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16816 [lbo-talk] News of LBO poster -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Jan and I have just returned today from attending the marriage on >September 4 of Yoshie Furuhashi and Mark Stansbery. Both the ceremony >and the reception were among the most fun I have ever attended. The >flavor of the whole is perhaps carried by the statement of Yoshie's >father (translated from Japanese) at the reception; this was his first >visit to the u.s. since Yoshie came here, and he said that after seeing >how much she was loved by so many peopl ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 15:34:01 PDT 2005

16817 [lbo-talk] restrictions on media in NO -- rank: 1000

Lionel Mandrake wrote: >The media are still serving power. It's just that >power has shifted. Strategic and philosophical >differences between a depraved and unbelievably >reckless set of oligarchs and the merely predatory are >now irreconcilable. Put more simply -- the level of >incompetence and corruption Bush represents is a >serious threat to everybody -- including the folks who >write Williams check. With the media having abandoned >the sinking ship, he's toast. O ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 15:22:33 PDT 2005

16818 [lbo-talk] Chavez to Speak in NYC's Riverside Church on Sep. 16th -- rank: 1000

Cseniornyc at aol.com wrote: >Since the announcement of a talk by a respected world democratic >left leader has caused such a controversy among diverse members of >the list and even outright neo-con type of tirades from some, I >apologize for it and promise I'll refrain for doing so again. I'll >utilize other more left-friendly outlets for it. What are you talking about? Why do you have to pick fights? Why do you have to denounce your opponents as right-wingers? Is Chavez above c ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 15:21:11 PDT 2005

16819 [lbo-talk] discourse -- rank: 1000

I don't like issuing pronunciamenti, but the personal insults and nastiness on this list must stop. Zero fucking tolerance, just like the Man. Violators go on immediate moderation. The right, which has been riding high for the last 20-25 years, is looking a little wobbly, and now is not the time to insult our friends, or the people who should be our friends. I realize that what happens on a little mailing list isn't of world-historical consequence, but I'm going to do my bit to put an end to the ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 14:52:14 PDT 2005

16820 [lbo-talk] file for FEMA benefits online? only if you're using MSFT products -- rank: 1000

Want to file for aid online? Better run Windows FEMA site requires assistance seekers to use Internet Explorer 6 By Gary Krakow,Columnist September 6, 2005, MSNBC <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9231271/> The good news: If you've survived Hurricane Katrina, the government will let you register for help online. The bad news: But only if the computer you're using is running Windows. Yes, it turns out that to make a claim with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Individual Assistance Cente ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 13:29:16 PDT 2005

16821 [lbo-talk] restrictions on media in NO -- rank: 1000

[Williams always seemed like a tightass servant of power but was amazingly sharp on the Daily Show last night. I wonder how long the media will stay so energized.] Washington Post - September 9, 2005 Standing in the Way Of a Good Story By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer When NBC anchor Brian Williams and his crew were trying to take pictures of a National Guard unit securing a Brooks Brothers shop in downtown New Orleans, a sergeant blocked the footage by ordering them to the other sid ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 12:13:54 PDT 2005

16822 [lbo-talk] the Mises ramble on Katrina -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >But I must comment: > >"We see the state's evil hand at work in these crises. In World War >II, it was the imperial state marching under a variety of socialist >banners. On 9-11, we saw hatred fueled by war smashing the myth that >the government can protect the homeland. And with Katrina, we saw the >failure of government at all levels, from the inability of the levees >to hold, to the fleeing of government officials, to the failure to >interv ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 11:57:17 PDT 2005

16823 [lbo-talk] FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties What happened? I thought Brownie was doing a heckuva job!

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 11:50:00 PDT 2005

16824 [lbo-talk] NO: certain people are expendable -- rank: 1000

<http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/09/08/featherstone-katrina/> Race to the Bottom Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises BY LIZA FEATHERSTONE 08 Sep 2005 Much of the world -- including white America -- has been shocked by the devastation in New Orleans, and by the ongoing failures it has exposed at every possible level of government. Even normally unflappable TV news anchors and politicians have been moved to outrage, asking why those left behind were mostly ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 09:48:28 PDT 2005

16825 [lbo-talk] Yushchenko fires Timoshenko -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >Julia Tymoshenko, the country's photogenic and fiery >Prime Minister Indeed. What's her story? She looks great, but what are her politics? Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 09:43:37 PDT 2005

16826 [lbo-talk] Chavez to Speak in NYC's Riverside Church on Sep. 16th -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > Dennis and y'all see, >http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050926/robin/3 > But, those two Sheehan comments were stupid, you know that. Almost >everyone here, except Wanzala, Lance Myurdoch and frank scott knows >that. Perfect ammo for neo-cons and Frontpage Moonbat Central bloggers >who call for shooting Raimondo. Enough. One more, and you're on moderation. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 07:51:52 PDT 2005

16827 [lbo-talk] Parenti on NO -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050926/parenti> The Nation - September 26, 2005 The Big Easy Dies Hard by CHRISTIAN PARENTI New Orleans The empty streets of this city present a vista of apocalyptic desolation: wind-ripped roofs, downed trees, smashed fast-food signs, dangling power lines, columns of dark smoke and everywhere heaps of garbage. On a lawn near the Ninth Ward three light brown mules, wandering the city alone, graze peacefully. In the sky above, helicopters drum the air. From t ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 07:51:19 PDT 2005

16828 [lbo-talk] Fwd: knock it off -- rank: 1000

[Kelley writes...] Doug, Please send this to the list or to them individually or something. If you think it will make things worse, keep it to yourself. Would everyone just knock it off. Michael, I don't have any problem with criticism but could you make them cogent and readable? Could you just stop fighting about stuff that no one cares about? I have been, thank dog, sheltered from the pointless bickering because no one I've ever worked with ever made known that they cared about, uh, water unde ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 07:38:09 PDT 2005

16829 [lbo-talk] the Mises angle on Katrina -- rank: 1000

[who knew that the Austrians suffered such a blow, yet managed to survive - and draw a libertarian lesson?] A Sanctuary for Freedom by The Mises Institute <http://www.mises.org/story/1907> [Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005] If defending freedom in normal times is essential, how much more so in times of crisis and calamity? Consider these following inspiring examples, and also consider <https://www.mises.org/donate.aspx>helping the Mises Institute as we come to freedom's defense i ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 07:34:11 PDT 2005

16830 [lbo-talk] Cuba/USA Contrasts in Hurricane Damage Prevention -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > And, I'm still annoyed at you changing the subject after my post w/ >the photo spread of the dilapidated Havanna housing and >transportation, as if I don't know what poor neighborhoods in >Washington, D.C., Philly, East St. Louis, the Mission district or the >Tenderloin in S.F. where I lived. I changed the subject because it was a cheap point, marginally relevant in the first place. Cuba is a poor country that still hasn't recovered from the collapse o ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 9 07:23:14 PDT 2005