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21046 [lbo-talk] Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform, -- rank: 1000

<james at communistbanker.com> wrote: >--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >You forgot to quote the part where I said that the right-wing >anecdote machine thrives on pretending that extraordinary things are >actually quite ordinary, when they're not. In this instance, your >view of litigation driving medical practice is way overblown. > >Where the right stands on this is irrelevant. No it's not. The point I'm now making for the third time is tha ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 22 07:30:01 PST 2004

21047 [lbo-talk] scenes from the great Falluja triumph -- rank: 1000

Marines Hampered by Security Fears in Falluja By Michael Georgy FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines were conducting painstaking weapons searches in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday when they spotted a man with an AK-47 rifle on a nearby rooftop. Armed only with a light weapon, he could never stand up to what they were about to unleash. But he was enough to distract Marines from a task that is key to stabilizing Falluja after a U.S.-led offensive crushed rebels controlling the Sunni Muslim ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 22 07:06:30 PST 2004

21048 SV: [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

<Johan.Lif at vlt.se> wrote: >How long ago was this? I may be wrong, but there seems to be little >awareness in this disussion of the political changes Sweden has gone >through over the past 20 years. Reading this, you'd think nothing >has happened since the 1960s. Lots has happened since the 1960s, for sure, but some basic stats for the year 2000 (LIS key figures <http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures.htm>): relative poverty rate (household income <50% of median) Swede ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 22 06:58:55 PST 2004

21049 [lbo-talk] Struggle for Reform was Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: > > 4) Would socialism involve a sort of welfare state? > >I don't see how this is a coherent question. Because of your as-yet unrevealed idea of what socialism would be? I thought your whole line was that we can't prescribe the future because it will only take place through (unpredictable) struggle. But evidently you've got a concept in your head. So what is it, that it's not a welfare state? Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 21:55:25 PST 2004

21050 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Well, it didn't work in 1914 in Germany, or 1945 in England, or 1965 in >the U.S. But you never can tell. No it didn't. But did socialist revolution "work" in Russia in 1917 or China in 1949? Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 16:29:24 PST 2004

21051 [lbo-talk] a new blog -- rank: 1000

Don't believe everything you read here: <http://swiftreport.blogs.com/>. Andrew Sullivan was impressed: <http://andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_11_14_dish_archive.html#110098891227921942> CRUCIFIXION GAMEBOX: They're selling a "Passion of the Christ" video game? Does Jesus try to get away or something?

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 16:25:27 PST 2004

21052 [lbo-talk] Re: Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform, and the Incredibles -- rank: 1000

Tommy Kelly wrote: >Doug I seriously doubt the doctor was trying to hurt his/her patient. I doubt that too. But there are some incompetents practicing medicine, and the profession is pretty bad at policing itself. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 15:31:48 PST 2004

21053 [lbo-talk] interview with BlogActive's Rogers -- rank: 1000

IN Magazine (Los Angeles) - November 16-29, 2004 Outting Gay Politicians The Power of BlogACTIVE A conversation with Michael Rogers, Washington's most controversail gay activist by CHRISTOPHER LISOTTA For the past few months, Washington, D.C., gossips and media hounds have been fascinated with Michael Rogers' Web site BlogACTIVE.com. The site was the first place that suggested virulently anti-gay Virginia Republican Congressman Ed Schrock was gay, and challenged him to answer tough questions con ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 15:24:30 PST 2004

21054 [lbo-talk] top Republicans outed! -- rank: 1000

<http://blogactive.com/> Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Editor of Washington Blade puts Mehlman's Sexual Orientation on the Table. Chris Crain, editor of the Washington Blade has gone on line speculating about the sexual orientation of RNC Chairman-designate Ken Mehlman. The press in the nations capital considers Mehlman's private life relevant! One of my sources inside the Blade told me this piece was coming from Crain. While, I expected it to have something a little more "juicy" -- ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 15:18:08 PST 2004

21055 [lbo-talk] Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform, -- rank: 1000

<james at communistbanker.com> wrote: >Doug writes of my example that, "This sort of thing is a >staple of the right-wing anecdote machine", which is irrelevant. >If doctors make decisions based on what they are most likely >to be sued over, rather than what is best for the patient, >then patient care is likely to suffer. You forgot to quote the part where I said that the right-wing anecdote machine thrives on pretending that extraordinary things are actually quite ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 15:10:53 PST 2004

21056 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

John Thornton wrote: >Doug's point was that in a mainstream media interview you can say >things like "I support the idea of a welfare state" and still be >taken seriously whereas if you say "I would like to see the US >become a socialist state" everything you say after that will be >treated like so much static. He is essentially correct. Saying that >this statement really means he isn't a true socialist because the >concept of a welfare state is meaningle ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 15:03:29 PST 2004

21057 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I should not have responded at all to the discussion of the phrase, >"welfare state." I really cannot see why the topic ever came up. The >general thread (though the subject line is bad) is important, but the >quibbling over the meaning of "welfare state" is really silly. Why in >the world would anyone, ever, want to call a socialist state a welfare >state. > >I'll stick with my d? in the margin on this part of the debate. Gotta admi ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 14:55:48 PST 2004

21058 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Coming across such sloppy diction in a freshman theme one would >underline it, scribble D? in the margin, and go on to more important >things. We're all your D students, Carrol, and await further enlightenment. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 12:49:27 PST 2004

21059 [lbo-talk] Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform, and the Incredibles -- rank: 1000

<james at communistbanker.com> wrote: >But in Doug's example, the hospital was punished to the >tune of $250k, and the docter was probably disciplined. Well, my friend hasn't even filed a suit yet, so no one's out anything. And given the cap on awards, it becomes uneconomical to hire a lawyer whose fees would eat up a substantial portion of any settlement. It would be the insurance company that would be out the $250k, and doctors are rarely disciplined. We've had some egregious cases ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 12:45:16 PST 2004

21060 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Why the World Needs a Weaker Dollar] -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >I don't get something about this economic arrangement: what's to >stop China and Japan from gradually shifting their assets from >U. S. bonds to other assets (say, euro-bonds)? Couldn't they >at least use the threat of this for political and economic >leverage? What's the U. S. gonna do, invade China and force >them to buy back Treasury bonds? Well that's the big question. But I have a hard time imagining the U.S. conceding to being structurally adjusted ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 21 11:08:26 PST 2004