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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. Another Democrat steps away from the Senate, the price of previous presidents, and the present president calls out Congress on immigration. It's Wednesday and time for a...
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Political courage...
CONAN: Edition of the Political Junkie.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN: There you go again.
VICE PRESIDENT WALTER MONDALE: When I hear your new ideas, I'm reminded of that ad: Where's the beef?
SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER: Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN: Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON: You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore.
SARAH PALIN: Lipstick.
GOVERNOR RICK PERRY: Oops
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: But I'm the decider.
CONAN: Every Wednesday, Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins us to review the week in politics. Tim Johnson declines to run again in South Dakota. South Carolina's First District race is neck and neck one week out from the runoff. Massachusetts Senate hopefuls debate tonight. Four of the Senate's Gang of Eight take spring break to the Mexican border. Michele Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign gets questions from the Ethics Committee. And same-sex marriage dominates D.C.
In a few minutes, Mayor Bloomberg takes aim at key senators in the gun control debate. Later in the program, Amanda Knox, double jeopardy and extradition. But first, Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins us as usual here in Studio 3A. And as usual, we begin with a trivia question.
KEN RUDIN, BYLINE: Hi Neal. OK, as usual. Well, we talked about Senator Tim Johnson. He's a Democrat from South Dakota who announced he will not seek another term next year. He was re-elected in 2002 by just 524 votes. Now by the way, this trivia question will have two answers, but you can only give one answer. But there will be two winners.
CONAN: There could be two winners, so two fabulous Political Junkie T-shirts and that no-prize button.
RUDIN: And I should probably ask the question, then, right?
CONAN: Well, yeah.
RUDIN: That would help. OK, well anyway. So Tim Johnson won by 524 votes in 2002. There are two current senators who in their Senate careers were elected by even fewer votes. Name them.
CONAN: So if you think you know the answer to this week's trivia question, the two Senate - members of the United States Senate elected by even fewer votes than Tim Johnson's 524, give us a phone call.
RUDIN: Only one answer, though.
CONAN: One answer to a customer. There are two correct answers but only one to a customer, 800-989-8255. Email us, email@example.com. And Ken, we'll start with that retirement, and it sets up another open race.
RUDIN: It does, and of course, you know, the Republicans are salivating because this is a state, South Dakota is a state - you know, of course Tim Johnson is leaving his peers. Yes, OK, so I just wanted to say that. But it's a state that Mitt Romney won by 18 points, 58 to 40 percent. But of course the Republicans had big hopes for other big, red states, Senate races.
CONAN: I've got two words for you: Heidi Heitkamp.
RUDIN: Heidi Heitkamp and, of course, Jon Tester's re-election in Montana. So it's too early to call - it's a Republican likely pickup. Certainly, the Republicans are excited about this. Tim Johnson, of course, suffered a terrible brain hemorrhage in 2006. He's left with slurred speech. He's very popular in the state, but he would have had a very tough race. Mike Rounds, the former Republican governor, has already announced he's running against - he was going to run against Tim Johnson.
And now they're talking about perhaps Kristi Noem, who's the member of the - the at-large member of Congress, 'cause they only represent the - one member of the House for the whole state. She may run. On the Democratic side, they're talking about Tim Johnson's son Brendan Johnson, who is a U.S. attorney, of course named by President Obama.
Of course, the issue of nepotism could come into play. Also Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, former member of Congress beaten by Noem in 2010, is a possible runner, as well.
CONAN: And we should note that Senator Johnson announced his departure yesterday in South Dakota, and again, we'll want to hear just a bit of what he had to say, but remember some of those speech problems from his brain problems.
SENATOR TIM JOHNSON: I will be 68 years old at the end of this term, and it is time for me to say goodbye. I will not be running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2014 or any other office.
CONAN: And he's had a long career in the Senate, but he will I think especially be remembered for that courageous fight back from that brain hemorrhage.
RUDIN: Absolutely, matter of fact the Republicans actually gave him a pass in 2008, not running anybody major against him out of respect for him and the fact that he has come a long way. He is now the fifth Democratic senator not to seek re-election in 2014, joining Carl Levin, Tom Harkin, Frank Lautenberg and Jay Rockefeller. And there's also two Republicans, as well: Saxby Chambliss and Mike Johanns of Nebraska. So, seven senators altogether not running for another term next year.
CONAN: In the meantime, there has been one issue dominating politics in Washington this week, and that has been gay marriage. Yesterday, California's Prop 8 up in front of the United States Supreme Court. Today, it's the Defense of Marriage Act. And it's interesting, a lot of legal arguments; political arguments seem to have shifted decisively.
RUDIN: Well, we've seen that for the last couple of years. Certainly, we've seen this since last May, when Vice President Biden, followed quickly by President Obama, stopped evolving and suddenly came out for same-sex marriage or marriage equality. And you've seen more and more members of the - certain in the Democratic Party seem to be falling in view.
You talk about public opinion switching, but Democratic politicians seem to be switching very quickly. Just today, Kay Hagen, the Democratic senator who is up for re-election next year from North Carolina, announced that she supports it. Claire McCaskill, Mark Warner, Jon Tester of Montana, all three announced I think this week that they also support it.
So there is some quick movement there. When you think of the Democrats who ran for president in 2008, none of them - they all said marriage is between a man and a woman. And of course, that opinion on the Democratic side shifting very rapidly.
CONAN: And interesting because the opinion of the Obama administration is the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. So it's taking - well, the one side in the Supreme Court case, it's not going to defend it. That's left to the House Republicans to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. And earlier today you hear Nina Totenberg say she couldn't find almost anybody willing to come out and speak publicly in favor of their position.
RUDIN: No, it's no longer a winning argument. Once upon a time, the Republicans were using same-sex marriage initiatives to get it on the ballot to perhaps help get a Republican conservative turnout. Now it's the opposite; now it seems like it would hurt the conservatives, and it would help the - I guess the liberals, or whatever you want to call them. But the fact is it's no longer a winning argument, it seems to be.
CONAN: Let's see if we have some people on the line who think they know the answer to this week's trivia question, and that is other than Tim Johnson's 524, the two current United States senators who won by even less, 800-989-8255. Email firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll start with Mark, Mark with us from Houston.
