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Guests: Trish Regan, Sam Stein, Jeanne Cummings, Todd Harris, Steve McMahon, Tom DeLay,
Loretta Sanchez, John Feehery
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Kill bill.
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Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews in Washington.
Leading off tonight, the health kick. It's called the job-killing health bill. Which one would that be? Well, it's the bill passed by the Congress last year and signed by the president, and this coming Wednesday, the Republican majority in the House will vote to repeal it. Neither Tucson nor rhetoric nor gloom of tragedy will stay these Republicans from the swift completion of their appointed rounds to destroy what President Obama has achieved. What Obama has joined together, let Republicans tear asunder. That's our top story tonight.
All of this comes at a time when President Obama is suddenly looking more like a national leader, a big one. His approval rating is up, and he's crushing all Republican rivals in a brand-new poll, especially one former governor from Alaska. Our strategists will get at that and what it means for the fights ahead tonight.
Plus, Tom DeLay, remember him? Used to be one of the most feared players in politics. Now he's fighting a conviction on money laundering. He says he's the victim of a politically-driven court. Tom DeLay is here tonight to smash the case against him.
Also, some are talking of getting rid of that aisle in the Congress during the State of the Union—you know, the one that separates Democrats from Republicans down the middle? Will the aisle stand or fall?
Finally, "Let Me Finish" tonight with the hopes of Dr. King. He'd be 82 years old tomorrow. Do we still get judged by the color of our skin? Does this president?
Let's start with the attempt to undo the president's prime achievement of this year. Sam Stein is White House correspondent for the Huffington Post and Jean Cummings is the assistant managing editor for Politico.
Jeanne, I want you to start with this whole decision. They called it off for just a week. They're coming back, but they're still calling it the job-killing health care bill. Explain the way that they fine-tuned the tone here, or are they off tone?
JEANNE CUMMINGS, POLITICO.COM: Well, there are some Republicans who would prefer to rename it in light of what happened in Tucson, but apparently, they're not willing to go quite that far. I do think, though, that we will see a change in tone. It's a message that Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants are taking with them to Baltimore this weekend for the Republican House retreat. And they will be telling their members to raise issues of substance and to explain why policy in the bill is wrong for the country and that that's the reason it should be repealed. So what we're going to see is a health care debate that we really haven't seen so far—
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CUMMINGS: -- because the most—every other health care debate we've seen has been full of the sort of incendiary accusations and characterizations of it.
MATTHEWS: Yes, it's almost like whatever he does is no good. Let's kill it because it's his.
Here's House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's spokesperson talking today. Quote, "It is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end, we will resume thoughtful consideration of the health care bill next week."
Sam, it seems to me that it is a big question. So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem, directed at the person of the president, whether it's somebody—some cracker out on the right calling him—some birther type who says he's not an American, or it's somebody a little more sophisticated but basically saying he's a socialist.
Will this be on the merits of the bill? Will they stay off the personal, is it your hunch coming into Wednesday's vote?
SAM STEIN, HUFFINGTONPOST.COM: I mean, I think it's going to be on the merits of the bill. But you know, we have to consider the fact that this is all theater. No one actually expects that this is going to go anywhere. It will pass the House and die in the Senate. So this is going to be taken care of pretty quickly. And then I think in a couple months, we're actually going to get to the real debate, which is over whether or not they're going to fund key measures of this bill. That's the actual substance there. This is basically Kabuki theater designed to please the Tea Partiers.
MATTHEWS: Let's look at some of these people coming into Congress. Dan Quayle's son is a now member of Congress, and here's what he's saying about this week. Quote—his name's Ben. Of course, he's a new member of Congress from out in Arizona. "I think it's important that the discourse between one another can be one of ideas. We can disagree without being disagreeable."
Well, that's a rather banal way of putting anything. It's so banal, but you have to question where this guy's coming from. Here's where he's coming from. Here's his campaign ad that got him into office so he could talk like this. Let's listen to what he has to say here in his ad that got him into office.
BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ), CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: Barack Obama is the worst president in history, and my generation will inherit a weakened country. Someone has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place.
MATTHEWS: You know, Jeanne, he comes off as a knucklehead. I mean, I'm sorry, that's an ad of a knucklehead. The look is zombie-like, weirdly, weird-looking, the way he's presenting himself to the camera. Then he says this total historic statement, like he's a student of history. Who's this, Richard Hofstadter? The worst president in history? Has he gone through each presidency? Has he examined the merits and demerits of each president and come to this cosmic solution, or is he just an idiot?
And I'm serious about that. Making comments like he's the worst president in history when he's been in office about a year-and-a-half is not a serious comment by anybody. Got him elected, though, in probably a right-wing district. And now he's coming off as some sort of, I don't know, papal peacemaker, saying I think it's important the discourse between one another be one of ideas. Can we agree without—or disagree without being disagreeable? Are we to believe this talk?
CUMMINGS: Well—
MATTHEWS: Jeanne Cummings?
CUMMINGS: -- Chris, the point—
MATTHEWS: Are we going to believe a guy like this—are we to believe a person who got elected like this is serious about serious discourse and deliberation?
CUMMINGS: I think none of this is going to last. We will revert to business as usual. And I think one of the reasons is we have to look at why the rhetoric got out of control. And really, it's on both sides. Alan Grayson, a Democrat from Florida, became famous because of the things he said in the well that were controversial. And that is—
MATTHEWS: Yes, but he's gone.
CUMMINGS: He's gone. He got beat. But—
MATTHEWS: (INAUDIBLE) fortunately gone, you might argue. But he's gone.
CUMMINGS: True, but there are others. And that's the point. I mean, the reason the rhetoric gets so intense is because it gets attention. It's satisfying—
CUMMINGS: -- to get headlines. You know, it's a place of 435 people, how do you stand out? This is one way that they can.
CUMMINGS: And if they have a nice—if they have a nice, thoughtful debate, it may not be very satisfying for them.
MATTHEWS: Jeanne, you're a straight reporter. I have great respect for your reporting, great respect. But you are suggesting that this is even-handed, that the ferocity of the attack from the right has been equaled by the ferocity from the left. If that were the case, why are the people all this week saying we ought to be able to be ferocious in our speech? The republicans on the far right—not even Republicans, the far righters saying, Don't get in the way of our ferocious attacks and rhetoric.
Let's take a look at the worst breach of etiquette I've come across in years. Here's Joe Wilson's famous outburst, from South Carolina, during a presidential address to Congress. Let's listen.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This too is false. The reforms—the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.
REP. JOE WILSON ®, SOUTH CAROLINA: You lie!
OBAMA: Not true.
MATTHEWS: Jeanne? Is there anything commensurate to that from the left? I can't think of anything from the left that's been as atrociously improper as that comment during a meeting of the president with the Congress.
CUMMINGS: I'll agree with you that that was way over the top. But there are plenty of times we could go back and look at footage of President Bush giving his State of the Union, and the Democrats did not sit politely in their seats and clap. They reacted in ways that were sometimes, you know, over the top. It showed the fact that they didn't agree.
STEIN: No screamed out, You lie," though.
CUMMINGS: No, they did not. That is—I said from the beginning, that one takes us to a new level, I'll grant you that.
MATTHEWS: What I am surprised by is the overt nature of the defense of ferocious speech by the right this past week. I mean, not just—I mean, I listen to Fox. I listen to people arguing. It seems like they're defending atrocious behavior. Why are they doing that, Jeanne?
CUMMINGS: Why are they defending it? Well, with the talk show hosts, I mean, it's their livelihood, for heaven's sakes.
MATTHEWS: Well, that's—
CUMMINGS: I mean, they want to hang onto the right—
MATTHEWS: -- an acute comment.
STEIN: -- to be able to do that. And you know, it's how they get—by being more and more controversial, they get more and more people listening to them. They get a lot of attention. Of course, they want to protect that. But you know, again, you're going to accuse me of wishy-washy here, but—
MATTHEWS: No, I'm accusing you of a straight analysis. But I think
sometimes, you're missing some of the disequilibrium here. I do think that
well, let me go back to Sam. I hear a lot of surprisingly harsh language from people like Palin, Governor Palin, saying, Hey, look, we used to have duels. This is nothing. What a strange reference point, skipping back 100 -- going back to Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, although she skipped past Zell Miller, who said to me he wished he could have a duel with me, the great Zell Miller. And I don't knock him, but he did do that to me, Sam.
STEIN: Sure. Well, they're originalists, right? No, I mean, listen, I think a big part of the conservative ethos is that they constantly feel like they're being told what to do, they're being told what's out of bounds, they're being told what's PC and what's not PC, and they say, Screw it. They don't want to be told that.
And I think they get a lot of—Jeanne's right. You get a lot of fund-raising attention. You get a lot of publicity if you're a little bit out there. And I think they want to defend their ability to be out there. I think they feel like the liberal media, for what it's worth, has told them that they've been off base with respect to the Arizona shooting, and they're—you know, they don't want to take it sitting down.
