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27136 [lbo-talk] Newsmax does Sam Smith -- rank: 1000

<http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/8/1/123445.shtml>

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Date:	Tue Aug 5 11:02:35 PDT 2003

27137 [lbo-talk] Re: Dull, dull, dull -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >I was on a conservative list awhile back where people >were gloating that the creator of B&B is a >conservative and that the show was a rare example of >right wing humor in Hollywood. Is this true? Judge may have been, but the head writer Eichler wasn't. By the way, the model for Daria was Eichler's son, who, aside from being male, was a dead ringer in looks & personality for her. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 5 08:29:10 PDT 2003

27138 [lbo-talk] Re: Dull, dull, dull -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Are you talking about Beavis and Butthead before the ban on "fire" >or after it? Hmm, good question - I'd forgotten about that controversy. You can't make a revolution without at least a little fire, right? One of the more thrilling celeb experiences of my life was meeting former B&B head writer Glenn Eichler, who told me that the demo tape that Mike Judge brought to MTV showed the boy heroes smashing a frog with a hammer. The network brought in smartass New Yo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 5 08:05:56 PDT 2003

27139 [lbo-talk] Re: Dull, dull, dull -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >i find discussions that posit a wanting left against which >individuals define themselves as superior very pedestrian. Unless you're positing yourself as superior by defining yourself against someone else's positing of superiority?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 5 07:53:53 PDT 2003

27140 [lbo-talk] Re: Dull, dull, dull -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Is Seinfeld really the supreme model for attempts to change the world? Too neurotic and solipsistic. Call me old-fashioned, but I still adhere to the Beavis & Butt-head model. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 5 07:51:01 PDT 2003

27141 [lbo-talk] Bush demographics -- rank: 1000

An interesting table from Gallup that characterizes Bush's re-election support against a generic Democrat. Columns show support for Bush, the Dem, the difference between the two, the number in the sample, and a column I added that shows that N as a percent of the total sample (a rough approximation of their share of the pop). Race and religion are pretty important... generic % of Bush Dem net N= samp White Conservative Republicans 95 2 93 627 18% White Ma ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 5 06:13:04 PDT 2003

27142 [lbo-talk] more cell phones -- rank: 1000

For more than you'd ever want to know about the legal restrictions on making unsolicited calls to cell phones, the pollsters' nightmare, see <http://www.cmor.org/govt_affairs_news0802.htm>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 4 07:11:10 PDT 2003

27143 [lbo-talk] Bring Them Home Now: Leaflets & Website (from Stan Goff) -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >the lack of any coherent context >widespread (and empty) slogan >the speaker or >writer has nothing to say >particularly fatuous Welcome back, Carrol! Did you have a restful visit to the Northwest? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 4 06:38:24 PDT 2003

27144 [lbo-talk] Socialism, asceticism, prudishness...corrugations -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Whatever. But building materials have to be carried to the site of the >building. If it's at the top of a mountain range, or in the middle of >semi-desert territory with poor roads, or on an isolated island, that >can be difficult and expensive. Really? You learn something new every day. The corrugated tin convenience store I was referring to was by the side of a highway in Oregon, a state well-endowed with a very attractive construction material, wood. Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 4 06:30:17 PDT 2003

27145 [lbo-talk] Socialism, asceticism, prudishness... -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >When I lived in Indy (my birthplace), I used to write letters under >the name David Standifer <http://www.carolyar.com/DavidStandifer.htm> David Standifer was a prominent member of Brashears Creek church, as early as 1803. He was usually a messenger to the Association, and appears to have been an active member of that body. His preaching gifts were not above medium, at any time, and were slow of development. He appears to have been of a practical, business turn, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 3 16:57:18 PDT 2003

27146 [lbo-talk] a nasty image of SZ -- rank: 1000

<http://www.mladina.si/projekti/duplerice/slavoj-zizek/>

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Date:	Sun Aug 3 14:11:17 PDT 2003

27147 [lbo-talk] [lbo-talk] Socialism, asceticism, prudishness... -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >I can only speak about the USSR itself, and that only second-hand, >but my impression is that they had a "don't ask, don't tell" about >just about everything sexual outside of the traditional married >couple, which was supposed to be the foundation of Communism. I remember Ernest Mandel lecturing during the perestroika days, and contemptuously referring to the Soviets, "with their petit bourgeois morality...." But an Italian journalist who'd tra ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 3 13:39:10 PDT 2003

27148 [lbo-talk] Polling Methods -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Also, is it true their predictive power hasn't been reduced? I'm just parrotting what the AAPOR-ites say - I haven't factchecked them. >I thought in >the last presidential election the unchallenged consensus of the polls for >3 months running up to the election was that Bush would win the popular >vote. (Although some thought Gore might possibly win the electoral >college.) They've also got lots of state & local elections to test the polls against. B ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 3 13:20:43 PDT 2003

27149 [lbo-talk] Polling Methods -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >Yes, I know that those things are nonsense, but respectable outfits >like the NY Times seem to refer to the "respectable," Gallup-type >polls as often as they can, apparently attempting to back up their >impressions on what the public is thinking with "solid data." They are pretty solid within their limitations (e.g., they reproduce conventional categories of thought and classification, ask only questions that elites think important, disallow ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 3 10:33:00 PDT 2003

27150 [lbo-talk] more RDD -- rank: 1000

Cliff Staples wrote: >I think cell phone numbers are still assigned by location, more or >less. So, if they had the numbers in the RDD sample, and if people >weren't pissed about answering, you would still have geographic >representation. People carry them all over the place and even keep their numbers when they move. Parents give their college-age kids cellphones. This isn't me talking - it's the polling pros. Doug

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Date:	Sun Aug 3 10:30:09 PDT 2003