MARK: Hello.
CONAN: Hi, you're on the air, Mark. Go ahead.
MARK: Hi, how are you guys doing?
CONAN: Good.
MARK: I just heard what you said. This was somebody from the distant past. You said current, is that right?
RUDIN: Current, yes.
MARK: Well, just my guess would have been LBJ, you know, they called him Landslide Lyndon when he barely won one of his senatorial campaigns, and there were some shenanigans or some...
RUDIN: No! In Texas? Lyndon Johnson?
CONAN: In the Democratic Party?
RUDIN: 1948, and that was 87 votes, but of course he's no longer in the Senate, but yeah, that was one of the classic so-called narrow victories, although the ones we're talking about now are not under the microscope the way that one was.
MARK: OK, well, at least I gave it a shot. Thank you, guys.
CONAN: Thanks very much, Mark. Let's go to - who is this? Len, Len with us from Sand Springs in Oklahoma.
LEN: Patty Murray.
CONAN: Patty Murray, the senator from Washington.
RUDIN: No, Patty Murray, actually every time she's won, she's won pretty handily.
CONAN: Even in tennis shoes.
RUDIN: In tennis shoes, right, the little mom in tennis shoes when she was elected in 1992, but not Patty Murray.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call, Len. Let's go next to Cathy(ph), and Cathy on the line with us from Binghamton, New York.
CATHY: Oh, hi. Al Franken.
RUDIN: Al Franken is one of the correct answers.
CONAN: Ding, ding, ding.
RUDIN: Remember that recount against Norm Coleman in 2008. He wound up winning by 312 votes. So there's a T-shirt...
CONAN: That's no joke.
RUDIN: No, no, Al Franken.
CONAN: Well, stay on the line, Cathy, we'll collect your particulars, and we'll be sending you a Political Junkie T-shirt for free and of course that no-prize button in exchange for your promise of a digital image of yourself wearing said same so we can post it on our wall of shame.
RUDIN: But we're looking for one more.
CONAN: Actually, we're looking - Cathy, hang on the line. And congratulations. There's another Al Franken, by the way, that came in at the same time.
RUDIN: There's only one Al Franken.
CONAN: There's only one Al Franken. So David Scully will also - this could be a three T-shirt day because we have another email answer. This is from John(ph). He says Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader.
RUDIN: And that is correct. Harry Reid is the other person, in 1998, against John Ensign, interesting enough. He won by 428 votes. So if anybody wants to know whether - if every vote counts, you certainly can see it in these three Senate races.
CONAN: OK, so three winners today will be getting Political Junkie T-shirts and no-prize buttons. In the meantime, Ken, there's some more news. We were talking about gay marriage. Abortion is very much in the news in North Dakota, which has just passed a series of abortion laws practically begging for federal courts to intervene.
RUDIN: Well yes, what North Dakota just did is the most restrictive abortion law in the country. They say basically six weeks after a woman's menstrual period, that you cannot have an abortion after that. I guess it's the heartbeat bill, they call it the heartbeat bill.
CONAN: If a doctor detects a heartbeat, he cannot conduct the abortion.
RUDIN: Right, now, and you're absolutely right. I mean, the courts are more likely to find it unconstitutional, but it's a new tactic by the anti-abortion adherents to basically see how far they can go regarding the Roe decision.
CONAN: In the meantime, we have actual votes next week in South Carolina.
RUDIN: Yes, and that's one that Mark Sanford is seeking redemption in the Republican runoff against Curtis Bostic, who by the way was endorsed this week by Rick Santorum. There's a new public policy polling poll - try to say that one time fast - that shows while Sanford will win the Republican nomination. But Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the...
CONAN: The Democrat.
RUDIN: The general election, the sister of Stephen Colbert, 47-45, Colbert Busch over Mark Sanford in the May 7th general election.
CONAN: So that could be interesting.
RUDIN: Could be very close, yes.
CONAN: But polls are not always predictive.
RUDIN: Actually, the only polls that count are on Election Day.
CONAN: Yeah, how about that? In any case, there's interesting debate tonight in Massachusetts, where both the Republicans and the Democrats, looking for the nominations to replace John Kerry, will be in separate debates. And that race looks like it's settling out.
RUDIN: Yeah, it looks like Ed Markey will be the Democratic nominee. Of course the primary isn't until April 30th. But a new poll by WBUR has him up over a fellow Democratic congressman, Stephen Lynch, 35 to 24.
CONAN: And in the Republican side, it looks like a fellow named Sullivan.
RUDIN: Well, former U.S. attorney Michael Sullivan. It's really - none of them do have a statewide claim, they're not famous, but Sullivan looks like he'll be the Republican nominee. But you have to say that Markey is favored to keep the seat for the Democrats.
CONAN: So the Democratic primary could be tantamount to election.
RUDIN: Which it usually is in Massachusetts - until this guy named Scott Brown came along.
CONAN: It's interesting. Also quickly, some ethics question for Michele Bachmann's 2012 campaign.
RUDIN: Yeah, there's some questions. It was the Office of Congressional Ethics that is looking into its 2012 presidential campaign fundraising.
CONAN: And it doesn't seem to be that this is - any individual malfeasance is alleged on the candidate's part.
RUDIN: No, and she says - her office has said she's done absolutely nothing wrong, and everything will be fine in the end.
CONAN: It's TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan. It's Wednesday, which mean Ken Rudin is back with another round of the Political Junkie. Ken, do we have a ScuttleButton winner this week?
RUDIN: We absolutely do; I'm glad you asked. Actually, the winner, by the way, Janine Libbey of Nashville, Tennessee, the first time she ever played Scuttle, longtime listener, but first-time player.
CONAN: And what puzzle did she solve?
RUDIN: The puzzle was "when Irish eyes are smiling," and there was...
CONAN: OK, for St. Patrick's Day recently.
RUDIN: That probably had something to do with it.
CONAN: Yeah. New column up?
RUDIN: Yes, about recent moves by Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul that may have something to do with 2016.
CONAN: Presage, that might presage.
RUDIN: You think?
CONAN: Yeah, OK, so if you want to see the new ScuttleButton puzzle.
