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27496 [lbo-talk] what, me worry? -- rank: 1000

The Washington Post - April 2, 2003, page C7 The TV Column Viewers Put the War on the Back Burner By Lisa de Moraes Wednesday, April 2, 2003; Page C07 War-weary viewers made Fox's "American Idol" their first choice last week. But two full nights' worth of "Law & Order" plus two nights of Thursday's sitcoms landed NBC in the lead spot among networks. Not a single news program cracked the prime-time Top 10. [rest: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6566-2003 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 2 12:22:50 PST 2003

27497 [lbo-talk] president, called by god, gives up sweets -- rank: 1000

[life's so simple when you're untroubled by thought or introspection...] USA Today - April 2, 2003 <http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030402/5023089s.htm> Strain of Iraq war showing on Bush, those who know him say He's said to be 'burdened,' tense, angry at media, second-guessers By Judy Keen USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- The public face of President Bush at war is composed and controlled. On TV and in newspaper photos, he is sturdy and assured, usually surrounded by military personnel. But t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 2 12:19:39 PST 2003

27498 [lbo-talk] transition update -- rank: 1000

I feel like the World Bank, talking about "transition." I've unsub'd everyone from the panix list. The only subscriber now is the address of the new list. So posts addressed to lbo-talk at lists.panix.com will make their way to the list, but via a circuitous and inelegant route. Please change your address books: the new destination is <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 2 09:06:35 PST 2003

27499 transition -- rank: 1000

It seems there are two lists now, operating in parallel universes. That should all be fixed in a few hours. In the meanwhile, apologies for any confusion. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 2 06:43:55 PST 2003

27500 Turkey as child -- rank: 1000

Excerpt from a Reuters story on war finance bills moving their way through Congressional committees: >The bills provide about $5 billion in foreign aid to reward key >allies in the Iraq war and in the global war on terrorism, slightly >less than the $5.1 billion Bush sought. > >As part of that, both bills offer Turkey the $1 billion in aid the >White House wanted for it as the president tries to patch up >relations that have been soured by the Iraq war and to shore up >Tu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 1 15:01:18 PST 2003

27501 Daschle eats his words, and then some -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Yes-- and one vote short of half of the House means you've got nothing. You >can't even get a vote on a bill. As I've repeated, you want influence by >progressives, elect more Democrats so they actually can control and set the >agenda. Imagine a Congress where John Conyers ran the Judiciary Committee, >Charlie Rangel ran Ways & Means, and so on. You don't have nothing. You've got a big platform and a big budget. You can tie things up and fight relentle ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 14:58:28 PST 2003

27502 Daschle eats his words, and then some -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Nancy Pelosi is far to the left of old Rayburn and a good deal to the left >of Tip O'Neill on social issues, yet she easily won election as majority >leader. I could point to the median voter in the Democratic caucus and >their leftward move from decades past. > >But I know folks will continue to maintain that you should measure the party >by its most rightwing members like John Breaux and Zell Miller or Lieberman, >but that's like saying that the G ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 14:30:34 PST 2003

27503 Expelled? Leaving voluntarily? -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > The American Family Association - Rev. Donald Wildmon, prop. - is >> running a petition campaign to pull Peter Arnett's passport. > >His NZ passport? Dunno. I was wondering about that. Is he a US or NZ citizen? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 1 13:51:23 PST 2003

27504 sub/unsub closed -- rank: 1000

I've just closed the list to new subscribers (and unsubscribers) while Jordan & I make the transition. It's still open to posting, so keep firing away. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 13:08:47 PST 2003

27505 NEW DEM DAILY: Good Night, Vietnam -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >And why should I take a posting from New Dem Daily seriously, when their >candidate Lieberman has far less chance of getting the nomination than >antiwar Howard Dean. Because it's a historical point about the Dems as party of Empire in the days when the Reps were isolationists. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 13:05:26 PST 2003

27506 Daschle eats his words, and then some -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >BTW do you even remember Bob Michaels, the House Minority leader before >Gingrich? He hardly fits your definition of monomaniacal bulldog. And >neither did Howard Baker or even Bob Dole when they ran the Senate. No, and they got rolled over by the rightwingers. They're the Reps Daschles and Gephardts - go along/get along types who believe in nothing but power. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 13:04:11 PST 2003

27507 Expelled? Leaving voluntarily? -- rank: 1000

npchilds at connect.ab.ca wrote: >Any merit in having anti-war groups pursue a treason charge against >Geraldo for willfully endangering troops? The American Family Association - Rev. Donald Wildmon, prop. - is running a petition campaign to pull Peter Arnett's passport. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 1 12:53:37 PST 2003

27508 Fwd: NEW DEM DAILY: Good Night, Vietnam -- rank: 1000

[hey Nathan, what about that "muscular internationalism"?] ============================================= THE NEW DEM DAILY, 01-APR-03 Political commentary & analysis from the DLC ============================================= [ New Democrats Online: http://www.ndol.org ] Good Night, Vietnam The onset of the war in Iraq has created a dilemma for those Democrats who opposed last year's resolution authorizing military force, and this year's decision to use force when the United Nations ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 12:42:02 PST 2003

27509 videos banned to please advertisers -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - April 1, 2003 MTV and other music channels aren't just worried about offending pro-war viewers with peacenik videos - they're also loath to annoy their advertisers. MTV rival Much Music USA yanked System of a Down's "Boom" - which features footage of the band at peace rallies - because the U.S. Army is a big advertiser. Rolling Stone freelancer Bill Werde reports on his Web log that it was the ad department that nixed the Michael Moore-directed video, not the ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 12:16:51 PST 2003

27510 Daschle eats his words, and then some -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >One mistake of the left sometimes is that they assume unitary all-out >opposition is always the best. But monotone cadences get boring and people >tune out. A bit of rhetorical strategy, laying low and waiting for the >whites of the opponents eyes, is not always a bad thing. Ok, I'll wait patiently for the Dems to come out shooting at that whites-of-eyes moment. You think it'll be before 2007? Your line about the risks of a unitary line is pretty interesting. ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 1 12:04:31 PST 2003