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(CNN) -- Many leading brands, including Cadbury-Schweppes, Tropicana and Tesco, have begun introducing "carbon labeling" on products to give customers an idea of the environmental impact of the food that they are buying.

How much carbon has that created? Food with CO2 emissions labels can be confusing.

CNN spoke to Tara Garnett, director of the UK-based Food Climate Research Network, an initiative committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the food chain, about the pros and cons of the system.

CNN: How do carbon emissions arise in food production?

Garnett: Only talking about carbon emissions is actually a bit of a misnomer. We should be looking at the full spectrum of greenhouse gases produced during food production.

Once food has left the farm gate, then we are mainly dealing with carbon dioxide from transport and packaging. But while on the farm it's nitrogen oxide and methane. They are present in smaller quantities but are much more potent in terms of the effect they have.

CNN: What proportion of our carbon emissions come from food?

Garnett: Estimates vary. For the UK it's around 19 percent, but one EU report puts European emissions at 31 percent. The thing to understand is this is a relative statistic, so if you're talking about a society where people don't have many cars and TVs, then the proportion will be quite high. It may actually be lower in countries with a high material standard of living. Also, the estimates differ depending upon the boundaries they use, what's included and what's not included in the calculations.

CNN: Do you think food-miles are a useful measure of the environmental impact of food?

Garnett: They have been useful in raising awareness of where food comes from and how it is transported, but in real environmental terms it's more useful to look at total greenhouse emissions. When we do that then there are often quite counterintuitive results.

For example, it might be more environmentally friendly to truck tomatoes from Italy to northern Europe rather than grow them in heated greenhouses closer by. Also, different modes of transport have different footprints; sea freight is better than road, for example.

CNN: What does carbon labeling hope to achieve?

Garnett: Well, it's predicated on the assumption that it will persuade consumers to make the right choice to cut their emissions, and I'm not sure it will. That would depend on having the time to construct a very consistent, clear message, and I'm not sure we do.

Carbon labeling could be very good for manufacturers, to help them understand the wastage and unnecessary expense in their business, but if it's left to consumer choice I'm not sure it will achieve the wholesale shift towards more sustainable living that we need.

Just buying low carbon chips won't change anything; we need to reduce the overall percentage of the high impact foods -- meat and dairy -- in our diet.

CNN: Is there a global standard of labeling?

Garnett: There are a plethora of different labels in Europe and the U.S., and at present there isn't a global standard. It would certainly be a good idea, and at the European level it looks quite likely. But I'm not sure about the U.S. My impression is that they are quite behind on food awareness.

CNN: Do you think labeling can reduce carbon emissions in the food production system?

Garnett: That depends on significant interest from consumers in their carbon emissions, which I'm not sure exists. But even if it does, shaving 10 or 20 percent off certain products doesn't create a different mind-set.

Low carbon snacks won't change the world. We need to be asking: do we need all this stuff? The science says we need to make 80 percent cuts in emission by 2050, and we just don't have time to be trimming the edges.

CNN: Do you think labeling could damage developing world economies that are based around exports?

Garnett: Possibly. When the Soil Association (a British organic certification body) had a consultation on whether they would certify air freighted products, there was an outcry from the UK Department for International Development as well as producers overseas. But they might find if we looked at total carbon emissions rather than food miles, they might do better, with hours of free sunshine and long growing seasons reducing the need for heating and other inputs.

CNN: Do you think labeling will change consumer behavior?

Garnett: We need a far stronger steer from government on what a low-impact lifestyle looks like. Tinkering around with elements of consumer behavior won't deliver the changes we need. The government needs to be involved. We need to work on choice editing, and make sure products are sending the right signals to consumers about the kind of diet they need to adopt, but they are very scared of doing this.

There are certain synergies with health that could be exploited -- less meat and dairy is better for us as well as the environment. We need to be looking at the portions of meat and dairy in ready meals, and getting people used to a different way of eating. I think a lot can be achieved in quite subtle ways, as well as with more gung-ho regulation.

