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Guests: Howard Fineman, Michael Steele, Tyler Mathisen, Mitch Daniels, Dana Milbank, Jill Zuckman, Maria Cantwell, Susan Collins
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: The battle for Joe Sixpack.
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews up in New York tonight. Leading off
tonight: The empire strikes back. Up until now, the political campaigning
has been dominated by Republicans and their serial denunciations of
President Obama.
Well, today the Obama team hit back. Joe Biden was in campaign mode
at a UAW rally in Toledo, where he rallied blue-collar workers the
president needs. On the auto bail-out, Biden said the president was right
and the Republicans were dead wrong. And the president (sic) lampooned his
opponents as flat-earthers who dismiss any form of alternative energy.
Game on.
Plus, Mitt`s got the math, but Rick has the passion. And what in the
world is Newt up to? We`ll ask the man many Republicans had hoped would
save them from themselves, Mitch Daniels, the Indiana governor.
Also, what was once accepted by both parties has now become yet
another partisan fight, the Violence Against Women act. And Democrats
support, of course, and paint this as another example of the GOP hostility
to women. Republicans say the Democrats are playing politics.
And if there`s one thing most people know about Mitt Romney it`s that
he once took a vacation with his dog, Seamus, strapped to the roof of his
car. What is it about Romney that makes this story stick?
And "Let Me Finish" tonight with a thought about Glenn Beck.
We begin with President Obama and Vice President Biden in campaign
mode. Michael Steele was the chair of the Republican National Committee
and Howard Fineman is the editorial director of the Huffington Post media
empire. Both are MSNBC political analysts.
MATTHEWS: Thank you, Howard.
MATTHEWS: Let`s take a look right now at Joe Biden. Joe Biden`s on
fire today. The president -- the vice president was fired up in Toledo,
Ohio. He took on the Republican candidates, naming names and leveling
attacks on all their candidates. Here`s some of his speech from today.
Let`s watch.
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mitt Romney, Rick
Santorum and Newt Gingrich -- these guys have a fundamentally different
economic philosophy than we do. Simply stated, we`re about promoting the
private sector. They`re about protecting the privileged sector.
BIDEN: We are for a fair shot and a fair shake. They`re about no
rules, no risks, and no accountability.
I want to tell you what`s -- what`s real bankruptcy. The economic
theories of Gingrich, Santorum and Romney. They are bankrupt!
BIDEN: If you give any one of these guys the keys to the White House,
they will bankrupt the middle class again!
MATTHEWS: Well, let me start with Howard on this. It`s my sense now
that they`re beefing up the second half of their ticket. Biden`s on the
ticket, clearly. He made it clear today. And they want him to play the
role of Scranton-to-Oshkosh destroyer of Mitt Romney.
Well, you`re right. That`s the crescent, Chris. It goes through
Pennsylvania, through Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and so on, battleground
states where blue-collar workers, middle-class blue-collar workers are the
key, culturally conservative yet traditionally responsive to a Democratic
It`s fascinating to watch the White House try to occupy the middle
ground on private enterprise. You know, Mitt Romney is claiming that he`s
the guy who`s going to turn around the private sector because he was in the
private sector, but the White House is not going to sit back and take that
argument at face value.
They`re going to say, No, no, we actually care about the private
sector because we went in and did things like saving the auto industry.
So it`s game on in terms of who can protect the health of private
enterprise for the benefit of the working class.
MATTHEWS: Who`s more like a blue-collar worker, do you think,
Chairman Steele? Would you say Joe Biden or would you say Mitt Romney?
Who` more like one of the regular guys you might meet somewhere hanging out
with the guys.
MICHAEL STEELE, FMR. RNC CHAIR, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Oh, there`s
no -- look, there`s no doubt that Joe Biden is a regular guy in that sense.
I mean, you know, he`s a commuter. You know, he took the train to
Washington to work every day, just like a lot of commuters out there.
MATTHEWS: And he has a lunch bucket, I hear, doesn`t he?
STEELE: Oh, absolutely.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
STEELE: No, we get that. But I find it fascinating -- I totally get
all of that, but I find it fascinating that, you know, as the president
launches, you know, this harangue against the GOP team that he didn`t talk
about his signature piece of, you know, legislative success, and that`s
health care. Where`s the conversation on health care?
MATTHEWS: OK. Well...
STEELE: Where`s the...
MATTHEWS: ... let them talk. Can`t they talk about what they want to
talk? And by the way...
STEELE: Oh! OK, so...
MATTHEWS: ... when the president speaks...
STEELE: They get to talk about what they want to talk about...
STEELE: ... but we have to talk about...
MATTHEWS: No, when you get to speak...
STEELE: ... what you guys want to us talk...
MATTHEWS: ... that`s usually the way it works. Usually, when you
give a speech, you get to decide what to talk about. Let me ask you,
Michael, is it a harangue if the president gives it, but it`s a soliloquy
if Mitt Romney gives one? I mean, what`s this "harangue" talk?
STEELE: Oh, please! It`s -- look, you know, you -- the left wants to
cut it every which way in their favor. The reality of it is this. The
president`s out there campaigning. The vice president`s campaigning.
That`s great. That`s what it`s all about.
But he`s starting now because he`s getting killed because of the gas
prices. The polls are eating at his heels, and he`s trying to get in front
of that as much as he possibly can. He`s not talking about those kinds of
STEELE: His energy plan -- what energy plan? You know, it`s a bit
little here, a little bit there. There`s no consistent rollout of...
STEELE: ... what he`s going to do next. And again, he`s not talking
about the one thing that he should be talking about, the success of his
health care. Really?
MATTHEWS: OK, let`s take a look at -- let`s go back to -- (INAUDIBLE)
you want to talk about health care. We`ll have a whole night on that some
night when you`re not here.
STEELE: Some night! Yes!
MATTHEWS: Anyway, yesterday on Fox News, Romney was asked about some
of his recent gaffes having to do with his wealth. Let`s watch the
possible still front-runner of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney.
MEGYN KELLY, FOX ANCHOR: You were talking about -- people ask you
about football, you talk about how you know the NFL owners. They ask you
about NASCAR, you talk about how you know some, you know, racing owners.
You talk about Ann`s two Cadillacs. And people say, He can`t relate --
he`s so rich, he can`t relate to the rest of us. Why do you keep doing
MITT ROMNEY (R-MA), FMR. GOV., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Megyn, guess
what? I made a lot of money. I`ve been very successful. I`m not going to
apologize for that.
KELLY: You know, you`re struggling, though, with the folks who make
less than $100,000, even in the states...
ROMNEY: No. No.
KELLY: ... you`ve won, you`ve struggled with them.
ROMNEY: No. No. No. Let me tell you...
KELLY: In Ohio?
ROMNEY: We -- we -- we -- we -- you don`t win a million more votes
than anyone else in this race by just appealing to high-income Americans.
MATTHEWS: Was that Megyn or was that me, Howard? I thought -- it
doesn`t look like me, but it sounded like me. I mean, she`s the litigator.
I know she`s an attorney. She was really sticking it to him there on those
points. Like, why does he keep losing -- we saw the numbers coming out of
Alabama and Mississippi. He gets killed among below $50K, below $100K. He
is the elite candidate economically, just by the numbers.
FINEMAN: Well, I thought Megyn Kelly did a good job, but I was more
interested in Romney`s answers. They were terrible. You don`t say, Hey, I
made a lot of money.
FINEMAN: I mean, that just doesn`t really -- it`s not really the way
to do it, I don`t think.
What he needs to say is, Look, I understand the private sector. I
want everybody to have a chance. We`re in a battle to save the private
economy of America from overregulation, from too much government, whatever
you want, find ways to illustrate it, find ways to make it exciting. The
battle to save private enterprise -- make it exciting.
The Romney campaign has completely failed at what it should be
strongest at, which is thinking up ways to sell Mitt Romney as a true
defender of working people because he wants to save the private economy.
Instead, Mitt Romney just waves his hand and say, Hey, guess what? I made
a lot of money. Doesn`t work.
MATTHEWS: Let`s take a look at...
FINEMAN: Doesn`t work.
MATTHEWS: Let`s take a look at what Joe Biden said about Romney.
Let`s hear a little more from him. I know that Michael wants to hear it
from Toledo. Here`s the vice president.
STEELE: I can`t wait!
BIDEN: Governor Romney was more direct. Let Detroit go bankrupt.
BIDEN: He said that. He said that what we proposed, and I quote, "is
even worse than bankruptcy," end of quote. He said it would make GM,
quote, "the living dead."
The guy I work with every day, the president, he didn`t flinch. This
is a man with steel in his spine. He knew that -- he knew that
resurrecting the industry wasn`t going to be popular. He wasn`t going to
give up on a million jobs in the iconic industry America invented.
He made the tough call, and the verdict is in! President Obama was
right, and they were dead wrong!
MATTHEWS: So bin Laden`s dead and GE is alive -- I mean, GM`s alive.
STEELE: Oh, yes.
MATTHEWS: GE`s alive, too, I must say.
STEELE: Look, GM is...
MATTHEWS: How do you handle those facts on the ground?
