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23656 [lbo-talk] Bush win - Major disaster for right? -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - August 27, 2004 Republicans for Kerry By NIALL FERGUSON It is doubtless not the most tactful question to ask on the eve of the Republican convention, but might it not be better for American conservatism if George Bush failed to win a second term? Yes, I know, the official GOP line is that nothing could possibly be as bad for the U.S. as a Kerry presidency. According to the Bush campaign, John Kerry's record of vacillation and inconsistency in the Senate would make him a dis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 27 06:36:58 PDT 2004

23657 [lbo-talk] medical malpractice -- rank: 1000

Sorry to burden the list with a personal request, but a friend who was seriously abused by a Dallas hospital is looking for a shark of a malpractice attorney who can practice in Texas. Any ideas, please write offlist. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 15:59:09 PDT 2004

23658 [lbo-talk] income flat, poverty up, health insurance coverage falls -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >think it will effect the election? It already has - Bush's economy ratings are pretty low. Too bad for Kerry that he's not able to do much with it. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 26 15:55:51 PDT 2004

23659 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >It's not unimportant, but I think too many on the left are more committed >to the right words than to the right results. Ok. Domestic policy achievements (leaving aside the imperial escapades): Kennedy-Johnson: civil rights legislation, four minimum wage increases, Medicare/Medicaid, social security expansion Clinton: two minimum wage increases, DOMA, welfare reform, unpaid leave, social security contraction

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 12:55:14 PDT 2004

23660 [lbo-talk] child pimp & ho costumes -- rank: 1000

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 12:10:53 PDT 2004

23661 [lbo-talk] my radio special -- rank: 1000

Speaking of Naomi Klein, she's one of three interviews on my RNC/fundraiser special this evening, 5-6 PM NYC time, 99.5 FM and <http://www.wbai.org>. Full lineup: * Tariq Ali (a reprise of his segment from Aug 5 on the necessity of defeating Bush) * Naomi Klein (on the minimal difference between B&K, how Bush makes us dumb, and how Todd Gitlin has a lot to answer for) * Glen Ford of the Black Commentator (on race & politics, and Bush as a grave danger to the whole world) Plus music ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 10:34:43 PDT 2004

23662 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >I guess I'm not so impressed with rhetorical commitment. I prefer looking >at what folks do, not what they say. And when you look at actually >existing policy and votes by Democrats, there is no evidence of rightward >drift and, in fact, good evidence that the average Democratic officeholder >is more liberal than the typical one back in 1972. > >So give me gobbledygook and good votes over rhetoric and not so much. Who were the Humphrey and Hawkins th ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 26 10:02:33 PDT 2004

23663 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >I actually don't see that much in the platforms, in substance as opposed to >rhetoric, that are so different. Platforms are deceptive, since they >reflect promises, not voting records, which I think are far more important. Once there was a rhetorical commitment, at least, to full employment and universal public health insurance. Now there's a lot of micro-techno-gobbledygook. At least the word "union," which went missing in the 1992 platform (except for ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 08:52:07 PDT 2004

23664 [lbo-talk] advances in parental discipline -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - August 26, 2004 THIS GIRL IS ON THE SAUCE EVER wonder what happened to Lisa Whelchel, who played snobby rich girl Blair Warner on the '80s TV show "Facts of Life?" Neither had we. But Whelchel has blossomed into an evangelical Christian author who advocates "hot saucing," in which children are disciplined by putting hot sauce on their tongue. Whelchel, who promotes the practice in her book, "Creative Correction: Extraordinary Ideas for Everyday ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 26 08:09:04 PDT 2004

23665 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Nader -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >According to Global Exchange, 1,500 labor unions invest in Israeli >bonds. Have union members debated and voted on the decision to >invest in Israeli bonds? Or is the decision to invest in the >Israeli occupation also a matter of insignificance in your opinion? You're right about the procedure, but I bet that investing in Israel bonds would win an election. The masses are nowhere near you (or me) politically. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 08:01:34 PDT 2004

23666 [lbo-talk] income flat, poverty up, health insurance coverage falls -- rank: 1000

[this is a crappy performance for a supposed 'recovery' year] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 2004, AT 10:15 A.M. EDT CB04-144 Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise, Census Bureau Reports Real median household income remained unchanged between 2002 and 2003 at $43,318, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. At the same time, the nation's official poverty rate rose from 12.1 percent in 2002 to 12.5 percent in 2003. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 08:00:07 PDT 2004

23667 [lbo-talk] NYPD factchecks the NY Post -- rank: 1000

dano wrote: >Was it the Post who called the Kerry v.p. choice wrongly? >Wasn't that from a top level source with extensive insider contacts? Yup, and the "reporter" in that case is reported to have been Rupert himself. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 26 07:23:47 PDT 2004

23668 [lbo-talk] pension funds conference @ the New School -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >This conference is made possible by a generous grant from Irene and >Bernard L. Schwartz under CEPA's Program in Markets, Equality, and >Democracy Program. Bernie Schwartz, a long-time funder of liberal and Democratic causes, made a ton of money from Pentagon contracts as CEO of Loral. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 26 07:21:38 PDT 2004

23669 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> >"In focusing on the rightward drift of the Dems" > >What evidence do you have that the average Democratic elected leader is >more rightwing than a generation ago? I'm not sure who the "average Democratic leader" is. I do know that the Dems did nothing to raise the min wage when they controlled Congress in the early Clinton years. Etc. If you mean ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 07:16:25 PDT 2004

23670 [lbo-talk] prostitutes with AIDS to seduce innocent Republicans! -- rank: 1000

[this is linked to from the RNC's website - <http://www.rnc.org/rncresearch/read.aspx?ID=4576>] Manchester (NH) Union-Leader - August 22, 2004 Bernadette Malone: NYC errs in playing nice with protesters By BERNADETTE MALONE NEXT WEEK, people who hate Republicans plan to release swarms of mice in New York City to terrorize delegates to the National Republican Convention. Republican-haters plan on dressing up as RNC volunteers, and giving false directions to little blue hair ladies from Kans ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 26 06:41:44 PDT 2004