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If your business deals with the importation, manufacture, distribution or sale of alcohol in Washington State, you need a liquor license.
A liquor license is an endorsement on your Business License issued by the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) Business Licensing Service. You must complete the Business License Application even if you already have a Business License, along with a Liquor and Cannabis Board Addendum.
After you submit your liquor license application, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) will take you through the licensing process and ultimately decide whether to approve or deny your application.
Note: Applications for a liquor license should be submitted 90 days before the anticipated opening date. If the application is submitted too far in advance, the application may be administratively withdrawn and you will be encouraged to apply closer to your opening date. Retail applications are accompanied by a $75 non-refundable processing fee.
If you are applying for a non-retail liquor license, you must obtain your approved TTB Federal Permit before applying.
Application process for retail licenses and in-state non-retail licenses:
Use the descriptions in the links below to figure out what type of liquor license you need:
- Retail liquor license guide
- Retail liquor license descriptions and fees:
- Non-retail liquor license descriptions and fees:
- How to apply for an out-of-state non-retail liquor license
Complete application
Visit bls.dor.wa.gov and go to the liquor licenses section to fill out the following forms:
A Business License Application
A Liquor and Cannabis Board Addendum
- A Liquor and Cannabis Board Addendum-Retail if you are applying for a retail license (grocery store, motel, restaurant, snack bar, sports/entertainment facility, tavern, etc.)
A Liquor and Cannabis Board Addendum-Non-retail if you are applying for a non-retail license (microbrewery, domestic brewery or winery, beer or wine distributor, beer or wine importer, wine grower, etc.)
An Alcohol Dealer Registration
- Please mail this form to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) at the address on the form.
Note: If you are applying for a Spirits Retailer liquor license and intend to sell to on-premises liquor retailers for resale at their licensed premises, or for a Wine Retailer/Reseller Endorsement, you will also need a federal Basic Permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. It must provide for purchasing product for resale at wholesale, and a permit is required for each location where you plan to sell to another retailer. Apply for this permit online with the TTB at https://www.ttbonline.gov/permitsonline/. It is recommended that you post this permit on your premises with your other licenses.
You may need additional local, state and federal licenses for your business that are not covered under the Business License Application. For more information on licensing requirements for your business, contact the Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service at 1-800-451-7985 or email@example.com.
- A License Fee Sheet may also be helpful during your application process.
Submit your paperwork and fees
Please make your check or money order payable to: Department of Revenue. $75 of the liquor licensing fee is non-refundable in most cases. You have three options for submitting your paperwork and fees:
- Online: All liquor licenses can be applied for online, apply and pay online.
- In person: Drop off your fees and paperwork at a DOR business licensing office.
- Mail:
State of Washington
Business Licensing Service
P.O. Box 9034
Olympia, WA 98507-9034
Conduct initial interview and submit additional documents
Once the WSLCB receives your application from DOR's Business Licensing Service, a liquor license investigator will contact you to verify the application information and answer any questions you have about the application process. You will also get a list of documents the WSLCB needs to process your application, such as:
- Financial/Source of funds statement Non-Retail Applicants Only
- Lease information Non-Retail Tied House Statement
- Affidavits Addendum - Beer and Wine Tax Payment and Reports
- Purchase agreements Compliance Agent Authorization Form
- Partnership agreements
- Franchise agreements
- Floor plans
- Personal/criminal history statement
WSLCB notifies local authority
State law requires the WSLCB to notify the local authority (i.e. mayor or county commission) of the city or county your business is located in that you have applied for a liquor license. The local authority has 20 days to respond with an approval or objection to your license application. In Alcohol Impact Areas, the local authority has 60 days to respond.
Non-retail only: Temporary licenses are only available for distributors.
Posting notice if required
A public notice will be posted for 14 days at your business if:
- Your business is in a new building or if the location hasn't hosted a liquor licensed business immediately prior to your tenancy
- You are changing the type of liquor license at the location
- You are applying for a winery, brewery or craft distillery license
WSLCB notifies nearby churches and schools
The officer also will inspect the neighborhood for nearby public and private schools and churches. If there are any within 500 feet of your business, they will be notified and have the chance to support or object to your application.
Note: State law provides that public schools within 500 feet of the premises may veto a license. The WSLCB will take all protest and support letters into consideration when making a decision to approve or deny a license.
Public comment period
The public can send in written comments about the application. Comments should include the trade name, license number and address of the business. You can mail in comments to:
Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
Licensing and Regulation
P.O. Box 43098
Olympia, WA 98504-3098
Complete online briefing and request final inspection
Retail applicants will need to complete an online briefing of liquor laws and regulations, while non-retail applicants will need to schedule a briefing from their local WSLCB enforcement office.
- Both retail and non-retail applicants will need to request a final inspection from their local WSLCB enforcement office.
WSLCB approves or denies application
Using the information gathered during the application process, the WSLCB will either approve or deny your liquor license application.
If the WSLCB approves your application, you will receive an approval letter that serves as your 30-day liquor license until you receive your Business License with the liquor endorsement from the DOR Business Licensing Service.
If your application is denied, you can either:
Accept the decision and reapply in a year, or request an administrative hearing
Reasons for denial may include:
- Failure to meet basic licensing requirements
- Objection from the local authority
- Objection from a church, school, or other public institution within 500 feet of the premises
- Questionable source of funds
- Indicators of hidden ownership
- Criminal history, i.e. conviction of a felony, conviction of a gross or simple misdemeanor involving liquor or drugs, any series of violations that show a disregard for the law.WAC 314-07-040
When the board processes a criminal history check on an applicant, it uses a point system to determine if the person qualifies for a license. The board will not normally issue a liquor license to an applicant who has accumulated eight or more points as indicated below:
|Time period during which points will be assigned
|Points assigned
|Felony conviction
|Ten years
|12 points
|Gross misdemeanor conviction
|Three years
|5 points
|Misdemeanor conviction
|Three years
|4 points
|Currently under federal or state supervision for a felony conviction
|8 points
|Nondisclosure of any of the above
|4 points each
If a case is pending for an alleged offense that would earn eight or more points, the board will hold the application for the disposition of the case. If the disposition is not settled within ninety days, the board will administratively close the application.


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OEF Summary, Nov. 5, 2009: Forces Kill, Detain Militants in Afghanistan
Dispatches from the Front:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2009 -- Combined Afghan and international forces killed or detained suspected militants in Afghanistan's Wardak and Khowst provinces yesterday, and officials are investigating whether an International Security Assistance Force rocket attack caused civilian casualties, military officials reported.
A combined force targeted a compound near the village of Babur Kheyl in Wardak's Sayed Abad district after intelligence indicated militant activity there. After entering the compound, the force received hostile fire and returned fire, killing the militants. The patrol searched the compound and detained a group of suspected militants. No civilians were harmed during the operation, officials said.
In another operation, a combined force searched compounds near the village of Baran Kheyl in Khowst province's Manduzai district, looking for a Haqqani terrorist suspect responsible for funneling foreign fighters into the area. The combined force killed an enemy militant and detained a suspect. No civilians were harmed during the operation.
The Haqqani network uses a generations-old system of routes in eastern Afghanistan to conduct attacks, gain strongholds and arm other militants, officials said.
Meanwhile, ISAF officials are investigating allegations in media reports that a surface-to-surface rocket strike near Babaji village in the Lashkar Gah district of Afghanistan's Helmand province yesterday caused civilian casualties.
ISAF officials said the strike targeted nine militants believed to be emplacing an improvised explosive device, and that ISAF forces were not aware of any civilians in the vicinity. "Only those involved in the IED emplacement were targeted," officials said in a statement.
"ISAF takes all credible allegations of civilian casualties very seriously and investigates each allegation to determine the facts," said Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, spokeswoman for ISAF's Joint Command. "If any civilians were injured through our actions, we deeply regret it."
(Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command news releases.)
Labels: Afghanistan, Dispatches from the Front, GWOT, Military, NATO, OEF, Terrorism

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Being a caregiver for a loved one can be a very fulfilling experience, but may also be one of the most difficult times in one's life. The challenges faced are unlike any other; for many, taking care of a loved one is a 24-hour a day commitment. Honing or adopting new skills can help with both juggling daily responsibilities, and the added caregiver duties. Nancy Geiger, Director of the Gurwin Home Care Agency, offers the following tips to help with the transition to the role as caregiver:
1. Communicate: Communication is the key to any good relationship. Make sure you are clear in your communication with your loved one and that you listen as well. It's also important to keep other family members in the loop, so they understand the circumstances and can help if needed. Sharing pictures and updates through regular texts to family members keeps everyone on the same page and can prompt phone calls to brighten your loved one's day.