STEELE: You handle the facts with the facts. And the fact of the
matter is that that was the easy call to make. The tougher call was
letting the market actually do what markets are supposed to do and pick the
winners and losers, instead of the -- instead of the government coming in
and taking 30 percent of a private company, kicking the bondholders out,
and having them lose their hard-earned investments...
MATTHEWS: Is that the fall pitch?
STEELE: No, it`s not the pitch, but it`s the facts! You don`t want
to hear it. You don`t want to deal with the facts. Just like health care.
You want to have a special program when I`m not here! So I got to get it
in now.
MATTHEWS: I know. Well, you`re doing that.
STEELE: And the other point -- the other point, Chris, is that...
MATTHEWS: Did you see "Batman," when the guy kept coming in from the
other channel, interrupting life there, the Joker?
MATTHEWS: Let`s just stay on the subject. There was some big news
today, Michael. We`re trying to cover it. The vice president gave a big
speech in Toledo.
STEELE: Yes, and...
MATTHEWS: The president made a big speech on energy. I want to cover
these facts.
STEELE: But what -- but what -- but what did he say? He said the
same old stuff. He`s not -- I mean, what is the plan? We don`t know what
the plan is. It`s great to harangue -- I`ll use the word again -- against
Mitt Romney and others, but the fact is, what are you going to do now to
move this economy forward?
How are you going to sustain these jobs? How do you get the
government out of owning 27 percent of GM right now? What`s the plan
forward? There`s no talking about that!
MATTHEWS: OK, well, here`s the president. Perhaps you`ll get to your
topic. Like Joe Biden, President Obama`s in campaign mode today, accusing
his Republican opponents of being stuck in the past on the issue of new
sources of energy, like wind and solar power.
The president had some fun at the Republicans` expense today. Let`s
listen to him.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Lately, we`ve heard a
lot of professional politicians, a lot of the folks who are, you know,
running for a certain office...
OBAMA: ... who shall go unnamed...
OBAMA: They`ve been talking down new sources of energy. If some of
these folks were around when Columbus set sail -- they must have been
founding members of the Flat Earth Society. They would not have believed
that the world was round.
They probably would have agreed with one of the pioneers of the radio
who said television won`t last. It`s a flash in the pan.
MATTHEWS: Well, what do you think of that, now, Howard? Let`s talk
about -- let`s go on to Santorum now. It seems to me that Santorum`s
running a really tough race out in Illinois because he`s up against that
Restore Our Future money, that he super-PAC which is loyal to Mitt Romney.
The latest number, that super-PAC spending about $3.3 million just in
Illinois. This is astounding money. I mean, he`s been doing -- he dropped
over $2 million down in Alabama and Mississippi. There he is doing it
again. His PAC is doing it. In all fairness, it`s probably very much in
league with him in terms of purpose, getting him elected -- totally
So here we have a Republican Party with one guy, Santorum, selling the
hard right, the Tea Party and cultural right, doing the best he can against
money coming at him when the money`s totally negative. Just -- there isn`t
really a Romney argument out there. It`s just Santorum and then this
Dresden bombing, the carpet bombing that never stops.
FINEMAN: Well, I think if you look at the Romney campaign from the
beginning, it`s always been about that. I think to some extent, he and his
people don`t have faith in Romney`s own ability to make a case, to make a
positive case.
As I say, there is a message in there and it`s about how Mitt Romney
can save the economy because he knows private enterprise. But they`ve done
a terrible job of illustrating it and making it dramatic and figuring out
ways to make Romney personally identify with it. It just -- it just hasn`t
So instead, they follow the natural instinct of most political
consultants, which is to go negative early and often and at all times.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: That`s what they`re doing. That`s what they`ve done from
the beginning and that`s what they will do -- if Romney`s the candidate in
the fall, it will be a 9-to-1 negative campaign, very little positive.
It`ll be all attack on the president.
And that`s why the president and his people felt they had to start
getting out there now. They`d set mid-March as the time they were going to
start campaigning, and they`re starting to campaign, even though there`s no
nominee yet.
MATTHEWS: Well, it`s the Ides of March. Michael Steele, last word on
this. What...
STEELE: No, I...
MATTHEWS: Do you think Romney`s going to keep this up, just go
negative on this guy until he croaks him?
STEELE: I think Howard`s right about that part of it. It`s certainly
part of the game plan.
But just two quick things. The president is going out there
campaigning now and it`s because he`s getting hurt politically by the
numbers on gas prices.
MATTHEWS: Right.
STEELE: Number two, Romney is damned if he does and damned if he
doesn`t. You know, you`re telling him he`s got to go out there and be
direct, and when he is, people are saying, Why are you so direct? So he`s
got to figure out and be comfortable with himself and just do his thing and
work his way through this nomination process. The other two guys aren`t
going away. This is going to be a slog, as you know, Chris.
STEELE: And we are just batting down for it and just working out...
MATTHEWS: Well, we like a good fight here at HARDBALL. And we`re
hoping for a real good fight in Illinois. I`m hoping Santorum can hold his
own and be -- I want a really good fight come Tuesday night out there. It
looks to me like it`s coming.
Michael Steele, thank you, Howard Fineman.
Coming up, the man many Republicans hoped would have saved them from
themselves, if you will, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels. There he is. He
joins us next.
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MATTHEWS: We`ve got new poll numbers now on the potential November
election matchups. Let`s go to the HARDBALL "Scoreboard."
According to a new Fox News poll, President Obama is leading all of
his Republican rivals. Now he`s over 4 over Mitt Romney, 46-42. Against
Santorum, the president`s lead is 12, 51-39. He leads Ron Paul by the same
margin, 12 points, 50 to 38 in that case.
And his widest lead is against Gingrich, no surprise there because
Gingrich is out of this, 53 to 35, 18-point spread, as if it matters,
between the president -- which pretty much destroys Newt`s case that the
Republican Party would ever turn to him in any kind of convention.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. We got a great guest now. The
Republican presidential field has now basically come down to two men, I
think, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, neither of whom is lighting a fire
among Republican voters. Many Republicans have been pining for someone
else, anyone else, a real movement conservative, perhaps, who could also
beat President Obama in November. They want a winner who believes.
Among the candidates they wish they had jumped in -- or had jumped
into the race was Mitch Daniels, who speaks to us now from Indiana. He`s,
of course, author of "Keeping the Republic." And he`s also governor of
Indiana, and in the past, long ago -- he`s like me -- he was a staff guy
before he became a principal.
I have to tell you I was impressed -- others of my colleagues were
not, but I was very impressed that when you gave the Republican response to
the president this year, the State of the Union, you were one who put cards
on the table. Of all the -- in neither party, except for you -- you were
out there talking about means testing some of these entitlement programs,
for the very wealthy -- in other words, making the kind of rational
decisions we have to make as part of any grand bargain.
Did you take heat for sticking your neck out in that regard, Governor?
GOV. MITCH DANIELS (R), INDIANA: Don`t think so, Chris. I got an
awful lot of very nice feedback for that. I told the leaders of our party,
when they asked me to make the speech, that, number one, I wasn`t much into
red meat, try to be more constructive than that.
And number two, that they knew what I thought about these things and I
would -- left to my own devices, I would be specific in a way I think our
party has a duty to be. They said, Go ahead, and I did. As far as I know,
they were pleased. And those I heard from were.
MATTHEWS: The one thing -- I mean, I`m not a Republican, but the one
thing that`s united Republicans, center, left and far right, is an absolute
belief in cutting government spending. There`s a real commonality. Forget
the cultural issues for a moment and the foreign policy issues, which
aren`t that salient right now -- a real belief that government spends too
much money and the long-term debt`s a real, real threat to our country.
And yet the two candidates now standing at the top of the fight coming
into Illinois are Santorum, who really focuses on the cultural issues -- he
really does -- and Mitt, who`s not really credible because he is a former
moderate governor of Massachusetts, who really was pretty much a moderate
Republican. He wasn`t a fiscal -- a hard-liner, a fiscal hawk.
You, on the other hand, are the real thing. Isn`t it odd that the
party`s not picking the one thing they all agree on in a candidate?
DANIELS: Well, I hope we ultimately will. I do think for the moment,
it`s a little disappointing that folks aren`t thinking a little bigger,
having a little more confidence in the American people that we can level
with them about the dangers we`re facing and about the practical steps we
really have to take if we want this -- want to fight our way through this
thing, not have a bad ending.
I think they`re being too timid, honestly. The president`s left the
field wide open. He`s AWOL on the biggest danger to our country.
He gives us 70-some minute State of the Union speech, Chris, and never
mentioned the debt.
I said to somebody...
MATTHEWS: I can argue with you on that, because there was an attempt
last year from him to go at it, and your candidates, all of them said they
wouldn`t even accept a 10-1 deal.
Now, you know no Democrat can go to the table and say I`m going to the
table, but I`m not even going to get $1 for the $10 I`m cutting in spending
in taxes. You know no Democrat can sign a deal. You have to come to the
table with a reasonable compromise, some kind of debt reduction which
includes some kind of revenues and a lot of spending cuts. But you need
both ingredients. And your party said no deal on taxes.
