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Ryan, Goolsbee debate Obama, Romney economic records
This is a rush transcript from "Fox News Sunday," May 20, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.
It's the key issue in raise for the White House: getting America back to work. And both sides are hitting it hard.
We'll have a debate over the Obama and Romney record on jobs and their ideas to get the country back on track. Republican House Budget Chair Paul Ryan faces off against Austan Goolsbee, former head of the president's Council of Economic Advisors.
Ryan versus Goolsbee, only on "Fox News Sunday."
And, there are faces of financial crisis. We'll ask our Sunday panel if President Obama can use the summits this weekend to find a solution.
And our Power Player of the Week. A star figure skater making a name for herself off of the ice.
All right now on "Fox News Sunday."
WALLACE: And hello, again, from Fox News in Washington.
The Obama and Romney campaigns battle this week over who has the better plan to get Americans back to work. We want to continue that debate today with top advisers from both candidates.
From Wisconsin, Republican Paul Ryan as chairman of the House Budget Committee. From Chicago, Austan Goolsbee is former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisors.
And, gentlemen, welcome back to "Fox News Sunday."
REP. PAUL RYAN, R-WIS.: Thank you.
AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS: Thank you.
WALLACE: This week, the Obama campaign launched the attack on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capitol and told the story of a steel mill in Kansas City that went bankrupt in 2001, laying off 750 workers. Let's take a look.
JACK COBB, STEELWORKER: They came in and sucked the life out of us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was like watching an old friend bleed to death.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bain Capital walked away with a lot of money that they made off of this planet. We view Mitt Romney as a job destroyer.
WALLACE: And Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter followed up with this, "The goal of Romney economics has always been about wealth creation, not job creation. It's wealth creation for a handful of investors, like Mitt Romney, not about creating jobs for everyone else."
Mr. Goolsbee, can you tell me a major CEO in this country that doesn't see the main job as creator wealth for his investors?
GOOLSBEE: I don't know the answer to that. I think that when I saw Stephanie Cutter's statement, it was in response to one of the Bain Capital partners who that said, our was job creation for the investors.
WALLACE: That is for every CEO?
GOOLSBEE: Well, this business is slightly different. And I would refer to this ad not so much as an attack, as a response. I mean, Governor Mitt Romney has been running for president really for six years and over the last six years consistently said that his main qualification to be president is his business experience. And then when there starts to be some examination of what did he do when he was running that business, they get very defensive and don't want to discuss. And I don't think --
WALLACE: But do you see anything --
GOOLSBEE: They ought to open the records and --
WALLACE: But let me just ask you, sir, do you see anything wrong with what Bain Capital did, and what lots of money, millions of dollars into this steel industry, the time when the steel was in trouble, what's wrong with that?
GOOLSBEE: Well, it depends on how they did it. And as I say, they ought to turn over the annual records of the company.
If you want to establish they did not have kind of a leverage buy out mentality of pulling the resources out of the company -- turn over the records and let the people see what the business record was. Don't just pick two or three companies that are the success stories and say look at these because that invites the ones that went wrong.
In this case, the company did horribly but the investors did great. So, I think it's a little bit different than a normal investor philosophy which if we can turn the company around in a positive way, we benefit. This was the case where they canceled the pension, they drove the company into the ground but the investors from Bain actually profited a great deal.
WALLACE: Let me follow up with Congressman Paul Ryan.
Because the Obama campaign says the point of Romney economics is to make money for Bain, to make money for their investors, even if all of the workers get wiped out. And in this particular case, with the steel mill in Kansas City, the workers and that plant went bankrupt. The 750 workers were laid off and Bain did make millions of dollars in profits.
RYAN: You know what's ironic about this, Chris, Mitt Romney was running the Olympics during this time. He wasn't even running Bain during the time period in question.
I think the individual if I'm not mistaken who was running Bain is a big Obama contributor.
But for the point, Chris, what Bain did was they used private capital to help struggling businesses. What President Obama is doing is he's gambling with taxpayer money and giving money to corporate contributors, to campaign contributors like Solyndra and he's losing taxpayer money.
So, what we have in the Obama administration is this crony capitalism, this corporate welfare where President Obama thinks it's right that we taxpayer dollars to give to private companies and take bets on these private companies. That's wrong.
What is right is a private sector that you have risked that capital. You put capital in businesses whether they're struggling or not to try and grow those businesses, some succeed, some don't. On the net, when on Mitt Romney ran Bain, they were very successful. They created thousands of jobs, great success stories.
But for the point, we don't think that the government should be in the position of picking winners or losers in the economy which is the result of the president's economics.
WALLACE: Let me --
RYAN: The result of it is, we have stagnation.
WALLACE: Let me let Mr. Goolsbee into that.
I mean, what about the argument that, you know, it's the private sector. If companies want to take a chance, they take a chance. But the government shouldn't be picking winners and losers.
GOOLSBEE: Well, that's two different arguments. The first one I actually think is a little bit cheeky because in several of these bankruptcy cases, you saw the investors profit by dumping the pension on to the government and actually getting bailouts from the government, which helped to cover the profits that were going to the investors.
On the picking of winners, it is absolutely not the Obama philosophy to try to transform the government into only picking winners. By that I think Congressman Ryan is referring to things like in the midst of the crisis deciding to save General Motors and the auto industry.
WALLACE: I think wait a minute. Without speaking for him, I think he's talking about things like Solyndra.
GOOLSBEE: Well, look, in the case of Solyndra, he's citing there that the lead investor was an Obama supporter. The second investor was a McCain supporter.
So, I mean, the argument that we should go back to stimulus from three years ago and have an argument about each and every line in the stimulus rather than ask starting from right now what does the economy need. Does it need giant tax cuts for high income people and crushing of Social Security and Medicare, or do we want a balanced plan that involves some new revenues with a 3-1 ratio of spending cuts with taxes, I think that's the relevant question that we ought to be asking.
WALLACE: I promise we're going to get into what their policies are for the future in a moment. But, Mr. Ryan, Congressman Ryan, what about this argument that Mr. Goolsbee raises, well, some of the employees ended up having their pensions picked up by the federal government?
RYAN: Well, look, this is an industry that was going down, a business that was going down. They try to rescue it. It didn't succeed. It was done when Mr. Romney was at the Olympics.
So -- but more to the point that we're trying to make, the Obama administration is putting themselves in the business of taking risk with taxpayer money by picking specific individual businesses and industries to prop up for favoritism and then to raise taxes, raise regulations, so that you actually suffocate economic growth.
We believe the genius of American free enterprise is the individual small business, the risk taker and that government should remove those barriers for success, instead of raising barriers of success, but then gives some regulatory forbearance, subsidies, tax businesses -- tax credits to specific winners that they try to pick? What happens when the government sees itself as a venture capitalist, they end up picking a lot of losers.
And we see system of crony capitalism, which is really corrupting (ph) to the system, it's not working, the economy is in stagnation right now.
Look, Chris, for every person who found a job last months, which was not a lot, three people gave up looking for a job last month. These are things we should be talking about -- who has the better vision for getting America back on track, for growing the economy. What system works? A system of entrepreneurial capitalism free entrepreneurism, or this system of high taxes, high regulations and crony capitalism --
WALLACE: Let's --
RYAN: -- which is clearly the president's philosophy.
WALLACE: You know, it's not just a question of vision, it's also a question record because of these men have served in office and have records in office. So, let's take a look at that.
Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts for four years, Congressman Ryan. And during that time, Massachusetts ranked 47th of the 50 states in job creation. The only reason the unemployment rate went down because so many people left the work force more than any other state in the country except Louisiana after hurricane Katrina.
Is that a record to be proud of?
RYAN: In Mitt Romney's last year alone in Massachusetts alone, 40,000 new jobs are created. Personal income, wages, went up 16 percent. Unemployment -- people went from unemployment to jobs. That went up 16 percent. The unemployment rate went down to 4.7 percent --
WALLACE: Again, sir.
