Commentary: With Paul Ryan in Tow, Mitt Romney Banks on Uniting the Right

Yahoo! News asked Republican voters on Saturday to react to Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. Here's one voter's perspective.

COMMENTARY | As a registered Republican living in the heart of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County, I couldn't be more pleased with the choice of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate.

A strict fiscal and social conservative, the 42-year-old Ryan has looked more than comfortable interacting with the Republican presidential nominee over recent months. More importantly, Ryan has repeatedly been in attack mode against President Obama on the issues of the size of government and national debt. In my view, this choice unquestionably unites the right and the tea party, providing Romney with a strong base to work from.

But is that base going to be big enough in the key swing states necessary for the Republicans to take the White House this November?

Will seniors in Florida embrace Ryan, who is often painted by Democrats as a enemy of Medicare? Will the unions in Ohio be weary of him given his association with Gov. Scott Walker in his home state of Wisconsin? Will Pennsylvanians see his stance as an opponent of abortion as anti-women? Will Colorado residents interpret his position on gay marriage as draconian?

All are very tough questions which will play out over the next couple of months.

"Paul Ryan is an authentically dangerous zealot," reported Esquire.com this morning. Combine that rhetoric with the "pushing grandma over the cliff" images the left has stressed when portraying fiscal conservatives and it's easy to see where Democrats plan on attacking the GOP and the newly formed Romney-Ryan team.

I admire Paul Ryan. As a fiscal and social conservative myself, I find him exceptionally easy to embrace. His desire to balance budgets, reduce debt, and strengthen the military are all core beliefs I share with the vice-presidential nominee.

I wonder, however, how many Americans will feel the same way. Is Ryan too conservative for mainstream America?

"President Obama is part of the problem," said Ryan Saturday morning in Virginia. "Mitt Romney is the solution. It's our duty to save the American Dream."

To the right, he speaks the truth. But whether or not that message will resonate with enough independent voters in swing states this November to make a difference could be a stretch.

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This $4000-per-jar caviar has socialist roots

Some top chefs believe a kibbutz in Israel is now producing the world's best caviar. NBC News' Paul Goldman reports.

By Paul Goldman, NBC News

KIBBUTZ DAN,?Israel -- More than seven decades after being founded based on socialist ideals, an Israeli kibbutz is producing the most capitalist of foods.

Caviar fetching $4000 for a two-pound jar is being shipped more than 5,600 miles away to be served at some of New York's finest restaurants.

The kibbutz movement was born as an alternative way of living based on socialist values.?

Eastern European immigrants formed these agricultural communities with the dream to settle the Holy Land. They had strict rules including communal sleeping for children, communal eating rooms and no personal profit -- meaning everyone is equal.

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As Israel developed into the "nation of start-ups," the kibbutz found itself in an existential dilemma. How do you survive with socialist ideals in the digital age? And how do you persuade youngsters to stay and not move to cities?

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The answer was simple: Adapt.

Stubbornness, hard work
Yigal Ben Zvi is a member of Kibbutz Dan who decided to take matters into his own hands. With the help of eight workers, he now produces some of the best farmed caviar in the world.

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A sturgeon is thrown into a bucket before it is examined by a biologist at a the firsh farm at Kibbutz Dan in northern Israel on May 14.

It's a mix of stubbornness and?hard work that helped Ben Zvi thrive.

Two decades ago, Ben Zvi was raising goldfish when he looked for a new way to develop the kibbutz business.

Overfishing in the the Caspian and Black Seas then brought the sturgeon to the brink of extinction, which resulted in a U.N. ban on fishing there.

Ben Zvi stepped in to fill the vacuum, importing the sturgeon to Israel and starting to raise them. Kibbutz Dan now boasts more than 60,000 sturgeon and produces about 6,000 pounds of caviar annually.

"The good chefs in New York are saying that our caviar -- Karat Caviar -- is the best in the world -- and we believe them," he told NBC News.

