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Guest: Tim Phillips, Ken Gormley, Cynthia Tucker, Joan Walsh; Rep. Bart
Stupak, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Let's play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews in Washington. Leading off tonight:
The road to—well, actually, the road to 216. It's hard to say what's
happening with health care. President Obama canceled his trip to Indonesia
to stay in Washington for the House vote, which is now expected sometime on
Sunday. The Congressional Budget Office's much-awaited report on the
health care bill is out, and the Democrats seem to like it.
So will this be the deal-maker for Democrats to get the handful of
votes they say they need? In a couple of minutes, we'll talk to a
Democratic congressman who's been the one constant roadblock to the bill,
Bart Stupak.
And remember this nasty picture we showed you yesterday from a
Columbus, Ohio, health care rally, where we saw protesters mocking a man
with Parkinson's disease?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll pay for this guy! Here you go. Stir (ph)
the pot. I'll pay for you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll just...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, here's another one. There you go!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you love a communist?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No more handouts!
MATTHEWS: Well, that protester in the white shirt there, who threw
money at the man suffering from Parkinson's disease, was carrying a sign
that reads "I Am AFP," which stands for Americans For Prosperity. And the
president of Americans for Prosperity will be here tonight to explain his
behavior, or that man's behavior.
Plus, the late word on the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Ken Starr's
investigation of former president Bill Clinton. We're going to talk to the
author of a book who says that in order to keep from being indicted,
President Clinton had to cut a deal that required him to admit he had lied
under oath.
We'll also show you a much-interrupted Fox News interview with
President Obama.
And finally tonight, I'll finish with my thoughts on a South Carolina
congressman's attempt to drop Ulysses S. Grant from the $50 bill and
replace Grant with Ronald Reagan.
Let's start with the latest on the health care vote. NBC News
political director Chuck Todd's also our chief White House correspondent.
Chuck, I've been trying to read it. Which way is it going, toward the 216
or not?
CHUCK TODD, NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT/POLITICAL DIR.: Well, I
think this is a case that it's getting toward the 216, but they're not yet
there. And more importantly, they need more time. I mean, the most
important thing that Speaker Pelosi said was actually in an interview with
Rachel Maddow about a week ago, when she says, When you have the votes, you
call the vote.
And bottom line, on this schedule that the president had, which he
needed to leave on Sunday to get to Indonesia, it wasn't clear they were
going to have the votes by then. She's not going to call this vote until
she has the votes, and they don't think—there is nervousness that they
need another 24 hours. They may need until Monday.
They still want to say Sunday. Everybody's saying Sunday. But
frankly, the way this is going, you could see how this is stretching until
Monday. The CBO report isn't completely finished. They know that. And
they wanted to have all their I's dotted and T's crossed, and it wasn't
going to happen on Sunday. And they need that flexibility. They don't
want him on Air Force One making phone calls.
MATTHEWS: Well, tell me what you think or what your gut told you when
you heard the president's trip to Indonesia and Australia had been put off
until June? That word came late today.
TODD: Right.
MATTHEWS: What did you make of that when you first heard that? Did
you have a gut sense this means they don't have the votes yet, or what?
TODD: Well, I think it means they didn't have the votes yet and they
were getting—and I think that means they're nervous about how the Senate
is going to do their deal next week.
Don't forget, this is a two-step process, right? Step one, House
passes the Senate bill plus this reconciliation fixes. Well, what's step
two? That the Senate take those fixes, start this reconciliation process,
get the parliamentarian involved, make this decision about whether the
president has to sign the original health care bill first. And then—
there's so many balls up in the air.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
TODD: And the Senate is the Senate. You don't know exactly how
they're going to react and how this whole amendment process is going to
work next week, that the idea of him not being on the ground, and him in
the middle of the Indonesian night...
TODD: 00not being able to focus on that and having to make phone
calls back here—it just was going to seem like an odd thing to the
public. Look, he's been making the case to the American public that—he
hasn't, but others for him have, that his presidency, for the short term,
is on the line.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
TODD: OK? So what's he doing in Indonesia, right, the picture of
that, when...
MATTHEWS: I agree.
TODD: ... he's got to get it done here.
MATTHEWS: It would remind a lot of people of Napoleon heading back to
Paris from Moscow, leaving the troops behind. I mean that. Anyway, thank
you so much, Chuck Todd, for that late report.
Let's go now to U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak. He's a Democrat from
Michigan. He's a pro-lifer. He's a stalwart fellow. He's not giving up.
Let me ask you, what do you think your position on the bill is going to do
to the up-or-down, come perhaps Sunday, sir?
REP. BART STUPAK (D), MICHIGAN: Well, right now, we'd be in the no
column, along with a number of my colleagues who feel the same way I do.
Lookit, current law says no public funding for abortions. You don't put it
in legislation. There's been a ban on it for 30-some years. Why change
the law? That's a principle we're standing up for and we're voting no.
MATTHEWS: What do you make of the large organization of religious
orders, of religious nuns—apparently, this organization represents 90
percent of the religious sisters in this country. What do you make of them
coming out for the bill as it's written?
STUPAK: Well, with all due respect to the nuns, when I deal or am
working on right-to-life issues, we don't call the nuns. I mean, we deal
with right to life. We deal with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
I mean, their opinion...
MATTHEWS: Why are the bishops more...
MATTHEWS: Why are the bishops more reliable than the nuns?
STUPAK: Well, because I don't think I've ever been—in my 18 years,
I don't think I've ever had been contacted by the nuns to—on
legislation. You know, it's seldom that you see them. They're not
considered one of the groups that's actively involved up here on issues.
They may surface. They might write a letter, but they're not up here
talking with members. And they're not the recognized spokesperson for the
Catholic church.
MATTHEWS: Well, I can remember my Aunt Eleanor, who's my mom's
sister, who's a sister of St. Joseph, and she came and lobbied Tip O'Neill
when I was working for him. So I know one example. I know the Maryknoll
nuns used to come and lobby the Speaker. I mean, I have experience with
nuns being quite capable of representing their religion, so—but it's up
to you to tell me who you want to listen to.
Let me talk about Dale Kildee, who's a pro-lifer. I talked to him
last night. He said he's guided by his conscience in these decisions and
he's for the bill. What do you make of that? He was with you, now he's
with the president.
STUPAK: Well, all due respect to Congressman Kildee, he was never
part of my group of 12. We might see this legislation differently, maybe
as the nuns see it differently from the bishops.
Lookit, there's a real principle here that I'm standing up for. And
when you take a look at this legislation, the Senate bill allows for the
first time ever abortion to be a covered benefit in federal health care
plans, plans that are a part of the exchange (INAUDIBLE) by the federal
MATTHEWS: What about the argument...
STUPAK: Go ahead, Chris.
MATTHEWS: What about the argument that the way the bill is written,
even by the Senate, that it discourages companies from offering that
service, that procedure, that in the end—I've heard this argument, I
hear your argument—and by the way, I respect your argument...
STUPAK: Sure.
MATTHEWS: ... that there's another argument that the way this thing's
written in the Senate, you're not going to have many insurance carriers
that will want to deal with the government on this basis, that'll want to
have to meet their standards for the two checks and all this procedures,
that they'll won't end up offering abortion as a service if they deal with
the government on this?
STUPAK: I've heard the argument. It is a little bit burdensome.
Every month, you're not going to sit down and write check for $1 to an
insurance company for reproductive rights which include abortion, plus your
share of the premium.
Look, let's just keep current law. Keep the current law. Keep the
current principle that we all believe in, no public funding for abortion.
Keep it out of this health care debate. I want to see health care pass.
Man, I sit on all these hearings about preexisting injuries, rescissions,
underinsured, small businesses being forced out of providing coverage for
their employees. I'd love to see health care.
So let's just remove this whole thing, this whole abortion issue from
the health care. Keep current law, and let's pass health care whether it's
Sunday or Monday. Let's get the job done for the American people.
MATTHEWS: We just got the report that Bart Gordon of—I believe
he's from Tennessee—has just declared that he has gone from no to yes.
He's a pro-lifer, and says he's going to vote for the bill now. Your
reaction to that? This is news tonight.
STUPAK: Not surprised. Not surprised. Again, in order to win this,
you had 39 members in the House. I voted for the bill. But there were 39
others who did not. So if they want to get around Bart Stupak and the rest
of us who are standing up for our beliefs, then you have to flip some of
these 39. And I predict they'll get half a dozen of them to flip. You're
still going to be short about six.
MATTHEWS: You think the bill will pass right now, Congressman?
STUPAK: Right now today? No.
MATTHEWS: Do you think it's not going to make it?
STUPAK: Right now today? No.
STUPAK: By Sunday? By Sunday? They could have the votes.
STUPAK: Let's continue working on it. Let's get the job done.
MATTHEWS: Look, I respect your position. Never get me wrong on this.
I think this is a really good argument to have. And in our country, I
think we have to have these arguments. They're very important to have.
We're not a country that doesn't care about life. Countries have to make
these decisions, sir. Thank you very much, Bart Stupak of Michigan, for
coming on.
STUPAK: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Let's listen to House Speaker Pelosi today talking about
the push to pass health care, and she's leading the effort. Here she is.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: For the health and
wellbeing of American people, for the fiscal soundness of America's budget,
for seniors, for our young people, for women, for small businesses, for
competitiveness, we will make history and we will make progress by passing
this legislation.