MATTHEWS: Well, let's get really smart now in looking ahead, Jeanne. The Republicans have to get rid of health care. They need to get a good vote this week to make their case on Wednesday to knock it down in the House just to make the point. How can they do that and at the same time not seem to revert to the worst kind of ferocity?
CUMMINGS: Well, I think, Chris, that—as I said earlier, this debate on Wednesday may, indeed, not be very satisfying for some because they have to take the vote. They promised to take the vote. They will. As Sam said, it's just—it doesn't matter. It's theater.
But it would have been for them, I think, a lot more satisfying
theater if they could have dragged out all of those campaign lines that
they honed so nicely out there when they were before the Tea Party
audiences. And you know, I think it's going to be really—it could be
boring, you know, that they're going to say, Well, you know, I'm opposed to
MATTHEWS: The worst thing you can be!
CUMMINGS: -- provision blah, blah, blah.
STEIN: This is the problem, right, that—
MATTHEWS: Hey, Jeanne, you're great. Thank you so much—Jeanne, so much. Great for (ph) having you on. And Sam, of course.
Coming up: President Obama is enjoying a small but real bump in the polls. If you look at the latest numbers, he's well above—well, he's significantly above 50 now. He's beating potential rivals, by the way, big time. Palin's down to about 30 against him. These are huge advantages he's getting right now, at least. So what does it mean for the big battles ahead? Is it going to help him win battles? Our strategists, left and right, coming here next.
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MATTHEWS: Well, United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas says she will not run for reelection this year. That's a big development. Hutchinson, who challenged Governor Rick Perry last year unsuccessfully—lost the Republican nomination—has served four terms in the United States Senate. That's 24 years. Her decision not to run, coupled with the state's burgeoning Hispanic population, is giving Texas Democrats hope that they can actually win a seat down there. But in the deep red Lone Star State, winning may prove to be a Texas-sized challenge for the Dems.
We'll be right back.
Back to HARDBALL. Republicans may have a tough time undoing President Obama's agenda now that his poll numbers are improving—may. Pollster.com's average has his approval up by 2 points since November, to 47.5. Some polls, they Associated Press, for example, has him above—significantly above 50, at 53 percent. And a new McClatchy Marist poll has him trouncing potential opponents in the 2012 match-ups. By the way, Bill O'Reilly went to Marist. That poll has him at 51 to 38 over Mitt Romney—
51-38 over Romney, the front runner. It's got him beating Mike Huckabee by 12 points. And it's got a real build-up against Governor Palin, beating her by 26, 56 to 30. What does it all mean for the Republicans' plans to dismantle this man's achievements?
Let's turn to our strategists to get a look at the lay of the land, Steve McMahon, sir, and Todd Harris. You're always smiling, Todd!
MATTHEWS: I could put numbers up on that board and you'd just be thinking Marco Rubio!
MATTHEWS: You've always got some little victory you just won. And you're in business for yourself now. So let me ask you this. Put it together, the dynamic, connection between his coming back, his good success out there on a nonpartisan basis, but it's good politics, how he's put together the coalition, the bipartisan deal since election day. How's that advance his ability to deal with Congress in a position of strength?
TODD HARRIS, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Well, you know, I think the president probably got a little bit of a bump out of the lame duck session.
Certainly, the speech he gave the other night—you know, that showcases
the ability of a president to use their bully pulpit to kind of rally the
nation. So he may get some bump there. But I wouldn't read too much into
any of these numbers. The fact is, if you look at this Marist poll,
they're polling adults. When you look at polls leading up to an election -
STEVE MCMAHON, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Think they should poll children, Todd?
HARRIS: You should be—
MATTHEWS: Explain that to the people watching.
HARRIS: Oh, sure. Sure. When you poll likely voters, most likely voters, when you have that screen, they tend to be more conservative.
MATTHEWS: Right.
HARRIS: When you're only polling adults, you're going to be grabbing
people who can give you their opinion, but they have absolutely no interest
MATTHEWS: (INAUDIBLE) registered voters—
MCMAHON: Todd's now grabbing straws.
HARRIS: Oh, no!
MATTHEWS: No, that is B.S.! You know there's—
HARRIS: For God's sakes!
MATTHEWS: Adults is always a good number for Democrats because it includes people that aren't even interested in politics.
MCMAHON: But Chris, there's a preponderance of the evidence that all shows the same thing. The president—
MATTHEWS: You're a lawyer, aren't you.
MCMAHON: No. Well, I am a lawyer, but I don't play one on television.
MCMAHON: But there's a whole bunch of evidence.
HARRIS: This argument is capricious and arbitrary.
MCMAHON: Every single poll you look at shows the president ticking up. And I think what you're seeing here is the effect of two things. The first is—
MATTHEWS: You're right, by the way.
MCMAHON: Thank you. I usually am.
MATTHEWS: Right on the facts.
MCMAHON: Well, thank you. But if you look at every poll, he's ticking up. Directionally, he's doing much better. If you look at every single poll, the Republican competitive set is ticking down and his lead is expanding. And I think you haven't even seen numbers come in from the other night because they haven't been reflected yet. And I believe that he was presidential and I think that he was—
MCMAHON: -- inspirational for people. And I think his numbers are going to go up (INAUDIBLE)
MATTHEWS: We have two big events coming up this week, Todd, the big vote on Wednesday, when the Republicans are going to probably in the House vote to repeal, and that's going to probably happen. We agree?
HARRIS: Yes.
MATTHEWS: They'll get the—it won't go anywhere because the Senate will never agree and president will certainly not sign his own, you know, elimination of his major historic achievement. The other big night, some night next week, I think it's Monday night, Sarah Palin at 9:00 o'clock is going to go on the home team. She's going to go visit the home court.
HARRIS: Yes.
MATTHEWS: She's going to Sean Hannity. It's sort of an infomercial. It'll be like Victoria Jackson selling make-up foundations to whoever, you know, Elizabeth Baxter Birney or somebody, one of those ads. It's not going to be a real interview because he's not going to be tough on her. They're colleagues at FOX. Why is she going on television to do this soft landing? I guess I'm answering my own question.
HARRIS: I have no problem with her doing—
MATTHEWS: Why doesn't she cool it for a month?
HARRIS: I have no problem with her doing the Hannity interview. The problem is she's missing a real opportunity if that's all she does. As we saw in the video—
MATTHEWS: OK, Sean will ask her about the "blood libel" comment, which drives a lot of Jewish people and people who know history crazy. The very fact she's going to have to answer the question of why she used a phrase like that, she'll come up with some contortion of how she used it. And then Sean will say, Oh, I get it now, or something—
MATTHEWS: And it'll be a headline in all the wires and on all the blogs on Tuesday. She will have achieved nothing because it won't work. She can't get out of those Chinese handcuffs she put herself into.
HARRIS: I don't know what he's going to say or what she's going to say. What I have said repeatedly over the last several days is that she's missing a real opportunity to speak to a broader American audience. I thought she missed that opportunity in the video the other day. And by not expanding who she's talking to beyond—
MATTHEWS: The paranoids.
HARRIS: Beyond—well, no. Look, I like Sean Hannity. I like that show.
MATTHEWS: No, he's not paranoid, but why does she always choose that audience of people who believe they're set upon?
HARRIS: Well, I think it's a mistake.
MCMAHON: Listen, I think—I think she's missing an opportunity to speak to a broader segment of the American people for a very, very long time. And I think she's actually going in the opposite direction and she's speaking to a narrower and narrower and more and more paranoid group.
I mean, Sarah Palin is the only person on Earth who could put a target on 22 congressional districts, including Gabby Giffords', and then—and then watch what happened last weekend, and come on, pop up three days later and claim to be the victim. I mean, she claimed to be the victim. It's ridiculous.
MATTHEWS: OK. Well, here's the question.
Steve Schmidt, who was her campaign manager back—or campaign manager for John McCain back in the last election, 2008, which is not 100 years ago, said she doesn't know anything. That was his great line. She doesn't know anything. I think that's sort of an assumption most people make. She's not well-educated in terms of basics of American history, American life, that you normally would have as part of your sort of backpack when you go into politics.
You ought to know American history. You ought to know the history of the presidency, the history of American law, the basic stuff. There's an assumption, which I share, she doesn't. Why hasn't she spent the last two years studying, say, an advanced placement course for American history, just getting the basics down, finding out that the language we use like blood libel and things like—or being careful to use only language that she's familiar with? Why is she still popping off was my question, popping off?
HARRIS: Well, nobody one knows what her end goal is. Look, if she wants to—
MATTHEWS: If she wants to be president—
HARRIS: Well, if she wants to be president, I think she's going in the wrong direction. If she wants to double down on what she's already managed to create and continue to hold sway and to make money, she's doing exactly the right thing, because she's solidifying her position with people who love her.
MATTHEWS: Isn't she selling yahoo?
HARRIS: Selling what?
MATTHEWS: Yahoo, like: I don't know anything. There's a lot of well-educated people that live in the country. There's a lot of well-educated conservatives, obviously, in this country, maybe as many as there are liberals.
But the fact is, she doesn't want to be one of them. Why doesn't she want to be educated with the basics?
