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22096 [lbo-talk] Sam Smith on the Nov 3rd movement -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >In other words, as I have been saying for years -- not as my own >invention but as what everyone knows who tries to do anything -- that >the way a mass movement gets going is by people who already agree with >each other talking to each other. Not exactly - it's by people who agree on some things and disagree on others talking to each other, as the paragraph you quoted shows: >This is not a fantasy. One of the steps taken that led to the >creation of the natio ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 18:38:09 PST 2004

22097 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 3, Issue 36 -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >We've been over this here some years ago - my memory is that they >excluded trade, finance, services etc etc AND that their methodology >was inaccessible. Surely there's some accessible semi-official measure >of concentration by sector, rather than this strange piece by BSchool types? I wrote one of the authors for the background data; I'll let you know what happens. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 17:10:19 PST 2004

22098 [lbo-talk] Iran blames Al-Qaeda for Iraq, Pakistan explosions -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >Iran blames Al-Qaeda for Iraq, Pakistan explosions Not the Mossad or the CIA? Credulous Iranians!

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22099 [lbo-talk] Sam Smith on the Nov 3rd movement -- rank: 1000

[barf bags with "Vote for Kerry" inscribed on them is a nice idea] THE ELECTION IS OVER WE LOST Now on to November 3rd Sam Smith [Progressive Review <http://provev.com>] The winner is a supporter of three of the worst government decisions of our time: the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, and the Bush education law. He is a Yale graduate and a member of a secret society of dubious values and influence. He is arrogant with the sense of self-entitlement of the fully privileged yet has ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 15:57:22 PST 2004

22100 [lbo-talk] Re: Ok, I Need Some Education -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >Just eyeballing it from a couple of recent world almanacs and one older one: According to Pankaj Ghemawat and Fariborz Ghadar's study of 40 industries ("The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers," Harvard Business Review, July-August 2000), there's been no trend towards increased concentration in the post-WW II period. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 15:33:53 PST 2004

22101 [lbo-talk] U.S.: Iraq Extremists Signal Danger Period -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Sure enough... > >Note that the deployment of "militant" has become global to the >corporate media discourse, whether it be Haiti or Iraq. This is part of >the US capitalist media's rhetorically thuggish terrorist campaign >against the Left. It is a conscious campaign. "Just don't get >militant", or we'll come and get you. Tell me we are not sliding >towards fascism, no matter who gets elected President. US ruling class >sees ...

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22102 [lbo-talk] Re: Ok, I Need Some Education -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Hmm, is it so mystifying? I mean, what's wrong with >the classical theory that monopoly means higher prices >and restricted output? I'm actually asking here. But you're just looking at the consumer's perspective? What about the effects of competition-induced cost-cutting on workers and nature, and the cultural/political effeccts of competition on notions of social solidarity? Social democracy seems to do best in fairly concentrated ownership structures. Doug

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22103 [lbo-talk] Re: Ok, I Need Some Education -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >BTW, I do not buy into the free market mantra that small and competitive >is beautiful. Me either. I'm always mystified when leftists complain about monopoly - they'd prefer more competition? Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 13:40:15 PST 2004

22104 [lbo-talk] The Recent Bombings in Iraq -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >He's basically fingering the Chalabi faction, >which also means the pro-Israel neocons The same people who engineered 9/11? Really, doesn't this strike you as a little overheated? Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 13:39:25 PST 2004

22105 [lbo-talk] Re: Ok, I Need Some Education -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >There might be more firms per continental US, >but fewer firms per globe. McDonalds, Coca Cola and the dreadful mental >pollution oozing from Hollywood - or its clones - can now be found all >around the globe, crowding out local products. But in many cases the "local" products were near-monopolies, protected against competition from imports. Even in the 19th century, the supposed heyday of competitive capitalism, many small firms were local monopo ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 11:50:55 PST 2004

22106 [lbo-talk] polls & wording -- rank: 1000

THE POLLSTERS Mark Mellman It's a question of wording This will only look like a column about gay marriage, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and free speech. It's not. Rather it's an examination of something much drier and less highly charged: question wording. Everybody knows that different questions often beget different answers. This is obvious when one looks at big differences. Last year when all the polls were showing opposition to oil drilling in the ANWR, an oil industry front g ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 11:21:27 PST 2004

22107 [lbo-talk] haiti -- rank: 1000

daniel janto wrote: >So much for Haiti, now get back to debating a lifted quote of >Sweezy. We can't all be as 'purely' irrelevant as some of you all! So instead of criticizing the habits of others, make a contribution. What do you think should be said about Haiti that's not being said? We're all ears. Doug

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22108 [lbo-talk] Re: Ok, I Need Some Education -- rank: 1000

kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote: >There does appear to be a tendency towards monopoly/oligopoly. Really? Where? In the Golden Age, there were three car companies in the U.S. market; now there are, what, ten? Steel was dominated by U.S. Steel - now we have minimills and imports. In computers, there was once IBM - now there are scores of computer makers. Oil was once priced by the Texas Railroad Commission, then OPEC - now it's priced by futures traders. Airfares were once regulated - now they're ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 3 11:01:38 PST 2004

22109 [lbo-talk] tinyurlers and others -- rank: 1000

Dick N. Viers wrote: >Also, if you want to remove >'s and assorted junk from forwarded >e-mail, go here: >http://www.interpactinc.com/DeGarbleIt.html There's also a shareware program for both Mac (9.x and X) & Windows called TextSoap that performs a variety of text cleansing actions, including removing the >'s and fixing line breaks. It's at <http://www.unmarked.com>. I've been using it for weeks, and it's stable and fast. Doug

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22110 [lbo-talk] Naive Qs -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Doug: >> Dunno where the 1.4m figure comes from. According to the BLS's survey >> of households, employment has risen by 1.1m over the last year. >> According to the survey of employers (the "establishment" survey), >> employment has declined by 35,000. According to the BLS, the >> establishment survey is more reliable (larger sample than the HH >> survey, and there are great difficulties involved in expanding the H ...

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