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26221 Jude: vote for Rev Al! -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I've never seen Sharpton speak on TV, but the way Wanniski writes >about him makes me think that he has the right approach to >self-representation. I thought the same thing about Scott Ritter, >who also appears to have a backbone. It's important for leftists >not to gravel and come across as apologetic about opposing the war >or taking any other position. Sharpton is very smart, very quick, and knows what he's talking about. Very impressive in intervi ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 15:05:50 PST 2003

26222 Fat -- rank: 1000

James Heartfield wrote: >the US that I have visited is the best-fed country in the world Did you get around much? Have you seen American urban or rural poverty? I don't think there's anything else like it in the northern hemisphere. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 14:46:36 PST 2003

26223 Hitch in WSJ -- rank: 1000

[So now he's writing for the WSJ's comics page! "From the left" indeed.] Wall Street Journal - January 13, 2003 COMMENTARY AMERICAN CONSERVATISM A View From the Left By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS When viewed from any objective standpoint to its immediate Left, the American conservative movement manifests one distinct symptom of well-being. It is fairly conspicuously schismatic, and it possesses the confidence to rehearse its differences in public. (One can see the corollary of this point by ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 14:01:18 PST 2003

26224 The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest -- rank: 1000

Brian O. Sheppard wrote: >On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Nathan Newman wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brian O. Sheppard" <bsheppard at bari.iww.org> >> >That's no guarantee that they'll be angry, either. (And likewise anger >> >isn't any guarantee that the angered will organize or do anything else.) >> Some people >> >can sit quietly through a class explaining, say, the theory of surplus >> >val ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 12:16:36 PST 2003

26225 the longest domain name ever -- rank: 1000

<http://www.authoritarianopportunistswhocozyuptogenocidaldictators-forpeace.org/>

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 12:12:57 PST 2003

26226 Lazare: Unpatriotic opposition -- rank: 1000

Le Monde diplomatique - January 2003 APPOINTMENT WITH WAR Unpatriotic opposition by DANIEL LAZARE * ____________________________________________________________________ WAVES of radicalism come every 30 or 40 years in the United States. Now that a new one is upon us, thanks to President George Bush's threatened invasion of Iraq, observers are comparing it to the last. During the Vietnam war, it took three years, until 1968, of massive US military intervention before large-scale national protests ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 12:03:28 PST 2003

26227 Hardass Marxists, Lardass Marxists, Philanthropic Sweat-a-Thons -- rank: 1000

Todd Archer wrote: >. . . An' in dis cornah', da up an' comin' wurld champeen, Da Great >Red Hooooope! <bell and wild applaz> > >http://www.yeatssociety.org/images/Maddox4.gif The Yeats Society of New York? Why? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 11:20:21 PST 2003

26228 Fat -- rank: 1000

James Heartfield wrote: >I guess that Britain must be much richer than America then, because >there is no starvation here - apart of course from that associated >with anorexia nervosa and bulimia. You don't have people living on the streets, picking food out of traschcans? We sure do. Malnutrition of various kinds is much more widespread. Health indicators for the American poor rival Third World levels, and bad food is part of the problem. >As for depression and overeating, these are ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 09:14:07 PST 2003

26229 Jude: vote for Rev Al! -- rank: 1000

Vote for Al Sharpton!! Memo To: Democrats of All Shades From: Jude Wanniski Re: A Blocking Back I've been a fan of the Rev. Al Sharpton for years. He's actually my favorite black political leader, as now matter how much controversy he becomes embroiled in on behalf of his constituents, he always lands on his feet. And the older he gets, the better he gets in addressing issues of public policy that face all Americans. When I watched him Sunday on Meet the Press, fending off the best shots that Ti ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 09:07:08 PST 2003

26230 celeb enviros -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - January 13, 2003 Stars are two-faced on SUVs MANY of the Hollywood celebrities behind the new campaign against gas-guzzling SUVs are hypocrites who consume huge quantities of fossil fuels in their stretch limos, Gulfstream jets and oversized Beverly Hills mansions. TV producer Norman ("All in the Family") Lear, who is spearheading the conservation crusade along with columnist Arianna Huffington, built a garage for 21 cars five years ago which stands 45 feet t ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 08:51:04 PST 2003

26231 Death penalty and class -- rank: 1000

Chris Burford wrote: >I was wondering about the lack of reference on this list to George >Ryan's dramatic decision to pardon all Illinois prisoners on death >row. I thought it was great news. Watched a former federal prosecutor on Fox News last night who was worried that the wholesale pardon violated due process (though she personally opposed the DP), and that other governors might be tempted to follow his example. We can only hope. There does seem to be some slight shift in public opin ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 08:25:40 PST 2003

26232 Hardass Marxists, Lardass Marxists, Philanthropic Sweat-a-Thons -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: > I have never >noticed that the ISO members were, on the whole, >particularly beautiful. Come to New York. Even the ISO guys are cute. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 13 08:18:57 PST 2003

26233 Hardass Marxists -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I'd love to be a hardass Marxist, but I'm afraid I'd have to get on >a StairMaster to become one. From what I've observed, Carrol is a >bonyass Marxist, and, very sad and embarrassing to admit, I'm a >flatass Marxist (in my defense, I plead that it's a common condition >among East Asians, especially the Japanese). If you spot hardass >Marxists, send them my way. ;-> My one year now of intense gym attendance has hardened mine considerably, but many ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 12 10:26:12 PST 2003

26234 Time poll -- rank: 1000

That Time Europe poll on the greatest danger to world peace has the U.S. widening its lead! As of one minute ago (1:21 PM U.S. east cost time): >North Korea 10.8 % >Iraq 19.0 % >The United States 70.2 % If you haven't voted yet, vote! If you've already voted, vote again!! <http://www.time.com/time/europe/gdml/peace2003.html>

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Date:	Sun Jan 12 10:23:11 PST 2003

26235 The Texas populist take on the tax cut -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > Why you buy index funds of course. If you're lucky, you'll >> almost match the averages. > >(who wants to be average, especially in a non-normal distribution?) Because matching the averages puts you well into the upper half of the distribution. Investment is the opposite of Lake Woebegon - most people are worse than average! Doug

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