2. Keep Your Composure: Most new caregivers are thrust into situations that they have never been in, and this can often be uncomfortable as both you and your loved one get adjust to your new roles. It is important to keep calm and remain practical, providing care and caring in such a way as maintain your loved one's dignity. It is helpful and respectful to have discussion and agreement when you are about to initiate a task. This prepares the individual and makes it feel more of a collaborative effort.
3. Be Creative: Painting, gardening, and music can help build a much needed bond between caregiver and dependent. Being creative will also help when things are not so easy, helping you to find unique ways to encourage your loved one to eat, bathe or perform other essential tasks.
4. Be Dependable: People receiving care rely on their caregiver for assistance day in and out. It's difficult to lose the feeling of independence and no longer being able to do basic tasks for yourself. Knowing you can be counted on to for whatever is needed and keeping a regular routine will instill in your loved one a sense of confidence and feelings of safety and relief.
5. Be Flexible: Sometimes health situations and concerns for safety necessitate change. Caregivers must be flexible with schedules and open to change; this in turn enables the change to your loved one to be received more readily. The quicker you as a caregiver can adapt to a new situation, the better it will be for everyone involved.
6. Maintain Your Sense of Humor: Laughter is the best medicine, and finding humor in a difficult situation will help both of you get through some tough and challenging situations.
7. Be Patient: Dependents tend to get frustrated easily, and may express this in different ways. It is important for you to have patience and not show your own frustrations. If you sense some escalated emotions, take a deep breath and realize that you are there to help, not cause your loved one to feel like a burden.
8. Be Practical: Having a realistic outlook about a health situation is important. There is always room to hope for the best, but as a caregiver you also a need to understand the limitations of your loved one. It is always good to encourage independence, but be practical in what you expect, and be prepared to change expectations depending on their condition at any given time.
9. Take Care of Yourself: Understand your own limitations with time and emotional stress, and ask for help when you need it. Sometimes just a day's respite can recharge you and help you come back ready to fulfill your responsibilities again. Remember, being a good caregiver begins with caring for yourself!
10. Know When to Call In Reinforcements: Enlisting help from a home health aide can provide the necessary respite to help prevent caregiver burnout. They understand how challenging the care of a loved one can be and can provide much needed assistance, from as little as 4 hours per day a few days per week, to full-time help if required. The companionship an aide provides can give your loved one a new outlook as well as help reinforce safe and productive routines that you have been trying to convince them of all along.
Becoming a caregiver for a loved one is a role many of us will experience in our lifetimes. Keeping a positive attitude and getting the appropriate support can help to make it a pleasant experience for all concerned and make a difference in the life of the one you love.
Author Nancy Geiger is the director of the Gurwin Home Care Agency. She is happy to assist caregivers with finding an appropriate care situation for a loved one. Contact Nancy at 631-493-1282 or 516-539-2300, or via email at email@example.com.
For information about the Gurwin Family of Healthcare Services, visit www.gurwin.org.


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The massive snow storm that crippled much of the U.S. Northeast recently also left its mark on Eastern Ontario where I have been testing a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder for two months to see if the all-new SUV can indeed tackle a good-old-fashioned Canadian winter.
And while I have already pushed the $41,000 Pathfinder SL through some moderately deep snow, the latest storm clearly brought the biggest challenge so far — certainly as big as any Pathfinder owner will ever face. At least 30 centimetres of soft new snow blanketed the 1.6-km laneway to my old wooden cottage on Bobs Lake. While the sun had now come out and the sky was a brilliant blue, there was no way I was going to walk through that deep snow to access the ATV I use to plow the lane and make it accessible.
So, locking the four-wheel drive system and shutting down the traction control in our Cayenne Red Pathfinder, I drove in. Immediately the Michelin Latitude X-Ice winter tires began to slip but the Pathfinder kept crawling and bounding along. The snow was so deep, it felt almost like piloting an icebreaker through the Northwest Passage, pushing the snow to the side and out of the way.
It didn't take long before the increasing-weight and mound of the snow I was accumulating in front finally stopped me. Thankfully, the day was still cold enough that the snow hadn't hardened, because the Pathfinder's 6.5 inches of ground clearance wouldn't have been enough to get over this, and I probably would have been left high-centered. Plus there was no one around to help pull me out. When I tried to open the door, I couldn't — the snow was a few inches higher than the bottom of the door. I pressed on through the soft snow.
Time and gain, on any type of incline, the Pathfinder would bog down in the depths – usually giving up just at the point where it seemed it could make it. Some of that is because the continuously variable transmission, even with the traction shut off, would often cut power to the wheels if the RPMs got too high – usually at the point where I was spinning all four wheels and wanted every bit of momentum I could get. This may be a built-in preservation mechanism, but it was nonetheless frustrating, something you won't usually see on a truck-type powertrain.
Still, each time I bogged down I simply backed out along the path I had cut in the snow and took another run. And without fail, the Pathfinder would continue to move further along. Once over the few hills, the SUV simply soldiered on through the deep snow, occasionally throwing a large billow of snow over the hood but smoothly swallowing everything before it. Steam billowed from the wheel wells and out lines along the hood.
When I finally arrived at the cottage, I was shocked to see our next-door neighbours were at their cottage. They walked in with snowshoes the day before.
For a better look at the snowy drive in, see the photos and video on driving.ca


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A by-the-book FBI agent. An all-over-the-place cop. Imagine the sparks that will fly if they become partners!
Actually, you don't have to imagine. You've seen this dynamic in practically every buddy cop movie ever, just not with women as the buddies. The parts land square in the comfort zones for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, who annoy each other and me in "The Heat," which should have considered inverting the roles and allowing the actresses to play against type a la Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in "21 Jump Street."
Good comedy often comes from surprise and creativity, but "The Heat" tries to get by without them. Jokes about the Rosetta Stone and Spanx? Making fun of an Albino for being pale? First-time screenwriter Katie Dippold ("Parks and Recreation") can do better than that.
With a trajectory like "The Other Guys" minus the huge laughs," "The Heat" progresses as rigid Special Agent Ashburn (Bullock) and profane detective Mullins (McCarthy) pick away at the identity of a Boston drug lord. The setting allows for time with Mullins' very Bahston family (including Joey McIntyre!) and Ashburn, a New Yorker, thinking that one of Mullins' brothers is saying "knock" when he's saying "narc." Dippold and director Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids") may as well have just copied and pasted the superior stuff from "The Fighter," which was funnier and had a lot more local personality.
In the opening scene of "The Heat," whose few laughs aren't that big, a character confuses prohibition for prostitution, a joke I liked better when someone mixed up "Caucasian" and "persuasion" in "How to Be a Player." (Bet you didn't expect me to reference that movie ever.) There's also Mullins, a character I wish wasn't drawn as being so sloppy, climbing through a car window, and Ashburn awkwardly dancing to try to get close to one of their targets in a club. None of the other agents like Ashburn, though one colleague (a miscast Marlon Wayans) does simply because of her looks. These scenes arrive like they've taken extra-drowsy medication, and you're more likely to wait for the movie to end than enjoy hanging out in its predictability.
Outside the success of McCarthy's mediocre "Identity Thief," I'm not sure why "The Heat" moved from April to late June. It doesn't scream summer hit so much as, "I didn't see this when it was in theaters, and now I'm on an overseas flight, so whatever." Character-based stuff like the lonely Ashburn cuddling with her neighbor's cat, and Mullins' gun playing Russian roulette with a perp's crotch, made me laugh. Otherwise, it's just another chance to hear the Hives' "Tick Tick Boom" during a chase sequence and main characters bonding over a night of drunken chatting and dancing. That's working for formula, not making formula work for you.
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Red Sox extend Player Development Contract with Portland Sea Dogs through 2018
BOSTON, MA - The Boston Red Sox and Portland (ME) Sea Dogs today announced the extension of their Player Development Contract (PDC) for an additional four years. With the extension, the Red Sox will continue to have a Double-A Eastern League affiliate in Portland through 2018.
Red Sox Director of Player Development Ben Crockett and Sea Dogs Chairman Bill Burke made the announcement.
"The Portland Sea Dogs and the Burke family have been tremendous partners in the development of Red Sox minor league players who have played at Hadlock Field," said Crockett. "We are excited to extend our relationship and look forward to continued success in the future."