RUDIN: Which is a tough one, I think.
CONAN: And Ken Rudin's column, which is - that's always a tough one, go to npr.org/junkie. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a new ad campaign in 13 states this week to try to persuade moderate members of the Senate to support gun control legislation. The $12 million worth of ads released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns promotes universal background checks as a prerequisite for gun ownership.
In one of the ads a man in a plaid shirt and a camouflage hat sits on the back of a pickup truck, holds a gun and explains his views on gun ownership.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: For me, guns are for hunting and protecting my family. I believe in the Second Amendment, and I'll fight to protect it. But with rights come responsibilities. That's why I support comprehensive background checks, so criminals and the dangerously mentally ill can't buy guns. That protects my rights and my family.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Tell Congress: Don't protect criminals. Vote to protect gun rights and our families with comprehensive background checks. Demand action now.
CONAN: That ad is running in, among other places, Louisiana, where it may be designed to try to convince Senator Mary Landrieu to support background checks. Senator Landrieu faces a tough re-election campaign come 2014. John Maginnis, a political columnist who publishes LaPolitics, a weekly political newsletter, joins us now by phone from his office in Baton Rouge. Good to have you with us today.
JOHN MAGINNIS: Hey, Neal.
CONAN: Now, the senator has not said how she will vote on this issue. Her spokesman said she will listen closely to her constituents. I guess that's the point of the ad campaign.
MAGINNIS: True, I guess she's saying she won't be listening to the mayor of New York City, although she was kind of muted, not as forceful in her pushback as some other senators were, maybe because her own brother, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, signed on to Mayor Bloomberg's campaign.
CONAN: Well, which way does this cut? Louisiana, now one of the redder states in the union, you'd assume she needs the support of a lot of Republican Second Amendment supporters, NRA supporters, to win the general election. Opposing this, though, might hurt her with her base in the Democratic Party.
MAGINNIS: Well, I think what she's really looking for is the moderate voter to whom this ad is aimed, so to speak. I think probably the real hardcore NRA members, Second Amendment supporters in this very pro-gun state, most of them are probably going to vote for a Republican against her anyway. I think she's trying to get the people, moderate Democrats, of which there are a lot, who could see the common sense in this, and also given that the bill is not, you know, banning assault weapons or creating a national registry, even though the NRA has come out against it, some of the Republican politicians in Louisiana, like Senator David Vitter and others, are not come out four-square against it. Of course they're looking to see exactly what's going to be in the bill, but some of their people can see that, you know, there might be parts of it that they could support or not oppose strenuously.
CONAN: Ken?
RUDIN: Well, let me jump in with an observation here. It just seems like that after the tragedy and the horror of Sandy Hook, it seems like everybody was talking about assault weapons ban, not everybody, not the Mary Landrieus and the Democrats in the red states, of course, but a lot of people who were upset about gun violence.
Now we're only talking about universal background checks, which seems to be a far cry of what it was. But having said that...
CONAN: Well, a lot of people say that would be much more effective in actually preventing gun violence than even an assault weapons ban.
RUDIN: Well, then you could make the case that the kid who got the guns in Sandy Hook got them from his mother, who had the guns legally. So I mean, we could argue this thing - oh John, are you still there?
MAGINNIS: And that hardly seemed even possible before Sandy Hook, that you would even be looking at universal background checks. That was a non-starter before. So at least if we put that issue on the table, that's, you know, that's an incremental step.
RUDIN: It just seems like, though, that, you know, it seems like Harry Reid was very willing to give Democrats like Mary Landrieu cover by not having the assault weapons ban, but whereas Michael Bloomberg doesn't seem as reticent. He seems like he's going to - look, he's going to challenge both Democrats and Republicans on the gun issue.
MAGINNIS: Well, true, but he hasn't come out for an assault weapons ban, you know, as far as these ads go. And I think that Democratic like Landrieu, the more time this takes, and it looks like it could take time, especially if we're looking at a filibuster, the more time this takes and the more distance we have between these ads and any kind of vote, I think that might bode - might make it easier for Landrieu to be able to vote for the bill.
CONAN: And it's also interesting, these are targeted at senators because if there's going to be a bill, it's going to come out of the Democratically controlled United States Senate. Then there's the question of how it might fare in the House of Representatives.
MAGINNIS: I think it'll be a - you know, faces a tougher job there.
CONAN: I think that's universally agreed, Ken. It is in part, some Republicans mutter, the president would rather have this as an issue, as a wedge issue with Republicans rather than have a bill, same thing they say on immigration.
RUDIN: Well, perhaps when you think of the urgency that seemed to happen right after Newtown, and then you had Joe Biden doing this task force that went on for a long time, and then you had Dianne Feinstein bringing the assault weapons ban bill up to the Senate that just didn't go anywhere.
And I know what John Maginnis is saying, that basically universal background checks are perhaps more than they ever could have dreamed of several months ago, it just seems like it's a far cry from what the - a lot of people were calling for after Newtown.
MAGINNIS: And yet public demand for drastic changes seems already to have fallen off, according to polling, just in the period since Sandy Hook.
RUDIN: Exactly. There was a New York Times poll that came out this week. In December, 57 percent wanted stronger gun measures. Now it's down to 47 percent. So time has seemed to have cooled that emotion.
CONAN: It's interesting, in an appearance on "Meet the Press," Mayor Bloomberg was there to argue in favor of, of course, stronger gun control legislation. And one of the things he said was that this ad campaign is designed to change the conversation, that so far the National Rifle Association, the NRA, has had things very much their own way, that they've, well, been able to say publicly and privately - if you vote against us, there will be a political price to pay.
And indeed Mayor Bloomberg was saying, hey, there's a political price to pay on the other side.
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: We're trying to do everything we can to impress upon the senators that this is what the survivors want, this is what the public wants, this is what the 900-plus mayors that are in our organization want; they're the ones who have to deliver safety to the streets every single day. I don't think there's ever been an issue where the public has spoken so clearly where Congress hasn't eventually understood and done the right thing.
CONAN: In an appearance on that same program, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA executive vice president, said Mr. Bloomberg's millions - billions - are not enough to buy the American public.