WALLACE: If I may, sir -- I mean, again over the four years, 47th in job creation and unemployment rate went down because so many people were leaving the state.
RYAN: Jobs went up and he created 40,000 jobs alone as governor of Massachusetts. Wages went up in Massachusetts. People who actually went from unemployment to employment went up.
So, what we saw during Mitt Romney's tenure in Bain -- jobs created, economic growth. What we saw in Mitt Romney's tenure as governor -- job creation, economic growth and lower unemployment.
See, what we are seeing a contrast in visions. We believe in reigniting the American idea of opportunity society. The president has feverishly worked to replacing that vision with what we call a government-centered society vision, where the government sees its job as picking winners and losers in the economy that doesn't work. Many of the countries that tried this vision, it results in economic stagnation, it results in big government and big business joining in a common cause, which makes it harder for entrepreneurs to succeed and create jobs --
WALLACE: Al right. Look --
RYAN: Mitt Romney is an entrepreneur and he knows how to present the kind of conditions of growing economy has proven that.
WALLACE: Let me bring Mr. Goolsbee into this, because I think we would all agree that this is a fascinating choice in this election. There's a fundamental philosophical difference. President Obama wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and he wants to make targeted investments, more spending on things like infrastructure, energy, green energy, education, teaching. On the other hand, you got Mitt Romney who's talking about let's get government out, cut taxes, and cut regulation, cut spending, and let the private sector do it.
Briefly, Mr. Goolsbee, why is your side right and the Romney side wrong?
GOOLSBEE: Well, number one, the record as you indicated in the last question, clearly shows the Romney approach is not the correct approach. The nation was in a boom. Massachusetts was doing worst in all of the states in terms of job creation. The reason you saw jobs growing is because government jobs were rising six times faster than the national rate in Massachusetts.
There is a reason why when Governor Romney stepped down from office, he had a 36 percent approval rating by the people in his own state and that was during a boom. I believe that the reason that the Obama approach is better, it is not -- absolutely not a government-directed approach. That's not correct. The president passed hundreds of billions of dollars of tax cuts for business, for individuals, for workers.
He believes that the main driver of the economy is the middle class. It is not high income people. The Romney budget is premised on the view that absolutely premised the George Bush budget in 2000, and that is if we cut high income people's taxes by hundreds of billions and go try to crush Social Security and Medicare, we try to reduce -- as the Romney budget would -- discretionary spending, all the training, all the infrastructure, all the education, all the law enforcement, we try to get it down to 5 percent of the economy which is by far the lowest of any advanced country and the lowest it has been in almost a century in this country, that somehow that will unleash the forces of growth.
But all I would ask you to do is look at 2000 and explain to me how then it worked then. If that was a magic elixir, why did we not have phenomenal growth?
WALLACE: Wait -- I take your point and you ask a question. Give Congressman Ryan the opportunity to answer it.
RYAN: First of all, what Mitt Romney was talking about in taxes is lower everybody's tax rates across the board by closing special interest loopholes and tax shelters, which primarily go to the well- connected and the well-off. It makes so much more sense to lower our tax rates by plugging the loopholes so that they can decide, the economy can decide how to grow, so that people can keep more of their hard earned money and they can determine how to spend it, instead of sending somebody to Washington and maybe Washington will let you keep more of it if you do what Washington approves of, that's President Obama's approach.
Mitt Romney created 40,000 in just his last year in office in Massachusetts, that's pretty impressive. More to the point though, the kind of budget that Mitt Romney is talking about is one to prevent a debt crisis, save Medicare and Social Security from going bankrupt.
Unfortunately, the president's budget does none of that. Those programs are going bankrupt. He puts a new board of 15 unelected bureaucrats in charge of rationing Medicare.
And more to the point, the big thing hurting our economy is a debt crisis, and the president has done absolutely nothing to prevent this from happening, only to put more uncertainty on businesses, uncertainty on taxes, uncertainty on regulations, uncertainty on interest rates and inflation in a debt crisis which is putting a huge, chilling effect on economic growth and it's because of a fundamental lack of leadership.
Mitt Romney has proven in his life, public and private, he knows how to provide the kind of leadership --
WALLACE: OK. RYAN: -- to prevent these things from happening.
WALLACE: Let -- Mr. Goolsbee, the Democratic Senate has not passed a budget in three years. The Obama budget was up for a vote in the Senate this week, was voted down 99 to zero, and quite frankly as Congressman Ryan points out, the Obama budget does nothing about Medicare and Medicaid and all the burgeoning economic entitlement problems.
I want to put up an ad that was run by an independent super PAC on Obama's record on debt. Let's take a look.
NARRATOR: President Obama's agenda promises so much.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Today, I'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office.
NARRATOR: Broken, because he hasn't even come close.
WALLACE: The fact is, Mr. Goolsbee, that under this president, the debt increased by $5 trillion or almost 50 percent.
GOOLSBEE: Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased. I would say two things about that. First is all objective analyst -- forget about the campaigns -- acknowledge that the vast majority of the increase and deficit, some $750 billion out of $1 trillion increase in the deficit came about from the business cycle and then the policy choices that were done on a bipartisan basis. And so, at the end of 2010, with both parties vote to extend the Bush tax cuts, everyone understood that that was going to keep the deficit large, we just decided collectively that the economy needed that.
I think for the Republicans who set in place the policies that led to an economic crisis that exploded the deficit, to now be saying, "Well, look, why is the deficit so big," it's a bit -- you know, they lit the back half of the house on fire, now, they complain the air conditioning doesn't work.
The fact is that what we must do is, as Congressman Paul Ryan knows, was on the Bowles-Simpson commission, we must cut the deficit over 10 years by about $4 trillion --
WALLACE: Wait, wait, wait.
WALLACE: Mr. Goolsbee, that commission which was appointed by the president, did take some serious steps in terms of entitlement reform and President Obama refused to endorse it?
GOOLSBEE: Absolutely not correct.
WALLACE: You're telling -- wait, wait, wait, are telling me --
WALLACE: Are you saying President Obama approved the Bowles-Simpson commission?
GOOLSBEE: The central idea of Bowles-Simpson, the central idea was a balanced plan that you would have $3 of cuts for $1 of new revenue. The reason that Congressman Ryan and Republicans -- Congressman Ryan voted against the Bowles-Simpson plan and Mitt Romney stood up and raised his hand when they asked him, would you accept a deal that had $10 of spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue -- Mitt Romney said, absolutely not. Because they had any new revenue, he would not support it.
Now, the president's budget, which is before the Congressional Budget Office, and is not -- I might add -- the thing they voted on in the Senate. The president's budget would cut $4 trillion in a balanced way with whole new --
GOOLSBEE: And with three to one spending --
WALLACE: Forgive me, sir. Let me bring in Congressman Ryan.
Go ahead.
RYAN: Chris, first of all, this promise to cut the definite in half over his first term, that's one of the biggest promise breaks that he made.
Second of all, the Congressional Budget Office did look at the president's budget, and it has $400 billion of deficit reductions over 10 years, an average of $40 billion of actual deficit reduction in the president's budget. It absolutely -- that's according to CBO -- $1.5 trillion in net spending, the increases only to be outdone by $1.9 trillion of net tax increases. For $400 billion deficit reduction, it doesn't even come close to fixing our problem.
But for me to the point, Chris, the president has had four years to deal with this, $4 trillion deficits, four times he decided to do nothing about the debt crisis to get the debt under control. He did disavow Bowles-Simpson.
The reason I didn't vote for it is because it didn't deal with health care entitlement reform, the drivers of our debt. But I put out an alternative plan. I said, here's exactly what I would do to fix this problem and prevent a debt crisis.
That's what House Republicans proposed. The president is yet to propose a budget to fix this problem.
RYAN: The Senate hasn't voted three years on anything.
GOOLSBEE: That is factually not the case. A, I would refer --
RYAN: That's according to the CBO.