The Red Sox' association with the Sea Dogs began with the 2003 season, following Portland's nine-year affiliation with the Florida Marlins. That year, a likeness of Fenway Park's Green Monster was erected at Hadlock Field. In addition, the skyboxes at the park were renamed to honor legendary Red Sox hitters. The Red Sox and Sea Dogs PDC was last extended for two seasons in January of 2011.
"As we prepare for our 20th season of Sea Dogs baseball we are thrilled to announce this new agreement," said Burke. "It is an honor to be associated with the Boston Red Sox, one of the greatest franchises in professional sports, and we are pleased to let our incredible fans know that this relationship will continue well into the future."
Sally Burke McNamara, the team's treasurer, added, "We feel incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to continue the legacy our father created, and our partnership with the Red Sox is a cornerstone of that legacy. We thank the Red Sox for the confidence they've placed in us and we will continue to do everything we can to provide them with the best possible environment to develop future big leaguers."
The Sea Dogs have advanced to postseason play four times in 10 seasons since becoming an affiliate of the Red Sox, including their first Eastern League Championship in 2006. Sea Dogs alumni currently with the Red Sox include Daniel Bard, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia, and Will Middlebrooks.
Portland is one of Boston's six minor league affiliates, joining Triple-A Pawtucket (International League), Single-A Salem (Carolina League), Single-A Greenville (South Atlantic League), Short-A Lowell (New York-Penn League) and Rookie Gulf Coast Red Sox (Gulf Coast League).


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Guest Host: Chuck Todd
Guests: Chris Cillizza, Howard Fineman, Susan Page, Bill Maher, James Clyburn, Paul Broun, Clarence Page
CHRIS TODD, HOST: How do we know when we've won?
Let's play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Chuck Todd in Washington, filling in for Chris Matthews, who's in Israel on assignment. Leading off tonight: The day after. What everyone seems to agree on is that the president did a good job explaining why we went into Libya. What's still unclear is how we plan to get out. Republicans are, in some cases predictably, condemning the president's speech for the lack of that, but even Democratic support has been a bit tepid. Ultimately, the president will be judged by whether we win, but what does winning look like? Is it simply getting rid of Gadhafi?
Also, let's get ready to rumble. Comedian and political commentator -
and provocateur sometimes—Bill Maher joins us. We'll get his take on the Tea Party, Libya, the race for the Republican nomination, and then there's Donald Trump, among other things.
And speaking of Trump, we said last week he dipped a toe into the birther waters. Well, now he's dived in head first and declared, The water's fine, come on in, and he's producing his own birth certificate. Is Trump serious about being a birther, or is he just serious about getting a little bit of attention?
Also, the shutdown showdown. The Democrats are trying to drive a wedge between the mainstream Republicans and the Tea Party. But let's face it, when Democrats and Republicans are not arguing over whether to cut but over how much to cut, then the Republicans are winning this message war.
Finally, is it possible for the U.S. to become a country of secular atheists that is also ruled by radical Islamists? Newt Gingrich seems to think so. That's in the "Sideshow."
But we're going to start with President Obama's speech on Libya. MSNBC political analyst Howard Fineman—he's the senior political editor for The HuffingtonPost—and Susan Page is, of course, the Washington bureau chief for "USA Today," and I have to call her Madam President...
TODD: ... of the Gridiron. And she's on there today.
Howard and Susan, at first we outlined four questions for President Obama to answer in his speech, and today we'll see how he did. But first, let's take a look at some of the Republican responses to the speech since he gave it.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN ®, ARIZONA: He made a very puzzling comment, and that was regime change by force would be a mistake. Gadhafi must have been somewhat comforted by that.
TIM PAWLENTY ®, FMR. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR: Now we're in this position of having a president of the United States saying Gadhafi must go, but we're not going to necessarily make him go.
SEN. RAND PAUL ®, KENTUCKY: How our commander-in-chief chose to handle this new dilemma raises serious questions about his understanding of constitutional checks and balances. While the president is the commander of our armed forces, he is not a king.
TODD: And Howard Fineman, I want to read a little of what Richard Lugar, who's the senior Republican on the House—on Senate Foreign Relations. He said. He said, "The president still has not clearly stated what our goals are or what would constitute success. The president did not provide estimates for the cost of our military intervention and humanitarian aid to the Libyan people."
By the way, John McCain couched that criticism early on, Howard, later today in a speech. Yesterday, he was a little tougher on the president than he was today. I almost wonder if the White House said, Cut us a little bit of slack on this regime change argument. But overall, the Republican criticism, where do they have a point?
HOWARD FINEMAN, HUFFINGTONPOST.COM, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, I would look to Dick Lugar for that because he's not running for president and he's regarded, in many ways, as the dean of serious Republican foreign policy analysts. And I think when Dick Lugar says, What's the end game, how do you define victory and what is it going to cost, and how are we really going to be involved henceforth, I think those are legitimate questions that serious people of all stripes have about this and that the president didn't answer.
TODD: Susan Page, I want to play one of the president's bites from last night. It was in response a little bit to how we framed our question, What happens the next time there's a humanitarian crisis? Here's what the president said on this.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different, and as president, I refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action.
TODD: Susan Page, on this question, there seemed to be a little bit of conflict in the speech. On one hand, the president said Libya was a special case. On the other hand, he made this a little broader statement, which gave you a hint at what the Obama doctrine was in a case like this.
SUSAN PAGE, "USA TODAY": Well, the Obama doctrine seems to be, if there's a big humanitarian crisis looming and we can act to help, we will, except if we don't have international support or except if—I mean, it's not exactly a clear, bright, primary-color kind of doctrine, it's something that Mitt Romney criticized as "nuanced."
Now, supporters would say nuance is a good thing in a complicated world, but he—I think you could read that entire speech and not be clear on exactly the circumstances which would command U.S. military response and those that would not. I think that's a fair criticism of the speech.
FINEMAN: Yes, Chuck. I think, you know, it wasn't so much a doctrine as a statement of a process for deciding things. It was very legalistic.
TODD: In fact, it was not a...
TODD: It was not a big picture speech.
FINEMAN: Having been through...
TODD: It was a small...
FINEMAN: Having been through law school and sat and listened to how law professors analyze things, it's, OK, here's the big principle, but here are the three or four qualifiers. We have to apply cost, we have to apply coalition, we have to apply amount of humanitarian danger. So it was a process of his thinking more than a doctrine.
TODD: Here's a little bit more of the president essentially offering up a taste of this Obama doctrine, and let's see if you guys agree with that.
OBAMA: In this particular country, Libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale. We had a unique ability to stop that violence, an international mandate for action, a broad coalition prepared to join us, the support of Arab countries and a plea for help from the Libyan people themselves.
TODD: Susan Page, that goes to what you were just saying. He set, actually, a pretty high bar for how this gets replicated in, say, a Syria, which, of course, has been of (ph) the questions that this administration's been getting over the last 48 hours.
PAGE: You know, I think it—I guess I disagree a little bit with Howard. I think he has laid out a doctrine. It's just a doctrine that's situational and—and there are hedges on it. And what he says is that there are times we'll act and there are times we will not. And there a whole series of considerations we're going to take into effect (ph). That is not very satisfying to partisans on either side who would like...
TODD: Right.
PAGE: ... a kind of a stronger statement of principle, but it may be the way the world works at this moment.
TODD: Gray area, Howard, is basically the argument.
FINEMAN: Well, Susan and I are arguing over semantics here.
TODD: Yes. You're agreeing...
FINEMAN: It's a doctrine...
TODD: ... that you disagree a little bit.
FINEMAN: It's a doctrine of process. And if you noticed, in the case of Libya, he laid out about five or six different criteria for having made the decision that he'd made. He didn't add cost, whereas later on in the speech, he says...
TODD: Yes.
FINEMAN: ... Oh, by the way, it's also if we can afford it. So we have to have a coalition, we have to have support from the region, we have to have a call from the people, we have to have a humanitarian—severe humanitarian crisis, and we have to be able to afford to do it with the kinds of weapons that we have. The other thing that he said in the speech was, in this case, our air power...
TODD: Unique capabilities.
FINEMAN: We had unique capabilities, so...
TODD: That's a phrase that's become oft used.
FINEMAN: That is a very legalistic but very Obama-esque kind of doctrine.
TODD: All right, the second question we posed is, What's the end game for U.S. involvement? Here is how the president dealt with that last night.