WAYNE LAPIERRE: He can't spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the American public. They don't want him in their restaurants. They don't want him in their homes. They don't want him telling them what food to eat. They sure don't want him telling them what self-defense firearms to own, and he can't buy America.
CONAN: And John Maginnis, I wonder: Might this message - well, the money is from Mr. Bloomberg. But might this message be a little bit more acceptable with another public face?
MAGINNIS: Well, I say the ad, the common, the average viewer will look at the ad and first wouldn't even know who Mayor Bloomberg is except for the, you know, the Big Gulp controversy; his fingerprints are not all over the ad, you know, the content of it. It looks like a reasonable ad for a lot of voters in the state. So I think, you know, in the ad itself, you know, Bloomberg has a low profile, and I don't think many voters yet are connecting him to what they're seeing on TV.
CONAN: Ken?
RUDIN: John, Mary Landrieu, Senator Landrieu, also hasn't said anything about same-sex marriage. She hasn't come out as other Democrats have. Is she running scared in 2014?
MAGINNIS: Well, she - seems like she runs scared every six years and manages still to win. She has to be real careful. Louisiana is a very socially conservative state with a combination of, you know, Protestants and a lot of Catholics. So I would bet that she's not going to - she'll try to avoid that issue as best she can and hope even that it's settled by 2014, although I'm not sure it will be.
CONAN: John Maginnis, thanks very much for your time.
MAGINNIS: Thanks a lot.
CONAN: John Maginnis, a political columnist who publishes LaPolitics, a weekly political newsletter, with us from his office in Baton Rouge.
RUDIN: And of course La stands for Louisiana...
CONAN: Of course, as in NOLA. OK. Like Senator Landrieu, Senator Kay Hagen, a Democrat from North Carolina, faces an uphill re-election battle in 2014, the mayor's ads airing in her state as well. Ferrel Guillory is a professor in the practice of journalism at the University of North Carolina, with us from his office in Chapel Hill. Good of you to be with us today.
FERREL GUILLORY: Thanks for having me. It's an honor.
CONAN: And I know you've been listening to what we were talking about in Louisiana. Is that about the same situation there in North Carolina?
GUILLORY: Yeah. My - you wouldn't have known this, but John Maginnis and I were in high school together.
CONAN: Oh, my goodness.
GUILLORY: Yeah. I've known John since he was, you know, a teenager. Yeah, I would say roughly parallel. Kay Hagan is a moderate to conservative Democrat. I think the big difference between the Louisiana situation and the North Carolina situation is North Carolina has gone through much more of an economic and social change. So there's increasing metropolitanization here, population growth, this state has added two and a half million people in the last 20 years, one of the fastest growing states in the nation.
And so the issue having to do with gun violence here and what kind of controls to put on it kind of pits, you know, the older, more culturally conservative North Carolina against the more metropolitan modern North Carolina.
CONAN: You could probably say that in presidential election years, North Carolina is a true purple state.
GUILLORY: Yes.
CONAN: And 2014 is not a presidential election year.
GUILLORY: That's right. And that's one of the challenges facing Senator Hagan, is she, she won, as you know, in 2008. She outpolled President Obama, but the energy that President Obama's campaign brought to the state in 2008 helped swell the electorate, brought new people - burgeoned the electorate. 2014 is likely to have a much smaller electorate, you know, much more base-level electorate. And so that clearly is a factor that she has to weigh politically.
RUDIN: And in 2012, North Carolina elected a Republican governor for the first time since the 1980s. Mitt Romney carried the state, the only swing state he carried. Both houses of the state legislature went Republican. So you don't know which South - which North Carolina will show up in 2014, whether it's a North Carolina of 2008 or the North Carolina of 2012.
GUILLORY: Right. And let's be clear about some of these things. One is, is President Obama won the state in 2008 by 14,000 votes. Mitt Romney won the state in 2012 by 90,000 votes. And that's out of, you know, more than four million cast. So this is a very narrowly divided state. The legislative victory and the congressional district changeover has to do with the bump that Republicans got in 2010 in the midterm election plus redistricting that maximized the number of Republican districts.
CONAN: We're talking with Ferrel Guillory, the director of the Program on Public Life at the Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina. He's with us from his office in Chapel Hill. Of course Political Junkie Ken Rudin is with us. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And as we look at this situation, we've had Senator Hagan say she has now come out in favor of same-sex marriage, as Ken reported earlier.
She has said she will likely vote for universal background checks but needs to look at, of course, the actual language of any bill, would not likely support any assault weapons ban. It doesn't look like she's going to be asked to. But is this an element of her being held to account with her own base? There's a progressive element of the Democratic Party that's going to insist that she support these things.
GUILLORY: Right. And that's - that was my point earlier, is to how much does she look toward the old cultural conservative sentiment in North Carolina, how much the more modern North Carolina. Public Policy Polling, which is a Democratic Party-aligned poll, has the state as usual on these kind of issues narrowly divided. On the assault weapons ban, its latest poll had 50 percent in favor, and 41 percent opposed, which, you know, many issues come out in that kind of 50-40 range in the state and that - and, of course, those data come before the Bloomberg ads are aired and before much of the National Rifle Association pushback has arrived.
So this is, you know, in many ways a swing state, a swing state on a lot of issues that it's narrowly divided between Democrats and Republicans. There's a large segment of independent unaffiliated voters who mostly vote Democratic and Republican but are - but many of them are persuadable. So this is a state in which a lot of issues come down to a choice between options that divide people.
CONAN: And it's interesting, these ads and - and as you suggest, the pushback, all timed for the congressional break, the Easter break. And so this is when the senators and congressmen are back in their home districts and presumably getting the brunt or whatever pressure these ads and this pushback may deliver. Ferrel Guillory, thank you very much for your time.
GUILLORY: OK. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
CONAN: Ferrel Guillory, professor of the practice of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. And Ken, those are just two states where this is playing out. Interesting to look at the state of Iowa, another of the 13 states.
