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Lou Donaldson - Light-Foot (1965)
Lou Donaldson - Light-Foot (1965)
A1 Light-Foot A2 Hog Maw False Start A3 Hog Maw A4 Mary Ann B1 Green Eyes B2 Walking By The River B3 Day Dreams B4 Stella By Starlight Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson Bass – Peck Morrison Congas – Ray Barretto Drums – Jimmy Wormworth Piano – Herman Foster
In many ways, Blues Walk marked the culmination of Lou Donaldson's prime period as a hard-driving, straight-ahead bop saxophonist. Until that point, he had been turning out intense, furious bop workouts -- afterward, as its successor Light Foot shows, he began to slow down a bit. With Light Foot, Donaldson still was pretty firmly grounded in bop, but the tempos began to slow down, and his blues influence came to the forefront; furthermore, the bop tracks are hard bop, not straight bop, which tended to dominate his previous recordings. That diversity makes Light Foot an interesting listen, but the record suffers from slightly uneven material and performances. His quintet -- featuring pianist Herman Foster, bassist Peck Morrison, drummer Jimmy Wormsworth, and conga player Ray Barretto -- is usually up to the task at hand, but they tend to play conventionally. And, ultimately, that's what Light Foot is -- an entertaining but conventional release from an alto saxophonist capable of greatness. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review
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NOTES: The teams turn around and play Saturday in Sacramento. ... Utah PG Earl Watson was active for the first time since tearing cartilage in his right knee April 8, then undergoing season-ending surgery later that month. He finished with two assists and two rebounds.

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Guests: Steve Scalise, Jim Warren, Jonathan Allen, Steve Israel, Willie
Brown, Ben Jealous, Lenny Curry
MICHAEL SMERCONISH, GUEST HOST: Mitt Romney dreams the impossible
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Michael Smerconish, in for Chris Matthews.
Leading off tonight: Mission impossible. If someone had played the
"Mission Impossible" theme as Mitt Romney took the stage today at the
NAACP, it would not have been inappropriate. Trying to persuade a black
audience to vote out the first African-American president, no easy task.
But say this for Romney, he didn`t pander. He proved that by telling
an unsympathetic audience that he would repeal health care reform.
Check out the reaction.
MITT ROMNEY (R-MA), FMR. GOV., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And I`m going
to work to reform and save...
SMERCONISH: So why did he do it? We`ll get into that at the top of
the program.
Among the issues of great importance to the NAACP audience are the new
state laws restricting access to voting. And we now know what effect new
laws in Florida and Iowa are having in making it harder for likely
Democrats to vote.
Also, speaking of health care, for the 33rd time, the House voted to
repeal President Obama`s health care law. Are Republicans willing to admit
that would mean taking away all of the popular provisions, too?
And what`s the story with Jesse Jackson, Jr.? He took a hiatus citing
physical and emotional ailments. Rumors are spreading, and even Democrats
are saying it`s time to come clean.
And finally, "Let Me Finish" tonight with why President Obama is a big
tax cutter but you don`t even know it.
We begin with Mitt Romney and the NAACP. Ben Jealous is the president
and CEO of the organization and Willie Brown was the mayor of San
Gentlemen, Mitt Romney was received with polite but tepid applause
this morning until he vowed to get rid of "Obama care," at which point the
crowd shouted him down with boos.
ROMNEY: I`m going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program
I can find! That includes "Obama care." And I`m going to work to reform
and save...
SMERCONISH: Mr. Jealous, does he deserve some credit? He came in.
Here`s a guy constantly under attack for being a flip-flopper, but the
speech that he delivered was pure Mitt Romney today. Does he win points
for that?
BEN JEALOUS, NAACP PRES. AND CEO: You know, he had a choice. He
could come there and really seek to talk to the people in the room and the
communities that they represent, or he could come there and try to send a
signal somewhere else. And when -- and it seemed like for the first part
of the speech that he was actually trying to speak to the people in the
But then when he used the phrase "repeal `Obama care,` " not repeal
the ACA, or you know, repeal the health care bill...
SMERCONISH: Right.
JEALOUS: ... but repeal "Obama care"...
SMERCONISH: Very deliberate.
JEALOUS: ... it became clear that he was sending a signal somewhere
else. And that`s disappointing. He missed a real opportunity to build a
bridge here. He could have taken that 5 percent of his speech, which is
all that it was, and replaced it with a bridge.
He could, for instance, have talked about how Newt Gingrich and Grover
Norquist did with the NAACP this time last year and announced their support
for our Smart on Crime push to actually reform criminal justice systems
across the country, that this Smart on Crime push has been embraced one way
or the other by Republican governors from Rick Perry to Mr. Deal down in
Georgia, various aspects of it...
SMERCONISH: Mr. Jealous...
JEALOUS: ... talked about how there`s common ground, but he didn`t do
SMERCONISH: If he hadn`t referenced...
SMERCONISH: If he hadn`t referenced health care -- and I get the
semantic issue that you raised and I think it`s legitimate -- wouldn`t we
be sitting here right now saying, Aha, didn`t go anywhere near "Obama care"
or the Affordable Care Act?
JEALOUS: Look, you know, folks know that you`ve got 20 minutes and
you`re only going talk about so many issues. The question is, are you
going to come there, show some courage, show that you`ve thought really
critically, not just talk about problems we can agree on but actually talk
about policy solutions we can, you know, come together on.
And -- and he really didn`t do that. I mean, even when he got into
talking about the issue of schools, he didn`t say anything really that he
would do specifically for our traditional public schools. And that`s where
most of our kids go.
SMERCONISH: Mayor Brown, let me ask you a question because I think
Mr. Jealous raises an interesting point. Who or what was the real audience
WILLIE BROWN (D), FMR. SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR: I think Mr. Romney, just
by showing up, obviously deserves some acknowledgement and some respect.
But as Ben Jealous appropriately says, he did not speak to the working
class people who were in that room. He spoke beyond them. Had spoke to
the normal Republican base he`s attempting to motivate. And he needed the
business of the boos to re-ensure that he is, in fact, the guy that they
can trust not to do anything that anybody in that room would want him to
SMERCONISH: OK, now...
BROWN: And he successfully conveyed that.
SMERCONISH: Now you`re playing some real hardball. So what you`re
really saying is that by drawing the boos, this went according to plan,
this fit the script and Romney campaign got out of the event exactly what
they were looking for.
BROWN: There is no question in my mind that they got out exactly what
they were looking for. After all, as Mr. Jealous says, he could have very
easily taken the high road. He could have proceeded to have said things
that the Obama administration will not say about issues affecting the lives
of black people.
He could have shown clearly how he intends to extend the opportunity,
and he could have commenced by saying, I`m sorry the president isn`t here.
SMERCONISH: All right, well, he did say...
BROWN: I`m here telling you...
SMERCONISH: He did say this...
BROWN: ... that I will always come and respect your organization by
appearing before you.