HARRIS: I have long since stopped trying to predict or even sometimes to understand what she's going to do. I don't think—
MATTHEWS: Bill Clinton, with all his education, spends an hour a day studying the world economy, because he talks about it. He feels that it's his responsibility, if he's going to be a leader, even without a portfolio, to know what he's talking about.
HARRIS: Look, I will say this.
MATTHEWS: Why doesn't she want to know what she's talking about?
HARRIS: I don't know. I think that she's missed a huge—
HARRIS: Hold on. Hold on. I think she's missed a huge opportunity this past week.
But, at the same time, I think it's absurd for anyone to point a finger at her and say that you were somehow—that she was somehow culpable or responsible.
MATTHEWS: Nobody said that.
MCMAHON: No one is saying that, Todd.
MCMAHON: She's the only person who is saying that people are saying that. She's the only person who is saying that people are saying that.
MCMAHON: And she went on and she did the blood libel thing. No one else did that --
MCMAHON: She's the person that is claiming to be the victim here.
HARRIS: This Eric Fuller guy, who—
MCMAHON: People were shot and killed, and Sarah Palin is claiming to be a victim.
HARRIS: Look, I agree she handled it terribly.
MATTHEWS: One of the guys who—yes.
HARRIS: This Eric Fuller, one of the guys who was shot—and it's terrible what happened to him—but he went onto a Democratic—
MATTHEWS: What network does he speak for?
HARRIS: He went onto a Democratic Web site and said, this is exactly what happens when you have got people like John Boehner in charge.
MATTHEWS: My problem with Sarah Palin about this, constantly mentioning bullets and guns and ammo and bullseyes and reload and all that language in this country I don't think is helpful. I don't think it's a good thing.
Roosevelt, one of our heroes, and I think yours, too—
HARRIS: Right.
MATTHEWS: -- said, don't mention rope in a family where there's been a hanging.
Why is she still doing it?
HARRIS: Well, I don't know. But she certainly doesn't have a monopoly on that sort of Marshall imagery in symbolism, in politics.
MATTHEWS: Ballistic.
HARRIS: As President Obama—
MATTHEWS: She's not the only one sticking to her guns. We can't get even away from this language.
MATTHEWS: Thank you, Steve McMahon.
In all fairness, thank you, Todd Harris.
HARRIS: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Congratulations. You keep doing well.
MATTHEWS: By the way, the Republican National Committee has a new chairman. It just happened. His name is Reince Priebus. He won the balloting this afternoon after seven rounds of voting.
Priebus, the Wisconsin State Party chair, beat four opponents, including the incumbent, and our favorite, Michael Steele, who we hope to have on this Monday, by the way.
Michael, don't let us down. We need you. The Republican leadership may not want you, but we like you.
HARDBALL returns after this.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow."
First up: an unfortunate slip of the tongue. Republican Mary Fallin was sworn in this week as the new governor of Oklahoma. There's just one hitch. Instead of promising in her oath to support, obey and defend the Constitution, she promised to support, obey and offend it.
Let's watch.
GOV. MARY FALLIN ®, OKLAHOMA: I, Mary Fallin—
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- do solemnly swear—
FALLIN: -- do solemnly swear—
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- that I will support, obey and defend—
FALLIN: -- that I will support, obey and offend—
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- the Constitution of the United States.
FALLIN: -- the Constitution of the United States.
MATTHEWS: Well, she looks nice. Anyway, Fallin's person, her spokesperson, blamed it on the cold weather.
The Associated Press, by the way, looked up what happened before in this regard. It turns out that two American presidents, Calvin Coolidge and Chester Arthur, had to do a redo of their oaths because of similar slip-ups. President Obama, by the way, had to do his oath over again because the chief justice made a stumble himself.
Moving from Oklahoma to New Jersey, Chris Christie blows the sale. The Republican rising star told a town hall yesterday that health costs—health care costs—quote—"will bankrupt New Jersey." That's right, bankrupt his state, a very powerful word, that word, in financial circles.
Bloomberg News reports that, 20 minutes after Christie made that statement about a bankrupt New Jersey, the state treasury was forced to slash one of its bond offering by more than a half, half its value, a loss of 712 -- well, $712 million. Christie's office denies that there was a connection between the two.
Anyway, finally, Rush Limbaugh misses the moment. Political voices from both sides called for unity in wake of the Tucson tragedy, not El Rushbo. He actually stepped up the attacks. Here he Rush on Tuesday talking about the shooter, Jared Loughner.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He's sitting there in jail. He knows what's going on.
He knows that a Democrat Party, the Democrat Party, is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows, if he plays his cards right, he's just a victim. He's the latest in a never-ending parade of victims brought about by the unfairness of America.
MATTHEWS: Reductio ad nauseam.
Anyway, first, Rush, the correct form of the adjective is Democratic. Secondly, the Democratic Party isn't giving Jared Loughner, the accused killer, any backing, legal, moral or otherwise.
Reductio ad nauseam.
Up next: Tom DeLay was convicted of money-laundering and sentenced to
three years in prison. We will talk to the Hammer, as he was called, Tom -
Tom—there he is—Tom DeLay next.
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Stocks ending at multiyear highs on strong earnings news out of JPMorgan, the Dow Jones industrial average climbing 55 points, the S&P adding on nine. That's seven straight winning weeks for the Dow and the S&P. And the Nasdaq, meantime, gaining 20 points.
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MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
On Monday, a Texas judge sentenced former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to three years in prison for illegally conspiring to launder corporate political donations to candidates in his state, Texas, of course.
Mr. DeLay joins us now from Houston.
Briefly, Mr. DeLay, Congressman, can you tell us what you think was the misapplication of law here?
TOM DELAY ®, FORMER HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER: Well, first of all, Chris, it's great to see you again. I have been a little busy.
Well, using the criminal code to enforce the election code has never been done before in the entire United States. And that's what this is. There's no crime here. They are accusing me of money-laundering. But you have to have proceeds from criminal activity in order to launder money.
All we did was elect Republicans. We created a political action committee legally, raised corporate funds legally, took those corporate funds and sent them to the Republican National Committee legally. They took them and spent them in states where they could be used legally. And they took individually raised money, legal, and sent it to elections in Texas. No corporate funds ever got to elections in Texas.
MATTHEWS: Is Texas capable of a fair trial?
DELAY: I mean, this is amazing. What's the crime?
MATTHEWS: No, I don't know about your case and whether you're innocent or not of the way—I don't—I understand your argument. It sounds reasonable to me that they misapplied a law that was made to drug dealers, threw it at you, and used a conspiracy angle to get you. I understand that.
But my question is, why would the court system operate this way? Why would a judge, why would a jury believe that you were guilty of a crime, if you aren't? Why would they all be wrong? All 12 jurors, or whatever, a judge, are they all in this—is there some kind of conspiracy on their part, do you believe?
DELAY: No, it's not about the jury. It's about the law.
The prosecution, which is a rogue prosecution that indicted me on laws that didn't even exist in Texas, presented their case, and spent nine days and 33 witnesses, and never brought one shred of evidence of wrongdoing or money-laundering.
They printed—presented their entire case around the corruption of politics, the corruption of raising money, millions of money, politicians flying around in private planes, lobbyists and all the stuff --
MATTHEWS: Yes.
DELAY: -- and played to the emotion of the jury, that this guy has got to be corrupt, so put him in prison.
MATTHEWS: Well, you were tied up with people that are not exactly—
Mike Scanlon and Abramoff especially. I saw the movie. They—and you were sort of the dupe of these guys. You were out there playing golf in Scotland on their paycheck. It was a junket.
You looked like these guys were manipulating you, as a member of Congress. They look like criminals. You look like you were being their fool. That's the way it looks in the movie.
DELAY: Chris, you have been around politics long enough to know that that movie is a crock.
I went to England to meet with Margaret Thatcher and conservatives in England. And, yes, I went over and played golf in Scotland, all of it legal, all of it within the rules of the House. And I didn't go with Scanlon.
MATTHEWS: Why were you hanging around with Jack Abramoff? Why were you hanging around with Jack Abramoff? He looks like a complete sleazeball. I don't care how inaccurate the movie was. There's nothing good about the guy. He's going to prison. He served a number of years in prison.
Was he guilty of a crime, do you think?
DELAY: Chris, the FBI investigated me for five years. I gave them everything that I had. They found nothing, and I was charged with nothing. I'm not going to discuss Abramoff.
I have been found guilty on not committing a crime. I have been sentenced to three years, Chris. This is serious stuff. Imagine being caught up in a justice system, and you have no chance to win, when decisions are made before you even get to present your case.
MATTHEWS: Well—
DELAY: You have a rogue district attorney that used six grand juries before he could get a grand jury just sworn in to indict me.
MATTHEWS: Well, that sounds right to me. Who was that guy that was chasing you around there, the Democratic DA that kept chasing you all over the place down there? Who was that guy?
DELAY: Ronnie Earle.
MATTHEWS: Ronnie Earle. Well, he seemed like the problem to me.
