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21061 [lbo-talk] the truth about Ann Coulter -- rank: 1000

<http://www.straponvets.com/> Strap-On Veterans for Truth An organization dedicating to exposing the truth about the former drag queen now known as Ann Coulter We are a coalition of former friends and co-workers of Ann Coulter who are upset by her vicious anti-gay, anti-muslim, anti-feminist rhetoric and feel the truth should be told. Our organization, Strap-On Veterans For Truth, is dedicated to exposing the true past of America's number one hatemonger. Ann Coulter is actually a former dr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:47:44 PST 2004

21062 [lbo-talk] Excessive Lawsuits, Gay Rights, Tort Reform, and the Incredibles -- rank: 1000

<james at communistbanker.com> wrote: >I think Justin is missing the even larger context. Victims of medical >negligence have, in my opinion, no more moral claim for compensation >than victims of unfortunate accidents. In both cases civilized >societies should provide resources in relation to need, not in relation >to another's negligence. And if medics are negligent, this should be >a matter for professional regulation, or criminal law, depending on >circumstance. T ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:42:47 PST 2004

21063 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Why the World Needs a Weaker Dollar] -- rank: 1000

double bluff wrote: >Anyway, I find quite ironic that now US is going to be pushed to >"adjust" its economy in the same self-distructing way that it >imposed to much of the "developing" world in the last decades... You really think that? Who's gonna make us?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:34:30 PST 2004

21064 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Turbulo at aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 11/20/04 7:05:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, >lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes: > >>You could make a longish list of the things that have been wrong with >>the CPUSA, but is there any other radical organization that >>contributed so much to practical politics here? Civil rights, union >>organizing? It's really hard to engage with the real world and not >>look like a sellout to those who don't. >> > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:24:39 PST 2004

21065 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Turbulo at aol.com wrote: >Alternate Script (more like the one I was talking about to begin >with, and ones I've actaully heard): > >HENWOOD: "I'm in favor of economic security for all, and I'm in >favor of economic as well as political democracy. > >INTERVIEWER: This sounds to me like socialism. Would you call >yourself a socialist? > >HENWOOD: ???????? If the question were put to me, I'd say "That word is toxic these days, and not very helpful to use. It ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:23:33 PST 2004

21066 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >On Nov 21, 2004, at 1:26 AM, Shane Mage wrote: > >>Sounds like good oldfashioned American populism to me. > >Right now, good old-fashioned populism sounds like about the best we >can do, or even somewhat better than we can do -- our fondest >aspiration is to work our way back to the 1890s. I suspect that "good oldfashioned American populism" has a lot to do with the right turn in Tom Frank's Kansas. It had a substantial anti-urban, anti-cos ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:21:50 PST 2004

21067 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Turbulo at aol.com wrote: >>Who says a welfare state must be capitalist besides you? >> >>John Thornton >> > > >Me If you can't see much difference between Sweden & the U.S., then I'd say your categories are a little too broad. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 21 10:19:51 PST 2004

21068 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Turbulo at aol.com wrote: >What distinguished the Communst Party from left liberals was their >Soviet loyalism, rhetoric and part of their history. Their political >program is very similar. You could make a longish list of the things that have been wrong with the CPUSA, but is there any other radical organization that contributed so much to practical politics here? Civil rights, union organizing? It's really hard to engage with the real world and not look like a sellout to those who don ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 14:18:48 PST 2004

21069 [lbo-talk] Florida anomalies -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >>Because remember: the Watergate break-in wasn't necessary to get >>Nixon re-elected either. He won in a real landslide. > >That's an interesting parallel to comtemplate. People forget, but >Watergate was a story that was out there months before Nixon got >re-elected. And if you believe John Ehrlichman & Kevin Phillips, the story got traction because the ruling class wanted to pull the plug on Nixon. Should the ruling class tire of W, this wou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 13:14:20 PST 2004

21070 [lbo-talk] this day in history... -- rank: 1000

At 1:41 PM -0700 11/20/04, Thomas Heald wrote: > The Pridelets Files for November 20 > On this day in 1990, over a dozen gay men are sentenced to prison for >engaging in sexual acts of sadomasochism by a London judge on charges of >"committing criminal assaults upon themselves."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:48:19 PST 2004

21071 [lbo-talk] special air service -- rank: 1000

[a little late...] Sunday Times (London) - November 15, 2004 Private jet takes men for 'torture' LONDON: An executive jet is being used by US intelligence agencies to fly terrorist suspects to countries that use torture in their prisons. The movements of the Gulfstream 5, leased by agents from the US Defence Department and the CIA, are detailed in confidential logs obtained by The Sunday Times which cover more than 300 flights. Countries with poor human rights records to which the Americans have ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:39:08 PST 2004

21072 [lbo-talk] Florida anomalies -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >So, people, how convincing is this research? Andrew Beveridge, a demographer at Queens College who consults for the NY Times, says it should be taken very seriously. Beveridge is not an excitable partisan. Doug ---- November 19, 2004 By itself, switching these votes still wouldn't make Kerry the winner. But it's two presidential elections in a row that appear to have been messed up in Florida. Can the press help avoid a trifecta? By Barry Sussman Editor at niemanwatchdog.o ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:31:06 PST 2004

21073 [lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography -- rank: 1000

Turbulo at aol.com wrote: >While it's true that what constitutes a Marxist is something on >which any two self-proclaimed Marxists seldom agree, there are >certain basic indicators. Both on the radio and in public forums, >I've heard people say to you: "I know what you're against, Doug, but >what are you for?" Anyone considering himself a Marxist would, at >minimum, answer, "I'm a socialist," and then perhaps go on briefly >to explain what that means. You ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:28:55 PST 2004

21074 [lbo-talk] NYT: "Negotiators Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill" -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >My theory, which is probably just wishful thinking, is that the >anti-abortion people don't have many more, if any, votes they can >bring out of the woodwork by actually passing legislation, but if >they try to actually attack abortion rights, and push the other >"values" stuff, it will bring out a lot of the apathetic folks on >the other side who sat out this election, but will be angry enough >to get into action when they see the Right actua ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:22:04 PST 2004

21075 [lbo-talk] I Heart Huckabees -- rank: 1000

snit snat wrote: >apparently, if everyone had spent that half hour or day or two on >something the ABB critics preferred, the u.s. would be out of iraq? >there'd be a stronger third party? a stronger antiwar movement? That's the fantasy. It's a convenient explanation for the lack of radical politics in the U.S. - forget about structural and ideological constraints, just blame some irrational attachment to the DP. Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 20 12:19:49 PST 2004