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7216 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 21, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: Many good things, as usual. And: > Many of us are watching from the outside because the parties we once > supported have disappeared. There are no longer any mass > anticapitalist > parties independent of the ruling class. Intra- rather than inter- > class > conflict has become a more important determinant of political change. But don't forget Engels' point, which is as true today as it was more than a century ago: <http:// ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 21 17:44:50 PDT 2008

7217 [lbo-talk] Secret Ballots May End in Union Elections If Obama Becomes President -- rank: 1000

On May 21, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > Secret Ballots May End in Union Elections If Obama Becomes President They say that like it's a bad thing. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 21 13:11:14 PDT 2008

7218 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 21, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > But why specifically the Electoral College? And the state by state > guesses > of Rove? What does this get you in understanding intra-ruling class > politics? The r.c. does have to win elections, and to win elections, they have to play demographics and geography. It's interesting to me. It also provides insight into how utterly marginal radical/third party politics are right now, and offers some idea of how one might do it bette ...

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Date:	Wed May 21 12:40:15 PDT 2008

7219 [lbo-talk] Thomas Friedman is a fathead -- rank: 1000

Why the Iraq war was good: it burst the "terrorism bubble." <http://gawker.com/392491/thomas-friedman-to-iraq-suck-on-this> What an amazing jackass. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 21 11:52:19 PDT 2008

7220 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 21, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Or maybe I am being stupid because I don't > understand why you or I should pay attention to this. All you do > is decide > that the best way to respond is by insult. This seems to me to be > ruling > class politics that is meant to be both stupid and controlling The politics of the ruling class - whatever that is, exactly, which is my current obsession - are rather important. They rule the U.S. and much of the world. For t ...

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Date:	Wed May 21 11:02:36 PDT 2008

7221 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 21, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Why does anybody with "left" politics _want_ to pay attention to this > stuff? Because we haven't reached your highly evolved state yet. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 21 09:44:52 PDT 2008

7222 [lbo-talk] beat it! -- rank: 1000

<http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/ElizabethsBlog/come-for-a-good-cause> Come for a good cause! Carol Queen Center for Sex and Culture masturbate-a-thon masturbation Robert Lawrence Submitted by Elizabeth on 20 May 2008 - 10:16am. This Sunday, May 25, is the annual masturbate-a-thon. Learn about masturbation as safe sex and help raise money for Center for Sex and Culture. Watch this video of Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence discussing the masturbate-a-thon and you will learn that National ...

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Date:	Wed May 21 09:38:19 PDT 2008

7223 [lbo-talk] the money primary -- rank: 1000

[via Mike Allen - Obama alone has raised almost 3x as much as McCain - Obama+Clinton, almost 5x] Steve CHAGGARIS and his team at CBS News have a fantastic chart - FEC filings 4/1/08-4/30/08: Obama Raised: $31,922,904 Spent: $30,732,459 Cash on hand: $46,555,057 ($36.9 million available for primary) Debt: $2,037,802 Total raised (1/1/07-4/30/08): $272,097,974 Clinton Raised: $26,066,827 (includes a $5 million loan from the candidate - she also loaned her campaign $1.4 million in May, not refle ...

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Date:	Wed May 21 05:42:13 PDT 2008

7224 [lbo-talk] the flag pin, etc. -- rank: 1000

On May 20, 2008, at 8:10 PM, WD wrote: > My worry is that a draft would spread and strengthen martial values, > which is something the U.S. definitely doesn't need. Ever read this? <http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/Vietnam/heinl.html>.

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Date:	Tue May 20 18:22:27 PDT 2008

7225 [lbo-talk] If you support AT&T - you support Bush -- rank: 1000

On May 20, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Andy F wrote: > What if they offer a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Fine, if you've got a Unilever fetish. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 20 18:14:14 PDT 2008

7226 [lbo-talk] If you support AT&T - you support Bush -- rank: 1000

Don - I don't know how much they're paying Alternet for this, but did you do any research before you signed the endorsement? Credo doesn't have a network of its own - it contracts with Sprint (which is busily losing customers because of poor coverage). According to OpenSecrets <http://opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00089342&cycle=2004> Sprint's PAC gave 65% of its money to Republicans in the 2004 election cycle. In the 2006 cycle, it gave 54% to Republicans <http://open ...

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Date:	Tue May 20 11:18:37 PDT 2008

7227 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 20, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > The usual caveat applies: if Obama is such a > good deal for the Repugs, why are they telling us > about it right now? > > I woul dbe more inclined to think that either Obama or > Clinton will beat McCain in November for teh following > reasons I agree. But Rove's map is based on current state-by-state polls, so it's not just his instinct talking. Not that polls at this point mean much of anything. The best predictor ...

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Date:	Tue May 20 08:35:31 PDT 2008

7228 [lbo-talk] the flag pin, etc. -- rank: 1000

On May 19, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > This leads us to a rather useless philosophical question. How should > we approach the question of universal military service, and > specifically resistance to it? Presumably we can all agree that it's > preferable to the non-universal kind which is its most common > alternative. Now that I'm way past draft age, I see the virtue of a draft. We would not be in Iraq with a draft army. The imperialists realized that you need a ...

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Date:	Tue May 20 07:36:43 PDT 2008

7229 [lbo-talk] out of the time capsule -- rank: 1000

[what year do they think this is? via Mike Allen] WHAT HOUSE CONSERVATIVES ARE TALKING ABOUT: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, proposes 'An Action Plan for House Republicans: Bold, Simple, and Different than the Democrats': 1) The end of pork-barrel spending 2) Limiting Washington taxes and spending to what middle class families can afford 3) A fair, simple tax code that Americans can understand 4) A family-focused, patient-centered health care system ...

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Date:	Tue May 20 07:15:45 PDT 2008

7230 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

Electoral college map from Karl Rove & Co.: <http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/McCainClintonObama051608.pdf> Bottom line: Hillary beats McCain; Obama loses.

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Date:	Tue May 20 07:12:44 PDT 2008