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25591 [lbo-talk] historical ironies -- rank: 1000

On the day the SC signed on to the homosexual agenda, this anniversary: >On this day in 1976, extremist right winger and John Birch Society >supporter, Major General Edwin A. Walker, gets arrested in a Dallas, >Texas, men's park restroom for "public lewdness."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 26 11:54:41 PDT 2003

25592 [lbo-talk] Kees van der Pijl -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/press/212vanderpijl.htm In which he writes: >Today, the missionary ideology constructed around the >civilisation/barbarity dichotomy must satisfy the tastes of a >Western public which has developed a specific set of sensibilities >under conditions of sustained abundance and images of abundance. >Cultural permissiveness, the freedom to consume and travel, and >unfamiliarity with any direct experience of violence and oppr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 26 11:19:18 PDT 2003

25593 [lbo-talk] Republicans take top lobbyist positions -- rank: 1000

[This seems like another instance of business lobbyists following political trends rather than leading them...] Washington Post - June 26, 2003 Targeting Lobbyists Pays Off For GOP Party Earns More Funds, Influence By Jim VandeHei and Juliet Eilperin Nearly a decade after Republicans launched a campaign to oust Democrats from top lobbying jobs in Washington, sometimes through intimidation and private threats, they are seizing a significant number of the most influential positions at trade associ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 26 09:04:13 PDT 2003

25594 [lbo-talk] the ruling class speaks -- rank: 1000

NEWS RELEASE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS U.S. Should Provide Iraqis and Americans With a More Coherent and Compelling Vision for Iraq's Political Future Experts Urge President to Deliver Major Address to the Nation on Importance of Getting the Job Done Right in Post-War Iraq June 25, 2003 - With mounting costs to American lives and treasure in Iraq, and success there so clearly tied to American staying power and the coherence of U.S. strategy, the Bush administration must sharpen and deepen its ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 16:29:02 PDT 2003

25595 [lbo-talk] mug shot -- rank: 1000

At 3:17 PM -0400 6/25/03, editor at thesmokinggun.com wrote: >Scariest mug shot ever: > >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/dmilam1.html They're not exaggerating. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 13:09:46 PDT 2003

25596 [lbo-talk] FOMC statement -- rank: 1000

[25 is a bit disappointing, but the allusion to deflation - "an unwelcome substantial fall in inflation" - suggests they're going to stay on the easy side. The mention of Parry's dissent is unusually explicit; I don't recall anything like that since they've been issuing these post-meeting releases.] Release Date: June 25, 2003 For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1 percent. In a relate ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 13:11:15 PDT 2003

25597 [lbo-talk] Supremes: diversity = legit leaders -- rank: 1000

RE wrote: >The second paragraph of the WSJrnl's lead article today: > >"In a landmark decision with wide-ranging implications for affirmative >action across American society, the court ruled that it is legal to give >some preferential treatment to disadvantaged minorities, calling the >diversity that they bring to education, business and the military necessary >to the cultivation of "a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the >citizenry." > > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 09:36:42 PDT 2003

25598 [lbo-talk] Judith Miller Under Fire, Finally, From Mainstream Press -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28385-2003Jun24.html ...and just wait for Liza Featherstone's piece in the next ish of the Columbia Journalism Review! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 09:12:10 PDT 2003

25599 [lbo-talk] Ambigious Doug -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >time to get off the fence, doug. ;-) or is it "out of the fires"? > >let me immodestly offer myself as a role model. when the question >of is there or isn't there a god comes up, my response is "who gives >a shit?" now that's what i call pretty definitive. ;-) Well, I think it's a pretty important question, but one neither I nor any other human could ever answer. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 25 06:28:58 PDT 2003

25600 [lbo-talk] fart tax -- rank: 1000

Bill Bartlett wrote: >No, really, the gas is released from the front end of the sheep. Perhaps I've mixed up my species - I thought cow farts were a major greenhouse gas culprit. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 21:38:23 PDT 2003

25601 [lbo-talk] fart tax -- rank: 1000

[burp? how discreet] New Zealand Herald - June 20, 2003 Livestock burp tax sticks in throats 20.06.2003 By LIAM DANN primary industries editor Farmers will be taxed on the flatulence of their livestock in a bid to reduce New Zealand's contribution to global warming. The levy could cost a typical family farmer up to $300 a year. Larger corporate farmers could pay up to $10,000. Sheep will be levied at 9c each and cows at up to 72c under the Government's proposals. Deer and goat farmers will also ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 16:39:25 PDT 2003

25602 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Tony Kushner; Readers Who Write; An Iranian Childhood -- rank: 1000

Bush Dominates a Nation of Victims By Renana Brooks, The Nation June 22, 2003 George W Bush is generally regarded as a mangler of the English language. What is overlooked is his mastery of emotional language -- especially negatively charged emotional language -- as a political tool. Take a closer look at his speeches and public utterances, and his political success turns out to be no surprise. It is the predictable result of the intentional use of language to dominate others. President Bush, lik ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 16:19:32 PDT 2003

25603 [lbo-talk] volume -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: Eight posts so far today. I thought you despised thuggish behavior. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 11:30:42 PDT 2003

25604 [lbo-talk] Framed (Was Everything's coming up roses) -- rank: 1000

On Monday, andie nachgeborenen wrote: Six posts, twice the daily quota, right after this was posted: At 1:29 PM -0400 6/20/03, Doug Henwood wrote: >POSTS TO LBO-TALK, 6/13-6/19/03 > >>3 posts per day > >Chris Doss 7.1 >Michael Pugliese 5.9 >andie nachgeborenen 3.6 >Bill Bartlett 3.6 >Michael Pollak 3.4 >Wojtek Sokolowski 3.1 > > >total kilobytes > >Michael Pugliese 218 >Chris ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 07:27:42 PDT 2003

25605 [lbo-talk] Iran's next -- rank: 1000

Most in U.S. Back Use of Force Against Iran-Poll WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans would back U.S. military action against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons but concern was growing over U.S. troop casualties in Iraq (news - web sites), said an opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Washington Post/ABC poll found 56 percent of respondents endorsed the use of the U.S. military to block Iran from developing nuclear weapons while 38 percent opposed it. The United States has accused I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 24 07:18:31 PDT 2003