Is there a problem in the justice system in Texas, your state? Is it corrupt? Is it screwed up? Is there something wrong with juries and judges in Texas? Is it all political down there?
DELAY: There's something wrong when you—when—well, when you have a rogue district attorney that abuses his power, there's no accountability for district attorneys. You can't sue them. They have immunity.
And when you have got a political hack like Ronnie Earle, he's done this to Democrats and Republican enemies. He did it to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
MATTHEWS: If I were you, I would look up Alan Dershowitz. I would go to Alan Dershowitz—I don't know what his party label is—up in Harvard Law. He's an appellate expert. I would go to him.
Let me ask you about some other political things, because you are the expert on political—do you think it makes sense to let members of Congress, like Gohmert, your guy Louie Gohmert from Texas—he may be one of the guys you helped get elected—I don't know—but Gohmert believes you should walk around the floor of the House of Representatives with a gun.
Do you think that's appropriate? He wants to pass a law to change—to have gun-wearing in the House of Representatives. Is that going to add to our political process?
DELAY: Well, if you feel threatened by being on the floor of the House, you ought to be able to wear a gun.
MATTHEWS: Well, why would you feel threatened without a—there's nobody in the galleries. They all go through metal detectors. Who would you be afraid of?
DELAY: Well, you ought to have the freedom to protect yourself, no matter where you are, Chris.
MATTHEWS: You guys are amazing.
MATTHEWS: I mean, what's the argument for having a gun on the floor of the House of Representatives, when you are debating the issues of the government and country's future and law, and debating what laws we should have, you're debating what our foreign policy should be, and someone ought to have a holstered gun next to you debating you—why?
DELAY: Because you have nuts. Remember, I had a nut come into my office and shoot up my office and kill one of my best friends who was my security officer. I would have loved to have had a gun on me at that particular time. Believe me.
MATTHEWS: So, you're with the gunslingers?
DELAY: Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: You got Chaffetz out of Utah, you got Heath Shuler in North Carolina—both are saying they're going to work around carrying guns now when they meet with their constituents.
DELAY: If I had a town meeting and was still in Congress, I would invite all of the Texans that have a concealed weapons license to come to my town meeting and I'd advertise it. Because the person that wanted to come shoot me would have to think once again about committing suicide and walking into my town hall meeting and trying to shoot it up.
MATTHEWS: You know—
DELAY: I'd feel more safe with people there with concealed license.
MATTHEWS: You know, I'm very friendly with you and I really do hope you get out of this thing. But let me tell you something, you know you sound crazy to people that come from where I come from. You know, we think you're all (INAUDIBLE) wearing big hats talking about wearing big guns and we think there's something weird about you.
Why would you want to carry a gun into a restaurant, into a bar? What is this, Dodge City?
DELAY: This is we and Washington D.C. Chris, get out of Washington. Come down to Texas. You'll find people are pretty sharp around here in Texas.
MATTHEWS: But, you guys—no, but you don't understand, Congressman DeLay. You want to bring guns into the floor of the House and walk around -- would you like to have 435 members of the House and Senate wearing guns? Would that be a better country? I'm serious.
DELAY: I don't care. I don't care. I wouldn't care a bit.
MATTHEWS: You're laughing—you're laughing like a car bomber. I mean, why is this funny? I don't understand. You guys—there's a culture war here. I admit, it's different. I come from, you know, the suburbs and cities, and we don't walk around and carrying guns and we don't wear big hats and spurs and—
DELAY: Come on. Come down to Texas.
MATTHEWS: Good luck in your case. I mean that sincerely, Mr. DeLay. I hope you get a good honest jury and you got a good appellate situation where you can make your case.
DELAY: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Up next: some members of Congress think that finding or ending, rather, the divided seating—see how they look, there's a little aisle down the middle. They want to get rid of the aisle, at least during the State of the Union, so that people can see an intermingling of both Democrats and Republicans. At least it will feel less partisan. It's a nice idea.
Does it make sense and does have it a chance?
On Monday, by the way, join us for a special edition of HARDBALL. It's a big one. "Obama's America," sort of a look back over two years at how the president and our country has done with Obama as president and this administration. That's Monday at 7:00 Eastern, right here on HARDBALL. Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Well, former President Bill Clinton is going to campaign for his buddy Rahm Emanuel out in Chicago this Tuesday despite calls from some African-American leaders for the former president to stay out of the mayor's race because there's another candidate there, Carol Moseley Braun. City leaders including rival mayoralty candidate Braun say Clinton stands to risk the respect of the city's African-American community by showing up. We'll see. I think they'll forgive him.
Rahm is running, by the way, for mayor after serving as President Obama's White House chief of staff. I think there's a connection people will understand. He also was a senior adviser in the Clinton administration.
But after the outcry over Clinton's endorsement, don't expect President Obama to campaign for his former chief of staff. Well, we'll see.
HARDBALL will be right back.
MATTHEWS: Well, President Obama's State of the Union address, believe it or not, is only a week and a half away. It's coming up on the 25th.
And one member of Congress has an idea to change the tone in the wake of last week's Arizona shooting. Instead of Democrats sitting on one side of the aisle—you can see them there on the far side or actually this side—and Republicans sitting on the other side of the chamber which has been customary since forever, Colorado Senator Mark Udall, is a Democrat, wants his colleagues to mix it up a little bit as a sign of unity.
California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez supports that idea. She joins us now from Anaheim.
I want to ask you about this idea before I get to the idea of whether people should have holstered guns walking around the floor and whether you want a hockey rink kind of fiberglass going around the ceiling there, too.
Let's talk about a more reasonable idea—mix it up, random seating, rush seating, no more left/right seating. Your thoughts, Congresswoman?
REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ (D), CALIFORNIA: Well, right now, you can actually sit wherever you like to. It's traditional that Democrats sit in a particular way actually from the more conservative, which are along the middle of the chamber, to the more liberal towards the very, very left for example. But, you know, Chris, I walk around that chamber all over. I have friends all over. Sometimes, I sit on the Republican side, sometimes on the Democratic side.
MATTHEWS: OK. But the State of the Union night, do you think it
would be good for Democrats to mix it up and go join some of their buds
from the other side of the aisle? Or is this just -
SANCHEZ: I think that would be fine. I think it would be nice to see the senators come up and sit in the congressional seats, you know?
MATTHEWS: Ooh.
SANCHEZ: Maybe mix up the two chambers because they traditional just hang out in a little spot also.
MATTHEWS: Well, they got that preferred seating up front.
By the way, isn't it fascinating? You know, back when there were a lot of conservative Democrats, you pointed out about the fact that they tend to sit towards the middle. These guys are something called, with no derogatory aspect, redneck row. All the—these are Southern white Democrats, they all sit along the back of the chamber.
And they were quite proud of that. They sat right near the edge of the aisle. They're sort of like Republicans. And then, of course—well, they all sat at different places.
But let me go—let me ask you about these other ideas. Are these screw ball ideas? Tom DeLay, which was just on, a former member who's got problems of his own, he's saying it's OK by him if members of Congress come into the chamber carrying guns.
SANCHEZ: Well—
MATTHEWS: Does that add to their firepower politically? Does that make their point? I mean, Sarah Palin says taking up arms is a way of saying voting. Would this be literal now? You bring your gun to the chamber to make your point with your ID card?
SANCHEZ: Chris, I think, I really believe that guns are not needed in the chamber.
MATTHEWS: But why are people like screw balls—why are these people screw ball enough to say like this guy, Louie Gohmert, who's a birther, by the way, doesn't think the president is an American, how would you like to know there's a guy out there in the hallway with a gun who doesn't think you're an American while you give the State of the Union address? You might keep your eye on that guy, wouldn't you? Just guessing.
SANCHEZ: Well, listen, when we're in the chamber, first of all, remember that—
MATTHEWS: This is what's going on in your chamber. These guys really are saying the president is not an American. He wasn't born here. And I want to carry a gun when I watch him talk. This is truth. This is what's going on today in the Congress.
SANCHEZ: Well, you know, listen, Chris, I have been elected in the same way that each of my colleagues in that chamber have been elected. You know, you have to have a lot of respect because it is difficult to win an election. Otherwise, everybody who's on a news channel or something would probably be a Congress person. Come on.
MATTHEWS: OK, you've been so generous, Congresswoman. Walk up to a guy—you walk up to the guy from Texas, he's got some 45 in his holster. Do you ask him to take it out and show it to you? That's a good-looking gun that you got there. Can I take a look at it? And you have a little conversation on the floor about his piece?
Is this what goes on now? Is this what we're going to have in Congress? Discussing each other's guns?
SANCHEZ: I do not believe that you will see guns on the House floor.
I absolutely do not believe -
MATTHEWS: So, this is just nonsense. OK, good.
SANCHEZ: -- a majority of the people on the floor.
MATTHEWS: Louie Gohmert, congressman from Texas, anybody wants to write this character, he's real. This isn't Festus Haggen, this guy really exists. He's talking about bringing guns to Congress and he wants it to be a law.
So, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, you're totally sane and totally normal and a nice person. I don't think that you understand what true insanity is about, but these people are talking about guns on the floor of the House, but I understand why you're being gentle. Thank you for coming on and have a nice weekend.
SANCHEZ: Thank you, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Let's go to John Feehery to get a voice from a staff guy who I respect. You're a strategist. You work here with Quinn Gillespie right now, and you're a top aide to Dennis Hastert the speaker.
Is this for real on your side of the aisle? Are they really talking gun play, first of all?
JOHN FEEHERY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I would not recommend bringing guns on the House floor.
MATTHEWS: Why would they want to?
FEEHERY: If you remember, right before the Civil War—
MATTHEWS: See you how—you're dodging this.
FEEHERY: Right before the Civil War, one member caned another—
MATTHEWS: Yes, that's what we need, canes on the floor, too.
FEEHERY: The idea that passions get out of control on the House floor is true, and I would not recommend bringing guns on the House floor.
MATTHEWS: What are they going to say, smile when you say that, partner?
OK, let's talk about the more reasonable, perhaps more—perhaps lighthearted idea of ending the idea that we all grew up, different sides of the aisle. The R's sat at one side. I do see people walking across and say hello to each other. I don't think it's gotten that weird.
But there is a real difference there when you watch the State of the Union and you look to see who applauds so that the president—the president will say something about health care, we're going to keep it going. And you know the D's will stand-up and the Republicans will sit with their hands on their lap. And then you'll see—somebody says something about tax cuts, and the Republicans will jump up.
FEEHERY: Right. I mean, I think—I think the point I would make is where you sit in the chamber does not change where you stand on issues.
MATTHEWS: It doesn't?
FEEHERY: So, this idea is a very nice idea. It's not going to make -
lead to major change. One point I would make, though, is if you do have people interspersed, it might take away some of the political theater which would actually make me—have people focus on the speech itself and not on all of these theatric. The State of Union has become a cheerleading competition.
MATTHEWS: It sure has.
FEEHERY: And it's become—
MATTHEWS: And, by the way, women members now wear red. You know all of the games that are played to get more attention for the cameras, different people, different tricks. They sit in that center aisle, so they got their picture taken shaking hands with the president. They sit for four hours do that.
FEEHERY: A lot of members do that. A lot of members do that. You know, the fact of the matter is the House floor is a fascinating place to work and we both—
MATTHEWS: I loved it.
FEEHERY: And you have members all over. You used to have the smoker's row in the back.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FEEHERY: You have the Florida folks sitting at one point.
MATTHEWS: -- caucus with the wet hair.
FEEHERY: The Pennsylvania caucus, and the people sat all over the places, as Loretta Sanchez just said, during the State of the Union.
MATTHEWS: You know what it's like? It's like high school.
FEEHERY: It's like high school and one thing I would say that Loretta Sanchez said, which was interesting to me, as a House person, I would love to have the Senate stop their preferential seating and have them back—have the House guys sit at the front because I love the House.
MATTHEWS: Aren't you Democratic?
By the way, thank you, John Feehery. Let the Democrat—let the House members sit at the front the People's House. They should have their own House.
When we return, "Let Me Finish" with whether America today has realized something with what Martin Luther King talked about in his great speech about his vision that would be judged not by the color of our skin but by deeper qualities.
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MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with a man who would be 82 tomorrow
that's if he had not been gunned downed in the midst of his historic work.
Martin Luther King said that he look to the day that a person in this country would be judged not by the color of their skin. Well, that was an extraordinarily deep call on the American conscience. It sure was when he made that call. Back then, we were a country where a person was routinely judged by the color of his or her skin.
So, here we are, living in a century that Martin himself never got to enter. For him, the 21st century was like one of those lunch counters at which he was not allowed to sit.
When this great young man was killed at just 39 years of age, we were barely into the age of colored television sets. Today, we live in a world of instant and broad communication among the hundreds of millions, billions of people on this earth—a time of vast economic independence and rivalry, a time when a person's education is everything, as far as their chances of landing on the right side of the digital divide, whether they're capable of competing economically or not. And what a divide it is.
Just look at the movies out this year. One is about the invention of Facebook, the other about boxing. Talk about two worlds. The world of the haves in terms of education, and the worlds of have-nots, who's best hope in life is to land a lucky punch at the other guy's kidneys.
So, are we there yet? Is the division in America today more about education and therefore about class, than it is ethnic, racial, to use the old word?
Well, there was talk about the election of Barack Obama heralding a new post-racial society here. Do we see it in two years in? Do we think that we've gotten past the time when a person, president, or anybody is just judged by—to use King's phrase, the color of their skin?
Well, I think for the vast majority of Americans, somewhat stunningly we have. It was there this week. I could see. We could all see it.
This president and his wife in Tucson, we saw a president who is, to use the historic language black, speaking deliberately and prayerfully about the loss of life. There was no mention of the ethnic aspects—because there was no reason to. If the killings in Tucson were not about race, that old American subject simply did not get a mention, by anyone, right, left, or anywhere in this very wide, very public conversation.
That is notable. It is important. For the simple reason that no one talked about it is at least the beginning of something historic.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
Right now, it's time for "THE ED SHOW" with Ed Schultz.
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In a previous article, I discussed the role that wheat plays as an industrial adhesive (e.g. paints, paper mache', and book binding-glue) in order to illustrate the point that it may not be such a good thing for us to eat. The problem is implicit in the word gluten, which literally means "glue" in Latin and in words like pastry and pasta, which derives from wheatpaste, the original concoction of wheat flour and water which made such good plaster in ancient times. What gives gluten its adhesive and difficult-to-digest qualities are the high levels of disulfide bonds it contains. These same sulfur-to-sulfur bonds are found in hair and vulcanized rubber products, which we all know are difficult to decompose and are responsible for the sulfurous odor they give off when burned.
There will be 676 million metric tons of wheat produced this year alone, making it the primary cereal of temperate regions and third most prolific cereal grass on the planet. This global dominance of wheat is signified by the Food & Agricultural Organization's (FAO) (the United Nation's international agency for defeating hunger) use of a head of wheat as its official symbol. Any effort to indict the credibility of this "king of grains" will prove challenging. As Rudolf Hauschka once remarked, wheat is "a kind of earth-spanning organism." It has vast socio-economic, political, and cultural significance. For example, in the Catholic Church, a wafer made of wheat is considered irreplaceable as the embodiment of Christ. .
Our dependence on wheat is matched only by its dependence on us. As Europeans have spread across the planet, so has this grain. We have assumed total responsibility for all phases of the wheat life cycle: from fending off its pests; to providing its ideal growing conditions; to facilitating reproduction and expansion into new territories. We have become so inextricably interdependent that neither species is sustainable at current population levels without this symbiotic relationship.
It is this codependence that may explain why our culture has for so long consistently confined wheat intolerance to categorically distinct, "genetically-based" diseases like "celiac." These categorizations may protect us from the realization that wheat exerts a vast number of deleterious effects on human health in the same way that "lactose intolerance" distracts attention from the deeper problems associated with the casein protein found in cow's milk. Rather than see wheat for what it very well may be: a biologically inappropriate food source, we "blame the victim," and look for genetic explanations for what's wrong with small subgroups of our population who have the most obvious forms of intolerance to wheat consumption, e.g. celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, etc. The medical justification for these classifications may be secondary to economic and cultural imperatives that require the inherent problems associated with wheat consumption be minimized or occluded.
In all probability the celiac genotype represents a surviving vestigial branch of a once universal genotype, which through accident or intention, have had through successive generations only limited exposure to wheat. The celiac genotype, no doubt, survived through numerous bottlenecks or "die offs" represented by a dramatic shift from hunted and foraged/gathered foods to gluten-grain consumption, and for whatever reason simply did not have adequate time to adapt or select out the gluten-grain incompatible genes. The celiac response may indeed reflect a prior, species-wide intolerance to a novel food source: the seed storage form of the monocotyledonous cereal grasses which our species only began consuming 1-500 generations ago at the advent of the Neolithic transition (10-12,000 BC). Let us return to the image of the celiac iceberg for greater clarification.
The iceberg metaphor is an excellent way to expand our understanding of what was once considered to be an extraordinarily rare disease into one that has statistical relevance for us all, but it has a few limitations. For one, it reiterates the commonly held view that Celiac is a numerically distinct disease entity or "disease island," floating alongside other numerically distinct disease "ice cubes" in the vast sea of normal health. Though accurate in describing the sense of social and psychological isolation many of the afflicted feel, the celiac iceberg/condition may not be a distinct disease entity at all.
Although the HLA-DQ locus of disease susceptibility on chromosome 6 offers us a place to project blame, I believe we need to shift the emphasis of responsibility for the condition back to the disease "trigger" itself: namely, wheat and other prolamine rich grains, e.g. barley, rye, spelt, and oats. Without these grains the typical afflictions we call celiac would not exist. Within the scope of this view the "celiac iceberg" is not actually free floating but an outcropping from an entire submerged subcontinent, representing our long-forgotten (cultural time) but relatively recent metabolic prehistory as hunters-and-gatherers (biological time), where grain consumption was, in all likelihood, non-existent, except in instances of near-starvation.