GOOLSBEE: -- to the Congressional Budget Offices' Web site to look at it for themselves. But, B, the fundamental choice here is the president putting forward an approach that says, let's address the deficit crisis in a balanced way.
GOOLSBEE: And the counter coming from the Romney campaign and in the Ryan plan itself is: let us have massive cuts, twice as big, so that we can pay for the deficit reduction and multitrillion dollars of additional tax cuts that are predominantly going to high income people. That doesn't make sense.
RYAN: Chris, revenues go up each and every year under our budget.
WALLACE: Congressman Ryan, let me ask you briefly about that because we are running out of time.
What President Obama is talking about is raising the tax rates on the wealthy up to the level they were during the Clinton years. The wealthy did just fine during the Clinton years. Why at a time when we are in trouble with debt and obviously, you say we need to cut more spending, but why not some increase in taxes on the wealthy, just up to a level when the economy was booming in the '90s?
RYAN: Two things: revenues go up each and every year under our budget because we have economic growth and we close loop holes. Second of all, tax rates are set to go up much higher than they were in the Clinton years because of all the new Obamacare taxes. The top effective marginal tax rate goes to 44.8 percent in January. The reason why we don't want to go back to those rates is because now we are in global condition.
Eight out of 10 businesses in America filed their taxes as individuals. And so, we're going to have the top tax rate on successful small businesses nearly 45 percent in January?
Look, other countries are cutting their tax rates to their business. Canada went to 15. China is at 25. Ireland at 12.5 percent.
And President Obama's intent was having the successful, small business tax rate, where most of our jobs come from, go as much as 45 percent? More to the point, all of these tax increases, they go for spending. They're not even for debt reduction.
The taxes increases in the Obama budget don't even pay for a fifth of its proposed deficit spending.
What we're saying is get economic growth by lowering tax rates but plugging loopholes, you actually more revenues into the government, but you got to deal with spending. And under the Obama budget, the debt goes up 76 percent. If we just did nothing it, the debt will go up 78 percent.
This is not leadership, it's economic stagnation. The president has punted.
We're going to lead and what we need to is clear these partisan obstacles, get new leadership in Washington so we can get the American idea ignited again, grow this economy and pay off this debt.
WALLACE: Gentlemen, we're going to have to leave there. Congressman Ryan, Mr. Goolsbee, thank you so much.
I did not think we were going to settle this today. We did not, but I think it was a very useful debate. We thank you so much for coming in, and talking about what is the central issue in this campaign. Thank you both.
RYAN: Thanks, Chris.
GOOLSBEE: Thank you.
WALLACE: Up next, we'll get an update on the president's weekend and summit meetings with world leaders. And we'll ask our panel what can be done about the economic crisis in Europe.
OBAMA: Growth and jobs must be our top priority. A stable, growing European economy is in everybody's best interest, including Americas.
WALLACE: That was President Obama Saturday, vowing that G8 leaders who met at Camp David will take all necessary step to deal with the economic crisis in Europe.
For more on what happened there and what we expect over the next two days at the NATO summit in Chicago, we turn now to Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry -- Ed.
ED HENRY, FOX NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, hello, Chris.
It's the power of incumbency the president getting to flex his muscles in the world stage. But there's a downside, of course, to incumbency. You have to grapple with some tough issues that can burn you in an election here.
Here at NATO, Chicago on high alert because of some terror arrests, as well as protesters throwing parts of this city in a near lock down. But the NATO will be dominated by international security issues, especially Afghanistan. The president is trying to hold the coalition together after the new French president says he's pulling his troops out two years earlier than expected.
But, of course, it's the European debt crisis that is overshadowing everything this weekend. First at the G8 yesterday at Camp David, to give you an idea of intensity of the discussion, we're told the leaders spent an hour and 20 minutes longer than expected on this topic.
And then the president added a surprise one-on-one with Angela Merkel. Significant because, as you know, the Germany chancellor has been taking a hard line in saying that austerity will help dig out of the crisis. Other leaders saying actually, more European spending, even though that could back fire, is the answer to grow those economies and get out of the crisis.
The president is pushing for a little bit of both. Interesting there because it's similar to how the U.S. debt crisis is playing out. Speaker John Boehner saying he's not going to raise the debt ceiling later this year without real spending cuts. That's the battle that's looming in a few months. First, the president has got to get through the election. It's clear the European debt crisis is a wild card in that election -- Chris.
WALLACE: Ed Henry, reporting from Chicago -- Ed, thanks for that.
And it's time now for our Sunday group.
Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard; former Democratic Senator Evan Bayh; former Bush White House senior advisor, Karl Rove; and Democratic strategist, Joe Trippi.
Well, as mentioned going in to this G8 meeting, there were competing agendas. On the one hand, you had Angela Merkel, the head of Germany, and they are pushing for more austerity to rein some of the huge debt of countries like Greece and Italy and Spain. And then on the other side, you've got the new French president, Francois Hollande, President Obama saying we need more growth, more stimulus.
It's little hard to read this -- I cover them for years, these G8 summits, and the memos afterwards of understanding to parse them. You have any sense that one side prevailed?
BILL KRISTOL, WEEKLY STANDARD: We'll have to read the 39-point declaration of --
KRISTOL: If you're having trouble falling asleep last night, it was very helpful.
There's one word that isn't in there: debt. I mean, there's a European debt crisis, the consensus document makes it sound as if that's not a fundamental problem. Let's just have some growth, more spending. Incidentally, though, they quite say (ph) higher taxes.
So, basically, I think we have a very clear choice internationally now on economic policy, the Hollande/Obama alternative, which is more government spending and higher taxes. That's explicitly what they are for. It's actually what they -- the policies they want.
And the conservative alternative which has been followed in Germany and Sweden and Canada and Israel, all of which have center- right governments, all of which are growing faster than we are, and then France is. And there, they have tried to reduce the budget deficit and create, and have pro-growth fiscal policies.
So, I think there's a very clear choice and we're having real world test of the choice. And I think, honestly, the idea that more spending and higher taxes is going to solve the current economic problem, I don't believe it.
WALLACE: Senator Evan Bayh, your sense of how debate is doing.
EVAN BAYH (D-IN), FORMER U.S SENATOR: Chris, this is what happens when democracy and markets collide. In the short run, democracy tends to win, and politicians tend to take the path of least resistance. But in the long run, markets have the final say.
So, what you're going -- what we really should have here and we may model into eventually is more stimulus in the short run. Hopefully, based upon that tax cuts for middle class families to prop up aggregate demand. Some tax cuts for business to hire people right now.
We learned through hard experience that there really wasn't much of a thing called a shovel-ready project.
That's what you need to do in the short run, to get this economy moving --
WALLACE: You are talking about the U.S. or are you talking about Europe?
BAYH: I'm talking about the U.S. But in Europe, it's probably the same way, even more so.
So, in the short run, you do need more growth to avoid what the economist call the paradox of thrift, where you cut, it causes the economy to go down, less revenue comes in. So, you got to cut even more. You end up in a death spiral.
We need more growth in the short run, but in the long run, you got to keep the politician's feet to the fire, to deal with some of these fundamental problems in our country, is the entitlements, we got to bring them under control.
BAYH: In Europe, their societies just aren't structured for the kind of economic growth they're going to need to be economically strong going forward, labor markets, capital markets, those sorts of things.
That's the balance. So these two things are not irreconcilable. In fact, they need to be coordinated in a way that will accomplish both.
WALLACE: Karl, you have been with President Bush, of course, to some of these economic summits. How much clout, when he's meeting with other leaders who have the same title he does -- how much clout does an American president have, and particularly when you're dealing with a problem like this, which is primarily a European problem, not a U.S. problem?
And having said that, what's the -- what's at stake here in terms of the U.S. election if this economic crisis, debt crisis in Europe gets worse and you see countries like Greece drop out of the eurozone?
ROVE: Yeah. The influence of the president at one of the G-8 meetings depends largely upon the relationship that he has build with the leaders before the meeting.