DANIELS: I would be happy to tell you that I would have raised my
hand, or maybe not raised, whatever the signal was, to say tell me more
about that 10-1 business.
And I wish at least one of our candidates had taken that route. But,
look, you can`t let the president off the hook. He`s proposing budgets
that make it far worse. He commissioned and then totally ignored the
Bowles-Simpson commission, which made a pretty constructive suggestion,
along the lines you just outlined.
No, he`s basically the candidate of national bankruptcy. So the door
is wide open on our side. I agree with you that our candidates have yet to
really fully take up the duty.
MATTHEWS: Well, you know -- well, since we`re getting political, now
I will make the argument from the other side. The president said that
Simpson-Bowles, although it has a hell of a lot of good stuff in it -- and
Durbin had the guts to support it and some other people stuck their neck
out for it -- it did call for an equal taxation of capital gains and
regular income.
How many Republicans are going to go along with something like that in
the end?
DANIELS: I don`t know, but there was a lot in there that no Democrat
presently is prepared to say they are for. And so it would have been an
interesting starting point. And it was I thought incredibly disappointing
that the president, who set them the sail, then turned his back on them
when they came back with a pretty decent report.
MATTHEWS: Well, my daughter worked on that report. So of course I`m
with you.
By the way, I do -- in all seriousness, I do think it was a chance
where he would have had a lot of cover if he had gotten -- by the way, some
good people were for that on both sides. Coburn was there and so was
Let me ask you about Newt Gingrich in this race. Do you think it is
good for the party to have a three-way when it really should come down to a
two-way at some point sooner or later?
DANIELS: It`s not for me to say. These guys have poured an
incredible amount into this. They all believe in what they are doing and
what they are advocating. It`s not for me or frankly for anybody else to
tell them to get out.
MATTHEWS: Do you think if somebody doesn`t get a majority of the
delegates before the convention, that there should be a real debate at the
convention as to who the -- should it start over again, in other words?
Should there be a real brokered convention?
If nobody has the majority, should there be a brokered convention
where you really do look at outside possibilities?
DANIELS: Whatever it is, it wouldn`t be brokered because there really
any brokers around. What you would have there...
MATTHEWS: Well, on the second ballot, there would be.
DANIELS: Well, you would have a lot of very willful people who sought
to be delegates and have their own points of view. It would be a wide-open
convention. We have not seen one, Chris. I don`t know what it would look
I don`t know if it would come out well or poorly for the party. I
don`t think it`s very likely, for all the reasons that -- about which
you`re more expert than I am.
MATTHEWS: Well, I`m not more expert than you because you`re elected.
But let me ask you about the whole ticket. Can Romney beat Obama?
DANIELS: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Can Santorum do it?
DANIELS: I think anybody can do.
MATTHEWS: Can Santorum?
DANIELS: It depends on the campaign they run, entirely on that.
Of course a lot of Republicans are restless right now. In my
frivolous moments, I will say the following. Given this economy, which is
very weak no matter what they say, you have record low percentage people of
working today. It`s the weakest recovery we have ever seen from a
recession like this.
Add on gas prices, add on the mounting debt, add on Obamacare, which
fewer and fewer people like, I always say it would be really hard to lose
an election to President Obama. But we have got just the team that could
do it. And...
MATTHEWS: Yes. Did you see the poll numbers I just gave you? He is
ahead, Obama is ahead substantially.
DANIELS: Yes. Well, I don`t think these things mean much of anything
right now. Chris, they change by next week.
I think it depends entirely -- it`s not so much a question of the who
we nominate as the what. What is it that we offer America? Do we have the
confidence in the American people to say, listen, we are facing a truly
serious problem? It`s not a philosophical problem.
MATTHEWS: I know.
DANIELS: It`s all arithmetic. And there are things we can do that
really won`t hurt anybody. In fact, they will spare us a lot of pain and
here they are.
MATTHEWS: Let me give you two statistics you don`t need help with,
because you know more about politics than I do. You have been elected.
More than men, women count in these elections. The Republican Party
is getting some bad P.R. on that lately, somewhat because of Rush Limbaugh
and somewhat because of the Blunt amendment going after the contraception
issue. A lot of women take umbrage at that. They say why are the men
telling us what to do? You have got 10 percent now for the first time ever
of the electoral this coming November who will be Hispanic in background.
Mitt Romney has just gotten so far right on that issue in terms of
self-deportation he`s talking about. Are you guys blowing a lot of numbers
there you shouldn`t be with women and Hispanics?
DANIELS: Yes, potentially.
Let me just take the first one. I wish our teammates -- my teammates
would stop taking the bait. They didn`t bring up this whole contraception,
morning-after issue. The president did by what I believe was a very
radical trespass of freedom, the action that his department suddenly sprung
on us all.
And the argument should not have been over -- it was incidental that
it happened to do with contraception. The argument should have been,
what`s the federal government, where do they get off telling people what
they will provide?
The fact that something is a right doesn`t mean that my neighbor
should have to pay for it for me. I have a right to own a gun, but I don`t
expect somebody else to buy me one or be made to by the government. And I
think, honestly, my teammates were trying to talk about the big issues on
the day that happened.
MATTHEWS: You know, Women don`t take it that way. You look at the
polls, Governor, what women take it as is your party is telling them
whether they should get financial help to pay for birth control, which,
obviously, men and women are both concerned with. But women say this is a
really invasive thing to be told by men in politics you can`t have this
covered, where other things are covered as part of your health care.
We`re just -- why did they -- you know, you know the issue.
DANIELS: Chris, I`m not disagreeing with you. Just as I think some
of my friends here are pretty clumsy when it comes to connecting with
average people, something that`s not hard to do if you like folks and work
at it -- and some of us do.
They are also very clumsy about issues like this. The invasion here
was the invasion of people`s rights by the federal government.
DANIELS: The right answer would have been, what`s next, health club
MATTHEWS: OK. We have to go. We`re late.
Governor, the only thing I can tell you is that Rick Santorum said at
the beginning of this campaign last fall he wanted to bring up
contraception as a major issue. He thought it was an evil in our society
and wanted to talk about it seriously. So it wasn`t just the left. But
you have got a point in terms of the bill.
Thank you very much, Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana.
I know -- I really respect what you`re trying to do fiscally.
Up next: Newt Gingrich doesn`t have much rationale for staying in the
race, does he? And now Jon Stewart is picking apart whatever case he has.
That`s coming up on the show where Newt belongs right now, in the
You`re watching HARDBALL on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. And now for the "Sideshow."
First up, Southern strategy. Newt Gingrich lost two primaries in his
backyard this week, and since then he`s been ignoring calls from his own
party to get out of the race. Newt has got his own rationale for staying
in. And here`s the reaction from the folks at "The Daily Show" last night.
Let`s watch.
JON STEWART, HOST, "THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART": Rick Santorum
won Alabama and Mississippi, and Mitt Romney won Hawaii and American Samoa.
Here`s a little mnemonic device to help you remember. Places you can
get to in a Winnebago go to Santorum.
STEWART: Places that require a jet or a yacht go to Romney.
STEWART: Why won`t Gingrich quit? Because, if you think about it,
he`s actually kind of winning.
NEWT GINGRICH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Between Santorum and
myself, we will get over two-thirds of the delegates.
STEWART: Right, but you don`t get to add Santorum`s stuff to yours to
make it sound impressive.
That`s like me saying, you know, between me and LeBron James last
night, we scored 36 points.
STEWART: That`s not your total.
MATTHEWS: Well, didn`t Gingrich have the same argument as the people
calling for him to drop out, that as long as he and Santorum split the more
conservative vote, this is Romney`s game?
Anyway, up next, there`s a big fight up on Capitol Hill coming now.
It`s on renewing the Violent Against Women Act -- the Violence Against
Women Act. Democrats are painting Republicans` resistance to the bill as
another example of hostility towards women. But Republicans say Democrats
are just playing politics with this. And that`s ahead.
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SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D), MINNESOTA: More than one in three women in
the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by
an intimate partner in their lifetime. And every year, close to 17,000
people lose their lives to domestic violence. So, once again, this is not
just a family matter. This is a matter of life and death.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back.
That was Minnesota Senator -- Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar on the
Senate floor just a few hours ago pushing the case to reauthorize the
Violence Again Women Act. It`s an historically bipartisan bill, but many
Republicans are upset now that the new version of the bill includes
provisions they have problems with. And they question the motives of
Democrats who are pushing for a quick vote.
We will have two senators who support the legislation joining us
tonight, a Republican and a Democrat.
We begin with Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat.
Senator, thank you for coming on tonight.
SEN. MARIA CANTWELL (D), WASHINGTON: Good evening.
MATTHEWS: What`s the fight over here on this? Why isn`t this bill,
which has passed before, zooming through, especially in this particular
political environment?
CANTWELL: That`s what women want to know. They want to know how
something that`s been so bipartisan in the past, the Violence Against Women
Act, that`s usually passed with great bipartisan support, may not meet its
deadline for being reauthorized.