Ultimately, this is a systemic problem. Of course public awareness and information is important, but to get the change we need we will have to take drastic action. We just haven't got time to woo people for years. We need to act right now.

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question: What is good for manufacturers?

answer: Carbon labeling

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answer: to give customers an idea of the environmental impact of the food that they are buying.

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(CNN) -- Amnesty International has accused Hamas militants in Gaza of kidnapping, killing and torturing fellow Palestinians they accuse of spying for Israel, the organization announced Tuesday.

Hamas supporters stand on the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike that killed Hamas' interior minister.

According to Amnesty International, at least 24 Palestinian men -- most of them civilians -- were shot and killed by Hamas gunmen during the recent Israeli offensive aimed at crippling the Hamas leadership in Gaza.

"Scores of others have been shot in the legs, kneecapped or inflicted with other injuries intended to cause permanent disability," the human rights organization said in a news release.

Hamas leaders have publicly accused followers of its rival Palestinian political faction, Fatah, of spying for the Israelis during the conflict, and they have said many have been arrested for collaborating with the Jewish state. But they deny ordering any reprisal attacks against suspected spies, instead blaming rogue elements.

The Israeli military offensive in Gaza was launched at the end of December and ended three weeks later, when Israeli forces withdrew under the terms of a cease-fire agreement.

Amnesty said that the targets of "Hamas' deadly campaign" include prisoners who escaped from Gaza's central prison when Israeli forces bombed it in the initial days of the military conflict.

Some prisoners injured in the Israeli bombing were "shot dead in the hospitals where they were receiving treatment," Amnesty said.

"The perpetrators of these attacks did not conceal their weapons or keep a low profile, but, on the contrary, behaved in a carefree and confident -- almost ostentatious -- manner," it said.

Other targets included former members of Palestinian Authority security forces and supporters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.

Fatah, which is based in the West Bank, has denied spying on Hamas. Fatah leaders have accused Hamas of rounding up at least 175 of their members in Gaza during the Israeli war and torturing them.

The two Palestinian factions have been locked in a power struggle since Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006 and wrested Gaza from Fatah in violent clashes the following year. Abbas is a U.S. ally and regularly negotiates with Israel as the Palestinian leader, but he holds little sway in Gaza.

Fatah supporters have been accused of helping the Israeli military conduct its campaign in Gaza, which targeted the Hamas leadership. Neighbors of Hamas Interior Minister Said Siam said they suspected Fatah supporters helped Israel pinpoint his location when they bombed his house on January 15.

Siam was highest-ranking Hamas member killed in the Israeli offensive.

Most of those suspected of spying for Israel have been abducted from their homes and then "dumped -- dead or injured -- in isolated areas," according to Amnesty International.

During the Gaza conflict, medical officials at Gaza City's main medical facility, Shifa Hospital, said injuries they witnessed were consistent with people being shot in the kneecaps, elbows, hands or feet.

Punishment shootings are a time-tested tactic used worldwide by guerrilla and militia groups, from Che Guevara in Cuba to the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. They are meant not only to take revenge but also to send a message to others.

Two self-described Fatah loyalists were found heavily bandaged at a Gaza City safe house during the recent conflict. One of their colleagues refused to say where or why they were injured, but they denied spying.

"They shot him at close range with a pistol," he said of one man. "His bones are shattered. They shot him point-blank in the foot. ... This was done by Hamas people."

The other man, he said, was struck on his legs with a metal construction bar. "Four people were beating him," he said.

A Hamas security source told CNN the shootings occurred because renegade gunmen took the law into their own hands. Ehad al-Ghossain, Hamas' Interior Ministry spokesman, said there was no official order within Hamas to carry out such shootings.

"That's not us," al-Ghossain said. "Maybe some families who had problems in the past just wanted to shoot these people."

CNN's Karl Penhaul contributed to this report

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will face off for their first and only debate in the presidential race Thursday night, an event pitting a political veteran against a political newcomer.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been preparing since last week for Thursday's debate.