You know, the meeting -- everything's cooked by the time you get to the meeting. The sherpas who represent the governments spend months arriving at these declarations. And you can see in the declaration from this gang of eight that, you know, everybody won.
There is a paragraph, paragraph six, about fiscal responsibility, and paragraph seven about growth. And so I think Angela Merkel said it best. She said, well, we talked about both threads, and of course we're going to pay attention to austerity and of course we're going to pay attention to growth.
So everybody got what they wanted. The president's able to walk away and say I put an emphasis on growth, and the chancellor of Germany is able to walk away and say, I held the line on -- on fiscal austerity.
Now, you're right. What happens after this has huge ramifications. And it's largely outside the control of these leaders.
What happens to -- if Greece basically thumbs its nose at the European agreement, as we have a sense the parliamentary leader of the party most likely to win the elections, an upstart socialist party, has already said, basically, we're going to tell Europe to take a hike; they'll have to give us the money; we'll get to be able to pursue our spending as we like, and they'll have to pick it up.
But that's not likely to happen, and as a result there are going to be ramifications for the American economy as a result. It will ripple here.
WALLACE: Joe, you know, we spent 22 minutes having a debate about the U.S. economy. But if you see a real meltdown in Europe and you see Greece dropping out and you see some of these other major economies and banks seizing up, that could have a real impact between now and November here in this country?
TRIPPI: Yeah, it could turn out that Ohio and Florida have less -- that the states that have more to do with the outcome are going to be Greece, France and Italy and Spain than Ohio or Florida.
I think what's interesting about it is that this debate now has broken out, austerity versus growth. And -- and it's the same debate we've been having here in the United States. But in Europe, how -- if they keep doing the German austerity, it's clearly not working there.
And so I think, you know, the G-8 summit...
WALLACE: But the Greek spending isn't working, either.
TRIPPI: Well, Greek spending -- there's no money to spend anymore. It's how do you get out of this?
And I think, you know, by continuing -- every time they continue to make job cuts, they're cutting their revenue. It's not a good -- it doesn't work. You're in the death spiral that Senator Bayh is talking about. And Europe is in that death spiral and it's going to take us down with it.
And the question is, does that -- if it happens, does it happen now, soon, before November, or does it happen after November?
Or can it be stopped?
And the president -- I think the one thing this is doing is putting him center stage and influencing it towards growth and a mixture of growth and austerity, not just austerity.
WALLACE: All right. I want to pivot, because they spent the last two days at the G-8 Summit on economic issues. Now they're in Chicago, and starting today and tomorrow, the NATO summit, in which they're going to talk about -- about huge issues, our continued commitment in Afghanistan, what we do about Syria, what we do about Iran.
Bill, what's at stake there?
KRISTOL: Well, I think the May 23rd meeting on Wednesday in Baghdad about Iran is very big. I mean, the question is, will the Obama administration accept a phony deal really to kick the can down the road; will they back off in what the Security Counsel has been insisting on since 2006, which is a complete and verifiable cessation of Iran's nuclear program?
And I think there are a lot of signs that the Obama administration is so eager for a deal and so eager that there not be military action by Israel that they're going to -- they and the Europeans are going to try to strike a bad bargain with Iran to just kick the can down the road that will not deal with the fundamental problem this week. I think that's going to be a very big moment.
WALLACE: All right, but let's -- let me explain. This week what it is is that the P-5-plus-1, which are the permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany, are meeting with Iran in Baghdad, the second round of talks to try to find a solution, a diplomatic solution to the standoff over nuclear weapons.
And, Senator Bayh, there was some interesting talk this week that some members of the Obama administration -- and maybe this was the point that Bill was making -- are beginning to think that the economic sanctions are cutting so tough, are really beginning to bite on the Iranian economy, and that Iran might agree to a diplomatic solution -- some argument as to how -- how true an agreement it would be.
Your sense -- do you share that optimism? And if so, is it going to be a fake agreement or a real agreement by the Iranians?
BAYH: Well, hope springs eternal, Chris. But in this case, it may be the triumph of hope over experience. In all my experience with the Iranians, they never concede anything unless they feel some duress.
In the immediate aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, that was one of the few times when there were feelers to the Iranians out to us, saying, look, we'd like to try and work with you on some of these issues.
So I say keep the sanctions on; keep their feet to the fire. We probably need to pursue this, even though Bill is right to be skeptical, to just keep the Europeans on board and the others for whom -- whose cooperation we will need to make the sanctions meaningful.
But my guess is it won't be until the second set of sanctions hit later this year when they will...
WALLACE: A full-scale oil embargo?
BAYH: Right...
BAYH: Inflation is running rampant in Iran. They're rapidly running through their currency reserves. The regime is not weak, but it's that kind of pressure we need to keep up if we're going to have any hope of ultimately getting a verifiable -- and I want to underline the word "verifiable" -- agreement.
WALLACE: All right. We're going to have to take a break here, panel. But when we come back, the presidential campaign and all the tough talk about how to fix the economy.
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: That's Romney economics. Two sets of rules. One for his wealthy investors and the other for everybody else.
ROMNEY: The centerpiece of this campaign is quite clearly character assassination. And the centerpiece of my campaign is going to be my vision to get America working again and provide a brighter future for our kids.
WALLACE: Joe Biden and Mitt Romney getting personal about the economy. And we're back now with the panel. Well as we discussed in the first segment, the Obama campaign this week began what we all expected was -- was to launch a campaign on Romney's record at Bain Capital. Say he's a -- a corporate raider who sucked the life out of companies. Romney said it's really less about profit and loss. They're trying to show that he -- or portray him as being a bad guy who is insensitive to -- to the middle-class. Smart move by the Obama campaign, Joe?
TRIPPI: Absolutely. They've got to -- they've got to point out that he ranked -- Massachusetts was ranked 47th when he was governor on jobs -- job creation. I mean these -- these are important -- they have to take it to what he says is a big claim of his that he's a businessman who knows how to get the economy going. And, you know yeah if it's borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars, giving bonuses of hundreds of millions of dollars to Bain and 700 people losing their jobs, that's a legitimate -- in -- in -- in politics that's a legitimate attack to take.
Particularly when it's what Romney's going to put out there as his selling point.
WALLACE: Well let...
TRIPPI: That he ran Bain Capital.
WALLACE: Well let me pick up on that, Karl. Because some Democrats say that they are taking a page out of your playbook, which is to go after someone's perceived strength. In this case, Romney's business record. And turn it into a liability. ROVE: Yeah. Well actually the problem is this is Romney's strength. And I -- I think we saw that in how the Obama campaign went after him. They put a grand total of $83,000.00 behind their attack ad and everybody in the media lapped it up. But let's look at the facts. Romney invested $180 million in the company. The company made money for a while and eight years later after a flood of cheap end steel came into the United States, principally from China, it and a number of other steel companies went under. Two years after -- over two years after he left Bain Capital.
So -- you know but it's a clever part -- if you don't have a vision to run on. If you don't have a forward looking agenda, go the hell after the other guy's record. But I think over time this is going to be OK for Romney. As long as he engages in it. And he did. They went straight back at him and said, wait a minute, here's the details about GST Technologies and oh, incidentally let's give you another example to look at. Which is we invested in another steel company that went from a couple a hundred employees to 6,000 employees and is a going concern today.
WALLACE: But -- but Senator Bayh, if the economy is going to be the big issue and you know that -- that -- that Romney is going to go after Obama on the -- the problems over the last three or four years, you do have to go after him on his record as governor and as the head of Bain Capital, yes?
BAYH: We -- we saw the two strategies of the campaigns as stark relief in this, Chris. The Obama campaign wants to make it a choice between two people. Part of that is pointing out the weaknesses of his opponent. The Romney campaign wants to make it a referendum about the last four years of the economy. And so we saw that play out -- played out in this ad.