MATTHEWS: Let's turn now to Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman
Schultz of Florida. She's the chief deputy whip in the House and she knows
what's going on. So Congresswoman, I know you know more than I know.
Share. How close are you to getting towards 216 by Sunday or later?
REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D), FLORIDA: I think by Sunday, or
when we vote, which I believe will be Sunday afternoon, we will have the
216 votes that we need to finally pass this historic reform and cover
everyone in America, make sure that we provide some security and stability
to people who already have coverage.
MATTHEWS: Why is the president not going to Indonesia on schedule?
Have you been informed as a whip?
SCHULTZ: Well, I think it's pretty obvious why the president wouldn't
go to Indonesia, because this is the most significant and historic piece of
legislation that we've ever considered and—you know, short of Social
Security and Medicare. And this is an opportunity to finally do what every
president for the last 100 years has tried to accomplish, and we need
Barack Obama's leadership.
MATTHEWS: Do you think the members who are making statements about
why they're voting against the bill are giving true answers, or answers
that meet their expediency? For example, Stephen Lynch up in Boston—
he's a Southie—representative from South Boston. He's just come out
against the bill and he says he's going to vote against it because of the
cost issue. But I know he's a pro-lifer, and I wonder whether he just
doesn't want to offend the pro-choicers in his district by saying that's
the reason. What do you think?
SCHULTZ: I'm not going to question my colleagues' motivations for how
they cast their vote. Everybody has their own reasons. And listen, we've
spent a lot of time on this bill...
MATTHEWS: Are they giving us the honest reasons? Are they telling us
the honest reasons why they're voting?
SCHULTZ: Chris, I'll tell you, I'm just not going to question the
motives. I take my colleagues at their word, you know, in the Democratic
caucus. We've spent a lot of time on this bill, and each member has to
reach their own conclusion. And whatever reason they state is the reason
that I think should be taken at face value.
MATTHEWS: OK, here's a tricky question. Are people being told
different things, depending on their philosophies? For example, are the
pro-lifers being told that, in effect, you probably won't have coverage of
abortion services because it's going to be too onerous on the companies to
have separate checks coming in and it's just going to bother them to have
to advertise this way or whatever, and other people are being told, no,
this is a pro-choice bill?
SCHULTZ: No...
MATTHEWS: Are people getting different messages from Nancy Pelosi?
SCHULTZ: Not at all.
MATTHEWS: She said there's no abortion—do you buy the fact there's
no abortion provided for in this bill?
MATTHEWS: Even though you're a pro-choicer.
SCHULTZ: I'm pro-choice, and I believe that every member, whether
you're anti-choice or pro-choice, can be confident that this bill is
neutral on abortion, doesn't change current law at all and insures that we
can have a separation between personal funds and government funds when it
comes to abortion coverage. That's the important thing.
MATTHEWS: Does the bill provide services for abortions? Does it in
any way finance abortion, this bill?
SCHULTZ: It does not provide in any way federal funding for abortion,
just like current law currently prohibits.
MATTHEWS: OK. So it's consistent with Hyde?
SCHULTZ: It is. And at the end of the day, health care reform should
not be about abortion. That's what we've been trying to get across.
MATTHEWS: Well, you can it's not about it unless it provides for it.
If it provides for it, it's about it. But you say it doesn't, so let's
move on.
MATTHEWS: Your point about the final decision-making as a whip—
without giving away names of what you're negotiating with, but we can
probably figure it out by looking at the list—what do you think is going
to decide whether you get the 216 or not between now and Sunday? What will
be the critical voting issues, as we say, that decide members?
SCHULTZ: Well, I think the members that are still making their
decision are really the members that cost control is the most significant
issue for them. And the CBO score that came out today that shows we get a
$138 billion reduction in the deficit, that we preserve Medicare for an
additional nine years and get a significant $1.4 percent savings in
Medicare every year in this legislation for the first 10 years—those are
the kind of things that are going to move those members.
And at the end of the day, we're going to be able to get to that magic
216 that we're going to need.
MATTHEWS: Thank you so much...
SCHULTZ: You're very welcome.
MATTHEWS: ... Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who's out there
getting the votes for the president and the Speaker.
Coming up, that awful event in Ohio where tea party protesters—and
we can see them do it—humiliate a man with Parkinson's disease—he's
the guy sitting there on the ground—telling him he wasn't getting any
handouts from them. Well, you make your judgment. It's pretty obvious
about the human nature of this thing. We're going to talk to the national
president of one of the groups that sponsored that event and see what he
thinks about that kind of behavior.
You're watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Opponents of health care reform
got out of hand at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this week when they -
some of them berated and humiliated a man suffering from Parkinson's
disease. Here's that video. You've seen it before. It was taken by a
"Columbus Dispatch" reporter, who's describing the scene. You'll hear his
narration as we start.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At one point, a man whose sign said he had
Parkinson's sat down in front of health care opponents.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you're looking for a handout, you're in the
wrong end of town! Nothing for free over here. You have to work for
everything you get!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll pay for this guy! Here you go! Start a pot!
I'll pay for you. Here you go.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll decide whether when to give my money!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here, here's another one. There you go.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You love a communist!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No more handouts!
MATTHEWS: Americans for Prosperity was one of the sponsors of the
anti-health care rally, and one of the protesters who threw that money was
someone who had that sign on, there he is, advertising the organization.
It reads "I am AFP."
Tim Phillips is president of Americans for Prosperity. Well, let me
get to this—what do you think of that picture?
TIM PHILLIPS, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY: It's terrible. And it's
reprehensible, and it no way reflects the spirit that we want our grass
roots activists and that 99.9 percent of them display, which is being
civil, spirited but civil. That doesn't do that.
MATTHEWS: Well, what's the spirit of that guy? Describe that guy's
PHILLIPS: Callous and rude. And it's wrong.
MATTHEWS: Well, why is he so angry? Why is he so angry that he picks
on guy who is handicapped?
PHILLIPS: I can't put myself in...
MATTHEWS: Well, I can.
PHILLIPS: ... his place, Chris.
MATTHEWS: He's mad.
PHILLIPS: Well, he's mad, but I don't know why.
MATTHEWS: He's mad about something in his life.
PHILLIPS: Right.
MATTHEWS: He doesn't like being hit for taxes. He doesn't like being
hit for a big government thing. There's something that's—look at this
guy. He's well-dressed. He's a businessperson. He comes up there—you
know, he looks like he's got an MBA. He's got that look. He's all
together there. He's not some ragtag guy. Look, he's dressed for success
and he has an attitude. I work—and the other guy pretty—in this part
of town, you don't get handouts. What's "this part of town" in Columbus
they're talking about?
PHILLIPS: Yes, I don't know.
MATTHEWS: What—oh, you do. What part of town?
PHILLIPS: I don't know. I don't know. I'm not from Columbus, Ohio.
But, listen, Chris, there were a bunch of folks at that rally event
who are also angry and frustrated at this health care takeover attempt.
And they were acting in a way—the fellow in that green sweater that was
to his right, he was acting in a civil way. And he's probably upset and
concerned, too. So, I think it's hard to draw conclusions about folks.
But those two guys were wrong.
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about the guy who is on the ground there. What
should he be doing?
PHILLIPS: Well, look, he has every right to be there.
MATTHEWS: No. What should he be doing? He's got Parkinson's. He's
sitting on the ground there, engaged in this protest, to the extent he's
able to. He can't stand up, obviously. He's got a placard there.
He believes in the health care proposal of the president. Why is he
different than you, except that he has a need that you don't have? I
noticed that all the people in your crowd there are all healthy, robust
guys, rough-and-ready characters. They don't have any obvious diseases
haunting them. They don't look like they have got cancer or something
that's really going to ruin their life, financially and physically, and
kill them.
They look like they're the lucky genes pool. And then you see the guy
on the ground who needs some help, and they're mocking a guy who needs help
because they don't think they do. That's the spirit. You say the behavior
bothers you. What about the spirit of people who have been lucky health-
wise mocking a guy who has not been? That's my question. I will end it
PHILLIPS: Two points. The spirit...
MATTHEWS: The spirit of those guys.
PHILLIPS: The spirit of a lot of people is this. The government
can't do this job of taking care of health care and it should stay out of
MATTHEWS: Well, what is—that guy, look, on the ground there, needs
help from the government.
PHILLIPS: And the second point is...
MATTHEWS: But that guy on the ground needs help from the government.
He says he does. Is he wrong?
PHILLIPS: I think that this health care plan is wrong for America.
MATTHEWS: Is that guy on the ground wrong to ask for help?
PHILLIPS: He's there supporting a 2,000-page bill. And I think he's
wrong in supporting that legislation.
MATTHEWS: What should he be doing?
PHILLIPS: I think he's wrong in supporting that legislation. I'm not
going to try to give him advice for what he should or should not be doing.
MATTHEWS: Well, ask—OK, pretend now you're recruiting him to
Americans for Prosperity. Why don't you tell that guy sitting on the
ground who has got Parkinson's disease, probably a terminal disease in his
case, probably, he has, what, how many more years of this before he's gone,
right? He's facing a bad future. It's going to get worse. This guy,
should he join your group?
PHILLIPS: Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: And what will you offer him?
PHILLIPS: We had a lady with a brain tumor Canada who came down here
to get treatment. And she stood with us. And she said, Tim, I sought
Americans for Prosperity out because, in my country of Canada, I could
never have gotten the treatment that saved my life. And so she sought us
MATTHEWS: Wait a minute. Where did her resources come from? Not the
Canadian government.