Both candidates have recently tried to lower expectations leading into the debate, where topics will range from domestic to foreign policy.

The debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, will start at 9 p.m. ET and be moderated by PBS's Gwen Ifill.

For Palin, the stakes are high. After skyrocketing onto the national stage and energizing the Republican faithful, the first-term Alaskan governor has struggled recently to regain her footing after several shaky network TV interviews with ABC's Charlie Gibson and CBS's Katie Couric.  View memorable moments from other debates ÃÂ»

Palin said Tuesday that she's different.

"I think they're just not used to someone coming in from the outside saying, 'You know what? It's time that normal Joe Six-Pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency,' and I think that that's kind of taken some people off-guard," she said in a radio interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt.

Palin's interview gave the vice presidential candidate a chance to showcase elements of her life story and demonstrate some of the folksiness that's been central to her political success.

It's exactly the kind of interview that voters can expect to see from the governor in the coming weeks, according to a Palin adviser, who recognized that there is hunger in Republican circles and among the public at large to see a less-scripted, more authentic candidate.

"We're going to be continue to put her in settings where she has an opportunity to shine, to be on offense," the adviser said. "We've gotten very good feedback from the public from Hugh Hewitt interview."

The adviser suggested that the campaign's efforts at damage control after Palin's interview with Couric may have been hampered by the fact that the governor wasn't doing more friendly interviews to counter her flubs on Russia and the congressional bailout bill, which have reverberated throughout the blogosphere and even turned Palin into a punch line on "Saturday Night Live."

"We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," the adviser said, arguing that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.

Palin is apparently eager to take on a more outspoken role, both in interviews and in her stump speech, after Thursday's vice presidential debate in order to remind voters of what it is they like about her. iReport.com: Watch debate, then tell us who won

"She connects really well, and she's good at it, and she wants to be doing more of it, and she will do more of it," the adviser said.

For the Democrats, Biden has served in the Senate for 35 years. His biggest challenge will be to stick to the script. He's known for making off-the-cuff remarks, including some gaffes.  Watch analysts weigh in on Thursday's debate ÃÂ»

A Biden aide said the senator is ready. He left Wednesday's debate preparation in Delaware to vote on the economic recovery bill in Congress.

"I haven't read the package yet, but my anticipation is I'm going to vote 'yes.' But I want to see. That's why I'm going home now to get briefed on the details," Biden said.

Biden campaign aides are actively playing up Palin's debating skills. His spokesman called Palin "a leviathan of forensics," a classic example of the campaign tactic of raising the expectations of their opponent and lowering their own.

"She's very skilled, and she'll be well-prepared," Barack Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, said Sunday night while flying with Biden back to Delaware to help him get ready.

"As you saw at the convention, she can be very good. So, I think it would be foolish to assume that this isn't going to be a really challenging debate. We're preparing for that, on that assumption."

Taking it one step further, Biden spokesman David Wade added, "he's going in here to debate a leviathan of forensics who has debated five times, and she's undefeated."

Biden has a difficult task on his hand: not coming across as condescending with his decades of experience and not adopting a tone that could appear as though he's treating Palin differently because she's a woman.

"I think Gov. Palin is a skilled politician," Axelrod said. "She got elected in a very tough political arena against tough opponents, and we're going to treat her with the respect that she deserves. And I think that she would expect that; I think voters should expect that."

Axelrod argued that at the end of the day, the choice voters make is between the candidates at the top of the ticket and not the vice presidential candidates.

However, he said vice presidential nominees have a harder time preparing because they need to not only defend their own positions but those of their running mates, as well as knowing where both candidates on the opposing ticket stand.

Obama and John McCain, meanwhile, have two more debates before the November 4 general election: a second debate October 7 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a final debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on October 15.

CNN's Sandra Endo, Peter Hamby, Ed Hornick and Alexander Mooney contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Why leave home when you can send out a sexy, stylish robot version of yourself to do anything you tell it?