WALLACE: You know, Bill and -- and -- at this quibbling point. Eight years ago with John Kerry everyone was talking about John Kerry the Vietnam War hero and by the time of the campaign -- of the election there were real doubts about just how much of a war hero he had been in Vietnam. Can the Democrats do that to Romney on his economic record?
KRISTOL: I don't think either side is going to disqualify the other candidate on personal grounds. I mean I think most Americans think...
WALLACE: Well this is personal.
KRISTOL: ...Barack Obama.
WALLACE: I mean it -- it's...
KRISTOL: Well...
WALLACE: ...his record.
KRISTOL: Well I mean on his record. But I was in the first Bush White House and there was a huge amount of -- who believed Bill Clinton's crummy job record in Arkansas. And this is a big choice ahead. And it's a forward looking choice between two different paths. And as we were saying earlier, it's a choice of two very different philosophies of government. I mean this isn't, you know, brain surgery here. One -- President Obama and the Republicans have a very different view of the size of government, of entitlement reform, of tax policy and all of that.
And I think that's going to be the choice. I think all the personal attacks on both sides are not going to matter much. I don't think they mattered as much as everyone thinks in 2004. I'd defer to Karl on this but that was a fundamental choice about national security policy and economic policy. That wasn't a personal disqualification of John Kerry for all the media hoopla about the Swift Vote (inaudible.) So think this -- if -- I think if Governor Romney can keep this a forward looking, policy oriented campaign and he will. I think he can win. And I actually think he can win pretty easily.
WALLACE: The -- the other big story on the campaign trail this week was the report that an independent super-PAC was considering and then rejected a series of ads linking President Obama to his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. In end as I say, the super-PAC, this Republican super-PAC decided not to go ahead and do it. Two questions for you, Joe Trippi. Is Wright off limits or is he still relevant?
TRIPPI: Well I don't think he's relevant but he's not off limits obviously. And a super-PAC can run the ads if they want to. I mean one of the things that this points out though is how campaigns have lost -- super-PACs have -- have made it possible for campaigns to control the messaging. I mean you -- you -- you can't -- neither the Obama campaign or the Romney campaign have control. They can only control their spots and their spots aren't all -- aren't anything compared to the millions of dollars that these super-PACs will be running.
In the end though, look I think this is going to be a very close campaign and the ads aren't going to matter a whole lot. It's going to be the ground game in both campaigns that's going to decide this thing when you look at how close this election is going to...
WALLACE: Let -- let's talk about super-PACs though Karl. Because you were one of the founders of -- not -- not the super-PAC in question, but another one which had put out the ad attacking Obama on broken promises this week, American Crossroads. What about this question? And I'm speaking in general or you can talk -- how do you make sure that you involved in a super-PAC are helping the candidate and not hurting him? And conversely if your in a campaign what do you do about a -- a group that's supposedly supporting you, but -- but could be pushing a point that's the last thing you want to focus on?
ROVE: Well I -- I -- speaking from the perspective of the super- PAC, you want to try and do things that you think will be helpful to the candidate and not things that will be hurtful. And frankly trying to dredge up Jeremiah Wright, right or wrong after -- after this issue was litigated four years ago by John McCain deciding not to litigate it, was stupid. And so you want to try to do things that are helpful, not hurtful.
And -- and look, I thought it was very smart for the -- for the Romney campaign to immediate go out and denounce the tactic. It certainly sent a message to everybody in America what they wanted the campaign to be about. And it certainly sent a message to people involved in the super-PACs don't be doing stupid things like this.
WALLACE: Finally I -- I want to go, and I want to ask Senator Bayh about it. To the Rove.com website where he has now started posting, and there you see it, it's clear as mud isn't it? No, I'll explain it to you. That is an electoral map based on state polls. And here are the latest numbers. States that are the various blue shades with 290 electoral votes, solidly or leaning towards Obama. States reddish, 161 electoral votes solidly or leading towards Romney. The yellow states with 87 electoral votes not toss ups.
With 270 votes for -- needed for elections -- I want to repeat either 290 are either solidly or leaning towards Obama, Senator Bayh, is Obama well in front? I mean does he have a much clearer path to 270 then Romney does?
BAYH: This is -- this is going to be a very close election, Chris. But the Democrats with President Obama do have a slight edge in the electoral college. But there are three states; Ohio, Virginia and New Hampshire where the president is ahead by less than half a percent. That if they switch the other way, Mr. Romney would win the election. So this all comes down in Karl's map to just, you know eight states, nine states?
And in those states about 6 percent of people -- each candidate is going to get 47 percent no matter what. So it's what are those 6 percents of independents and moderates, what do they care about? My guess is, getting back to Bill, this is a big picture election. Growth versus fairness and when you look at the two candidates, which is more likely? That President Obama's' policies will produce better results over the next four years? People are kind of unhappy about the last four. And what about Mr. Romney's proposals? Will that really be just a repetition of some of the things that got us into the ditch? Or will that be something new (inaudible.)
WALLACE: Less than a minute left, Karl. Does, at least at this point and I understand we're six months out, does Obama have a clearer, easier path?
ROVE: Well he has an easier path, but he doesn't have a great path. This map lags public opinion because we're relying upon -- like South Carolina which is a toss up state in this map.
WALLACE: Put it up again?
ROVE: But the last -- the last poll for South Carolina is December of last year. I think for example, up-to-date polling will show Indiana -- excuse me, Iowa and Ohio either up for grabs or leaning for Romney. Same with Colorado. And -- and frankly this is going to come down to a very narrow victory, one side or the other.
WALLACE: All right. To be continued. Thank you panel. See you next week. Don't forget to check out Panel Plus where our group picks right up with the discussion on our website, FoxNewsSunday.com. We'll post the video before noon Eastern Time. And make sure to follow us on Twitter @ FoxNewsSunday. Up next, our Power Player of the Week.
WALLACE: Still to come, our "Power Player of the Week."
MICHELLE KWAN, OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING MEDALIST: I've been very, very fortunate in my skating career.
WALLACE (voice-over): But three years ago while training for another Olympics, she chose a different passion.
KWAN: Now I sort of approach life differently where I am trying to help others.
WALLACE: Stay tuned, we'll be right back.
WALLACE: We like to profile special people who live in or are visiting Washington at the end of each program. But this week we're going to tell you about someone we had no idea has been living in D.C. for almost a year. Here is our "Power Player" of the week.
KWAN: (INAUDIBLE) is fantastic. It's one adventure after another.
WALLACE (voice-over): Michelle Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in American history. For decades, her life revolved around competition.
KWAN: Nationals in January, then March full world championships, Olympics then in February. So everything was very planned out since 7 years old, all the way to competing until 25 years old. That's what I did. That was my schedule.
WALLACE: But three years ago while training for another Olympics, she chose a different passion. She went to graduate school to get her master's degree in international relations.
KWAN: I was so scheduled, and then actually to wake up and say, oh, what do I have to do today? It's sort of that identity, trying to figure out who you are. WALLACE: Kwan started down this path in 2006 when she attended a White House event and made an off-hand remark to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
KWAN: I said, if there is anything that I could do for the State Department, please let me know. And a few months later, I was appointed as a public policy envoy.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I know that you are going to play an important and valuable role for our nation.
WALLACE: Since then Kwan has traveled the world, engaged in soft power, meeting with government leaders and young people, and trying to make connections.
KWAN: Perhaps when they go into their government, or when they go into the business, they have a different impression of America.
WALLACE: She is just as driven as was on the skating rink.
KWAN: I like winning!
WALLACE: She is now a member of the President's Council on Fitness, and deeply involved in the Special Olympics.
(on camera): All of these things are unpaid, correct? How do you support yourself?
KWAN: I have been very, very fortunate in my skating career, I've toured for 14 years, and financially I am OK.
WALLACE (voice-over): Since last summer, Kwan has been living here in Washington almost totally under the radar. But she finds D.C. just as exciting as skating.
KWAN: Now just being here in Washington, and being surrounded by people who want to make a difference, and think-tanks, non-profit, government, it is just so inspiring.
