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21526 [lbo-talk] Who killed Nick Berg? -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >------- Forwarded message ------- >From: Leo Casey <leoecasey at yahoo.com> Puhleeze. The last thing - no the second-to-last thing - I want to see on this list is forwards from this pious blowhard. Doug

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21527 [lbo-talk] Speaking of the latest polls... -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Iraqis want the US Out Now. Why can't the US Left align itself with the >Iraqi people? Bucause it is aligned with John Kerry, that's why. Once again, I'll ask - who the fuck are you addressing? I don't know any self-identified leftists who don't want the U.S. out of Iraq. Can you stop acting holier than thou for just a minute, or is it some sort of weird compulsion that makes you this way? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 14 21:05:50 PDT 2004

21528 [lbo-talk] Re: pick-a-poll? -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >this sounds like it was done exclusively on a couple of blocks in >Berkeley, but what the hell... >fs > >May 11, 2004 >For Immediate Release > >Findings from a new national poll show support for impeachment, growing >opposition to war on terrorism. > >Berkeley--Reporting from an ongoing survey of public knowledge and >opinion, Berkeley based NGO Retro Poll released startling results >suggesting that 39% of Americans favor impeachment of ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 18:11:50 PDT 2004

21529 [lbo-talk] Awesome News For Kerry in Brand New CNN/Time Poll -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: ><http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/14/bush.kerry/index.html>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/14/bush.kerry/index.html Hey Mike, didn't you write a bunch of posts a couple of months ago about how W had a lock on re-election? Nov 2 is 172 days away. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 14 14:03:35 PDT 2004

21530 [lbo-talk] so much for market research -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0510041friends1.html> A Failing Grade For "Friends" Sitcom was trashed in confidential 1994 NBC research report MAY 12--Though "Friends" would prove to be a lucrative ratings powerhouse, the sitcom's pilot received a failing grade and was described as "not very entertaining, clever, or original," according to an internal NBC research report obtained by The Smoking Gun. Months before the program's debut, "Friends" ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 13:31:38 PDT 2004

21531 [lbo-talk] Fwd: AUT: Near General Strike Thwarted in British Columbia -- rank: 1000

[posted to aut-op-sy at lists.village.virginia.edu - by the way, the "village" machine name is almost certainly a reference to Jefferson's term for UVa, an "academical village," which the TJ-besotted university still uses] From: "Chris Hurl" <munkah at hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:40:39 -0700 Near General Strike Thwarted in British Columbia On Wednesday, April 28 British Columbia's neo-(L)iberal provincial government introduced Bill 37, imposing cuts ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 13:04:55 PDT 2004

21532 [lbo-talk] Fidel speaks -- rank: 1000

Castro slams Bush as illegitimate leader in fiery tirade against US sanctions HAVANA (AFP) - President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) led a massive protest march against new US moves aimed at speeding the end of his communist rule, lashed out at US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) as an illegitimate leader and said he would die fighting if the United States invades. Addressing himself to Bush in David-and-Goliath mode, Castro said if the United States invades "I am just sorry I ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 12:24:53 PDT 2004

21533 [lbo-talk] Roy on Indian election -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >> How does Roy's political writing play in India? > >Roy doesn't have much political influence in India. Could she be the activist quoted anonymously in today's FT? >"Today - for the first and last time - I am grateful so much of >India is illiterate," said a prominent social activist who did not >want her name published. "It was the literate middle classes that >fell victim to the BJP's propaganda. And ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 12:14:42 PDT 2004

21534 [lbo-talk] Roy on Indian election -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >John Lacny wrote: > >>Taking power and actually changing the picture -- winning, in other >>words -- is not on her agenda > >Good for her! We know what happens when leftists take power. See the >Soviet Union, China, and other countries for good reasons why taking >power is a bad idea. So what's your political goal, Chuck? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 14 12:12:44 PDT 2004

21535 [lbo-talk] Freepers: Berg a go-between between ANSWER and AQ -- rank: 1000

Demented stuff: <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1135234/posts>. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 14 11:06:54 PDT 2004

21536 [lbo-talk] Bush seeks to shore up GOP support -- rank: 1000

[wow, it's come to this] Bush Seeks to Ease Republican Worries on Iraq Thu May 13, 2004 11:06 PM ET By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush invoked former President Ronald Reagan and conservative icon Barry Goldwater on Thursday as he sought to reassure Republicans nervous that Iraq could doom his presidency. Bush cast himself as heir to foreign-policy ideals embodied by the two conservative Republican standard-bearers of the Cold War era. He said despite "tough times" ahe ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 11:09:11 PDT 2004

21537 [lbo-talk] Re: A brave man -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >No, I'm sure Powell and his Army buddies recognized that this Iraq >war wouldn't be the feel-good, free 'n easy mass slaughter of Bush >Elder's Iraq war. But I don't think the military's primitive >instinct for self-preservation constitutes a "mind," as such. You're underestimating the enemy. You can't be mindless and successfully dominate the world for 50 years. It's not our kind of mind, but they're not dolts. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 14 11:05:17 PDT 2004

21538 [lbo-talk] Roy on Indian election -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >Doug Henwood posted: > >Arundhati Roy: > >> None of the pundits and psephologists predicted the results. The >> rightwing BJP-led coalition has not just been voted out of power, it >> has been humiliated. It cannot but be seen as a decisive vote against >> communalism, and neo-liberalism's economic "reforms". > >Compare the difference in votes polled by BJP led coalition and Congress led >coalition in this electio ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 10:33:25 PDT 2004

21539 [lbo-talk] more manna for conspiracists -- rank: 1000

[sent by an LBO subscriber] OCTAVIA NASR [SR. CNN EDITOR FOR ARAB AFFAIRS] discussing Berg incident ; CNN transcript. Aired May 12, 2004 12:59 ET O'BRIEN: [CNN ANCHOR] Well, let me ask you this. You've had a chance to really listen to this tape and get a sense who might be responsible, just by deciphering, say, accents. And certainly, there in the Arab world, they're very attuned to that. And given the fact of who this may or may not be, does that have some effect on how it is being played? N ...

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Date:	Fri May 14 10:32:45 PDT 2004

21540 [lbo-talk] Protesting Rumsfailed / Photos show MI in charge -- rank: 1000

snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com wrote: >Kristol on the Daily Show: Don't vote for Kerry because he'll get >the u.s out of Iraq in less than four years. Obviously he didn't clear this remark with our list anti-imperialists!

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