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27391 [lbo-talk] book your flight to Doha now! -- rank: 1000

NEWS RELEASE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Council Co-sponsors Third Qatar Conference on Democracy and Free Trade in Doha April 10, 2003 - The Council will co-sponsor the Third Qatar Conference on Democracy and Free Trade on April 14-15, in Doha with the Islamic Institute, the University of Qatar and the Qatari Chamber of Commerce. A delegation of l2 U.S. Congressmen will participate in the conference along with several distinguished Council scholars, members and corporate members. Sheikh Hamad B ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 12:01:19 PDT 2003

27392 [lbo-talk] Iraqis looove America -- rank: 1000

Brian O. Sheppard wrote: >Can anyone doubt that if, somehow, Saddam's forces had won, the same >Iraqis would be waving Iraqi flags, cheering, presenting flowers for >the Ba'ath Loyalist troops, etc.? What sentiment is "real," and what is >simply the result of a people so demoralized and oppressed that they have >simply become slavishly worshipful of power? Is it that, or just a survival tactic? If a hundred thousand heavily armed soldiers blow into your homeland, isn't i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 11:41:53 PDT 2003

27393 [lbo-talk] Kinder, Kuche, Kirche -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Have you ever heard of the mahr-velous thing called the credit card? It >boost short term consumption and fabulous profits from usury, and in a >long term transfers individual assets (in the form of home equity) to >the monied class, as most US-ers would mortgage their only asset - the >Amerikun dream house - rather than go through Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Eh? 1.5 million filed for bankruptcy last year, and 13 million in the last ten years. If you've got a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 11:40:46 PDT 2003

27394 [lbo-talk] criticize Bush and lose your sitcom -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - April 10, 2003 The high cost of Bush-bashing JANEANE Garofalo's relentless bashing of President Bush might have doomed her new ABC sitcom. Garofalo is set to play a producer of a TV newsmagazine on "Slice O'Life." But ABC has been deluged with calls and e-mails from patriotic types threatening to boycott the network and its advertisers if the sitcom gets on the schedule, reports MSNBC.com's Jeannette Walls. "We do not wish to see the faces of liberal Hol ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 11:30:29 PDT 2003

27395 [lbo-talk] Radical Deflation!!!! -- rank: 1000

LouPaulsen wrote: >Doug, we need some economic expertise here > >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/09/international/worldspecial/09CND-TOWN.html > >"Times are hard. The value of the Iraqi dinar has fallen 150 percent >since the beginning of the war." Hmm, maybe because you'll get shot by the Marines if you're caught with one? That does beat the negative interest rates in Japan, for sure. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 11:13:18 PDT 2003

27396 [lbo-talk] radio Henwood -- rank: 1000

Today on my radio show, 5-6 PM NYC time, WBAI 99.5 FM in New York and <http://www.wbai.org> on the web: * A return visit by Bill Fletcher, talking about the challenge to the peace movement (and why it's so white) * Gilberto Buenano, professor of planning and consultant to the Venezuealan government, on whether it feels like they're next * Nomi Prins, talking about the postwar contracting bonanza and the lucrative ties of members of the Defense Planning Board If you miss it live, it'll be u ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 10:51:38 PDT 2003

27397 [lbo-talk] next... -- rank: 1000

Hawks Set Sights on Iran, Syria as Baghdad Falls Thu Apr 10, 9:26 AM ET By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emboldened by the U.S. military's apparent quick rout of Iraqi forces, conservative hawks in America are setting their sights on regime change in Iran and Syria. Latest news: Iraqi Shiite Leader, Aide Assassinated in Najaf Reuters - 5 minutes ago Baghdad suicide bombing kills at least one US soldier, ministries on fire AFP - 5 minutes ago Senior Iraqi Shiite leader killed in Najaf ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 10:47:31 PDT 2003

27398 [lbo-talk] They Don't Loooove Their Newly Appointed Leadership -- rank: 1000

Speaking of public displays of affection, the Financial Times's characterization of yesterday's festivities was rather understated in that British way: "dozens" of Iraqis surrounded the legendary statue, and "hundreds" lined the streets, cheering. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 10 10:38:23 PDT 2003

27399 [lbo-talk] meanwile, NK -- rank: 1000

[memo to despots: accelerate your nuclear programs!] U.S. Reassures North Korea on Nuclear Arms Crisis by Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Washington reassured a nervous North Korea (news - web sites) on Wednesday that it sought a peaceful solution to the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and offered a possible way forward, saying that diplomatic efforts to resolve it could proceed on several tracks. President Bush (news - web sites) "has repeatedly said that we seek a peacef ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 17:05:37 PDT 2003

27400 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions -- rank: 1000

Bradford DeLong wrote: >Once again, The Onion put it best: ...and don't forget: >Dow Up 300 After Deaths Of 400 >NEW YORK-Buoyed by positive news from the war front, the Dow Jones >Industrial Average soared more than 300 points Monday after the >killing of more than 400 Republican Guard soldiers near the northern >Iraqi town of Mosul. "These deaths have really boosted investor >optimism and confidence," New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick >Grasso said. "B ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 16:02:34 PDT 2003

27401 [lbo-talk] CIA vs. Chalabi -- rank: 1000

[leave it to the Moonie wire service and the Moonie paper to cover intra-right battles...] Washington Times - April 9, 2003 Chalabi backers slam CIA By Eli J. Lake UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Supporters of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmed Chalabi are accusing the CIA of distributing a classified report critical of Mr. Chalabi as part of a politically motivated campaign to discredit him. "The CIA has been bad mouthing Chalabi and the INC for years. What is surprising is that they ar ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 15:51:49 PDT 2003

27402 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions -- rank: 1000

Bradford DeLong wrote: >Perhaps, but probably not. The line that signs of enthusiasm for >Saddam's fall are simply sucking up to the new imperial power is >going to be hard to maintain. Let's revisit the issue in six months. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 15:38:51 PDT 2003

27403 [lbo-talk] collapsing statues -- rank: 1000

loupaulsen at attbi.com wrote: >Like I said to a guy in the elevator today, "Hell, if there was a big statue >of George Bush in Chicago, I bet we could get ten thousand people to pull it >down." (I didn't continue: but in that case the armed men wouldn't protect us >and help us, they'd shoot us.) Someone just told me he heard a BBC reporter on NPR this morning - who thought the microphone wasn't on - saying that the crowd was small and the whole thing had been organized by ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 15:38:22 PDT 2003

27404 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions -- rank: 1000

Bradford DeLong wrote: >Alongside what looks like a vigorous popular spontaneous prowar >mobilization today in Baghdad... ...by people who are, we've been told, well trained to flatter whoever's in power. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 15:09:34 PDT 2003

27405 [lbo-talk] recipient lists -- rank: 1000

Some of you are trying to post things to the list with very long recipient lists (either in the to or cc fields). The system is programmed to reject posts with 10 or more recipients. One of the few ways in which mailman is inferior to majordomo is that I've got to take manual action when posts are rejected - I can't just trash 'em en masse. So please don't post things with a lot of cc's. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 9 14:01:46 PDT 2003