WALLACE: At age 31, Michelle Kwan is remarkably well-adjusted. While she won nine national championships and five worlds, the best she could do at the Olympics was a silver and a bronze.
(on camera): Do the two defeats in the Olympics still sting?
KWAN: I mean, it was not exactly the color that I was looking for, but, hey, sometimes you can't be perfect.
WALLACE (voice-over): But you get the feeling the best is yet to come.
KWAN: In figure skating, I felt in some ways that I was selfish and I had coaches, choreographers, all helping me . Now I sort of approach life differently where I'm trying to help others. I also see it as just a chapter in my book. And although it's my skating career, it's only one chapter and I'm sort of turning the page to the next chapter.
WALLACE: Michelle Kwan says she might run for office some day. After all, she spent years on the ice with nine judges watching every move she made, facing voters, she says, would not be all that different.
And we'll be right back with a final note.
WALLACE: Finally, I want to let you know about a new cook book that is just out from my wife, Lorraine Wallace, it's called "Mr. Sunday's Saturday Night Chicken." And, yes, just as we have soup on Sundays after the show, we eat chicken almost every Saturday night before the show, pretty exciting.
If you go to our Web site, foxnewssunday.com, you can learn more about the book, and you'll also find the recipe for one of my favorites, stove-top summer chicken, and you don't have to eat is it only on Saturday.
That's it for today. Have a great week. And we'll see you on the next "FOX News Sunday."
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He also acknowledged "there is a gap there" between the Eagles and the Cowboys based on the Birds' losses in the regular-season finale and the playoffs. However, he cautioned the gap might not be dramatic as it appears, just as he said the gap was not as large as it seemed when the Eagles beat the Cowboys, 44-6, in the regular-season finale in 2008.
Asked to evaluate the season, Banner said, "It's difficult to make the playoffs, sustain the level of injuries we did, see the team play as hard as we did and not feel some satisfaction in that. At the same time, we are singular-minded in this goal we have. There is only one thing to focus on and achieve and we certainly haven't reached that goal another year. That's very frustrating, and disappointing. We have got to go back and look at what we can do and try to figure out how we can get back."
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Nissan is adding the fully electric Leaf hatchback to its certified pre-owned program. That's the latest from the automaker, which says the Leaf's certified pre-owned limited warranty will extend coverage of the EV system and powertrain to 7 years or 100,000 miles. That's in addition to the Leaf's new car warranty coverage of 8 years/100,000 miles against battery defects and 5 years/60,000 miles for battery capacity. The CPO limited warranty only covers the powertrain components, not the battery.
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Mark Hunt Injures Knee, Replaced By Lavar Johnson Against Stefan Struve at UFC 146
(Mark Hunt, seen here at the moment he found out where Lavar Johnson got his nickname.)
Shitty news for you "Super Samoan" fans, as it has been confirmed by none other than Mark Hunt himself, via his Twitter account, that he has suffered a knee injury in training and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled contest against Stefan Struve at UFC 146. For those of you keeping track, this now means that every single main card fight has been altered from its original pairing, and we're still over a week out. If you're currently a ticket holder for UFC 146, we recommend you cross your fingers and stick your head in the sand until May 26th comes around.
Thankfully, replacing Hunt will be a similarly hard hitting and Jiu-Jitsu shy fighter in Lavar Johnson, who is coming off a big knockout over Pat Barry at UFC on FOX 3 just twelve days ago. Johnson told UFC.com that he accepted the fight almost immediately:
I heard last night there was a chance I could get this fight and I accepted right away. You don't get chances like this too much in life, so when you are lucky, you got to make the most of it. I took one week off after last fight [May 5] and then went back to the gym.
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I've found a pet I want to adopt - what's next?
Once you find a pet you are interested in adopting, you'll need to contact the rescue group, shelter or pound caring for the pet to find out more. Get in touch with our animal welfare charity group in Moreland by clicking the orange 'find out more about this pet' button located on the profile page. PetRescue supports hundreds of independent rescue organisations, shelters and pounds, and each set their own adoption processes and adoption fees, so you will need to contact them directly for specific information regarding the pet you are interested in. Usually, the process will consist of a chat with the group to see if the pet is potentially a good match, organising a meet and greet with the pet and then completing an application form. For more tips to get you started, please visit our 'How To' guide to adopting from PetRescue. Good luck with the search for your new furry family member!
Can your animal welfare charity rehome my pet?
Moreland PetRescue supports rescue groups and shelters and pounds. Our animal welfare charity doesn't advertise pets from private individuals. You can also use our Rescue Directory to contact the rescue groups in your state, to find one which may have space to take your pet or a waiting list for pet surrenders.
Why aren't rescue pets free?
This is a question that pops up frequently and it's easy to see why some people would think that, because they are willing to adopt a homeless dog or cat, there should be no adoption fee. Well, in a perfect world, it would be perfectly reasonable. But all rescue pets must be examined by a vet, vaccinated, microchipped and desexed. What's more, dogs need to be tested for heartworm too. The rescue group pays for all of this out of their own pocket, so in order to make the rescue process sustainable, they need to recoup these costs, at least in part, by charging an adoption fee. In most instances, the adoption fee you pay covers the basic medical expenses incurred. However, if the pet received any extra medical treatment, it's likely that your adoption fee won't cover these additional costs. Adoption fees generally sit somewhere between $200 and $800. Compare this to the going rate you'd pay for a puppy from a pet store (that in all likelihood came from a puppy farm) that averages between $600 and $1,200, or $100 for a kitten. On top of that, you still have to pay for vaccinations, microchipping and desexing. So, when you add it all up, rescue pets are a bargain! Contact our Moreland animal welfare charity for more information.


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Short for lumpenproletariat. A catch-all term used primarily by self-styled Marxists to describe people "below" the proletariat. The lumpen include all people who might belong to the working class, if they worked. The unemployed, disabled, prisoners, and homeless are all part of the lumpen.
Also, the name of a political and cultural zine from Chicago.
Also, the name of a political and cultural zine from Chicago.
The Black Panther Party attempted to organize the lumpen. Eldridge Cleaver: "Armed with this ideological perspective and method, Huey transformed the Black lumpenproletariat from the forgotten people at the bottom of society into the vanguard of the proletariat."
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2003 Hyundai Elantra Values
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The 2003 Hyundai Elantra doesn't disappoint. It has a fast and powerful engine, excellent handling and best of all, it's a steal when stacked up against comparable cars in its class. The Elantra is offered in two body styles – the four door Sedan and the five door Sedan – in two trim levels – the GT and the GLS. Under the hood, it features a 135 horsepower 2.0-liter inline 4-cylinder with manual or automatic transmission depending on the model. The Elantra comes nicely equipped with air, cruise, keyless entry, power accessories, leather-trimmed seats and AM/FM/CD.


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The Walrus Says
Jamestown's annual re-creation of the nativity scene on Christmas Eve is missing a very important participant. There is no donkey.
Hopefully, in the days leading up to this wonderful event, a donkey will be located and join the sheep and an ox in the manger scene. Others taking part will be angels, shepherds, wisemen, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.
The pageant, which begins at 5 p.m. on Shoreby Hill, has been a Jamestown tradition since 1975.
Susan Lutes, pageant director, said the event "is a very meaningful way to embrace the Christmas holiday." Re-creators include members of the Girl Scouts; Boy Scouts; members of the Arnold Zweir Post 22, American Legion; Jamestown Memorial Post 9447, Veterans of Foreign Wars; and the Jamestown Rotary Club and the Lions Club.
Susan urges everyone "to enjoy the readings and blessings and join in with carol singing while the participants in the nativity scene re-create the events of that sacred night."
A tree lighting will conclude the 20-minute event. Observers should dress warmly and bring flashlights to follow along with the Christmas carols. Song sheets will be distributed.
If it rains, stay home.
If you have questions or locate a donkey, call Susan at 423-7435.
*** Barbara Szepatowski is druming
up excitement for the big dog parade this weekend.
