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15166 [lbo-talk] FORMATTING OF Rat on Your Leftist Prof, -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox used: >This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from >http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm As should everyone. Please, there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of people who are going to read your stuff. Show some consideration for them! Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 12:55:22 PST 2006

15167 [lbo-talk] FORMATTING OF Rat on Your Leftist Prof, -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >http://www.uclaprofs.com/ Where's Brenner? Bob, you falling down on the job? Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 12:54:03 PST 2006

15168 [lbo-talk] Gore: wiretapping could be impeachable offense -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Unfortunately if we impeach Bush, we get Cheney as president. I know you got a job Ms. Cheney But your husband's heart problem is complicated <http://www.lyricscafe.com/e/eminem/097.htm>

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15169 [lbo-talk] The US Power Elite: Undawnted -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > > >> >> I'm amazed by the number of lefties who get excited when oilmen >> endorse peak oil. > >Possibly true -- but I'm a bit curious: (a) How many leftists does it >take to add up to an amazing number? (2) What is the difference between >the words "lefties" and "leftists"? (3) Why you made that word choice in >the present instance? Why, that's for me to know & you to find out! Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 10:24:20 PST 2006

15170 [lbo-talk] 29% of Republicans favor Bush impeachment -- rank: 1000

<http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=12528> Zogby poll: Majority supports impeaching Bush for wiretapping WASHINGTON, D.C. - By a margin of 52 to 43 percent, citizens want Congress to impeach President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge's approval, according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigation of Pres. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. The poll was conducted by Zogby ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 08:48:45 PST 2006

15171 [lbo-talk] The US Power Elite: Undawnted -- rank: 1000

Jim Devine wrote: >also, there's a good correlation (I'd bet) between the price of >gasoline and the number of references to "Hubbert's Peak" on lbo-talk, >pen-l, etc. You bet. I haven't quantified it, but I'm sure it's there. It'd be interesting to run the numbers on Nexis hits. >BTW, T-Bone Pickens seems to believe in Peak oil (see >http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5159144) Ah, Boone. A failed oilman, he turned takeover artist, and then disappeared. ...

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15172 Politicization Then and Now (Re: [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >The New Deal was imposed from above by the progressive elements of the >ruling class who saw that (i) the old system has serious flaws that can >bring the national economy to its knees; and (ii) government "dirigisme" >(taking various forms, Keynesianism, welfare state, central planning) was >the cutting edge economic thinking ca. 1930 that seem to provide a cure to >these systemic flaws. Well, there were also autoworkers occupying factories ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 08:27:37 PST 2006

15173 [lbo-talk] market-test your novel! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer/index.php> What Do I Do? 1. Enter your novel title in the field at the top of the page. 2. Use the drop-down menus to choose the variables which best describe the attributes of your title. 3. Click "Analyze my title!" Score represents the percentage chance of its being a number one hit. Results are between 9% and 83% chance of bestseller success.

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 08:14:21 PST 2006

15174 [lbo-talk] God talks to Ray Nagin -- rank: 1000

New York Daily News - January 17, 2005 Iraq war blamed for Kat BY CORKY SIEMASZKO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER God is said to work in mysterious ways, but New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has divined that Hurricane Katrina and other devastating storms last year were signs that the Almighty "is mad at America" for invading Iraq. "Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses," Nagin said yesterday at a ceremony marking Martin Luther King Day. Nagin also said the st ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 08:04:53 PST 2006

15175 [lbo-talk] Gore: wiretapping could be impeachable offense -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1511599> Gore Says Bush Wiretapping Could be Impeachable Offense Former Vice President Says Legislators From Both Parties Did Not Do Enough To Stop Secret Activities By TEDDY DAVIS Jan. 16, 2006 - In an impassioned speech about President Bush's warrantless domestic wiretapping program, former Vice President Al Gore said in Washington, DC, on Monday that "the President of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently." C ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 17 08:00:04 PST 2006

15176 [lbo-talk] The US Power Elite: Undawnted -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Also, this is precisely the moment when Bush began to climb back out >of the hole. Don't forget that gas prices are a 70 cents off their September peaks. The correlation coefficient for the monthly average of gas prices and the Gallup Bush approval rating since Jan 01 is -0.81. Gas prices have been rising for the last few weeks; look for Bush approval to stall or even reverse. Doug

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15177 [lbo-talk] Woody Allen's latest stupid movie -- rank: 1000

James Heartfield wrote: >I tend to agree with Joanna about Woody Allen, but you should go to >see Match Point to see the Patrick Hughes sticking-out-perspective >paintings. Hughes' studio hosted one Doug Henwood on his visit to >London a year or so ago. From 21 Jan. you can catch his exhibition >at Flowers East Gallery, where some 'Match Point' scenes were >filmed, if you are in London. http://www.patrickhughes.co.uk/ And I have very pleasant memories of the studio, and the eve ...

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15178 [lbo-talk] further proof Bob Woodward is a prick -- rank: 1000

Raleigh News & Observer - January 15, 2005 Mr. Woodward isn't talking A bow for the bass MATT EHLERS, Staff Writer King Bob apparently has no time for the serfs. Bob Woodward, famous Watergate reporter, editor-for-life at the Washington Post and occupier of the high throne of Important American Journalism, is coming to UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday to speak at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. We wanted to get him on the phone for a story, but a rep said Woodward wasn't "granting" in ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 16 10:29:47 PST 2006

15179 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Yeah, but I think dispersal plays a big role. Back >when, working class folks lived together as neighbors >in the Back of the Yards, drank in the smae bars, hung >out on the porch, went to the union hall if they had >one. Now withthe car and burbs, as noted in previosu >threads, we are dispersed to the winds. I agree. There are many reasons for today's depoliticization, but I don't think it's really a matter of not enough time. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 16 10:13:26 PST 2006

15180 [lbo-talk] US to Iraq: rebuild yourself, loser -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - January 15, 2005 THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ 'Marshall Plan' for Iraq Fades Once the $18.6 billion for reconstruction is spent, the nation might have to rely on private investment. 'No pain, no gain,' a U.S. official says. By Doug Smith and Borzou Daragahi Times Staff Writers BAGHDAD - After more than 2 1/2 years of sputtering reconstruction work, the United States' "Marshall Plan" to rebuild this war-torn country is drawing to a close this year with much of its promise un ...

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