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7261 [lbo-talk] BHO & working-class whites -- rank: 1000

On May 15, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Basically, the calculation is who will kill less people? Well yeah, why not? We can debate which party and/or president has presided over the deaths of more people (LBJ's 2 million and Bill Clinton's near-1 million thanks to sanctions are hard to beat). But McCain professes an absolutely demented foreign policy, which would include supporting Georgia in a war with Russia. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 15 10:43:57 PDT 2008

7262 [lbo-talk] Labor Solidarity Event for Imprisoned Bus Drivers in Tehran\Iran: Tues June 3 in NYC -- rank: 1000

[too bad Yoshie isn't here to tell us why this is a bad thing] *** Please circulate *** You are invited to: An Evening of Labor Solidarity with Imprisoned Bus Drivers in Tehran Two years ago while transit workers in NY went on strike to demand a better contract, fellow bus drivers in Tehran also went on strike, demanding the creation of their own autonomous Bus Drivers Syndicate. The bus drivers strike was severely crushed by the security forces of the Islamic Republic. Some strike leader ...

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Date:	Thu May 15 10:41:31 PDT 2008

7263 [lbo-talk] CPI up only 0.2 per cent -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 6:47 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > "Tame Inflation? Tell That To People Buying Gasoline" > > I thought the consensus on lbo was that higher gas prices were a > good thing Not unless there are rebates to the poor and alternatives to driving. Surely you knew that. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 15 10:16:53 PDT 2008

7264 [lbo-talk] Suggested reading critiques of 12 step programs for recovery. -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 6:28 PM, shag wrote: > He also pointed out that AA wasn't even as effective as the > ubiquity of its > treatment recommendation would suggest. Last I checked, there was almost no data on the effectiveness of any addiction treatment programs.

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Date:	Wed May 14 15:40:25 PDT 2008

7265 [lbo-talk] CPI up only 0.2%? -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 6:16 PM, B. wrote: > So the consumer price index has gone up only 0.2% > according to the BLS? Can this be true? Did not feel > that way at the gas pump yesterday. Ttheir seasonal adjustment factors expect a large increase gas prices in April. Since the increase was roughy in line with normal seasonal patterns, it was adjusted away. It does show a large increase over the last few years, of course - up 180% since early 2002. Also, gas accounts for only 5% of the CP ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 15:39:03 PDT 2008

7266 [lbo-talk] CNA responds on Tenet organizing agreement -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> There's a min wage increase in the legislature that Bruno is so far >> neutral on. 1199's not helping on that. > > Are you talking about A9168, which has yet to attract a single Senate > sponsor from either party? > > http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A9168 Its main sponsor is Silver (who for you out-of-staters, is the ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 14:42:05 PDT 2008

7267 [lbo-talk] CNA responds on Tenet organizing agreement -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Whose pro-working class agenda might that be? The Senate Democrats'? > What, exactly, have they promised us? There's a min wage increase in the legislature that Bruno is so far neutral on. 1199's not helping on that. > And what exactly are you criticizing here? In your last post, you > said 1199 should support third-party spoilers; now you apparently > bemoan their obstruction of the Senate Democrats. Not spoilers - people wit ...

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7268 [lbo-talk] CNA responds on Tenet organizing agreement -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > >> With SEIU now helping to reduce that fear, will Bruno >> support another min wage increase? > > Doug, did you even read your original post, which started this thread? > > "After helping Democrats in some high-profile Senate contests, the > influential 1199/SEIU health care union has decided to bet on > Republicans" > > If not, see the New York Times. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/ ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 13:35:13 PDT 2008

7269 [lbo-talk] nearly 1 in 6 US households now wireless only -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless200805.htm> Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2007 by Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Overview Preliminary results from the July-December 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that nearly one out of every six American homes (15.8%) had only wireless telephones ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 12:51:05 PDT 2008

7270 [lbo-talk] BHO & working-class whites -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > It's a reasonably safe bet that President Obama will continue to > authorize (and, unlike his predecessor, elegantly explain the need > for) actions such as the ongoing bombing of Baghdad's Sadr City > section. Speaking of which... Financial Times - May 14, 2008 Candidates converge on Middle East policy By Daniel Dombey in Washington The Israeli embassy in Washington had a surprise guest when it celebrated the country's 60th annive ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 12:16:53 PDT 2008

7271 [lbo-talk] John Fund is scared -- rank: 1000

OpinionJournal.com Political Diary James Taranto returns Friday. Click here to subscribe to Political Diary, our premium email newsletter. Another Big GOP Loss in the Deep South Everyone knows that Barack Obama has a problem attracting white, working-class voters. Last night in West Virginia, Hillary Clinton swept every county in the state on her way to a crushing victory over her Democratic rival. But what if Republican Congressional candidates now have a similar problem? Last night, Repub ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 12:08:24 PDT 2008

7272 [lbo-talk] in which I'm accused of repressing the reptilian brain -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > I can't let this statement go unnoticed! And while there is a > shocking contrarian truth to it, like many of your comments, > Carrol, I wonder what we use in place of "working class" when we > are thinking about how to produce radical social change? What about the old ciass in itself/class for itself distinction. One needn't be conscious of one's class position to be part of a class.

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Date:	Wed May 14 11:19:31 PDT 2008

7273 [lbo-talk] bad for the party? -- rank: 1000

On May 14, 2008, at 12:33 PM, shag wrote: > at lunch, i was watching the news. something about dem handwringing > over > wanting the primaries to be over and not wanting the clintons to be > pissed. > something about how, if clinton stays in the race, it might hurt > the party. > > don't. get. > > why does this hurt the party? This is standard issue punditry these days. All of Clinton's attacks on Obama are damaging his image for the general, and giving the Reps a ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 11:04:22 PDT 2008

7274 [lbo-talk] WTO top: capitalism can never satisfy us -- rank: 1000

[via Lou Proyect's Marxmail] <http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120707G.shtml> "Capitalism Cannot Satisfy Us" Daniel Fortin and Mathieu Magnaudeix interview Pascal Lamy Challenges, Thursday 06 December 2007 World Trade Organization Director Pascal Lamy, one of globalization's shrewdest observers, rehabilitates the Marxist criticism of capitalism. A man of the Left and director general of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy is at the heart of globalization. His sense ...

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Date:	Wed May 14 06:46:27 PDT 2008

7275 [lbo-talk] CFR: era of U.S. hegemony in LatAm is over -- rank: 1000

[this is an attention-grabber] News Release Council on Foreign Relations May 14, 2008 Era of U.S. Hegemony in Latin America is Over, Says CFR Task Force "Latin America is not Washington's to lose; nor is it Washington's to save," finds a CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force. "U.S. policy can no longer be based on the assumption that the United States is the most important outside actor in Latin America. If there was an era of U.S. hegemony in Latin America, it is over," t ...

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