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20896 [lbo-talk] deeply engaged -- rank: 1000

ABC NEWS POLL: CAMPAIGN TRACKING #2 - 10/4/04 EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 Voter Interest is High Heading into Veep Debate With unusually high voter interest in this year's presidential race, a vast majority of likely voters plan on tuning in to tonight's debate between John Edwards and Dick Cheney - far more than four years ago. Seventy-six percent of likely voters in this ABC News tracking poll plan to watch the debate, sharply up from 57 percent before the vice-pre ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 18:25:01 PDT 2004

20897 [lbo-talk] Re: in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos' -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >(I will admit that Tony's transgressive ways have lured me into >feeling completely insouciant about repeat overposting.) Careful or you're gonna get whacked. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 18:22:59 PDT 2004

20898 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

Finally, some new additions to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: September 30, 2004 Seth Kleinman of PFC Energy on $50 oil and the production peak a decade or two in the future * DH on presidential economics and an early version of a piece on Gallup's Republican bias (available on the LBO website) * Glen Ford of The Black Commentator on the importance of beating Bush even though the Dems are awful September 23, 2004 Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Neg ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 16:16:38 PDT 2004

20899 [lbo-talk] Warm summers or dark ages?/ Why not the best for the working class ? -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >I can understand what you mean. However, then I think "most of what most >people know is based on hearsay, usually about five to ten layers or more of >hearsay." I've never had direct observation of the U.S. Civil War, the >continents of Africa, Asia, Oceania, South America, Australia, dinosaurs, >atoms, electrons, my great, great grandmother,Babe Ruth, most Americans, the >GDP for the year 2000, etc. Yet I feel alright talking about them. We ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 15:27:35 PDT 2004

20900 [lbo-talk] Vince Lombardi (Out of Iraq) -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Besides, with the exception of Justin, the ABBs on this list simply >aren't serious. If they were they would find something better to do than >examine the entrails of birds (trace the polls) or whine about the moral >character of their opponents. Neither of those activities is going to >add a single vote for Kerry. It seems to me, therefore, that (again with >the exception of Justin) the ABBs on the list are utterly unintested in >making a political differ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 14:17:50 PDT 2004

20901 [lbo-talk] draft -- rank: 1000

This was just posted to the NYC Anti-War list: >I just spent half an hour on the phone with Rangel's staff member. Rangel's >bill will die if not passed at the end of the Congressional term, which is >fast upon us. It has few sponsors. The Republicans are reviving it now and >speeding it along so that they can all vote "no" on it and thereby defuse >Kerry's argument that Bush will reinstitute the draft if re-elected. No >Congressmen would dare vote for the draft a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 13:39:58 PDT 2004

20902 [lbo-talk] turnout -- rank: 1000

Steve Perry wrote: >well, gans has been in the news lately making two claims: 1) >unusually high turnout this time (58-60% compared to 54% last time), >and 2) the spate of new registrants augurs well for dems. > >doug, which does your pollster dispute? or is it both? He doubts the turnout projections, mainly because he doesn't believe Gans, I think. There's certainly other evidence pointing to a high turnout. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 12:59:42 PDT 2004

20903 [lbo-talk] turnout -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >The base population Gans uses includes a growing population of >unnaturalized immigrants and felons who can't legally cast ballots. The Census Bureau uses the entire adult pop, not just those eligible to vote, as its denominator in turnout. The rationale: even noncitizens and felons have to pay taxes and obey the law. I got into a big fight with the editor of my State of the USA Atlas on this issue back in 1994; with the Census person on my side, I won. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 12:58:57 PDT 2004

20904 [lbo-talk] turnout -- rank: 1000

I'm forbidden to forward, but a crusty old pollster says that anyone who believes Curtis Gans is headed for trouble - like Drew Pearson, 100% right 10% of the time. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 12:08:29 PDT 2004

20905 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo tv guide poll -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >basta, already... You're so much cooler than everyone else, fs. I can't stand it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 11:22:31 PDT 2004

20906 [lbo-talk] U.S Job Cuts at Eight-Month High -- rank: 1000

These Challenger numbers are kind of meaningless. They get a lot of press, but they don't correlate with much of anything. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 11:19:49 PDT 2004

20907 [lbo-talk] Vince Lombardi (Out of Iraq) -- rank: 1000

James Heartfield wrote: >Persuading people to support John Kerry does not sound like winning >anything to me. >It sounds like dissolving your critical voice into the pro-war mainstream. I really don't know how many times I have to say this, but let me try once more. I don't expect much from a Kerry regime - very little, in fact. Just some better domestic policies, which could make a real difference in some people's lives. And I think it's very important that the gang of loony theocrats ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 11:12:05 PDT 2004

20908 [lbo-talk] Vince Lombardi (Out of Iraq) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >And to be frank, who gives a shit if you get a stronger antiwar "movement" >under Bush if you get a more pro-war government? It's about the movement, not about "winning," which is vulgar. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 09:51:56 PDT 2004

20909 [lbo-talk] DeLong on drugs -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >How much of what drug companies claim as >"development" costs are really marketing costs? Lots and lots. See Merrill Goozner's $800 Million Pill. For the quickie version, listen to the interview at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#040506>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 08:46:48 PDT 2004

20910 [lbo-talk] Warm summers or dark ages?/ (An offer you can't refuse) -- rank: 1000

ravi wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> Yup - and it evokes New Jersey, in all its mundane hilarious glory, >> ^^^^^^^^^^ >> like nothing I've ever seen. The houses, the hair, the accents, >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > >tony soprano is indian? ;-) maybe i do need to see the show, after all! ;-) Ha. Not *that* Jersey. The Joisey that sounds sorta like a sixth borough of NYC. When I left Jerse ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 5 08:43:12 PDT 2004