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22051 [lbo-talk] KPFK Event -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >I'm not quite sure what you mean... but assuming any sincerity on >your part, (I refuse to take your apparent snideness at face value) >do you have any suggestions as to a 'better' event or speakers ....? >Could you elaborate on why you find McKinney and Ruppert wanting? Because they tend towards embarrassing conspiracy theories. But we've been over this territory a million times before; no need to again. Another point. Pacifica desperately needs to widen its a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 9 08:29:56 PST 2004

22052 [lbo-talk] Bush slips further -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - March 9, 2004 Support for Bush Falls On Economy and Iraq By Richard Morin and Dana Milbank Washington Post Staff Writers President Bush, the target of months of criticism during the Democratic primary season, has seen public support fall to the lowest level of his presidency for his performance on the economy and the situation in Iraq, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found. A majority of Americans -- 57 percent -- say they want their next president to steer the country ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 9 06:53:26 PST 2004

22053 [lbo-talk] KPFK Event -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >KPFK Fund Raiser! > >- Cynthia McKinney, Michael Ruppert I guess this stuff whips up the masses, but really, can't they do better than this? Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 9 06:48:35 PST 2004

22054 [lbo-talk] Polling footnote re: the energized voter base -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak quoted: > > >From Today's Papers (the Slate newsletter): > >USA Today leads with a poll showing Senator Kerry leading President Bush >50 percent to 44 percent, with Nader at two percent. When Nader is taken >out of the equation, Bush's number stays the same but Kerry moves up two >points. The Post fronts a similar poll. New York Times - March 9, 2004 The Next Nader Effect By CHARLIE COOK After the initial stir, Ralph Nader's entry into the presidential cam ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 9 06:39:25 PST 2004

22055 [lbo-talk] Does God Work at the BLS? -- rank: 1000

Dick N. Viers wrote: >At 08:21 PM 3/8/2004, MICHAEL YATES wrote: >><?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /> >>The BLS folks are friendly and competent. I did some consulting >>for an attorney whose client was suing a dentist. I needed a price >>index for dental services. BLS sent it out right away. BLS >>staffer Dave Richardson who used to post on these lists was always >>very cooperative and wrote a goo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 8 17:48:02 PST 2004

22056 [lbo-talk] Does God Work at the BLS? -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >"The nearly three-week delay for the January report is >unheard of in the government's statistics system." > >But we will have producer prices "someday, God willing". Did you ever call the BLS guy to talk to him about the delay? Or do you just prefer circulating innuendo? He's Gary Steinberg, 202-691-5902, and like I said, he probably answers his own phone. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 15:57:16 PST 2004

22057 [lbo-talk] revolting piece about Rachel Corrie -- rank: 1000

Jerusalem Post - March 1, 2004 <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1078113575924&p=1006953079865>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1078113575924&p=1006953079865 A 'tribute' to Rachel Corrie Ruhama Shattan March 16 is the first anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death. I want to thank Corrie for the explosives that flow freely from Egypt to Gaza, via the smuggling tunnels under the Gaza homes th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 8 13:22:10 PST 2004

22058 [lbo-talk] anti-Martha screed -- rank: 1000

New York Post - March 7, 2004 SHE LIED HER WAY TO TOP - AND BACK DOWN AGAIN By CHRISTOPHER BYRON SHE lied to her family, and she lied to her friends and business partners. She lied to the FBI and to the SEC. She lied to Congress, to the prosecutors, to the judge, and even to her own lawyers. In time, she wound up lying to the whole of America and ultimately to the entire world. For more than 40 years, lying had been a way of life for Martha Stewart. But in the end, she lied to 12 people too many ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 12:52:31 PST 2004

22059 [lbo-talk] outsourcing -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> >Read this forum with Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, Doug Henwood and Jeff >> >Madrick, from the March 22, 2004 issue of The Nation. >> > >> >Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing: >> >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040322&c=1&s=cavanagh > >I liked your piece a lot. You always have the clearest figures. The Nation editors were worried there were to ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 12:24:10 PST 2004

22060 [lbo-talk] Updating the Baran/Sweezy Perspective: Microsoft et. al. -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >Magdoff and Sweezy have long argued that the computer would have been an >epoch-making invention, but for its strong tendency to reduce, rather than >boost, the demand for labor. Computers are over 50 years old, and the global proletariat has what, doubled or tripled? Did this effect just kick in with the U.S. business cycle peak in 2001? Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 12:09:50 PST 2004

22061 [lbo-talk] Re: wotsit madder -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I quite seriously don't see why anyone should want to persuade or compel >anyone that X results in self-estrangement. The concept remains >important only as a private scribble of Marx's as he was working out his >understanding of capitalism and the struggle against it. > >Reporter: What is? > >KM: Struggle. Struggle without agents. "Self-estrangement" is one of those psychosocial concepts that annoy you so, and example of how social conditions ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 09:39:04 PST 2004

22062 [lbo-talk] Haiti: Insecurity Persists, Philippe "Offers Services" -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >Truth of Aristide's departure hidden in Haiti's chaos >Amidst debate about U.S. role, only certainty is that he's gone I don't get the obsessing over whether or not Aristide was "kidnapped." He was clearly driven out of power by the U.S. (in a joint, kiss-and-make-up venture with France). Why does every political development have to be reduced to some sort of dramatic personalized crime? Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 09:28:17 PST 2004

22063 [lbo-talk] Paul Sweezy again -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >No doubt it's massively dated in many places. But it provides a deep and >accurate explanation of present realities in three key areas, does it not? >1. Political economy of the military and military spending in the U.S. 2. >Political economy of marketing. 3. Institutional origins of the top heavy >class structure. > >Do you think these three areas are outdated? How so? There's a lot of continuity in 2), but 1) military spending has lost a lot ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 09:18:00 PST 2004

22064 [lbo-talk] Ralph Nader, The Leftist Conservative: VIEW FROM THE RIGHT -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sparks/ Which cites this <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37351> showing that not everyone subscribes to Yoshie's pal's description of Kerry as "far right": >ELECTION 2004 >Kerry ranks as Senate's 'most liberal' >National Journal vote analysis puts him ahead of Kennedy, Clinton >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Posted: February 27, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 8 09:04:09 PST 2004

22065 [lbo-talk] Paul Sweezy again -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >While you're at it, what other book explains more about the modern world >than Monopoly Capital? I mean it: Name your substitute. it's a wonderful explanation of the 1950s and 1960s. There's no comparable work that describes the world today. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 8 08:48:27 PST 2004