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21721 [lbo-talk] head of U.S.-funded paper in Iraq quits, "suffocated" -- rank: 1000

Boston Globe - May 4, 2004 Head of US-funded newspaper quits By Lee Keath, Associated Press | May 4, 2004 BAGHDAD -- The head of a US-funded Iraqi newspaper quit and said yesterday he was taking almost his entire staff with him because of American interference in the publication. In a front-page editorial of the Al-Sabah newspaper, editor-in-chief Ismail Zayer said he and his staff were "celebrating the end of a nightmare we have suffered from for months. . . . We want independence. They ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 09:16:33 PDT 2004

21722 [lbo-talk] guest suggestions? -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Angela Davis Second nomination, and a good one. I've emailed her; hope I get a response. If anyone knows her, please put in a word. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 4 09:12:36 PDT 2004

21723 [lbo-talk] Cultural Change? -- rank: 1000

Shane Mage wrote: >Nathan Newman wrote: >> >>If I had the choice, I've take the February Revolution and the compromises >>of Kerensky, the Menshevics(sic) and the SRs.... > >Mr. Newman is at least consistent. Supporting Kerry, and hence >the imperialist slaughter in Iraq, he also supports Kerensky et. al., >and hence the imperialist slaughter on the "Eastern Front." But don't forget the dialectic - the CPUSA would defend both the Soviet Union & a v ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 07:05:10 PDT 2004

21724 [lbo-talk] Bubbling Bubba, lonely memoirist -- rank: 1000

New York Post - May 4, 2004 BUBBA BUMBLING TO FINISH BOOK: REPORT By DAN MANGAN The publisher of Bill Clinton's forthcoming memoir is "despairing" that the ex-president hasn't churned out enough pages - and that the book is too full of self-justification and blaming of others, a new report claims. Clinton has procrastinated writing "My Life" - for which Random House's Alfred A. Knopf imprint paid a reported $12 million - to such an extent that only within recent weeks did he ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:51:20 PDT 2004

21725 [lbo-talk] Re: Cultural change? -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gary?" <sladeg at verizon.net> > >'don't even think' , who the fuck are you, perhaps the size of your ego is >interfering with comprehension, I asked a question, a legitimate one I >think. We live-we die and in these times young people are dying for fuck >all >because we have failed our fathers, history is repeating itself . I'll >question what the hell I want and you can play whatever silly littl ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:44:55 PDT 2004

21726 [lbo-talk] RE: Cultural Change -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: [J. provides lyrics of "working class hero"]: To be fair, this wasn't on a Beatles album; it was on Plastic Ono Band. Woj has a point here. Even purportedly "political" Beatles songs are quite naive--e.g., "Revolution": And don't forget this one (which I loved in my Party of the Right days): Let me tell you how it will be, There's one for you, nineteen for me, 'Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman. Should five per cent appear too small, Be ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:41:58 PDT 2004

21727 [lbo-talk] Federal Election Committee Survey -- rank: 1000

snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com wrote: >ey hey hey. I just participated in the Federal Election Committee >Research survey! Has anyone else rec'd the call? I've been surfing >their site, trying to find a copy of the questions, so far it's a >poorly designed site! So, no luck. There is no Federal Election Committee. There is a Federal Election Commission. This sounds like some phony push poll. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:39:23 PDT 2004

21728 [lbo-talk] guest suggestions? -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Your erstwhile pal Tariq Ali isn't a women but he sure would make the >phones ring. Actually he hasn't in the past, which surprised me. Too cerebral for the WBAI audience? Dunno. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:36:03 PDT 2004

21729 [lbo-talk] Cultural Change? -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> > >> We'll have to disagree on this one. There was a lot wrong with the >> USSR, but it was a good try, especially at the beginning, and it kept >> the U.S. in check. The world is, on balance, worse in its absence. >> >> Doug > >So you're a fan of tyranny with a socialist face? I was afraid of starting something like this. People who take ...

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Date:	Tue May 4 06:33:34 PDT 2004

21730 [lbo-talk] Re: Kucinich is kind of a goofball. -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >i know the guy doesn't seem "presidential", but isn't it possible that >that's the reason why some people like him so much? Some people = <2% of the Dem primary electorate. What a promising base! Doug

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Date:	Mon May 3 21:35:22 PDT 2004

21731 [lbo-talk] Cultural Change? -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >For those of us who see neither the "Days of Rage" nor the Bolsheviks as a >shining success for the left, the message is don't tolerate stupidity >labelled as "leftism." We'll have to disagree on this one. There was a lot wrong with the USSR, but it was a good try, especially at the beginning, and it kept the U.S. in check. The world is, on balance, worse in its absence. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 3 14:57:44 PDT 2004

21732 [lbo-talk] FCC vs. SFLR -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >KPOO Those are really the call letters? Is it some kind of South Park-ish joke? Doug

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Date:	Mon May 3 14:56:08 PDT 2004

21733 [lbo-talk] General Alert! Abandon Ship! -- rank: 1000

www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: >That protection racket goes both way. If the Prince cannot defend >Americans, why should the US government defend the Saudi monarchy? The American ruling class seems to think it needs the Saudi monarchy to assure the plentiful flow of sacred hydrocarbons at reasonable prices. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 3 14:54:43 PDT 2004

21734 [lbo-talk] Re: Kucinich is kind of a goofball. -- rank: 1000

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >So he is not worthy of support? He was the only candidate calling >for US out of Iraq, Universal Health Care, Paid College Tuition, Gsy >rights, and even abortion rights (late for sure, but he did support >it) Are we so far gone that reasonable positions like these are >considered goofy? Those are great positions. But his personal look and manner are goofy, which matters a lot in politics. And he'd talk about the Goddess of Peace, which is political ...

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Date:	Mon May 3 14:49:31 PDT 2004

21735 [lbo-talk] RE: Guest suggestions -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >may lin (she lives in NYC- I think that's her name; she designed the >Nam memorial) Maya Lin. She did a very nasty thing two years ago. Reverend W. David Lee, a New Haven-based graduate of the Yale Divinity School, ran for the university's governing body, the aptly named Yale Corporation on a progressive, pro-union platform. Such officially unsanctioned candidacies are rare, and the authorities were alarmed. They persuaded Lin to run against him - a brilliant choice, s ...

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Date:	Mon May 3 14:48:03 PDT 2004