RUDIN: Yeah. And exactly - I mean they're not - he's not targeting a senator, I think they targeted there - because Tom - I mean they may be targeting Chuck Grassley, who's not up in 2014, but the Tom Harkin Senate seat is. So you have this money coming in to the state, and that's going to be a state - a seat - a Senate race that everybody is watching. You have a very strong conservative, Steve King, on the Republican side who looks like he wants it, and another congressman, Bruce Braley, on the Democratic side. The Republicans really, really want that seat, but right now it's trending Democratic.
CONAN: And it also remains to be seen whether votes now on either side will cost people politically come election day. And as Mayor Bloomberg said, so far all the threats of politics have been from one side. He wants to make some threats on the other side.
RUDIN: Well, absolutely. Just go back to North Carolina. Last May, the vote - they voted 61-39 to ban same-sex marriage. And here we have Kay Hagan announcing today that she's in favor of it. So there are calculations, there are risks for politicians in both parties.
CONAN: Ken Rudin will be back with us next week with another edition of the Political Junkie. Ken, as always, thanks very much.
RUDIN: Thank you, Neal.
CONAN: Our Political Junkie segment producer is Laura Lee. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Monday, May 17, 2010
A Tea Party of Wineabees
"The Wine Blog Awards judging is almost done. Yes, we had originally planned to have the judging complete by now with the public voting to be opened this Monday, May 17. However, the task blossomed a bit this year: more categories, more nominations, and more judges. Each judge has to sift through many, many blogs and we are waiting for data back from only a couple judges."--Wine Blog Awards Website
I'm sorry. It's my fault. I probably never should have agreed to do it. But I thought it would be fun. I thought it would be interesting. I'd spend long, contemplative Spring afternoons lost in a world of wine and language, savor the wisdom and knowledge of thoughtful and insightful people. I thought it would be hard because there would be this wealth of talent that I would have to whittle down to a mere five nominations per category, but that it would be a good kind of hard, like the New York Times crossword puzzle or a 57-year-old's morning erection. But now the nightmares won't stop. I'm afraid to fall asleep. My waking life has become unbearable. And the voices...My God, the voices won't stop. So many voices, so little to say. Make them stop! Please, for the love of Asimov, make them stop!
Sometimes I think it's the couples wine blogs that haunt me the most. "He loves wine, she loves fashion.." AAAAAARRGGHHH!! Somebody stop them! We don't care! You can't make us care. Your lives aren't interesting. I don't have any idea who told you they are, maybe your high school guidance counselor when you were twenty-five, but, believe me, they're not. And the pictures, the endless pictures, the endless fashion pictures, if you're idea of fashion is early Knott's Berry Farm, it's just more than I can bear. It's not a wine blog, it's Vanity Fair for female serial killers mixed with wine opinions for the addlepated. But they're not the only ones. Is this some sort of new advice couples therapists are dispensing to troubled marriages? Start a wine blog together! "She's a wine expert, he just loves the smell of jockstraps, won't it be fun to follow along as she teaches him to love wine!" NOOO! It won't. It's a nightmare. Teach him in private. Really. We don't want to read about it. Write a blog about him teaching you about something, humility maybe, and leave us alone. Oh God, my head...
I see these Wineabees everywhere. There was a time, back in the golden days of civilization, before the Internet, when people learned about wine quietly, by reading books, by traveling, by attending tastings. They didn't proclaim their ignorance for everyone to read. They didn't form big bands of wine ignorants and endlessly praise each other. "Great post, Thea! Hope to see you at the Wines of Trannies event in the City. Can't wait for those Post-Op Pinots. You rock!" "Great post, Sonadora! I love everything you write. You taste the cheapest wines! You rock!" I've had to read through these blogs and I can't get the voices out of my head. I didn't sign up for this. I hear hundreds of these voices, but they all sound the same. I walk down the street and I hear a sad little voice say, "...comes with a natural cork closure..." and I want to jump off the curb in front of a truck. Did Hugh Johnson ever utter the words, "comes with a natural cork closure?" Has Jancis Robinson ever declared, "This Sancerre would go perfectly with the latest Lady GaGa release?" Did Gerald Asher ever devote 1000 words to what wine goes with Hostess Ho-Ho's? I read through dozens of wine blogs and now there's this constant drone in my head, the kind of drone that goes with brain cells not dying, but committing ritual suicide.
So I thought I'd try a site that sounded like it might be porn. You know, NectarDrinker.com, or something like that. That sounded promisingly sick. But, no, it's not, it's just more of the same dreck. Only this guy, this guy is like the kid who was hit in the hammer by his weird uncle when he was seven and now he goes up to everyone he meets and says, "You're really pretty," and a wet stain develops in his pants, which is only a sign of freshness in baked goods. He just goes to every wine blog and comments, "You're really pretty. I love your blog." And he wants to be Gary V., models himself after the one guy who's living proof that Darwin was right except he should have said "descended" not "ascended." This NectarDrinker wants to package himself. I'm all for that, so long as it's in an airtight package.
It's just that these voices won't stop. The constant whine of the untalented, the voices of the democratization of wine. I hear them nonstop, I can't get them out of my head after sifting through all that tedious prose, those mind-numbing wine descriptions, the incessant noise of their rallying around each other proclaiming their God-given rights to express themselves and their uninformed and dull opinions, a Tea Party of Wineabees drowning us in their witless prose and borrowed opinions. Those voices haunt me. What happens to wine when everyone's an expert, when everyone's voice is heard? I don't know. I can't hear anything amid all the clamor. I can only hear the corporate marketing people laughing.
Oh, the Tea Party of Wineabees declares, if you don't like it, don't read it! We can do what we like. Just don't read our wine blogs. We like what we do, and we like what our friends do, we don't need you, we don't need your scorn or criticism. And, like any respectable Tea Party, on the face of it they have a point. For what's American about criticism? The Internet, wine blogs, they're not about criticism. Criticism is Socialist. The hierarchy is clear and only a fool tries to buck the system--opinion first, facts a distant second, talent just now turning for home. The Tea Party of Wineabees is untouchable and right and we value only the first and foremost of the Internet hierarchy. And we are legion. You have seen the future and it is mediocrity, and you'd better learn to accept it. The old status quo has to go. The hell with them. It's our turn now. Some people like to stand on the shoulders of giants, we prefer to be the midgets who use the giants' genitalia as a speedbag.
