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22081 [lbo-talk] the imperialism of the liberal -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >http://antiwar.com/orig/pilger.php?articleid=2089 > >The "anyone but Bush" movement objects to the Coke-Pepsi analogy... Libertarians like Antiwar.com aren't really fond of unions or public programs or a progressive tax system. In fact, a lot of the "not a dime's worth of difference" crowd cares mostly about foreign policy, and not the U.S. working class. Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 12:48:51 PST 2004

22082 [lbo-talk] 9/11 Probe is the new terror -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >It is interesting to note how speculation about the mysteries of >9-11 is no longer the preserve of marginal conspiranoids, but has >become an issue you can talk about in tones above a whisper...many >of those who expended much energy attacking those (of us) who raised >these questions two-three years ago - Steve Rendell, Michael >Pugliese, David Corn, Norman Solomon and of course the inimitable >Chip Berlet to name a few, seem to have lost their ardor ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 12:38:21 PST 2004

22083 [lbo-talk] same-sex & interracial marriage -- rank: 1000

"The Sexualization of Difference: A Comparison of Mixed-Race and Same-Gender Marriage" Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, Vol. 37, pp. 255-288 BY: JOSEPHINE ROSS Boston College Law School Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=508022 Paper ID: Boston College Law School Research Paper No. 31 Date: February 2004 Contact: JOSEPHINE ROSS Email: rossjf at bc.edu Postal: Boston College Law School 8 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Mar 5 11:28:59 PST 2004

22084 [lbo-talk] outsourcing -- rank: 1000

At 9:32 AM -0800 3/5/04, The Nation Magazine wrote: >Dear EmailNation Subscriber, > >With American job losses mounting and trade policy becoming a key >electoral issue, The Nation, in an effort to help develop a progressive >position on outsourcing has solicited three views on the subject. > >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: & ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 09:55:43 PST 2004

22085 [lbo-talk] Haiti expert? -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: > >On Thu Mar 5, 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> I'd love to find someone who could talk about the history & political >> economy of Haiti on my radio show next week - e.g., how did it get to be >> so poor? Any ideas? > >Recently someone posted a news update from the IPA that listed a half >dozen experts ready to talk: > >http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR030104.htm > >I couldn't help noticing that one of them is ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 09:22:20 PST 2004

22086 [lbo-talk] Re: we had opportunities... -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Avoiding Attacking Suspected Terrorist Mastermind > By Jim Miklaszewski > NBC News > > Tuesday 03 March 2004 > > Abu Musab Zarqawi blamed for more than 700 killings in Iraq > With Tuesday's attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant >with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist >killings in Iraq. > > But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush >administration had several chanc ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 09:20:40 PST 2004

22087 [lbo-talk] another sucky employment report -- rank: 1000

Ken Odono wrote: >why would Bush predict 2 million new jobs? don't make promises you >can't keep unless they're scheduled to appear after the election. >not exactly a sign of shrewd politics or am i missing something? The 2 million projection was in line with historical averages, so they were probably hoping for a return to normalcy. But their economic staff isn't of a very high quality, so there was no one sensible around to urge caution (and naysayers aren't welcome anyway). Bush beli ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 09:03:57 PST 2004

22088 [lbo-talk] another sucky employment report -- rank: 1000

I haven't torn apart the numbers yet, but this morning's U.S. employment report for February really sucked - just 21,000 new jobs, and large numbers dropping out of the labor force, bringing the participation rate back to 1991 levels. Meanwhile, the chief executive of the world bourgeoisie is enthusing about two possible new jobs at a stock car plant: >Bush's Economic Indicator: 2 New Jobs >President Campaigns on Tax Cuts at Stock-Car Chassis Maker > >By Mike Allen >Washington Pos ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 5 06:29:54 PST 2004

22089 [lbo-talk] Haiti expert? -- rank: 1000

I'd love to find someone who could talk about the history & political economy of Haiti on my radio show next week - e.g., how did it get to be so poor? Any ideas? Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 16:52:21 PST 2004

22090 [lbo-talk] Kohler leaves IMF, urges rethink on crises -- rank: 1000

Departing IMF chief calls for re-think on crises 2 hours, 4 minutes ago Add Business - AFP to My Yahoo! WASHINGTON (AFP) - International Monetary Fund (news - web sites) chief Horst Koehler resigned unexpectedly and called for a re-think on how the world fights erupting financial crises. Koehler gave a farewell news conference to announce he was resigning to accept a nomination to be German president. He defended the way the IMF had reacted to turmoil in Argentina, where it struggled long to sho ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 16:07:06 PST 2004

22091 [lbo-talk] wotsit madder -- rank: 1000

Dick N. Viers wrote: >We've had endless rounds of discussion on this topic. In the >abstract, whether there is a "tendency for the rate of profit to >fall" or a "tendency of surplus to rise" the debate matters to >participants because it has to do with Marx's claims about the >trajectory of capitalist mode of development. As this dispute >typically manifests itself here and on PEN-L it's *appears* to be an >arcane pissing match about whether theoretical p ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 15:53:36 PST 2004

22092 [lbo-talk] Sam Smith on the Nov 3rd movement -- rank: 1000

Ken Odono wrote: >My post looks good in Yahoo, but on the archive there are no line >breaks. Any idea how to fix this in further posts? I just sent myself a plain text message using Yahoo mail. Make sure "allow HTML tags" is unchecked. Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 15:35:51 PST 2004

22093 [lbo-talk] US gets the blame as killings add to Iraqis' anguish -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Israel is the state most interested in keeping Sam in Iraq, preferrably >forever. So its Iraqi factions are #1 suspects. Kurds are a close >second. You assert a lot of stuff without offering any evidence except your own assertiveness. It'd be nice if you made an argument instead of just blowing hard. Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 13:20:29 PST 2004

22094 [lbo-talk] 9/11 Victims' Kin Angered by Bush Ads -- rank: 1000

Great quotes in the Reuters version of this story: >Ron Willett of Walnut Shade, Missouri, said he was disgusted when he >saw the ads. Willett, who lost his 29-year-old son, John Charles, >when planes hit the trade center, said he is now so upset, "I would >vote for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) before I would vote for >Bush." > >"I think it is an atrocity," his wife, Lucy, added. "He should not >be allowed to use those images at all." &g ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 11:27:33 PST 2004

22095 [lbo-talk] Sam Smith on the Nov 3rd movement -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >I suppose this is entirely too much wishful thinking, but this kind >of argument reminds me that FDR was roundly condemned by >progressives in 1932 for being a stupid rich guy, really no >different from Hoover. That is, sometimes candidates, once they are >elected, turn out a little different from what they appeared as >during the campaign. So you're saying that if a quarter of U.S. banks fail and the unemployment rate hits 25%, Kerry might get interesting ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 4 07:48:11 PST 2004