PHILLIPS: Absolutely not. She had to do a second mortgage on her
house to fund this. And it was pretty heavily resourced. It stood up
under scrutiny. She was in our first television ad.
She came here and sought us out. So, people—I have been at events
in Louisiana with a quadriplegic gentleman who stood and said—or was
there in his chair and he said, look, I don't want the government doing
this. I'm afraid they will decide my quality of life isn't worth saving,
MATTHEWS: So that guy with Parkinson's should take out a second
mortgage on a house...
PHILLIPS: Oh, come on. I didn't say that. Come on.
MATTHEWS: No, what should he do? I'm asking to you give this guy a
pitch, not the healthy guys. We know where they stand.
PHILLIPS: Right.
MATTHEWS: They're rough-and-ready guys. They're probably
libertarians. I can take care of myself—until they get in a motorcycle
accident, and somebody comes with an ambulance that they didn't pay for,
takes them to a hospital that they didn't pay for, puts them in an E.R.
that they didn't pay for, and then society pays their way. And then
they're say they're self-reliant.
They're not self-reliant. They're potentially just as much a victim
as that guy.
PHILLIPS: Here's the pitch I would make, Chris.
MATTHEWS: And they don't have the resources to do it, to deal with it
at the time. They will take the free...
PHILLIPS: Here's the pitch I would make to him. Do you really want
the government deciding whether your quality of life at your age and with
the condition you have is worth saving? I don't want some government
bureaucrat deciding that for you or for my mom and dad. My mom just got
out of rehab.
MATTHEWS: Do you think that guy's getting good health care right now?
PHILLIPS: I'll tell you what.
MATTHEWS: He's sitting in the street.
PHILLIPS: I think it's going to worse under the federal government.
PHILLIPS: I think it's going to worse under the federal government.
MATTHEWS: He doesn't have anything.
PHILLIPS: He's going to have a bureaucrat deciding that he's not
worth saving, potentially.
MATTHEWS: OK. He is as valuable to our society as any one of those
guys yelling at him.
PHILLIPS: No one's arguing that point here, Chris.
MATTHEWS: OK. What do you recommend he do?
PHILLIPS: I recommend that he not support legislation where
bureaucrat in this government may be deciding whether or not to cover his
sickness, because they're going to be deciding that.
The section in the Senate law, 2713, does just that. It establishes
boards that says, OK, we think this sickness and this sickness is worth
covering, but you know what? That one's not. And we're not going to cover
it. We don't to trust them with that.
MATTHEWS: Here's my problem. The 30 million people that are going to
get health care subsidized under this bill right now have relied on a
private sector program that doesn't exist. They don't get health care now.
So, whatever you're talking about doesn't exist. There is no health
care for the 30 million people who will benefit from this program of the
PHILLIPS: And we're going to destroy the best health care system for
the other people.
MATTHEWS: No, but those 30 million people, those 30 million people,
of which that gentleman on the ground represents, those 30 million have
PHILLIPS: Do you know that?
PHILLIPS: I'm not sure you know that, Chris.
MATTHEWS: I know there's 30 million people, and I know that guy's in
desperate straits, and I know that guy's for the president's health care
bill, because he's got a placard on him that says so. I don't have to make
any assessments here.
And you haven't come up with a solution, your crowd, for the people
that are in need. You have a solution for the people who are not in need.
You, in other words, have a health care plan for the healthy. That's
PHILLIPS: That's ridiculous. That's just not true.
MATTHEWS: I have just seen them there.
PHILLIPS: That's not true. There are a number—there are millions
of Americans with conditions, and they are deeply concerned about whether
or not their particular coverage and their quality of life is going to be
worth saving under this government.
And, look, the president loves to bash these insurance companies.
MATTHEWS: But you guys don't have a plan.
MATTHEWS: But you don't have to plan for the 30 million uninsured.
PHILLIPS: People trust the insurance companies more than they trust
this federal government.
MATTHEWS: You and the Republican Party—I have guys on here like
Pence. Night after night, they come on and they say, if only we had power.
And I say, guys, when you were in power under President Bush, when you
had both houses of Congress, you didn't do any of this stuff. You did
squat. You never do anything. You wait for the Democrats to propose
something and you point to the flaws in their proposals and have a big
rally about it, how excited you are to point to the flaws, but you have no
What is your program for the 30 million uninsured right now?
PHILLIPS: Let me give you three good ideas.
MATTHEWS: No, program to insure them, to give them health care.
PHILLIPS: You don't need a 2,000-page program to fix this. That
doesn't work, Chris.
MATTHEWS: OK. What is your program to give them insurance, to give
them insurance?
PHILLIPS: Allow people to go across state lines to get their health
insurance coverage. That's going to make a difference.
MATTHEWS: That guy's going to walk across state lines.
MATTHEWS: That guy, how is he going to get across state lines? He
can't walk.
PHILLIPS: You can do it on the Internet, Chris.
PHILLIPS: The second thing is risk-pooling for small businesses and
families, so they can join greater pools of people and get coverage that
way. Those two things alone, without creating some big 2,000-page
bureaucracy, would go a long way towards solving...
MATTHEWS: And what Republican congressperson has gotten that bill
passed or tried to in all the times Republicans have been in power?
PHILLIPS: I'm not here to defend Republicans. And they deserve to be
beaten up sometimes over this.
PHILLIPS: Chris, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to defend
those guys.
MATTHEWS: What is your group called?
PHILLIPS: Americans for Prosperity, not Americans for Republicans.
MATTHEWS: What has Americans for Prosperity done to get a bill passed
that meets the goals you just set of interstate competition and pooling
purchasing of medical products? Where did this all—this is all
illusory? You talk about it as if it exists. You guys have nothing...
PHILLIPS: We support it.
MATTHEWS: ... to offer except criticism.
PHILLIPS: That's unfair and it's wrong. We have been calling for
these proposals for years.
MATTHEWS: Where's Pence on this? Where's Boehner on this? Where's
Eric Cantor?
PHILLIPS: They support those two provisions I just said.
MATTHEWS: Well, they have been in power.
MATTHEWS: Until recent elections, sir, they didn't do anything when
they had all the power. Why not?
PHILLIPS: I can't speak for them.
MATTHEWS: Well, you're a lobbyist. You're supposed to...
PHILLIPS: I'm a lobbyist? I'm a grassroots organizer. I'm a
community activist, Chris. Come on. come on.
MATTHEWS: To what effect are you grassroots-organizing, if not to get
somebody to do something that you believe in?
PHILLIPS: I just laid out the things we're for.
MATTHEWS: To what effect?
PHILLIPS: And we're going to push those and we're going to keep
pushing those.
MATTHEWS: It's just talk.
PHILLIPS: But right now...
MATTHEWS: You're throwing these ideas out as alternatives because
it's a way to discourage people to do something that might happen. When
are you going to do something that might happen for the 30 million people
PHILLIPS: If you passed those two ideas, you would increase the
coverage for eight to 10 million of those.
MATTHEWS: OK, what's the name of the bill? What Republicans are
pushing these things?
PHILLIPS: Jim DeMint has a piece of legislation.
MATTHEWS: Oh, Jim DeMint is going to...
PHILLIPS: Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: Jim DeMint.
PHILLIPS: Yes, Jim DeMint.
MATTHEWS: Jim DeMint, who votes against every single thing. He votes
against—his voting record is a no for...
PHILLIPS: He would vote for that. Put it up in a freestanding
amendment. He would do it...
MATTHEWS: Everybody watching now knows that you guys have empty
pockets when it comes to a proposal. What you're very good at is
criticizing. You're really good at the....
PHILLIPS: Well, it's not hard to criticize a 2,000-page bill...
MATTHEWS: ... you share with that guy who was throwing money at that
MATTHEWS: What he's really doing was mocking that effort of that guy.
He was mocking it.
PHILLIPS: Two people out of hundreds. Don't disparage the entire
effort, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Did you see anybody in that crowd disagree with those two
PHILLIPS: Yes, they did. The guy in the green jacket looked like he
was talking to him.
But, look, hundreds of upon hundreds of people were at that rally.
PHILLIPS: And they were being spirited and appropriate. And please
don't denigrate all those Americans who were there doing the right thing.
It's good...
MATTHEWS: What was the right thing? To be against health care?
PHILLIPS: The right thing is to stand up to a health care takeover
that's attempting to be pushed through by this Congress right now.
MATTHEWS: You know, you guys have very good rhetoric, takeover, you
know, socialism. You're really good at that.
PHILLIPS: It is a takeover.
MATTHEWS: What you're not good at is insuring the 30 million people
that don't have insurance right now. That's what you're not good at.
PHILLIPS: We have good ideas for those to help cover those people. I
just gave you two of them.
MATTHEWS: How come the 30 million aren't saying, let's have that
Republican plan?
PHILLIPS: Hey, I don't see them out in the street pushing for Obama's
plan in big numbers either. We can't find the other side. They're
terrified. They know they're losing right now, because their ideas are
being rejected by the American people.
MATTHEWS: You know, you may be right.
PHILLIPS: Put them in the street, Chris.
MATTHEWS: You may be right.
PHILLIPS: I don't see them.
MATTHEWS: You may be right, but I think you're wrong.
But thank you. It's great...
PHILLIPS: You bet.
MATTHEWS: You have got a nice spirit. You got some bad friends,
MATTHEWS: Anyway, more HARDBALL after this.
