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25516 The War Party's Fucked -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >Doug wrote: > >> If they lose this one, then the MR/anti-Empire/America rules line >> will also take a hit. > >We will, joyfully, add some qualifications. Joyfully? Is interimperialist rivalry better or worse than clear U.S. hegemony? >And, hey, we've been saying that our (collective) task was to make the >anti-globalization movement into an anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist >movement. And suddenly, at least as to anti-imperialism... It's s ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 20:39:08 PST 2003

25517 W's transcript -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >for us non yale guys, please explain what a "75" means. i assume >it's a passing grade, equivalent to a "C." but i don't want to >assume when it comes to such a dynamic intellectual president. >thanks Yup, 75 on a scale of 100. Barely a C. His senior year, Yale shifted to the grading system they used when I was there in the early 1970s - (H)onors, (H)igh (P)ass, (P)ass, (F)ail. HP's were weak B's to strong C's. P's were embarrassing. W got quite a ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 17:34:20 PST 2003

25518 W's transcript -- rank: 1000

George W's Yale transcript: <http://www.americanpolitics.com/bushtranscript.html>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 16:49:59 PST 2003

25519 lines sharpen -- rank: 1000

[so the admin thinks F & R are bluffing...] Split Over Iraq War Deepens as U.S. Digs In By Alan Elsner and Mark John UNITED NATIONS/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would disarm Iraq (news - web sites) with or without United Nations (news - web sites) backing, after France, Russia and Germany vowed to block a Security Council resolution authorizing war. Both sides raised the stakes in a tense and increasingly bitter tug of war about whether the world body should give ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 15:42:40 PST 2003

25520 Fwd: John Ross: Countdown to Cataclysm from Baghdad -- rank: 1000

[This is from the excellent John Ross, an American who's lived in Mexico for the last 25 years, and a rather frequent guest on my radio show. I've got to admire the nerve of John & the other human shields - I'm far too cowardly to do anything like that.] Sender: "Mexico News email List" <mexiconews at globalexchange.org> To: "Mexico News email List" <mexiconews at globalexchange.org> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:31:47 -0800 Subject: John Ross: Countdown to Catacly ...

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25521 The War Party's Fucked -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> But just the other day, he and/or Ari Fleischer said it wasn't about >> disarmament (since the Iraqis are clearly disarming) but about regime >> change. A retreat on this would make his father's retreat on "Read my >> lips. No new taxes." look like a subtle change in the background >> music. >> > >"Waist deep in the Big Muddy, & the Damn Fool said, Wade on." OR &g ...

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25522 The War Party's Fucked -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >Well, there is no reason why Bush, if he was so inclined, >couldn't now declare victory. After all, he can say that he >has gotten Saddam to disarm, and he can claim to >have made great progress in the "war on terrorism." But just the other day, he and/or Ari Fleischer said it wasn't about disarmament (since the Iraqis are clearly disarming) but about regime change. A retreat on this would make his father's retreat on "Read my lips. No new taxes. ...

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25523 focus with Frank on MSNBC! -- rank: 1000

Subject: WANT TO BE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TO TALK ABOUT IRAQ? Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:01:17 EST WANT TO BE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION? Dear interested focus group members: We are doing a special longer show that is a IRAQ focus group Next Monday, March 10th, this will give everyone more time and a chance to illustrate their points on TV. To qualify, you must be an opinionated and outspoken person aged 18 and up with strong personal views about the situation in Iraq and the Middle East If you meet ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 12:55:33 PST 2003

25524 The War Party's Fucked. -- rank: 1000

loupaulsen at attbi.com wrote: >Would he say it if it weren't so? OF COURSE HE WOULD SAY IT. This is the man >who showed us artists' drawings of Winnebagoes of Death and satellite photos >of routine truck traffic. No that's different. There's no way anything Powell said regarding satellite evidence and such could be refuted. Of course it was bullshit, but no one was in a position to fact-check him. With a vote, he'd be revealed as a liar inside a week. If they thought they were going ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 10:56:44 PST 2003

25525 The War Party's Fucked. -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >http://www.antiwar.com/justin/justincol.html Well yeah. But we were watching the late rerun of the Brit Hume show on Fox News last night, and I said to Liza, "I spend the day reading email and websites and think, maybe there won't be a war after all. And now I'm watching Fox and it seems inevitable." Ok, that's Fox. But then the front page of the NY Times this morning says that Powell is optimistic they'll win the SC vote. Maybe he's using the same vote counting ...

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25526 we've got your kids, so talk! -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Let me get this straight: What listers are protesting is the torture of al-Q >prisoners, but not the fact that they've been captured -- correct? Correct as far as I'm concerned. What struck me about the story was that I grew up hearing a lot of crap about how the Communists would use kids against their parents - this was proof that the were monsters. And here we have a right-wing newspaper celebrating it when our guys do it. Guess it's not monstrous behavior anymore. ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 5 09:26:47 PST 2003

25527 Israeli lobby -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >I'm afraid your card in the power elite has expired. >How could you be in the elite? >After all, you're arguing with me. Yeah, but were you at Jackson Hole? Doug

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25528 The Red Purge's Lasting Impacts -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >The Red Purge has also had deleterious impacts on non-socialists as >well, as you can obviously see in the attitudes of most LBO >anarchists and non-socialists here. There's some truth to this, but there's also some bullshit to it too. Any critique of the politics, organization, or rhetorical style of the sects is dismissed by sympathizers as redbaiting. Sometimes it is redbaiting, but sometimes it isn't. Many socialists (e.g. David McReynolds) and many Marxists ...

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25529 PIMCO's Gross speaks out against Iraq attack -- rank: 1000

Gross's original is at <http://www.pimco.com/ca/bonds_commentary_investmentoutlook_recent_index_bottom_archive.htm>.

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25530 busted for a t-shirt -- rank: 1000

http://www.msnbc.com/local/wnyt/m276307.asp?0ct=-302&cp1=1 Peace T-shirt leads to man's arrest Refused to remove anti-war shirt WNYT STAFF ALBANY, N.Y., March 4 - An Selkirk man says he was arrested Monday for expressing his objection to possible war with Iraq at Crossgates Mall. He says all he did was wear a T-shirt bearing a message of peace, which he actually purchased in the mall. STEPHEN DOWNS AND his son, Roger, Downs, each had a pro-peace shirt made Monday night. One shirt simply sai ...

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