OBAMA: Going forward, the lead in enforcing the no-fly zone and protecting civilians on the ground will transition to our allies and partners, and I am fully confident that our coalition will keep the pressure on Gadhafi's remaining forces. In that effort, the United States will play a supporting role, including intelligence, logistical support, search and rescue assistance and capabilities to jam regime communications.
TODD: Now, Susan Page, a mere supporting role—we're 22 percent of the funding that goes into NATO. That is combined—that is more than France and Britain's contribution to NATO combined. Is he sort of—this is sort of hiding behind NATO, which is really a U.S.-led organization.
PAGE: You know, it's not as though by turning over command responsibilities to NATO, somehow, the United States is not a part of it. But the idea—his language he used that talked about, We're going to play a supporting role, very much in line with where U.S. public opinion is.
We had a "USA Today" Gallup poll out last night that showed that 6 out of 10 Americans want to have no role at all or a minor role. Only 10 percent want the U.S. to really be taking the lead in this. So he's addressing, I think, concerns Americans have that we've got a war in Afghanistan, a war in Iraq, we do not need to be taking the lead on a third war in that part of the world.
TODD: And Howard Fineman, you brought up cost. Let me just quickly throw to a presidential bite about that specific topic.
OBAMA: Because of this transition to a broader NATO-based coalition, the risk and costs of this operation to our military and to American taxpayers will be reduced significantly.
TODD: Now, our Pentagon correspondent, Jim Miklaszewski, broke down a
broke this down for us. So far, it's cost about $600 million, this operation, over eight days, the U.S. portion of it. And as it gets handed over to NATO, it's going to approximately cost $40 million a day, I believe.
FINEMAN: Well, that's compared to nearly a trillion, as he said, in the Iraq war. It's a sliding scale of conscience and cost for this president, and that's very pragmatic. It's a mix of high intention and cold-eyed pragmatism. That's the mix that the president has tried to project throughout his campaign and presidency. That's what he's trying to sell to the American people now.
TODD: And Susan Page, you know, there's something about his speech last night, what he said during the campaign, what he said when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize—there is a remarkable consistency here on how he wants to use military power. It just seems, as you pointed out, it's not black and white.
PAGE: That's right. It's very consistent, last night's speech, with his Nobel Peace Prize speech, where he talked about the importance of multilateral action, not the kind of unilateral action that George W. Bush favored. And that means there are times when you might delay giving a speech like he did last night. It might be a time where you make compromises on articulating exactly what the goals are.
You know, multilateral action is different in its nature than the kind of "go it alone" stance we saw for eight years under George Bush. And there has been—there's no inconsistency on this issue with where Obama stood during the campaign, in the early years of his presidency and right now.
TODD: Very quickly, Howard Fineman. Were you surprised by the Iraq shot?
FINEMAN: That he mentioned Iraq?
TODD: Yes.
FINEMAN: No, because it was part of his explaining this sort of calculus of how you decide things and how it's different. I think it made sense within the context of the speech.
TODD: Howard Fineman, Madam President, Susan Page...
TODD: ... I'll always get that right because I think I'm always being hazed at this point (INAUDIBLE) thank you both.
PAGE: Thank you.
FINEMAN: Thanks.
TODD: Coming up, the one and only in real time right here, Mr. Bill Maher. We'll get his take on the race for the Republican nomination. I think his favorite candidate, Michele Bachmann, though, the favorite ticket that he's hoping for, Bachmann-Trump or Bachmann-Turner Overdrive.
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TODD: Well, get this. We learned today that federal prosecutors have been considering manslaughter charges against the executives of BP in the wake of last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Associated Press and Bloomberg reported that manslaughter charges could be brought against the managers aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded, killing those 11 workers.
In addition, investigators are looking for discrepancies in congressional testimony by BP executives, including then CEO Tony Hayward, to determine whether they lied about the explosion and the spill. This is going to be messy.
We'll be right back.
BILL MAHER, HOST, HBO'S "REAL TIME": Michele Bachmann this week threw her hat into the ring, kind of. We think she's going to be running for president. For those who find Sarah Palin too intellectual...
MAHER: ... Michele Bachmann for president. As a comedian, all I have to say is, Where can I donate to this cause?
TODD: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Bill Maher's show, "Real Time," is currently in its ninth season, going strong, and his brand of no-holds-barred politically incorrect comedy makes it an interesting thing to watch every Friday night for a lot of us on HBO.
Mr. Maher, welcome to HARDBALL. Apologies that Chris isn't here to give you a hard time. Let me start with last night's speech, the president, Libya. You were pretty tough on how this country got brought into two wars over the last 10 years. How's the president handled Libya? Did he explain it to you better last night than he had the previous 10 days?
MAHER: I thought I was pretty clear on it from the beginning, but you know, there's a lot of folks in this country, mostly on the right, who, of course, are going to oppose him no matter what he says, so he keeps having to explain it over and over again.
You know, this is not a news-cycle president. I think that's one thing that bothers them so much. He works on his time, the right time. He did everything right. You know, he got the Americans out of Libya. Then he formed a coalition. Then he led the bombing campaign. And of course, we should bomb first because we have the know-how how to kick butt. That's what America does very well, especially in that part of the world. And then he passed it off, as he's doing now, to other people so that we don't have the cost and we don't have to be holding the bag if something goes wrong.
I don't know how anyone can look at this and say this is (ph) exactly how it should have been done. I don't back the president on everything, but on this one, yes, I think he did everything right. And yet I saw a poll today—I think it was a Reuters poll, like...
TODD: Yes.
MAHER: ... a small percentage of people see him as a strong and decisive leader, but they say he's cautious and consultative, like they're somehow mutually exclusive. Why can't cautious and consultative also mean you're strong? I think it can.
TODD: We're in a Twitter news environment, Bill. Don't you know that? All right, I want to go to—you've been getting hammered—you've been getting hammered in the conservative blogosphere, among a lot of conservative talk show hosts, about some off-color comments you made about both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Any regrets on what you said?
MAHER: Well, you know, I've been through this so many times. I mean, there's a lot of people in America who have, of course, nothing to do except look for something to get mad at. And I've been a frequent target, and I'm happy to provide that service. So you know, I always say, as I've said many times in these kind of situations, if I hurt somebody's feelings, I'm always sorry about that. I'm not trying to hurt somebody's feelings. But if you want me to say I'm sorry, what I said was wrong, no, sorry, I can't go there.
I know they were upset about—I was in Dallas Sunday night doing my stand-up comedy show, and apparently, I was so off-color. And Dallas, you know, a really bastion of liberalism. Here's the headline from the review. "Nothing but love from Maher." And on the next page, "Maher a hit in Dallas," is the other headline. That's from "The Dallas Morning News."
So you know, I go by the "community standard" standard. You know, people have won cases about pornography based on this.
TODD: Right.
MAHER: They say, Well, you know, if the community says it's OK. And apparently, the community—I mean, you hear the laughter. If the audience likes it, I think that's where the community standard is. You know, am I a little more out there than the rest of the guys? Yes. And I want to stay out there. That's what I do. That's why people watch it. But I don't think I'm really beyond where the community is.
TODD: You know, where do you—where do you say about yourself when somebody says, You're a member of the media, and you say, Well, I'm an entertainer, I'm a comedian. But you're a member of the media and you're a comedian. Do you have different rules than I have?
MAHER: Yes, I do, Chuck. I have to be funny...
TODD: Well, fair enough.
MAHER: ... because I'm a comedian.
MAHER: And that—that is like a very, very big rule that Bill O'Reilly and like lots of other people do not have to follow.
And, yes, do I think that gives you a little more license? I certainly do, because we're all just, you know, folks with an opinion at the end of the day.
Now, you're a little more of a reporter. You know, you do some real journalism work. And I appreciate that, and I take my cap off for that. And people who are, like, covering wars, you know, the Richard Engels of the world, that...
TODD: Right.
MAHER: ... those are real men. I mean, I'm not—I'm—believe me, I'm not comparing myself to people like that, who do real work and get information that I can then comment on.
But, as far as for the people who just sit behind a desk in a studio and give their opinion, I think, if you're going to do that, at least be funny about it.
TODD: Well, speaking of funny, I—the whole Michele Bachmann thing, it's been—as you have said, it's been a gold mine to you.
TODD: What—it seems to me liberals in particular are obsessed with her.
