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18856 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Somebody calculate 1/2 of 1% of 6 billion +; that gives you the number >of super rich -- there must be some bright boys & girls among them. And >so what! It's a silly argument with no political implications. Something >like arguing over whether more baseball players than rugby players are >good at wiggling their ears. Are you really arguing that capitalists aren't good at what they do? Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 3 09:01:52 PDT 2005

18857 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: >Wide circulation makes Murdoch a genius? Is Britanny Spears a genius then? Consistent popular success across time & space, like Murdoch's, is an achievement, yes. You may find the product vulgar and reactionary, but it's not easy to create stuff that people snap up in huge quantities. It's lively, often clever, funny - evil & creepy a lot of the time, but seductive. Next to that, Britney is a flash in the pan - not untalented, but no Rupe. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 3 09:00:24 PDT 2005

18858 [lbo-talk] the end of civilization -- rank: 1000

via gawker: <http://jakebronstein.com/5/2005/06/collection-mini-me-times-three.html>.

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 13:52:01 PDT 2005

18859 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >I think you make several valid points, but Carrol makes a better >argument about strategy. We can't defeat Fox News and the right wing >by constantly complaining about them. Hey, who's complaining? I'm trying to get on Fox. Doug

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18860 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >What makes Murdoch a genius? If he is then I am. Give me enough >money. I will >curry favor with the most powerful forces & cater to the lowest >popular tastes. Sorry, Michael, you're no Rupert Murdoch. It's not just money. Compare the NY Daily News with the Post - they're not in the same universe. What do you think would happen to The Sun's circulation if you became its editor? You think it's easy to "cater to the lowest popular tastes"? You ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 13:29:29 PDT 2005

18861 [lbo-talk] generalizations and history (was Bradich and Lesbian HIStory) -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >is moyers a lefty? Of a sort, yes, like The Nation. I think he's said he's getting more left as he gets older. >i am interested, though, in what people think about my thought that >rightwing ideology depends, at root, on mischaracterizing "the left" >(which of course is everyone from lieberman to che to stalin to >hitler). It's very important - the left to them is somehow all mixed up with the bad stuff in modernity, like sex, homosex, feminism, godlessn ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 12:23:28 PDT 2005

18862 [lbo-talk] BillG at Live8 -- rank: 1000

[Patrick Bond & his Debate comrades seem pretty exercised about this event, as a weak liberal PR stunt. Which it is, but it's not like there's a giant radical movement that it's co-opting. It seems more like passing wankery, good for a laugh or two, like this.] Microsoft tycoon Gates appears at London Live 8 to back Africa plan LONDON (AFP) - US software billionaire Bill Gates made a surprise appearance at the London leg of the Live 8 concerts, throwing his full support behind a campaign for ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 12:19:15 PDT 2005

18863 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: > The only reason I can see for >paying attention to Fox news is egotism or vanity in exulting over how >much smarter or more decent the viewer is than the news caster. Not at all. There are some very smart people around Fox. Rupert Murdoch is a genius. Roger Ailes isn't in Murdoch's class, but he's obviously very talented. Brit Hume seems a lot smarter than any CNN or BIg 3 anchor. O'Reilly is very good at what he does - compare him to the retreads on MSNBC. Fox is v ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 12:12:30 PDT 2005

18864 [lbo-talk] generalizations and history (was Bradich and Lesbian HIStory) -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >I don't think there's one active reader of LBO who's unaware of the >difference between a paleocon, a Rockefeller republican, a christian >rightwinger, a libertarain rightwinger, etc. Yeah, but we're connoisseurs of this sort of thing. When you read The Nation, say, on the right, it's foreign territory to them. It's like they need a Let's Go guide to figure out the main attractions. Or when Moyers interviewed Lew Rockwell - it looked like he'd never known there were ant ...

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18865 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >It has an interesting "troops out now" ring to it, though, dunnit? >And the part about raising the min wage to $15? Woah. Three of the >more mainstream cons/repubs, though, objected to that one: job loss! > >Can you imagine if this guy got his way? What was interesting was >the way he pulled out revolutionary rhetoric (albeit mild) to send >this message. It's pretty classic right-populist stuff - xenophobic, workerist, authoritarian, patriotic. I b ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 10:21:39 PDT 2005

18866 [lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >snitsnat wrote: >> >> LOL. This is from a conservative: > >The web searches for conservative idiocies that so many leftists indulge >in remind me of an anecdote concerning Herbert Spencer. At one of those >famous British weekends at a country estate he was playing billiards >with a young man who defeated him consistently. Spencer remarked, "A >certain level of skill adds to the enjoyment of the game, but the level >of skill you display ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 2 09:43:42 PDT 2005

18867 lesbian HISTORY Re: [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >Of course the Right makes caricatures of the Left and >Political Correctness. The Left makes its own >caricatures of the Right. Hey the left is no slouch at making its own caricatures! Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 16:12:02 PDT 2005

18868 [lbo-talk] radio syndication -- rank: 1000

While I'm in the self-promotional mode about my radio show, I've just uploaded three recent shows to Pacifica's Audioport <http://www.audioport.org>. That means that any Pacifica affiliate (which means many community stations, not just the five stations in the network) can download and broadcast. Sooooo, if your community station is looking for some new material, let 'em know that Behind the News is now available. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 15:49:52 PDT 2005

18869 [lbo-talk] the "junior note-taker" -- rank: 1000

I've been avoiding citing Christopher Hitchens outrages, but this one is pretty far around the bend. The premise of this column seems to be that the Downing Street Memo is sorta like The Da Vinci Code <http://slate.com/id/2121212/>. In it appears this passage: >On a visit to Washington in the prelude to the Iraq war, some senior >British officials formed the strong and correct impression that the >Bush administration was bent upon an intervention. Their junior >note-taker commi ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 14:08:15 PDT 2005

18870 lesbian HISTORY Re: [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >I'm not sure what the link means for you, but in case anyone else >assumes its an instance of the same thing you're talking about with >your pal, it's not. It was a joke. I'm pretty familiar with the Lesbian Herstory Archive. My sister-in-law used to be a volunteer there. I've never known anyone to argue that "history" was sexist. A million million apologies if it seemed otherwise. Doug

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