SMERCONISH: Governor Romney did promise a jobs agenda. He vowed to
be the best president for African-Americans, which was met with a mixed
BROWN: Well, but that`s not a...
SMERCONISH: Let`s just watch this.
ROMNEY: If I`m president, job one for me will be creating jobs. Let
me say that again. My agenda is not to put in place a series of policies
that get me a lot of attention and applause. My policy will be, number
one, create jobs for the American people. I do not have a hidden agenda.
ROMNEY: And I submit to you this. If you want a president who will
make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at
him. You take a look.
SMERCONISH: So Mayor, what is it he didn`t say? He`s addressing the
point, as we all know, of 14 percent unemployment in the African-American
community. You think he should have gone further in that regard.
BROWN: He absolutely showed no evidence, from what I saw -- I was not
there. But from what I have observed, he showed absolutely no evidence of
the appropriate approach to the people who were in attendance.
If he had simply said factually, America, currently the policies of
this country causes 22 percent to be unemployed in African-American and
disadvantaged communities, I will reduce that number, and it will be no
worse than the general unemployment, and here are three, four, five or six
steps I intend to do -- somewhat similar to what was done under George
Schultz in the Nixon administration when they did the set-aside...
SMERCONISH: Allow me...
BROWN: ... when they did all of the things that they did to make it
possible for African-Americans to go into business. He obviously didn`t
have the perspective of that, had not been told that, and didn`t do it.
SMERCONISH: Ben Jealous, why is the president not coming to attend
and speak to this group?
JEALOUS: Yes, he said that his schedule -- he just couldn`t make it
work. And look, we understand that a man who`s running for president, who
isn`t president, has one job, and that`s to become president. And the one
who is president has two, and that`s running for president and running the
And we understand, many of us, what it`s like to have two jobs. I
think he gets a bye on that, especially because he`s sending his vice
president, he`s sending his AG, and it`s -- and he -- and he sent his
apologies. And we worked with him right up until last week trying to
figure out how to make this -- this -- this work.
SMERCONISH: It`ll be interesting what kind of a speech the vice
president delivers tomorrow. You know the role of a vice president in a
campaign like this. It`s often to bring the lumber. And it`ll be
interesting to see what kind of a speech he delivers at the NAACP tomorrow.
JEALOUS: No, that`s right. And again, you know, I wish that Mr.
Romney had really sat down with the numbers, looked at Republican campaigns
of the past 40 years and said to himself, How do we get these numbers up?
What we`ve seen is that they have progressively gone down, with the
exception of 2004, when George Bush got just above 10 percent. The last
time around was a real low watermark for them. And so he had an
opportunity here to start pushing those numbers back up.
And you know, quite frankly, it, you know, has been in the best
interests of Civil Rights in generations past for there to be bipartisan
involvement of black people in the party system.
SMERCONISH: But Mr. Jealous, is the vote really up for grabs? Is it
in play? I mean, here`s the data, and we all know this. In 2008...
JEALOUS: Four, five, six percentage points, certainly.
SMERCONISH: All right, African-Americans...
JEALOUS: Certainly.
SMERCONISH: ... in `08 -- let`s just remind folks -- went for Obama
over McCain by a factor of more than 20. He won 95 percent of their vote
to McCain`s 4 percent. A new Quinnipiac poll shows things haven`t changed.
African-American voters currently favor the president over Mitt Romney by
92 percent to just 2 percent.
Is that vote up for grabs? Is it available to Mitt Romney, regardless
of what he says?
JEALOUS: Look, he could have gone back one cycle before that to 2004
when George Bush got more than 10 percent of the black vote, and said,
That`s what I want to do, and tried to pick up those numbers.
And we would be having a very different conversation. Sure, 9 out of
10 people aren`t going to vote for you, but the difference between 9 out of
10 and 19 out of 20 is actually significant when you`re trying to become
Instead, by -- by using this very antagonistic phrase and speaking to
people outside the room as his primary target, he just lost a real
SMERCONISH: Gentlemen, thank you. Ben Jealous, Willie Brown, we
appreciate your being here.
BROWN: Thank you.
SMERCONISH: Coming up, new laws in the key swing states of Florida
and Iowa may make it harder for likely Democratic voters to vote this
November. And that`s the whole idea.
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
SMERCONISH: The Obama campaign is trying to define Mitt Romney before
he can define himself, and new polling from key swing states shows it might
be working. New polls conducted for the pro-Obama super-PAC Priorities USA
finds the president leading in some key battleground states.
Let`s check the HARDBALL "Scoreboard," starting in Colorado, where the
president has a 7-point lead over Romney, 49-42. In Florida, the president
leads Governor Romney by 4, 48-44. Next to Ohio, where the president`s
lead is 7, 48-41. In Pennsylvania, Obama`s lead is 9, 49 to 40. And in
Virginia, a closer race, but the president is still up 3, 46 to 43.
Lastly, here`s a new PPP poll out of Wisconsin. Obama`s lead over
Romney has grown to 6, 50 to 44. All good news for Obama, but remember,
these are pollsters that tend to favor Democrats.
We`ll be right back.
SMERCONISH: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Republican governors in Iowa
and Florida are making it harder for felons who have served their sentences
to get back a fundamental right of citizenship, the right to vote. Critics
argue it`s just another way to tamp down voter turnout ahead of November`s
election, especially among typically Democratic voters.
The Bureau of Justice reports that 60 percent of prison inmates across
the nation are black or Hispanic. Florida and Iowa are two of a handful of
states that don`t automatically reinstate an ex-felon`s right to vote, but
they happen to be swing states.
Joining me now are Lenny Curry, chairman of the Florida Republican
Party, and Eugene Robinson, an MSNBC political analyst and "Washington
Post" columnist.
Mr. Curry, what accounts for the change from Charlie Crist`s watch to
Governor Scott`s watch? Why?
LENNY CURRY, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA: Well, Charlie Crist showed
(ph) the chameleon that he was and that he doesn`t stand for anything, when
he automatically restored felons` rights without any process, without any
process before any board or any hearing.
The question is, when you think about a felony -- so someone, for
example, a drug trafficker, someone that has literally destroyed the lives
of children, what would you say to their families? That person serves
their time and their voting rights to automatically be restored?
SMERCONISH: Well, I would say the same thing that I said about
Michael Vick playing quarterback for the Eagles. I don`t like it, but he`s
paid his debt to society. Man`s got to eat. And if we really believe in
the process of fulfilling one`s debt to society, then you`ve got to allow
them all the rights of personage, which includes voting, no?
CURRY: Well, it`s reasonable to have a waiting period, and after that
waiting period, a process whereby you go before a board and you make your
case as to why your voting rights should be restored. As a felon, you have
violated the rights of other citizens.
And by the way, criminals not being able to vote goes back to the
Romans and the Greeks.