And what I find funny about it is, her own party rejected her. Her own party said, we don't want you a member of leadership. John Boehner and Eric Cantor, they did everything they could to orchestrate it to make sure she was not a face of the House Republicans. And what did she do? She said, OK, I'm going to Iowa. And guess what? She's now looking like the face of the Republicans.
MAHER: Well, of course this is something that the Democrats will want to—going to want to promote. If you were the leadership of the Democratic Party, wouldn't you want to do this exact strategy?
Get Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann and other people like that out there as the face of the party, because you have to understand Iowa especially is a roach motel for Republican candidates. They...
MAHER: They crawl in with their crazy stuff about social issues and -
and saying insane stuff about the president not being an American and all this stuff.
But when it comes time for the general election, they have to crawl back out. And they can't do that. I mean, that—that's why Mitt Romney, I think, now is probably looking like he's going to skip Iowa, because it is controlled...
TODD: No, not—he's not even going to announce.
MAHER: ... by that small..
TODD: He has yet to announce.
MAHER: Right...
TODD: And you do start to wonder...
MAHER: ... small group...
TODD: if he like wants to just stay away from this.
MAHER: Yes. I mean, it's a terrible trap for Republican candidates who—now, we all know America does have a short memory, but, still, I mean, what you say during the campaign, the primary campaign, is going to come back in commercials in the general election.
And what they have to say to win the nomination and to win Iowa—and, by the way, I love Iowa. I used to spend time in Iowa. It's not a...
MAHER: ... state.
TODD: I have more relatives buried in Iowa. Don't—yes, don't dis on Iowa.
MAHER: Right. It's...
TODD: More relatives of mine are buried in Iowa than any other state.
MAHER: Right. It's just that the small group of fanatics who control the Republican Iowa caucuses present this problem for their party. And they're not doing that party a favor, but don't let them hear me say that.
MAHER: You're doing your party a favor.
TODD: All right, let me ask you this. You were, to me, one of the guys that made Comedy Central, the channel, something to watch over the last couple of decades, when you had "Politically Incorrect" on there.
Did you ever think that one of the...
TODD: ... celebrity roastees, who most recently, it was Donald Trump, would be taken seriously as a presidential candidate?
Well, let me ask you, do you take him seriously as a presidential candidate?
MAHER: I don't take him seriously even as a guy who runs casinos.
MAHER: And after this...
MAHER: And he's a charming guy in person. You know, I mean, Don...
TODD: Steve Wynn doesn't let him into Vegas. That says a lot. Steve Wynn won't let him into Vegas.
MAHER: Don, you know, when you meet him in person, you can't not like him.
TODD: Very likable.
MAHER: But he—you know, he's a salesman. He's very likable, a major B.S.er.
I mean, he has been telling me—I'm not kidding—it's—I'm glad you mentioned "Politically Incorrect" and that era, because we were on "Politically Incorrect" from 1993 to 1996. We were in New York at the time.
Don has been telling me he's going to be doing my show since 1993...
MAHER: ... and has never appeared once. I—I—he called me a couple of weeks ago: "I'm coming on."
It's—I said, "Don, it's been 18 years now."
MAHER: "That's a—you're a—you're a—I know you're busy, but that's very busy, that you have not found a hole in your schedule."
"Bill, I'm coming on, I'm coming on."
And I think he's doing it to forestall me making jokes about him.
But, Don, I have got to tell you, I'm going to make jokes anyway.
But it just amuses me. And, by the way, this stuff where he's coming out as a birther, I like Don, and I have stayed at his hotel. I cannot stay in a birther hotel, I swear to God. That's all I think now when I see Trump, is birther, birther hotel.
TODD: Why do you think he's doing this? Do you buy it? Do you buy that he really believes it?
MAHER: That—I do not buy that.
I have got to think he's serious about running for president. Look, he's got the same problem that Newt Gingrich has...
MAHER: ... three wives, which probably doesn't go down that great with social conservatives.
So, he's got to do something to get his bona fide crazies up, because, again, when you crawl into the roach motel in Iowa, you have got to crawl in crazy.
MAHER: So, he's—he's doubling down on birther stuff.
TODD: Well, I think you will—I think your caveat on Iowans will make it so that you don't get too much hate mail on Iowans.
Look, we all have to—growing up in Miami, I lived with roach motels all the time, because you had to get rid of the roaches. So let's—let's take it easy on our friends in Iowa.
Bill Maher, thank you very much.
MAHER: Oh, I love Iowa.
TODD: "Real Time"...
TODD: "Real Time" airs Friday nights 10:00 p.m. on HBO.
And on April 17, you're performing at the Morris Arts Center in South Bend, Indiana—go, Irish—and on April 21 at the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bill Maher, always entertaining to have you on.
MAHER: I love the red states, Chuck.
TODD: There—wait.
MAHER: Thank you.
TODD: North Carolina, both were blue states in '08, brother.
MAHER: That's right.
TODD: All right.
Up next—thank you, Bill.
Newt Gingrich seems to think the United States is, at once, becoming a country of secular atheists, but who will also be ruled by radical Islamists. If that sounds like a paradox, that's why it's in the "Sideshow."
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TODD: Back to HARDBALL. Time for the "Sideshow."
First up: Marco Rubio breaks his silence. The Florida senator sat down this week for his first national interview, the topic du jour, you guessed it, 2012.
QUESTION: Are you not ready to be president?
SEN. MARCO RUBIO ®, FLORIDA: I think the problem, I just got elected three months ago, and so how can I be a full-time United States senator if my eye is already on running something else.
QUESTION: Are you qualified to be president?
RUBIO: No—well, now what you're asking me is something different.
QUESTION: Right.
RUBIO: You're asking me, do I have a clear vision for the role that America's government should play in America? I do.
RUBIO: Even speculating about it is problematic, because when you speculate about it, what you're basically saying is, I'm thinking about something other than the job that I have before me.
QUESTION: OK. I'm not asking you to speculate. Just, I mean, would you rule it out?
RUBIO: No, you are asking me to speculate.
QUESTION: ... we could end all speculation...
RUBIO: Yes, I'm not running for president in 2012.
QUESTION: No—no way?
RUBIO: No.
TODD: Well, I will tell you, I know he wants to shut the door. But "Do I have a clear vision?" Hmm. And that also means Rubio is leaving ample room there maybe to accept the number-two slot? That's where my money has been for quite some time.
Next up: Remember Roy Moore? Well, he's back. He's the one-time Alabama judge famous for building a Ten Commandments monument outside the state's courthouse. It was a stunt which ultimately cost Judge Moore his job. And with two failed bids for governor behind him, Moore is setting his sights even higher again. He's always been playing around with this idea of running for president. He says he may do it again. An aide says Moore will announce that he's setting up an exploratory committee in mid-April.
Moving on, Newt Gingrich in overdrive on Sunday. Gingrich spoke before controversial Pastor John Hagee's church in Texas. In that speech, Gingrich warned of a takeover by atheist radical Islamists—quote—"I have two grandchildren. Maggie is 11. Robert is 9. I am convinced that, if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they're my age, they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists, and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American."
Secular and Islamists. Anyway, kind of tough. You have to be one or the other—tough to be both at the same time. Then again, a spokesman later clarified, saying that Gingrich meant to add an "or" between those two scenarios.
On a lighter note, Patrick Kennedy, he has given up bachelor life. No American royal family on the market anymore. The 43-year-old former congressman, son of the late Ted Kennedy, got engaged this weekend to a middle school teacher in New Jersey. As for his post-politics career, Kennedy has accepted a fellowship at Brown University and is coming out with a memoir, "Coming Clean," in November of this year.
Now to tonight's "Big Number."
Think the birther conspiracies are dying down? Well, think again. A new CNN poll out this week: How many Republicans say that they think the president wasn't born in the United States? Ready for this number? Forty-three percent. Almost four—more than four in 10 Republicans believe that the president was probably not born here or definitely not born here.
That number continues to go up over the last four years as this conversation continues to be had. It makes you wonder if maybe we should be stopping having this conversation—anyway, tonight's "Big Number."
Up next: shutdown showdown. Democrats are trying to drive a wedge between mainstream Republicans and the Tea Party, Republicans trying to drive a wedge between Senate Democrats and the White House. But, as the budget battle wears on, Republicans are the ones winning the message war, it seems. That's ahead.
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SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER (D), NEW YORK: Just as the Tea Party forced mainstream Republicans into extreme territory before, they are doing it again. At this point, the only hurdle left to a bipartisan deal, the only obstacle in the way is the Tea Party.