The pressure on the celiac to be viewed as an exceptional case or deviation may have everything to do with our preconscious belief that wheat, and grains as a whole are the "health foods," and very little to do with a rigorous investigations of the facts.
Grains have been heralded since time immemorial as the "staff of life," when in fact they are more accurately described as a cane, precariously propping up a body starved of the nutrient-dense, low-starch vegetables, fruits, edible seeds and meats, they have so thoroughly supplanted (c.f. Paleolithic Diet). Most of the diseases of affluence, e.g. type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer, etc. can be linked to the consumption of a grain-based diet, including secondary "hidden sources" of grain consumption in grain-fed fish, poultry, meat and milk products.
Our modern belief that grains make for good food, is simply not supported by the facts. The cereal grasses are within an entirely different family: monocotyledonous (one leaf) than that from which our body sustained itself for millions of years: dicotyledonous (two-leaf). The preponderance of scientific evidence points to a human origin in the tropical rainforests of Africa where dicotyledonous fruits would have been available for year round consumption. It would not have been monocotyledonous plants, but the flesh of hunted animals that would have allowed for the migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago into the northern latitudes where vegetation would have been sparse or non-existent during winter months. Collecting and cooking grains would have been improbable given the low nutrient and caloric content of grains and the inadequate development of pyrotechnology and associated cooking utensils necessary to consume them with any efficiency. It was not until the end of the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago that our human ancestors would have slowly transitioned to a cereal grass based diet coterminous with emergence of civilization. 20,000 years is probably not enough time to fully adapt to the consumption of grains. Even animals like cows with a head start of thousands of years, having evolved to graze on monocotyledons and equipped as ruminants with the four-chambered fore-stomach enabling the breakdown of cellulose and anti-nutrient rich plants, are not designed to consume grains. Cows are designed to consume the sprouted mature form of the grasses and not their seed storage form. Grains are so acidic/toxic in reaction that exclusively grain-fed cattle are prone to developing severe acidosis and subsequent liver abscesses and infections, etc. Feeding wheat to cattle provides an even greater challenge:
"Beef: Feeding wheat to ruminants requires some caution as it tends to be more apt than other cereal grains to cause acute indigestion in animals which are unadapted to it. The primary problem appears to be the high gluten content of which wheat in the rumen can result in a "pasty" consistency to the rumen contents and reduced rumen motility."
(source: Ontario ministry of Agriculture food & Rural affairs)
Seeds, after all, are the "babies" of these plants, and are invested with not only the entire hope for continuance of its species, but a vast armory of anti-nutrients to help it accomplish this task: toxic lectins, phytates and oxalates, alpha-amalyase and trypsin inhibitors, and endocrine disrupters. These not so appetizing phytochemicals enable plants to resist predation of their seeds, or at least preventing them from "going out without a punch."
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Oldham County High School Principal Brent Deaves said he is excited for his school to host four foreign exchange students this year. Their national flags, pictures, and some information about themselves will be hanging in the main hallway by the attendance window.
From left, Jasmine Bianco (Australia), Xinyu Zhang "Cassia" (China), Elena Martin-Ines (Spain) and Silvia Cano Palencia (Spain).
Despite a slight drop in annual ACT scores, Oldham County School officials say the district is still trending upward when it comes to college preparedness.
This year's senior class from North Oldham, Oldham County and South Oldham high schools scored a composite score of 21.8 when they took the ACT as juniors. The previous year's composite for the district was 22.2
Kentucky juniors have been required to take the ACT since 2008, when new educational reforms were put into place.
The final round of public forums relating to the redistricting of Oldham County schools was held Thursday night at Oldham County High School. In all, the school district has held nine meetings allowing the public to see the proposed changes and offer some suggestions.
On Thursday, Michael Williams, director of pupil personnel at the schools, unveiled four new proposals of how the schools would make up for the loss of Liberty Elementary which is in its final year. Parents got to see the outlines for the new districts and voice their opinions on them.
The North Oldham Fire Department provided a cooling "hose-down" for Goshen Elementary students after a track team practice on the morning of Saturday 17 August at the North Oldham Campus Sports Complex.
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The following local students received degrees from Columbia College Chicago during commencement ceremonies held in May.
Juan Barrera from Crestwood received a BA degree in Arts Management.
Leslie Wishnevski also from Crestwood received a BA degree in Film & Video.
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The Man Behind 'Friday' Is Terrorizing Us Again With the So-Awful-It's-Good 'Chinese Food' [VIDEO]
Oh, boy, here we go again.
The evil genius who created Rebecca Black's 'Friday' is back and this time he's exploiting a tween's love of...not Justin Bieber, not texting, but Chinese food. Yes, you read that right.
In this video for a song called 'Chinese Food,' Alison Gold belts out (depending on your point of view) a heavenly 3:28 ode to such foods as egg rolls and wonton soup.
Patrice Wilson, who wrote, rapped and appeared in the video for 'Friday,' is the man behind 'Chinese Food.' Will it resonate and aggravate America as much as Rebecca Black's anthem? Time will tell, but, like an order of General Tso's chicken, we have a hunch you'll go back for more about an hour after you watch this.
Check out the video for 'Friday' below to figure out which song is more
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'Moving Stories' dance concert showcases innovative work by student choreographers, dancers in nationally acclaimed dance programMainstage dance performance, Nov. 14-16, features stories told through movement by nine student choreographers, and faculty guest artist Teresa VanDenend Sorge
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:16 AM
Muhlenberg College dancers tell their stories through movement, as the Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance Department presents "Moving Stories," a showcase for dance works created by emerging choreographers, Nov. 14-16 in the College's Baker Theatre.
Dance Program chair Karen Dearborn says the nine student choreographers selected for the program have created sophisticated and innovative dances, informed by their liberal arts education, and intended to probe and illuminate the human experience. This season, the show also will feature a premiere piece by Muhlenberg faculty member Teresa VanDenend Sorge.
"'Moving Stories' is designed to inspire and challenge audiences," says Dearborn, who serves as artistic director for the performance. "These visually lush dances offer a view of our present and future through contemporary eyes. It is always exciting to be enveloped in these kinetic and symbolic works of art — to be moved by the movement."
The concert will showcase 56 dancers from the department's dance program, among the most highly regarded programs of its kind. The concert features costume and lighting designs by the department's acclaimed professional staff.
The ten original dances include contemporary jazz, jazz styles and modern works that investigate female body image, women's power in the Roman Empire, self-discovery and empowerment, exploitation of female sexuality, and time and memory. Choreographers drew inspiration from everything from poetry and paintings to the relationship between a magician and his assistant.
Muhlenberg College's Theatre & Dance Department offers one of the top-rated college performance programs in the county, according to the Princeton Review rankings. Muhlenberg is a liberal arts college of more than 2,200 students in Allentown, Pa., offering Bachelor of Arts degrees in theater and dance. It has been named annually among The Fiske Guide to Colleges' top 20 small college programs in the United States, and the American College Dance Festival Association has consistently recognized dances premiered on the Muhlenberg stage for excellence in choreography and performance.
"Moving Stories" runs Nov. 14-16 in the Baker Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown.
Performances are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 14-15, at 8 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for patrons 17 and under, and $8 for students, faculty and staff of all LVAIC colleges. For groups of 15 or more, tickets are $13.
Tickets and information are available at 484-664-3333 or muhlenberg.edu/dance.
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HBO has an excellent streaming service called HBO GO.
However, to use HBO GO, you need to be an HBO subscriber. And to be an HBO subscriber, you need to have cable.
There are a lot of people that don't want to pay the $100 or so for cable, but do want to watch HBO's excellent programming.
To accommodate those people, HBO's CEO is looking into selling HBO GO as a broadband internet add-on, Reuters reports.
Nothing is set in stone just yet, but this is loose idea of how it would work. If you subscribe to cable Internet, but not cable TV, you could pay an extra $15 a month to get HBO GO. So, if your Internet bill is $60 per month, buying HBO GO would bump it to $75.
HBO, unlike Netflix, relies on cable companies for distribution. It doesn't want to upset its partners by going direct to the consumer.
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V&A Illustration Awards 2013: Student Category - Student Illustrator
Student Illustrator of the Year
Camberwell College of Arts
Primo Levi's short story 'The Fugitive' features an office worker who writes a poem after a flash of inspiration. However, once he tries to make a copy of it, the poem begins to escape from him . . .
The story feels very claustrophobic and frustrating. I was working in the college studio with strip lights and no natural light, trying to pin down my ideas, so I identified with it', says Helmer.
The judges were struck by the mood and sense of place Helmer has achieved, along with a feeling of expectation that echoes Levi's strange narrative. They praised her strong and painterly visual language as 'understated, playful and exploratory' and said, 'These outstandingly comprehensive illustrations for Primo Levi's 'The Fugitive' are both bold and subtle – no mean feat!'
Student Runner-Up
Royal College of Art
This drawing series explores the powerful aesthetic of nostalgia that emanates from hand-crafted objects. By combining these old and modern objects Kwon suggests new, curiously beautiful artefacts which pay homage to the aesthetic values championed by William Morris as he railed against mechanical mass production.
