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36496 The Evil of Two Lessers? -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Er, and how is the such-as-it-is left that can't itself coalesce >supposed to conduct this vigorous outreach? They're not unrelated, are they? The impulse to locate heresy, Deviations From The Correct Line, isn't conducive to base-broadening. Now, of course, Carrol will probably tell me that it's all 0the cappo's fault we're divided, not any of our own. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 14 09:39:00 PDT 2000

36497 Greening of corporate welfare? -- rank: 1000

Lisa & Ian Murray wrote: >WASHINGTON, August 14, 2000 - The Department of Energy announced the >selection of research and development teams that would share more than $4.4 >million in their quest to increase the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks. >The announcement by Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson said the research >would target vehicles known as Class 7 and 8 trucks. Secretary Richardson >called these trucks, which can weigh from 26,000 to 80,000 pounds (cargo > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 14 08:09:51 PDT 2000

36498 Stratfor -- rank: 1000

Lisa & Ian Murray wrote: >...we need to break the cycle of addiction to the binarism of >global/anti-global and move the language game to the realm of democratizing >the economy. we could also use reductio arguments to show that any >ecological sane forms of production/exchange/consumption are simply >incompatible with capitalism; as Joel Kovel puts it, we want trade in the >service of freedom not "free trade" Yes, please. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 14 07:31:25 PDT 2000

36499 The Evil of Two Lessers? -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >> >> It's pretty damn weird, considering that the moralists lost the >> impeachment battle. Where's this shit coming from? > >Most political battles (electoral or non-electoral, left or right) are >won not by reaching new people but by mobilizing the people one already >has. (That number expands or contracts behind one's back, one's own >actions not having much to do with it.) And in electoral politics that >me ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 14 07:09:22 PDT 2000

36500 The Evil of Two Lessers? -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Most political battles (electoral or non-electoral, left or right) are >won not by reaching new people but by mobilizing the people one already >has. (That number expands or contracts behind one's back, one's own >actions not having much to do with it.) And in electoral politics that >means getting people to vote -- which in turn requires generating >enthusiasm and energy among the core cadre. Apparently, rightly or >wrongly, Gore & Bush both think tha ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 14 07:07:45 PDT 2000

36501 Cheney & Lieberman -- rank: 1000

Missed this in the Chronicle of Higher Ed's web daily for August 8, but better late than never: >Senator Lieberman also was one of the founders of the American Council of >Trustees and Alumni, a five-year-old organization known for its stands >against political correctness and its defense of the Western canon. Another >prominent founder of the group was Lynne V. Cheney, former head of the >N.E.H. and the wife of Richard B. Cheney, the Republican nominee for vice >president. Dou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 12 08:51:56 PDT 2000

36502 Nader: No Traction with Union members -- rank: 1000

Jim heartfield wrote: >Socialist Worker reports that the International >Socialist Organisation (US) is throwing its weight behind Nader, which >doubtless will tip the balance to his election... I think that ISO, like Solidarity, is supporting both Nader and the excellent David McReynolds, who's running on the Socialist ticket. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 11 07:54:46 PDT 2000

36503 sex, guns, and girls -- rank: 1000

Rob Schaap wrote: >The gun as phallus? I mean, is anything >long phallic? In one of his novels, Dashiell Hammett described a woman with a gun as "a frail with a rod." Nothing phallic about guns, though. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 11 07:47:38 PDT 2000

36504 McChesney: Why I'm Voting for Ralph -- rank: 1000

In These Times - August 21, 2000 Nader: Why I'm Voting For Ralph by Robert McChesney Over the past few months, no one has aroused progressive political interest more than Ralph Nader, who suddenly has invigorated the most tedious and numbing presidential race imaginable. Suddenly, too, many of the crucial issues progressives care about - issues where Al Gore and George W. Bush either agree or differ only on nuance - have a candidate advancing them. And in Ralph Nader these positions are advocate ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 11 07:07:21 PDT 2000

36505 Trafficant: Reno a mobbed-up dyke -- rank: 1000

[Of Trafficant it was once said that he combs his hair with a weed-whacker. Perhaps it did some brain damage.] Hotline, 8/10/00: TRAFICANT: Accuses Reno Of Trysts With Call Girl Tied To The Mob On 8/7, OH Dem Rep. James Traficant, who is under federal investigation, told FNC's Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes that he had breaking news about AG Janet Reno and the Chinese money scandal. Accusing Reno of "treason," Traficant said that he had received "several affidavits" alleging th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 17:35:13 PDT 2000

36506 the genius of W -- rank: 1000

New York Press - August 10, 2000 Hill of Beans Christopher Caldwell Conventional Wisdom Back in 1996, I covered the Republican convention from the floor in San Diego and the Democratic one (which was held in Chicago) over gin-and-tonics in front of a television set at a Delaware beach house. Result? I remember nothing of the Republican event that doesn't relate to the two extremely narrow articles I was there to write. But I can tell you almost minute-by-minute what happened at the Democratic on ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 16:03:28 PDT 2000

36507 prisoners & protesters -- rank: 1000

[posted from non-sub'd address] Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:45:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Guilherme C Roschke <groschke at luminousvoid.net> I myself have heard stories of support by the general prison population for the incarcerated protesters. One activist (recently released) staying at my house reported that authorites attempted to break their solidarity by distributing the protesters amongst the population. The population was helpfull in relaying the communcation necessary to continue their ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 12:43:43 PDT 2000

36508 Fwd: [Press]RALPH NADER TO MEET WITH STRIKING VERIZON WORKERS -- rank: 1000

>Press Advisory >August 9, 2000 >CONTACT: Jake Lewis or Laura Jones,(202) 265-4000 > >RALPH NADER TO MEET WITH STRIKING VERIZON WORKERS > >VISITS PICKET LINE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA > > >WHO: Ralph Nader > Jim Hilleary, President CWA Local 2222 > Striking Verizon Workers > >WHEN: Thursday, August 10 > 11:30 am - 12:00 pm > >WHERE: 2980 Fairview Park Drive > Falls Church, VA > Verizon facility just off U.S. Route 50 (Arli ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 08:00:31 PDT 2000

36509 The odd couple, updated -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Hmm, well I did identify them as "the odd couple." What remains >intriguing is how much they do agree, certainly on just about any >issue concerning globalization. Yeah, because they're nationalists, one of the creepier aspects of Nader's politics. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 08:40:08 PDT 2000

36510 The odd couple, updated -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick quoted: >Nader-Buchanan 2000 Uh, Buchanan is a bigot and a theocrat. Nader, for all is shortcomings, isn't. Just a minor difference. Both do have large stock portfolios though. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 10 07:55:30 PDT 2000