Sorry. The voices are getting to me. I've tried to read through all the nominated wine blogs; God knows I've tried. I even read the ones who nominated themselves, the hammerheads who look in the mirror and say, "You're so pretty" to themselves. But the voices only get louder and louder and I fear I'm losing my mind. But I hang on, I hang on knowing that wine blogs, like so many dwarves, won't live long. The voices will finally fade. And all that will be left is just the abandoned sites, like so many strip mines that have polluted the landscape and poisoned the people nearby.
Good Luck with the Wine Blog Awards, Everybody!!
35 comments:
- Charlie Olken said...
I have nominated HoseMaster of Wine in the category, Best Blog For The Huddled Masses Yearning to Breath Free.
Good luck.
Oh, and Ken Payton has nominated HoseMaster of Wine in the category, WTF.
Steve Heimoff has nominated himself in the category, "It's A Good Thing I Have A Sense of Humor". - May 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Puff Daddy,
I'm hoping for any nomination and a win just so I can give a long acceptance speech endorsing Sarah Palin and demanding to see 1WineDude's birth certificate. I have it on good authority he was born in Myanmar.
And congrats on your nomination in the category "Best Blog that Doesn't Exist," though I'm guessing Robert Parker's "Thoughts From Hell" is a sure winner. - May 17, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Josh aka NectarDrinker said...
Ron, thanks for the skewering...you're real purty and I like your blog...
Cheers, nectardrinker... drinknectar
P.S. If you were looking for porn, I have some recommendations for you... ;) - May 17, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Thomas said...
Does this mean that I lose again?
Guess I'll go eat worms--with Viognier, of course. - May 17, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- winebookgirl said...
So does this post have triple the readership of the last one?
-A - May 17, 2010 at 12:33 PM
And the award for the most obscure resurrection of an antique adjective goes to the Master of Hoses for....
Addlepated (... as in "the opinions of the) - May 17, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- John M. Kelly said...
Do they really give awards for wine blogs? Really? I mean, really? Is it, like, bronze silver gold double-gold best-of-show? Or is it, like, on a 100-point scale? I really need a blog to tell me which wine goes best with which blog, and what music I should be listening to when I read it. Please - which blog goes bast with a 2005 Salice Salentino and Psapp?
- May 17, 2010 at 6:34 PM
- Ron Washam said...
Hey Josh,
Wow, how did you find the time to comment here? Not much going on over at BrixChicks or WineabeeWino? Anyhow, thanks for dropping by. Yes, I know, I am purty. I have the face for blogging.
I'm not sure not receiving a Wine Blog Award is exactly the definition of losing. It's a lot like not winning a Darwin Award. Desirable. What you never want to be is one of the judges for the WBA, which is what this lame post was about, aside from 500 words too long.
Amy Love,
Yeah, triple. So, six readers.
Such a lovely word, addlepated, I hate to see it so ignored. If only "terroir" would suffer the neglect in its stead.
Let's see, with Salice Salentino I'd go with Alfonso's "On the Wine Road in Italy," and, luckily, he's also a Psapp. Perfect match.
Sure, pretend you aren't longing for a WBA, which I thought was a league for really tall women but turns out to be an award for stunted emotional maturity. I believe the blogs are judged on the musical scale--the sharp ones are disqualified and the flat ones rule. - May 17, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Derrick said...
I took a turn judging the WBA a few years back, and I actually found it pretty easy to disqualify tons of entrants in any one category. Sometimes too easy: I had to scrounge a bit to find 5 nominees for some of the categories.
I will say, however, that I found at least one blog that was new to me and that I enjoyed. - May 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM
I do have to admit, as I have said before, were it not for having judged once, I'd have been late to the HoseMaster party. I never got invited back.
Do bloggers who win get invited somewhere? Do you have to declare it to the FTC? Or just the IRS?
This reminds me of a professional contest-entering couple (may have been sole occupation) who won a wine trip to Bordeaux. Didn't drink. Had to file videos. It was painful.
I wonder if they entered... - May 18, 2010 at 2:30 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
This huddled mass would also like to nominate HoseMaster for saving us from the witless mind-numbingly boring back label writing that plagues far too many wine blogs out there.
Ron My Love,
I made the same mistake in trying to read through all the nominated (self nominated included and I count the ones that went on facebook and emailed their friends begging them to nominate them in this category) wine blogs....it was a little like grading kindergarten play dough sculptures. Kind of depressing really and that one with the fashion and wine crap seriously had me thinking, "Well if I bludgeon myself it will go away" dreadful and so freaking pointless. I must admit I am dying to see who the finalists are if for no other reason than to get my panties twisted and watch you go after them, (the bloggers not my panties). That or I'm an emotional cutter....either way I'm staying tuned in. - May 18, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- 1WineDude said...
As a person of short stature, I am deeply offended by this article.
-shorty - May 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Joe, my dear adopted son--
Not to worry. You are way ahead in the Short Blog category.
Pappy - May 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
When you win your WBA stand on Heimoff's shoulders to give your acceptance speech. Nice symbolism, and you might also get a gig with Cirque du Soleil. - May 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Thomas said...
Heimoff has shoulders? I thought they were superfluous to a wine critic whose head is usually taken off and lain to rest at the end of a hard day of spitting and spewing. Don't even need a neck.
- May 19, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Charlie Olken said...
Headless wine critics? Shoulderless wine critics? I think you forgot spineless wine critics, blind wine critics, emperors who have no noses wine critics and a whole host of wine critics with other infirmities.
How about talking about wine? Got any ideas how I can get my hands on a bunch of Finger Lakes Rieslings to review along the wines I have been collecting from WA, OR, CA and MI? - May 19, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Ron Washam said...
Sure he's got shoulders. They hold up his royal cape.
Hey Charlie,
Talk about wine here? Oh, if you must.
I recently tasted the 2008 Chateau Grand Traverse Dry Riesling from Michigan, which was about $12, and thought it was sensational for that price. Not going to scare anybody in the Mosel, but it was beautifully made and pitch perfect for the variety. An easy 564,324 on the HoseMaster Million Point Scale.
