is skeptical the military could provide her with the closure needed to recover from her grandson's sudden death.
"In a perfect world, I would like to know that my Charles just went to sleep. And that God took him home," Long said. "I hope there was no kind of ploy, or any misrepresentation of how he died."
Klafert was the youngest of four, spending five years in the Marines. He graduated from Sardis High School in Boaz, Ala., in 2005, and served a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
New was also the youngest sibling in his family, serving two tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. New's funeral is set for Sunday, Nov. 4 at his high school auditorium in Harrison, Ohio.


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