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27061 [lbo-talk] Fwd: State of the Job Nation -- rank: 1000

[You can see someone trying hard to create a quotable quote here.] >August 15, 2003 > > >FRIDAY QUOTE > > > >State Of The Job Nation > > "We are rapidly becoming a self-serve nation. Technology >allows companies to replace people with machines. They are trying >to get that two percent body fat -- no more people than absolutely >necessary to do the job." > > Rick Cobb > > Executive Vice President > Challenger, Gray & ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 16 15:53:40 PDT 2003

27062 [lbo-talk] Servant culture -- rank: 1000

JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote: >it looks to me like the potential or the reality of >combining with a man's typically higher paycheck is a factor in their lives That's two things, men's higher earnings, but also just a second paycheck. Two can live as cheaply as 1.4, they say. Why most women commingle paychecks with men rather than other women is a mostly noneconomic question. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 16 15:31:50 PDT 2003

27063 [lbo-talk] Give Up -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >rather than go to the extreme of committing a frivolous crime, carrol, let's >simply see if we can get 1/2 of them disbarred and see if it really makes >any difference in the scheme of things. Which half? That's a pretty innovative approach to social policy - let's do something radical whose effects we can't imagine just to see what happens. Doug

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Date:	Sat Aug 16 15:28:47 PDT 2003

27064 [lbo-talk] a third-world grid -- rank: 1000

[This is from the anonymous Lex column in today's Financial Times. A few months ago, Lex pronounced the U.S. mobile phone system to be of "third-world" quality as well.] It is not clear what happened on Thursday - which part of the system failed or (crucial for insurance purposes) whether any negligence was involved. What has again been demonstrated is that the US has a third-world power system. Analysts at Credit Suisse First Boston point out that capital investment in the US transmis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 16 15:10:34 PDT 2003

27065 [lbo-talk] Calif recall -- rank: 1000

[a summary of the Field Poll's latest on the Calif recall, posted to the AAPOR list] --22 percent of registered voters approve of the job Davis is doing; 70 percent disapprove (41 percent of Democrats approve and 49 percent disapprove; 94 percent of Republicans disapprove). --58 percent of likely voters said if they were voting today they would vote YES to remove Gray Davis from office -- up from 51% in July (92 percent of Republican likely voters would vote yes to remove Gray Davis, compared to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 16 10:24:12 PDT 2003

27066 [lbo-talk] Radio Henwood -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >Whoops, sounds like that's cancelled because of the power outage? Yup. I was getting ready to do the radio show when the lights went off in the office. I figured, must be a building problem so I'll head downtown a little early. Then I walked out into the street and found out it a was a bit bigger than 38 Greene St. If it'd happened 15 mins later, I'd have been one of those poor souls trapped in the subway for three hours. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 16 09:41:30 PDT 2003

27067 [lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn on Ted Honderich -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08132003.html > So what's in the book? Ace is rather short on that detail. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 12:51:58 PDT 2003

27068 [lbo-talk] Calif recall guest? -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >jerry brown. Although I doubt he's anywhere near your area. <insert emoticon for bronx cheer> Jerry Brown's a wanker: <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Jerry-Brown.html>.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 12:28:25 PDT 2003

27069 [lbo-talk] Radio Henwood -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > Oh, I want to hear Brady!... > >It'll probably be in the MP3 archive in a few weeks; now be a good boy >and send WBAI some money :-) If you're around tomorrow, it should be up by mid-day. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 11:38:16 PDT 2003

27070 [lbo-talk] LBO web updates -- rank: 1000

Finally, after a long period of somnolence, the LBO website has been updated with a new article, info on my forthcoming book (After the New Economy), teasers from the new issue (#105), and eight new radio shows (most of which now open with me reviewing the week's economic news). All links are accessible from the front page, <http:/www.leftbusinessobserver.com>. article ------- "Crappy little countries," the theory and practice of imperialism, Bush-style radio shows ----------- Ju ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 14 11:29:27 PDT 2003

27071 [lbo-talk] Radio Henwood -- rank: 1000

On my radio show this evening, WBAI, 99.5 FM New York and <http://www.wbai.org>, 5-6 PM NYC time: * Michael Albert, talking about his new book Parecon (participatory economics) * Henry Brady, UC-Berkely poli sci, talking about the Calif recall circus Long-neglected radio archive to be updated imminently - watch this space for announcement.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 10:11:40 PDT 2003

27072 [lbo-talk] Ehrenreich responds to BDL -- rank: 1000

I forwarded Brad's comments to Barbara Ehrenreich, who responds: >Does this guy realize that 80% of Americans (and I don't know how >many Brits) do their own housework? It's not just some weird >crypto-Christian gesture on my part... As for those who "help" >immigrant women by giving them jobs: If the idea is to help, why not >just give them the money and do the housework yourself?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 10:01:02 PDT 2003

27073 [lbo-talk] Fwd: The Pew Research Center for The People and The Press Update -- rank: 1000

[so the media says they're giving the public what it wants - and Herb Gintis would agree - but it may not be so simple] Several stories that have dominated the news this summer, including the California recall and the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, are not generating much interest among the general public. Fewer than one-in-five Americans are paying very close attention to news about the recall, the Bryant case and the growing debate over gay marriage. By comparison, more than twice as many Am ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 14 09:54:00 PDT 2003

27074 [lbo-talk] GIs in Iraq face pay cut -- rank: 1000

San Francisco Chronicle - August 14, 2003 Troops in Iraq face pay cut Pentagon says tough duty bonuses are budget-buster Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau Washington -- The Pentagon wants to cut the pay of its 148,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, who are already contending with guerrilla-style attacks, homesickness and 120- degree-plus heat. Unless Congress and President Bush take quick action when Congress returns after Labor Day, the uniformed Americans in Iraq and the 9,000 in Afghanistan w ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 14 09:40:02 PDT 2003

27075 [lbo-talk] O'Reilly behind Fox suit -- rank: 1000

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED AUGUST 13, 2003 12:05:38 ET XXXXX O'REILLY LOBBIED FOR LAWSUIT **Exclusive** FOX NEWS star Bill O'Reilly lobbied his network to file suit against author Al Franken and his upcoming book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," top sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. "For Bill, above all other things, this was a matter of honor and support," a top source explained from New York. MORE In his book, Franken directl ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 14 09:37:32 PDT 2003