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25951 [lbo-talk] Re: consensus-direct-representative democracy etc -- rank: 1000

Ben Pincas wrote: >On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 06:15:09PM +0200, Ben Pincas wrote: >> >> Wasn't it Kissinger who, when asked about the overthrow of >>Allende, said that people can vote for ANYTHING they like....? >> > > >I mean't, of course, that Kissinger said that people should NOT be >allowed to vote for whoever they want.... I thought Kissinger said that a country shouldn't be allowed to go Communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people. Doug

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25952 [lbo-talk] Fwd: [Infoshop News] New Contact Information for Infoshop.org -- rank: 1000

[hey, this list is free now, thanks to Jordan, so send Chuck0 some cash!] Title: New Contact Information for Infoshop.org and the (Infoshop Updates) Date: Wednesday July 02 2003 @ 11:41AM PDT Author: Reverend Chuck0 (chuck at mutualaid.org) New Contact Information for Infoshop.org and the Alternative Media Project We've finally gotten around to taking care of some last details relating to the set up of Infoshop's parent organization. We now have a PO Box, which will allow you to send us donation ...

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25953 [lbo-talk] Jonah Goldberg is a wimp -- rank: 1000

[posted to Romenesko's forum <http://poynter.org/forum/?id=letters>] Why Signorile was bumped from "The Connection" 7/2/2003 8:54:43 AM Posted By: Jim Romenesko From MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE: Just in case you needed one, here's yet another example of the fallacy of the so-called liberal media -- and a great example, too, of what utter wimps many conservative pundits really are. Yesterday, a producer at Boston's NPR-affiliate, WBUR, was so eager to get in touch with me that she cont ...

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25954 [lbo-talk] offshoring vs technical visas, was: IT, Other White Collar Jobs FloatingTo Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

Ulhas Joglekar wrote: >I don't understand why there is this scare about job losses in the US. Because it was supposed to be the industry of the future, invulnerable to foreign competition, unlike cars and textiles. And because the culture of many techies is arrogant and entitled - it wasn't supposed to happen to them, just loser blue-collar workers. Doug

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25955 [lbo-talk] women turn against abortion rights -- rank: 1000

[The original report is at <http://www.advancewomen.org/womens_research/Progress&Perils.pdf>.] Washington Times - July 2, 2003 Pro-life women shift to majority By Grant Schulte The balance between pro-choice women and women who say abortion should be outlawed or severely restricted is shifting toward the pro-life side, bumping that group into the majority in the debate over reproductive rights, according to a new national poll. Fifty-one percent of women surveyed by the Center for the ...

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25956 OFFLIST: Re: [lbo-talk] How close was it? -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote, in his sixth post of the day: >I hate this posting limits thing. Mailman allows me to specify addresses whose posts have to be approved by me. If you violate the limit tomorrow, I'm going to list your address and approve only the first three posts. Doug

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25957 [lbo-talk] Gallup on homosex -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >There has been no political activity in the United States for about 30 >years. None? It's all been an illusion?

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25958 [lbo-talk] IT, Other White Collar Jobs Floating To Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

By the way, with last month's employment report, the BLS introduced a new industrial classification system, NAICS, replacing the SIC system, which had its origins in the 1930s. There's now an "information" sector, which includes ISPs and web portals along with traditional things like book publishing. Total employment in the field: 3.3 million, or 2.5% of total employment. That share's unchanged since 1980, and is actually lower than in the 1950s. Doug

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25959 [lbo-talk] IT, Other White Collar Jobs Floating To Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >Go back a few years, when every freaking magazine in this country >had a special on the downsizing of the white-collar >professional/managerial strata. they were all gonna be up in arms. >_downsize this_ was published. The New York times and USA did a week >long special. Exactly. The '92 election was in part about that. It was the time of the Angry White Man. There was that Michael Douglas movie - Falling Down was it? It's amazing we're not getting more of this righ ...

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25960 [lbo-talk] Gallup on homosex -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >I had another interesting encounter last night (8/7/2) at the >Detour. I was there with another Latino friend, 'Hector'. Again, >Hector and I were playing pool. The all-white clientelle were very >rude to us as we attempted to play pool. You should come play pool at Saints, 109th & Amsterdam, in Manhattan, where all colors, genders, preferences, and classes mix freely. Doug

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25961 [lbo-talk] Gallup on homosex -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >progress, compared to what a similiar poll would have shown, in >every decade past. Probably 73% would have said the same, two >decades ago THere are plenty of numbers in the Gallup release: <http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030627.asp>. You don't have to guess. Opinion was evenly divided at 43% in 1977; got worse (i.e., more homophobic) in the mid-1980s, but took a turn for the better in the mid-1990s. Doug

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25962 [lbo-talk] IT, Other White Collar Jobs Floating To Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

Matt wrote: > Management realized that there is a >difference between the quality of work coming from India versus >in-house talent. Hmm, why should Indians be any less able to do good work than native-born Americans? Doug

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25963 [lbo-talk] IT, Other White Collar Jobs Floating To Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >I COMPLETELY agree with Dwayne on this. I dont know >how much this has shown up on the statistical radar >screen for you economists to see What's showing up now is that job losses have slowed dramatically, but there's almost no new hiring going on. Doug

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25964 [lbo-talk] IT, Other White Collar Jobs Floating To Cheaper Locales -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >, >> but I also doubt we'll see a solvency- and >> stability-threatening mass >> exodus either. > >Cant agree with this based upon what I am seeing in >Silicon Valley here. The trend is towards outsourcing >and much of that outsourcing will end up in China and >India. Software prototypes might be developed here but >then the down and dirty coding will be done in >Bangalore. ...

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25965 [lbo-talk] Neocons Inspired By Italian Fascists? -- rank: 1000

C. G. Estabrook wrote: >-- as -- I hope everyone realizes -- you pointed out in a devastating lead >to the recent LBO. Just checking to see who got the allusion (though I must thank Jeet Heer for having turned up the quote and posted it here). Doug

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