SMERCONISH: I get it. But in most states, as you well know, in the
United States, that`s not the way it`s handled. Now there are just handful
of states that do not allow you to come back and immediately re-enter --
look, I`m not for felons, but if you paid your debt to society, then we`ve
got to let you walk out and re-establish your ties to the community.
Eugene Robinson, where am I wrong in all this?
EUGENE ROBINSON, "WASHINGTON POST," MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Oh,
you`re right, Michael actually. I mean, look, why -- why do we have
prisons? We have -- we have prisons and prison sentences to punish people
for the crimes they committed. And so if you committed a felony, you
should go to jail. And you should -- you should pay your debt to society.
Once you`ve paid that debt, it`s paid. And -- and I do not believe
and will never believe that you should give up your citizenship and your
rights as a citizen because of a crime that you`ve already paid your debt
to society for. I think that`s...
SMERCONISH: Eugene, I have said that...
ROBINSON: ... just wrong.
SMERCONISH: ... I don`t believe in coincidence. Where you have
almost three dozen states, quote, unquote, "tightening" their voter ID
standards at a time when the nation is looking at the potential reelection
of the first African-American president, you know, you start to think,
What`s going on out there? Is this all connected, is what I want to ask
ROBINSON: Oh, I absolutely believe it`s all connected. I mean, you -
- you certainly heard what the...
SMERCONISH: Mr. Curry...
ROBINSON: ... house majority leader in Pennsylvania...
SMERCONISH: Oh, I`m sorry.
ROBINSON: ... Turzai, right, about, you know, Gee, voter ID will
allow Mitt Romney to win Pennsylvania. And you know, it is about reducing
the number of voters who are deemed likely to vote for Democrats.
SMERCONISH: Mr. Curry, would you respond to that? Because, you know,
I want to be fair to you, but that`s also how I see it, sir.
CURRY: We don`t believe that felons should never have the right to
vote again. There should be a process after they serve their time whereby
they can apply to have the right to vote.
The other side of this is the Democrats are making this argument not
because they believe felons should vote. They want this to be a political
issue. They want to pit one group against another because they don`t have
a record to run on.
SMERCONISH: The Associated Press, gentlemen, has reported that since
Governor Terry Branstad took office in January of 2011, 8,000 felons in
Iowa have finished their prison sentences or been released from community
supervision, but less than a dozen have successfully navigated the process
of applying to get their citizenship rights back. Branstad`s offices
denied handful of others because of incomplete paperwork or unpaid court
Eugene, it`s an instance like that, coupled with Florida, coupled with
Kentucky, and I think Virginia is the fourth, that causes me to say it
would appear that there`s something going on.
ROBINSON: Yes. And you know, appearances in this case, you know, add
up to a big picture, and we all know what that picture is. It is an
attempt at disenfranchisement. That`s the big picture.
Specifically on felons` voting rights, I think there`s a fundamental
question here. Have you paid your debt to society or not? And if you
have, then there should be no process. There should be no lengthy form
that you have to fill out. You should not have to go in front of a board
because, again, that`s what we have punishments for. And once the
punishment is done, you`ve -- it`s done. You`ve paid your debt and you
ought to be able to have the full rights of citizenship.
SMERCONISH: Mr. Curry, your response to that is what?
CURRY: Part of paying the debt is proving that you can assimilate
back into society and that you, in fact, should -- that you -- that you
should have the right to vote based on your performance and that you`re not
going to participate in criminal activity anymore.
Think about drunk driving. So you get pulled over for a DUI. You go
to jail. You pay a fine. And you lose your license. So should it just be
one of those for the penalty or are all three of those part of the penalty?
SMERCONISH: Right. But ,respectfully, there is a causal connection
there. There`s a nexus, a tie, between operating a vehicle while you are
drunk and surrendering your license.
In this case, what`s it got to do with voting I guess would be the
So a felon committed a crime and violated the rights of another
citizen and individual. They serve their time in jail. And now without
proving that they have turned their life around, they are going to go and
cast votes for the people that are going to set the laws that they broke?
There is a relationship there as well.
SMERCONISH: Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
Wouldn`t the bigger issue be, why are we even letting you out of jail?
If that`s the level of concern, like, hey, we have got some worries here
that this person might not be ready to reacclimate, then it seems to be we
shouldn`t be letting you out to begin with. That`s a much bigger issue
than whether you vote.
CURRY: We`re simply saying there ought to be a waiting period, a time
where they can then appeal and they get their voting rights back. This is
common sense. Talk to the families that have had a felony committed
against them.
SMERCONISH: Attorney General Eric Holder, men, spoke at the NAACP
Convention yesterday and took aim at Texas` new voter I.D. law. He called
the burdens imposed on the law poll taxes, that of course a reference to
the Jim Crow era fees that used to disenfranchise black people. Take a
look at this.
ERIC HOLDER, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Many of those without I.D.s would
have to travel great distances to get them. And some would struggle to pay
for the documents they might need to obtain them. We call those poll
HOLDER: We will be vigilant and we will be strong. But let me be
clear. Let me be very clear. We will not allow political pretext to
disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right.
SMERCONISH: Eugene, this is also playing itself out in my home state,
Chris` native Pennsylvania, where we have all seen the report -- 9.2
percent lack the principal form of identification supplied by the
department -- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
I am hearing that the NAACP -- that -- pardon me -- the ACLU is going
to document it`s even higher than 9.2 percent and that the ACLU also
believes that the state of Pennsylvania in defending its voter I.D. law
cannot produce one case of impersonation fraud like this is intended to
ROBINSON: The state has not yet produced one case of impersonation.
And, in fact, between 2002 and 2007, the Justice Department under
President Bush conducted a nationwide, a huge effort against voter fraud.
They were prodded by Republican political activists to do this. And they
did it and they ended up convicting a grand total -- in a country of 300
million people, they convicted 86 people.
Most of them, incidentally, a lot of them were felons who had voted
who weren`t aware that they didn`t yet have the right to vote. They had
thought, quite rightly, that they had served their sentence and they could
vote. That was the most they netted in this campaign against voter fraud,
and not -- as far as I can tell, not a single case of impersonation of the
kind that would be solved by voter I.D.
SMERCONISH: Thank you, Eugene Robinson. Thank you, as well, Lenny
Curry. We appreciate you being here.
CURRY: Always a pleasure.
SMERCONISH: Up next, we will find out what "Saturday Night Live"`s
Fred Armisen does to get into character when he plays President Obama.
And remember, you can follow me on Twitter if you can spell
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
SMERCONISH: Back to HARDBALL and now for the "Sideshow," showbiz
The presidential race will be down to the wire when "Saturday Night
Live" returns this fall. Cast member Fred Armisen took center stage quite
a bit this past season in the role of President Obama. And that certainly
won`t change when the season kicks off.
Armisen sat down with David Letterman last night and revealed how he
gets into the Obama mode.
FRED ARMISEN, ACTOR: Basically, you know, when I -- when I do him, I
just kind of like make sure to kind of start off by saying, hello.
