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25471 the flight to bonds -- rank: 1000

Ian Murray wrote: >Deepening Fears Batter the Markets Warning: this is the kind of story that often appears close to market bottoms. Not that I think we're there yet, but it is something to consider. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 11 10:54:26 PST 2003

25472 Blame the Democrats part II -- rank: 1000

Chris Kromm wrote: >More evidence of the Democratic Party's descent into inanity and >irrelevance. Has *anyone* suggested Iraq has an "A-bomb" that may "go off" >in this country? What the hell is Gephardt talking about?? Thank god the >good people of Iowa are keeping the heat on these turkeys (note their >grilling of Tom Harkin a few days back). Whaddya expect him to say, "I don't want to be wimp-baited by Republicans!"? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 11 08:56:38 PST 2003

25473 another diplo throws it in -- rank: 1000

Sydney Morning Herald - March 11, 2003 Second US diplomat quits over war Agence France-Presse A veteran US diplomat resigned today in protest over US policy toward Iraq, becoming the second career foreign service officer to do so in the past month. John Brown, who joined the State Department in 1981, said he resigned because he could not support Washington's Iraq policy, which he said was fomenting a massive rise in anti-US sentiment around the world. In a resignation letter to Secretary of Stat ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 11 06:44:23 PST 2003

25474 What's in It for Blair??? -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >What's in it for Blair??? The chance to play imperialist, to get taken seriously by The Boss, for the leader of a second-tier country to appear like a major player on the world stage? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 11 06:18:02 PST 2003

25475 Frist's "poll" -- rank: 1000

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29654.html Senate Leader scraps website war poll, blaming hackers By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 07/03/2003 at 22:55 GMT Senate majority leader Bill Frist has yanked a "Bomb Iraq" poll from his website. Frist's office told The Register that "tampering" was to blame for the removal of the poll, which asked "Should the United States use force to remove Saddam Hussein from power? Your opinion is important to Senator Fris ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 15:21:10 PST 2003

25476 more polls -- rank: 1000

Poll: Divided On Iraq NEW YORK, March 6, 2003 CBS NEWS Americans continue to express patience with the pace of U.N. weapons inspections and want United Nations backing for any military action against Iraq. But that is not the approach they believe the Bush Administration is taking. Americans would approve of U.S. military action to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power, but by 48% to 27%, they say their concern is making sure that Iraq is disarmed. They are willing to give the U.N. mor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 15:11:39 PST 2003

25477 Army to lie from very expensive stage -- rank: 1000

{Those backdrops with idiotic phrases all over them that Bush uses seem really crude to me, but now we know there's a pricey communications strategy behind it!] Army Times - March 8, 2003 'Lights. Camera. Action.' Military briefers prepare for war With 800 journalists in the field, and a dazzling new set at HQ, war will test whether 'transformation' in military-media relations is real By Robert Hodierne Times staff writer CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar In a warehouse that until a few weeks ago housed ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 15:04:33 PST 2003

25478 France to veto -- rank: 1000

Top Stories - Reuters U.S. Delays Iraq UN Vote, France, Russia to Veto 20 minutes ago By Alan Elsner UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and Britain on Monday delayed a United Nations (news - web sites) vote on their resolution giving Iraq (news - web sites) a March 17 ultimatum to disarm or face war, after France and Russia threatened a veto and six uncommitted nations refused to back Washington. With President Bush (news - web sites) anxious to resolve the U.N. standoff quickly and wi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 14:48:42 PST 2003

25479 Isaeli lobby plus -- rank: 1000

Ulhas Joglekar wrote: >Today's newspapers report Powell's statement that regime change in Iraq was >inherited by Bush administration from Clinton administration. Bush is >continueing Clinton policy. Is this true? I don't know if anyone answered this, since I'm several days behind on email, but regime change was U.S. policy, but Clinton & Co. never contemplated doing it via invasion. They'd hoped for a coup or a popular uprising. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 12:16:19 PST 2003

25480 test -- rank: 1000

BrownBingb at aol.com wrote: >AOL recommends this method to send plain text: >· Make sure your font is set to Arial (which should be the default). >· Type your message (in Arial) and then highlight it. Then, right >mouse click, select text, then select normal. >· Send your plain text message, making sure the text is still >highlighted when you send it. >The headers may show the Content-Type line similar to: > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 10 08:25:15 PST 2003

25481 Fwd: Edward Said on who is in charge of policy -- rank: 1000

<http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/628/op2.htm> Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo) - March 8, 2993 Who is in charge? A tiny, unelected group, supported by powerful, unrepresentative minorities, writes Edward Said Edward Said The Bush administration's relentless unilateral march towards war is profoundly disturbing for many reasons, but so far as American citizens are concerned the whole grotesque show is a tremendous failure in democracy. An immensely wealthy and powerful republic has been hijacked by ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Mar 9 16:22:09 PST 2003

25482 Perle on Hersh: a terrorist -- rank: 1000

[who the hell is buzzflash anyway? - love the phonetic spelling at the end...] A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS On the Sunday, March 9th CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Richard Pearle accused New Yorker Magazine investigative reporter of being a terrorist. Here is an excerpt from the CNN Rush Transcript BLITZER:Let me read a quote from the New Yorker article, the March 17th issue, just out now. "There is no question that Perle believes that removing Saddam from power is the right thing to do. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Mar 9 16:16:27 PST 2003

25483 Vietnam checklist -- rank: 1000

From: Andrew A Beveridge VIETNAM 2 PREFLIGHT CHECK 1. Cabal of oldsters who won't listen to outside advice? Check. 2. No understanding of ethnicities of the many locals? Check. 3. Imposing country boundaries drawn in Europe, not by the locals? Check. 4. Unshakeable faith in our superior technology? Check. 5. France secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check. 6. Russia secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check. 7. China secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check. 8. SecDef pushing a conflict ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Mar 9 15:59:33 PST 2003

25484 NYC event -- rank: 1000

I think I posted this a while ago, but a reminder: Dean Baker & I will be yakking about the U.S. economy, with Seth Ackerman moderating, from 2-4:30 this afternoon, at St Marks church, 2nd Av & 10th St, NYC. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Mar 9 07:55:57 PST 2003

25485 mass deportations imminent? -- rank: 1000

From: Refuse & Resist! <info at refuseandresist.org> Date: Sat, Mar 8, 2003, 4:47 PM The Coney Island Avenue Project has reason to believe that a mass deportation of Pakistani detainees in Hudson County Jail in New Jersey may happen on Sunday night. The deportations in the past have taken place in the middle of the night when activists and families are unable to be at the detention centers to provide assistance or fight for detaineesrights. There have been sweeps of detentions of Pakis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Mar 8 14:48:33 PST 2003