"Hey, pups and all mutts, come one, come all, to the Jamestown Fire Station on Sunday, Dec. 17 for the sixth annual Jamestown Chamber of Commerce Holiday Dog Parade to benefit the Paws & Claws Senior Citizen's Pet Fund and the Jamestown Animal Shelter.
"Since December of 2000, at least 100 dogs and their owners have shown up each year decked in their holiday best, to bark, sing dog holiday carols, and vote for the best costume in the parade. With hot cocoa and Christmas cookies for both the owners and their pets, the parade has become a great way to relieve holiday stress while helping Jamestown's senior citizens with their pet's vet bills and care.
"The Jamestown Community Band will accompany us as we stroll down Narragansett Avenue, providing musical support for the carols. A table will also be set up at the fire department for people to sign up to volunteer to work on the animal shelter or make donations of supplies. Have you noticed the new roof on the shelter building?
"This year there will be a new feature with Linda Wallace and her associates at REMAX Bayview offering pet photos with Santa on the porch of their office located right across from the fire station. We hear Charlie Petit will be doing the honors. Both registration at the fire station; and photos with Santa will start at 1 p.m., with the parade moving down the "Av" at 2. There is a $5 entry fee for the parade and a donation for the pictures. And remember no cats allowed! "Woof, Woof!!!"
Donations are low this year and the deadline is looming to deliver the contents of the Town Hall Mitten Basket to the Newport County Women's Resource Center, which services Jamestown residents.
The basket contains donated mittens, gloves, scarves, and hats. Items must be newly purchased or handmade.
Kim Turcone, deputy town clerk, suggests that donations may be low this year due to the Town Hall's temporary change in location. It is now in the golf course building at 245 Conanicus Ave., across from the police station.
Kim added that "the resource center is always appreciative of the island's generosity."
A reader called to say that every time he drives by the beach at Mackerel Cove he feels warmer remembering the days of summer.
It's not the beach that makes him feel that way, it's the pair of sneakers hanging from the wires.
Bet somebody's mom is still looking for them.
We received a special request from teacher Beth Weibust. "My sixth-grade class would like to know what is the highest point of elevation on Conanicut Island? Our two top guesses are Top of the Mark and Beavertail. Any information on this?"
We consulted our island elevation expert, Al Bates, who lives on the north end.
Al writes, "There appears to be a Geological Survey benchmark about 400' west of North Main Road and 100' or so south of Frigate Street. There is an outcropping of ledge starting on the south side of the road and it's a good bet the benchmark, the high point, is at the top of the ledge.
"I don't know whose property it's on so I never looked for it. The elevation according to one map is 142'."
Al said that because the land at the high point has not been developed there's a good chance the benchmark, a brass plate placed there by the Geological Survey, is still there. "Locating it might make a good field trip for some sixth-graders," Al said, adding, "I was once in the sixth grade myself, during the Coolidge administration."
He's not kidding, Al turned 89 in July.
When making out your Christmas checks, remember 10-year-old Payton Watson who's in Hasbro Children's Hospital with leukemia (AMI).
She is the daughter of Sergeant Frank Watson of the Jamestown Police Department and Elizabeth (Goode) Watson.
If you feel you'd like to help Payton and her family with their financial needs, make your check out to the Payton Watson Medical Fund and send it to the IBPO Local 305, 250 Conanicus Ave., Jamestown 02835.
Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic tells us in his Pet Tip of the Week that as we look out for ourselves in cold weather we must look out for our pets as well.
"As the cold weather arrives and rain turns to snow and ice, there are some pet precautions we should all take. Be careful with all the road salt and de-icers that we tend to use on steps and sidewalks. Some pets will hurt their footpads walking on this stuff and you should either clean their feet off after every walk or else consider buying doggie booties to keep their feet safe. "Also, if your pet has long hair around his or her feet consider having it trimmed so they will not get snow and ice between their toes, which can be painful or contribute to frostbite. Active outdoor pets can become dehydrated even when the temperature is low, so make sure they have an un-frozen source of clean water to quench their thirst at all times. If they must be outside during the cold weather, make sure they have a clean, dry shelter available at all times."
Christmas means an upturn in correspondence between Jamestown and the North Pole. Postmaster Charlie Burns intercepts those letters and puts them in a special satchel that goes directly to Santa so he'll have time to reply.
Each December Postmaster Burns shares some of those communiques with us, and we thus share them with you. Here goes:
A young man writes, "I will kiss you Santa when I see you. I have been doing good behavior. Can you bring me some of these toys for Christmas please? 1 - A race track 2 - The 'Cars' movie 3 - Cars for my race track 4 - Fire trucks
5 - new coloring books
Thank you Santa! I will give you cookies and milk.
A young lady asks for a field hockey stick, goggles for field hockey, arts and crafts, some clothes for her and her American Girl Doll Samantha Parkington so they'll match.


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Antiplatelets work in various ways to prevent blood clots.
This medicine may be used instead of aspirin, or along with aspirin, in people who have peripheral arterial disease. It might be used after a person has had a procedure such as bypass
This medicine can prevent the formation of blood clots in people
who have
peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Antiplatelet medicines may help lower the risk of
heart attack and
stroke in people who have PAD.2
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have any unusual bleeding, such as:
Other side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference
is not available in all systems.)
Risk of bleeding
Antiplatelet medicine increases the risk of bleeding. This risk of bleeding is higher in some people. Your doctor will balance the benefits and risks of an antiplatelet based on your health.
If you
have a high risk of bleeding from taking an antiplatelet, your doctor may
suggest you take a
proton pump inhibitor or a histamine H2 acid reducer. This medicine may help prevent
bleeding in your stomach. If you are taking both aspirin and
an antiplatelet, talk with your doctor about how you can lower your risk of
Testing for clopidogrel
A genetic test might be used if your doctor thinks that your body is not using clopidogrel properly. This test checks to see if you have genes that let your body use clopidogrel. But experts aren't yet sure whether genetic changes keep clopidogrel from preventing a heart attack or stroke.
This genetic test alone is not enough to tell whether the medicine will help you. You also may have a test that shows how your body's platelets are working to clot blood. Having a platelet test after you take an antiplatelet can show if the medicine is working.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or trying to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments. And call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsRooke TW, et al. (2011). 2011 ACCF/AHA Focused update of the guideline for the management of patients with peripheral artery disease (updating the 2005 guideline): A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 58(19): 2020–2045.Hirsch AT, et al. (2006). ACC/AHA 2005 practice
guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease
(lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): A collaborative
report from the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular
Surgery, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for
Vascular Medicine and Biology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the
ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop
Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease):
Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Society for Vascular
Nursing; TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus; and Vascular Disease
Foundation. Circulation, 113(11): e463–e654.
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October 18, 2011
Healthwise Staff
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Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology & David A. Szalay, MD - Vascular Surgery
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Roosevelt University issues a photo identification card (ID) to each student and employee. The ID card serves as proof of student/employee status within Roosevelt University and provides access to many resources provided throughout the University including libraries, residence halls, and dining services as well as providing basic access to campus buildings themselves. The Office of the Registrar issues all student ID cards. The Office of Human Resources issues all employee ID cards.
Students and employees must carry a current ID card with them while on campus. The cardholder is responsible for the care and safekeeping of the ID card. It is prohibited to punch any holes in the card or to stick stickers, pins, or other items to the card. Students and employees must keep the card away from magnetic fields. The card may only be carried and used by the person to whom the University issued the card. The ID card remains the property of Roosevelt University and must be presented upon the request of an appropriate University official. The card may be revoked at any time by the University.
Any transfer, alteration, falsification, or forgery of an ID card constitutes a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and may result in disciplinary action by the Office of Conflict Resolution and Conduct or, in the case of employees, with the Office of Human Resources. In addition, fraudulent or illegal use of the campus identification may result in criminal charges and/or civil proceedings.