ARMISEN: And he does this thing sometimes where he shakes his head
like this. He`s almost saying, it is going to be OK.
ARMISEN: And then he has been doing this other thing where he shows
off his profile. He has got such a great profile. So it is kind of like -
- it`s almost like someone drew a caricature way on the side. And he`s
SMERCONISH: We will have to keep an eye out for that new one.
Now to "The Newsroom," the Aaron Sorkin HBO version. Tea Party
Senator Mike Lee of Utah is disturbed by an art imitates life scene where a
cable TV anchor who is played by Jeff Daniels talks to the news division
chief about the rise of the far right in 2010.
JEFF DANIELS, ACTOR: Bob Bennett, the most conservative member of the
Senate, is going to lose his primary race to a guy named Mike Lee because
Lee found room to the right of Bennett.
SAM WATERSTON, ACTOR: You wouldn`t think that was possible.
How is there room to the right of Bob Bennett?
DANIELS: For starters, a centerpiece of Mike Lee`s speech is
repealing the 14th Amendment. It`s an applause line. And he`s going to
win his primary by double digits.
SMERCONISH: According to "The Salt Lake Tribune," Lee placed a call
into HBO. And, furthermore, Lee`s office argues the senator never said he
wanted to repeal the 14th Amendment, though he has supported clarifying the
interpretation of its language that grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born
within its borders.
So, what exactly do they mean by clarifying the 14th Amendment? Flash
back to Lee`s Senate campaign in 2010.
SEN. MIKE LEE (R), UTAH: The 14th Amendment provides that any person
born in the United States who is subject to the jurisdiction thereof shall
be a citizen of the United States.
The way I read that amendment is that you are not necessarily subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States just because you are born here.
And if you are born to parents of illegal aliens who have come here in open
violation of our laws, you are not born in the United States and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof.
SMERCONISH: OK. True, he doesn`t say repeal. But there is no
disputing that he campaigned on denying citizenship to children of illegal
immigrants, even if the children are born in the United States.
HBO has not commented publicly on the complaint from Lee.
Up next, for the 33rd time, Republicans in the House voted down all or
part of President Obama`s health care law. They keep talking about
repealing it, but what`s their plan?
You`re watching HARDBALL, the place for politics.
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"Market Wrap."
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as you can get, down two-one-hundredths of a point. And the Nasdaq was off
14. Stocks lost ground again following the release of minutes from the
Fed`s June meeting. And they show that central bankers were concerned
about the state of the U.S. economy and the European debt crisis, among
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As expected, the trade deficit narrowed in May. That`s because of a
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SMERCONISH: Welcome back HARDBALL.
It was a day of political theater on Capitol Hill, as House
Republicans pushed a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Not
surprisingly, it passed 244-185. Well, what does that mean exactly? Not
that much. The bill is certain to die in the Senate.
So you might be curious what was the purpose of calling the vote in
the first place? It is a good question. It wasn`t the first time
Republicans pushed a symbolic vote against health care. In fact, this was
the 33rd time the House has voted on repealing ought or part of the
president`s health care law.
What exactly was the point of today`s political stunt?
Congressman Steve Israel is the chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee.
Congressman, 33 times, how come?
REP. STEVE ISRAEL (D), NEW YORK: Because they will do everything they
can, as many times as they can, for as long as they have the majority to
protect insurance company profits, instead of strengthening the middle
They began their majority in January of 2011 by voting for a Ryan
budget that took Medicare away from senior citizens. They will end their
majority by voting endlessly to repeal patient protections for the middle
class. That`s what they do here. That`s what they care about.
SMERCONISH: All the Republicans lined up. You had five break ranks.
Why five?
ISRAEL: Well, look, you know, we have a diverse caucus. And we have
members of Congress in our caucus who represent conservative districts and
progressive districts.
I don`t think we should be held accountable for five Democrats who
voted differently. I think the Republican majority should be held
accountable for the fact that every single one of them voted in lockstep
with the big insurance companies to protect those insurance company profits
and instead tell middle class constituents that all of the protections that
they have now have been taken away.
If you are a woman with breast cancer, today, the Republicans voted to
take away the protection from an insurance company saying it is a
preexisting condition.
SMERCONISH: Congressman...
ISRAEL: If you`re a child...
SMERCONISH: I`m sorry.
ISRAEL: Go ahead.
SMERCONISH: Would you allow me to show you something that Eleanor
Clift wrote in a column for The Daily Beast today?
ISRAEL: Sure.
SMERCONISH: Quote: "A do-over is rare in politics. And the Supreme
Court handed one to President Obama by upholding his much-maligned health
care law. Backers of the president and the health-care reform that he
pushed through -- and which cost Democrats the House -- would like the
administration and its campaign allies to move more aggressively and take
advantage of the judicial thumbs-up. Why has the Obama team shied away
from bringing the law into sharper focus now that it`s been ruled
You know the issue. There is a perception that no D`s are out there
selling it. I hear from my friends at Kantar Media that all across the
country, Republican congressional candidates are beating the hell out of
the health care bill, and there is not a response from their Democratic
ISRAEL: Well, I respectfully disagree.
In fact, I was at the White House today for a meeting with the
president and the House Democratic leadership and we talked specifically
about the fact that the American people and the middle class support this
In fact, I can just give you some recent polling. "The Washington
Post" did a poll today. Only one-third of the American people support a
full repeal of the bill. And as the chairman of Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, I have been very outspoken in advising our candidates
not to run away from the patient protections, but instead to talk about how
important they are to growing and strengthening and protecting the middle
class. So, we have been pretty aggressive.
SMERCONISH: But, respectfully, I would say you are the -- you are the
exception. I think you are the exception to the rule, because I just don`t
hear -- and I -- for a living, I take phone calls from all across the
And I hear from people who say that the Democratic candidate is
running from it, even if they voted for it. And I think the price you pay
is all of the misinformation.
ISRAEL: Yes.
SMERCONISH: You know, PolitiFact lie of the year, that this is all a
takeover of health care. But that permeates if it is not responded to.
ISRAEL: Here is what we learned from 2010, that the more people know
about this, these patient protections, the more popular the patient
protections are. We learned that from 2010.
And we are articulating it in 2012. And I have said to all of our
candidates, if you think the strategy to winning an election is to defend
or to run away from this, that strategy in 2010 didn`t work. The strategy
is, we should be running on it, because, as people know more about it, it
becomes more popular.
And today`s "Washington Post" poll is proof of that.
SMERCONISH: Thank you, Congressman Steve Israel.
ISRAEL: Thank you.
SMERCONISH: Republicans and Democrats spent hours today debating the
merits of the president`s health care law.
Here was speaker of the House John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy
REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: There is a better
way. And that`s why we are here today. Americans want a step-by-step
approach that protects the access to care that they need from the doctor
they choose at a lower cost.
