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27646 why we are so weak -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Makes me think that I should watch what I say, because, apparently, >what I say may very well be misinterpreted for "Sympathy for the >Devil" even by leftists like Tahir and Doug. Do you really see the world in such black and white terms, or are you exaggerating for rhetorical effect? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 17 11:26:36 PDT 2002

27647 Luntz on how to sell Israel -- rank: 1000

This is too long to post here, but it's rich. The full text is at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/LuntzIsrael.text>. Here's the beginning: >THE LUNTZ RESEARCH COMPANIES > >COMMUNICATING WITH AMERICA: >KEY WORDS, THEMES AND LANGUAGE > >THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION > >This document does not seek to judge or recommend policy for the >Israeli government. This is strictly a study of communication >effectiveness. We have taken the actual wor ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 11:02:32 PDT 2002

27648 Anniversary -- rank: 1000

kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote: >But we are still waiting to hear from the US majority about the >barbarities that have been visited upon the rest of the world. New York Times - September 15, 2002 Looking for the Elusive Two-Thirds Who Want War With Iraq By MATTHEW PURDY FISHKILL, N.Y. - The White House seems like a good place to look for attack-Iraq fervor. This White House is a bar on Main Street here in solidly Republican Dutchess County. The proprietor, Michael Hayden, disdains Saddam Hu ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 10:56:18 PDT 2002

27649 Anniversary -- rank: 1000

Grant Lee wrote: >Sorry for interrupting ... Is it possible that we, as "leftists", should be >considering that thing called class, before we get into (reactionary) >generalisations about whole nationalities? Yup, for sure, but it matters that the U.S. poverty line is at something like the 98th percentile of the world income distribution. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 10:49:30 PDT 2002

27650 Caribbean masses say hang 'em high!; British imperialists say wait a minute -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - September 17, 2002 THE AMERICAS: Caribbean killers face quicker death By Canute James Confronted by an increase in violent crime, and under pressure by their constituents to take definitive action, several Caribbean governments are changing their constitutions to expedite the execution of convicted murderers. The move is intended to get around what some administrations consider to be barriers to capital punishment imposed by the UK Privy Council, the highest court for most of t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 17 10:45:14 PDT 2002

27651 RAWA and Taliban from the archives -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: If you have always thought of me as a terrorist sympathizer or a Taliban fan, though, why have you not told us up front? I don't think of you as such. Not at all. Tahir assembled evidence of something you said didn't really exist. Like I said the other day, on the American left (assuming it exists, of course), there's a widespread tendency to invert the claims of our leaders: the U.S. is uniquely good becomes the U.S. is uniquely bad; the U.S. is the beacon of hope for t ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 10:41:57 PDT 2002

27652 Negri on 9/11 -- rank: 1000

<http://slash.autonomedia.org/print.pl?sid=02/09/17/1347223> Antonio Negri, "The Imperialist Backlash on Empire" Date: Tuesday September 17, @04:34AM Posted by: jim Topic: The State From the imperial-civil-war dept. The Imperialist Backlash on Empire Antonio Negri interviewed by Ida Dominijanni Translated by Arianna Bove/ Erik Empson Empire's commercial success indicates how the interpretative proposal of the book resonates with the reality of the present. The proposal has become ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:53:32 PDT 2002

27653 RAWA and Taliban from the archives -- rank: 1000

Tahir Wood wrote: >Tahir: RAWA criminal, Taliban anti-imperialist. Thanks for the archival work Tahir. I guess they don't really count though, because, well, just because. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:42:14 PDT 2002

27654 documents -- rank: 1000

A rich haul on the Smoking Gun today: At 1:50 AM -0400 9/17/02, editor at thesmokinggun.com wrote: >Considering the bang-up job he did at General Electric, Jack Welch >probably deserved even more of those controversial post-retirement >goodies (personally, we would have demanded a harem of nymphs and a >lifetime supply of Mallomars). But check out a detailed chart of the >former GE chairman's perks and decide for yourself if Jack should >give back: > >http://www.thesmokin ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:34:08 PDT 2002

27655 Socialist Planning -- Liberation from the Market -- rank: 1000

windy storm wrote: >Socialist Planning -- Liberation from the Market That's all very nice, but why join a list and post a long screed from a sectarian party to a list, with no context at all? Is this supposed to start a conversation or end one? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:33:34 PDT 2002

27656 Afghan war dead -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: > >Oh shoot he was just starting to get good. >> >>mbs > >And so easily baited. > >Peter, really trying to cut down on that vice But he wasn't funny, and had nothing interesting to say. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:24:25 PDT 2002

27657 Anniversary -- rank: 1000

billbartlett at dodo.com.au wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >>>Do you actually have evidence that many leftists have refused to >>>condemn 9.11 terrors? >> >>All the time. On this list, in print, and in many conversations. A >>few people even said we deserved it - heard by my own ears, and not >>hearsay. > >That is hearsay. Hearsay: "Evidence based on the reports of others rather than the personal knowledge of a witness and therefore gener ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 17 07:20:01 PDT 2002

27658 Anniversary -- rank: 1000

Dennis Robert Redmond wrote: >sipping kickass Viet-coffee The guy who runs the very good coffee bar in this building (In the Black, 180 Varick St), who is to put it kindly quite single-minded in his devotion to coffee, says Vietnamese coffee sucks - that it's displacing Latin American beans in supermarket brews, but he doesn't have any. Is he wrong? Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 16 16:32:37 PDT 2002

27659 Fwd: News Alert: Iraq Unconditionally Accepts Return of U.N. Weapons Inspectors -- rank: 1000

Monday, September 16, 2002 -- 6:44 PM ET ------------------------------------------------------------ Iraq Unconditionally Accepts Return of U.N. Weapons Inspectors Iraq unconditionally accepted the return of U.N. weapons inspectors late Monday, Secretary General Kofi Annan said. "I can confirm to you that I have received a letter from the Iraqi authorities conveying its decision to allow the return of inspectors without conditions to continue their work." Read More: http://www.nytimes ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 16 16:14:31 PDT 2002

27660 Afghan war dead -- rank: 1000

Charles Jannuzi wrote: >Your one and two line replies are an example of >BAD moderation. Does your present condition have >a name? I feel sorry for you. Bye bye, twerp. Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 16 15:15:27 PDT 2002