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13096 [lbo-talk] more GOP cleverness -- rank: 1000

[also from The Note] RNC launches "America Weakly": After a Labor Day weekend full of political stories largely focused on storm clouds gathering over GOP heads this election cycle and chock full of predictions of a Speaker Pelosi and a Democratic House, the Republican National Committee is pushing back with a (clever) fictitious tabloid "newspaper" called "America Weakly" painting a picture of just what that scenario would look like (at least to Republicans). ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 7 09:48:21 PDT 2006

13097 [lbo-talk] GOP turns it up: They Want To Kill Us -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> The first canary dies, as a BushRoveMehlman friendly "independent" group (re)emerges from the shadows to begin what will be an onslaught backed by tens of millions of dollars for national security (and, then, more under the radar, social issues) messaging to voters to rev up a base that does not want Charles Rangel to chair Ways and Means. From the creators of "Ashley's Story" (LINK <http://pfavoterfund.com ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 7 09:45:28 PDT 2006

13098 [lbo-talk] Re: anti-imperialist statement for U.S. Labor Day march -- rank: 1000

On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > I think not. After all: "The point is that in order to attract a > better class of customer, you have to keep the riff-raff out. Basil > Fawlty understood this; why doesn't the blogosphere?" > > <http://d-squareddigest.blogspot.com/> At which DD wrote: > was trying to play nice with the Decent Left always a dumb idea? What's the "Decent Left"? Those that think that imperialism isn't so bad after all? ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 7 09:28:18 PDT 2006

13099 [lbo-talk] America, laggard nation -- rank: 1000

[Full reports at <http://www.highereducation.org/>.] New York Times - September 7, 2006 Report Finds U.S. Students Lagging in Finishing College By TAMAR LEWIN The United States, long the world leader in higher education, has fallen behind other nations in its college enrollment and completion rates, as the affordability of American colleges and universities has declined, according to a new report. The study, from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, found that al ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 7 04:44:00 PDT 2006

13100 [lbo-talk] John Ross on Mexico -- rank: 1000

<http://www.counterpunch.org/ross09062006.html> September 6, 2006 Adios, To the Fox! Death of the Mexican Presidency By JOHN ROSS Mexico City. The tableau of 155 leftist deputies and senators storming the tribune of congress here September 1 to prevent President Vicente Fox from delivering his sixth and final State of the Union address (the "Informe") should be mandatory viewing for members of both houses of the U.S. Congress who, year after year, burst into servile applause fo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 7 04:14:42 PDT 2006

13101 [lbo-talk] Oil Is A Renewable Resource! Take That, You Peaksters! -- rank: 1000

On Sep 6, 2006, at 5:29 PM, jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: > On Sep 6, 2006, at 4:13 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > > They were never on the hook anyhow. Isolated individuals have no > responsibility for utilizing whatever transportation is most useful > and > enjoyable for the isolated individual. > > > On 6 Sep 2006 at 16:39, Doug Henwood wrote: > > So forget that Prius, and buy a Hummer! And the hell with the train - > always drive!! Carrol sez it's ok. > > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 14:38:00 PDT 2006

13102 [lbo-talk] Americans suffer outbreak of good sense -- rank: 1000

<http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=45> A Diminished Public Appetite for Military Force and Mideast Oil September 6, 2006 Five years later, Americans' views of the impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have changed little, but opinions about how best to protect against future attacks have shifted substantially. In particular, far more Americans say reducing America's overseas military presence, rather than expanding it, will have a greater effect in reducing the threat of ter ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 14:25:21 PDT 2006

13103 [lbo-talk] more Rove gossip -- rank: 1000

<http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/09/karls-closet-rove- fires-back-at-books-gay-dad-claim.php> D.C. CONFIDENTIAL The Rove Less Traveled Presidential pitbull Karl Rove has built his political career retailing his opponents' dirty laundry, but that hasn't stopped him from mounting a fierce campaign against an upcoming bio that delves a little too deeply into details of his own personal life. Sources say Rove has been furiously lobbying the authors to protest the impending publ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 14:22:14 PDT 2006

13104 [lbo-talk] Rove gossip -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/449691p-378518c.html> New York Daily News - September 6, 2006 [Rush & Molloy] Bio: Karl loved roving gay stepdad Cut! Bush adviser Karl Rove had some editing tips for his biographers. They declined his advice. President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove, has cunningly used homophobia to score victories for the Republican Party. But Rove is said to have been far from fearful of the gay man he called "Dad." According t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 14:07:58 PDT 2006

13105 [lbo-talk] Oil Is A Renewable Resource! Take That, You Peaksters! -- rank: 1000

On Sep 6, 2006, at 4:13 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > They were never on the hook anyhow. Isolated individuals have no > responsibility for utilizing whatever transportation is most useful > and > enjoyable for the isolated individual. So forget that Prius, and buy a Hummer! And the hell with the train - always drive!! Carrol sez it's ok.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 13:39:42 PDT 2006

13106 [lbo-talk] anti-imperialist statement for U.S. Labor Day march -- rank: 1000

We don't need to import disputes from other lists; we've got enough of our own already, thanks. - Doug On Sep 6, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > More love letters.From the list where David McReynolds gets called > a Zionist. Cord is a cranky Colorado CPUSA'er.Yesterday he sent me > several inquiries, today I am back to being a right-wing social > democrat right opportunist revisionist. I am 'ya know, heh. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: co ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 11:49:44 PDT 2006

13107 [lbo-talk] Mexico nearing violence? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 6, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > I don't understand why there has been so little mention on the > list of the momentous events taking place in Mexico. So mention it. Why complain about other people's non-mention? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 11:21:06 PDT 2006

13108 [lbo-talk] the terror game -- rank: 1000

<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/06/ MNG52L01KC1.DTL> San Francisco Chronicle - September 6, 2006 9/11: FIVE YEARS LATER Alerts aid terror goals, study finds Intense media scrutiny and politicians' rhetoric heighten sense of fear, researchers say Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer With the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaching, President Bush took to the podium Tuesday to speak to Americans about his administration's global war on te ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 08:40:22 PDT 2006

13109 [lbo-talk] latest Lieberman-Lamont numbers -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> Lieberman campaign strategists Neil Newhouse (R) and Josh Isay (D) sent a memo to campaign manager Sherry Brown yesterday summarizing Team Lieberman's latest internal poll numbers. The Note obtained a copy of the memo which claims to show Lieberman leading in the horse race by 16 points, 51% to 35% for Lamont and 4% for Schlesinger among likely Nutmeg State voters. Expect the Lieberman campaign to drive home the findings on Lamo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 08:35:47 PDT 2006

13110 [lbo-talk] FT Interview: Mohammad Khatami -- rank: 1000

On Sep 6, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Those of you who wish that a majority of Iranians had not elected > Ahmadinejad ought to ask yourself: did you do anything to compel > Washington to end its sanctions against Iran and come to terms with > Tehran during the eight years (3 August 1997 2 August 2005) when the > smiling Seyyed was the public face of Iran? Yeah, damn, if only I'd gone to that demo instead of that wine- tasting, how different the course of history ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 6 08:28:05 PDT 2006