They certainly didn`t ask for this government takeover of their health
care system that`s put us in this mess that we are in today.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: The American people
want us to create jobs. That is what we should be using this time on the
floor for, not on this useless bill to nowhere, bill to nowhere that does
serious damage to the health and economic well-being of America`s families.
SMERCONISH: So, that`s what went on today on the floor of the House,
where this overwhelming vote was taken without a surprise ending. It will
now go to the Senate perhaps, and there it will die a slow death.
We are joined now by Congressman Steve Scalise, a Louisiana
Congressman, I believe in accountability, but 33 times? How come?
Congressman, can you hear me now? We are having some trouble,
obviously, with Congressman Steve Scalise.
The question that I want to ask of the congressman is -- is why this
would necessitate 33 different votes? As we showed earlier, Mitt Romney
was booed today at the NAACP conference when he talked about getting rid of
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I`m going to eliminate every
nonessential expensive program I can find. That includes Obamacare. And
I`m going to work to reform and save...
SMERCONISH: Congressman Scalise, I think we have got you now.
Why, sir, does this necessitate 33 votes? Don`t you think folks
already got the message as to how the House feels?
REP. STEVE SCALISE (R), LOUISIANA: Well, look, first of all, this is
the first time since the Supreme Court made their decision that confirmed
that it is a massive tax increase that we have had a chance to go back and
say, let`s have another opportunity to repeal Obamacare.
Look, it`s been over 30 months since the Senate has passed a budget.
That doesn`t matter we stop doing our job in the House and passing a
By the same token, you know, if you look at this bill -- you know,
Nancy Pelosi famously said you`ve got to pass it to find out what`s in it.
Well, the American people don`t like Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama`s vision
of a government-run health care system.
You know, we want to give people the chance to repeal this, start
over and actually fix the problems in health care and instead of the
massive tax increases on middle class families and in this bill, as well as
the increased health care costs and in the government coming between
doctors and patient.
MICHAEL SMERCONISH, GUEST HOST: What alternative is the Republican
Party now putting forth having achieved this 33rd vote on rejecting
SCALISE: We`ve got a series of things that we put forward to reform
health care and actually lower the cost. One thing we passed just a few
weeks ago was a major medical liability reform bill that will save $100
billion in Medicare and in health care overall and actually lower the cost
of health care. And in addition to that, of course, Obamacare takes $500
billion out of Medicare and which is expedited the about bankruptcy of
So, we`ve taken steps to shore up Medicare and make sure it doesn`t
go bankrupt. We passed a number of bills and we`re ready to go with even
more once we get repeal.
SMERCONISH: Is there anything that will be introduced and voted on
between now and November that would take care of the 30 million who are
uninsured and will be insured according to the Affordable Care Act in the
event there is a replacement scenario?
SCALISE: Right. Well, outside groups have already confirmed that
millions of Americans will lose the health care they have that they like
under Obama care. So, what we`ve done is passed measures and we`re going
to continue to bring this up, pass measures that will actually increase
access and lower costs for not only the millions of Americans that are
uninsured but the millions of Americans that have health care today that
they like, that that health care is jeopardized by Obamacare.
And that`s just not -- that`s not just from outside groups. We are
already seeing small businesses saying they can`t comply with this law.
Seventy-five percent of businesses that have looked at the law said we
don`t know how we can keep providing health care for our employees that
they like. So, Obama --
SMERCONISH: I know that -- I know, sir, that if Chris were here,
he`d be saying something like there were eight years on President Bush`s
watch and 12 years before Clinton where the party -- Republican Party
didn`t put forth a health plan.
Is anything going to change if you get your wish?
SCALISE: I`m not sure what Chris would have said but I know -- I
wasn`t there when that happened. I know what we are trying to do right
now. We brought bills forward and I co-sponsored many that would lower the
cost of health care, fix the real problems like making sure that people
with pre-existing condition aren`t discriminated against.
But you also have to make sure you`re not gutting Medicare with $500
billion in cuts that the president has in his bill and the hundreds of
billions of dollars in new taxes on middle class families that broke the
president`s own pledge where he said he wouldn`t raise tax owes middle
class families -- he did it under Obamacare.
We are trying to set the record straight, repeal this and start over
and fix the real problems.
SMERCONISH: Thank you, Congressman Steve Scalise.
SCALISE: Thank you, Michael.
SMERCONISH: Up next, what`s going on with Congressman Jesse Jackson
Jr.? Rumors are spreading after he went on hiatus, citing physical and
emotional ailments. We`ll try to get some answers, next.
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
SMERCONISH: If you want to know where the presidential campaign is
being fought this week, check out the cities, the campaigns and their
allies are spending the most money on in TV ads. The top five markets are
in two states: Florida and Colorado. Coming in at number five, Orlando,
Florida. Number four, Denver, Colorado. Number three is Tampa, where the
Republicans will hold their convention next month. At number two, it`s
Grand Junction, Colorado, where Governor Romney spoke yesterday.
And the top ad market this week in the presidential race: Colorado
Springs -- the same as last week.
We`ll be right back.
SMERCONISH: We are back.
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the son of the civil rights
leader, hasn`t been showing up for work for a month now, suffering from an
illness shrouded in mystery. On June 25th, his office released a statement
saying he was suffering from exhaustion and had been on leave since June
10. Then on July 5th, there was another statement.
Here is a portion, quote, "Congressman Jackson`s medical condition is
more serious than we thought and initially believed. Recently, we have
been made aware that he`s grappled with certain physical and emotional
ailments privately for a long period of time. At present, he`s undergoing
further evaluation and treatment at an in-patient medical facility.
According to the preliminary diagnosis from his doctors, Congressman
Jackson will need to receive extended in-patient treatment and as well as
continuing medical treatment thereafter."
So where is he? NBC`s Andrea Mitchell reported this afternoon that
the congressman is in rehab at a facility in Arizona suffering from
alcoholism and addiction.
Jim Warren is a former managing editor for "The Chicago Tribune."
Jonathan Allen is a congressional reporter for "Politico".
Jim, what do you know?
JIM WARREN, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Well, not beyond -- nothing beyond
that. That`s why this whole matter is absolutely inept and galling. Just
think about what you just said. On June 25th, his constituents found out
he hadn`t been voting since June 10th for them.
And the fact is that he relinquishes the luxury of privacy even if
one obviously has -- you know, absolutely humane, you know, reaction to
this and sympathizes with this plight. But he relinquishes the right to
So, nobody here yet knows what he is doing. His constituents aren`t
being represented in Congress, don`t know if he was going to still be
running for re-election. He`s got two opponents.
It is a symbol of what really has been an unfortunate, almost
melancholy kid born into the American political elite, son of Reverend
Jesse Jackson, had everything going for him, got elected in his late 20s to
Congress, has been there 17 years, and now is a wash in controversy,
infidelity that became public. And what looked like to be the fact that he
my have skirted actual criminal indictment in the same manner than related
in our most recent governor serving time in a Colorado federal prison now.
SMERCONISH: You mean Blagojevich.
