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21871 [lbo-talk] Does Trade With China Matter? -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >But until that point, trade with China is a cancer on global labor >conditions, growing by the day and driving all workers in a race to the >bottom, as US employers demand that US workers compete with slave labor or >lose their jobs. > >That is not acceptable and must end. How? The BW article that Michael Pollak pointed to addresses a lot of the points you make, Nathan - including the fact that a lot of Chinese exports are substituting for exports elsewher ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 24 11:51:34 PST 2004

21872 [lbo-talk] Dick Morris: Why Bush Will Win By A Landslide -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >Does anyone know what Morris's track record on predictions is? >Because this is really creeping me out--it makes a lot of sense. > ><http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/21657.htm>http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/21657.htm Dunno about his record on predictions, but this bit of analysis is pretty hilarous - evidently The Dick hasn't been talking with Yoshie: >The polls are starting to reflect the effectiveness of Bush's ads, > ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 24 11:17:35 PST 2004

21873 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

By the way, what do our MTV-haters make of Comedy Central? Are young minds also being poisoned by South Park, or is it just spring break cheesecake that corrupts the children? Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 24 05:52:16 PST 2004

21874 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

Christian Gregory wrote: >Not to mention _Daria_ and _Beavis >and Butthead_ (great and great in my book). Truly great. Interesting fact. The former head writer of B&B, Glenn Eichler, was a friend of a (now-dead) friend, so I met him and his family a couple of times. Eichler created the Daria character and the spinoff, and clearly modeled Daria on his son, who looked and talked just like her. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 24 05:51:20 PST 2004

21875 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

Kids on the farm didn't experiment with sex? It's only MTV that's given them the idea? Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 15:25:46 PST 2004

21876 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

John Gulick wrote: >Brain rot, dissipation of the critical faculties, vicariously >identifying with conspicuous consumption of Moet and Benzes as the >end-all and be-all of life, getting sucked into the fantasy that >sporting nipple rings and tats makes you some kind of "cultural >rebel" (yeah, nipple rings and tats brandishes by Texas A&M's >starting offensive line). Jeezus, I thought you admired Tom Frank. I do, and he's a friend of mine as well, but how much do ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 15:14:18 PST 2004

21877 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >Have you looked at the stuff I'm talking about here? > >As to reasons, I agree with Neil Postman's theory: Sex (especially >commercialized and commodified images of it) competes with juvenile >personality development and academic skill acquisition. When it enters into >kids' awareness at too young an age, it puts harmful pressure on kids and >diverts attention from healthier pre-pubescent endeavors. > >This is not to say prudishness and sh ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 15:12:18 PST 2004

21878 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >So you dismiss the charges against MTV? Why? Is it OK with you to have >11-year-olds beinvited to watch drunken college kids engaging in public >foreplay? Why? What's the harm of that? I can see if you're some kind of fundie, anxious about nonmarital sex, but otherwise, I don't get what the damage is from watching MTV. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 14:44:58 PST 2004

21879 [lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids -- rank: 1000

BklynMagus wrote: >Scalia on Fire Island Pines Huh? Has he visited? Commented? Or is this just an incongruous fantasy? Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 14:24:43 PST 2004

21880 [lbo-talk] Does Trade With China Matter? -- rank: 1000

jjlassen at chinastudygroup.org wrote: >Doug wrote: >"You mean becoming Luddites and organizing against tech change? Or in favor of >better treatment of displaced workers?" > >The Luddites were not against technical change. Just technical change that >destroyed their livelihood. Yes, I've heard this. But: > K. Sale's book and David Noble's work dispel this >myth. I'm all for popular control over the evolution of technology, but Sale & Noble are both Luddite ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 13:15:56 PST 2004

21881 [lbo-talk] depends on how you ask the question -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> >> Asked before gay marriage Asked after gay marriage >> >> Civil unions for gays? >> >> Favor 37 45 >> Oppose 55 47 > >Does this mean that about 37% favor gay marriage? No, civil unions. The test is asking about civil unions after asking a question about ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 13:08:18 PST 2004

21882 [lbo-talk] Does Trade With China Matter? -- rank: 1000

jjlassen at chinastudygroup.org wrote: >If the AFL-CIO were serious about protecting 'American' manufacturing jobs, >wouldn't it be organizing around the issue of technical change rather than >trade with China? You mean becoming Luddites and organizing against tech change? Or in favor of better treatment of displaced workers? > Even the AFL-CIO's anaylsis only claims that trade with China >accounts for a small portion of manufacturing jobs lost in the US. Where do they claim this ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 12:38:35 PST 2004

21883 [lbo-talk] depends on how you ask the question -- rank: 1000

March 23, 2004 The Civil Unions vs. Gay Marriage Proposals by David W. Moore, Senior Gallup Poll Editor In a Gallup survey, conducted March 5-7, we found a surge in public support for gay civil unions, which would give gay and lesbian couples "some of the legal rights of married couples." Last July, Americans opposed gay civil unions by 57% to 40%, but the March poll showed that Americans favored the idea by 54% to 42% -- an increase in support of 14 percentage points. However, in the ...

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21884 [lbo-talk] Does Trade With China Matter? -- rank: 1000

Stephen E Philion wrote: >In Indonesia today, at least, you can advocate to form a union without >being thrown in jail. In China, being an independent union leader is a >direct ticket to jail. The right to strike is non-existent, which >defines slave labor in my mind. > > >--really? ask chinese employers about how easy it is to hold onto >their 'slave' laborers. they change jobs at the drop of a dime. and >strikes do occur in China, quite frequently actually, though ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 11:48:58 PST 2004

21885 [lbo-talk] From 2000 to 2004 (Re: Ralph the rightwinger) -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >Did your model take accouint of the megalomaniac spoiler variable? That >subtracted oh, maybe 2 million votes (and the electoral votes of three or >four states) from Gore's total. A variant model has a "strong third party candidate" dummy. Gore should still have won by a wide margin. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 23 11:26:35 PST 2004