And while you're at it, get your fingers on some wines from the Hands Lakes. - May 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Michigan Master,
I knew there was something about this place I liked. Been following those wineries in the Traverse area as long as Daddy has been puffin. And they have more than fingers, they have the whole mitten. (Still love ya, Thomas.) - May 19, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Ron Washam said...
Heya Jimmie,
That Michigan stuff impressed me, but I am far out of touch with Finger Lakes Rieslings. Though you'd think a guy like me would be given an awful lot of Fingers.
Meanwhile, I'm still having nightmares from some of those blogs I read. The horror, the horror! - May 19, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Thomas said...
Anyone interested in Finger Lakes Riesling ought to contact the Finger Lakes wineries. I am not an employee and do not receive compensation for doing any sort of PR work, or otherwise for the region.
You can go over to the New York boosterism blog (http://lennthompson.typepad.com/lenndevours/)
and maybe get some help there.
Be warned, however, reviewing wines that can't be found at retail in your location can be annoying to consumers. - May 19, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Dear HorrorMaster,
Try some of Larry Mawby's sparkling wines..Cremant, Talisman, very good vino. His Fizz & Wet are good, but I had Sex with him several years ago, and it was great! I could have blogged about it all day, but after a cigarette, I fell asleep. - May 19, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- John M. Kelly said...
Charlie - thanks for the Red Zeppelin reminder. I'd almost forgotten...
Ron - thanks for the Poxyclipse Now reference, Now I'm thinking "I love the smell of [insert RP favorite here] in the morning." - May 19, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Heya Jimmie,
Well, Mawby I will. Do you usually smoke after sex? Only if you do it right!
I was actually going for the "Heart of Darkness" reference, but, from your Apocalypse to God's ear. - May 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Thomas said...
So, where'd my last comment go?
It was there; I saw it. But now it's gone. - May 19, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
It's so weird! At the bottom of the post it says 24 comments, but here it says 22, and your two comments have vanished. I got them in my personal Inbox, but then they're not on the blog. I certainly didn't delete them or do anything to make them vanish. Some sort of Blogger thing. Really odd.
So I'll cut and paste them here:
Thomas said:
Anyone interested in Finger Lakes Riesling ought to contact the Finger Lakes wineries. I am not an employee and do not receive compensation for doing any sort of PR work, or otherwise for the region.
You can go over to the New York boosterism blog (http://lennthompson.typepad.com/lenndevours/)
and maybe get some help there.
Be warned, however, reviewing wines that can't be found at retail in your location can be annoying to consumers.
Posted by Thomas to HoseMaster of Wine at May 19, 2010 4:02 PM
Thomas said:
So, where'd my last comment go?
It was there; I saw it. But now it's gone.
Posted by Thomas to HoseMaster of Wine at May 19, 2010 6:14 PM
I have no idea what's going on with your posts. - May 19, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Thomas said...
This is a test--do not be alarmed; do not close the shades; do not hide under your desk; this is only a test!
- May 20, 2010 at 5:07 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Blogger has regained its senses and allowed you back, even returned your old comments in their original form. Turns out it was a simple hostage situation and I had to pay Meg Whitman ten thousand dollars for their return. At least I think it was Meg Whitman--she looked amazingly like Benjamin Franklin.
Anyhow, it seems disorder has been restored. - May 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Thomas said...
"Anyhow, it seems disorder has been restored."
Not really, not until Whitman sends me my share of the ten grand.
Odd, but when i tried to post on Fermentation earlier, after a long time away, I found that I had to re-enter all my info.
Someone at Google is after me--or avoiding me. - May 20, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Tom writes, "Someone at Google is after me--or avoiding me."
They are not the only one, boyo.
Today's secret word is "qualatio", which seems to mean "good latio".
I suppose there is bad "latio" but I have yet to experience it. - May 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Puff Daddy,
I'm pretty sure "qualatio" refers to oral sex at QualComm stadium. It's on old tradition at ballparks. You kiss your girlfriend on the strikes and she kiss you on the balls. - May 20, 2010 at 10:38 AM
The Master of Hoses responded:
"At least I think it was Meg Whitman--she looked amazingly like Benjamin Franklin."
Aha! The commercials are starting to make sense... Poizner then is obviously Ben Stein and he too wants to win our money! - May 20, 2010 at 5:36 PM
The command given by my wife's alpha dog family tour guides in Italy while we were trying to sleep off the purple haze from the previous night... get up! we're starting over.
Here it applies to the Whitman/Poizner sick love/hate affair to see who can waste the most dinero claiming the other cretin is more liberal or has more STDs.
To put it in more concise and scientifically correct terms the appropriate descriptor is:
We will now return to our regular scheduled programming. - May 20, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
It is the absolute WORST, I would be embarrassed for them if they didn't piss me off....
- May 20, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Whoops...commented on the wrong post, I don't know S.H.I.t
- May 20, 2010 at 9:22 PM
- Unknown said...
Dear Hosey, I was wondering if it is permissible when responding in this space, to reach across the table and slap someone else other than you?
Oh and btw, when onewhinedud says stature, does that mean, IQ? - May 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM

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Bar table Tiffany MONO, 110x80x80 cm, Anthracite
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Delivery will be made one day before the fair starting between 14 and 17 clock (pm) (In this time stand stuff must be present)
Collection takes place on the last day within 2 hours after the official end of the exhibition (In this time stand stuff must be present). The rented property is not allowed to be included after the fair into the booth! Material that can not be picked up, is provided by a special trip invoiced.
The net prices are valid for every trade fair equal. Prices are based on delivery on the last day of construction to the last day of the trade fair. (Exception is the replacement / exchange)
delivery costs:
Please also note that we charge a one-time transport fee of € 21 per delivery/collection. In addition, we also charge partial assembly and disassembly costs in the case of greater effort with regard to assembly/disassembly at the customer's stand.
Delivery / Collection:
First delivery is also the last day of construction of the respective exhibition. The following days will always daily / every two days replaced within 2 hours after the end day of the fair. This constitutes a new delivery and pick-up dirty goods. In this time stand stuff must be present, or provided the dirty goods. Please note - Only complete units will be exchanged!
In the daily / every two days exchange are the shown prices in the form daily prices!