So, after the debate on Planned Parenthood, after the debate on the
Blunt amendment, you bet women are saying, what`s going on?
MATTHEWS: Well, let`s take a look. Here`s one of your colleagues on
the other side, Jeff Sessions. He`s a member of the Judiciary Committee, a
Republican. He`s against the new version of the bill.
He told "The New York Times" -- quote -- "I favor the Violence Against
Women Act and have supported it at various points over the years. But
there are matters put on that bill that almost seem to invite opposition.
You think that`s possible? You think they might have put things in there
we couldn`t support, that maybe they could accuse you of not being
supportive of fighting violence against women?"
Well, he`s accusing you of putting stuff in the bill which is
purposely put in there as a poison pill, so you people will -- well, they
will vote against it. They`re -- I totally misstated that. He`s accusing
the Democrats of writing a bill Republicans can`t sign on to.
CANTWELL: No, listen, there are provisions in here that are part of
this legislation from previous reauthorizations, these issues about making
sure women are in the country get protected so they can be part of the
prosecution`s case against domestic violence. That`s not something new.
That`s been in the legislation since 2004. So the real issue here is,
if we want to move forward and get this done by reauthorize, bring it up on
the floor, and if people have opposition, they can express their
opposition. But let`s make sure we get it done so law enforcement has a
tool, because this is -- we have so many women impacted by this, over a
million women a year. Let`s make sure law enforcement has the tools they
MATTHEWS: Has there been fraud in the case of the visa aspect of
this, the immigration aspect of the bill?
CANTWELL: I have looked at the statistics, and they have denied cases
of giving people visas. And, certainly, I think that there are protections
in place.
And let`s not forget some of these cases -- and the case of my state
of Washington, these were women who were brought into the country on male-
order bride organizations...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CANTWELL: ... and then basically find out that the person that
brought them into the country for some grand idea of marriage turned out to
be -- in one case, the woman was killed.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CANTWELL: So these are protections for prosecution to give these
women who are victims the ability to testify in court and to make sure that
they are there, as opposed to just letting the violence continue.
MATTHEWS: So it does involve human trafficking, this part of the
bill? That`s terrible stuff.
CANTWELL: Right. And you`re bringing up another point. There`s
another bill that is caught in the same debate on human trafficking. And
we want to see that bill moved too.
MATTHEWS: Thank you. Here`s something by the way, I want to thank
you very much. We`re going to have another senator on. I want to thank
you very much, Senator Cantwell, from Washington state.
CANTWELL: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Susan Collins is a Republican from Maine, of course, and a
cosponsor of the bill.
Welcome, Susan. Thank you, Senator, for coming on.
What do you make of the fight between the two parties on this? I
know you`re with the majority who wanted to pass this bill? But what`s the
Republican opposition about?
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R), MAINE: Well, first of all, I can`t believe
that this issue is being used as a political football. It`s extremely
important that we extend this law. And look at how this bill began, Chris.
Originally, it was introduced by a Democratic senator, a liberal senator,
Senator Leahy from Vermont, and a conservative Republican, Mike Crapo, from
So how did this bill, which had such widespread, broad support end up
being a political football? It`s really totally unacceptable.
MATTHEWS: Well, who is playing politics here? Who`s playing
politics -- Democrats or Republicans?
COLLINS: Well, I have to say I truly think the Democrats are. And I
say that as a supporter of the bill. As someone who represents a state
where more than 50 percent of the murders every year are due to domestic
violence. But this bill started out in a bipartisan way and it doesn`t
make sense for Republicans to be opposing the violence against women act
and they are not.
The bill has some controversial provisions in it. We should have a
free and fair and open debate on the Senate floor and get the law extended.
MATTHEWS: I want you to respond to something here that was on
"Politico" today, on Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer`s motives in this
fight. Quote, "New York Senator Chuck Schumer believes he`s found a
political weapon in the unlikeliest of the places: the Violence Against
Women Act. Republicans have objections, but instead of making changes,
Schumer wants to fast track the bill to the floor and let the GOP block it.
Then allow Democrats to accuse Republicans of waging a war against women."
Your reaction?
COLLINS: Well, unfortunately, while I can`t speak for Senator
Schumer`s motives, that certainly seems to be what`s happening. I think
that`s a real shame because this bill matters. It matters not only to
women, but to children and to men who are being battered. If you read
Scott Brown`s book, for example, you know there are people growing up in
terribly abusive households. So, it is important that e we extend these
programs that are so helpful to so many.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you so much, Maine Senator Susan Collins.
Up next, you probably know Mitt Romney once strapped his dog to the
roof of his car for a family vacation up to Canada. What does it say about
Mitt? This story just won`t go away.
This is one of the iconic stories of this man`s life. This is going
to be in his obit, this crazy story. But it happened.
And this is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: B-Rod is behind bars right now. Former Illinois Governor
Rod Blagojevich checked in to a minimum security federal prison in Colorado
today to start serving his 14-year sentence on corruption charges, 14
years. Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts including charges he tried
to sell the Senate seat once held by President Obama.
Before he left his Chicago home this morning, B-Rod told reporters --
supporters, rather, going to prison is the hardest thing he`s ever had to
do, but he leaves with a clear conscience, he says, and high hopes for the
future. Those were his words.
We`ll be right back.
JOE BRABENDER, SANTORUM CAMPAIGN: Look, I`ll be honest with you.
The question, I sit there like every other American and say, what the heck
was he thinking putting the dog on the top of the roof?
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That`s a Santorum strategist John Brabender today, doubling down on
his earlier comments that Mitt Romney`s judgment is questionable because he
took a 12-hour car trip with the family dog Seamus tied to the roof in a
Well, the politics of the Seamus story made the front page of today`s
"Washington Post," and Gingrich hit Romney on the dog issue in an ad which
actually was released before the South Carolina primary. Here it goes.
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS: I have a yellow Lab named Winston. I would
no sooner put him in a kennel on the roof of my car than I would want one
of my children. Question: What were you thinking?
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This was an airtight
kennel, mounted on the top of our car. He climbed up there regularly.
Enjoyed himself. He was in a kennel at home a great deal of time as well.
We loved the dog. It was where he was comfortable.
We had five kids inside the car. And my guess is he liked it better
in the kennel than he would have liked it inside.
Who let the dogs out? Who, who?
MATTHEWS: Well, you got to wonder about who wants to be in an
airtight anything, by the way, and how do you know a dog is comfortable?
Anyway, the Web site Dogs Against Romney sell bumper stickers that
say "I Ride Inside." And t-shirts that say, "Dog Aren`t Luggage."
But here`s the number that may cost Romney politically: 43 million
U.S. households no surprise here that`s 43 million household own dogs in
America. That`s 37 percent of the U.S. households in the country. How
would those voters going to feel about Romney putting Seamus up on the
Dana Milbank is a "Washington Post" columnist and Jill Zuckman is a
public relations strategist.
Dana, this thing seems to have no -- what do you call the thing when
you can outlive it? Statute of limitation. This one`s over 30 years old,
this guy. He must be thinking, I can`t even remember putting the dog up in
that crate on the roof, and then when it got diarrhea, and it has to hose
down the roof, and it was one of his kids, Tagg, who put the story out in
the first place.
Dana, this thing -- this story has legs.
DANA MILBANK, WASHINGTON POST: Yes, four legs. And I think this is
going to hound Mr. Romney, so to speak, for some --
MATTHEWS: Are we barking up the wrong tree here, or what?
MILBANK: And we`re just giving him rough treatment this evening.
But I am one of those households that has a dog. In fact, my Goldendoodle
is in the control room right now and is a dog against Romney.
MATTHEWS: Is he or she offended by this treatment, have you checked?
MILBANK: Deeply offended by it. But what you have to understand is,
you know, a lot of people in America treat their dogs as if they`re there
children. There are even seat belts in cars now for dogs. You can get the
special equipment for them.
So, it`s a -- I mean, a lot of people laugh about it, but it`s not
only that large number who have dogs now, a large number have had dogs
before. And they`re going to look at this and say, that`s just weird.
That`s something alien that I can`t understand.
And so, it so goes beyond the whole canine world to say, this guy is
a little bit different from a normal person.
MATTHEWS: Well, follow-up on this, Jill. I want you to follow this.
Back in December, a "Wall Street Journal" reporter asked Romney to
give him his side of the Seamus story. I want you to listen to his
reaction. Let`s listen.
ROMNEY: Love my dog.
REPORTER: That`s it?
ROMNEY: That`s all I`ve got for you. Please, I`ve had a lot of dogs
and love them and care for them very deeply.
MATTHEWS: I don`t even know about that, have had a lot of dogs.
It`s not numerical. It`s about loving one of them.
You know, Jill, people talk to their dogs all the time. There is a
relationship. What`s this guy going to suffer for this, as this gets
around again?
JILL ZUCKMAN, PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIST: Well, this is not going
away, Chris. I mean, it`s not the kind of thing you go out and have a
press conference about, to try to answer all the dog questions, to make it
go away. I mean, it`s just going to be there. And it reminds me a lot of
when John Kerry went wind surfing at Nantucket during the 2004 campaign.
