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36271 party politics -- rank: 1000

While we're on the topic of the differences between Dems and Reps, a reminder of just how profound they are appeared in Saturday's Financial Times, in the form of this quote from Tim Geithner, under-secretary of the Treasury, commenting on debt relief proposals for Zambia (on which the U.S. and Germany are taking a very hard line): "The success of the debt relief initiative depends not on the spped and depth of the relief but on the credibility of the policies it produces in recipient count ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 15:20:45 PST 2000

36272 identifying felons -- rank: 1000

Observer (London) - December 10, 2000 Inside Republican America A BLACKLIST BURNING FOR BUSH The more you look the more disbarred and 'disappeared' Gore voters you find. You'd almost think it was deliberate Gregory Palast Sunday December 10, 2000 Hey, Al, take a look at this. Every time I cut open another alligator, I find the bones of more Gore voters. This week, I was hacking my way through the Florida swampland known as the Office of Secretary of State Katherine Harris and found a couple thou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 15:25:35 PST 2000

36273 US Supreme Court's power grab (was Re: Query) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Now, folks can sit on the sidelines and just say this is just an internal >fight between capitalist parties or you can recognize that, in however >fucked up and partial a way, the Democrats have been and continue to be the >vehicle for the self-empowerment and enfranchisement of a whole range of >interests and groups in our society Which is why they've so enthusiastically organized demonstrations in Florida - a veritable proletarian riot to counter what Paul ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 13:01:59 PST 2000

36274 US Supreme Court's power grab (was Re: Query) -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >My mistake. I'll take the results of a Wall Street Journal poll >over the results of a national popular vote count any day ;-) That's not the point. It's that the public seems not to share your conception of legitimacy (or Al Gore's). Why that is is another question. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 12:57:53 PST 2000

36275 US Supreme Court's power grab (was Re: Query) -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >For my part, I'm surprised by the relative lack of reaction here on >the list to the US Supreme Court's naked power grab. We can produce >miles of scorched bandwidth over the proper interpretation of Max >Weber -- a legitmate topic to be sure but hardly topical -- but seem >to have little reaction at all to the black-robed coup d'etat now in >progress. Of course, I implicate myself in this criticism. Twice >this past weekend I sat down at the PC to dra ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 07:33:24 PST 2000

36276 Queen's Speech, NSPCC, Nice -- rank: 1000

James Heartfield wrote: >At a recent public meeting in London, anti-capitalist spokeswoman Naomi >Klein was at pains to reject the charge of economic nationalism. But her >protests only underline the point. Where the enemy is seen as the >foreign influence of global capitalism, local capitalism becomes the >ideal, if only by default. The point is all too clear in the promotion >of small business in anti-globalisation protestor George Monbiot's >recent book, The Captive State ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 07:16:00 PST 2000

36277 lbo-talk-digest V1 #3724 (Quote Kvetching) -- rank: 1000

Barry Rene DeCicco wrote: >21 screens of pure gibberish - I'm guessing a picture. Yes. >Question - does anybody else have problems getting >pictures sent through here, or is it just me? I got it, but lots of people can't, which is why I'd rather people didn't send pictures or attachments of any sort. Plus they add lots of byte volume. >I don't want to kvetch if it's not a problem affecting >many people. I have a kludgy filter on majordomo that's supposed to bounce attachments of a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 11 07:16:00 PST 2000

36278 Query -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >What does it mean to be a citizen of a criminal nation >like the United States in the year 2000? A state whose >power and policies cast a pall over the existence of >6 billion people? Well you do what you can to make it a less brutal place. What kind of answer are you looking for? Penitential self-excoriation? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 10 07:25:52 PST 2000

36279 overposting again -- rank: 1000

jan carowan wrote: >Mr Henwood, is there another Leo than Mr Casey on this list? Isn't >that Mr. Casey's first name? If I am mistaken, please accept my >apologies. Ah, thought you meant in the second round. Dear Comrade Leo posted four times yesterday and five the day before. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 13:19:22 PST 2000

36280 overposting again -- rank: 1000

jan carowan wrote: >Mr Henwood, is there another Leo than Mr Casey on this list? Isn't >that Mr. Casey's first name? If I am mistaken, please accept my >apologies. And that was your fourth today. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 13:20:00 PST 2000

36281 overposting again -- rank: 1000

jan carowan wrote: >Mr Henwood, why did you include Mr Casey among the overposters? He >does not overpost. > >Warmly, Jan I didn't. Can't stay away, can you? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 12:50:30 PST 2000

36282 President-Elect Gore -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >Let me tell you about elections in Chicago sometime, where the >people who run them often are under arrest. "Vote early and often" >is the motto here. --jks I'm guessing they're Democrats, right? Will all the Dems getting exercised about Florida's chicanery move onto Illinois for fairness' sake? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 12:31:23 PST 2000

36283 022908.html -- rank: 1000

Leo Casey wrote: >Some folks just can't pass up an >opportunity to make gratuitous personal insults, like >school yard bullies, and I find that the best way to >handle that is to give it right back. Thereby perpetuating the rhythm of the schoolyard. Didn't your mother tell you that just because all the other boys are doing it, that doesn't mean it's right? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 11:23:16 PST 2000

36284 overposting again -- rank: 1000

I see that two of those named as overposters have continued to indulge their bad habits today, Kelley and Yoshie. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 9 10:29:19 PST 2000

36285 overposting -- rank: 1000

The disregard of the 3-posts-a-day limit has reached epidemic proportions. Names that come to mind as especially egregious violators include Charles, Justin, Kelley, Leo, and Yoshie. Enough! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 8 17:07:43 PST 2000