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17236 [lbo-talk] "how French!," froths the Journal -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - November 30, 2005 REVIEW & OUTLOOK Oil for Friends Hugo Chávez repays his Congressional amigo. Money can't buy love, unless you're Anna Nicole Smith. But these days a little heating oil can buy friends in Washington, especially when they come as cheap as Democrat William Delahunt. Massachusetts wants bargain oil prices to help it through the winter. Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chávez wants influence in Washington. Leave it to the Congressman from the Commonwealth and a Kenne ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 30 06:14:03 PST 2005

17237 [lbo-talk] the underprivileged soldier? -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >I'm also hardly impressed by this habit of yours (and of Yoshie and >Carrol in a different vein, as well as many others on this list) of >repeating things that we all already know as if they were a special >insight of yours. Look, fulminator, if I had a nickel for every time I've heard the phrase "poverty draft" - Google reports 25,500 hits on the quoted terms - I'd probably be voting Republican. Why the fuck are you so angry all the time, anyway? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 14:11:18 PST 2005

17238 [lbo-talk] Fred Pfeil dies -- rank: 1000

This may be of somewhat limited interest, but the excellent Fred Pfeil, probably most widely known as the author of the Verso book White Guys, died of melanoma a copuld of hours ago. I got to know him through the Marxist Literary Group, and found him an extremely smart, likeable person who took his politics really seriously (teaching in prison, agitating against imperial war). Extremely sad news. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 14:03:43 PST 2005

17239 [lbo-talk] spellchecker -- rank: 1000

The spell checker for Adobe's InDesign was stumped by the word "narcoticized," and suggested "Americanized" as an alternative. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 13:57:45 PST 2005

17240 [lbo-talk] Anatol Lieven: Decadent America must give up imperial ambitions -- rank: 1000

I'm going to have Anatol Lieven on my radio show to talk about this piece on Thursday. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 12:36:41 PST 2005

17241 [lbo-talk] the underprivileged soldier? -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >What's the percentage of unincarcerated young black men who are in >the military, vs. the percentage of unincarcerated young white men >who are in the military? > >Until someone runs these numbers, I would suggest that everyone else >shut up about all the great alternative, non-military options facing >young men of color in this country, and about how recruits join the >military out of pure "choice," because economic compulsion couldn't >po ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 11:48:44 PST 2005

17242 [lbo-talk] the most foolish war in 2,000 years -- rank: 1000

Guardian (London) - November 29, 2005 Nowhere to run After what has been described as the most foolish war in over 2,000 years, is there a way out of Iraq for President Bush, asks Brian Whitaker There is a remarkable article in the latest issue of the American Jewish weekly, Forward <http://www.forward.com/articles/6936>. It calls for President Bush to be impeached and put on trial "for misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 BC s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 29 10:11:23 PST 2005

17243 [lbo-talk] the underprivileged soldier? -- rank: 1000

Matt wrote: >I think I read the original stats back when this study started >circulating as a reference in other punditry. IIRC their study found >that 85% of recruits come from households with incomes ranging from >$30,000 to $200,000. IOW, >= $30,000 is "wealthy". > >Such a range is silly, as people whose household earns $30,000 have >as little in common with the $200,000 household as they do the Queen >of England. Not even remotely comparable financial ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 17:12:41 PST 2005

17244 [lbo-talk] the underprivileged soldier? -- rank: 1000

[I'm not sure if I trust anything coming out of Heritage, but this does comport with some other research I've seen.] <http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051128/cm_usatoday/debunkingthemythoftheunderprivilegedsoldier;_ylt=AlWbZRYvkzY8hd7qSZNWg5us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YWFzYnA2BHNlYwM3NDI-> Debunking the myth of the underprivileged soldier By Tim Kane and James Jay Carafano Mon Nov 28, 7:36 AM ET They all volunteered. The U.S. soldiers pitching in with hurricane relief along the Gulf Coast and th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 16:14:10 PST 2005

17245 [lbo-talk] US Air Power to Replace Infantry in Iraq (Juan Cole relays Sy Hersh) -- rank: 1000

It looks that way. There are hundreds, maybe thousands (if you include the archives) of readers on the other end. Spare a thought for them. Michael Pugliese wrote: > Sorry, I cut and pasted it from, >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IraqFrontNews/ > > >On 11/28/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> these things are a lot easier to read when there are paragraph >> breaks, as there are in the original >> __________________________________ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 15:50:53 PST 2005

17246 [lbo-talk] US Air Power to Replace Infantry in Iraq (Juan Cole relays Sy Hersh) -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese quoted: >Bush's legacy >as a builder of democracy and promoter of rights in Iraq, all he has >left going for him, was dealt another black eye by the emergence of a >video that appears to show private security guards in Iraq firing at >civilian vehicles for sport out on the road to the airport. The video is at <http://www.ogrish.com/archives/security_contractor_trophy_video_in_iraq_Nov_28_2005.html>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 28 15:36:38 PST 2005

17247 [lbo-talk] US Air Power to Replace Infantry in Iraq (Juan Cole relays Sy Hersh) -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.juancole.com/2005/11/us-air-power-to-replace-infantry-in.html > >Veteran journalist Seymour Hersh is reporting in the New Yorker that >the Bush administration has decided to draw down ground troops in >Iraq. Knowledgeable observers strongly suspect that this step would >produce a meltdown and possibly even civil war in Iraq (which could >become a regional war). Bush's strategy may be to try to control the >situation using air power.Read ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 15:28:29 PST 2005

17248 [lbo-talk] AFA survey proves they've put the X into Xmas! -- rank: 1000

Survey Proves Retailers Banning Christmas Action by Federated Stores Shows The Results We Can Achieve! I thought you would be interested in a survey we did. We gathered advertising inserts from 11 different companies placed in two papers on Nov. 27 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and Memphis Commercial Appeal.) Combined, the inserts totaled 280 pages. Of the 11 companies, only one—McRae's/Belks—had a reference to "Christmas." They mentioned "Christmas" only two times. Th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 15:11:06 PST 2005

17249 [lbo-talk] Poll: Americans oppose Senate criticism of war - is this nonsense? -- rank: 1000

Gar Lipow wrote: >http://tinyurl.com/7rde8 >>new poll conducted Nov. 17-20 indicates most Americans are >sympathetic to Cheney's point. Seventy percent of people said that >criticism of the war by Democratic senators hurts troop morale - with >44 percent saying morale is hurt "a lot," according to a poll taken by >RT Strategies. > >The Post claims this is a "non-partisan" poll because it is jointly >conducted by a Democrat and Republican; but t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 13:01:06 PST 2005

17250 [lbo-talk] dating services and the left -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Justin: > > >> It's possibe that the _need_ for such services >> reflects the second sort of problem in with capitalism >> in the abstract, that human binds with ones neighbors, >> co-workers, and such are broken, but even if that is >> true,w hy shoukd people be confined in the circle of >> potential dates and mates to those whom they know >> because of proximity> > >Exactly. Those who bemoan the " ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 28 12:45:20 PST 2005