It wasn`t something that you could make it go away, really. It just dogged
him for the rest of the campaign. And it fed into an idea about him.
MATTHEWS: Well, it`s dogging him, it`s got legs.
Watch this. Here`s the Seamus story being covered by David
Letterman. It`s turned into a recurring bit. Let`s listen.
DAVID LETTERMAN, THE LATE SHOW: We have a brand-new segment tonight,
ladies and gentlemen. It`s entitled, "What`s Mitt Romney`s dog tied to
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The St. Louis arch!
MATTHEWS: Well, he`s not going to shake this story. Dana, you`re
the expert at satire, you know? You`re the new guy on the block in terms
of that kind of stuff. And I just want to ask you this. Is this going to
be like the story that got Roosevelt elected for the fourth term? Is this
going to be Nixon`s dog checkers that got him through the scandal in 1952?
Is this going to be LBJ holding up his poodle by the ears? I mean, what is
this? His beagle, rather.
MILBANK: But that`s the problem, it`s sort of the reverse checkers
now. And, of course, you`ve got this extremely well-treated dog in the
White House right now, who travels on Air Force One. In fact, when the dog
soiled the carpet of Air Force One, the entire carpeting of the aircraft
had to be replaced. So you see, there`s some disparity in treatment here.
ZUCKMAN: As opposed to the dog being replaced.
MATTHEWS: Well, here`s the White House doing it. Let`s listen. A
recurring bit here.
Campaign strategist David Axelrod actually tweeted this picture of
President Obama and his dog, Bo, riding together inside a car with the
message, "How loving owners transport their dogs." so they`re playing the
angle from the other side. And the Obama campaign is recruiting, quote,
"pet lovers for Obama," with advertisements like this.
So this is going to go on and this is real.
Jill Zuckman, giving it a lot of thought. We want to know how you do
the damage control here.
Dana, as always, food for thought.
When we return, "Let Me Finish" with the dishonesty, I got to call it
that, or whatever you want to call it, of Glenn Beck.
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with this:
Glenn Beck is a nincompoop. I talked the other night about the
Catholic as well as the Mormon religion being viewed as cults in the South.
I talked about the fact that many who hold this view are voting for Mitt
Romney because they view President Obama as a Muslim.
Beck, either out of stupidity, hardness of hearing, or malice, said
that I was calling my religion and the Mormon religion a cult. I make
Beck`s dishonesty a matter of record, because sometimes people hear
something from even someone like Beck and take it as having an element of
Well, everyone who watches me says I`ve never said a word critical of
the LDS religion or my own. I`ve taken on members of the religions and
will continue to do so.
Beck is out there saying something absurd, that I don`t believe in my
own religion? He`s saying something about me that I resent more than I`ve
ever said anything about the Mormon faith. The fact is I owe my start in
politics to a couple of wonderful people of that faith.
When I first got back from the Peace Corps in Africa, I went knocking
on doors looking for a job on Capitol Hill. I wanted to work for a
senator, congressman and get started as my career in a speechwriter and
legislative assistant. The young guy who hired me and really changed my
life was Wayne Owens, the top aide to Utah Senator Frank Moss.
Wayne had been a top campaign worker for Bobby Kennedy in his
campaign for president. He later became Senator Ted Kennedy`s top floor
assistant when Kennedy was a member of the Senate leadership. Later,
Senator Moss got me a job on the United States Senate Budget Committee,
when it was first created. He made a call that got me on the job when it
mattered the most. We stayed friends for the rest of our lives.
Why would Glenn Beck go on the radio and rye to say something about
me that is so patently untrue? Good question.
I hope he corrects it. If he listens to my words at least one more
time, he should discern that I was not knocking his religion. I was
knocking the bigotry against both his religion and mine.
I assume the people watching knew that because they know me. I go by
the voting patterns which I see right there in the polls. And the sad fact
is, there are a lot of voters out there, especially in the South, with
views about the candidates` religions, which is just as I described it.
And that`s HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
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Rediscovered Species
The Sri Lankan toad species Adenomus kandianus was until recently known only from one late 19th Century record, and the lack of further sightings led to this species being labelled as Extinct. However, in 2009 this species was rediscovered in cloud forest in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary in Central Province, Sri Lanka. While it is possible that this toad has a more widespread occurrence, it is so far only known from a single site in an area of 200 m². There is a continuing decline of its natural habitat in this area due to illegal gem mining, conversion of forest to tea plantations, and pollution from a very high volume of religious pilgrimage. This species has therefore been assessed as Critically Endangered.
Holdridge's Toad (Incilius holdridgei) was once common in appropriate habitat (with 2,765 males seen visiting two pools in an eight-day period in 1975) but in 2008 it was declared Extinct, having not been seen since 1986 despite intensive searches. This Costa Rican endemic was then rediscovered in 2009 at two nearby sites – adults, juveniles, and tadpoles were all present but extensive searching has revealed less than five adult toads, suggesting a total population of fewer than 50 adults. This species is therefore assessed as Critically Endangered. Although it has not been proven, the main cause of the population decline is thought to be chytridiomycosis, perhaps in combination with the effects of climate change.
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Widespread but relatively rare throughout the Indo-Pacific, the Spiny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix), previously Data Deficient, has been reassessed as Vulnerable. A population decline of at least 30% over the last 10–15 years is suspected, and these declines are expected to continue into the future. As well as targeted fishing for the aquarium and traditional medicine trades, there are also concerns about habitat destruction and capture of seahorses as bycatch throughout the species' range.
The Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) was previously assessed as Endangered, but is now Near Threatened thanks to a genuine improvement in its situation. This northern Pacific species has two subspecies, one of which experienced a dramatic and unexplained population decline between the late 1970s and 1990. This downward trend has recently started to turn around. Meanwhile, the population of the second subspecies has been steadily increasing since 1979, and so the species as a whole has only declined by 28% over the last three generations, with the population currently increasing.
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To the collection of quotations that have been blogged herein about not participating in voting for the warden of your penitentiary, let me add the following:
From H.L. Mencken: "Tomorrow the dirty job. I shall be on my knees all night, praying for strength to vote for Gamaliel [Harding]. What ass first loosed the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege?"
And this, from Henry Miller: "If someone asks you to vote for him at the next election, ask him, I beg you, what he can do for you that you cannot do yourself. Ask him whom he is voting for. If he tells you the truth, then go to the polls and vote for yourself. . . . Does the man who asks for your vote find you your job, does he provide your family with food and shelter, does he put clothes on your back, does he provide the education you need . . . does he even bother to see that you get a decent burial? The only time he is concerned about you is when you can make money for him. No matter how little you make he wants part of it. . . . From childhood you were taught that it is right and just to delegate your powers to someone else. You never questioned it because everything you are taught in school has one purpose: the glorification of your country. Somehow, though it is your country, you seem to have no part in it until the time comes to surrender your life."
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Tales from our resident bartender.
About the Author: You may have seen Michael Neff behind the bar at New York's Ward III and The Rum House. He stops by on Wednesdays to share insights on cocktails and the life of a barman.
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Great bartenders are born, not made. If you walk through a crowd, you can pretty much point to people who could succeed at this job, based on how they carry themselves and how they relate to other people. The basic skills of the job can be taught, and the nuts and bolts of our job do not require an advanced degree, but a truly great bartender has the natural compulsion to anticipate the smallest details, and the training required to ensure each one is executed correctly.
Bartenders have no adjudicating body that can tell us all the right and wrong way of executing our jobs. Every bar is different, just as every person is different, and it is impossible to devise a system that works for all the various bars in the world, the hordes of people who work them, and the throngs of those who drink there.
There have been some great bartenders who have laid down general guidelines for how to tend bar (Dale Degroff's 5 Commandments for Bartenders comes to mind), but it is difficult to find a detailed, specific list of how bartenders should act. What makes a good bartender? What about a bad one? What does a good bartender do...and what don't they do?
As I train bartenders for my bar, I try to pass along these 20 rules. Do you have any to add?
- Do everything you can to make your guests happy within the boundaries you have been given.
- It's not your party. It's not your booze. It's not your bar.
- You are on stage and people are watching you. Act accordingly. If you are not comfortable with this, find another job.
- Sleeping with your customers is a great way to lose money.
- Know what you serve and why. If you work at a beer bar, make sure you know about beer. If you're new and uneducated, pick a few that you can get to know well, and start from there.
- Learn how to make cocktails. Practice the details.
- Cash-handling is king. Neat money shows your customers and owners that you are paying attention to their cash.
- Tips aren't everything. It's a long-term game, so don't sweat the random crappy gratuity from time to time.
- Insist on proper behavior in your bar, whatever that happens to be. If you let the clientele run your establishment, you will never regain control.
- Learn how to comp and why.
- Look the part.
- Control your environment. Is the A/C too high? Is the music too loud? Your clienteles' comfort is directly proportional to the number of stars they will give you on Yelp when they walk out the door.
- Branch out. Make sure you have the skill-sets necessary to deliver what people can reasonably expect in your bar, and work to gain the skills you'll need to succeed at your next job. Because you will have a next job, and it will require more of you.