Mr. Speaker, it's time to forget the Tea Party and take the deal.
TODD: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That was New York Senator Chuck Schumer today. Senate Democrats are trying to divide House Republicans in this budget fight. Speaker Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, responded—quote—"Senator Schumer is not part of the C.R. negotiations, and he is making up fairy tales, trying to derail serious discussions on funding the government and cutting spending, because he believes his party would benefit from a government shutdown. At this point, the House has passed a bill to fund the government through the end of the year, while cutting spending. The Senate has not. And Senator Schumer's inaccurate rants won't change that."
That seems to be the stalemate today. Do the Democratic talking points tell us that they think they have Republicans—that Republicans have the upper hand right now?
In a moment, we're going to talk to Georgia Republican Congressman Paul Broun.
But, first, we're joined by South Carolina congressman James Clyburn, who's the assistant Democratic leader on the minority side there.
Congressman Clyburn, nice to see you.
REP. JAMES CLYBURN (D), SOUTH CAROLINA: Well, thank you so much for having me.
TODD: All right. I want to start with what seems to be—there's a
a message war here. And forgive me for being cynical, but the Republican talking point of the day seems to be, the Senate Democrats haven't come up with a plan; we have passed two.
The Senate Democratic talking point of the day seems to be, oh, look at the House Republicans; they have been captured by the Tea Party.
You know, Congressman, does this mean we're not going anywhere in these negotiations, that we're stuck in a stalemate of talking points?
CLYBURN: Well, I would hope not.
I think the fact still remains that the ball right now is on the—in the House court. We have done—since the lame-duck, when we did $41 billion, we have now done two short-terms, $4 billion and $6 billion. That gets us to $51 billion. I think that it's up to us now to come up with something within the next two weeks.
I hope it will be a long-term C.R., because I think that we make a mistake if we don't think that these short-term C.R.s do not have an adverse impact on families. We seem to be thinking only in terms of what's good for us up here in Washington and what's good for us politically.
The fact of the matter is, we are fighting two wars. We have action going on in Pakistan, action going on over in Libya. And the families of these men and women need stability in their lives.
So, we ought to get serious about doing a long-term C.R. so that everybody can stabilize their families and their businesses.
TODD: But why shouldn't Senate Democrats—why shouldn't they offer up a plan in this back-and-forth? I mean, do House Republicans have a point when they say, hey, look, they have thrown out a couple of different plans, they have passed a couple of these things, why not have the Senate Democrats do a full-fledged plan? Instead, they have been going behind the scenes.
CLYBURN: Well, Todd, you know I never get into the business of trying to figure out why the Senate will do anything.
TODD: Yes, Congress is—there's bipartisanship sometimes—or there's partisanship times, that's called the House versus the Senate. But, anyway, go ahead, Congressman.
CLYBURN: That's exactly right. I think that's what's going on here a little bit. The fact of the matter is, we got serious back during the lame duck. Democrats cut $41 billion out of the continuing resolution before putting it forward.
Now, since that time we see that the Republicans have come up with only $10 billion. Now, we know that the White House has made it very clear, the senators have been very clear on another $20 billion. That gets us around $71 billion.
I always say, Chuck, that if the distance between me and the other person are five steps, I don't mind taking three of them. And I think if you look at this, we've taken more than three steps. We're trying to meet them more than halfway and they seem not to be willing to do a deal.
TODD: OK. Well, we're going to get to the other side on that in a second. Congressman Clyburn, thanks very much.
So, let's now go to Republican Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia.
Congressman, I want to ask you this issue of—this idea that maybe House Republicans are a little bit divided between where the leadership is and the deal that they may be willing to cut with the White House versus where the Tea Party Caucus is within the Republican House Caucus. Is there a split between the two?
REP. PAUL BROUN ®, GEORGIA: I don't think so, Chuck. Thanks for having me tonight.
Actually, the split is between the Democrats who I believe are planning and have been since the lame duck session to shut down the federal government for political purposes. In fact, they could have passed a long-term C.R. that would have taken us through this whole fiscal year. But Nancy Pelosi refused to do so. She gave us one through March the 4th. Why would she do that?
I think it's their plan politically to shut down the government so that they could elect Barack Obama, put Nancy Pelosi back in the speaker's chair, give Harry Reid a bigger majority in the Senate so they can force through their big government, high spending, high taxes, more borrowing type of agenda that's killing jobs in America. I think that's been their object all along since the lame duck session.
And House Republicans are just proposing some actually meager cuts to begin this process. And when you're talking about a $3.8 trillion federal budget, cutting just $61 billion is just a pittance. It's just—
TODD: Well, Congressman, as you know, the White House has said they don't want—they're not going to sign a bill, any sort of long-term continuing resolution or short term, that contains so-called riders—these political statements that are trying to defund NPR, defund Planned Parenthood. Are you going to be able to support a deal, a compromise, that doesn't include these riders? Do you believe that any bill has to include these riders or you won't support it?
BROUN: Chuck, we need to talk about where we're going to cut in the federal government and those so-called riders are just cuts of various programs. I don't believe in across-the-board cuts. We need to cut specific programs. We need to make major cuts.
We're facing an economic emergency in America. And it is absolutely critical that we start sending powers back to the states and the people. We are headed towards an economic collapse of America if we don't stop this outrageous spending and borrowing that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama have been doing. And we've got to stop it.
We're in a critical situation.
TODD: Yes.
BROUN: When you're in a critical situation, you have to take emergency measures and we need to cut—
TODD: But it sounds like these riders—these riders, that you're willing to let it go?
BROUN: Well, I'm willing to talk and compromise over which federal program we're going to start cutting.
TODD: All right.
BROUN: But we've got to make major cuts, that's just the long and short of it, to create jobs in America and to put us back on the right economic footing as a nation.
TODD: OK. All right. Congressman Paul Broun, I've got to leave it there. Thank you for your time.
BROUN: Thank you.
TODD: Up next: as Wisconsin goes, so goes Ohio. Ohio is on the verge of limiting union bargaining rights to a far greater degree than anything that's been discussed in Wisconsin. Can the unions win this fight? This one could actually be at a ballot box this November.
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TODD: Huckabee and Romney lead the Republican field in a new Pew Poll. But there's a religious divide among Republican primary voters. Thirty percent of regular churchgoers and evangelicals like Mike Huckabee, former pastor; while 24 percent of those who don't go to church regularly prefer Mitt Romney. Huckabee hasn't decided whether he'll run yet, but he has said that he hasn't made a decision not to run.
By the way, Haley Barbour has been courting Huckabee's support.
We'll be right back.
TODD: And we are back.
This afternoon in Ohio, a House committee approved a measure on a party line vote that will curb the collective bargaining rights for public employees, sending it to the full house for a vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill then would go even further than the one that passed in Wisconsin and should it go through, unions plan on fighting this bill with a referendum on the ballot in November of this year. Imagine the stakes on that one.
So, for more on the politics of this battle, I'm joined by Chris Cillizza of PostPolitics.com and Clarence Page of "The Chicago Tribune."
Chris, let me start with you.
CHRIS CILLIZZA, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Sure.
TODD: A referendum in Ohio—we've seen these referendums in Ohio before. They're one of these few states east of the Mississippi that does a lot of referendums with their legislation.
CILLIZZA: Right.
TODD: This would be huge. Can labor gets this on the ballot? Obviously, they think they have a better shot at winning this battle there than in the legislature.
CILLIZZA: Well, look, Chuck, the short answer is I wish I had a better answer in this. We don't know. I would say, go look at Wisconsin. If you believe what labor and the Democratic Party there are saying, they have more than 50 percent of the signatures that they need to get some of these recall elections going in the spring and summer of this year.
So, look, the unions have the organizational heft theoretically to collect the signatures and get it on the ballot. From my perspective, they do get on the ballot, and I know you reel (ph) here me, Chuck. What a fascinating thing to have on the ballot one year before in Ohio what we know—
CILLIZZA: It will be a trial heat for the turnout operations and for everything else. And this will be as big if not bigger than anything else on the ballot in 2012 if unions are able to get it on there. And that's a heavy lift.
TODD: Clarence Page, look, I want to show this Quinnipiac Poll on Governor Kasich in Ohio. He's been—it's not been as high profile as Scott Walker in Wisconsin.
CLARENCE PAGE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Right.
TODD: But he's been off to a rough start. He's job approval rating is upside down, 30 percent. That's a March poll, 30 percent approve, 46 percent approve.
