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33781 it's heating up -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >My guess is that such a Nader success will probably kill any potential union >support for the Greens or other third party efforts in a lot of areas. So is this why you're voting for McReynolds? Because a vote for Nader might get noticed? Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 10:42:41 PDT 2000

33782 LBO = flame city? (was RE: Survivor!) -- rank: 1000

Rob Schaap wrote: >But that was the most craven case of suck-up-to-a-list-master I've ever seen! > >Is there no end to your shame? There's no shame in such noble actions! I was a bit taken aback by your comments on the treatment of Comrade Susi. I have no problem with philosophical differences or a lack of expertise. What bugs me is when people spout a lot of conventional opinions as if they were transgressive, and tediously familiar stuff as if it were fresh. Those are close to unpardo ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 10:27:47 PDT 2000

33783 Nader on immigration -- rank: 1000

Nader's supply-side immigration policy Green candidate supports strong borders, fewer skilled workers and more democracy abroad By Matt Welch / NEWSFORCHANGE 10.24.00 | OAKLAND -- In between fending off questions about his spoiler role in the presidential election, Ralph Nader has spent some of his five-day "Don't Waste Your Vote" swing through California and Texas quietly sketching out an immigration policy unlike anything the United States has ever seen. The Green Party candidate wou ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 10:19:05 PDT 2000

33784 Naderites pull ad in Calif -- rank: 1000

[Hmmm, maybe Workers Vanguard had a point when they described Nader as a "spare tire for the Democrats."] October 24, 2000 Nader Backers Pull Ads in Calif. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 7:20 p.m. ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- With a tightened presidential race in California, Ralph Nader supporters pulled ads promoting him in California newspapers out of concern that votes for him could cost Al Gore the state. And Gore faced renewed pressure from Republicans, as three GOP governors s ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 10:16:39 PDT 2000

33785 Nader may defeat Gore -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: >Peter - who's trying to figure out how best to cheer up Gorites should their >man lose. A copy of Cockburn and St. Clair's _Al Gore: A User's Manual_? Or >_Chicken Soup for the Soul_? Any advice? 101 Things To Do With A Dead Cat? Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 25 10:15:03 PDT 2000

33786 Fwd: BOLIVIA: better media coverage -- rank: 1000

From: "Tom Kruse" <tkruse at albatros.cnb.net> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:22:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Friends: A minor, but important victory has been won in getting better reproting on Bolivia. The AP correspondent has been froced out for his conflict of interest in lobbying for large water companies ... while writing about water conflicts. A happy day. See the exposé, and today's Washington Post article on his ouster. Tom ========================================= Confli ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 11:32:58 PDT 2000

33787 Fwd: Latest Presidential Election Numbers from www.gallup.com -- rank: 1000

LeoCasey at aol.com wrote: >What I find interesting is the almost complete collapse of the Buchanan vote. This is truly wonderful news. I think it's partly the result of relatively good economic times, but I also think it shows that liberal anxieties about the American masses being a baying horde of bigoted yahoos were way overdone. Speaking of which, Ken Silverstein has a masterful dissection of that fraud Morris Dees in the current Harper's. Maybe I'll scan it later & send it along. Dou ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 11:30:27 PDT 2000

33788 Survivor! -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Another question - I understand that individualism might have been espoused >by the elites running for political offices. But why did their political >propaganda resonate with commmon people, whose native cultures were often >antithetical to the individualist ideology? One, newcomers often assimilate to preexisting habits & ideologies. And two, immigrants are often self-selected ambitious misfits, so the preexisting ideology might appeal to them. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 10:32:03 PDT 2000

33789 WSJ: Nader may defeat Gore -- rank: 1000

[Amazing spate of these articles over the last couple of days - you'd almost think it was inspired by the Gore campaign. If Nader is Gore's margin of defeat, good, he deserves to lose.] Wall Street Journal - October 24, 2000 Nader Hopes Wounds to Gore Will Shift Democrats to the Left By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAN ANTONIO -- Ralph Nader isn't going to win this year's presidential race. But he could change the outcome -- this year and in elections beyond. And ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:33:54 PDT 2000

33790 Decision 2000: point-four percentage points. -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >Analysis of Bush and Gore budgets finds that by >FY2010, Federal spending as share of GDP is >17.0 and 17.4 percent, respectively. Presently >it's 18.2. Note that part of the difference is >that Gore proposes twice as much military spending >growth as Bush ($100b v. $50b). > >http://www.cbpp.org/10-20-00bud.htm Both of which would be higher than the CBO's baseline projection of 15.6%, which is a pretty amazing number. Gore's promised to cut spending i ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:25:01 PDT 2000

33791 Survivor! -- rank: 1000

Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote: >however, like i said, it's the moderator who calls the shots. Yup. I like polemic. I don't want to see pure personal attacks without any content, but a little spice brings out the flavor, I say. Most American political discourse is too bland for my taste. I do try to make some allowance for the target - if the person under attack isn't a battle-hardened veteran, then I'll ask the flamer to desist. Anyone who feels unfairly attacked, please contact me offlist and ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:18:44 PDT 2000

33792 flight or fight -- rank: 1000

A friend of mine is writing a piece on the survival instinct and is looking to talk to folks who had some traumatic experience - being held up, being trapped somewhere, etc. If this applies to you please contact me offlist for details. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:10:47 PDT 2000

33793 Palestinian non-violence -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >It doesn't matter whether the Palestinians think what >they are doing is non-violent. What matters is what >others think. N-V is a political act aimed at changing >the minds of others. If others are not impressed, >you're doing it wrong. Does nonviolence depend in part on the exhaustion of your opponents? Wasn't the British empire near the end of its life in India? In the U.S. south, wasn't the local elite under attack from the federal government and nationa ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:12:25 PDT 2000

33794 religion in American life -- rank: 1000

[from Gallup's weekly update] * Religion and the Presidential Candidates Recent news stories have highlighted once again the religious orientation of the major presidential candidates. George W. Bush reportedly conferred with pastors before running for president, asked for advice from television evangelist James Robinson before the third presidential debate, and has been reading the "one-year" Bible, a daily excerpt that can be read in a few minutes. Al Gore professes to be a "bor ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:03:24 PDT 2000

33795 crook.com -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - October 24, 2000 Dotcom executives 'more likely to have dark pasts' By Caroline Daniel in London Internet executives are four times more likely to have "unsavoury backgrounds" than executives from other industries, according to an investigation by Kroll Associates, the corporate security company. The research findings are likely to add to concerns about the dotcom sector which has been hit by doubts about its viability. It also underlines how far the rapid pace of int ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 24 08:51:21 PDT 2000