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33286 the bull is back -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Has anybody called you for quotes about stock crashes lately? We all know >that's supposed to mark a bottom :o) No. Not a peep. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Apr 21 09:24:53 PDT 2001

33287 The farce of free-trade side-agreements -- rank: 1000

John Gulick wrote: >Doug, you've interviewed Naomi Klein >before. Does this red-green tack represent an evolution -- no, a revolution >-- in her thought ? Aside from having read her book and talked to her a few times, I don't know NK that well, but I don't think this represents a revolution in her thought. She's long been pretty sophisticated and thoughtful. I did happen to catch a bit of her reporting from QC while i was waiting to go on Marc Cooper's radio show last night, and she sai ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Apr 21 09:17:12 PDT 2001

33288 Is the White House Drifting Away from Pro-Family Values? -- rank: 1000

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:26:15 -0500 From: AFA Action Alert <afalert at afa.net> AFA Action Alert American Family Association Dr. Donald E. Wildmon, President Tim Wildmon, Vice President Buddy Smith, Editor P.O. Drawer 2440 Tupelo, MS 38803 Phone (662) 844-5036 Fax (662) 842-7798 URL: http://www.afa.net ************************* Please forward this Alert to a friend and encourage them to subscribe. To Subscribe go to http://alerts.afa.net or send e-mail to: afalert-join at lyris.afo.net N ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 15:39:03 PDT 2001

33289 Fw: Strange FTAA Dream -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Just this a.m. I was ciscussing with my therapist the difference between >my everyday persona & my maillist persona. :-) Hmm, a recurring theme of what my shrink calls "treatment." Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 20 13:24:56 PDT 2001

33290 Bones & W -- rank: 1000

[For a membership list, see <<http://www.greencity.com/lasthurrah/boneslist1983.htm>.] New York Observer - April 23, 2001 At Skull and Bones, Bush's Secret Club Initiates Ream Gore by Ron Rosenbaum It's the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents named Bush. And last Saturday, April 14 - for the first time ever - th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 13:21:11 PDT 2001

33291 corporations as people -- rank: 1000

Ian Murray wrote: >"The problem...of restraining corporate and individual combinations >and monopolies, >is the problem of restraining a species of communism; it is communism against >communism, and the question is, how far communism ought to go in restraining >communism. The general rule is that it ought not to go at all. The >general rule is >that commerce should be free... >[Judge Seymour Thompson, 1891] So restraining the corporation is a bad thing, right? A kind ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 11:19:19 PDT 2001

33292 MARX ON THE FTAA -- rank: 1000

Gary Ashwill wrote: >on 4/20/01 11:32 AM, jacdon at earthlink.net at jacdon at earthlink.net wrote: > >> MARX ON THE FTAA >> >> More than 150 years before NAFTA and the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the >> Americas--the focus of the demonstrations now taking place in Quebec >> City), Karl Marx analyzed the significance of "free trade" in a way that >> is entirely relevant today. Here are brief excerpts from a speech he >> delivered in B ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 10:00:43 PDT 2001

33293 big biz on glob warm -- rank: 1000

Business Week - April 23, 2001 Global Warming: Look Who Disagrees with Bush The President says Kyoto "does not make economic sense." Big corporate names disagree By Paul Raeburn When President Bush discarded the Kyoto Protocol-- an international agreement to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other global-warming gases--he blamed the decision on a slowing U.S. economy and an energy crisis. "The idea of placing caps on CO2 does not make economic sense for America," Bush said ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 09:59:13 PDT 2001

33294 Fw: Strange FTAA Dream -- rank: 1000

Archer.Todd at ic.gc.ca wrote: >Carrol, your criticism was right on the mark, but don't you think you could >have made your delivery with somewhat more tact than a drunken water buffalo >trying to tap-dance? To put it your way: Geez! Don't you have any sense >of fellow-feeling? You're new here, aren't you? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 09:42:04 PDT 2001

33295 corporations as people -- rank: 1000

J Cullen wrote: >Some in the populist movement would like to abolish corporations >altogether, limit the length of their charters or otherwise limit >their activities, seeking smaller-scale and locally accountable >corporations; others (and I count myself among this number) would >like to make corporations more accountable to states, communities >and "stakeholders," such as workers and neighbors of industrial >plants. I think there should be a popular mobilization ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 09:25:15 PDT 2001

33296 education & religion -- rank: 1000

"Education and Religion" BY: EDWARD L. GLAESER Harvard University Department of Economics National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) BRUCE SACERDOTE Dartmouth College Department of Economics National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), at New York Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=263258 Paper ID: Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1913 Date: January 2001 Contact: EDWARD L. GLAESER Email: Mai ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 09:13:45 PDT 2001

33297 corporations as people -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >Oops, sorry, there I go talking about alternatives again, silly utopian me. Not a problem here! Utope away. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 08:34:05 PDT 2001

33298 the bull is back -- rank: 1000

Leslilake1 at aol.com wrote: >I've been reading stuff like this for two days. Whaddaya think? And, what >DOES the Fed have in store for us next month? (See end of article). I read >the bear market was only officially declared March 13 or thereabouts. Do >bear markets typically last under a month? Is there even such a thing as a >"typical" bear market? Not really. In the late 19th century, bear markets lasted an average of almost 3 years, and took over 30% off stock ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 08:00:35 PDT 2001

33299 T-Bills future? -- rank: 1000

Ian Murray wrote: >Anybody got the skinny on who's who in the NY Economic Club? It's a gang of ruling class types - Wall Streeters and the like. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 08:11:03 PDT 2001

33300 corporations as people -- rank: 1000

Uday Mohan wrote: >Doug, a friend sent me the question below. Have you written about the >issue? Any suggestions from you or others about sources? Thanks, Uday > >Does Doug Henwood have any opinion on the Supreme Court case entitled (I >believe) Santa Clara county vs. Union Pacific Railroad? I think it's >from around >1894 or so....it's the one where supposedly the court ruled that >corporations >had the same rights as persons before the law... Nope, never wrote speci ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 20 07:37:07 PDT 2001