PHILLIPS: Chris, that's just...
MATTHEWS: You have got to find that guy with your T-shirt on.
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MATTHEWS: Up next: Bill Clinton and that Monica Lewinsky affair, we
have got an author on that who is one going over it again. We are going to
talk to him about how the president, the former president had to cut a deal
admitting he lied under oath, so that he wouldn't be indicted.
We're going to get a little—this may be the last look at this case,
but an interesting one.
And, later, President Obama repeatedly interrupted in a big interview
on FOX News. You have got wonder about how that thing got booked.
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BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I want you to listen
to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with
that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time.
CLINTON: Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was
not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.
MATTHEWS: Wow. Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Those statements were, of course, the bookends that came to define a
portion of Bill Clinton's presidency.
Law professor Ken Gormley has done extensive interview with the key
people in that investigation and has new insights in his book, "The Death
of American Virtue."
Thank you.
And why do you call it that, "The Death of American Virtue"?
KEN GORMLEY, "THE DEATH OF AMERICAN VIRTUE": Well, really, Chris, I
was talking about public virtue, this notion that sometimes it's better to
have restraint on both sides, I'm talking about. And I think both sides
lost their compass on this and were fighting to the death. And that was
MATTHEWS: Should there have been—I have heard different stories
about this, that there are ways that it could have been avoided. They
could have avoided impeachment. They could have just done a resolution of
some kind.
GORMLEY: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Why didn't that happen? Why wasn't something done
appropriate to the misbehavior, instead of putting the black mark against
President Clinton for life, really, in the record books?
GORMLEY: Right.
MATTHEWS: Well, do you think it was worthy of impeachment? First of
all, Andrew Johnson shouldn't have been impeached. That was totally
political, back after the Civil War.
GORMLEY: Right.
Well, I viewed Henry Hyde before he died. He thought that this was
the honorable thing to do, that Clinton had lied under oath. President
Ford told me this remarkable story, that he was trying to broker...
MATTHEWS: Henry Hyde didn't do this because the Clinton people were
pushing the story about his youthful indiscretion? This didn't get
personal with him?
GORMLEY: No, I don't—I don't think it really did.
MATTHEWS: But you know that story, don't you, that the Clinton people
were pushing that story?
GORMLEY: Yes, sure I do. Yes, I understand that. But I don't think
that that was the reason.
I think Henry Hyde really believed this. But I also...
MATTHEWS: Oh, I know, but he also had a personal attitude, which was
these guys are cutthroat in the way they play politics.
GORMLEY: Well, that's what I'm saying. Both sides lost it in this
thing and forgot about protecting the institutions of government.
MATTHEWS: Yes. OK.
Why did Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, even answer
questions about a relationship with Monica Lewinsky, when it had really
nothing to do with the Paula Jones civil case? Why didn't he just say, I'm
not going to sit here and tell you everything I have ever done with
anybody; it's irrelevant to this case; I'm not going to answer; call the
federal marshals; bring them in; I'm not answering the questions?
GORMLEY: Yes, that's a great question.
MATTHEWS: Well, what's the answer?
GORMLEY: The answer is...
MATTHEWS: Why did he get involved in perjury?
GORMLEY: There was a federal judge, Judge Susan Webber Wright,
sitting in the room who said, you have to answer these questions.
MATTHEWS: So what? Thank you, Judge. I'm not going to answer them.
GORMLEY: Well, that was one option.
MATTHEWS: Let's take it to court. We will go to the Supreme Court.
I'm president of the United States.
GORMLEY: Right.
MATTHEWS: This has nothing at all to do with the Paula Jones case.
GORMLEY: Or he could have taken a default judgment and said, this is
a civil suit, so I will pay some money. I'm not answering.
MATTHEWS: I will pay the money.
GORMLEY: Right. He could have done that. But, at this point, he
thought that there were only two people in the world who knew about this
affair, him and Monica.
Of course, he didn't know about the blue dress.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
GORMLEY: And so he assumed that it would never come out.
MATTHEWS: So he thought he could—he could push his way through?
GORMLEY: And I don't believe his lawyer, Bob Bennett, knew.
MATTHEWS: Yes, that's what you told me. That makes sense in this
What is the story here about this, that he had to offer up this
statement? Let's put the full screen up here. This is a statement that
the president put just as he was leaving office. It was released just—
actually just literally before the other president came in. Quote, "I
tried to walk a fine line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely.
But I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal, and that
certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false."
Why did the president say—it seems to me, obviously, it was true.
He was making false statements. He wasn't giving honest answers in the
deposition. But why did he make that statement?
GORMLEY: This was part of the deal. This wasn't made public as
much as it should have been, that there was a carefully-crafted dealing not
to indict President Clinton just as he's walking out the door of the White
House. And Robert Ray, who took over from Ken Starr, sat down with
President Clinton, one-on-one, and told him he had to resolve all of these
issues, which led to suspension of his Bar license in Arkansas, paying a
25,000 dollar fine for contempt in the civil case, and also making this
statement that he had walked this fine line.
Now, notice that he never says that he intentionally lied under oath
and committed a crime. And his lawyer, David Kendall, was adamant that if
he was going to have to admit to a crime, he would fight to the death on
that. You have to give Robert Ray a lot of credit for this, and he really
has never received credit. He figured out a solution that was good for the
country here.
MATTHEWS: I made a statement on the air during this time. I said
what was impeachable wasn't proven, and what was proven wasn't impeachable.
Apparently, one of the Democrats who was defending the president used that
in a big plaque and used that in a big quote. Is that true, what was
impeachable wasn't proven, and what was proven about his misbehavior, if
you will, wasn't impeachable.
GORMLEY: I agree with that.
MATTHEWS: Why was he impeached?
GORMLEY: I think that the House was pushing this because I believe
the House managers thought as long as they could have that asterisk next to
his name—
MATTHEWS: They wanted to put the Mark of Cain on him, basically.
GORMLEY: I really do think that was part of it. And I think it was
a terrible mistake. And the Senate got it right and knew that this was not
impeachable. It didn't have to do with a matter of state.
Ultimately, Chris, you know who the heroes were in this otherwise
tragic story?
MATTHEWS: Yes, I'd love to know.
GORMLEY: The American public, because they ultimately put a stop to
it. They got it. They understood what he had done wrong. The punishment
didn't fit the crime. And they ultimately said stop, enough. And that's
when the impeachment came to an end.
MATTHEWS: Well, it was also the senators.
GORMLEY: Sure. But the American public gave that message to the
Senate and they understood.
MATTHEWS: Have you closed the book on this? Is this the end?
GORMLEY: I would certainly hope so. But you have to look in the
mirror and recognize both sides are responsible.
MATTHEWS: Thank you so much. You seem like a reasonable guy.
Thank you so much for all this work. The name of the book?
GORMLEY: The "Death of American Virtue, Clinton Versus Starr."
MATTHEWS: Thank you very much, Ken Gormley, for that. We're going
to coming right back. Up next, President Obama's unusually testy interview
with Fox news. Again, I wonder who set up this interview. Wait until you
see this one. This was not pleasant. This is HARDBALL coming up here.
It's not HARDBALL. This is Fox coming up. We're going to show you it,
what you're going to see, on HARDBALL. That's coming up. More HARDBALL
coming back on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Making his final push for
health care reform, President Obama appeared on Fox last night. As this
montage showed, it was hard going, hard for him to get in a sentence, at
least a full one.
OBAMA: And I don't think we should pretend otherwise, and if—
BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: But Mr. President,
this Monday—
OBAMA: Brett, let me finish.
BAIER: Let me insert this. Let me get to more specifics on
substance, not process.
OBAMA: Hold on a second, Brett. We'll have more security. So—
BAIER: How can you—you guarantee that they're going to be able
to keep their—
OBAMA: Brett, you've got let me finish my answers.
BAIER: But, sir, I know you don't like the filibuster.
OBAMA: I'm trying to answer your questions. You keep on
Let's assume that I had never proposed health care—
BAIER: But you wanted to change Washington, Mr. President, and now
we're doing it the same way.
OBAMA: Brett, let me finish my answers here.
BAIER: Mr. President, I'm getting wrapped up. I don't want to
interrupt you. I apologize for interrupting you so much. I was trying to
get the most for our buck.
MATTHEWS: How's he doing. I don't know why he gave him the
interview. Joan Walsh is the editor in chief for Salon.com and Cynthia
Tucker is political columnist for "Atlanta Journal Constitution." Joan, I
don't know he got the booking or why he did it. If I were him, I would
wonder who brought that character into the Oval Office. Your thoughts?
JOAN WALSH, SALON: He wanted to get the most for his buck? Did he
pay somebody, Chris? That was ridiculous.
MATTHEWS: Who were the people that crashed the White House party.
This guy must be their buccaneer buddy or something. Your thoughts?
WALSH: Yes, somebody—I don't think Gibbs set that up for a buck.
Trust me. I don't know who set it up. But it was a waste of the
president's time. Except, Chris, I will say one thing. He fights to get
his point across. And you know, they just look really disrespectful. It
was a really disrespectful thing to do.
We don't expect much better than Fox. But every time they want to
go around telling us that they're a news channel and not an opinion
channel, I think somebody should play that audio montage, because that was
CYNTHIA TUCKER, "ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION": And that's why I
think it was important for the president to be there, quite frankly. I
think he did score some points.
MATTHEWS: How so?
