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26926 [lbo-talk] White House fiction writers -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >>As one of Bush's aides recounted, the British Airways pilot seemed >>to sense he was in on a secret, and replied: "Oh." > >But why? Because it's a good story, and it involves the subordinate complicity of our British allies? Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 19:59:18 PST 2003

26927 [lbo-talk] Perlstein on the "Wal-Mart voters" -- rank: 1000

<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0349/perlstein.php> Lost Jobs and Military Funerals Haunt Bush in the Heartland Attention, Wal-Mart Voters by Rick Perlstein December 3 - 9, 2003 Rock River Valley, Illinois - Piety is easy to find on the highways of Red America. Stop at a cemetery and you may find that the marker towering over all the rest reads, "In Memory of the Unborn Children." Down at the lower frequencies, the ones occupied in more urbane locales by the edgy college stat ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 14:51:48 PST 2003

26928 [lbo-talk] Bush shakes down steel industry as he prepares to screw it -- rank: 1000

Bush Raises Steel Money Before Tariff Decision By Randall Mikkelsen PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) picked up $850,000 in campaign contributions in the heart of America's steel industry on Tuesday even as he prepared to lift tariffs that have been helping the steelmakers. Supporters of the tariffs lodged a last-ditch effort to keep the protections in place. Bush heard arguments from Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record) and U.S. Steel Corp ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 14:27:42 PST 2003

26929 [lbo-talk] Re: KPRF -- rank: 1000

I think it'd be best for all but the morbidly curious if Chris Doss & Michael Pugliese ignored each other.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 2 13:12:27 PST 2003

26930 [lbo-talk] White House fiction writers -- rank: 1000

[these mofo's will lie about anything] Reuters [via Washington Post] - December 2, 2003 Pilots Didn't Radio Air Force One, Airline Says British Airways said yesterday that none of its pilots made contact with President Bush's plane during its secret flight to Baghdad on Thanksgiving, contradicting White House reports of a midair exchange that nearly prompted Bush to call off his trip. Honor Verrier, a spokeswoman for British Airways in North America, said two British Airways aircraft were in the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 2 13:10:22 PST 2003

26931 [lbo-talk] Roach: Productivity in the New Economy -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >I'm not sure I follow. Roach's main quantitative point is that the >workweek is a lot more than 35.5 hours, especially in the professional and >management sectors that make up 35% of the workforce. If I understand >Doug's elaborations correctly, this is not an artifact of averaging, but >rather results from a set of clearly wrong assumptions, like that computer >programmers work 35 hour weeks. That seems not only clearly wrong, but >clearly wrong by ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 12:57:47 PST 2003

26932 [lbo-talk] legumes 4 Dennis -- rank: 1000

[another item from Page Six] LENTIL LOVER DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich is trailing in the polls, but he's first in the hearts of left-leaning vegetarians. The Ohio congressman hosts a meat-free fund-raiser Sunday afternoon at Counter on First Avenue featuring "organic wine and beer," French lentil loaf, breaded mushrooms and other treats. Veggie vixens interested in diminutive, twice-divorced politicians would do well to stop by. Kucinich recently described his ideal ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 12:45:05 PST 2003

26933 [lbo-talk] Hate Bush event in Hollywood -- rank: 1000

[love the bit towards the end about the policy discussion between Gen Clark and Madonna] New York Post [Page Six] - December 2, 2003 BIG NIGHT FOR DUBYA DETESTERS "CURB Your Enthusiasm" star Larry David's wife Laurie created an enviable buzz for tonight's political powwow of liberal Hollywood activists after she dubbed it the "Hate Bush" event. While the strategy session at the Beverly Hilton actually has the considerably less-inflammatory title, "A Mandatory Meeting to ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 12:43:07 PST 2003

26934 [lbo-talk] RE: postmodern prince -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >(I'll put a K in front of Kelly's post.) > >K)Let's take Doug as an example. Most people on this list believe >Doug is a stellar example of clear, relatively jargon-free writing. >In my experience, most people I've worked with would find Doug's >work difficult--whether they're the CIO of a Fortune 50, a degreed >professional who reads Harper's, or a butcher. > >J) I don't think Doug's a good example. His writing is clear, but >it's also sarcasti ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 12:06:13 PST 2003

26935 [lbo-talk] ILO on "Free Trade" -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >In a book that is bound to provoke the anti-globalisation community, >an economist with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has >challenged a range of popular concerns about the effects of >globalisation. > >"Contrary to popular perceptions, global income inequality is >actually declining," senior economist Ajit Ghose argues in his new >book, Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World. You can't say anything like that with any cert ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 11:19:27 PST 2003

26936 [lbo-talk] Dimming Hopes for Free Trade (was free trade is popular...) -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Cf. "The Pew Global Attitudes Project is chaired by former Secretary >of State Madeleine K. Albright and directed by Andrew Kohut of the >Pew Research Center for the People & the Press" (at ><http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/0602-05.htm>). The survey's >"findings," in my opinion, tell us more about which political party >in the USA is the party of orthodox neoliberalism than about the >attitudes of multitudes toward ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 11:18:30 PST 2003

26937 [lbo-talk] April repro choice march in DC -- rank: 1000

At 4:24 PM -0800 12/1/03, Bitch Slap wrote: >In other news, we're excited to announce our official cosponsorship >of the massive March for Freedom of Choice, set for Sunday, April >25, 2004, in Washington, D.C. This is looking to be the biggest >reproductive rights demonstration ever--it's being organized in a >historic collaborative effort by the Feminist Majority, NARAL, NOW, >and Planned Parenthood--and we hope you'll come out and march with >the Bitch delegation. Details ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 10:17:35 PST 2003

26938 [lbo-talk] Like Wow, Dude, Let's All Move to Canada -- rank: 1000

I had just that thought when I read the story in the NYT this morning <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/international/americas/02CANA.html>: >The nations remain like-minded in pockets, but the center of gravity >in each has changed. French-speaking Quebec, with nearly a quarter >of the population and its open social attitudes, pulls Canada to the >left, just as the South and Bible Belt increasingly pull the United >States in the opposite direction, particularly on issues li ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 10:14:01 PST 2003

26939 [lbo-talk] Hegemony Re: Bolshevik-Bashing -- The Point -- rank: 1000

Charles Brnwn wrnte: >Sn, what is the mass sncial and ecnnnmic basis fnr the failure nf the left >tn catch nn with masses in the U.S. ? Why mass nppnrtunism in the U.S. ? If >nnt superprnfits frnm imperialism , is it that U.S. dnmestic prnductivity is >sn great that the U.S. wnrking class is bnught nff with its "share" nf the >wealth it prnduces itself ? (!) There are nn impnrtant "superprnfits frnm imperialism" that I can see, thnugh I'm npen tn arguments tn ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 09:53:06 PST 2003

26940 [lbo-talk] Ms Hillary Ahab: 'Stay the Course' -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrnte: >We're all expected tn vnte fnr her in 2008, right? Nnt if Pres. Dean is running fnr re-electinn! Whn's this addressed tn, by the way, and why?

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Date:	Tue Dec 2 09:51:00 PST 2003