Regarding rumors on an Illinois radio station that Jackson Jr. had
attempted suicide, his father, Reverend Jesse Jackson, told "Politico,"
quote, "No, that`s not true. He is with his doctor and getting treatment,
regaining his strength. That`s all I really want to say at this point."
Jonathan, pick up on that point that Jim was making a moment ago that
there were ethical questions surrounding the former Senate held by now
President Blagojevich and what role Jackson Jr. may have played in all of
JONATHAN ALLEN, POLITICO: Well, Congressman Jackson is a smart man
who has been wrestling with some serious demons both in his personal and
professional life for a couple of years now. You mentioned the Blagojevich
scandal where he was at the fringes of that, the attempt to sell a Senate
seat, accusations that Jesse Jackson Jr.`s political fund-raiser attempted
to put together money for Blagojevich`s campaign.
You`ve also got a situation here where he is under investigation by
the ethics committee in Washington, D.C. A lot raining down on him these
days, a lot of it self-made, self-inflicted. And he is starting to get
friendly fire from Democrats who want to hear more. Although I`m not sure
how much more specific we can get than Andrea Mitchell saying that he is in
rehabilitation facility.
I think the statement from the congressman`s office that talked about
in-patient treatment for emotional issues as well as physical issues was a
pretty big indication that`s what was going on.
SMERCONISH: And, Jim, I would just echo what Jonathan just said, that
the calls are now coming from both sides of the aisle for him to be more
WARREN: Yes. You know, one interesting local -- decidedly local
frame of reference, guys, is the fact that just a few months ago, as you
remember, the junior senator from the state of Illinois, Republican Mark
Kirk, had a stroke. And after sort of initial similar questions about what
was going on, has been by and large rather forthcoming about fairly
difficult situation as in rehab from a stroke, even putting out videos
where some of the impairment is quite clear. So, I think that`s the frame
But again, the way this has been handled so far is absolutely
galling. And folks need to know. He is in a re-election campaign. Is he
going to be able to run?
SMERCONISH: Jonathan Allen, we have a short period of time. You
would think that they will have to be more forthcoming, they will have to
respond given now how front and center this has all become.
ALLEN: The ultimate decision, as Jim points out, is going to be made
by Jesse Jackson Jr.`s constituents. If they want more information, then
he`s going to have to provide it or he will pay for that at the ballot box.
If not this time around, the next time around, in a primary campaign. He
had a tough primary this time around. There are a lot of Illinois
politicians who that wanted him to see lose to Debbie Halvorson in the
primary. That didn`t happen.
But again, that`s something he`s going to have to square with his
SMERCONISH: OK. And needless to say, we all wish him good health
and hope that he`s -- he is able to continue on and to function.
Thank you, Jim Warren, and Jonathan Allen. We appreciate it.
When we return, "Let Me Finish" with something President Obama needs
to improve on -- his messaging.
You`re watching HARDBALL, the place for politics.
SMERCONISH: Let me finish with a comment on semantics and messaging.
Right here on Monday night, in a conversation about the president`s
proposal to extend certain of the Bush tax cuts, I said he or she who is
making $261,000 is going to enjoy the Bush tax cuts on the first 250 of
that. In other words, everybody would be a beneficiary in this scenario.
I was trying to be precise about my language because it occurred to me that
there`s something misleading in our conversation about the tax cuts.
Here`s a good example of what I was talking about. The lead of the
Monday New York Times story read, quote, "With a torpid job market and a
fragile economy threatening his re-election chances, President Obama is
changing the subject to tax fairness calling for a one-year extension of
the Bush era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000."
Accurate? Yes. But the extension of Bush era tax cuts the president
proposes is not just for people making less than 250K. It would also apply
to the first $250,000 earned by people who make more than that.
Dan Amira at "New York" magazine spilled out what I`m talking about.
He noted some of the media outlets that have gotten this wrong. And then
he wrote, "Obama is not proposing that families making up to $250,000 a
year keep their tax cuts while families making more than that don`t. He`s
proposing that every family keep their tax cuts on their first $250,000 of
taxable income which is not the same as income or earnings, by the way.
That includes families with taxable income of $260,000, $1 million, $5
billion, $3 trillion or whatever Jay-Z and Beyonce make in a year."
Amira then correctly stated that Obama himself has failed to
communicate this clearly. Here`s what the president had to say on Monday.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: That`s why I`m calling
on congress to extend the tax cuts for the 98 percent of Americans who make
less than $250,000 for another year.
SMERCONISH: This is part of a bigger issue. Barack Obama was the
best of communicators in the 2008 election, but attempting to sell his
policies as president has been a different story. On the subject of tax
cuts, many Americans did not recognize a tax cut he gave them.
Ezra Klein`s "Wonkblog" noted that of the stimulus bill, 36 percent
was devoted to tax cuts of which the biggest by far was the Making Work Pay
tax credit which was a refundable tax credit of $400 for individuals and
$800 for married couples filing jointly implemented by reducing tax
withholding. That structure meant that a fair number of people didn`t even
notice their taxes were being cut even though the credit cost a total of
$116.2 billion.
Just today, "The Washington Post" reported that Americans paid the
lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009 in part
because of tax cuts President Obama sought to combat the great recession
according to the congressional budget analysts.
President Obama needs to do a much better job selling his
accomplishments and not letting his opponents define them. His re-election
hopes may depend on it.
That`s HARDBALL for now. Thank you for being with us.
"POLITICS NATION" with Al Sharpton starts right now.
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Board of Regents Meeting
Special Meeting of the
Finance, Facilities, and Land Management Committee
November 5, 1999; 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Chancellor's Conference Room, Administration Building
University of Alaska Anchorage Campus
Anchorage, Alaska
Committee Members:
Elsa Froehlich Demeksa, Chair
Mary Jane Fate
Robert A. Malone
R. Danforth Ogg
Joseph E. Usibelli, Jr.
Michael J. Burns, Board Chair
I. Call to Order
II. Adoption of Agenda
"The Finance, Facilities, and Land Management Committee adopts the agenda as presented.
I. Call to Order
II. Adoption of Agenda
III. Full Board Consent AgendaA. Approval of FY2001 Operating and Capital Budget Requests
IV. Ongoing IssuesA. Status Report on Construction in Progress and Other Projects
B. Report on Board of Regents' Reporting Structure Project
C. Report on Consolidated Fund
V. New Business
VI. Future Agenda Items
VII. Adjourn
This motion is effective November 5, 1999."
III. Full Board Consent Agenda
A. Approval of FY2001 Operating and Capital Budget Requests Reference 1
At the October 1, 1999 Board of Regents' meeting, the administration and the Board of Regents discussed strategic goals and initiatives and outlined the operating budget plan for FY2001. The outline has been refined based on direction provided by members of the Board of Regents, President Hamilton, and the chancellors.
