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24886 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush? -- rank: 1000

Shane Taylor wrote: >And there was the Green run against Wellstone, and the loss of ballot >access in varoius states. At this time, how many states does the Green >party retain a position on the ballot? I have to say that many of the Greens quoted in Micah Sifry's Nation piece <http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031124&s=sifry> sound pretty thoughtful and mature. The opposite of those Greens who want to run Cynthia McKinney. >"I don't think Ralph Nader should run ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 15:29:35 PST 2003

24887 [lbo-talk] Re: Dirty Hands -- rank: 1000

Mario Jose Medjeral wrote: >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:43:00PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>Plus the Bush gang is horrifying and repulsive and I want them humiliated. > >If M.Alexander is right (The Kondratiev Cycle, 2002) the year 2004 >shld open a 'liberal' cycle (Bush will not be re-elected). Let's >hope that cycle theory works here, at least... And the Elliott Wave gang says that the next down leg of the bear market is imminent - this time, really really - and the n ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 14:39:14 PST 2003

24888 [lbo-talk] me on the Flanders show -- rank: 1000

WORKING ASSETS RADIO :::::::::::::::::::: with LAURA FLANDERS What's in this e-mail? :: NEXT SHOW :: Economic Reality Check :: laura's SPIN :: War Stories :: WHAT'S new :: On Workingforchange.com :::::::::::::::::::: NEXT SHOW :: Economic Reality Check :: Thursday, 11/13/03 10amPT/1pmET on 91.7 KALW or http://www.workingassetsradio.com In the third quarter, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest rate since 1984, and the net growth in jobs was the greatest since the 2001 recession. So can it last? ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 14:15:25 PST 2003

24889 [lbo-talk] Dirty Hands -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Fact of the matter is that when we go in for lesser >evil politics, as I, like Doug, am doing this year, >you can't be too picky. No kidding. I have no illusions about what a Dem president would do. My expectations are low, and despite that I wouldn't be surprised to be disappointed. But that's not why I'm a member of the Almost Anybody But Bush (AABB) club. Of course there are ways in which a Dem president would be significantly better - Nathan's persuaded m ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 13:43:00 PST 2003

24890 [lbo-talk] North Korean propaganda video -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >Jordan Hayes wrote: > >>Crank it up, it's got an infectious beat. >> >>http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html >> >Such an audacious country! They should be making propaganda videos like this instead: <http://www.yale.edu/fallatyale/presentation.html>. So much more positive and uplifting. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 12:18:06 PST 2003

24891 [lbo-talk] Dean - biz as usual??????? -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >(I was talking to someone the other night about this, and they made >a really odd comment. "Suppose Dean gets the nomination," they said. >"Don't you think that's going to do more harm to the Democrats? >Don't you think it'll drive mainstream Democrats away?" Call me >rude, but I replied, that that was "utter and complete bullshit. >First of all, you're confusing mainstream Democrats with the DLC. >Second, mainstream Democrats don ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 11:42:42 PST 2003

24892 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush? -- rank: 1000

lweiger at umich.edu wrote: >As he was in '00--Ralph hasn't changed, but Doug, Mike, Justin et al. have. I'd hoped he'd do something to build the Green Party and/or some kind of political movement. He didn't, though if the campaign was to be more than a chimera, he should have used it as a launching pad. He didn't say anything about the Florida outrage, or condemn the whole corrupt electoral process. He's revealed himself as a total lone operator. Like Jesse Jackson, only less engaged in actu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 11:20:10 PST 2003

24893 [lbo-talk] Wankfests -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >They're having the nec plus utra of one over Doug on marxmail. Talk >about pointless. Not entirely pointless - I'm flattered! There's a line from Emerson somewhere, dismissing his critics: "I hear the laughter of phrenologists." Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 10:17:18 PST 2003

24894 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush? -- rank: 1000

boddhisatva wrote: >I believe I remember that Com. Doug supported voting for Gore over voting >for Nader in 2000 and, if I am correct in remembering this, he and others >who thought this way were wrong. No, I voted for Nader and urged others to as well. There's a bit of pride-swallowing for me now to be complaining about Ralph. I'd always had lots of problems with him, but supported him in '96 and '00 anyway. This time I want him to go away. He's an embarrassment now. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 09:34:45 PST 2003

24895 [lbo-talk] 7,500 US Casualties Evacuated from Iraq War Zone to US -- rank: 1000

Wow, the official line is more like 2,000 wounded. What accounts for the discrepancy? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 12 09:07:03 PST 2003

24896 [lbo-talk] CIA glum on Iraq -- rank: 1000

Newspaper: CIA Report Offers Bleak View of Iraq PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A new CIA (news - web sites) report on Iraq (news - web sites) warns of growing popular support for insurgents combating U.S. occupation forces and says efforts to rebuild the country could collapse without immediate corrective action, the Philadelphia Inquirer said on Wednesday. The newspaper, quoting unnamed administration officials, also said in an article that the classified document's bleak view of the situation in Ira ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 05:35:46 PST 2003

24897 [lbo-talk] Neither Soros's Dems nor Bush's GOP -- rank: 1000

Bob Feldman wrote: >Since the 21st-century anti-war/anti-corporate New Left in the United States >is a populist left, it's likely that it will continue to oppose transforming >the United States political system into even more of a Plutocracy. > >So if Ralph ends up challenging both Soros's Dems and Bush's GOP on an >anti-corporate/anti-plutocratic basis then even the Old Left's >"lesser-evilists" may not be able to prevent Ralph from obtaining over 33% >of the U ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 11 19:55:52 PST 2003

24898 [lbo-talk] Neither Soros's Dems nor Bush's GOP -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:46:33 -0500, Bob Feldman <bob_jan at xensei.com> wrote: > Same Feldman? Not Marty?! > > The Nation, Pacifica Radio, The Progressive, Mother Jones, FAIR, Z >mag/South End Press, and Political Research Associates Are Tools of >The Bourgeoisie! >http://www.questionsquestions.net/feldman/feldman_introtxt.html >http://www.questionsquestions.net/gatekeepers.html >ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CENSORSHIP: SPONSORED BY CIA's FORD F ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 11 19:26:29 PST 2003

24899 [lbo-talk] event for new yorkers -- rank: 1000

Liza Featherstone wrote: >Christian Parenti Book Presentation: THE SOFT CAGE 11/12/03 >Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror Christian will be on my radio show this Thursday. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 11 17:50:14 PST 2003

24900 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush? -- rank: 1000

Because: 1) if he draws in the millions, then it could matter, 2) he's done nothing to build a party or a movement, so he just looks like an egomaniacal skunk now Joseph Wanzala wrote: >In that case then why worry about Nader running? > >>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> >>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org >>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org >>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush? >>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:46:14 -0500 >> >>Joseph ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 11 16:50:10 PST 2003