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New York (CBS) -- SHOULD SHE STAY OR SHOULD SHE GO?
How do you tell somebody like Hillary Clinton that the party's over? It’s time to call it a day. Nobody wants to.
"I think that it would be inappropriate and awkward and wrong for any of us to tell Senator Clinton when it is time for the race to be over,” said Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri.
"This is her decision, and it is only her decision, and we're confident that she's going to do the right thing for the Democratic nominee,” said Claire McCaskill.
Senator Clinton plans to do that alright.
"I'm staying in this race until there is a nominee,” said Hillary Clinton, Democrat of New York.
And, she says, don't count me out.
"I've been counted out more than once, but thanks to all of you, I've come back,” said Hillary Clinton.
It's not as if some of her own people haven't told Hillary Clinton she can't win, says Jeff Greenfield.
"One of her former top aides said, 'I can't see the math to get you the nomination and neither can anyone else,' and one of the Clinton's top strategists told CBS News that he had told Senator Clinton, 'You can't win this nomination,” said Jeff Greenfield, CBS News Senior Political Correspondent.
Yes we can, says Clinton, quoting somebody or other. Yes we can.
"When I was counted out before Super Tuesday, it was women from California to Massachusetts who came and said, "No, we're not finished yet." When I was counted out before Ohio, before Indiana, we have always come back,” said Hillary Clinton.
No matter how many voices are telling her she can't do it this time, the voice inside her is still that of the comeback kid.
"You can turn elections in a day, you can turn them in a week if you know what it takes to actually win. I believe I know. With your help that is exactly what we're going to do,” said Hillary Clinton.
A GUANTANAMO DETAINEE'S FINAL REVENGE
There were three suicide bombings aimed at security forces in Iraq last month. Seven people were killed in those attacks. And it turns out that one of the suicide bombers was a man named Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi who was a detainee at Guantanamo Bay for more than three and a half years and then released.
"It really is a danger to let these people go back into the Muslim world,” said Michael Scheuer, Former CIA Analyst, CBS News Consultant.
"The problem is once we have these people what do we do if they are going to go back on the battlefields and try to blow up our soldiers or our allies,” said Michael Scheuer.
Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi, the released Guantanamo detainee involved in one of the recent suicide bombings in Iraq, had a history of discipline problems as a detainee. But his American Lawyer says he was radicalized there.
"I think that people will make the case that Guantanamo perhaps radicalizes people, and I suppose we'll go on arguing whether it does or not, but the problem is, once we have these people what do we do,” said Michael Scheuer.
Ajmi is not the first to do this.
"The total must run to now 35 or 40 people who have been released from Guantanamo or other U.S. prisons, who have gone back to fight in the jihad either in Iraq or Afghanistan,” said Michael Scheuer.
Critics of Guantanamo Bay say the rulings on dealing with enemy combatants have been ambiguous. Dr. Harlan Ullman is with the Center for Strategic Studies.
"What you see here is the failure to really have a sensible set of policies for detainment, and in this particular case it looks like one of the bad guys got away with it,” said Dr. Harlan Ullman, Center For Strategic Studies.
GET SOME SLEEP, OR ELSE!
There's a new study out associating too little sleep, or too much sleep, with various health problems including obesity.
The large-scale study of 87 thousand adults over a two-year period, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, says getting the right amount of sleep is important.
"The message is, you know, try to shoot for seven to eight hours,” said Charlotte Schoenborn, Health Statistician.
Charlotte Schoenborn, the study's author, found some unexpected correlations.
"People that sleep less than six hours are more likely to drink large amounts of alcohol. In this case we used a measure of five or more drinks in one day,” said Charlotte Schoenborn.
And not only do they drink too much.
"31 percent of adults who slept less than six hours were current smokers, compared to only 18 percent of adults who slept seven to eight hours,” said Charlotte Schoenborn.
And, I don't mean to rub this in, but they're also fat.
"People that sleep less than six hours a night are much more likely to be obese and much more likely to be smokers, both of which put people at great risk,” said Charlotte Schoenborn, Health Statistician.
I don't mean to be critical or anything, but really.
"You're more likely to be obese, you're more likely to be a current smoker, and more likely to drink heavily,” said Charlotte Schoenborn.
Could be what you really crave isn't another drink, smoke, or bite to eat, but another hours sleep!
"People should not poo-poo inadequate sleep. I think people tend to just say that they are tired and you know bemoan it, but not do anything about it, and perhaps pay more attention to the importance of sleep is something people ought to pay more attention to,” said Charlotte Schoenborn.
Go back to bed.
THE COST OF DINING ON CAMPUS
As we all know, food prices have been rising all over the world for various reasons, including the fact that fuel for farm machinery of all sorts and vehicles to ship farm products has become much more expensive, and a lot of farmland that was being used to produce produce is now producing corn and other grains to make bio-fuels, like ethanol.
People in every country and every walk of life have had to make adjustments. Including those at institutions of higher learning, colleges and universities, where feeding students has become a more expensive proposition.
With such a concentration of brainpower, it's interesting to see what sorts of food cost cutting adjustments they've made.
To cut down on food waste, the cafeterias at several institutions of higher learning have eliminated trays.
With trays, students would tend to grab as much stuff as the tray would hold. Without the trays they take only as much food as they can hold in their hands.
At San Diego State University they report saving 4.2 percent on food costs this way.
Portions are being cut down at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Instead of a six-ounce piece of chicken, the students get four ounces.
Three-ounce bagels instead of four ounce.
At Harvard, for a while there they pulled whole grain pasta from the dining service menu, replaced cherry tomatoes with wedges and started using more chicken thighs instead of breasts.
Now you don't have to go to Harvard to know that students wouldn't like this.
Especially since Harvard is so rich, with a 35 billion dollar endowment.
And the Harvard students were smart enough to be outraged. And the old menu was restored.
Nice to know the students at Harvard, won’t be starved. |