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24436 [lbo-talk] Doug on Chomsky -- rank: 1000

dave dorkin wrote: >Would it be possible for you to do an interview or an >article with Chomsky and ask these same questions to >him directly? I think by now it is pretty clear that >many people are interested in the answers. Perhaps you >could show him some of the questions and Zizek's >comments. I have a hunch about what he might say and >think both you and Zizek have misunderstood him but I >wonder why you dont go to the source. He is generous >with his time and cer ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 15:47:24 PDT 2003

24437 [lbo-talk] religion books -- rank: 1000

Rakesh Bhandari thought that listmembers might be interested in these books: >In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution >and Cognition Series) >by Scott Atran > >* Hardcover: 400 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.09 x 9.02 x 7.02 >* Publisher: Oxford University Press; (October 2002) >* ISBN: 0195149300 >* Average Customer Review: Based on 1 review. Write a review. >* Amazon.com Sales Rank: 78,316 >* Popular in: Finland (#4) > >Editor ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 15:31:07 PDT 2003

24438 [lbo-talk] war, football, and pepsi! -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - September 1, 2003 The NFL's New Turf On the Mall, 'Kickoff Live' Is Mixing Cola, Concerts and Controversy By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Picture the commissioner of a certain professional football league with a new season to kick off. And the commander of a certain mighty military with some troops to thank. And the manufacturer of a certain cola with a new flavor to unveil. And the secretary of a certain interior with some national parks to fix up. They've all ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 13:23:00 PDT 2003

24439 [lbo-talk] The War Is Lost -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >Anyone up for a Hitchens betting pool? Which arguments are we most >likely to hear? I just emailed Hitch for a comment. If he answers - a big if - I'll forward. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 12:24:12 PDT 2003

24440 [lbo-talk] Arguments for a Secular America (Was : 77% of America ns support the cretinous judge) -- rank: 1000

Jeet Heer wrote: >Well, wasn't Martin Luther King, Jr. a product of American protestantism? Yes, but.... I wish I had at my fingertips one of Adolph Reed's critiques of the malignant role of the church in black politics. Sure there was King, but there were also many decades during which what should have been secular political discontent was diverted into hymns and worship. Maybe the old imperialists knew what they were doing when they sent in missionaries to convert the colonized. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 11:04:36 PDT 2003

24441 [lbo-talk] Arguments for a Secular America (Was : 77% of America ns support the cretinous judge) -- rank: 1000

Bill Bartlett wrote: >I believe I have given the answer to the first question once before, >religion is simply a strategy for passing social traditions, >including experience and knowledge, down through the generations. > >Without social customs and beliefs, then there is no society in any >meaningful sense, just a collection of individuals. Yes, but much of American Protestantism is deeply individualistic - it's all about one's direct relation to God, with little institutional ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 10:00:26 PDT 2003

24442 [lbo-talk] The War Is Lost -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Facing the truth about Iraq > > >By James Carroll, Boston Globe, September 2, 2003 > >The war is lost. All quite true. Any word from Field Commander Hitchens on this issue? Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 09:17:57 PDT 2003

24443 [lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support the cretinous judge -- rank: 1000

C. G. Estabrook wrote: >Not just a theoretical example. I seem to recall that a number of >right-thinking LBOers have been scandalized by Alex Cockburn's defense of >the rights of Scientologists, which he thinks have been violated, >particularly in Germany. And his dismissal of "religion" tout court is >clear. Why can't one support the right of people to practice whatever absurd religion they'd like *and* be critical of religion itself *and* think that church and state ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 3 09:16:57 PDT 2003

24444 [lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support cretinous judge -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >Then you don't know these in-your-face christians very well. You allow >them one tiny edge, say a toe in the door, and they'll be setting up >an anti-abortion hotline and support group in your living room, >demanding free kitchen privileges, running a jesus-saves day care >center in your backyard, and demand first cut on baptizing your >kids. Fuck'm. Thank you.

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 19:33:17 PDT 2003

24445 [lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support the cretinous judge -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Twice today for the first time in weeks I checked the Trash folder >before compacting it, and each time found an interesting post. Catchy intro! > I >wouldn't have wanted to miss a chance to agree with Nathan, it happens >so infrequently. But I think he is more or less right on this. In any >case, as Marx & Engels both emphasized, you don't get rid of religion by >direct attacks on it. Could you explain to me how keeping the Ten Commandments out of pu ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 16:04:11 PDT 2003

24446 [lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support the cretinous judge -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Why does that surprise you? I would have thought that the support for the separation of church & state was a bit stronger than 19%. But 77% is up there with the share believing in angels and an afterlife, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 14:41:43 PDT 2003

24447 [lbo-talk] Baghdad: 35 Murders A Day -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Did >Parenti address the gangs of young men ? He identified them as part of the problem - Saddam opened the prisons and let thousands of ordinary thugs run free. Rape is rampant. Listen to the interview - <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>. First show on the list. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 14:05:27 PDT 2003

24448 [lbo-talk] the Fed in Wyoming -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >Of the papers I've read thus far, not one mention of the following terms: >ecology, AIDS, or global warming. Apparently the rest of us don't count if >we don't know what the etiology asset price bubbles are but heaven forbid >bankers and economists talk about how finance contributes to human >maladaptation to ecoystems. Look, if global warming were a problem, the equity market would have priced it in already. Whee! Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 13:13:16 PDT 2003

24449 [lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support the cretinous judge -- rank: 1000

CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL AUGUST WAVE 1 -- FINAL TOPLINE -- August 25-26, 2003 Results are based on telephone interviews with -1,009-National Adults, aged 18+, conducted August 25-26, 2003. For results based on the total sample of National Adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is ?3 percentage points. For results based on the -514-national adults in the Form A half-sample and -495-national adults in the Form B half-sample, the maximum margins of sampling erro ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 13:11:54 PDT 2003

24450 [lbo-talk] the Fed in Wyoming -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >A symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City >Jackson Hole, Wyoming >August 28 - 30, 2003 According to the FT, the weather was "soaking rain," so the usual diversions were out of the question. Poor folks had to stay indoors and talk to each other! Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 2 12:43:34 PDT 2003