TUCKER: Not with loyal Fox viewers. But there might have been a
few independents who were watching who would give the president credit for
walking into the lion's den. This guy has some guts. He knows that they
oppose everything he stands for. But he's still there, trying to make his
point, even with Fox News.
It clearly wasn't an interview, by the way. You know, journalism
students in high school would recognize that that wasn't an interview. The
guy was trying—the interviewer, Baier, was trying to score political
points himself, which is what Fox News always does. It's not news. It's
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you now—we can agree on that, I think, just
watching it. People have to make their own judgments. I'm sure there's
other versions of that interview available on the web. You can probably
find other versions. But looking at that, it looked like he was
interrupted like 16 or 17 times, and clearly those were a lot of real
interruptions in a reasonably brief interview.
Let me ask you, Joan, first of all, where this stands. It looks to
me like, slowly, the leadership is able to bring over people towards the
216, as we leave the airways at the end of this week. We're heading
towards the end of the week. Is it your sense that they have enough
stamina to take this across the finish line at this point, to 216?
WALSH: No one should ever doubt Nancy Pelosi's stamina. So I
don't. I think they'll get their 216. I think they're talking to people.
They're twisting arms. They're cajoling. They're doing what they need to
I really don't doubt that they will get to 216. I know they flipped
a couple of no votes just today. It's slow going. It's really person by
Also, Chris, can I just thank you for standing up for the Catholic
nuns against Bart Stupak, because he didn't need to disrespect the nuns to
stick with his position. So you have Catholic pro-life people coming over,
listening to the nuns and saying, this is a pro-life deal. I think they're
doing a good job now of combatting the last bit of resistance.
MATTHEWS: I agree with you on that point. I was being respectful
to him, as well. But I do—on the point—
WALSH: You were good..
MATTHEWS: -- of treating nuns—my late mom's two sisters are
Sisters of St. Joseph. You couldn't be more qualified to talk about public
policy. One of my aunts has been teaching kids since 1942. She taught
special education kids all those years, way before we even had the right
words to use.
WALSH: It's just so much guts for them to stand up.
MATTHEWS: All of that, the vow of poverty, and people who disagreed
with their position on choice. Just remember, these people devote their
lives, every day of their life, to helping people. So they have a right to
have an opinion at least.
TUCKER: Absolutely. And I, too, was very pleased that they came
out and said, health care reform is the pro-life position.
MATTHEWS: That's your argument. They have a different argument.
In this case, I wasn't—weren't you, though, impressed—we've got to go
to Joan on this. Weren't you positively impressed, regardless of the right
or wrong of what side you're on, that the nuns as organization, 600,000 of
them, representing 90 percent of their religion sisters in this country,
got out there and did respect and offer their opinion. And they didn't let
the bishops just entirely monopolize this conversation?
WALSH: I was moved by it, Chris. They did. Standing up to the
bishops, there will—I'm sure there will be penalties. They did it
because they are a voice of conscience, and they are a voice for the poor
in this country, and for the uninsured, unemployed. It took a lot of guts.
I really, really appreciated the way you stood up for them.
MATTHEWS: Cynthia, let's look at a couple of the people that have
moved over already today, Bart Gordon, I believe he's Tennessee, and Betsy
Markey of Colorado. They're moving over a little at a time, Dale Kildee
yesterday, Dennis Kucinich from the progressive side. They are picking up
people here and there. They have to get to 216 and nobody says they're
there yet.
TUCKER: Nobody says they're there yet. They're very optimistic,
Chris. I think Dennis Kucinich was a very important win on the progressive
side, because now he's going to other progressives, trying to persuade them
to come over as well.
On the conservative side, the CBO scoring of the bill, showing that
it reduces the deficit even more than the original House or Senate bill
were, that's good for the Blue Dogs. And so, yes, I think they'll get to
MATTHEWS: Cynthia, thank you. Thank you so much, Joan. We agree
on many, many things. When we return, I'll have some thoughts about the
effort to replace President Grant on the 50 bill dollar bill with President
Reagan. You're watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with this: a North Carolina
congressman is pushing the idea of take Ulysses F. Grant off the 50 dollar
bill and replacing him with Ronald Reagan. I can only guess that there is
politics involved with this, dare I say local politics.
My old boss, Tip O'Neil, was famous for saying that "all politics is
local." I guess it could be good politics in North Carolina for a local
politician to celebrate a recent conservative Republican president. I
guess it might also be a nice little grace note to do so by dumping from
the 50 dollar bill the face of the general who won the Civil War.
But that bit of local politics is hardly a justification for this
idea. The Civil War was a tragedy. It cost this country 600,000 Americans
death. Young men shot at each other at point-blank range across open
fields in places like Gettysburg. Guys who were in the same class at West
Point went at each other, each man leading an army, trying to kill the army
of his classmate.
We, the American people who fought in the Civil War, had
overwhelmingly the same Christian religion. As Lincoln put it in the
Second Inaugural, "both pray to the same God. Both sides spoke the same
language. And both paid deep respect to the founding fathers," and until
1861, the same republic.
The historic fact is all that Americans owe the greatest respect
toward the general who won and ended this war. Sam Grant went from leading
a local militia to leading the Union forces by winning battles. Because he
won those battles, the war ended quicker than it might have. Because he
believed in the cause of ending slavery, those victories meant something.
Because he wanted the free slaves to have a true freedom, a true
opportunity to make it in this country afterwards, this enormously popular
two-term president was attacked in later years by revisionist historians.
Remember this if you remember nothing else: the first southern
general that Grant beat in the Civil War was a close friend of his, Simon
Buckner. The first friend he met at Appamatox Courthouse after the war was
another old classmate, General James Longstreet. When he lay dying,
Longstreet was one of the last to spend any time sitting with him. Many
southern officers marched in the funeral parade, including General Simon
Buckner himself, who served as one of General Grant's pall bearers.
This is a great country, a unified country for the very reason that
there was this real personal respect among the men who fought in that
great, awful war. We should not let our failed memory or inadequate
appreciation of true American history to pay disrespect to one of its
leaders in a lame attempt to honor another.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us. Right now, it's
time for THE ED SHOW, with Ed Schultz.
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Falls are usually not a good thing, but they can be purposeful and engineered for safety, such as in gymnastics. With my daughter involved in the sport I couldn't help but pay a little extra attention to the Olympic Games in Rio and the gymnastics coverage. You can't help but be impressed with the power and heights that both the men and woman achieve when they execute their routines.
While picking my daughter up from gymnastics practice at her training center last week I spied a book published by the USA Gymnastics (USAG) titled "Gymnastics Risk Management and Safety Course Handbook." The USAG is the governing body for gymnastics in the U.S. and sets the performance standards and skill progression requirements all participants, from toddlers to Olympic hopefuls.
As a safety professional I couldn't help myself and had to take a peek at the book. The book, it turns out, is the reference material for a risk management course that all gym owners/operators have access to in order to better understand risk and the liabilities that come with the sport.
As a parent it's easy to place the wellbeing of your kid in the hands of others without much thought. Just pull into the parking lot and drop them off—"see you in a few hours honey." That same approach plays out a lot in life where we place our faith in others, such as the manufacturers of engineered safety equipment, employers that are supposed to be fulfilling their regulatory obligations, and belief in our fellow workers that they are making good decisions, especially when it comes to health and safety.
Opening the USAG book I came to learn that the development and implementation of gymnastic risk management practices started in 1985. Born out of necessity from the 1970's, when the rate of a catastrophic injury, resulting in paralysis or death, averaged about 5 youths per year. That number may not seem like a lot, but if it's your kid that's a different story.
From 1985 through 2010 the incident rate dropped to 0.52, and considering that the popularity grew tremendously during that same time, this is an impressive feat. After all, it's in the best interest of the sport to prevent these injuries. The same thing's happening to participation in football and soccer since the awareness of concussions popped-up several years ago.
The USAG resource book is impressive and accounts for risk in a very similar way that employers do in the working world. Here are just a few of the sections from the Table of Contents:
- A Model of Risk Management: assessment, selection, implementation, monitoring
- Facilities: hazards, risk assessment, inspections, preventative maintenance, external grounds
- Apparatus and Equipment: product liability, standards, training pits, rebound devices
- Supervision and Instruction: communication, coaching techniques
- Preventing Child Abuse: coach-athlete relationship, physical/sexual abuse
- Ethics
- Injury Prevention and Care: physical, technical, tactical
- Sports Medicine
- Responsibilities of the Athlete
Does all this look familiar? The parallels to how industry operates are striking, and it's a little more reassuring that a risk-based approach for the sport exists.
I know, a book is just a bunch of words on paper, and what makes the difference is how much of this is actually getting done and executed at the training centers. Yes, I'm very tempted to ask for an audit or sit down with the owners and ask a bunch of questions to get a sense of how well their practices fall in line with the benchmarks set by the USAG. But I'm sure I won't be the favorite parent.
As an employer, you need to stay on top of things, too. Take a look at your risk management practices and be honest. Do they keep pace with industry best practices or voluntary standards? Have you had an outside party look at your safety management system, programs and procedures to give you feedback? If not, consider these resources to reach out to for some input:
- Industry associations that may have safety professionals on staff
- Insurance carriers or brokers that have loss-control specialists
- Private for-hire safety consultants
- Peers or other professionals that you respect and will provide an honest opinion
About Dan Hannan: Dan Hannan is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and has been practicing safety for twenty-four years. He is presently the Safety Director for Merjent, an environmental and social consulting firm serving the world's leading energy and natural resource companies. Merjent consultants have decades of specialized experience on pipeline projects, including planning and feasibility, environmental permitting, construction compliance, operational compliance, third-party analyses, stakeholder engagement, and technology solutions. Dan can be reached email@example.com.