The theme for the FY2001 budget will be "Where Alaska's Future Begins" and will address strengthening the university's capacity to meet the state's workforce development and economic diversification needs. The operating budget request will focus on preserving the university's human resource infrastructure and meeting state needs through selected initiatives to help diversify Alaska's economy, meet Alaska's employment demands, and develop Alaska's future leaders.
The capital improvement program will continue to focus on three goals: (1) deferred maintenance backlog reduction and facility renewal and replacement requirements, (2) renewal and replacement of high tech equipment, and (3) new construction of facilities that capitalize on partnerships and existing infrastructure. Prioritization of new construction projects will be based on the criteria adopted by the Board of Regents last year: strategic importance, demonstrated need, developed plan or maturity of the project, partnering potential, and degree of self or external financial support.
The schedules included in Reference 1 represent a draft of the administration's proposal as of this writing; however, the president and chancellors are still engaged in discussions regarding needs, priorities and other issues related to the budget plan. Any changes in the administration's proposal will be hand-carried to the meeting on November 5.
This plan, as may be adjusted based on discussions with the Finance, Facilities, and Land Management Committee and other board members, will become the basis for the FY2001 general fund operating and capital budget requests to the governor and the legislature. It will also become the core around which the summary budget request (Red Book) will be prepared.
President Hamilton will discuss the budget plan and initiatives with the board; the preliminary budget submission will be made to the governor prior to the November 18, 1999 board meeting.
The President recommends that:
"The Finance, Facilities, and Land Management Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approve completing the FY2001 operating and capital budget requests in accordance with the plan and initiatives as presented. This motion is effective November 5, 1999."
IV. Ongoing Issues
A. Status Report on Construction in Progress and Other Projects Reference 2
The status report for construction in progress, prepared for the October 1, 1999 Finance, Facilities, and Land Management Committee meeting, is included in Reference 2. Jim Lynch, interim vice president for Finance, and representatives from each MAU will be available to update the committee on any significant changes in status and to address any questions of the committee. The discussion will include specific updates on the Coal-Water Fuel Project and the Lena Point SFOS Project.
This is an information item; no action is required.
B. Report on Board of Regents' Reporting Structure Project
Pat Pitney, director of Budget Development and Institutional Research, will provide an update on the BOR Reporting Project and the related data that is currently available through the university's web site. This reporting structure was developed in response to requests by Regents Henri and Ogg for reports that would provide more meaningful financial reporting.
The intent of the project is to provide a consistent functional reporting format that will allow analysis of departmental activity over time. The proposed structure will allow more consistent accumulation and reporting of departmental data from the Banner HR, student, and finance systems.
C. Report on Consolidated Fund
Jim Lynch, interim vice president for Finance, will present an overview on the performance of the University of Alaska and University of Alaska Foundation Consolidated Fund.
The Consolidated Fund is the combined investment fund, which consists of the investable resources of the university's land-grant endowment and the foundation's pooled endowment fund. The Consolidated Fund is managed through the University of Alaska Foundation Investment Committee.
This is an information item; no action is required.
V. New Business
VI. Future Agenda Items
VII. Adjourn


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The film is based in 1925 Fitzgerald (F. Scott Fitzgerald) classic novel of the same name, the interpretation of the 1920 Jazz Age New York high society and luxury life love story. As the definition and interpretation of the U.S. luxury fashion's top jewelers, Tiffany, and two Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design Catherine Martin (Catherine Martin) to work together, from the library collection antique inspiration for the film created a series of Art Deco Art Deco fine jewelry, the perfect reproduction of this prosperous era of the most representative art and fashion classic.
That night, Tiffany will be the flagship store with Paragon Studios to build into a sleek Gatsby Neverland. From the magnificent gardens of Long Island, to Art Deco Art Deco classic living room, guest reminding us of scenes exposure Yizhenyihuan movie scene, which was formerly directed the classic "Moulin Rouge" director Baz's film Luhrmann (Baz Luhrmann) went to the site, with many film stars and celebrities all guests set foot on the red carpet, while the evening party clothing coming from China and the United States, sunlight and shade, again perfect interpretation of the leading Tiffany 1920 Jazz Age (Jazz Age) New York luxury fashion.
"Tiffany & Co. The Great Gatsby" series actress Daisy jewelry display including surround charming short blonde hair on a diamonds and pearls Savoy headdress; fusion Tiffany Setting diamond ring and classic daisy pattern by hand to create ornaments; gorgeous pearl build tassel necklace; inlaid rose-cut diamond chandelier earrings; inlaid pearl and diamond bracelet; and inspired by the Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring in platinum.


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While most Padres think spring training's record, 38-game exhibition schedule is too long, at least two players are welcoming the opportunity to play extra games and get extra at-bats.
Infielder-outfielders James Darnell and Kyle Blanks lost most of last season to shoulder injuries that required surgery.
"Spring training work is still quality over quantity, but if I got 20 extra at-bats because of the extra games, I'd take them," said Darnell. "I'm playing any time they want me to play where ever they want me to play."
Darnell, 26, suffered dislocations of his left shoulder on Sept. 16, 2011, and last May 17. He suffered both dislocations while diving to the left -- the first time for a grounder at third and the second time on a fly while playing left. Both injuries required a surgical repair.
"The first time was to repair a full tear to the labrum at the front of the capsule," said Darnell. "It popped out the back of the shoulder last time and caused a minor tear. I've got a bionic arm now, although from now on I'm diving on my belly."
The Padres pick in the second round of the 2008 draft, Darnell's stock soared in 2011 when he hit .333 with 17 homers and 62 RBI in 76 games over the first half of the Double-A season at San Antonio. But he has played in only 38 games since Sept. 16, 2011.
Blanks has missed almost all of the 2010 and 2012 seasons, first with "Tommy John" surgery on his right elbow and then for surgery on his left shoulder.
"Darnell and I could be playing in a lot of games together this spring," said Blanks. "We both want at-bats."
Padres notes
--The Padres first three spring training exhibitions will be broadcast back to San Diego with Friday's game on 1700-AM and the Saturday and Sunday games on the flagship 1090-AM. One of the last teams to carry live broadcasts of all their spring training games, the Padres reduced their schedule this spring to "at least" 15 games.
--Right-handed pitcher Andrew Cashner is ahead of schedule in his return from thumb surgery in a hunting accident. But he will probably open the season on the disabled list while on a rehab assignment. Said Padres manager Bud Black: "If you project him to be a starter, which we do, he won't be ready on Opening Day."
--Free agent right-hander Freddy Garcia will start Sunday's exhibition against the Seattle Mariners. Right-handers Sean O'Sullivan and Tyson Ross were already named to start the first two games. The first three exhibitions will all be against the Mariners, the Padres partner at the Peoria Sports Complex.
--Padres hitters took live batting practice Tuesday off Padres pitchers.


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The Patent Racket
Anyone who doesn't think the patent process is broken and needs discarding should try and explain Monday's disruptive patent news. Microsoft sold 650 patents to Facebook for $550 million from a cache of around 900 patents that it just bought from AOL for $1 billion.