- Know a joke. Get good at banter. People pay for booze, but they tip for your service.
- Keep a clean bar. Turn bottles to face forward. Wipe the bar-top. Straighten the stools. If people think you don't care, they won't either.
- Mise en place. It's a fancy French phrase for how you arrange your tools and ingredients. Set your mise, and do the same thing every time. You can't be fast if you're constantly searching for what you need.
- Don't touch your face, hair, or any other part of your body. Cough in to the crook of your arm. Sneeze down. Always be seen washing your hands. Don't be disgusting.
- Open your mouth. Talk to people. Say hello when they walk up and goodbye when they leave. Chat with your clientele, ask how they're doing, even if it's just passing time. Often, that is exactly what people want from you.
- Keep your mouth shut. Don't offer advice. Don't dominate conversations. Keep yourself to yourself.
- Behind the bar, you are an illusion, a fantasy, a servant, and an actual person all rolled in to one. Choose wisely which side you choose to present at any given moment.
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I have just now released WinMerge version 2.13.22 beta.
The only thing I added since the last alpha was translation and documentation updates.
Please let me know if we have any translation updates somewhere that has not yet been committed to svn, so we can get them in before the final release.
My plan is to give the translators a 2 week notice to get any translation updates submitted, and after that I'll make a stable 2.14.0 release.


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I am an elder of an OPC church. Currently, we do not have a pastor, so I want to ask what is the best booklet you know which talks about the necessity of church membership. Secondly, what is a good book to prepare people for church membership in the OPC?
One resource is Professing Your Faith (communicant training course) by G. I. Williamson, which is available online here.
See also the article "Is Church Membership Optional?"
Many OPC churches use Calvin Knox Cummings' "Confessing Christ" available from Great Commission Publications, 1-800-695-3387.
On the question of the necessity for church membership, I would add the following:
You should be familiar with the Form of Government (especially chapter XII) and the Directory for Worship (chapter V), both of which are in The Book of Church Order. Also I suggest familiarizing yourself with the Westminster Confession of Faith, chapters VII, XXII, XXV, XXVI and XXVII. I mention these chapters because you are an elder and in many churches you may instruct new members rather than a pastor.
Church membership is covenantal (in terms of the Covenant of Grace), and the marks of those who are in God's covenant fellowship (the church) are the sacramentsbaptism and the Lord's supper. When anyone becomes a member of the church he/she is bound by solemn vows, including parents with regard to baptism of covenant children, and communicant members when qualifying for communicant membership.
In other words, members of a particular church are under discipline. And discipline does not pertain merely to judicial discipline (dealing with those delinquent in doctrine or life), but to discipleship. Church members are disciples of Christ, and the rules governing the behavior of church members are a major part of the ongoing ministry of the church. Membership vows are binding on the consciences of all church members.
Now this responsibility of communicant members needs to be impressed on those taking membership vows. It is the plague of the present age that people take all sorts of vows, make all sorts of promises, without any serious sense of responsibility! So whoever teaches candidates for church membership ought to impress upon the candidates that membership in the church brings with it great benefits, but also great responsibilities.
As in all legitimate human affairs, privilege and responsibility are like Siamese twins. Cut them apart and both are likely to die. Read Scripture and you'll find that it pays to be a Christian; but it also costs to be a Christian! That's what church membership is all about.
"Questions and Answers" is a weekly feature of the OPC website. The answers come from individual ministers in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church expressing their own convictions and do not necessarily represent an "official" position of the Church, especially in areas where the Standards of the Church (the Scriptures and the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms) are silent.
The questions come from individuals like yourself. If you have questions about biblical and theological matters, you are invited to send them by e-mail by using the "Pose a Question" link on the OPC home page or by clicking here.
At least one new question is posted each week, so there should always be something new here for you to read. (For those people who would like to look at previous questions and answers, they will continue to be available as well.)
The purpose of the OPC website's "Questions and Answers" is to respond to biblical and theological questions. Matters of church discipline, disputes, or debates go beyond the scope of our work. We recommend that you present your concerns in these areas to the appropriate judicatory. In most cases this will be to a local pastor, elder, or session. We do not want the website to replace personal involvement in, or commitment to, the local, visible church.
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You will receive an answer by e-mail. Please be patient as many of our respondents are busy pastors. The response to your question may take up to two (2) weeks. Some of the questions submitted will be chosen to be posted here, along with the corresponding answers.
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Mommy's Best Games
Serious Sam Double D XXL gets second 'Gun Diary', lots of boom
Serious Sam Double D XXL has a silly title, but it's also coming to Xbox Live Arcade on February 20th, courtesy of Mommy's Best Games. The studio has released its second 'Gun Diary', which talks about the game's firearms, two-player co-op, the 'Gun Stacker' system and dynamite-powered unicycles, naturally.
Mommy's Best Games headlines
Serious Sam Double D XXL video explains how to use the GunStacker
Serious Sam Double D XXL has a developer diary video available, and its the first in a series of four videos where developer Nathan Fouts of Mommy's Best Games highlights the combos available using the GunStacker.
Microsoft takes up to 60% of Community Games revenue
Microsoft take as much as 60 percent of revenue from Xbox Live Community Game sales, according to XNA developer, Mommy's Best Games.Company boss Nathan Fouts said sales data his XNA title Weapon of Choice was "sobering", with less than 10,000 units moved.In his blog post, Fouts explained that Microsoft takes a baseline cut of 30 […]


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Rosetta delivers Phobos transit animation and 'sees' Mars in stereo
During Rosetta's recent Mars swingby, the OSIRIS cameras captured a series of images of Mars and of Phobos transiting Mars' disk. The OSIRIS team have produced a cool animated sequence and a 3D view of the Red Planet.
The animated sequences (one faster, one slower) show the shadow of Phobos transiting Mars' disk on 24 February; the images were captured around 22:08 CET, a few hours prior to Rosetta's successful Mars swingby on 25 February.
The movies were produced by combining a series of separate images taken by the Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) on board Rosetta.
The background of Mars changes slightly from image to image since the individual images were acquired using different colour filters. Phobos appears dark because it reflects less sunlight than Mars.
Phobos is the inner moon of Mars; Phobos orbits closer to a major planet compared to any other moon in our solar system (less than 6000 km above the surface of Mars), and it is also one of the smallest known moons in the solar system.
Mars in 3D
Although Rosetta's direction relative to Mars was relatively constant during the approach phase, the surface view of Mars changed due to the rotation of the planet.
Thus, it was possible to produce a stereoscopic image, or anaglyph, by processing and combining images acquired by OSIRIS at different times.
The image was produced by combining several views of Mars taken from slightly different angles. In this case, the anaglyph was generated using images acquired 6 minutes apart.
To see the 3D effect, use a pair of left-eye red, right-eye blue colour glasses.
The 3D image clearly shows the spherical shape of Mars. However, due to the angle between the different views, Martian topography is not visible stereoscopically.
At closest approach at 03:15 CET on 25 February, Rosetta passed over the planet's surface at a relative speed of 36 191 km/hr. During the swingby, the gravitational energy of Mars helped Rosetta change direction, while the spacecraft was decelerated with respect to the Sun by an estimated 7887 km/hour.
During the swingby, the gravitational energy of Mars helped Rosetta change direction, while the spacecraft was decelerated with respect to the Sun by an estimated 7887 km/hour.
The spacecraft is now on the correct track towards Earth - its next destination planet whose gravitational energy Rosetta will exploit in November this year to gain acceleration and continue on its trek.
Contact for more information
Uwe Keller
OSIRIS Principal Investigator
Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie
Email: KELLER @ linmpi.mpg.de
Gerhard Schwehm
ESA Rosetta Mission Manager
Email: gerhard.schwehm @ esa.int


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We understand the confusion readers have expressed over some of the funds we've deemed "overlooked." First Eagle Funds is hardly obscure, for instance, and a manager like Janus is among the best known of them all. But while we've always maintained fund families may enjoy a high profile, they might nonetheless contain a hidden gem not yet recognized. Solid performance and relatively low assets under management would therefore represent opportunities for advisors and clients alike.
We've done it again, featuring a mutual fund behemoth that will surely have some slapping their foreheads, but with a critical issue of increasing importance just over the horizon, we're confident you'll soon understand the method driving the madness.
American Funds (yes, American Funds) has long been known for its media silence, preferring to let stellar performance and extraordinary assets under management speak for themselves. It was therefore a surprise when the firm's PR man, Chuck Freadhoff, called with a pitch about how American Funds is "driving the conversation in the industry." While skeptical at first (after all, is a 747 an experimental aircraft, or a Bentley an affordable mid-size sedan?), we soon considered the benefits of labeling American Funds with the overlooked manager tag—especially when it comes to helping clients with their retirement planning.
"One of the most important decisions any plan sponsor can make or will make is ultimately the selection of their target-date manager," Freadhoff said. "In most instances, the target-date fund is going to be the default investment option, so any participant who doesn't proactively make a decision will be defaulted into that investment."