However, Ben Zvi can't speak from personal experience. Kibbutz members can't enjoy the caviar because it's not kosher.

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FTC and Facebook settle privacy dispute, skip the fine

Well, Mark Zuckerberg is finally trying to make things right after admitting to a "bunch of mistakes" when dealing with user privacy on his juggernaut of a social network. The FTC and Facebook had agreed to settle the dispute in November, and now the final details of the deal have been ironed out. Noticeably missing from the list of concessions is cash. The government isn't asking Facebook to cough up any dough as part of the settlement -- avoiding the sort of hefty fine that Google recently found itself on the wrong end of. The company will, however, have drastically revamp how it handles user data and subject itself to privacy audits every two years for 20 years. Customers will now be provided with "clear and prominent" warnings any time information is shared. And, before anything can be shared, users must give express consent to for that information to be distributed. Ideally, these measures would have been in place on day one, but we'll take what we can get at this point. For more details, check out the FTC's press release after the break.

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Farmers dig deep, water tables drop, competition heats up

A drier 'new normal' is forcing US farmers to dig deeper wells. That affects water tables and municipal supplies, and, if climatologists are right about global warming, it could also mean more competition for less water in the future.

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Hunt of the Bound

Slavery is not uncommon in Tarsha...it is expected, however loss of freedom is not the worst that can happen. The BloodOath ceremony is coming up, will you be a Hunter or Bound? Who will be the required sacrifice?

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Please note, this is a literate, and advanced rp, so I will be rather strict on character profiles. My own characters stand as examples of what I am expecting. Since this is literate (again, pointing this out (: ) roleplay, if you are not willing/prepared to write around 600 words for each of your posts, please don't join.
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She's reserved for you :) Just make sure you've read the plot, rules, places and npc's before you submit her :)

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I'm quite interested. How do you feel about me taking two hunters, one male one female? I just feel that way it'll be easier for me to make the kind of size posts you're asking.g for without too much internalisation. But I'd give one of the slots up if enough players came along to fill them. How's that sound?

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That sounds really good :) Just looking at your previous characters and I am looking forward to seeing the new ones (I normally check a persons previous characters before I reserve them to make sure they are literate).

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FBI: Temple gunman shot himself; still no motive

A memorial stands in Oak Creek, Wis., Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin the site of a mass shooting on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

A memorial stands in Oak Creek, Wis., Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin the site of a mass shooting on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

A woman walks up to place flowers at a makeshift memorial which has been set up in Oak Creek, Wisc., Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, the site of a mass shooting on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

A candle light vigil is held Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, in Oakr Creek, Wis., for the victims of a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Sunday. The vigil was held during the national night out event at the Oak Creek Civic Center. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page. The FBI said Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012, that Page died of a self-infliced wound after he was shot by police. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

Teresa L. Carlson, FBI special agent in charge in Milwaukee, speaks at a press briefing about the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 in Milwaukee. "We have not identified anyone else responsible for the shooting and we have not identified a motive," Carlson told the news conference. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

MILWAUKEE (AP) ? There's no trial to prepare, no jury to persuade, no judge to hand down a sentence.

Wade Michael Page is dead, having shot himself in the head after killing six people at a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee. Although detectives have interviewed more than 100 people, combed through Page's email and recovered hundreds of pieces of evidence from his residences to the temple, their findings might never be presented in court.

Federal investigators are developing theories but also may never know for certain why he chose to attack total strangers in a holy place.

"We're trying to piece together, and eventually we will piece together as much as we can," said Steven Conley, assistant agent in charge of national security for the FBI in Milwaukee. "We will have a good idea of the motive by the time this investigation is done. But again, why that building, that temple, at that time, that may have died with Page."

At the moment, detectives are sifting through the gunman's life, assembling the biography of a man who apparently had few relatives, a spotty work history and a thin criminal record. The FBI's special agent in charge in Milwaukee, Teresa Carlson, said investigators haven't linked anyone else to the attack or found any kind of note left by Page.

