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20881 [lbo-talk] in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos' -- rank: 1000
Carrol Cox wrote: >I guess they don't teach this >at the University of Virginia. Nope. They teach beer drinking, belching, ball-scratching, and road-tripping. Time of my life, man. I get misty-eyed thinking about it. Doug
Document Size: 4842
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 17:42:46 PDT 2004
20882 [lbo-talk] in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos' -- rank: 1000
Jim Farmelant wrote: >I don't think that the Bearded One had any such illusions concerning >the proletariat. No, the Bearded One was very unsentimental. But how many socialists/leftists today are? Doug
Document Size: 4887
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 16:15:04 PDT 2004
20883 [lbo-talk] Ad Nags -- rank: 1000
This purports to be the "private" blog of NYT reporter Adam Nagourney, but it looks like a hoax: <http://www.adamnagourney.com/>. But why would anyone care enough about Nagourney to bother?
Document Size: 4637
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 16:08:35 PDT 2004
20884 [lbo-talk] Food First fact sheet on Bush v Kerry -- rank: 1000
[here's where the dime matters some] NEW FOOD FIRST FACT SHEET Where Do Bush and Kerry Stand on Hunger, Homelessness, Poverty and Healthcare? While presidential candidates Bush and Kerry prepare for Friday's debate, many voters are not aware of their positions on critical domestic issues. As war and terrorism dominate daily headlines, news of millions at home suffering from hunger, homelessness, poverty and lack of health care are scarcely mentioned in campaign speeches. Food First/Institute for ...
Document Size: 6141
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 15:52:14 PDT 2004
20885 [lbo-talk] in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos' -- rank: 1000
andie nachgeborenen wrote: >I think this is also a very Marxian idea. Isn't it a >problem with capitalism that it degrades taste and >human skill and accomplishment, producing stunted >monsters? Isn't it supposed to be an advantage of >socialism that it will enable people to develop their >talents and tastes in a more refined way? Thus making >them better, more complete, more fullly rounded >people? Yeah, isn't that a problem for Marxists/socialists? You want to overturn ...
Document Size: 5467
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 15:09:41 PDT 2004
20886 [lbo-talk] polls: narcotic of choice -- rank: 1000
Speaking of which, for you narcotic addicts out there: Bush's lead is now 49-47 in the latest ABC News tracking poll, down from 51-45 yesterday! Ralphie's been stuck at 1% for weeks, off from 2% in early summer.
Document Size: 4708
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 14:12:12 PDT 2004
20887 [lbo-talk] NYC EPRs -- rank: 1000
There was a query here the other day about employment in New York City. Information on metro area and large city participation rates and employment/population ratios (EPR - the share of the noninstitutionalized adult population that's employed) can be found at <http://bls.gov/opub/gp/gpsec3.htm>. They're 2002 averages - nothing more recent is available. But they'll give a ballpark idea of what NYC is like. In mid-2002, the U.S. national EPR was 62.8. The BLS doesn't publish separate estima ...
Document Size: 5651
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 14:05:59 PDT 2004
20888 [lbo-talk] 42% *still* think Saddam in on 9/11 -- rank: 1000
Editor & Publisher - October 5, 2004 Media Matters? Poll Shows More than 4 in 10 Still Link Saddam to 9/11 NEW YORK While the press gave extensive coverage Tuesday to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's statement that he hasn't seen "any strong, hard evidence" to link Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the al-Qaeda terrorists who staged the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, it became ever more apparent that the media still have their work cut out for them on this issue. Rumsfeld's com ...
Document Size: 5817
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 13:32:37 PDT 2004
20889 [lbo-talk] flashback... -- rank: 1000
...to Cheney, on Meet The Press, March 2003: MR. RUSSERT: Many Americans and many people around the world are asking one question: Why is it acceptable for the United States to lead a military attack against a nation that has not attacked the United States? What's your answer? VICE PRES. CHENEY: . . But we also have to address the question of where might these terrorists acquire weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons, biological weapons, nuclear weapons? And Saddam Hussein becomes a prime ...
Document Size: 7934
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 13:03:44 PDT 2004
20890 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 10, Issue 60 -- rank: 1000
frank scott wrote: >"...Regardless of artistic excellence (or lack thereof) of the content >of >a particular show, watching TV, with all the commercials that come >with it, takes too much time for me..." > >the mute button on the remote makes it all endurable...and without all >those ad breaks, there would be less time for a toke, going to the john, >getting a nosh, reading the paper and all the other things many of us do >while watching the simpsons, or foot ...
Document Size: 5527
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 11:49:27 PDT 2004
20891 [lbo-talk] Honey, I Shrunk the Empire! -- rank: 1000
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >It may eventually come to conscription, but reinstating the draft >will be *the last resort*, a course of action open only to a >Democratic Administration, which, unlike a Republican one, would >have enough support among workers and intellectuals to resume it if >all other options become exhausted. Worked like a charm for LBJ, didn't it? The landslide re-election in '68, his place as the most revered of recent presidents....
Document Size: 5046
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 11:16:01 PDT 2004
20892 [lbo-talk] Cheney: "Oh yeah." -- rank: 1000
B. wrote: >Meeting Was Not First for Cheney, Edwards There's a pic at <http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20041006_463.html>. Doug
Document Size: 4826
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 09:15:20 PDT 2004
20893 [lbo-talk] in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos' -- rank: 1000
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >But you are not alone - many genuinely >progressive people, including our fearless guru Doug the New Economy Slayer >Henwood and hip hop fans, fall into the same trap. Call me reactionary or old-fashioned, but I don't think the mission of art, or even entertainment, is to promote progressive values. Wallace Stevens wrote beautiful poetry, but he could also celebrate the killing of Communists in Korea in a letter. Nietzsche is lots of fun to read, but one wouldn ...
Document Size: 5488
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 08:59:57 PDT 2004
20894 [lbo-talk] Cheney wins! -- rank: 1000
ABC NEWS POLL: THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - 10/5/04 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Debate Win for Cheney With Help From His Friends Dick Cheney prevailed in the vice-presidential debate with help from a more Republican audience - and more support from his ticket's side than John Edwards got from his. Among registered voters who watched the debate, 43 percent said Cheney won, 35 percent called Edwards the winner and 19 percent called it a tie. One factor is that more Republicans tuned in - 38 percent ...
Document Size: 5082
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Oct 6 06:22:30 PDT 2004
20895 [lbo-talk] draft crushed in House -- rank: 1000
House Crushes Military Draft Bill By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday crushed a bill to reinstitute the draft as Republicans accused Democrats of raising the specter of compulsory military service to turn voters against President Bush (news - web sites)'s reelection bid. After a bitter debate on Bush's handling of Iraq (news - web sites), the House killed the bill 402-2 as Republicans sought to stamp out rumors of an impending draft that have swept colle ...
Document Size: 8569
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Oct 5 18:44:58 PDT 2004
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