The judges thought Kwon's use of superb craftsmanship to create his 'blueprints' for imaginary objects was very apt, and commented, 'The drawings give a history of their making in the working traces, providing a tension between the solid and the speculative. There is a strong conviction with which they depict something that does not exist. They are reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's helicopters, designed and drawn hundreds of years before they existed'.
Student Shortlist
Songeun Lara Lee - Bliss
Playful, clear and fragile, Lara's visual language sensitively illuminates the short story, 'Bliss' by Katherine Mansfield. The images are spare and carefully arranged - like small and well-lit stage sets. Lara uses visual metaphor, precise placement and dilute films of colour to paint a portrait of Mansfield's naïve and fragile protagonist. The strange sets - ritualistic facades - mirror the superficial rites and interconnections taking place in the narrative. There is an apt feeling of absurdity in the draughtsmanship.
Ju Yeun Kim - Landscape
Ju Yeun Kim's images, derived from Biblical passages are beautifully descriptive and powerful. They are part of an ambitious series that tackle age-old stories within a contemporary frame. The scenes are dark and silent – and give a palpable sense of 'being there' – of putting the viewer into a 'real' situation. The sense of 'otherness' and beyond intended in the sequence is achieved by the treatment itself; a kind of wind-beaten draughting of an ordinary rather than epic landscape. The atmosphere Ju has created is loaded with expectation.
Alice Tye - Modernist Architecture
Alice's subtlety composed lithographs explore a sense of 'place' – at a distance. She depicts scenes of California, but a California of the imagination – a fictional place known only through film, TV and literature. The heightened Technicolor and on-off use of heavy light and shade here, then collage flatness there, deliver an uncanny, fictional air. Hidden aspects of what lies within buildings, behind objects and beyond the frame are hinted at. The strength of the work is that the essential concept is spliced into the process of making, rather than grafted on as 'styling'.
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So, um, Hi <3
I had this idea by watching my draenei shaman in some random raids, so i thought it would be cool to share it.
Sooo, there's this new girl, enhancement shaman, that joined a random group thing, istance, raid, whatever you want. So she get a Windfury proc (The litte tornado thingie) aaand.. since you know that pretty much every shaman set got a gown/kilt/dress, something like this would happen
Then, any random member points out that to the little cute shaman, while they randomly discuss about that night. The little cute shammy smirks, and at the next raid she comes with a Orb of Deception, mutating her into a orc/troll/tauren/whatever got some ugly legs/ and makes every looker go DAWW. xD
even if key doesn't take suggestions from here, i thought it was funny anyway.
Thae <3


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In the South, folks love watermelon, and sometimes the only way you can tell if you have a nice, ripe one is to give it a good thump! "Watermelon Thumper" is one in a series of 25 prints that speak to who you are and what you love south of the Mason Dixon line. The series exhibits a combination of my calligraphy and block letters that were inspired by an old metal type set that belonged to my grandmother. Culture is strong down here, and we take deep pride in who we are. This print is perfect for the watermelon lover in your life!
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Michael Stark, owner of L.A. Radio Studio located at Ports O' Call in San Pedro, broke the sad news: Legendary broadcaster and newsman Lee Marshall died Sunday at age 67.
Most Americans know Marshall's voice as that of Tony the Tiger, the cartoon spokesman for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal; Marshall had been the voice of Tony since 1995 when the previous voice of Tony, Thurl Ravenscroft, passed away.
But fans know him as one of the best voices ever to grace the radio airwaves. Some call his the "voice of God," with an amazing bass depth that would make a subwoofer rumble. He hit the Los Angeles airwaves in 1970 on KHJ (930 AM) and, over the years, covered news for the original KDAY (now KBLA, 1580 AM), KABC (790 AM), and during the station's short time of running financial news, KBLA. In San Diego he was with KCBQ (1070 AM); more recently he was with The Boomer, KVEN/Ventura.
He came to Southern California a seasoned veteran, having worked at top stations such as KRIZ/Phoenix and CKLW/Windsor, Ontario.
In addition to his radio and commercial work, Marshall was part of professional wrestling as the play-by-play voice of the American Wrestling Association, along with other wrestling organizations.
Just a short time ago, Stark and I met Marshall for an interesting career-spanning interview for a weekly podcast called L.A. Radio Sessions at the L.A. Radio Studios. You can hear it at http://tinyurl.com/LARSMarshall. In it, Marshall gives not only his own history (and recordings of his work), he gives his opinion of modern radio, including a very positive outlook on the medium that others — like myself — have a tendency to put down due to corporate bloodletting.
It has been joked that if God needed someone to do a speech, he'd call on Marshall. It appears he did. Marshall's talent and voice, along with his positive attitude, will be missed.
Quick picks
Wonder how Rush Limbaugh is doing over at KEIB (1150 AM)? Good and bad, depending on how you look.
In listeners age 6 and older Limbaugh earned a 1.4 share of the audience during his 9 a.m. to noon shift. Sounds bad, but overall the station has a 0.5 share. And the station had a 0.2 share during his shift back when it was a liberal talker. In the more marketable age demographic of 25-54, Limbaugh's shift is 0.5, compared with 0.3 for the station as a whole and 0.1 back under liberal talk.
Commercial breaks on your favorite station seem too long? I've thought so for years, and I feel long breaks not only drive away listeners, they also make each commercial worth less to an advertiser.
It appears I am not alone. According to Edison Research, Pandora listeners are more likely to prefer short breaks more often rather than fewer but longer breaks. Like early KHJ circa 1965, Pandora has short breaks as often as every three songs. Is it time for the elements of Boss Radio to make a comeback?
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer covering radio in Southern California. Send him email at email@example.com.


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Monday, June 4, 2012
I just wanted to wrap up the recent "baby bomber" series. I think the cranky little guy just needs a nap.
6 comments:
- John Robert Mallernee said...
Dr. Jarlsberg:
Does this mean you've run out of "Baby Bomber" jokes?
I sure HOPE not!
If you can't think of some any new "Baby Bomber" jokes, then maybe you can still use the same character, but with different material.
It seems to me that the characters with the funniest punch lines are probably the school nurse, the girl with leg braces, the girl with "Mr. Duck", and the girl with the medical book.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Gulfport, Mississippi 39507
- June 4, 2012 at 1:39 AM
- Angry Hoosier Dad said...
This is why Cat Stevens and Angela Davis should never have been allowed to mate.
- June 4, 2012 at 4:38 AM
- Stilton Jarlsberg said...
@John Robert Mallernee- Oh, I'm not out of punchlines for the little rascal and he may well return. But I wanted to wrap up the immediate crisis situation. For what it's worth, no matter which of the characters we're talking about, I always believe there is another joke waiting to be found.
@Angry Hoosier Dad- Hey, when you're right, you're right.
- June 4, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- Shayne said...
Muslim kids: They blow up so fast!
- June 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM
- SC said...
Maybe he's got a 'load' in his diaper & needs a change?
- June 5, 2012 at 6:42 PM
- Stilton Jarlsberg said...
@Shayne- I'm not entirely sure if this little guy is Muslim, or is just a little mixed-up about things.
@SC- Seems like a WMD situation: Wet, Messy Diaper.
- June 6, 2012 at 8:53 AM


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BERLIN – A request by a single developer over a water meter requirement may lead to a change in Berlin's water and sewer allocation standards.
Developer Troy Purnell went before the Berlin Mayor and Council Monday night to ask for a change to the allocation agreement for that project to accommodate future plans for a planned assisted living facility to be built on the site.
The agreement allows a single water meter for the 82-unit building, but if the structure were ever condominiumized, each unit, under the agreement, would then need separate water meters outside the building.
"It's not a practical way of building a building," Purnell said. "There's no good rational reason for that."
Typically, in a multi-unit building, one water meter is installed outside the building and connected to individual meters inside, allowing individual connections to be cut off as needed for repair, Purnell said.
"Up to an eight-unit building, it's not a problem," said Purnell. "When you're talking about 82 units, 82 meters, you're going to have to have 82 lines going into the building."
The developer said he wanted the condominium clause eliminated to allow for a single meter at the assisted living building. He said a buyer interested in the project is balking at the separate water meter requirement for condominiums.
Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary said the request should wait until final plans are submitted. At the moment, the town does not know what exactly will be built.
"This is not a hypothetical situation. I have a buyer who wants to build this building," Purnell said.
Purnell's lawyer, Mark Cropper, described a condominium as one structure with common elements.
"It's one building owned by one association," Cropper said.
It makes sense to have one meter in that case, with one bill going to the condo association, Cropper said.
Council Vice President Gee Williams agreed that the condo association would be responsible for the bill.
"I don't see where the advantage is to having the multiple meters," Williams said.
"The advantage is financial," said Councilwoman Paula Lynch.
With one meter, the town would receive additional revenue without the additional hassle, Williams said.
Mayor Tom Cardinale said he did not see any advantage to multiple meters. "Whatever we do we need to have a new standard," Williams said.