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Abigail Eddy – Died May 20, 1687 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was born on October 6, 1601 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. Abigail is my 9th great grandmother.


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I love Shimokitazawa. On this recent trip, I had initially planned to re-visit a favourite cafe which charmed my socks off the last time I was there. After that, I would walk around and leave by late afternoon. Instead, I found myself lingering till after night fall. As it got dark and the temperature turned cooler, the crowd thinned as well. I got to experience a different Shimokitawaza. It was more mellow with the occasional quiet chatter punctuating the air. My stride was light and unhurried as I took in the sights. It was such a beautiful night!
I eventually settled at Rainbow Kitchen for dinner. It is a gorgeous little space! Lucky us got to sit side by side at this cute little table facing the window. As I sipped my drink, I gazed at the people wandering the street outside and then at the beautiful shadows dancing on my table created by the candlelight.


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750 vehicles will cross the block the 4th weekend of November
Mecum Auctions will be traveling to the Anaheim, California, area November 21-23, 2013, and with it will be a collection of 750 classic and collectable vehicles. This visit will mark the second annual Mecum Auctions held at the Anaheim Convention Center.
If you're planning to head to the Anaheim Convention Center or are interested in following along, expect a line-up of muscle cars, hot rods, Corvettes, and classics. A 1966 Shelby GT350 Fastback and 1955 Chevrolet Nomad are some of the cars Mecum is excited to have crossing the block. To make sure you aren't left out, we've made sure to compile this unique list of the top 5 cars coming Anaheim, California, in a few weeks.
The 5 cars we're most excited to see cross the auction block:
This 1966 Shelby GT350 is sporting a 289ci with a GT40 camshaft, HiPo heads, and backed by a 4-speed transmission. The owner has made it clear the car has the original oil pan, valve cover, intake manifold, and rearend. A JBA exhaust takes the fumes out back. The 1966 Shelby GT350 is rolling on the factory installed 9 spoke wheels, wrapped in fresh BF Goodrich tires. What's more, the interior and headliner is original.
As far as Mopars go, we're very impressed with this 1970 Plymouth Superbird. The muscle car is packing a 440ci Six Pack that cranks 390hp. A Torqueflite automatic transmission harnesses the power, while power steering and power brakes make the drive that much easier. The car is stuffed with a black, vinyl bench seat and the outside is coated in Hi-Impact Tor Red paint. The car rests on Goodyear Polyglas tires. What makes this car so special, beside its obvious visual appeal, is its long resume. The car was featured on the television show "What's My Car Worth," registered with the Chrysler registry, and documented as #0664 of the 440 Six Packs from the factory. This car also includes the original broadcast sheet. This is one cool collector car. We're pumped to see what it fetches at auction.
1973 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty
For any serious Pontiac fan, this 1973 Pontiac Trans Am is a car that needs to be in a collection. This all original, numbers matching T/A comes with the factory 455ci, an automatic transmission, air conditioning, tilt steering wheel, and an 8-track player. The car has been through a frame-off restoration that is documented with photos. The original window sticker, title, registration, and warranty card are included with this muscle car. We're confident whoever buys this will already have a few collectors cars to their name.
With the redesign of the Camaro, and recent debut of the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, this 1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro is sure to catch some attention. The car is all-original: engine, transmission, rearend, Houndstooth interior, body sheet metal, and Super Sport wheels. This COPO has a paltry 21,000 original miles. This Camaro has also been verified by COPO Connection as legit and has a Spinner Concourse Gold Award of Excellence with 955 out of 1,000 points from the Camaro club. It comes with the factory window sticker and is an early production COPO. This will definitely be a sight to see as it crosses the block in Anaheim.
1955 Chevrolet Nomad Resto-Mod
Rounding out our list, this 1955 Nomad Resto-Mod is certainly capable of bringing any Chevy enthusiast delight. The car has been through a frame-off restoration, while the body was coated in Teal Blue paint accented by a White roof. As you get inside, the Camel leather interior and Dolphin Digital custom gauges catch your eye. A non-factory tilt wheel, Vintage Air, power windows and locks, AM/FM Sirius satellite radio, and Bluetooth give the classic car modern day creature comforts. The Nomad is powered by an all-aluminum 5.7L LS1 backed by a 4-speed automatic. An all-new Corvette power rack and pinion steering makes this 1950s Chevy handle on a dime, while dual circuit power disc brakes allow it to stop in a hurry. This 1955 Nomad Resto-Mod rides smooth on a C4 aluminum front and rear independent suspension that was custom fit for the Nomad's original chassis while remaining planted on a set of 19-inch custom billet wheels. We're eager to see what lucky bidder will score this magnificent ride.
If you're unable to get to the West coast for the auction, but you're interested in seeing the auction on television portions of the auction will be broadcast live on Discovery's Velocity Network. Mecum will also present a live stream of the entire auction at its website HERE. Be sure to check it out or come back here in a month to get an updated list of what some of the cars sold for. It's sure to be an action packed auction.


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This is a photograph taken of the individuals who put on a play in April 1936 at Plain City Junior High School in Plain City, Weber, Utah. The play was "The Girl Who Forgot". The Ogden Standard Examiner announced the play 3 April 1936.
Here are the people who in the photo with a little more information.
John Major Reese (1898-1976)
Wilmer Eugene Maw (1920-2009)
Van Eliot Heninger (1909-1989)
Milo James Ross (1921-2014)
Americo Rauzi (1910-1998)
Dorothy Richardson (?-Alive)
June Ellen Wayment (1920-2012)
LauRene Thompson (1921-2010)
Marguerite Maw (1921-2009)
Ruth Carver (1922-2007)
Rex Lee McIntire (1922-2003)
Benjamin Keith Hodson (1920-1970)
Ray S Charlton (1920-1991)


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Fraggle Imperator HK's fox on typewriters Wednesday 03/01/2007, 13:33
The following long lasting bugs in the calculation of abilities and bonuses have been corrected:
- characters with both a stop ability and stop bonus will block anything as expected (ex: Dieter)
- characters with a -X attack, min Y in both ability and bonus will reduce the opponent attack as expected (ex: Zatman vs Dorian)
Let us know if you see any remaining bugs. Please do your testing in the Dangerous Zone as there is no randomness and thus you can be absolutly sure of the outcome (except when attacks are equals).
Have a nice day!
I_am_Rav Hero Indonesia Raya Friday 26/01/2007, 19:12
Does anyone know the answer?
-sCapeg0d- Imperator Limit Break Saturday 27/01/2007, 07:36
... For your first question, Bryan's ability ie. Stop opp ability, will naturally stop Windy Mor as well as Mortha's "stop opp bonus" ability.
... Secondly, if you have timber at LvL 5 in your draw (not your deck), your Mortha (or any other card for that matter) will inflict 1 damage on your opponent, if you win that is.
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Yesterday i played bryan againts sigmund cr with bonus and i won the battle but why didnt the stop opp ability triger?so is the bonus on top of the ability?


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Dog USB Hub
Woof! The USB Hub Dog is man's best friend. That is assuming that the man in question has a lot of USB devices that need to be plugged in to a single USB port.
Pig USB Hub
To put some fun into the daily boring USB's and USB Hubs we see day in, day out, in every home, office and work place.
Turtle USB Hub
This cute little turtle is a four port USB hub. He also has a secret. No he's not a teenage mutant ninja hero in a halfshell. He's a stash turtle:
Tulip USB Hub
Turn your desk into a blooming garden with this pretty tulip USB Hub! Four USB high-speed ports are included, with one colorful red flower for each.
Aphrodite USB Hub
Aphrodite was the Greek Goddess of love and now she can be your Goddess of Hub with the Aphrodite USB Hub. This bust is made of ceramic with a slip resistant base and has 4 ports to charge all the USB gadgets you love.
Skull USB Hub
Who in their right mind would NOT want this USB Hub on their desk? The top of the skull is even hollowed out to hold your fave candy, keys, spare change, paper clips, razor blades, plastic spiders or even eye of newt!
Robot USB Hub
All hail the mighty Roboto, come to conquer our desks and lay siege to our peripherals! Bow before his diminutive wrath! Standing a towering four inches tall, it really does wind up and stomp about your work space when it isn't commanding your accessories with its four USB slots, or controlling your mind with its glowing green eyes.
LEGO USB Hub
Transformer USB Hub
Transformer USB Hub doesn't transform into your typical boom box, but into a fully functional USB HUB device disguised as a laptop computer. When transformed into robot mode, Blaster can be posed in a variety of ways due to the multiple joints of movement, and will surprise anyone passing by your cubicle.
Airplane USB Hub
Big ol' jetliner, don't carry me too far away. The aircraft's propeller serves as a real working fan (with an on/off switch just above the cockpit) and the wings each have 2 USB ports to plug your gadgets into. When you plug this airplane into your computer it makes a sound like a jet engine taking off, which is only mildly annoying. Unlike a lot of other novelty USB Hubs, this one doesn't look like they just took some cool object and randomly slapped a few USB ports into it – the ports look like they belong on the plane.