I can't help but wonder if it has to do with some of the fights he's been picking in Columbus, in the state legislature here. But Charlie Cook has this theory that maybe the public isn't that much attention, that really it's the hard partisans on both sides, the ones that are paying to this fight. And that it really isn't seeping into the mainstream. What say you?
PAGE: I think there's a lot of truth to that, which actually I'd say bodes well for the unions, if they do have a referendum—an off-year referendum this year because, you know, just like with the midterm election here recently—
TODD: It's about intensity.
PAGE: Yes, intensity is everything. And there would be a lot of intensity with the union people. And also, Quinnipiac Poll showed a lot of sympathy for collective bargaining, especially if you call the collective bargaining rights.
TODD: The word "rights" matters a lot.
PAGE: It matters a lot. But, you can get over-the-top as far as over half the voters. At the same time, the state is having terrible financial problems, like all the upper Midwestern states, like Wisconsin, like Illinois. These are tough issues. The general public, though, made us get more excited on behalf the union folks, once they started knocking on doors and making phone calls.
TODD: Chris Cillizza, very quickly, we've seen some Republican governors in other states back off of this fight.
CILLIZZA: Yes, Mitch Daniels notably, Rick Snyder backed off.
Look, I do think Scott Walker—did what happened in Wisconsin turn him a little bit into a national conservative hero? Yes. Is Wisconsin the redoubt of conservatism?
TODD: Right.
CILLIZZA: No. So, good for him nationally, probably bad for him locally. I would say the same thing about Chris Christie, frankly. Bad for him politically in New Jersey, good for him nationally. Yes.
TODD: Yes.
CILLIZZA: Ultimately, these guys have to get reelected there.
TODD: That's right.
Chris Cillizza, Clarence Page, stay with us because we're going to talk—have a little bit of fun here.
Donald Trump and what he is betting on for his presidential campaign. There's more on that, straight ahead.
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TODD: We are back with Chris Cillizza and Clarence Page to talk more politics—this time in New York with Donald Trump's possible candidacy for president and his calls for the president to release his official birth certificate, which, of course, he's done about umpteen times. They've posted it online, all of those things. This is the certified copy the state of Ohio gives you. It's a certificate of live birth, which some people question. Both my kids have certificates of live birth.
And, Chris, I think your child, if it's a certificate of live birth, not a birth certificate. What is Donald Trump up to? First, he released a certificate of birth, it turned out that was the hospital certificate. So, he didn't even get the right one the first time. Now, he's releasing this one.
But what's—why is he doing this? You know, I mean, obviously, the obvious answer is publicity. But there's more to it.
CILLIZZA: Yes, I mean—look, Chuck, I think you have to take him semiseriously—semiseriously being the key word—for a couple reasons. He's known by everybody in this country. You go up to anybody in the street and you say, "Who's Donald Trump?" they know who he is. And he said he would spend $600 million on his campaign.
That said, these kinds of things, which seems to be either, like you said, either kind of a publicity provocateur move or just a transparent play to kind of this conspiracy theorist element among a very small segment of conservatives, it doesn't make any sense to me. Either way, I don't think it's going to work. Either way, it doesn't speak of someone who is serious about this.
And we have some indications that he is somewhat serious about this.
TODD: Exactly.
CILLIZZA: This seems like kind of a path that's—there's no—this is a dead-end. He's headed toward a political cul-de-sac, whether he knows it or not.
TODD: And, Clarence, that's what I understand—look, if he is
American—if he wants to be America's salesman, which in some ways, I
want to get in there and beat up the Chinese, and get some good trade deals
why is he going down birtherism?
PAGE: Well, you know, Bill Maher made a good point earlier that the whole, what, social Christian conservative wing of the party, that's kind of taken now. He's in a difficult situation as far as reaching out to them. No better off than Rudy Giuliani was. So, that means you go to the birthers.
What's interesting to me is the very fact that by taking this birther stance, by challenging President Obama's birth certificate, he actually enhances his chance as a candidate if he looks (INAUDIBLE).
TODD: Do you believe that? Do you actually think it enhances—
PAGE: -- he will be a candidate, but I think in this party right now—yes, I do. Why does the speaker of the House himself, while he says he believes Obama, saying to everything else, well—
TODD: Very quickly, Chris.
PAGE: That kind of pussyfooting that my friend David Brooks calls both cowardly.
TODD: Yes.
PAGE: So, it's where the party is right now.
TODD: Cillizza, very quick.
CILLIZA: I think Clarence is right, Chuck, that there's an element, but I think it's a very small element of the party. There is no winning coalition to be put together in a Republican presidential primary by advocating that President Obama might not be born in this country.
TODD: Right.
CILLIZZA: I've seen no evidence that that's the case.
TODD: Well, all right, Chris Cillizza and Clarence Page—I don't get it, I don't understand why we keep talking about it. I for one think it's ridiculous and we should stop talking about it.
That's HARDBALL for now. Cable catnip, right? Thanks for being with us.
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Norwegian Medical Advisor
If you speak Norwegian, have a good level of English and have a degree in in Pharmaceuticals, chemistry, Nursing, nutrition and/or the natural sciences then this could be the perfect job for you. Being a medical advisor for this particular client means that you will be dealing with two different types customers via the phone & email. The first being end users or patients where you will be answering queries on the side effects of our clients' drugs and any general questions they may have.
The second being healthcare professionals where you will be talking about the how the drugs work and their overall benefits and disadvantages (side effects). You will basically be the person who gives factual advice to clients and use your medical expertise and interest. Our client is based in Cork, you will receive a competitive salary, High quality training, career advancement opportunities and benefits along the lines of a relocation package, free parking and much more.
What will you do in this job?
To start with there is an extensive training session which is followed by a 12-18 month developmental programme. You will be working in the Medical Information department, where you will be responsible for replying to medication queries from both patients and other healthcare professionals such as doctors, throughout the EU. With every interaction you will be tasked with documenting each discussion into our client's computer system. Throughout your entire service you will strive to deliver a high standard of customer care and make sure you have an extensive knowledge of our client's drugs.
Who will you be working for?
Our client being nearly 140 years old, employs around 40,000 people in over 140 countries. While producing a wide range of products around pharmaceuticals we know that you have used or at least heard of this global giant. With them you get the chance to work in a multicultural environment, experiencing many different cultures, and broadening your horizons.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for near native Norwegian speakers who also have a good level of English. A Norwegian speaker who has a science degree in either Pharmaceuticals, chemistry, Nursing, nutrition and/or the natural sciences. We are looking for a vibrant and enthusiastic individual who has some experience in the Healthcare/customer care industry. Listening skills is a must here as you will be working closely with end users, dealing with their queries and replying to them in both Norwegian and English. As we are looking for someone in the medical area, an empathetic person is preferred. We are looking for you to know your way around MS Office and that you work well under pressure and time management is a skill of yours.
Where would you be working?
Cork! Cork being the one of the largest counties in Ireland and has so much to offer, from good public transport, beautiful country escapes, amazing shops and restaurants to a buzzing night life in the city. Come and experience it for yourself by applying for this Norwegian speaking Medical Advisor.
Interview & Salary
For this Medical Advisor role in Cork, you will have to sit through 2 interviews. The first is a Skype interview, the second a face-to-face interview and if you live abroad some of your expenses will be covered by our client.
If you are successful and after a series of background checks you could be the next Norwegian Medical Advisor. Your salary depends on the amount of experience (28K-35K) you have in the area. With that a relocation package is on offer for those who will need to move to Cork.


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It is with great pleasure I'd like to share excellent news and introduce new Armenian gay women group - the Women-Oriented Women's (WOW) Collective, and their gay related blog Queering Yerevan.
Queering Yerevan is a collaborative project of Armenian queer artists, writers and curators to be realized within the framework of the WOW [Women-Oriented Women] collective. It takes as its point of departure concrete mnemonic experiences of concrete queer artists in a specific time and space: Yerevan, 2000s.
Effectively, we are witnessing now a birth of perhaps the first organised gay women group in Armenian reality.
In the long-run, as an integral part of the Women's Resource Center, the WOW collective aims to act as a sustainable group for the representation and advocacy of queer women's rights in Armenia, to cultivate and promote the culture of queer Armenian women from both the Diaspora and Armenia, and start a dialog with other queer women from other countries in order to find commonality and support.
Welcome, WOW Collective! Welcome, Queering Yerevan!
