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23251 [lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog) -- rank: 1000
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Sure there are, but do they constitute "forces," i.e. at least >numbering in millions, well organized and prepared to use (as well >as capable of effectively using) force if necessary to defend >themselves and democracy? What's your point? We should just sit back and let the heavily armed duke it out? I can't figure out the take-away, as they say in the NGO world. Doug
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Feb 12 08:53:28 PST 2004
23252 [lbo-talk] What Are The Limits Of Exploitation? (was, Proving Chomsky Right In Jakarta) -- rank: 1000
Dwayne Monroe wrote: >It joins other stories I've read in recent months >about popular (and some domestic elite) resistance in >Latin America, Asia, Russia and the Middle East to >US-directed economic poliices. > >It seems to me we are beginning to see a global >weariness with neoliberalism and immiseration - Yes, in fact as LBO subscribers know, the front-page polemic in the latest issue, #106, is called "Neoliberalism, RIP?" There are more than a few signs the pa ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Feb 12 08:52:16 PST 2004
23253 [lbo-talk] money over politics - was steve perry essay -- rank: 1000
Arash wrote: >This comment reminded me of Thomas Ferguson's book the Golden Rule: The >Investment Theory of Party Competition, part of it shows how much US >elections historically have been influenced far more by the competition and >consensus of large corporate/capitalist blocs than appeals to constituents. I think it's a lot more complicated than that. Contributions often follow electoral results (just like rising stock prices attract buyers). Look, for example, at the big shift to ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Feb 12 07:04:45 PST 2004
23254 [lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog) -- rank: 1000
Seth Ackerman wrote: >From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> > >> In any case, for U.S. citizens to talk of supporting or not supporting >> this or that Iraqui faction makes about as much sense as proclaiming >> they do or do not support the presidential ambitions of Franklin Pierce. >> This is the absolute height of armchair pontificating. > >Well of course I see your point. What does solidarity or internationalism mean if only those dire ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Feb 11 19:36:11 PST 2004
23255 [lbo-talk] right beats up on W -- rank: 1000
Editor & Publisher - February 11, 2004 Pundits on the Right: Some Doubts About Bush By Dave Astor NEW YORK There are three things one can usually depend on: death, taxes, and conservative columnists strongly supporting President Bush. Well, maybe two things. During the past couple of weeks, some scribes on the right have expressed misgivings about Bush because of his Feb. 8 "Meet the Press" performance, his minimal military experience when compared with John Kerry's, the burgeonin ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Feb 11 12:02:17 PST 2004
23256 [lbo-talk] Adorno on the joys of thinking -- rank: 1000
[someone who'd just read our "Action" piece <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html> sent this wonderful quote from Adorno] By contrast the uncompromisingly critical thinker, who neither signs over his consciousness nor lets himself be terrorized into action, is in truth the one who does not give in. Thinking is not the intellectual reproduction of what already exists anyway. As long as it doesn't break off, thinking has a secure hold on possibility. Its insatiable as ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Feb 11 09:45:08 PST 2004
23257 [lbo-talk] "b**bs conquer everything" -- rank: 1000
Ad Age - February 9, 2004 PR FIRMS PRAISE JANET JACKSON BREAST STUNT 'It Raises the Bar for All of Us,' Says Executive By Claire Atkinson NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- For those in the business of masterminding public-relations stunts for marketers, Janet Jackson's big expose during CBS's airing of the Super Bowl has raised a serious issue: how to top it. For James LaForce, partner in New York PR agency LaForce & Stevens, the Jackson episode was "extremely successful. ... We love stunts at ou ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Feb 11 09:41:28 PST 2004
23258 [lbo-talk] Kerry Says He Might Support Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage -- rank: 1000
Michael Pollak wrote: >On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Saying you're for "civil union" but not "marriage" is an admission that >> you're going for a second-class institution. Press people on why they >> make the distinction and the hem and haw and can't answer because they >> can't bring themselves to admit to a prejudice. > >I'm not positive that's always true. I think many people think the term >"marriage" ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Feb 11 09:26:51 PST 2004
23259 [lbo-talk] elections -- rank: 1000
I think it might be a good idea to have a moratorium on discussing the U.S. election. No one's really making any new points. I'm sure it will rise again, but let's give it a break. It's getting boring. Doug
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 18:40:12 PST 2004
23260 [lbo-talk] White House Projects 2.6 Million Jobs Created This Year -- rank: 1000
Miles Jackson wrote: > > >On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Brad DeLong wrote: > >> Yep. Greg Mankiw has taken a dive on the employment growth >> "projection" (I can't call it a forecast or an estimate). >> >> He has, curiously enough, held the line on the GDP growth projection. >> The result is that the CEA is implicitly assuming that productivity >> will not grow at all in this calendar year. > >So it's the new, new economy? Doug, quick, ...
Document Size: 5495
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 18:32:44 PST 2004
23261 [lbo-talk] Kerry Says He Might Support Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage -- rank: 1000
Eubulides wrote: >I'm salivating. What kinds of Freedom food/wine were served? :-> Provencal-ish. Here's a little pic and description: <http://cuisinenet.com/info/cnetrst-411/?v=237>.
Document Size: 5237
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 16:14:43 PST 2004
23262 [lbo-talk] Kerry Says He Might Support Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage -- rank: 1000
Matt wrote: >On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 04:31:53PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Saying you're for "civil union" but not "marriage" is an admission >> that you're going for a second-class institution. Press people on why >> they make the distinction and the hem and haw and can't answer >> because they can't bring themselves to admit to a prejudice. > >I make this distinction and it is pretty clear to me: "marriage" is >for r ...
Document Size: 5948
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 15:12:43 PST 2004
23263 [lbo-talk] Re: Kerry Says He Might Support Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage -- rank: 1000
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >I do not think there is a "right" to sexual favors for anyone, married >or not (there is, after all, such a thing as marital rape). In New York, "constructive abandonment" - refusal to have sex with a spouse for a year or more - is grounds for divorce. Doug
Document Size: 5258
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 15:08:24 PST 2004
23264 [lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog) -- rank: 1000
Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Just about any one of these would be enough to drive >many of us to flee for the hills in terror of the >problem's size. When you spend time contemplating >them as a whole you realize there are no answers which >are anywhere near perfect for this situation. Oh, but you don't need answers - just say it's up to the Iraqis themselves, and Americans should stay quiet. Doug
Document Size: 5208
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 15:07:30 PST 2004
23265 [lbo-talk] Kerry Says He Might Support Constitutional Amendment toBan Gay Marriage -- rank: 1000
Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >This guy is 100% fake, a true psycho. Huh? He's a pure Establishment figure, from the more liberal wing of the bourgeoisie. How's that "fake" or "psycho"? Doug
Document Size: 5175
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Feb 10 13:48:14 PST 2004
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