Chocolate Bar USB Hub
This is a good choice for those USB fans. Shaped like a chocolate bar, the modular USB set could be a delicious device for your computer. Each piece functions as a modular flash drive, and the central hub's touchscreen allows you to organize your files without connecting to the computer.
Medusa USB Hub
Far too many peripheral hubs are cranked out without a single thought given to design, but thankfully, the creators of the Medusa Hub realized that aesthetics do matter. This interesting piece, which is sure to claim a section of prime real estate on your desk, boasts a trendy white finish, four USB ports, a pair of FireWire 400 connectors, a fan, and even a light.


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When the Academy Award nominations are announced, there are often surprises, sometimes including an underdog or two that may have burrowed their way into a finalist slot. It's rare, however, to find nominees who haven't been significantly promoted to Oscar voters or widely written about by award prognosticators.
As with every year, 2013 had its share of smaller, indie or under-the-radar releases with elements perhaps as strong as some of their more ballyhooed brethren. But without the marketing muscle (read: money) to push them front and center, most of these lesser-seen pictures had little to no chance of capturing the hearts and minds — and votes — of academy members. In other words, you have to lay the ground for a groundswell.
So, in honor of these many fine if relatively obscure candidates, The Envelope presents the third annual Level the Playing Field nominations, because there's always room for one more film.
Best picture
Although documentaries are rarely thought of to compete in the best picture category, the superb "Letters to Jackie" should have been considered. The film, whose financing was independently raised by writer-director Bill Couterié, had a quick theatrical run last October only to air soon after on TLC. But that should in no way diminish its place as one of the year's most stirring films, as well as one of its finest documentaries.
One of a barrage of movies and TV specials timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, "Letters" was a brilliantly conceived, beautifully crafted portrait of JFK based on readings (performed by a starry cast) of actual condolence letters sent to Jacqueline Kennedy after her husband's death.
Profound, lyrical and immersive, the film, though not necessarily of the visual sweep or narrative scale of such past best picture Oscar contenders as "JFK," "Frost/Nixon" or "Lincoln," was nonetheless an equally vital cinematic snapshot of American political history.
Lead actress
Anchoring the solemn but enormously powerful "The Patience Stone" was Iranian star Golshifteh Farahani, whose remarkable performance as a deeply conflicted Muslim wife tending to her cruel, now-comatose husband while confessing her darkest secrets should have, by all rights, qualified her for a lead actress nod. That is, had award voters been sufficiently exposed to the movie. (While "Patience" was Afghanistan's official foreign-language Oscar entry in 2012, it didn't appear in U.S. theaters until last year; screeners were not sent to academy members.)
Based on the bestselling novel by Atiq Rahimi, who directed the movie and co-adapted the script with veteran screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, "The Patience Stone" was a haunting look at extreme patriarchy and how women survive in such repressive cultures. Farahani brought unusual strength, resourcefulness and humanity to this engrossing and important film.
Lead actor
Last year was an unusually good one for actors, so even some of the most touted stars became also-rans. That said, busy Australian actor Joel Edgerton ("Warrior," "The Great Gatsby") gave perhaps his most effective performance yet in the exceedingly tense and emotional thriller "Wish You Were Here."
Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith from a powerful script he co-wrote with wife (and the film's costar) Felicity Price, this Aussie import combined the vacation-from-hell thriller with the best kind of personal mystery. As a seemingly average Joe torn from his comfort zone, Edgerton quietly stole the show — and should have made off with some awards season love as well.
Supporting actress
Amid all the talk of Scarlett Johansson's literally all-talk performance in Spike Jonze's "Her," there's been nary a mention of the actress' vibrant, spot-on turn as a bridge-and-tunnel heartbreaker in writer-director-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt's bold, if somewhat underappreciated, comedy "Don Jon."
Playing the sexy, controlling Barbara, Johansson deftly embodied the title stud's would-be dream girl, replete with one of the most colorful "New Joisey" accents — and affects — this side of the Hudson River. Johansson could have given Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence, who costarred as the similarly-cut Rosalyn in "American Hustle," a real run for her money. That is, if anywhere near as many folks took the modestly budgeted "Don Jon" — screeners of which were, in fact, sent to Oscar voters — as seriously as the more epic, higher-pedigree "Hustle."
Supporting actor
Speaking of "Don Jon," comedy vet Tony Danza was egregiously overlooked for his hilarious portrayal in the film of Gordon-Levitt's old-school horn dog of a dad. Danza blustered his way through a series of edgy domestic encounters with his porn-addicted son, enjoyably commandeering every scene he appeared in with roguish charisma. And not for nothing, Danza, now 62, can still rock a tank top.
Recent Oscar-nominated comparison: Robert De Niro's obsessive-compulsive father in 2012's "Silver Linings Playbook." "Danza in the same breath as De Niro," you ask? In this case, yep. The onetime pro boxer and former "Who's the Boss?" star nailed it — and should've nailed the attention of Oscar voters.
Destin Daniel Cretton received much attention last summer — and rightly so — for writing and helming the foster-care drama "Short Term 12." But it's his work on the terrific, micro-budgeted "I Am Not a Hipster," which was fleetingly released early last year (it first screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival), that truly ranks him among the year's best directors.
Cretton, who also wrote the movie's prize-worthy script, brought such a deft eye and sharp ear to this deeply affecting, lovingly shaped tale of a talented musician (skillfully played by Dominic Bogart) at odds with himself — and his art — it would have seemed exceptional for a filmmaker's fourth or fifth picture. That it was Cretton's debut feature made it that much more impressive.


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If anyone needed a reminder that Christmas and NewYear holidays are almost here, Societe Generale has provided it. Analyst Dylan Grice has picked up the mantle of the departed James Montier to offer a seasonal reading list for those with a fixation about investment and economics.
True, some people might prefer to immerse themselves in a rollicking sea tale from Patrick O'Brian or a good old Sookie Stackhouse vampire mystery. But we know that Reuters blogs' readers are a discriminating lot with a keen understanding of and passion for finance. So here is Dylan's list of six must-reads:
1. Manias, Panics and Crashes, by Charles P. Kindleberger;
2. The Essays of Warren Buffet, edited by Richard Cunningham;
3. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefevre;
4. Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Taleb;
5. The Case against the Fed, by Murray Rothbard;
6. Judgement under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases, eds Kahneman, Slovic and
His description of each can be found here. But what is your reading list? Tell us what you would include and why.


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Of all the big issues facing America, climate change barely registered in this year's presidential campaign — not until Hurricane Sandy crashed the party.
So as soon as the major news networks called the race tonight, environmentalists started firing off e-mails urging Pres. Obama to turn his attention back to our warming world. They're hoping that Obama's re-election and Sandy's devastation will reset the national conversation on climate change, after several years in which many politicians refused to utter those two words in public.
"While Sandy's lessons are still fresh, the president should be clear about the urgency of cutting carbon emissions and strengthening critical infrastructure to protect Americans against the rising costs of climate change," wrote Eileen Claussen, president of the non-profit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
And of course, environmentalists are hoping for a little payback.
They've had their disappointments with Obama. Those include letting die in the Senate a bill that would have created a cap-and-trade system to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But environmentalists and clean-energy advocates have remained key parts of his coalition. And they note that Sandy — the kind of storm that climate change science predicts will become more common as temperatures in the ocean and atmosphere rise — gave Obama some needed momentum in the race's final days.
"He had a great opportunity with that big storm to show himself in a strong role, and a bipartisan role, working with Gov. Christie and Mayor Bloomberg," said Bay Area hedge fund manager and clean-energy supporter Thomas Steyer, in an interview Tuesday night. "It was a chance to see him in action. And that worked very much to his advantage."
Steyer had another reason to celebrate Tuesday night. A California ballot measure he bankrolled — Proposition 39 — appeared headed to an easy victory. The measure will change how some multi-state companies pay taxes in California, raising about $1 billion in new revenue each year. About half of that money will pay for energy-efficiency upgrades and renewable power projects at California government buildings and schools.


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How to Find the Best Penny Stocks Company
Penny stocks aren't always valued at a penny per share. There are some that may be as high as a dollar. If the amount of money that you have available for stock trading is limited investing in penny stocks could be a smart stock investment policy for you.
If you purchased 1000 shares of a stock at 10¢ per share, and that stock went to 15¢ per share, your $100 becomes $150 or a cool 50% profit. If that 10¢ stock instead went to a dollar or even $10.00 per share, your earnings would look amazing certainly.
To find the true company, there are a few things you need to search for.
Do some research and try to find out how many shares the company holds in its float. The float is the number of shares that are currently being traded. Companies listed on the Pink Sheets generally do not officially report this number to the public, but with a little research, you can discover it. It is usually contained in articles written about the company, or in TV or radio interviews with company officials that are sometimes archived on certain websites.
You can also find the information on message boards or forums where penny stocks traders chat with each other. Look for companies that have approximately 5 to 100 million shares in their float.
Before buying penny stocks from a new company, you should ensure the following things. These are barriers to entry, patents, and consumer demand. Here are the questions you need to ask yourself when analyzing the probability that a company will be successful:
1) Barriers to Entry: Make certain whether there are any obstacles that will make it difficult for the company to sell its products or services.
2) Patents: Is the product that the company is going to sell original? A patent will stop other companies from producing the exact same product.
3) Demand of the product: you should also ensure whether there will be a demand for what the company is selling? Every so often a company has a great new invention or an exciting technology, but if it is not something practical that consumers are going to want or need, then it does not matter how great it is.
