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17986 [lbo-talk] the Heritage/WSJ Freedom index is meaningless -- rank: 1000

Thomas Brown wrote: >My point is that by radically overstating a case, using inflammatory and > >insulting language, you alienate the best people, and attract the worst > >sort. For example, just look at some of the ad hominist goofballs > >that infest this list and others like it. I understand the temptation to > >twist the rhetorical knife, but I disagree with it as an effective strategy. Well I'm no fan of your Churchill strategy either. Doug

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Date:	Sun Mar 27 18:14:33 PST 2005

17987 [lbo-talk] Fwd: New from DIRELAND: DeLay's Schiavo Hypocrisy: He Let His Own Father Be Snuffed by "An Act of Barbarism:" -- rank: 1000

DIRELAND - March 27, 2005 <http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/03/schiavo_delays_.html> DeLAY'S SCHIAVO HYPOCRISY--HE LET HIS OWN FATHER BE SNUFFED BY 'AN ACT OF BARBARISM' Today's Los Angeles Times unearths the story of Tom DeLay's father, who was in a serious accident--and when doctors told the then young Congressman and his family that the elder DeLay would "basically be a vegetable" (as the Congressman's aunt told the L.A. daily), the family took the decision to withhol ...

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Date:	Sun Mar 27 07:33:30 PST 2005

17988 [lbo-talk] the Heritage/WSJ Freedom index is meaningless -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >So... How *are they* plotting the points? >Or are they truly making it all up? They have some bogus quintile analysis which doesn't disclose much. It's about two paragraphs of the report. Doug

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Date:	Sun Mar 27 07:27:27 PST 2005

17989 [lbo-talk] Re: worker freedom of choice -- rank: 1000

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: >Besides if fs wasn't sarcastic and nihilistic what fun would he be? He's fun now? Doug

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Date:	Sun Mar 27 07:19:58 PST 2005

17990 [lbo-talk] the Heritage/WSJ Freedom index is meaningless -- rank: 1000

An LBO special report: the Heritage/WSJ Freedom Index is absolutely meaningless: <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/FreedomIndex.html>. Every year since 1995 they've put this thing out, to great interest and satisfaction on the right. Too bad it's absolutely useless! Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 16:32:27 PST 2005

17991 [lbo-talk] Re: NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >And the per capita global growth rates of output of the 50s were higher >than of the 60s, the 60s were higher than of the 70s, the 70s were >higher than the 80s, the 80s were higher than the 90s and the 90s were >higher than the 00s so far. Vibrant dynamism? In places yes, in places no. I've appended below a bunch of stats that address this point. Some highlights: US growth rates were higher in the 1960s than the 1950s - even the 70s were higher than the 50s. Descri ...

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 14:58:38 PST 2005

17992 [lbo-talk] NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >My PC is capital If you're making money from your blog it is; otherwise, it's just an appliance. Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 11:54:23 PST 2005

17993 [lbo-talk] NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >I know this isn't common, but there's a not-insignificant amount of >capital that wasn't extracted from the exploited workers and that >doesn't get put to use via "machinery worked by proles" -- mostly it >gets spent :-) If it's consumed, then it ain't capital. Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 11:53:35 PST 2005

17994 [lbo-talk] NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >Yes, but some capital is non-hierarchical and >some hierarchy does not spring from capital. I agree with the second part, but not the first. What's capital if it's not hiearchical? Machinery is owned by capitalist and worked by proles; money capital represents the proceeds of SV extraction and is ultimately a claim on the time of workers. ("Money has but one face, that of the boss." - Negri) Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 10:16:59 PST 2005

17995 [lbo-talk] Tacitus revisited -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >[They made a desert and call it Falluja.] > >Vital Signs of a Ruined Falluja Grow Stronger > >By ROBERT F. WORTH > >Published: March 26, 2005 Further down in the story, we learn: >Each person received an initial payment equal to 20 percent of the >cost of the damage as assessed by a group of Iraqi engineers. The >money comes from the interim Iraqi government. > >Ms. Abed, dressed in a full-length black abaya, explained that she >returned ...

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17996 [lbo-talk] NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >Or maybe it's not about capital, but about hierarchy. Two different names for the same thing, no? Capital is a relation, not a thing. Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 09:24:27 PST 2005

17997 [lbo-talk] Re: NYT: "Too Much Capital" -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >"Twist and turn as one will, there is no way to avoid the conclusion >that monopoly capitalism is a self-contradictory system. It tends to >generate ever more surplus, yet it fails to provide the consumption and >investment outlets required for the absorption of a rising surplus and >hence for the smooth workings of the system." > >Baran and Sweezy, _Monopoly Capitalism_ Chapter 3, Section 5 (Monthly >Review Press, 1966) p.108 Ok, this was writ ...

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Date:	Sat Mar 26 09:23:11 PST 2005

17998 [lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV -- rank: 1000

I think it's time to bring this to an end. Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 16:44:54 PST 2005

17999 [lbo-talk] Ralph's newest best friend -- rank: 1000

<http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/03/schiavo_nader_a.html> New from DIRELAND, March 25, 2005 SCHIAVO: NADER ALLIES HIMSELF WITH THE CHRISTERS Ralph Nader today has joined the Christers in opposing the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube--and has linked up with a right-winger with unsavory connections to do it. You may recall Ralph's unprincipled hooking up with the cult-racket formerly known as the New Alliance Party to help get him on the ballot for his '04 presidential campa ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 15:50:05 PST 2005

18000 [lbo-talk] Shaivo finale on my part (for real) -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >Miles Jackson wrote: > >>bullshitting about stuff you know a little about is a favorite American >>sport > >And the ability to do that well has long been touted as one of the virtues >of an Ivy League education! >___________________________________ > > >not to mention the Mother's Milk of listservs. Don't forget the blogues!

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