Still, the Sikh community holds out hope.

"We just want to get to the bottom of what motivated him to do it," said Amardeep Singh, an executive with the New York-based Sikh Coalition. "It's important to acknowledge why they lost their lives."

Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran, opened fire with a 9 mm pistol at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shortly before Sunday services. The dead included temple President Satwant Singh Kaleka, who was shot as he tried to fend off Page with a butter knife.

Page shot a responding police officer at least eight times in the parking lot before another officer wounded him. Police initially said the officer killed Page, but Carlson said Wednesday that Page shot himself in the head after he was hit and died of that wound.

A native of Littleton, Colo., Page had a record of minor alcohol-related crimes in Texas, Colorado and North Carolina. He was demoted during a stint in the Army for getting drunk on duty and going AWOL before he was discharged in 1998. Page eventually moved to Wisconsin, living in South Milwaukee with a girlfriend and working third-shift at a brazing factory in Cudahy, another Milwaukee suburb.

Neighbors said the couple broke up this past spring. Page moved into a Cudahy duplex in mid-July and quit showing up for work around the same time. A few days after he moved into the duplex, he visited a West Allis gun shop and, after clearing background checks, bought the gun he used in the shooting.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has described Page as a "frustrated neo-Nazi" who participated in the white-power music scene, playing in bands called Definite Hate and End Apathy.

Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, said even though Page is dead, other white-supremacy and neo-Nazi groups could harbor similar intentions.

"Our concern is, how do we tackle these hate groups operating underground or in darkness?" he said.

The FBI has classified the incident as domestic terrorism, a violent act for social or political gain. The FBI's Carlson said though investigators have not yet determined what drove Page over the edge or that anyone nudged him along the way, they continue to search to make sure.

Investigators probably will collect all bullets and fragments from the temple and the victims' bodies to confirm they came from Page's gun. Detectives also will pore over witness statements to make absolutely certain he was the only shooter, said Joe LeFevre, chairman of the forensic science department at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton.

Authorities are interviewing Page's family, friends and associates. Agents spent Monday morning doing a door-to-door sweep on his street, chatting with neighbors on their front porches and in their backyards.

"It's like any crime," said Jack Ryan, a Rhode Island attorney who trains police around the country. "You focus on their recent tracks. You focus on friends, acquaintances. He had to get ready for this plot somewhere."

The investigation could take weeks or longer. But Page's motive is the key.

If detectives determine Page simply held a personal grudge, the Sikhs and the rest of the public will have an answer. If investigators conclude he was motivated by racist ideology, that might lead police to accomplices, help collect intelligence on white supremacist groups and prevent future attacks.

Page's girlfriend, 31-year-old nursing student Misty Cook, faced some legal trouble herself, though Carlson said Wednesday that her arrest over the weekend was not connected to the shootings. Cook was arrested on a weapons violation Sunday after investigators interviewed her about Page, but Carlson said she was cooperative and was quickly released.

South Milwaukee police had said Cook was taken into custody on a tentative charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Milwaukee County sheriff's spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin said Cook also went by the name Brenda Cook. Online court records show Brenda Cook pleaded no contest in 2005 to a felony charge of fleeing an officer.

The voicemail on Cook's cellphone was full and wouldn't accept a message. However, in regard to the shooting, she told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an email: "If I could say something to ease the pain of the victims and their families, I would gladly do so. Unfortunately, words do not begin to heal the pain they are going through."

No matter how thorough the investigation, the final conclusions are bound to leave victims with many of the same anguish-filled questions.

"Whatever the answer is, we can be reasonably sure it won't be an answer many people would say makes sense to them," said University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Michael Scott, who is writing a guidebook for police on hate crimes.

"We'd like to have some peek into that twisted mind. But in the end, it's still a peek into a twisted mind that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know about human nature."

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Todd Richmond can be reached at trichmond(at)ap.org. Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde(at)ap.org.

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