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6571 [lbo-talk] Palin & feminism -- rank: 1000

On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:04 PM, shag wrote: > ?? what's not working? The quasi-"feminist" use of Palin to appeal to women voters. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 19 07:03:37 PDT 2008

6572 [lbo-talk] thanks! -- rank: 1000

Thanks to all you listmembers who pledged during my show - I recognized lots of names, and even an email address or two. They helped make my 2 hours a success - raised well over $5,000 - a substantial fraction of the recent daily average of around $28,000. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 15:57:08 PDT 2008

6573 [lbo-talk] please contribute to my show!! -- rank: 1000

A reminder: if you're so inclined, please pledge to WBAI during my show this evening, from 4-6 PM NYC time. Management is not happy with me and a strong showing would improve my position. Just call 212-209-2950, pledge what you can, and tell them how much you like the show. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 12:09:05 PDT 2008

6574 [lbo-talk] Palin bubble losing air? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Percival Myers wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > >> Saying "comparison", invoking similarity not identity, is pure >> invention. > > Claiming she called herself a bitch is pure invention. The difference > is exactly the same as the difference between a quote and a > paraphrase: one is what she said, one isn't. This one's tired. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 09:35:01 PDT 2008

6575 [lbo-talk] Palin & feminism -- rank: 1000

On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > As Gopal (and shag) point out, the real problem is the narrow, power > besotted, status quo loving, class division ignoring, racial bias pooh > poohing concept of feminism these confused souls cling to like pit > bulls to ankles. Latest NYT/CBS poll suggests it's not working. Obama is now slightly ahead among white women - 47-45 (though obviously that's smaller than the margin of error). Before the conventions, McCain was ahead, ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 08:06:40 PDT 2008

6576 [lbo-talk] please pledge to WBAI during my show on Thursday -- rank: 1000

On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Ben Jackson wrote: > By the way, what is it with community radio stations and their > management? To start with, what's the "community"? And how is it connected to station management? The Pacifica model, in which listeners elect part of the governing board, is deeply stupid; the listeners know next to nothing about the candidates, the station, or radio. The Justice & Unity Coalition, the gang of race essentialist ultraleftists who ran WBAI u ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 08:01:20 PDT 2008

6577 [lbo-talk] Palin & feminism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/18/uselections2008.sarahpalin > Sarah Palin's female. That doesn't make her feminist The Republican VP candidate is feted as an icon of equality, even as she demonstrates a disregard for women's rights Priyamvada Gopal Some feminists lament the glossy rise of Sarah Palin, others rush with sisterly ostentation to defend her from sexism even as they repudiate her politics. While plenty of typeface has been expended on analysing her obviou ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 18 04:27:20 PDT 2008

6578 [lbo-talk] please pledge to WBAI during my show on Thursday -- rank: 1000

Because I've been pretty critical of the management of WBAI, I think the program director has it out for me. So if you ever listen to my show - on the air, on the web, on podcast - please make a pledge during tomorrow's fundraiser as a show of support. You can pledge online at WBAI.org and mention my show, but I'm not sure they fully account for those when tallying up a host's total. Best would be to call 212-209-2950 between 4 and 6 PM NYC time on Thursday. Please pledge big, and tell th ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 17 19:40:35 PDT 2008

6579 [lbo-talk] Palin bubble losing air? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > > I haven't followed this closely enough to know whose speeches are > being > discussed (and of course I haven't listened to or read _any_ of the > election speeches)... But you're going to comment anyway. I admire your chutzpah. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 17 17:57:34 PDT 2008

6580 [lbo-talk] Barney Frank makes a funny -- rank: 1000

[from the WSJ's Real Time Economics] Barney Frank Celebrates Free Market Day House Financial Services Committee ChairmanBarney Frank (D., Mass.) began a hearing Wednesday by saying in jest that he was going to introduce a resolution declaring Sept. 15 Free Market Day. Sept. 15 was the Monday after the government declined to step in to rescue Lehman Brothers, but it was one day before the government took a much different approach to prevent the collapse of American International Group ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 17 13:38:05 PDT 2008

6581 [lbo-talk] The end of American capitalism as we knew it -- rank: 1000

On Sep 17, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Capitalism is compatible only with the temporary public ownership and > restructuring of distressed industries. In this case, it's possible, > even > likely, the government will create a larger-scale equivalent of the > Resolution Trust Corp which disposed of the mortgage loans and other > assets > of insolvent S&L's in the late 80s. It could happen not long after a > new > administration takes office. Yup - that ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 17 08:14:35 PDT 2008

6582 [lbo-talk] Leninoid gossip -- rank: 1000

On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:39 AM, John Gulick wrote: > My peers have become frightened Obamaites > (comprehensible enough), conspiracy cranks, or jaded apocalypticists. There's also the option of being a detached, despairing, ironic critic - a kind of left-wing Mencken. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 17 08:08:30 PDT 2008

6583 [lbo-talk] macho macho man -- rank: 1000

On Sep 16, 2008, at 4:32 PM, shag wrote: > well, it's _my_ perception that most of them can't. in other words, > i personally don't perceive shrub as kick ass tough, nor did i > perceive reagan as tough. etc. etc. so i'm trying to understand what > is this characteristic of toughness that presidents' are supposed to > have, according to this segment Simple-mindedness? Obama is too thoughtful, and laces his speech with too many qualifications. You need someone who could write his ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 16 14:00:25 PDT 2008

6584 [lbo-talk] progressive? no shit -- rank: 1000

On Sep 16, 2008, at 3:42 PM, shag wrote: > I can't for the life of me recall where, maybe it was at some review > I read over the weekend, the Atlantic Monthly... James Fallows mebbe? > > Anyway, somewhere I read that, when asked if she were a Liberal, > Clinton said she was a progressive. > > Is that true? If so: fuckmedead! The DLC's thinktank is the Progressive Policy Institute. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 16 12:52:46 PDT 2008

6585 [lbo-talk] oh no! Palin being kidnapped by neocons!! -- rank: 1000

[meanwhile, Alex Cockburn is worried that she's wobbling on climate change] <http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28559> The Neocons' Palin Project by Patrick J. Buchanan 09/16/2008 Will the neocons who tutored George W. Bush in the ideology he pursued to the ruin of his presidency do the same for Sarah Palin? Should they succeed, they will destroy her. Yet, they are moving even now to capture this princess of the right and hope of the party. In St. Paul, Palin was told to cancel ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 16 12:51:27 PDT 2008