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24841 [lbo-talk] Is There Anything To This Peak Oil Business? -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - April 16, 1999 Odd Reservoir Off Louisiana Prods Oil Experts to Seek a Deeper Meaning By CHRISTOPHER COOPER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HOUSTON -- Something mysterious is going on at Eugene Island 330. Production at the oil field, deep in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, was supposed to have declined years ago. And for a while, it behaved like any normal field: Following its 1973 discovery, Eugene Island 330's output peaked at about 15,000 barrel ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 11:25:26 PST 2003

24842 [lbo-talk] Re: What's at stake? -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >P.S. Having averaged only about 1.6 posts a day Since Aug. 2, I'm not >counting the two accidental posts I sent today. :-) I'm not a rigid taskmaster! Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 16 10:02:24 PST 2003

24843 [lbo-talk] AFA alarmed at the f-word -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >Shane Mage wrote: > >>Can anyone discover a rationale for the FCC permitting >>"fuck you" but banning "fuck me?" > >Yes. The rationale is that it's ok to use "fuck" and "shit" >figuratively but not to refer to sexual or excretory functions. So >"that's fuckin' great" and "I don't give a shit" are ok - but not "I >wanna fuck him" or "I gotta take a shit." Isn't tha ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 16 08:05:07 PST 2003

24844 [lbo-talk] AFA alarmed at the f-word -- rank: 1000

Shane Mage wrote: >Can anyone discover a rationale for the FCC permitting >"fuck you" but banning "fuck me?" Yes. The rationale is that it's ok to use "fuck" and "shit" figuratively but not to refer to sexual or excretory functions. So "that's fuckin' great" and "I don't give a shit" are ok - but not "I wanna fuck him" or "I gotta take a shit." Isn't that beautiful? I'm sure professors of semiotics are hard at ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 08:02:22 PST 2003

24845 [lbo-talk] Role of Sov. Un. in welfare state in West -- rank: 1000

dave dorkin wrote: >Does anyone have any websites or citations for books >or articles dealing with the possible role of the >Soviet Union in the creation or extension of welfare >state provisions in the West? As I recall, the late Lynn Turgeon covered some of this in his book State and Discrimination (1989). Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 07:40:21 PST 2003

24846 [lbo-talk] Democrats: More Troops for the Occupation of Iraq -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Those who say Anybody But Bush, take note -- here's the plan from >the two men who will be on the Democratic ticket: We KNOW this. You're not revealing anything. Literally billions of people around the world despise Bush with an unprecedented intensity. Do their perceptions count for nothing? Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 16 07:28:33 PST 2003

24847 [lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Bush for Empire -- rank: 1000

Bill Bartlett wrote: >At 11:05 PM -0500 15/11/03, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>And the minority of capital can rule the majority of labor because >>they're well-organized politically as a class and essentially run >>the state. > >No. This is a terrible mistake. The capitalist class rule >economically, not politically. Their political power is >fundamentally weak, however while the economy is ruled by them there >is, as they say, no alternative politically. So th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 07:17:14 PST 2003

24848 [lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Bush for Empire -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I'm here to resist the "party discipline." Fine. Go ahead. Build an independent socialist movment. I'm all for that. You think it's an either/or matter; I don't. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 16 07:10:01 PST 2003

24849 [lbo-talk] AFA alarmed at the f-word -- rank: 1000

FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO! IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED NOW! Dear Friend of the Family, The Federal Communications Commission has approved the use of the "F" word for use on any TV show or radio program, ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT! The FCC said the word can be used whenever desired except in sexual situations! That means that real soon you will be watching a sit-com on TV, or news, or any drama or movie-ANY PROGRAM-and it's ok! Hollywood is rejoicing! Soon, when y ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 20:08:22 PST 2003

24850 [lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Bush for Empire -- rank: 1000

martin wrote: > >On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>Ruppert is a conspiracist nut, no? And what makes you think Soros >>represents American capital? > >If you have capital you represent capital, no? No, not at all. Someone with capital is a representative of capital, as any Marxist knows! Capital is a social relation, and it only has meaning in a society organized into workers & owners. And the minority of capital can rule the majority of labor be ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 15 20:05:38 PST 2003

24851 [lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Bush for Empire -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Why bother electing a politician if you are capable of "stringing >him up next week"? > >Once the Democrats win the presidential election in 2004, wait for a >chorus of liberals -- including former leftists -- who want us all >to shut up and "Give Dean a Chance." As I remember, Clinton's honeymoon with the left, such as it is, lasted somewhere between 0 and 90 days. Much of the point of electing a Dem is to promote disillusionment, w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 19:59:59 PST 2003

24852 The March of Folly, Redux (was: Re: [lbo-talk] Let Ralph Debate in 2004) -- rank: 1000

N P Childs wrote: >Seeing as 'The March of Folly' is already taken as title, any >guesses on the eventual title of the history of GWII? Damn, I Coulda Sworn My Dick Was Bigger Than Daddy's.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 19:50:27 PST 2003

24853 [lbo-talk] re: slogans -- rank: 1000

Christian Gregory wrote: >Oh, Suck.com, where are you now? It's former editor is <http://www.theanticmuse.com/>. She and/or the zeitgeist have changed, as you'll notice. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 19:46:32 PST 2003

24854 [lbo-talk] "Uncle Alex" Cockburn In NYC Nov. 25 -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >P.S. On Cockburn. He is a find manufacturer of munitions, and I have >often made use of him. As I have of Doug's LBO. Neither Cockburn nor >Doug seems to have much of an idea of how to _use_ political ammunition >to actually move people. So I presume you do. Please share the wisdom, we're desperate!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 19:36:45 PST 2003

24855 [lbo-talk] Brooks to Dems: Play Nice! -- rank: 1000

Christian Gregory wrote: >Swords Into Plowshares >By DAVID BROOKS > >Published: November 15, 2003 > >[This confirms the idea that the Repugs fear Dean b/c he'll fight like they >fight.] I just sent this to Brooks. Doug ---- David Brooks - I just read your imaginary speech about Dean. Several questions occurred to me. 1) Why should any Democrat trust your motives? 2) Related to 1), why shouldn't I suspect that your real motive is that conservatives and Republicans fear Dean b ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 09:17:48 PST 2003