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4996 [lbo-talk] liberal austerity (cont.) -- rank: 1000

On May 6, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > You and Doug seem to be fearing that a massive austerity program is > about to be foisted on us. And see this as evidence for it. SS will be a small part of the austerity program. The death of EFCA is a big part. Even bigger will be the hits to Medicare.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 11:00:31 PDT 2009

4997 [lbo-talk] McLemee on Harrison -- rank: 1000

Check out Scott McLemee's piece on Hubert Harrison as book reviewer: <http://www.cjr.org/page_views/harrison_redux.php?page=1>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 10:14:06 PDT 2009

4998 [lbo-talk] liberal austerity (cont.) -- rank: 1000

On May 6, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > You don't think there's any chance a substantial part of it will be > raising the tax base of FICA so rich people pay more? That was one > of Obama's campaign points; it would be in the direction of less > suckiness; and the first thing that Steny said in that Note excerpt > was "more revenues." > > As for higher retirement age, some of that would simply be adjusting > accounting to reality, no? We'll see. St ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 09:13:00 PDT 2009

4999 [lbo-talk] liberal austerity (cont.) -- rank: 1000

On May 6, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > I hate to be a pollyanna, but that doesn't sound like austerity. > That sounds like minor fiddling with a liberal bias. We're probably going to see benefit cuts, a higher retirement age, and more chipping away at the upper end in the name of "fairness" - which will reduce the support for SS over the longer term, and push it more in the direction of welfare, which means in the direction of suckiness. These things take time, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 08:45:53 PDT 2009

5000 [lbo-talk] liberal austerity (cont.) -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] Plus, a new attempt, on an old issue: Key lawmakers from both parties have held tentative talks about overhauling the Social Security system, and Congress could turn its attention to the federal retirement program as soon as this fall if a bipartisan consensus emerges, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said yesterday, Lori Montgomery reports in The Washington Post. So far, Democrats have found a willing partner in the Senate, where Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R- S.C.) has ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 06:15:10 PDT 2009

5001 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > Therefore, > later on when Deng inititated his economic reforms, > the bureaucracy was in much less of a position to resist > the turn to the market than it might have been otherwise. But they did a pretty good job making it happen, no? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 18:16:15 PDT 2009

5002 [lbo-talk] LF on WSJ -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2009 20:24:04 -0400 > Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> There are some problems with the new >> WSJ, but it's still a great paper, and if Thomson can keep it alive >> economically, then the world is better off. > > Maybe you & I would be better off. But the world? > That's a large claim. I'm sure you've thought it > through, though, and would be happy to hear your > reas ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 18:09:08 PDT 2009

5003 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 7:51 PM, wrobert at uci.edu wrote: > On the other hand, I feel that I am, by in large, in sympathy with > the spirit of Doug's comment, which I suspect is a critique of the > authoritarian nature of the state apparatus that Mao contributed > considerably to, but that authoritarian structure was linked to a > very radical project of social transformation, one that continually > outstripped the material ability of the society to transform. Yes, that's what I w ...

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Date:	Tue May 5 17:49:29 PDT 2009

5004 [lbo-talk] LF on WSJ -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 6:59 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 12:12 pm, Doug Henwood forwarded: > >> <http://www.cjr.org/feature/identity_crisis.php>. > > Excellent stuff. My favorite moment: > > "Turning to a newspaper, Thomson says, that reader then 'confronts > this > Neanderthal product. Taking four paragraphs to get to the point is too > long. Where is the editorial empathy?'" I actually like Robert Thomson. Maybe it's because ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 17:24:04 PDT 2009

5005 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Politicus E. wrote: > There are no doubt many good reasons to criticize Mao. Yes, and among those are that once in power, he was essentially conservative.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 13:40:57 PDT 2009

5006 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 4:17 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > I don't really remember much that CC ever said about Mao. He quotes him liberally and approvingly.

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Date:	Tue May 5 13:27:55 PDT 2009

5007 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 3:59 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > At 03:39 PM 5/5/2009, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> On May 5, 2009, at 3:30 PM, SA wrote: >> >>> Doug Henwood wrote: >>> >>>> I await commentary from Cde Cox on this passage. >>> >>> Haven't you heard? It doesn't matter because the truth is the whole. >> >> Either that or Nixon was lying. > > > I'm confused as to what this is a reference to? Or is this some > ...

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Date:	Tue May 5 13:06:08 PDT 2009

5008 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 3:30 PM, SA wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >> I await commentary from Cde Cox on this passage. > > Haven't you heard? It doesn't matter because the truth is the whole. Either that or Nixon was lying.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 12:39:24 PDT 2009

5009 [lbo-talk] LF on WSJ -- rank: 1000

Liza's piece on the Murdoch-Thompson WSJ is up: <http://www.cjr.org/feature/identity_crisis.php>. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 5 12:12:30 PDT 2009

5010 [lbo-talk] "I like rightists" -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2009, at 2:58 PM, SA wrote: > A propos Nixon in China....Here are some of the actual quotations. > It doesn't say so here but the original source for this scene is > Nixon's memoir, RN. > > SA > > --- > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/filmmore/description.html > > The Chinese surprised Nixon almost immediately. Taken to the > government s guest house to rest, Nixon was interrupted just as he > was about to enter the shower: Chairman Mao wante ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 12:06:11 PDT 2009