It better be the right one then, Freadoff added, one that is chosen only after a thoughtful, prudent process on the part of the plan sponsor to select the target-date manager.
"Generally, that process involves an examination of the manager's experience, the expenses of the funds, the historical results they've achieved and then, increasingly, an examination of the construction of the glide path and how the manager thinks about an investor's journey through a life cycle," Freadoff said.
With baby boomer retirement in full swing, the muted economic recovery since 2008 and more advisors recognizing the opportunity in becoming advisors-of-record on retirement plans, it's a topical issue, to say the least.
"We have always aligned our funds to be investor-objective driven," said Bill Anderson (left), director of retirement plan business at American Funds. "They're based on the broad investment objectives of the underlying investor as opposed to a specific style-box approach. We're using the exact same philosophy [for] how we think about the glide path as well."
Three particular objectives any investor would think about when planning for retirement are the accumulation of wealth, the transition period (where they're seeking a balance of growth and downside resilience) and, ultimately, income and preservation in the distribution phase, Anderson noted.
"In that accumulation phase, investors are trying to eliminate any shortfall risk that they may have at retirement," he explained. "They are clearly trying to provide some level of inflation protection, but then they are also looking to avoid concentration risk, or the risk that they have too many of their eggs in one particular basket."
It's not uncommon, he said, to see growth stocks when investors are in the accumulation phase. During the transition phase (one in which Anderson claimed American Funds has a different approach when compared with the rest of the industry), investors begin to contemplate what the impact of market shocks might be to their retirement balance.
"They start thinking about how to manage a shorter accumulation period but with an eye on that downside resilience," he noted. "We're different in that as we move on our glide path toward retirement, we start to re-characterize the equity exposure in our portfolios. This is something that happens around 10 years out. So what does that mean? As we move from a more growth orientation to a growth and income orientation, we also have a healthy allocation to our equity income funds."
The result is a higher equity exposure than the industry average, Anderson claimed, but the nature of the equities change—from growth to a dividend-paying profile. He thinks it better protects the end investor against longevity risk, and allows them to get a higher yield and "a lower standard deviation, which means less volatility. It's a recipe for success as people think about moving through this life cycle of investing."
So how do the numbers stack up?
Through the end of September, American Funds' 2010 Target Date Retirement Fund (AAATX), one Anderson referred to as "arguably our most conservative," had an equity exposure of 44.7% versus the Morningstar category of 38% with a three-year deviation of 7.37 versus 8.25.
Most importantly, the three-year average total return was 9% versus 7.68% for its benchmark, with a 12-month distribution rate of 3.14 versus 2.14 for the category, or 100 basis points in additional income.
Higher equity exposure, a lower standard deviation, better performance and more income—we're beginning to realize why the company decided to break its silence.
"As you're getting closer to retirement and thinking about distribution and the need for income," Anderson continued in reference to the third and final phase, "you're getting better distribution rates because of the dividend-paying stocks."
Great, but how specifically is this "driving the conversation in the industry," as Freadoff initially claimed?
"There are a lot of different approaches that the industry employs," Anderson responded. "Where we're different is that we're not fixated on a specific retirement date; rather, it's about the objective of the individual investor."
Anderson added, "It's the recognition that this is the life cycle that investors go through—these accumulation, transition and distribution phases—and it's going to be unique for every investor."
Whatever it is, it appears to be working.
"All of the funds [in the American Funds' Target Date Series] ranked in or near their [peer] group's top third," Morningstar wrote in June. "That showing hints at what investors should expect from these funds in future environments: In markets that place a premium on safety, such as 2008 and 2011, these funds should shine."
Yet the Chicago-based research firm noted that investors should be "prepared to sit back when riskier fare does well," citing 2009, 2010 and the first quarter of 2012 as examples.
"The series' shorter-dated fund originally had relatively high equity allocations that caused them to struggle in 2008 and deviate from those patterns," Morningstar continued. "However, the investment committee toned down those allocations in late 2009, which should help the funds to hew better expectations going forward."
Add to that "highly competitive fees for an actively managed, broker-sold series, and investors looking for those characteristics should continue to be well-served here."
That's pretty much in keeping with what Anderson said. Truth be told, we're just glad their finally saying anything at all.


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Surviving a Superstorm - Pontiacs and Their Owners
How four dedicated owners saved their Pontiacs from Hurricane Sandy, plus safety tips to protect your ride
This is not the re-telling of the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy. Instead it's the story of four Pontiac brethren, who, in the face of impending disaster, did what they could to ensure their beloved Ponchos' survival.
With hurricane season (June through November) upon us again, HPP felt a cautionary story such as this -- including tips to better prepare your Pontiac during a similar natural disaster -- would be timely.
These Pontiac faithful all hail from Long Island, New York, an area that was pounded heavily during Sandy's frightfully long crawl up the East Coast.
Eric Aull: '67 GTO
For a week prior to the hurricane, Eric Aull, a retired police helicopter pilot from Babylon, New York, was making plans to protect his freshly finished '67 Pro-Touring Goat from the wrath of the predicted storm surge. Living near the water like many Long Islanders, Eric was no stranger to the coming threat.
His GTO had just returned from receiving extensive exhaust, engine, and interior work, bringing a four-year project to the edge of completion. Eric knew that moving the Pontiac to higher ground was key, and after several calls to friends with shops and garages away from the coast, salvation was found right up the block.
With only hours to spare, Eric contacted the daughter of an old friend who had recently passed away. He was a doctor/car enthusiast, who had lived across the street at higher elevation. Through his understanding family, Eric was permitted to tuck his six-figure Goat into the unused garage for the duration of the storm.
After the flood waters receded -- revealing the total loss of his first floor and finished garage/shop, where the GTO would have been -- Eric was relieved to find his pristine ride sitting high and dry only yards from his house. Call it planning, luck, or a little heavenly intervention, Eric's GTO survived.
Andy Appelbaum: '99 30th Anniversary T/A
About 20 miles southwest in Hewlett, NewYork, Andy Appelbaum was just about ready to move his super-rare number-29-of-535-built, '99 30th Anniversary WS6 T/A convertible into its freshly renovated (but not completely finished) garage behind his house. The only factor delaying the move to nestle his precious Bird into its new home was the slow-drying epoxy floorpaint.
With the wind howling and the sky turning as gray as smoke, Andy had a decision to make -- leave the car outside for the storm, or risk ruining the floor and possibly his tires by parking his Pontiac on the still-tacky epoxy paint. He waited as long as he could, confirmed the relative dryness of the floor, and rolled the T/A into its shelter just before the full force of the storm hit.
As Sandy's fury ravaged the area, its wind ripped a massive 6-foot metal-and-wood-framed window from the house next door onto right where the Bird would have been sitting. It fell two stories, striking the ground and exploding into pieces. If the T/A had been there? 'Nuff said. The next morning, Andy was pleased to see that floodwaters had spared his area. His beloved Bird was safe and dry, and so was the epoxy floor. Fate had spoken -- a new garage had saved the day and a future classic.
Eric Corr: '98 WS6 T/A
Two towns away in Cedarhurst, Eric Corr was well aware of the coming danger, as his house sits at sea level close to a nearby inlet. With flooding always a problem and tides expected to be 8-10 feet above normal, Eric needed to move fast.
He would find refuge inland for his '98 WS6 T/A if possible. As the storm approached, he sought the help of his former employer at a shop one town over, away from the water. Eric asked to put his custom-painted WS6 up on a lift to ride it out. His former boss agreed, and perched the Bird next to a lift cradling a customer's Audi A8 (someone obviously had same idea). Luckily the shop's locale was spared the flooding, and the T/A was saved. The same cannot be said for Eric's house, which sustained terrible damage, as well as the loss of his daily driver.
Craig Nussbaum: Rare Second-Gen T/As
On the coast in the soon-to-be devastated community of Long Beach, Craig Nussbaum (no relation to the author) began preparations to move his flock of Second-Gen T/As out of harm's way. He secured the use of a garage in the town of Merrick -- certainly not out of the danger zone, but further from the ocean than his Long Beach residence.
In the days before the storm, Craig transported his '79 10th Anniversary T/A, his '81 Turbo T/A Daytona 500 Edition, and his 13,000-mile '81 Bandit T/A. One car was forced to remain home due to lack of space -- Craig's other '81 Bandit car with only 40,000 miles, which he had owned for 10 years.
Hoping for the best, he left the iconic Bird in its underground garage spot and battened down the hatches. The end of this story like the others mentioned is one of tragedy and triumph. All of the T/As Craig moved survived unscathed. The one that stayed home did not. He now enjoys his remaining T/As with renewed fervor.
Lessons Learned
With what many have called the "Storm of the Century" now history and the hope that such a catastrophe waits another 100 years to occur again, lessons can be taken from the event to help prepare you and your Pontiac for a hurricane or other natural disaster.
Coastal residents have no illusions -- especially now -- about the risks of living near the ocean when massive storms hit. It is obvious for the car collector/enthusiast, or anyone wanting to protect what is in many cases their second-most-valuable possession, moving the vehicle away from the water, whether an ocean, inlet, or canal, makes the most sense.
