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7636 [lbo-talk] Chinese alumni pledge $1mln to U.S. school -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:56 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > The "Moderator" should be moderated. I've said nothing while you've posted one news story after another whose relevance and interest eluded me. I figured others might find them interesting. Maybe they do. So as long as you keep them under the three-a-day max, I'm not going to complain. If you don't like the moderation policy, start your own list. Doug

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7637 [lbo-talk] Liza Featherstone watches Fox Business -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cjr.org/feature/happy_all_the_time.php?page=all> March / April 2008 Happy All the Time Fox Business Network s populist sensibility is refreshing, sort of, but nobody s watching. Here s why By Liza Featherstone On January 4, Wall Street suffered big losses. On my TV, several non- celebrities had a lengthy and lively discussion about what, if anything, the Federal Reserve should do to fix the U.S. economy. The panel was critical of the financial community which has been badge ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 11:07:27 PST 2008

7638 [lbo-talk] Chinese alumni pledge $1mln to U.S. school -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:06 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > His 12th post of the day, after being warned about going way over limit. It's three a day or moderation. Doug

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7639 [lbo-talk] Ho Chi Minh City attaches importance to economic tieswith US -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 12:56 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > Who moderates the "Moderator"? The moderator, of course. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 10:16:11 PST 2008

7640 [lbo-talk] the Jesus of Cool loses it -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] Then there's Tony Rezko, and the questions the Obama campaign is allowing to stay unanswered: Obama "wouldn't disclose how many fundraising events Rezko hosted for him or who attended, saying such requests 'can just go on forever,' " Rick Pearson and John McCormick write in the Chicago Tribune. "As his news conference came to an end, reporters continued to shout questions about Rezko but Obama walked out, saying the campaign was 'running late.' "

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7641 [lbo-talk] The State and Capitalism -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > t 08:43 AM 3/4/2008, Chuck wrote: > >> It's totally possible to run >> utilities in a decentralized anarchist fashion. Just look at the >> Internet..... > > > > This sounds like something from the late 20th century, when it was > common to leave out the part about government development of the > internet. It's still managed and run largely by telecoms companies now. Doug

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7642 [lbo-talk] The State and Capitalism -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Angelus Novus wrote: > Am I the only one who finds anarchist conceptions of > the post-capitalist future to be a dystopian > nightmare, "socialism as an endless meeting"? I would > prefer to continue to live in a capitalism with a > moderate welfare state than be subjected to the > overbearing productivist fantasties of "Parecon" and > the like. I couldn't agree more. And I like the distinction between management and oppress ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 09:52:35 PST 2008

7643 [lbo-talk] The State and Capitalism -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Chuck wrote: > The decentralized anarchist utopia works. Really? Where has there ever been one - on earth at least? Doug

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7644 [lbo-talk] Ho Chi Minh City attaches importance to economic ties with US -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:30 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: His 11th post of the day. There were 9 the previous day, 5 the day before that, and 11 the day before that. The limit is 3. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 09:44:53 PST 2008

7645 [lbo-talk] Obama the devious & slippery opportunist -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > How about creating a new national climate of racial and ethnic > unity ? Maybe. But how good a thing would that be if it were just at the level of appearance? Ditto the image of the U.S. in the world - he could make us more "likable," which could legitimate imperial practices he leaves largely unchanged. Doug

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7646 [lbo-talk] Bhagwati: Obama the better free-trader -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - March 3, 20-08 Obama's free-trade credentials top Clinton's By Jagdish Bhagwati While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in combat for the Democratic party's presidential nomination, commentary on the front- running Mr Obama's policy agenda, especially on trade, has become faintly ludicrous. On the one hand, David Wessel declared in the Wall Street Journal recently, as others have, that the two had no disagreements on trade policy. On the other hand, Mrs Clinton ha ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 09:35:54 PST 2008

7647 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Keep on watching Fox news, Henwood. Bye. Doug

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7648 [lbo-talk] US Magazine: "Barack Obama: He's Just Like You & Me!!!!!" -- rank: 1000

On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:54 PM, B. wrote: > http://www.usmagazine.com/Barack_Obama_hes_just_like_us_022708? > slideshow_id=582&o=1 > > > This looks like a parody, but it isn't. It's entirely > serious. This feature and these pictures are in the > current US Magazine issue on the newsstand in > supermarkets, too. (That's where I saw it, couldn't > believe my eyes, had to re-check the 'net when I got > home.) Hey, I read the other day that Us asked BHO the boxers or ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 4 07:03:52 PST 2008

7649 [lbo-talk] Obama the devious & slippery opportunist -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:10 AM, John Adams wrote: > I don't think he has that "possible class traitor" look about him, > unfortunately, which Doug thought he might have seen in Howard Dean, I did?

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7650 [lbo-talk] Obama the devious & slippery opportunist -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > And, since we're in this business of figuring out each other's > motivations, I can't understand for the life of me *why* shag (who, > for whatever respectable reasons, uses a pseudonym to post on this > list) sets out to blow the cover of another poster who (apparently) > was also using a pseudonym. As the list's page says: <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/lbo-talk.html> > But stupidity, prolixity, dogmatism, bigotry, ...

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