In the process, Microsoft has non-exclusive rights to the same patents, as well as non-exclusive rights to 300 other patents retained by AOL. This comes on the heels of Yahoo filing a suit against Facebook over 10 patents it owns. Facebook filed a countersuit alleging that Yahoo violated 10 of Facebook's patents.
Meanwhile, Yahoo and Microsoft are in bed together since their recent agreement. If Facebook is going to leverage the new patents it obtained, can Microsoft help its buddy Yahoo with the patents it still holds or the ones it is sharing?
This is ludicrous, especially when you consider the fact that these patents are not real inventions but complex ideas written out as a process. The patents involve things such as "photo-tagging" and "online recommendations."
What sort of patents does AOL own, anyway? This is all junk and everyone knows it.
The patent process was supposed to protect the small inventor from being exploited by large corporations. Today, it has exactly the opposite effect. Here we have Microsoft, AOL, Facebook, and Yahoo loading up on every menial and bogus patent that they can get through the system. In the meantime, Oracle and Google are battling over Java patents developed by Sun to promote what was thought to be an open source or free product.
When you back away from this battle of dinosaurs, you can see how easy it is for small fries to get trampled. How does any of this encourage innovation by the independent inventor? Not one individual inventor is involved in all this, but instead, massive corporations who have zero interest in doing anything other than expanding. They have teams that can push forth any sort of bogus patent and if you try to do something that appears to infringe on their patents, they will sue you. And yes, you can win, but at what cost?
These same companies have no fear of expropriating a small fry's patent, knowing that the small fry cannot compete once the patent is stolen and must sue the larger company with nonexistent funds. If it does win the suit, all it gets is what it would have gotten if the large company played fair in the first place. It could be millions, but it lost the business in the meantime.
This has happened over and over. The courts are reluctant to grant much more than the mildest decisions because they sense these patents are bogus anyway. Thus, the big companies get bigger.
The recent Microsoft charade of buying patents and selling the same patents make patents look like unregistered securities, not patents. Where is the SEC?
Congress cannot do anything about this sham because it is driven by special interests. Therefore, it continues unfettered. I'd like to see some numbers on what it costs the US taxpayers to fund this farce. When you account for the patent office and the courts and judges and jury overhead for tens of thousands of cases, it must be into the billions. All wasted money.
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The Carlton County Board of Commissioners are working through a new budget for 2014 as some surrounding counties vow to not increase the levy at all. The State Legislature has capped levy increases to 6.5 percent. That level is not being considered in Carlton County.
Commissioner Dick Brenner said, "A 1.68 percent levy increase was first proposed, but I think we can bring in a much lower figure. The question to ask is what is the clear figures on new revenue from such sources as the State Legislature? It is hard to even consider a final budget framework until all additional revenue figures are considered."
The department heads have come to the Finance Committee and board members with their budget concerns. The Technology Department, which oversees new computer programs, technology maintenance, and such areas as the county phone service, has six employees with two dedicated to Health and Human Services specifically. Talks have gone on to consolidate the services in one department. Comparable salaries is an issue. Current employees are represented by two different unions. Some thought has been given to make Tech Department employees confidential and thus non-union members. No decision has been made at this time.
County Coordinator Dennis Genereau has promoted a plan to hire a human resources manager to handle labor relations, employee compensation issues, comparable worth, employee training, benefit administration, hiring assistance, and personnel issues, to name a few. A special projects and media relations specialist would need to be hired in his proposal. Costs are projected to run from $126,000 to perhaps $150,000.
Genereau commented, "The integrity of the present system is very questionable. The existing process was put in place in the 1980s and implemented in the 1990s. Major human resource issues are not being adequately addressed at this time. Evaluating employees for performance is not consistent in the County workforce." The need for a human resources manager came out of an earlier, summer staff brainstorming session with participating county commissioners to set goals for county government.
Commissioner Brenner explained, "The problem with any decision in the human resources area is that it would make a sizeable impact on the proposed levy. This proposal would commit about three-fourths of a percent of our current levy for this need. Will it avoid difficulties in other areas later which would also cost us in the long run? I think so."
Genereau explained, "There are counties in Minnesota of comparable size where Carlton County's two employees for these duties are covered by 4.27 employees there." No board action has been taken at this time.
The Tech Department announced that a GIS and mapping site will be available on the county website by the end of the year. It was explained that it will act as a digital plat book, in time replacing the hard copy most have used up to this time.
The University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs announced that Carlton County has been the overall winner of the 2013 Local Government Innovation Award in the county category for its work on the TXT4Life (Text for Life) program. This program provides early intervention in cases of teen suicide through a suicide prevention hotline. A $10,000 check and a professionally produced video of the program will be awarded.
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Better timing, a new location and a fresh program of the hottest topics await dealers at the 2014 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo in Las Vegas, hosted by the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA). According to a press release, North American RV dealers will convene at Bally's on the strip, Nov. 10-14, under the theme, "Passport to Excellence: Education and Training."
Registration is open now on the RVDA convention website, www.rvda.org/convention.
"Shifting the convention to November is better for our dealers and will allow greater participation by more people at the dealership," said RVDA Convention/Expo Committee Chairman John McCluskey of Florida Outdoors. "Employee development opportunities will be expanded and we are aiming for maximum flexibility for dealers to plan their schedule for the convention."
Vendor Training +Plus will be back again after its successful implementation last year, offering even more informative training sessions by industry suppliers and vendors on Monday andTuesday. Tuesday through Friday, educational workshop topics will target the burning issues affecting every department in the dealership and many will be repeated so participants won't have to miss out on one great workshop to attend another. In addition, workshops will be shorter in duration so presentations remain both targeted and engaging.
A very big change this year will be the venue itself as the convention is moves to Bally's. The venue is at the heart of the famed Las Vegas strip, surrounded by the most iconic casino properties, bright lights and street attractions that characterize Las Vegas. Convention registrants will have easy access to all the nightlife Las Vegas has to offer and be able to book rooms in blocks at Bally's or Paris at low convention rates.
The 2014 convention will also feature an exhibit hall filled with the RV industry's top companies offering products and services to help dealers improve profitability. RVDA's Partners in Progress committees will also meet again this year to work on important dealer-manufacturer issues, but the meetings will be spread more evenly throughout the week to ease dealers' schedules.
Companies interested in partnership and sponsorship opportunities and exhibitor information can contact Julie Newhouse at (703) 591-7130 ext. 103 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
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I'm pretty sure I just burst a blood vessel in my right eye, looking at this.
[squinting] From what I can see, this appears to be a pimp-mobile on a suicide run through a radioactive river of blood - only it's a radioactive river of blood with jaunty blue outlining.
I love the extra cupcake stuck on the side, too: what's that supposed to be? A pit stop?
If you want to give yourself a migraine, try reading what it says in front of the car. Don't see any writing? Look closer. No, closer. Let's see...I think it says...
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