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White County dates to 1857. Two previous attempts to pull land from Habersham County to fashion a new county had failed. It was not until State Representative David T. White of Newton County lent his support to the cause that the legislature at last agreed to organize the county. In appreciation, residents named the county in White's honor. The county seat, Cleveland, is named for Colonel Ben Cleveland who fought in the Revolutionary War.
In the broad Nacoochee Valley of White County, archeologists have found remains of Gauxule, an ancient Cherokee Indian town and a site visited by Hernando de Soto. The area also houses other artifacts that researchers attribute to an ancient, unidentified race.


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We have recently described that two distinct and stable T helper 2 (Th2) subpopulations can be obtained from the same naïve T cell precursors depending on the presence or absence of small amounts of IFN-γ at the time of priming. The two Th2 subpopulations vary in the ratio of IL-4 to IL-5 that they produce, and throughout this application are referred to as Th2 (normal levels of IL-4 and IL-5) and Th2Hi5 (high ratio of IL-5 to IL-4).
Interestingly, when injected into RAG-/- mice, myelin basic protein (MBP)-specific T cells belonging to both Th2 subpopulations caused an inflammatory disease in the recipient mice, but the disease outcomes were very different depending upon which Th2 subpopulation was injected. While Th2 cells induced the well-known ascending paralysis that progresses from the tail through the hind legs toward the front legs (heretofore referred to as "classical" experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis or classical EAE), Th2Hi5 cells induced a severe inflammatory disease which could not be scored according to the conventional disease scale. Animals receiving Th2Hi5 cells would roll on their back, spin and display great difficulty in maintaining the right position. We refer to this disease as "non-classical" EAE. Thus, T cells with identical specificity for MBP, primed under slightly different conditions are capable of causing clinically different diseases.
Examination of the various parts of the central nervous system (CNS) by histology or FACS revealed that the inflammatory infiltrate predominated in the spinal cord in animals afflicted with classical EAE, but predominated in the brainstem and cerebellum in animals that displayed non-classical EAE. Moreover, the inflammatory cells observed in the non-classical EAE lesions were very enriched in eosinophils, whereas the inflammatory cells observed in classical EAE lesions displayed large numbers of neutrophils and mononuclear cells (when classical EAE was induced with Th2 cells) or a predominance of mononuclear cells (when classical EAE was induced with Th1 cells).
To explain our data, we hypothesize that T lymphocytes primed in an IFN-γ-poor microenvironment (Th2Hi5) acquire the property to migrate into cerebellum/brainstem, whereas T lymphocytes with identical antigen specificity but primed in the presence of IFN-γ (Th1 or conventional Th2) preferentially migrate to the spinal cord. We further hypothesize that adhesion/homing molecules, and in particular chemokines and chemokine receptors, may be differentially expressed, accounting for the differential lymphocyte migration.
In order to explore these possibilities, our Specific Aims are:
1. To determine chemokine and chemokine receptor profiles in T cells primed in the absence of IFN-γ or in its presence and to determine whether chemokine expression in different parts of the normal CNS can explain the preferential attraction of the two Th2 cell subtypes.
2. To determine the role of IL-5-mediated eosinophilia in the non-classical EAE pathology.
3. To block specific chemokine/chemokine receptor interactions in order to re-direct lymphocyte migration onto different parts of the CNS. Vertigo is a known occurrence in some MS patients and is often accompanied by brainstem inflammation. At least with regard to some clinical and histological aspects, non-classical EAE may serve as a model for inflammation-triggered vertigo. Furthermore, we believe that the non-classical EAE, which we can reproducibly induce, represents a novel model to help understand the mechanisms underlying differential migration of immune cells into the different tissues of the central nervous system.
Wensky A.K., Furtado G.C., Marcondes M.C., Chen S., Manfra D., Lira S.A., Zagzag D., and Lafaille J.J. IFN-gamma determines distinct clinical outcomes in autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol. 2005 Feb 1;174(3):1416-23.
Sensory difficulties, like hearing loss or vision problems, are not just about those senses but also the extra cognitive effort it takes to understand them. Dana Foundation grantee Jonathan Peelle talks about the cognitive challenges involved with hearing issues, how even slight deficits in "normal" hearing levels can lead to changes in how sound is processed, and why this work may offer us new insights into how hearing may be linked to the development of dementias.


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Stress results when something causes your body to behave as if it were under attack. Sources of stress can be physical, like injury or illness. Or they can be mental, like problems in your marriage, job, health, or finances.
When stress occurs, the body prepares to take action. This preparation is called the fight-or-flight response. In the fight-or-flight response, levels of many hormones shoot up. Their net effect is to make a lot of stored energy — glucose and fat — available to cells. These cells are then primed to help the body get away from danger.
In people who have diabetes, the fight-or-flight response does not work well. Insulin is not always able to let the extra energy into the cells, so glucose piles up in the blood.
How Stress Affects Diabetes
Many sources of stress are long-term threats. For example, it can take many months to recover from surgery. Stress hormones that are designed to deal with short-term danger stay turned on for a long time. As a result, long-term stress can cause long-term high blood glucose levels.
Many long-term sources of stress are mental. Your mind sometimes reacts to a harmless event as if it were a real threat. Like physical stress, mental stress can be short term: from taking a test to getting stuck in a traffic jam. It can also be long term: from working for a demanding boss to taking care of an aging parent. With mental stress, the body pumps out hormones to no avail. Neither fighting nor fleeing is any help when the "enemy" is your own mind.
In people with diabetes, stress can alter blood glucose levels in two ways:
- People under stress may not take good care of themselves. They may drink more alcohol or exercise less. They may forget, or not have time, to check their glucose levels or plan good meals.
- Stress hormones may also alter blood glucose levels directly.
Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people's glucose levels go up with mental stress, others' glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.
It's easy to find out whether mental stress affects your glucose control. Before checking your glucose levels, write down a number rating your mental stress level on a scale of 1 to 10. Then write down your glucose level next to it. After a week or two, look for a pattern. Drawing a graph may help you see trends better. Do high stress levels often occur with high glucose levels, and low stress levels with low glucose levels? If so, stress may affect your glucose control.
Reducing Mental Stress
Making Changes
You may be able to get rid of some stresses of life. If traffic upsets you, for example, maybe you can find a new route to work or leave home early enough to miss the traffic jams. If your job drives you crazy, apply for a transfer if you can, or possibly discuss with your boss how to improve things. As a last resort, you can look for another job. If you are at odds with a friend or relative, you can make the first move to patch things up. For such problems, stress may be a sign that something needs to change.
There are other ways to fight stress as well:
- Start an exercise program or join a sports team.
- Take dance lessons or join a dancing club.
- Start a new hobby or learn a new craft.
- Volunteer at a hospital or charity.
Coping Style
Something else that affects people's responses to stress is coping style. Coping style is how a person deals with stress. For example, some people have a problem-solving attitude. They say to themselves, "What can I do about this problem?" They try to change their situation to get rid of the stress.
Other people talk themselves into accepting the problem as okay. They say to themselves, "This problem really isn't so bad after all."
These two methods of coping are usually helpful. People who use them tend to have less blood glucose elevation in response to mental stress.
Learning to Relax
For some people with diabetes, controlling stress with relaxation therapy seems to help, though it is more likely to help people with type 2 diabetes than people with type 1 diabetes. This difference makes sense. Stress blocks the body from releasing insulin in people with type 2 diabetes, so cutting stress may be more helpful for these people. People with type 1 diabetes don't make insulin, so stress reduction doesn't have this effect. Some people with type 2 diabetes may also be more sensitive to some of the stress hormones. Relaxing can help by blunting this sensitivity.
There are many ways to help yourself relax:
Breathing exercises
Sit or lie down and uncross your legs and arms. Take in a deep breath. Then push out as much air as you can. Breathe in and out again, this time relaxing your muscles on purpose while breathing out. Keep breathing and relaxing for 5 to 20 minutes at a time. Do the breathing exercises at least once a day.
Progressive relaxation therapy
In this technique, which you can learn in a clinic or from an audio tape, you tense muscles, then relax them.
Another way to relax your body is by moving it through a wide range of motion. Three ways to loosen up through movement are circling, stretching, and shaking parts of your body. To make this exercise more fun, move with music.
Replace bad thoughts with good ones
Each time you notice a bad thought, purposefully think of something that makes you happy or proud. Or memorize a poem, prayer, or quote and use it to replace a bad thought.
Whatever method you choose to relax, practice it. Just as it takes weeks or months of practice to learn a new sport, it takes practice to learn relaxation.
Dealing with Diabetes-Related Stress
Some sources of stress are never going to go away, no matter what you do. Having diabetes is one of those. Still, there are ways to reduce the stresses of living with diabetes. Support groups can help. Knowing other people in the same situation helps you feel less alone. You can also learn other people's hints for coping with problems. Making friends in a support group can lighten the burden of diabetes-related stresses.
Dealing directly with diabetes care issues can also help. Think about the aspects of life with diabetes that are the most stressful for you. It might be taking your medication, or checking your blood glucose levels regularly, or exercising, or eating as you should.
If you need help with any of these issues, ask a member of your diabetes team for a referral. Sometimes stress can be so severe that you feel overwhelmed. Then, counseling or psychotherapy might help. Talking with a therapist may help you come to grips with your problems. You may learn new ways of coping or new ways of changing your behavior.