In "Surrogates," lifelike robots take the place of humans in day-to-day life.

That's the world of "Surrogates," a film starring Bruce Willis that opens Friday.

Willis plays an FBI agent who investigates the first murder to occur in years in a world where no one worries about crime or pain, because their robots self-heal with a quick reboot.

Far-fetched science fiction? Sure.

But scientists and the movie's makers say the technology might not be as far away as most people think.

Armies use remote-controlled robots to attack enemies and destroy land mines. Emerging technology for the disabled allows users to operate robotic limbs and control computer cursors without touching a keyboard.

And emerging "telepresence" technology is letting people see, hear and, increasingly, walk, talk and gesture using human-sized robots a world away.

"There are a lot of real-world components to this," said robotics expert and author Daniel H. Wilson, whose books like "Where's My Jet Pack?" and "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" explore the intersections between science fiction and real science.

"Clearly, there are not fully functional humanoid robots ... but there are a lot of components to telepresence that already exist."

"Surrogates" director Jonathan Mostow, whose film credits include 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," said he was drawn to the concept of surrogate robots as an extension of current technology. And, he said, as he met with scientists, he became convinced that something approaching the concept could one day be a reality.

"To me, it's not even a question of the technology. Technology always catches up," he said. "The question is, is some universal human urge being met by this invention? It seems to me we have a fundamental human desire to be lazy, to sort of not have to do things in person and to do it remotely.

"That began with the telegraph and the telephone and has morphed into the Internet."

The first steps down the road are being taken at Anybots, a Mountain View, California, company founded in 2001 by Trevor Blackwell.

The company offers, for about $30,000, a 5-foot-tall, 35-pound robot that allows the user to remotely travel, see, hear and talk. It hopes to release its latest version of the robot at a more affordable price.

The robot's vaguely humanoid curves, roughly adult height and ability to move around using technology similar to that of the Segway are important steps up from current teleconferencing technology, Blackwell said.

Anybots in the development phase are being designed to run, jump and climb stairs, and they come equipped with fully articulated hands designed to perform increasingly human-like tasks.

Blackwell said he's not sure the technology will ever advance to the level imagined in "Surrogates" -- but that may have as much to do with desire as ability.

"I don't know if we'll ever get quite to that level, of being that realistic," he said. "Most of the time, you're not trying to fool people; you're just trying to make something human enough so people can relate to it."

Wilson, who said he appreciates "Surrogates" because it avoids sci-fi's traditional "man vs. machine" dynamic, also imagines social reasons for not pursuing such technology.

"Would humans stand in line at the grocery store behind a robot? Would I let my children play outside if I knew there were robots outside walking dogs?" he said.

It's more realistic, Wilson said, that a humanoid robot could be created to remotely perform tasks that would be too dangerous for the machine's operator to do. although NASA employs robots in space, the highly technical work often required for space walks still requires a human touch -- at least for now.

Plus, he said, making robots that look and act like us would help them function better, he said.

"Another major reason to create humanoid robots is, they can use all of our tools," Wilson said. "Human beings have taken large chunks of the planet and completely transformed the environment to support our embodiment. Doorways are a certain width all over the world because human beings are about the same size. All our tools are similar because we've all got hands and thumbs."

For Mostow, the movie also reflects technological advances that, for better or worse, exist as the world of online networking continues to grow.

"You can do your shopping. You can get your news. You can let everyone know what you're up to," he said. "For those who telecommute, you don't even have to put your clothes on to go to work.

"This idea basically just takes that to its logical conclusion."

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Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you. A supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, Martin is a nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago, Illinois-based radio host. He is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America." Please visit his Web site.

Roland S. Martin urges the candidates to stop with the lofty talk and simplistic solutions and be specific.

(CNN) -- If you are a member of America's middle class in this presidential year, you are sort of like a blue-chip football recruit, lavished with praise, attention and adoration from fawning coaches and alumni who would love nothing better than to land the prized player to win the national championship.