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When a exchange is ordered for every exchange day we calculate a separat transport of 21 €. So every day got a single transport. We do not offer hourly washing up!
Orders that are received later than one week before the start of the trade fair will be charged with a surcharge (staggered in time)
Details at a Glance
- Height 110 cm, width 80 cm, depth 80 cm
- Colour: Anthracite
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Why you should add Germany to your RTW travel list
Germany is not as obvious of a destination as England, France or Italy, but that doesn't make it any less rewarding for the visitor.
- Beer and food is always a good combination in Germany. Beer gardens are your first choice. Does Oktoberfest ring a bell?
- Having Europe's largest economy, Germany is impressive nearly everywhere you look.
- From the lush Rhine River Valley along the western part of the country to surprisingly-opulent Hamburg in the north to the ultra-hip music and arts scenes developing in the former East down to Germany's most livable city of Munich, there is no shortage of things to keep a visitor busy.
- The huge beer steins are there year-round, but the lederhosen is something you'll most likely see during Munich's enormous Oktoberfest celebration, which actually ends in early October by the way, so check the calendar.
- Berlin is by far Germany's largest city and its most vibrant as well. Since reunification with the East in 1989 formerly West Berlin has remained fairly posh and pleasant, but the far-larger former East Berlin has exploded with an amazing arts, music, and nightlife scene as ramshackle and affordable shop fronts and apartments are transformed into ultra-hip galleries, clubs, and lofts.
- You can experience what the state marketing department is now calling the Romantic Road that stretches from near Munich to near Frankfurt.
- In spite of the slightly silly name, the incredibly scenic route is well worth a visit, by car or by bus, and nearby Rhine River cruises are also well worth checking out to see the collection of castles and fortresses that once controlled the river traffic.
Read: Germany by the Glass: Three Drinking Destinations Not to Miss.
Indie travel tips for Germany
- Visit Munich's Alstadt (Old Town).
- Neuschwanstein Castle – yes, the one which inspired Disney's castle – can be visited during a day trip from Munich.
- Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie – in short, the main historical sites in Berlin.
- Climb the glass dome of The Reichstag in Berlin.
- Germany is home to some very old and interesting Christmas Markets. In December , head to Munich to get gingerbread, mulled one and Christmas ornaments.
- Explore the banks of the Elbe in Hamburg
- Rent a car and explore the Black Forest. Try the food and enjoy the scenery. Walking and biking are highly recommended, too.
- Visit The Cathedral of Cologne, the third tallest cathedral in the world.
- Free walking tours of the German cities (i.e. Munich, Berlin) are great options even for those who won't ever consider a traditional tour. You get to learn a lot about the place you see and make friends.
- Have a picnic in Tiergarten, the largest park in Berlin.
- In Munich, put on your walking shoes and explore the area between Karlsplatz and Marienplatz. People watching is a must.
- Swim in Lake Constance, located at the foot of the Alps. There are hiking and cycling trails in the area.
- Eat Doner Kebab. Yes, it's a Turkish food but in Germany it's amazing thanks to the many migrants . It's also a cheap and filling meal.
Read: How to Enjoy Oktoberfest on a Beer Budget.
When you book your flight into Germany, you'll probably find that the cheapest airfares are into the country's largest airport in Frankfurt, but the city itself is really
not a highlight, so you might consider a slightly higher fare into a city you actually plan on visiting. Of course, the country's train system is fast and efficient so getting from one city to another is often faster by train than by plane.
As a hub in central Europe, Germany is a perfect place to use a Eurail Pass. Get one here on BootsnAll. There are passes available for only Germany as well as others that include some surrounding countries, so shop for passes carefully before buying one that may be more than you need.
Read: Grapes, Castles, and the Rhine in Bacharach, Germany.
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movement, so it's no surprise that there are many from which to choose, but they can get booked up quickly.
Read: Berlin: 7 Things You Should Know About the Ever Changing City.
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FRP Manufacturing for Mining Industry in sector 23 faridabad
Introduction of ASB Industries Pvt. Ltd. as FRP Manufacturing in sector 23 faridabad:
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on FRP Manufacturing for Mining Industry in sector 23 faridabad, where we explore the wide array of solutions offered by ASB Industries Pvt. Ltd. As a leading provider of FRP services, we are dedicated to delivering top-notch solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of various industries, including Mining Industry. In this blog, we will delve into the various applications, quality assurance measures, manufacturing processes, customized solutions, and the advantages of choosing ASB Industries Pvt. Ltd. for FRP Manufacturing in sector 23 faridabad.
FRP Applications:
At ASB Industries Pvt. Ltd., we take immense pride in offering a diverse range of FRP solutions that find extensive applications in various sectors, including Mining Industry. Let's explore some key applications of our services:
Chemical Processing Industry:
Our FRP solutions play a vital role in the Chemical Processing Industry, where corrosion resistance and durability are paramount. From storage tanks to process vessels, our FRP products excel in providing a safe and reliable solution for handling corrosive chemicals. Whether it's corrosive acids, alkaline solutions, or aggressive solvents, our FRP equipment ensures long-lasting performance and enhanced safety.
Oil and Gas Industry:
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Water Treatment Plants:
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Infrastructure Development:
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Pharmaceutical Industry:
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Power Plants:
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Mining Industry:
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Automotive Industry:
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Textile Industry:
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Our ability to adapt and provide versatile solutions sets us apart from the competition. Whether it's a unique design requirement or a complex industrial challenge, we thrive on providing innovative solutions tailored to your needs.
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Industrial Experience of FRP
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First Trimester Screening
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First trimester screening combines fetal ultrasound and blood tests for the mother. It's done during the first trimester of pregnancy, during weeks 1 to 12 or 13. It can help find out the risk of the fetus having certain birth defects.
Headaches in Early Pregnancy
Your First Trimester
Managing headaches is especially tricky in the first trimester. This is a time when you should stay away from many medicines.
First Trimester Fatigue
Your First Trimester
For many people, the extreme tiredness of the first trimester is quite a surprise. And it's an especially hard transition for those who are normally go-getters with lots of energy. Learn more about what causes this fatigue--and what to do to feel better.
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