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24706 [lbo-talk] Re: crazy? -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >we deserve much better, but we'll never get it until elitist disrespect >for people , which is the backbone of liberal politics - and >unfortunately, quite a bit of what passes for left thinking, often >expressed here - is retired in favor of a politics not simply born of >wealth and professionalism, but coming closer to the realities of the >almost mythological - in the minds of many progressives - and >lip-serviced working majority, becomes something c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 8 14:14:19 PDT 2003

24707 [lbo-talk] Gallup: 45% of Americans think media too liberal -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr031008.asp> October 8, 2003 Are the News Media Too Liberal? Forty-five percent of Americans say yes by Frank Newport and Joseph Carroll GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-five percent of Americans believe the news media in this country are too liberal, while only 14% say the news media are too conservative. These perceptions of liberal inclination have not changed over the last three years. A majority of Americans who describe their political ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:57:00 PDT 2003

24708 [lbo-talk] Chronicle on econ Nobel -- rank: 1000

["Thinking about macroeconomics"? This is "thinking"? I said earlier this was an apolitical economics Nobel, but taking the politics out of thinking about economics and replacing it with statistics is an ace political move.] Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - October 8, 2003 2 Scholars Who Revolutionized Statistical Modeling Are Awarded the Nobel in Economics By DAVID GLENN The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded today to two scholars who revolutioni ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:53:49 PDT 2003

24709 [lbo-talk] You Might Be An Asshole If . . . -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Funny bit from Horowitz's rave site. These guys never run outta gas >when it comes to despising their enemies. A lesson here? > ><<http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10210>http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10210> A lesson? Should we say incredibly dumb stuff over & over just like this guy? "The USSR Michael Moore." Gosh, that's funny. What foundation keeps these wankers going? Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:49:56 PDT 2003

24710 [lbo-talk] crazy? -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >How so? We're so brainwashed into believing we're the >free-est mofos on the planet that even Chomsky buys it. The first time I ever talked to Chomsky on the phone, I said something kind about Germany, and he reacted with scorn - their houses are so small! What a funny patriot he can be. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:44:01 PDT 2003

24711 [lbo-talk] U.S.-Israel Threaten War Everywhere -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >So Doug, you haven't answered: When are you going to clean house of the >pro-Israel mudslingers on your list? When are you going to break off your >personal ties to this reactionary ilk? Uh, what are you talking about?

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:25:58 PDT 2003

24712 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong: Krugman's getting the Nobel -- rank: 1000

Here's the press release. More stuff at <http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2003/press.html>. It's a pretty geeky prize, no? Rather low on political content (unlike, say, Stiglitz or Lucas). >Press Release: The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in >Memory of Alfred Nobel 2003 > >8 October 2003 > >The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided that the Bank of >Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2003, >is to be shared between ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 10:15:22 PDT 2003

24713 [lbo-talk] Another Asshole -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >I think we've just had one of those mini-thaws where >it appears Bush is vulnerable, the left has a chance, >etc. These thaws never last, and now, with Arnold's >victory, the thermometer is dropping. Expect political >temperatures in the subzero range, with icy gusts of >reactionary rhetoric. All pets should be brought inside. Arnie's got a budget to balance. He's either going to have to raise taxes, which will drive the Reps crazy (and for which it would be ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 09:36:35 PDT 2003

24714 [lbo-talk] corporate censorship strikes again! -- rank: 1000

>Date: Wed Oct 08 12:24:50 2003 >To: <lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org> >From: Postmaster at ibi.com >Subject: Network Associates Webshield - e-mail Content Alert >Sender: lbo-talk-owner at lbo-talk.org >List-Id: <lbo-talk.lbo-talk.org> > >Network Associates WebShield SMTP V4.5 MR1a on ibixmaila intercepted >a mail from ><lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org> which caused a Content Filter On the >word "asshole" to be >triggered.

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 09:29:52 PDT 2003

24715 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong: Krugman's getting the Nobel -- rank: 1000

wouldn't it be too controversial to give it to a partisan newspaper columnist?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 8 06:46:10 PDT 2003

24716 [lbo-talk] CHE on prop 54 -- rank: 1000

[some good news...] Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - October 8, 2003 Californians Reject Ballot Measure That Would Ban Racial Data By SARA HEBEL California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have barred public colleges and other state entities from collecting and using most racial and ethnic data. The initiative, known as Proposition 54, appeared on the same ballot as the question of whether to recall Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, and the slate of can ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 06:44:27 PDT 2003

24717 [lbo-talk] recall exit poll... -- rank: 1000

... at <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/recallexitpoll.html>. Yes vote heavily white male (64%, vs. 39% nonwhite female). Likelihood of voting yes declined with educational attainment, but no income pattern. The more conservative, the more likely a yes. Union households, less likely yes. Gay, less likely to vote yes. Etc.

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 06:39:50 PDT 2003

24718 [lbo-talk] crazy? -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >As an American, I can't see anything unprecedented here. Reagan? Ventura? You're right there's lots of continuity - it's the latest chapter in a long history of hopped-up idiocy. But Reagan, for all his problems, had a history in politics, from the presidency of the Screen Actors Guild through the PR for General Electric through the '64 Goldwater nomination speech. Not Arnie. But it's the idiocy of the recall process that bothers me more - some moneyed rightwingers insti ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 06:30:10 PDT 2003

24719 [lbo-talk] crazy? -- rank: 1000

Jeet Heer wrote: >it does look very odd from here in Canada. But really, could Arnold be any >worse than G.W. Bush? Not really. But it's the accretion of yet another brutal stupidity. It's getting critical, man. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 8 06:21:33 PDT 2003

24720 [lbo-talk] crazy? -- rank: 1000

So all you non-Americans - do you & your neighbors think we've gone completely crazy having elected Arnie governor of our biggest state, one that likes to think of itself as on the cutting edge of civilization? Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 7 20:10:57 PDT 2003