For "Coach" John McCain and "Coach" Barack Obama, the title to win is president of the United States, and like the big-time football coaches, they will say and do anything to make it happen.

Tax cuts? Oh, absolutely, we don't want you to feel any more pain. Let the rich -- and the poor -- deal with carrying the burden. You want more jobs?

Sure, we're going  to force companies that send jobs overseas to make them stay at home because we know you need those long disappearing and high-paying manufacturing jobs that helped build this nation.

Can't afford to send your kids to college? Don't sweat it. We've got tax credits, Pell grants, super-duper loans and all kinds of other options to make this a reality.

Are they cutting back on health care at your job? No big deal. Coach McCain says he's got some nifty tax credits lined up to tickle your fancy and ignite your soul. Coach Obama? He's going to go for the whole enchilada by pushing for virtual universal health care.

Oh, these guys are wonderful with their sales pitches. They have the ability to make every single one of you feel so special and loved; no one else is more important to them -- at that moment.

I must admit, the pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes has turned so moronic that at times it drives me nuts.

First, who in the world are we even talking about? If you listen to the candidates and their campaigns, those in the middle class could make upward of $200,000 a year, while some suggest middle class means earning as little as $20,000.

I moderated a panel Tuesday for the National Black MBA Association and heard descriptions of the lower middle class, the middle class and the upper middle class. Someone even suggested that it's really about a "state of mind."

That's right. It boils down to how we feel and think. If that's the case, then you can have $5 million in the bank, but if you love your family, go to church and share the same values as others around you, you're middle class.

Please, can we just stop with lofty talk and plain-spoken and simplistic solutions and be as specific as possible?

There are really four fundamental issues affecting middle-class voters.

Jobs

We've seen a loss of 600,000 jobs under President Bush, so how exactly will McCain and Obama create jobs? Is there anything in their past that shows they have the ability to do just that? I've heard "drill, drill, drill!" from McCain, and Obama says we're going to turn the old textile and steel mills into a green machine by targeting wind and other sources of energy.

Housing

Congress is providing a backstop for Wall Street -- making billions available if cash is needed. What will McCain and Obama actually do to keep folks from losing their homes?

Oh, I know a lot of people suggest that these middle-class folks should have read the fine print and not gotten in over their heads, but if something is good for Wall Street, why not Main Street?

Health care

This is no joke, and a primary reason why Americans file for bankruptcy. I know. My appendix ruptured in 2000 while covering the Democratic National Convention, forcing me to spend five days in a Los Angeles hospital and accruing more than $70,000 in hospital bills. Yep, I didn't have health insurance.

I was just a 29-year-old never-been-sick freelancer stuck out in the cold. The pressure of that led to falling behind on my mortgage, and the start of foreclosure proceedings.

Bankruptcy was the only thing that saved me, and by the grace of God, my finances turned around, and this month, I'm making my final payment. McCain says a $5,000 tax credit for health care will help, but the problem with that is you have to pay the dough upfront, and then claim it on your taxes. But what happens when they want the money now?

Obama says the answer is his health care plan, but that switch won't be flipped immediately. So what happens while the laborious debate takes place? I just wait for my MRI until Washington finishes debating and the special interests pick the plan to death?

Education

For many Americans, education is a ticket to the middle class and beyond.

Much of the time the candidates talk about vouchers. Look, that's not going to solve the education problem.

What we should be hearing them talk about is the inequity of the school systems.

Children living in wealthy school districts get tons of money and the best qualified  teachers, while poorer districts are forced to make do with less qualified teachers and without computers or even basic amenities.

The bottom line

Remember those blue-chip players? Today, they are telling a coach: If you want me to sign, promise that I'll start. No play, no sign.

That's what middle-class Americans must tell the candidates. If you are unwilling to put your personal credibility and integrity behind your campaign pledges, then you don't get my vote.

And if you give away your vote just because someone is a Democrat or Republican, or a man or a woman, or black or white, and you end up getting screwed in the end, you have no one to blame but yourself.