The information contained on a student or employee's ID card will not be released to persons outside of Roosevelt University unless required by law—in response to a valid court order or subpoena—or upon the execution of written consent signed by the cardholder. Exceptions to this rule include use of the information contained on or in the card to assist in the personal protection of any person or to comply with federal, state, or local laws. The photo portion of the ID card may be released as part of Roosevelt University directory information.
The Office of the Registrar issues all student ID cards. One initial ID card is issued without charge. To request an ID card a student must present his or her nine-digit student ID number. The Office of the Registrar staff will verify that the student has an active student status. A staff member of the Office of the Registrar takes a head shot photo image of the student, and the ID card is printed and presented to the owner. Campus Safety grants facility access to the student remotely.
The Office of Human Resources issues all employee ID cards. Human Resources staff verify employment, take a photograph for the card, and then produce the card. Campus Safety grants facility access to the employee remotely.
When an ID card cannot be found it must be placed on an ID card "lost" status. Placing a card on "lost" status protects the student and employee by de-activating the associated ID card privileges. Lost or stolen cards must be reported to Roosevelt University Campus Safety either in person or by calling 312-341-2020 in Chicago or 847-619-8989 in Schaumburg.
University policy requires that every student carry his or her ID card at all times. A student replacement ID card can be obtained from the Office of the Registrar during normal business hours. To gain access to a meal plan before a replacement ID card is obtained, a student must present an alternate valid photo ID to be looked up in the meal plan database. If a student ID is lost and a student has a Chicago dining services meal plan, dining services should be notified immediately by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Office of Campus Safety may offer temporary access to University buildings at their discretion. Students should obtain a replacement ID card from the Office of the Registrar during normal business hours as soon as possible. Employees must obtain their replacement ID card from the Office of Human Resources. Building access is active approximately five (5) minutes after a replacement ID card is printed.
If anyone believes there has been an unauthorized transaction made with the ID card, please report the concern and details immediately to Campus Safety at 312-341-2020 or 847-619-8989 for Schaumburg.
ID cards found by a non-owner should be returned to Campus Safety personnel as soon as possible. Campus Safety forwards found ID cards to the Office of the Registrar or the Office of Human Resources on a regular basis. University staff sends an email to the ID card owner's Roosevelt University e-mail account with notification that the ID card was found and should be claimed as soon as possible.
A missing ID card that has been placed on "lost" status by the owner can be re-activated by the owner if a replacement ID card has not already been printed. To re-activate an ID card that has been found when a replacement ID card has not yet been printed, the owner must come to Campus Safety during normal office hours.
If the most recently issued ID card becomes unusable due to normal wear and tear, it will be replaced at no charge. If for any other reason an ID card needs to be replaced, there is a $25.00 non-refundable ID card replacement fee, payable by credit card or check. Students also have the option of charging the fee to their student account in the Office of the Bursar.
A replacement ID card may be obtained by students from the Office of the Registrar during normal office hours (Monday through Friday) and by employees from the Office of Human Resources. The process of having a new ID card printed permanently deactivates the most recently issued card. University staff will dispose of any invalid ID cards.


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Six Nations
Warburton confident ahead of title defence
ESPN Staff
January 27, 2013
Wales endured an awful autumn internationals campaign © PA Photos
Wales captain Sam Warburton is adamant his team is not lacking in confidence ahead of their Six Nations title defence and can prove the critics wrong, despite their woeful run of results.
Wales will go into next Saturday's clash with Ireland at the Millennium stadium on the back of seven consecutive defeats, including losses to Argentina and Samoa and four defeats to Australia. But Warburton insists his squad can regain the form that saw them reach the Rugby World Cup semi-final in 2011 and secure the Six Nations Grand Slam last year.
"It is not all doom and gloom," Warburton told Walesonline. "People like to pick on the regions or the lack of recent wins the Welsh team have had. But we are in a good place and there is no lack of confidence.
"There are always ups and down in sport and we just have to make sure we weather that and come out the other side. It was not so long ago we were playing some great rugby and reaching World Cup semi-finals and winning Grand Slams.
"We have a strong squad which is similar to the one that has enjoyed success over the last 18 months in the World Cup and the Six Nations. You don't become a bad or good side overnight and the players know that.
"We played a lot better towards the end of the autumn campaign and that is what we have to focus on. We were so close to winning against Australia and it is just those small margins we need to overcome."
Wales coach Rob Howley was similarly defiant in the face of pre-tournament scepticism, which included Wales legend Barry John suggesting Howley's team could slip into the second tier alongside Scotland and Italy. But the Wales interim head coach is confident they can defy the critics.
He said: "We are proud of the tag of Grand Slam champions and we want to defend our crown. The experience we had of winning the Six Nations has been very special.
"A lot of these players have been through that process in 2008 and 2012. We want to replicate that and having that experience makes us very proud. We won't relinquish the title easily and that is our goal because we want to back up our Six Nations campaign of last year.
"That was a question last year asked of this squad, whether they could back up the World Cup semi-final performances, and we did that. We have had a blip but the players will come in as Six Nations champions and title holders. We will not give that up easily.
"The injuries have been talked about, but I want to focus on the team going forward. We have always believed in talent, and it flourishing in our national environment."
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Checking in on shares of L S I Industries I (LYTS), we can see that the current opinion signal on the stock for today's session is 16% Sell. Looking back at the last month, the opinion signal reads 100% Sell. This is the combined signal for the previous month when applying a wide array of studies based on price movement. Using these same guidelines, the signal for last week stands at 16% Sell. Investors may also be interested in the strength and direction of the opinion signals. The opinion direction is currently Strengthening. This is a measurement over the past three trading sessions that provides an indication of whether the latest recent price movement is following the signal. A Buy or Sell signal with a "Strongest" direction indicates that the signal is gaining strength. The opinion strength signal is presently reading Minimum. This is a longer-term gauge verse the historical strength.
Investing in the stock market can be highly unpredictable. Veteran investors may have spent many years studying the market. At some point along the way, many investors may have had to make some tough decisions. Making the tough stock portfolio decisions can seem like a daunting task, especially if some wrong calls have been made in the past. Investors who are able to quickly learn from previous mistakes may be much better situated if they are able to keep from repeating those mistakes. When just starting out, investors may want to go slow and steady in order to focus on the simpler investing ideas first.
Shifting the focus to some medium-term indicators on company shares, we note that the reading from the 40-day commodity channel index is currently Hold. The CCI indicator is mainly used to identify oversold and overbought levels. Switching to the 50-day moving average vs price signal, the reading is measured at Sell. This indicator is used to watch price changes.
Tracking current trading session activity on shares of L S I Industries I (LYTS), we can see that the stock price recently hit 4.44. At the open, shares were trading at 4.53. Since the start of the session, the stock has topped out with a high of 4.53 and bottomed with a low of 4.35. After noting current price levels, we can see that the change from the open is presently -0.02.
Many investors opt to keep a close watch on the views of sell-side analysts that cover the stock. The current analyst rating on L S I Industries I (LYTS) is 5. This is based on a scale where a 5 would indicate a Strong Buy, a 4 would equal a Moderate Buy, 3 a hold, 2 a moderate sell, and a rating of 1 would indicate a Strong Sell. Traders and investors are constantly looking to develop a winning strategy when it comes to the equity markets. Some strategies may be simple, and others may be complex. Keeping emotions in check may not always be the easiest task when studying a particular stock. Figuring out what works and what doesn't may take investors a lot of time including some trial and error. When a specific strategy doesn't pan out, it may be necessary to reassess the position and find a new angle.
Equity market investors have plenty of information available to them when making stock selections. One of the toughest parts of selecting stocks may be figuring out which data to pay attention to. There are always swirling headlines in today's financial news media. While some information may be highly important, other information may be much less important. Knowing exactly what to look for when doing stock research may take a lot of time to master. Investors who are able to stay highly focused may find it much easier to spot opportunities in the market. Once the investor knows what to look for, the stock market puzzle may be a bit easier to start piecing together.


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