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20476 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Oh god, oh god, oh god. We've been having this SAME discussion for >how long? A year now, I think. > >I'm very tired of this. It is a waste of time: Bush, Kerry, >Polls.....rinse/lather/repeat. You're right. It's time for a moratorium. There's no way to snuff it for good, but enough. It's going nowhere. Doug PS: I thought you lathered before rinsing.

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 16:11:46 PDT 2004

20477 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >>Chuck0 wrote: >> >>>Whatever happened to all of that grassroots energy that supported >>>the Dean campaign? Once George W is re-elected, the Dems are going >>>to rue the day they torpedoed Dean. >> >>I blame Iowa. The timidity and politeness of the Hawkeye State sank >>Dean and sanctified Kerry in the name of "realism." >> >>Doug > >I blame Thanatos. Nothing proves the existence of the deat ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 14:18:43 PDT 2004

20478 [lbo-talk] going global -- rank: 1000

T Fast wrote: >Hey is Doug getting a kick-back from Spiked? If only! I could use some kickbacks. I don't like their line on cars and global warming, and Furedi's culture of fear stuff is way overdone, but I like reading Chandler and Heartfield. And it's amusing how upset some people get over Spiked and its ancestors. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 13:57:26 PDT 2004

20479 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Whatever happened to all of that grassroots energy that supported >the Dean campaign? Once George W is re-elected, the Dems are going >to rue the day they torpedoed Dean. I blame Iowa. The timidity and politeness of the Hawkeye State sank Dean and sanctified Kerry in the name of "realism." Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 10 13:05:48 PDT 2004

20480 [lbo-talk] support Bitch -- rank: 1000

The excellent Bitch magazine is in a cash crunch. If you can help 'em out, please do: <http://www.bitchmagazine.com/yearend.shtml>. Or mail a check to 1611 Telegraph Ave Ste 515, Oakland, CA 94612. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 12:58:39 PDT 2004

20481 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Or those older mentor left activists who criticize Kerry as "dull" will >discourage those younger activists from volunteering. Kerry's doing it all by himself. Admit it. Stop blaming others. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 12:39:04 PDT 2004

20482 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >But more than these dirty ads from Bush, those turnout efforts will end up >being the real story of this election. The dullness of Kerry's campaign runs the risk of alienating the turnout agents, who may not ring doorbells with the number and fervor you're hoping for. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 12:00:16 PDT 2004

20483 [lbo-talk] managing the news -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - September 10, 2004 Secret Service Not Coddling Hecklers By Dana Milbank Washington Post Staff Writer COLMAR, Pa., Sept. 9 -- Secret Service agents are famous for their willingness to take a bullet for the president. Less famous is their willingness to take out a heckler for the president. Officially, the Secret Service does not concern itself with unarmed, peaceful demonstrators who pose no danger to the commander in chief. But that policy was inoperative here Thursday when sev ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 11:03:24 PDT 2004

20484 [lbo-talk] Kerry not answering reporters' questions -- rank: 1000

Chicago Tribune - September 10, 2004 No questions right now; he's gotta run Kerry hasn't been chatting much lately with the media traveling with him, the Tribune's Jill Zuckman writes By Jill Zuckman Tribune national correspondent, covering the Kerry campaign NEW ORLEANS -- Who knows what lurks in the heart and mind of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry? Not the traveling press corps, that's for sure. Kerry has been under wraps for the last month, declining to subject himself to wha ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 11:01:07 PDT 2004

20485 [lbo-talk] Inflation -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Henry K.C. Liu has written lots of stuff on this. Asia Times >publishes him. I used to have his email, but I can't find it now. >Doug? Dunno. I lost touch with HCKL after he called me an apologist for imperialism or some such. He's listed in the phone book - I think he lives in a townhouse on the upper east side of Manhattan. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:54:09 PDT 2004

20486 [lbo-talk] Petition to Free Italian and Iraqi Aid Workers Abducted in Baghdad -- rank: 1000

Liza Featherstone wrote: >I'm sorry, it seems asinine in the extreme to assume that because this >kidnapping serves US gov't interests, and is cruel and barbaric, that the >CIA is behind it. There are evil forces besides our own government, believe >it or not. > >And, this petition seems well-intentioned enough, but to whom is it >addressed? The kidnappers? How will you deliver it to them? Mitch, wanna hand-deliver it? Do the people who wrote and who are signing this petitio ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:52:46 PDT 2004

20487 [lbo-talk] JJ blasts JFK2 -- rank: 1000

<http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0908-13.htm> Jesse Jackson Leads the Charge Against the Corporate Lobbyists Running Kerry's Failing Campaign (But The Press Blacks it Out) by Doug Ireland The howls of anger and distress coming from Democrats disgusted with the toothless and meandering Kerry campaign have gone aggressively public as the Kerry meltdown becomes more obvious each day. Yesterday, on CNN's Inside Politics, Jesse Jackson delivered a blistering attack on the Kerry campaign for ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:13:31 PDT 2004

20488 [lbo-talk] 2002-2004: Education and Motivation, or Lack Thereof -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >My comrades and I have begun an effort to do better in 2004-2008. I'm with you on that, regardless of who wins on Nov 2. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:11:10 PDT 2004

20489 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >Michael Dawson wrote: > >>If Kerry were >>promising one single thing that matters, I would be working for him. > >For what it's worth, he promises to raise the minimum wage, to >protect workers' right to organize, to enforce equal pay, extend >unemployment insurance, protect worker safety, etc. ><http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/economy/workers.html>. These >matter, don't they? Oh, and not to privatize social security and to cover 27 ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:09:58 PDT 2004

20490 [lbo-talk] Re New Economist Poll: Bad News For Bush -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >If Kerry were >promising one single thing that matters, I would be working for him. For what it's worth, he promises to raise the minimum wage, to protect workers' right to organize, to enforce equal pay, extend unemployment insurance, protect worker safety, etc. <http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/economy/workers.html>. These matter, don't they? Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 10 10:08:06 PDT 2004