So use the most powerful thing you have to demand real answers to your real problems from McCain, Obama, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin: your vote.

The power is literally in your hands.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.

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text: you

text: are

text: a

text: member

text: of

text: America

text: 's

text: middle

text: class

text: in

text: this

text: presidential

text: year

text: you

text: are

text: sort

text: of

text: like

text: a

text: blue

text: chip

text: football

text: recruit

text: lavished

text: with

text: praise

text: attention

text: and

text: adoration

text: from

text: fawning

text: coaches

text: and

text: alumni

text: who

text: would

text: love

text: nothing

text: better

text: than

text: to

text: land

text: the

text: prized

text: player

text: to

text: win

text: the

text: national

text: championship

text: For

text: Coach

text: John

text: McCain

text: and

text: Coach

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: the

text: title

text: to

text: win

text: is

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: like

text: the

text: big

text: time

text: football

text: coaches

text: they

text: will

text: say

text: and

text: do

text: anything

text: to

text: make

text: it

text: happen

text: Tax

text: cuts

text: Oh

text: absolutely

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: you

text: to

text: feel

text: any

text: more

text: pain

text: Let

text: the

text: rich

text: and

text: the

text: poor

text: deal

text: with

text: carrying

text: the

text: burden

text: You

text: want

text: more

text: jobs

text: Sure

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: force

text: companies

text: that

text: send

text: jobs

text: overseas

text: to

text: make

text: them

text: stay

text: at

text: home

text: because

text: we

text: know

text: you

text: need

text: those

text: long

text: disappearing

text: and

text: high

text: paying

text: manufacturing

text: jobs

text: that

text: helped

text: build

text: this

text: nation

text: Ca

text: n't

text: afford

text: to

text: send

text: your

text: kids

text: to

text: college

text: Do

text: n't

text: sweat

text: it

text: We

text: 've

text: got

text: tax

text: credits

text: Pell

text: grants

text: super

text: duper

text: loans

text: and

text: all

text: kinds

text: of

text: other

text: options

text: to

text: make

text: this

text: a

text: reality

text: Are

text: they

text: cutting

text: back

text: on

text: health

text: care

text: at

text: your

text: job

text: No

text: big

text: deal

text: Coach

text: McCain

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: got

text: some

text: nifty

text: tax

text: credits

text: lined

text: up

text: to

text: tickle

text: your

text: fancy

text: and

text: ignite

text: your

text: soul

text: Coach

text: Obama

text: He

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: go

text: for

text: the

text: whole

text: enchilada

text: by

text: pushing

text: for

text: virtual

text: universal

text: health

text: care

text: Oh

text: these

text: guys

text: are

text: wonderful

text: with

text: their

text: sales

text: pitches

text: They

text: have

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: make

text: every

text: single

text: one

text: of

text: you

text: feel

text: so

text: special

text: and

text: loved

text: no

text: one

text: else

text: is

text: more

text: important

text: to

text: them

text: at

text: that

text: moment

text: I

text: must

text: admit

text: the

text: pathetic

text: pining

text: and

text: pandering

text: for

text: middle

text: class

text: votes

text: has

text: turned

text: so

text: moronic

text: that

text: at

text: times

text: it

text: drives

text: me

text: nuts

text: First

text: who

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: are

text: we

text: even

text: talking

text: about

text: If

text: you

text: listen

text: to

text: the

text: candidates

text: and

text: their

text: campaigns

text: those

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: class

text: could

text: make

text: upward

text: of

text: a

text: year

text: while

text: some

text: suggest

text: middle

text: class

text: means

text: earning

text: as

text: little

text: as

text: I

text: moderated

text: a

text: panel

text: Tuesday

text: for

text: the

text: National

text: Black

text: MBA

text: Association

text: and

text: heard

text: descriptions

text: of

text: the

text: lower

text: middle

text: class

text: the

text: middle

