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1576 [lbo-talk] Adolph on Cornel -- rank: 1000

On Mar 22, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > Yes, it's true. Even when I finally had steeled myself to start it, > listening to it felt like a challenge, like, "can I last a respectable > amount of time before I just have to stop it?" > > I have to admit, I believe I failed. You're not the only one. I actually paid for the CD, and I've never been able to listen to more than the first minute of every song. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 12:19:24 PDT 2011

1577 [lbo-talk] Adolph on Cornel -- rank: 1000

On Mar 22, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > I am perfectly happy to take your word that it's awful, and don't require a > taste, even though I run almost entirely on Apple products (so no problem > there). I appreciate the thought, though. :) Wuss.

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1578 [lbo-talk] Adolph on Cornel -- rank: 1000

On Mar 22, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > And he has at least one record, no? Have you heard it? It's breathtakingly awful. Here's a taste: http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Journey.m4a Just noticing that you need an Apple product or something else that plays AACs to listen to that. Sorry. Doug

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1579 [lbo-talk] Adolph on Cornel -- rank: 1000

I forwarded some of this West thread to Adolph Reed, who comments (edited by me, I should say): > What "100% black audiences"? That's not where he picks up those five figure checks for his performances. And what does "came out of the black church" mean? He went to Harvard, then Princeton before a drive-by job at Union. Since then he's done his "democratic freedom-fighting" at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Princeton.... Do you note an implication that "secular&qu ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 08:57:54 PDT 2011

1580 [lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > It has nothing to do with the style of either speaker. It has to do with the > political context. Two years ago the Wisconsin hadn't happened. Two years > ago there had not even been gestures of popular resistance to austerity. > > No one yet has said a word about the content of West's speech. That seems to > suggest that this list has ceased to be interested in politics. There's rarely any content to West's speeches. I've been l ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 08:49:49 PDT 2011

1581 [lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 22, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > Same here - the minstrel show comment nails it down rather > well. Which makes me wonder - he is a smart guy, the analogy > certainly has not escaped him. Could it be that he is playing a > double edged game with predominantly white academic establishment? I > mean, acting like a dandy character in a minstrel show while holding > professorship at Princeton hints that Ivy League is a high brow > minstrel show, no? Would a whi ...

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1582 [lbo-talk] Hello pplz... -- rank: 1000

On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:08 PM, // ravi wrote: > I can haz NYC dinnerz? Yes, but only on the condition you not sound like a cartoon! Welcome back.

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Date:	Mon Mar 21 19:37:51 PDT 2011

1583 [lbo-talk] Peter Fay on Fitch -- rank: 1000

Hey, Peter Fay, I just read this: http://theclearview.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/corruption-in-labor/ For the record, go fuck yourself. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 21 19:00:54 PDT 2011

1584 [lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Paul Bartlett wrote: > Or Reverend Billy, speaking like a Baptist Preacher,,, I can't stand Rev Billy. As Judith Butler put it long ago, one has to inhabit what one parodies, and Rev Billy inhabits it all to well. Hair shirt fire & brimstone fundie Protestantism sucks no matter what form it takes. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 21 18:18:51 PDT 2011

1585 [lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:07 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Oh, I don't think anyone is saying he's a charlatan. But there's just something about being the official black radical of the ivy league that takes a toll. Didn't happen to Chomsky, but Chomsky was a diff generation. West performs a caricature of a black preacher for a mostly white audience that eats it up. It'd be like Chomsky speaking with a Yiddish accent, like someone out of I.B. Singer. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 21 15:27:32 PDT 2011

1586 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 Just posted to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: March 19, 2011 Abe Sauer, who s been covering Wisconsin for The Awl, on Walker, the protests, privatization Steve Early, author ofThe Civil Wars in U.S. Labor, on the fights in & around Andy Stern s SEIU it joins: -------- March 12, 2011 Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Viru ...

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Date:	Sun Mar 20 07:24:05 PDT 2011

1587 [lbo-talk] Left Forum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Peter Fay wrote: > I can't possibly convey how bizarre it was listening last night to the > 'Left' Forum (FoxPiven, Flanders, etc) discussing how reactionary the Tea > Party was since they are opposed to peace, whereas 'our' Party (one would > expect that means the Democrats) are for peace. Really? Did they say this? Are you quoting or tendentiously paraphrasing? Doug

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Date:	Sun Mar 20 07:03:21 PDT 2011

1588 [lbo-talk] more Zim solidarity -- rank: 1000

[from Scott McLemee] Would you please pass this link along via your listservs, blogs, FB pages etc.? http://solidaritywithzimbabwe.blogspot.com/

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Date:	Fri Mar 18 08:56:33 PDT 2011

1589 [lbo-talk] catastrophy II -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Dissenting Wren wrote: > Well, you've convinced me at least. The political impediments are immense, but > I think your case is impeccable. Gar's doing great stuff.

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Date:	Thu Mar 17 09:19:37 PDT 2011

1590 [lbo-talk] Trump's beauty -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Steven L. Robinson wrote: > But didn't Trump go through bankruptcy or come near it sometime back? It's not really clear how much money Trump has. Forbes says he's worth $2.4 billion, much less than he claims. (He says his name alone is worth $5b.) http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump If they're right, $600m would be a big chunk of his net worth. Michael Bloomberg spent much less running for mayor and he's worth $18.1b. http://www.forbes.com/profile/michael- ...

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