Within the Women's Resource Center, the Women-Oriented Women's (WOW) Collective—a group of women-oriented women, including lesbian women, bisexual women, and straight women allies, all artists and/or activists—is planning an outreach, awareness and art project to take place during the Summer of 2008.
Queer women are just beginning to come out to each other in Armenia; this project arises out of discussions last year by some members who have longstanding working relationships with each other and more recent collaborations within the Women's Center. It is an unprecedented project, which requires a brief explanation of the situation for queer women in Armenia. Homosexuality has been severely punished throughout the modern history of Armenia, and from 1936 till 2003 homosexuals were criminalized and imprisoned, if not murdered, on account of Article 116 of the Armenian Criminal Code. The laws have become more tolerant towards the LGBTI community since then, however in Armenian society, homosexuality is still heavily condemned.
In contemporary Armenia, where women's goals and objectives are slowly becoming heard by Armenian society, the voices of queer women are still being silenced because of society's ignorance surrounding the issue of the existence of a queer women's culture in Armenia. The need to create and foster a safe environment for queer women is very urgent for several reasons: a) queer women are oppressed by both women and men in the Armenian society; b) queer women's culture is unknown to or misunderstood by the majority of Armenians as homosexuality is normally perceived as something perverse or immoral—our goal is to demystify these myths, especially in regards to queer women; c) while homosexuality is generally stigmatized in Armenia, queer women are doubly oppressed by the burdens of women's traditional roles of marriage and motherhood, and they have scarce means to avoid this oppression; d) coming out to their families and the society in general for queer women is inconceivable due to these traditional burdens; e) whereas the Armenian society is somewhat familiar with the gay culture through Sergei Parajanov and other well-known gay men, queer women and their culture is yet unknown and has no place in the Armenian society—the collective intends to historicize the presence of queer women in Armenian life and to educate the public on these issues. In the long run, working towards progressive social change, the WOW collective envisions a revival (by recovering queer women's lives and histories), reinterpretation (through art) and sustenance (through collaborative effort) of the cultural heritage of past and present queer Armenian women.
The first step of coming out as a collective to the society, which is one of the aims of this project, is through self-expression. The WOW collective intends to educate and raise awareness about queer women's lives, questions and activism. Hence the project's use of art as a vehicle for the communication of concepts and feelings concerning the issues listed above. The participants of this project, the WOW collective members came together as a leadership group that recognizes the need of social change and the urgency of representing the presence, needs, and integration of LGBTI communities into Armenian society. Already WOW collective has held a series of meetings to discuss their own experiences surrounding queer identity, to gain greater understanding of each other, to create a basis of support and a frame of reference for the upcoming project. From those meetings, they decided to create a survey to the general public on Armenian cultural and familial attitudes regarding homosexuality and gender identity. The survey is currently being conducted and the results will be presented during the project and published in Feminist.


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AMG Performance Tour 2013: Power, thrill and speed with the best of Mercedes-AMG at YAS Marina Circuit
The AMG Performance Tour participants experienced the thrill of driving on the world famous Formula 1 racing track testing the 'Driving Performance' of the latest AMG cars from the Mercedes-Benz's high performance division. With enough combined power to almost launch a rocket into space, the youngest ever fleet of Mercedes-AMG cars featured in the Performance Tour 2013 included: A 45 AMG, C 63 AMG 507 Edition (Coupé and Sedan), E 63 AMG S 4MATIC, CLS 63 AMG S 4MATIC, S 63 AMG, SL 63 AMG, SLS AMG GT and the SLS AMG Black Series.
Speaking at the AMG Performance Tour, Dirk Fetzer, Director Sales and Marketing at Daimler Middle East & Levant said: "The concept of time is certainly challenged once you're in a Mercedes-AMG car – it's almost like launching into another dimension. I am sure this is precisely what the engineers at Affalterbach have in mind when designing these incredible vehicles. Each car we have included in the Performance Tour this year has earned its place with a remarkable backstory, design and technical specifications that make each and every machine truly epic."
Unlike the AMG Driving Academy, which teaches AMG vehicle owners how to optimally drive their cars, the AMG Performance Tour presents the latest Mercedes-AMG vehicles to customers and AMG enthusiasts from across the region, as well as members of the media. Since this year's range of cars is the youngest ever, the Performance Tour attracted a great deal of interest from the Mercedes-Benz guests that were eager to learn about them and test the limits of each car.
Held annually, the 2013 AMG Performance Tour included a series of events to allow the partcipants to truly experience the 'Driving Performance' of the cars. The day kicked off with a brief introduction on each vehicle, instruction on how to bring the best from both driver and machine, and culminated in some actual drag racing pitting man against man, machine against machine in a true showcase of lightning reactions and raw horsepower.
"The Middle East has a very distinctive relationship with the Mercedes-AMG brand and the region has recorded some impressive figures to back this claim. With a growth rate of more than 30% percent compared to 2012, currently the Middle East has the highest percentage worldwide in AMG's sold versus Mercedes-Benz, standing at a 9.1 percent share over all our markets – Dubai on its own has an outstanding share of 13.8 percent. This makes the Middle East the fifth biggest market worldwide for AMG cars behind USA, Germany, UK and Japan as of the end of November," added Fetzer.
The Middle East has the broadest line-up of AMG vehicles, with 18 different models from the compact A 45 AMG, to the sedans, coupes, SUV's and Roadsters – and this does not take into account all the different variants like the new S models, the Editions, the 4matics and the Black Series.
The impressive Mercedes-AMG portfolio is also expected to grow further as new inspirations for AMG models continue to drive the team at Affalterbach. Advanced technology from the impressive SLS AMG is filtering through to the entire Mercedes-AMG range as production of this model comes to a finale in May 2014. Regarded as the ultimate muse for Mercedes-AMG design and specification, key technologies from the furious SLS AMG will be in most future models.
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Many good swimmers overseas want to come swim in the US, but end up staying at home due to lack of monetary resources. Believe me, there is money available for every swimmer that has competed outside US and wants to pursue his/hers swimming career at a university/college in America. I will try to outline what you need to do in order to get a piece of the scholarship pot. However, if you are not up to the task and you'd like someone else to do the legwork, read the next post regarding more detailed information about professional help on obtaining scholarships in USA.
There are divisions (leagues) of college swimming in the US. NCAA Division I (DI) is for the toughest swimmers out there. To get a good scholarship money, you will need to be at least on the European Championship level with your swimming. However, there are exceptions. NCAA Division II (DII) is a little slower, but the competition is still good. Then there is NCAA Division III (DIII), if you want to receive a scholarship for swimming, stay away from that division, cause they do not provide athletic aid. However, they do have pretty good academic packages most of the time. Then there is NAIA, mostly composed of small private schools. The top swimmers on the national level would do real well in DII, but the depth of competition is lacking. Lastly, there is a 2 year college program NJCAA which has one of the best swimming out there, but is slowly falling behind in the of school participating. After completing 2 years at this college, you will need to transfer to other 4 year college where you will finish your last 2 years (an extra hassle).
The Search:
Well, you ask yourself. Where do I fit in? That is where you will have to do some research. The best place to start is the Swimming Index or the College Swimming site. There you can find the list of colleges and believe me, there is a lot of them. Make sure to visit the college's site and check out the swim team records, best times, rosters, also do not forget about the academic major you'd like to study (e.g. Biology).
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Remember, do not be pushy. It is a two way street. First, get to know the coach, then start talking money. You wouldn't believe how many recruiting letters do some of the coaches get. It is insane and some of them even start with something like 'Coach, I'd like to earn a scholarship at your school'. That is nice, but not what catches the eye. The letter is very much like your resume. It is the first impression you will make on the coach.
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If you have a communication with the coach going and there is a possibility of a scholarship, it is time to think of the university admission process. What tests to take, when is the deadline etc. Usually, US universities require TOEFL, SAT or ACT (sometime both). Also, probably translations of your transcripts and other school documents.
After you are admitted, it is just the question of how to pay for the school. Hopefully, by now you have had a promised amount from the coach, so you should know how much to expect to pay. If you do have to pay a few bucks, remember, there is always an opportunity to earn some extra cash on campus, but it is usually not much.
Final words of wisdom, if you look hard enough, you will find the school that will financially support you in your swimming endeavors. If you would like to get professional help from recruiters, you can read the following detailed information on scholarships. Good luck and keep swimmin'.
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Especially product images usually "suffer" from this issue; the product itself is composited on a white background and there are large areas of white around the object.
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