text: class

text: and

text: the

text: upper

text: middle

text: class

text: Someone

text: even

text: suggested

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: really

text: about

text: a

text: state

text: of

text: mind

text: That

text: 's

text: right

text: It

text: boils

text: down

text: to

text: how

text: we

text: feel

text: and

text: think

text: If

text: that

text: 's

text: the

text: case

text: then

text: you

text: can

text: have

text: million

text: in

text: the

text: bank

text: but

text: if

text: you

text: love

text: your

text: family

text: go

text: to

text: church

text: and

text: share

text: the

text: same

text: values

text: as

text: others

text: around

text: you

text: you

text: 're

text: middle

text: class

text: Please

text: can

text: we

text: just

text: stop

text: with

text: lofty

text: talk

text: and

text: plain

text: spoken

text: and

text: simplistic

text: solutions

text: and

text: be

text: as

text: specific

text: as

text: possible

text: There

text: are

text: really

text: four

text: fundamental

text: issues

text: affecting

text: middle

text: class

text: voters

text: Jobs

text: We

text: 've

text: seen

text: a

text: loss

text: of

text: jobs

text: under

text: President

text: Bush

text: so

text: how

text: exactly

text: will

text: McCain

text: and

text: Obama

text: create

text: jobs

text: Is

text: there

text: anything

text: in

text: their

text: past

text: that

text: shows

text: they

text: have

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: do

text: just

text: that

text: I

text: 've

text: heard

text: drill

text: drill

text: drill

text: from

text: McCain

text: and

text: Obama

text: says

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: turn

text: the

text: old

text: textile

text: and

text: steel

text: mills

text: into

text: a

text: green

text: machine

text: by

text: targeting

text: wind

text: and

text: other

text: sources

text: of

text: energy

text: Housing

text: Congress

text: is

text: providing

text: a

text: backstop

text: for

text: Wall

text: Street

text: making

text: billions

text: available

text: if

text: cash

text: is

text: needed

text: What

text: will

text: McCain

text: and

text: Obama

text: actually

text: do

text: to

text: keep

text: folks

text: from

text: losing

text: their

text: homes

text: Oh

text: I

text: know

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: people

text: suggest

text: that

text: these

text: middle

text: class

text: folks

text: should

text: have

text: read

text: the

text: fine

text: print

text: and

text: not

text: gotten

text: in

text: over

text: their

text: heads

text: but

text: if

text: something

text: is

text: good

text: for

text: Wall

text: Street

text: why

text: not

text: Main

text: Street

text: Health

text: care

text: This

text: is

text: no

text: joke

text: and

text: a

text: primary

text: reason

text: why

text: Americans

text: file

text: for

text: bankruptcy

text: I

text: know

text: My

text: appendix

text: ruptured

text: in

text: while

text: covering

text: the

text: Democratic

text: National

text: Convention

text: forcing

text: me

text: to

text: spend

text: five

text: days

text: in

text: a

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: hospital

text: and

text: accruing

text: more

text: than

text: in

text: hospital

text: bills

text: Yep

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: health

text: insurance

text: I

text: was

text: just

text: a

text: old

text: never

text: been

text: sick

text: freelancer

text: stuck

text: out

text: in

text: the

text: cold

text: The

text: pressure

text: of

text: that

text: led

text: to

text: falling

text: behind

text: on

text: my

text: mortgage

text: and

text: the

text: start

text: of

text: foreclosure

text: proceedings

text: Bankruptcy

text: was

text: the

text: only

text: thing

text: that

text: saved

text: me

text: and

text: by

text: the

text: grace

text: of

text: God

text: my

text: finances

text: turned

text: around

text: and

text: this

text: month

text: I

text: 'm

text: making

text: my

text: final

text: payment

text: McCain

text: says

text: a

text: tax

text: credit

text: for

text: health

text: care

text: will

text: help

text: but

text: the

text: problem

text: with

text: that

text: is

text: you

text: have

text: to

text: pay

text: the

text: dough

text: upfront

text: and

text: then

text: claim

text: it

text: on

text: your

text: taxes

text: But

text: what

text: happens

text: when

text: they

text: want

text: the

text: money

text: now