Putting the car on a lift or parked on a hill at higher elevation may be an option as well. Many vehicle owners I spoke to parked their cars on the upper levels of the closest shopping mall with a garage, and put a note in the windshield. All are good ideas when extraordinary circumstances demand extraordinary measures.
As for the effects of wind, rain, hail, snow, and whatever else the elements can dole out, a garage or good-fitting cover is usually the best bet for most regions and eventualities. Here are some more ideas.
More Storm Prep Tips
To protect against hail damage, place a fluffy large bed comforter over flat areas such as the hood, roof, and trunk lid, then secure it with a car cover over the top, and keep it tight with bungi cords.
To protect against damaging, debris-carrying winds, park the vehicle behind a strong structure or up against a wall opposite the main direction of the wind gusts. Don't park near trees or loose objects during high-wind events.
Convertible and T-top owners can protect their interiors from leakage during high winds and rain by sealing shut points with large plastic trash bags to aid the weatherstripping. Leave about 3 inches of bag exposed on the exterior to act as a rain gutter.
In the event the car may be moved at the last minute, plan ahead, keep informed of the weather forecast, keep the gas tank filled, and make sure the battery is charged and the car ready to go at a moment's notice.
If the car is in a free-standing garage in a low-lying area close to water, you may want to consult a contractor about the possibility of installing vents in the lower structure to allow for water to run through and not collect and pool.
If the car had minimal non-salt water exposure, start the drying process as quickly as possible by removing the cover and extracting moisture from the affected areas. Compressed air and wet/dry vacs can be of assistance.
Definitely have some plan of action -- give it some thought before a disaster, not during.
Do not place yourself or others in harm's way in a desperate effort to save your car. Yes, we love our Pontiacs, but they are replaceable -- you aren't.
Many car enthusiasts who experienced loss due to the superstorm were without insurance. Citing lack of use or being a work-in-progress that was not road-ready, coverage was allowed to lapse. After putting thousands of dollars and years of work and passion into these labors of love, many now have nothing to show for it and no means of replacement.
Classic-car insurance companies are very understanding of the car hobbyists needs. Many offer comprehensive "non-collision" coverage on cars that are works-in-progress or are in long-term storage so that the agreed upon replacement value can be secured in the event of a natural disaster.
As an example, Ford Heacock, president of Heacock Classic, explained that Heacock offers "Comprehensive Only" coverage for collector vehicles during restoration or while in extended storage. The policy provides an "Agreed Value" insurance limit, which can be changed or updated as your vehicle progresses through its restoration. In the event of a fire, theft, flood, and so on, which causes a total loss, you're guaranteed to receive the full value of the insurance on the vehicle at the time of loss.


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TapeACall lets you record your iPhones incoming and outgoing phone calls.
This Lite version will give you a fully functional 7-day trial to record and play back as many call as you'd like. You will not be charged during your trial and only will be charged at the end of your trial.
TapeACall is a #1 business app in The United States, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden!
√ Record your incoming calls
√ Record your outgoing calls
√ No limit on how long you can record a call for
√ No limit on how many recordings you make
√ No per minute fees!
√ Transfer recordings to your new devices
√ Easily download recordings to your computer
√ Upload your recordings to Dropbox!
√ Upload your recordings to Evernote!
√ Upload your recordings to Google Drive!
√ Email recordings to yourself in MP3 format
√ Share recordings via SMS, Facebook & Twitter
√ Label recordings so you can easily find them
√ Recordings available as soon as you hang up
√ Play recordings in the background
√ Access to call recording laws
√ Beautiful easy to use interface
√ Push notifications take you to the recording
√ Customer service with real humans
√ Developers that care about their customers
√ New features added all the time
√ One low subscription rate
NOTE: TapeACall requires your carrier supports 3-way calling. SimpleTalk and H2o Wireless do NOT offer this in the US.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does this app record calls?
Take a look at our screenshots for step by step instructions.
When you're on a call and you want to record it, open TapeACall and press the record button. We will put your call on hold and dial our recording line. As soon as our line answers tap the merge button on your screen to create a 3 way call between your other caller and our recording line.
If you want to record an outgoing call, just press the record button. The app will dial our recording line and will begin recording as soon as our line answers. Once that happens, tap the add call button on your screen, call the person you want to record, then press the merge button when they answer.
Can I download recordings to my computer?
Yes, and we've made it extremely easy to do this. From inside the app you can attach the recording to an email and send it to yourself as an MP3, or you can click the share button and find a short URL that you can type into your computer's browser.
How many recordings can I make?
As many as you want! We don't have a limit on the number of recordings you can make.
How long can a recording be?
As long as you want! We don't have a limit on how long your recording can be. You can record for hours if you want.
TapeACall Lite is – and always will be – free to try. If you choose to upgrade to unlimited recording, you will be charged the monthly or yearly price, according to your country. The price will be shown for all packages in the app before you complete the payment. Your TapeACall unlimited recording subscription automatically renews every month or year, depending on the package you select, and your iTunes account will automatically be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time, by going to your iTunes & App Store Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.
Privacy Policy: https://tapeacall.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://tapeacall.com/terms


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Transparency in Welch's Supply Chain
Welch's is committed to the principal that all people should be treated with dignity and respect. We operate with integrity and in compliance with all applicable laws, and expect the same from those with whom we do business. We are proud of our heritage of quality products and an ethical and honest culture driven by the family farmers who own Welch's.
In accordance with applicable laws (including the California Supply Chains Act), we require that our suppliers and business partners must comply, at a minimum, with all applicable laws and regulations, which would include laws and regulations concerning human trafficking and slavery. Although we do not currently audit our suppliers for compliance in this area, Welch's is reviewing its options to do so in the future.
As an agricultural cooperative, the great majority of our products are grapes grown on North American soil by farmers who are bound by the guiding principles of cooperative citizenship. In our cooperative model, our grape farmers are accountable to each other. We do not have a problem to the same degree as other companies who heavily on foreign sourced materials.


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Chiefs Player Shoots Girlfriend, Commits Suicide
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend and then committed suicide in the parking lot outside Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images.
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Vans Sk8 Hi Mix & Match Skate Shoe - Multi
Style #: 497466
Put a lively twist on your timeless style with the new Sk8 Hi Mix & Match Skate Shoe from Vans! This playful Sk8 Hi showcases a multicolored mix'n'match design made with suede and canvas uppers and vulcanized sole for optimal flexibility and board feel.
- Durable combination suede and canvas upper with classic leather side stripe
- Ribbed collar with padding for ankle support and cushion
- Lace closure offers a secure fit
- Padded footbed provides shock absorbing comfort
- Vulcanized rubber outsole with signature waffle tread delivers flexible grip and traction
Vans® is the original action sports footwear and apparel brand. Since day one, Vans® has celebrated the lifestyle and creative self-expression of musicians, artists, and athletes on boards and bikes all around the world. From timeless footwear, apparel, accessories, and snowboard boots, to progressive events like the Vans Warped Tour® and surfing's most prestigious contest, the Vans US Open of Surfing®, Vans® continues to support today's innovators and those who live "Off the Wall".


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|Letter from Mary Jones to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1873 January
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|January 1873
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|ID 1970-003, Box 1, Folder 41
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|Original Collection
|Mary (Mrs. Anson) Jones Letters
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|Mrs. Anson Jones Letters
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|Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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|[Written on printed stationery of the Young Ladies� Boarding and Day School, Corner McKionney and Crawford Sts., Houston, Harris Co., Texas, with the printing crossed out.] Sanjancinto Jan. 1873 Dear Son I reached the Burg late Saturday evening, and have not been able to go home owing to bad weather will go down today "Friday" on Sams Boat I saw Mr Syd -nor had a talk with him about the Clear Creek interest he thinks possibly as I am the only one in the way now of Trueheart & Andrews that I can get more for my interest in proportion than he did And be that as it may - what I am wri -ting you for is to call your attention particularly ------------------------------------- to this fact, that some [holes] have been made for which the parties have not paid owing to the fact that they could not get perfect titles, but they will pay so soon as Trueheart and Andrews can get their title perfected Mr Sydnor did not sell his interest in any of these sales & advises me to not sell mine he only sold his interest in what land he now owned at the time of sale but retained all his interest in what is due the con- cern One of the [ ]a -hans had purchased to the amount of $6,ooo -------------------------------- dollars worth for which his is still owing Hume & Mr. More have undertaken to collect this debt for 25 pr.cent and Trueheart told me he thought they would collect it Capt Kipp also purchased some land & has not paid yet now I wish you to re tain all the interest in all debts owing for sales. And from what Sydnor tells me I am clearly of the opinion the best thing for us to do is to sell out to Andrews for whatever you can get Mr S says Andrews will give us the same in proportion ------------------------------- for our interest he got and said as above stated that we may possibly get more as we are the only claimant in their way. Look to this ma tter at once & let me hear from you I found all hands here nearly laid up with colds all are now better I am very well. Give my kindest regards to the Major much love to Mrs Bryan & family and Mrs Scranton, and for your dear self my affectionate love and best wishes for your success As ever your devoted Mother Mary Jones
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