The council tabled a decision to allow staff to look into changing the standard. Projects like the Barrett medical building have been required to follow that standard in the past.


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Prosecutor: Accused Aurora Shooter James Holmes Made Death Threat in March
(AURORA, Colo.) -- Suspected Colorado shooter James Holmes allegedly told a classmate in March 2012 that he wanted to kill people and "that he would do so when his life was over," according to a court document filed by prosecutors that was unsealed Friday.
The document was filed after Holmes' defense team tried to quash prosecutors' request for his educational records. Prosecutors argued that the documents are relevant to the investigation of the crime.
"The defendant had conversations with a classmate about wanting to kill people in March 2012, and that he would do so when his life was over," district attorney Carol Chambers wrote.
The 24-year-old Ph.D. student is accused of a mass killing in which he sprayed three weapons' full of ammunition into a crowded movie theater during a midnight premiere screening of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, on July 20. Twelve people were killed and 58 were wounded in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, as measured by number of people shot.
Holmes was charged with 24 counts of first degree murder, two counts for each of the people he is accused of killing. He was also charged with 116 counts of attempted first degree murder, one count of possessing an explosive device and one count of violent crime. He faces a total of 142 criminal charges.
Holmes failed his graduate school oral exams in June 2012 and was denied access to the school "after he made threats to a professor at the school," Chambers wrote. Holmes began buying his guns at the end of May.
He subsequently began the process to "voluntarily withdraw" from his program and was in the process of completing that withdrawal when the shooting occurred, the document said.
"After he was denied access to the CU-Denver Anschutz campus he began a detailed and complex plan to obtain firearms, ammunition, a tear-gas grenade, body armor, a gas-mask, and a ballistic helmet, which were used in the commission of the murders and the attempted murder," the prosecutor wrote.
In a Thursday court appearance, prosecutors went before a Colorado judge to make their case for why they should have access to Holmes' school records.
The judge has not yet decided if he will allow the school records to be used as evidence. A gag order had been placed on all parties in the case to prevent them from discussing any details of the case.
Attorneys are also waiting for the court to decide whether the contents of a package Holmes mailed to Lynne Fenton, his psychiatrist at the University of Colorado, can be used as evidence. Fenton is expected to testify at Holmes' next court date, scheduled for Aug. 30.
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Since this commenting system doesn't permit me to insert images, I made my political and satirical response my profile image.
So Scott Brown can't legally lobby. But he can use his connections to drum up lobbying business for Nixon Peabody.
So that means he is pimping lobbyists.
Perhaps it will clarify things if Lessig explains it this way.
I used to work for a company you all have heard of. (Check my LinkedIn profile if you really care which one.) Back in the day (October 1989) our Bay Area office was destroyed by an earthquake you may also have heard about. Live and backup data within the office was destroyed. The policy at the time (now policy is very different) was not to rely on any local offsite backup facility as that could just as easily be destroyed by a quake. Rather, the office had a deal with a taxi driver to come every evening after daily backups and carry around a copy in the trunk of his cab. Next night he'd be back to swap disk packs and would carry the new copy.
The office recovered from the quake using data from the disk packs in his cab.
As to Tim's post: I'm a Democrat who has supported Obama from early on (though break with him on several issues of TechDirt focus). Despite my general support, I agree with everything Tim wrote--something does not smell right here. They do need to recover those emails no matter what is on them.
The phrase "if you see something, say something" should be borrowed by the community on the lookout for over-zealous IP ownership claims and become a standard tool of the trade.
Jurors aren't supposed to friend other jurors on Facebook? What's the logic behind that?
"So when Chief Justice Roberts suggests that a person carrying two cell phones might reasonably be suspected of dealing drugs..."
If I remember correctly from time I worked in the House, bills scheduled on the suspension calendar are unamendable on the House floor.
I had no idea Target sells CDs. I guess it makes sense they do, though.
But so what they don't carry this one; so much easier to pre-order from Amazon anyway and just have it show up at my door.
CHAOS is probably the better name.
Yes. Just as they did with the investment banking sector.
As Mike pointed out, this is correlation, not causation. And it is not at all unusual that Representatives vote more or less aligned with the lobbies that support them: most all representatives and all lobbies.
The system may be broken, but there isn't anything sinister beyond that going on here.
I logged in to say this as well.
I have been an Obama voter and fan all along, so it is completely beyond me to understand how he has ended up in charge of this Kafkaesque government we seem to currently have.
Staffer? I think it more likely this was drafted by a lobbyist.
Two things, Mr. Coward,
1. In this case the IP addresses are being triangulated with significant additional information; and
2. The security expert (Neville) was careful to note that one can't say for sure the user was John Steele; rather that it was someone who had access to his accounts (several of which were accessed from the same IP address.)
I note the "Overreaction Department" tag line on the post.
The firm is taking very reasonable steps to protect their data (and their clients' data). Agreed the security risk is the employee, not the technology. But they rightly recognize that no amount of training will completely eliminate employees mistakes, especially since the scammers keep inventing new ruses.
And the firm is taking the reasonable step of mounting a new network outside their firewall to support employee access to personal accounts. So the firm isn't trying to wall off access completely during the workday, an action that would be problematic on several dimensions.
I'd say the overreaction here is on the part of our poster, not on the part of the law firm.
Not only does one lose out on the airline looking out for you with delayed flights (as was mentioned on Twitter to Mike), but I suspect there are a few other losses as well.
1. If you do have to re-book do to missed flights or change of plans, you would get hit with a separate change fee for each leg.
2. My recollection from doing the separate leg thing in the past we that I couldn't get them to check my bags all the way through.
I was separately buying legs of a contiguous trip. Mike seems to be buying legs with stopovers, so this constraint wouldn't apply to him.
Colin, I suggest clearly differentiating the violation of copyright from the violation of plagiarism. As I am sure you know, they are not the same thing; and you also know that an academic is much more worried about being caught plagiarizing than violating copyright.
Regarding copyright: of course you have registered your copyright by now; if not, do so. As you already do, encourage people to link back to your site. As you probably know, there is no single clear cut test for fair use. What you might do (though it would have zero ti limited validity if ever tested in court) is lay out what you consider fair use to be for your document in the context of a website. Perhaps then, most would follow your guidelines and for those who do not, you would have a clear fallback position to guide them to make things right. A position that is less than your current absolutist position. You might also consider offering to license use of the document for a reasonable fee. Doing so, while it will never raise you significant revenue, will help establish a value should your copyright be violated--though asking price does not automatically constitute real market value. And it will make the free linking to option appear more desirable to many sites.
Regarding plagiarism: I think, in as friendly a way possible, you should make clear that you find non-attributioned borrowing of your work, subsets of your work, and closely paraphrased versions of your work unacceptable. And you should clearly state you will pursue plagiarism cases against individuals and institutions who plagiarize this work.
I think that will provoke much more notice among your academic audience than either the current or a revised copyright notice will.
ASIDE: After I saw your story on Facebook last week, I recommended to a conference I am close to that we link to your site as I think your poster advice is great--and we have many grad student first time presenters who are not at all clear on how to organize or present a poster. Email me if you care to track who this is.
At this point those lawyers are not going to sue. They are probably having a talk with their clients about that clear WayBack Machine proof that the article existed long before 2005 on Colin's site and the risks they take on for themselves by suing.
All they got for their dollars to the law firm was a nasty legalgram that apparently both pissed off and scared Colin. They have got to be playing defense now.
And the Purdue University General Counsel's Office can't be very pleased either.
If Colin's lawyer sends a nastygram to both the Center AND to Purdue, I bet the Center backs down (without admitting guilt most likely), and says, in effect, no harm, no foul. At that point Colin needs to ask to be made whole for the expenses he has taken on in return for not going after them (assuming he previous,y registered his copyright and has good chance of collecting statutory damages, as the real financial damage is minimal.)
IMHO (i am not a lawyer.)
Where I come from, if your team is always punting, it is time to get a new quarterback.
Griffith movie was "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) in which he played a disillusioned drifter (according to Wikipedia). I might have used the word grifter.
In not this in a follow on comment as multi-tasking sucks on my iPad. I'd have lost my comment draft had I tried. Which, I guess is indirectly a testimonial for the Galaxy Pad--the object behind this whole [redacted by editor] commercial post.
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Making Hadoop Run Faster
Making Hadoop Run Faster
One of the challenges in processing data is that the speed at which we can input data is quite often much faster than the speed at which we can process it. This problem becomes even more pronounced in the context of Big Data, where the volume of data keeps on growing, along with a corresponding need for more insights, and thus the need for more complex processing also increases.
Batch Processing to the Rescue
Hadoop was designed to deal with this challenge in the following ways:
1. Use a distributed file system: This enables us to spread the load and grow our system as needed.
2. Optimize for write speed: To enable fast writes the Hadoop architecture was designed so that writes are first logged, and then processed. This enables fairly fast write speeds.
3. Use batch processing (Map/Reduce) to balance the speed for the data feeds with the processing speed.
Batch Processing Challenges