text: Obama

text: says

text: the

text: answer

text: is

text: his

text: health

text: care

text: plan

text: but

text: that

text: switch

text: wo

text: n't

text: be

text: flipped

text: immediately

text: So

text: what

text: happens

text: while

text: the

text: laborious

text: debate

text: takes

text: place

text: I

text: just

text: wait

text: for

text: my

text: MRI

text: until

text: Washington

text: finishes

text: debating

text: and

text: the

text: special

text: interests

text: pick

text: the

text: plan

text: to

text: death

text: Education

text: For

text: many

text: Americans

text: education

text: is

text: a

text: ticket

text: to

text: the

text: middle

text: class

text: and

text: beyond

text: Much

text: of

text: the

text: time

text: the

text: candidates

text: talk

text: about

text: vouchers

text: Look

text: that

text: 's

text: not

text: going

text: to

text: solve

text: the

text: education

text: problem

text: What

text: we

text: should

text: be

text: hearing

text: them

text: talk

text: about

text: is

text: the

text: inequity

text: of

text: the

text: school

text: systems

text: Children

text: living

text: in

text: wealthy

text: school

text: districts

text: get

text: tons

text: of

text: money

text: and

text: the

text: best

text: qualified

text: teachers

text: while

text: poorer

text: districts

text: are

text: forced

text: to

text: make

text: do

text: with

text: less

text: qualified

text: teachers

text: and

text: without

text: computers

text: or

text: even

text: basic

text: amenities

text: The

text: bottom

text: line

text: Remember

text: those

text: blue

text: chip

text: players

text: Today

text: they

text: are

text: telling

text: a

text: coach

text: If

text: you

text: want

text: me

text: to

text: sign

text: promise

text: that

text: I

text: 'll

text: start

text: No

text: play

text: no

text: sign

text: That

text: 's

text: what

text: middle

text: class

text: Americans

text: must

text: tell

text: the

text: candidates

text: If

text: you

text: are

text: unwilling

text: to

text: put

text: your

text: personal

text: credibility

text: and

text: integrity

text: behind

text: your

text: campaign

text: pledges

text: then

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: get

text: my

text: vote

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: give

text: away

text: your

text: vote

text: just

text: because

text: someone

text: is

text: a

text: Democrat

text: or

text: Republican

text: or

text: a

text: man

text: or

text: a

text: woman

text: or

text: black

text: or

text: white

text: and

text: you

text: end

text: up

text: getting

text: screwed

text: in

text: the

text: end

text: you

text: have

text: no

text: one

text: to

text: blame

text: but

text: yourself

text: So

text: use

text: the

text: most

text: powerful

text: thing

text: you

text: have

text: to

text: demand

text: real

text: answers

text: to

text: your

text: real

text: problems

text: from

text: McCain

text: Obama

text: Joe

text: Biden

text: and

text: Sarah

text: Palin

text: your

text: vote

text: The

text: power

text: is

text: literally

text: in

text: your

text: hands

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: the

text: writer

question: What did Martin call moronic?

answer: pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes

text: pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes

question: What did Martin say that candidates will offer?

answer: lofty talk and simplistic solutions

text: lofty talk and simplistic solutions

question: What are the bigges middle-class issues?

answer: four fundamental

text: four fundamental

question: What class are the candidates pandering to?

answer: middle-class

text: middle-class

question: What segment are candidates trying to snag?

answer: middle-class Americans

text: middle-class Americans

question: What class does Roland S. Martin say candidates offer anything and everything to snag?

answer: middle-class

text: middle-class

question: What doe Martin say about "pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes"?

answer: turned so moronic that at times it drives me nuts.

text: turned so moronic that at times it drives me nuts.

question: Who is Roland S. Martin?

answer: nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago, Illinois-based radio host.

text: nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago, Illinois-based radio host.

question: What did Martin describe as moronic?

answer: pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes

text: pathetic pining and pandering for middle-class votes