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7921 [lbo-talk] the values campaign -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/419346.aspx> EXCLUSIVE: Obama Religious Team Meets with House Members July 30, 2008 [David Brody] The Brody File has learned that the Obama campaign met with over 30 House members and senior staff this morning to strategize on Obama's faith outreach strategy this fall. A meeting participant tells The Brody File it was a "high level strategy session" that focused on how to stress Barack Obama's family values and how to respond to faith based attacks ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 31 06:30:16 PDT 2008

7922 [lbo-talk] Iraqis want occupiers out -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Seth Ackerman wrote: > ...Except for arming and training the Iraqi army and attacking Al > Qaeda... That's a service role, not an occupation!

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 17:36:03 PDT 2008

7923 [lbo-talk] Iraqis want occupiers out -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > And of course I was right. Of course.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 15:53:30 PDT 2008

7924 [lbo-talk] Twilight of the Literati (or, why your novel is irrelevant) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:11:36 -0700 > Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> quoted: > >> suffused with sloth and sullen expectation. > > Sounds like us! Expectation? Not me - I'm suffused with resignation. Sullen, though, I won't dispute.

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 15:36:00 PDT 2008

7925 [lbo-talk] cri de coeur -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Doug writes: > >> [Hey Marvin, here's one I couldn't sign, but I wasn't asked anyway.] > > <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/open_letter> > ======================================== > Hah! Lots of good people on that list, Doug, (Zinn, Fletcher, Cole, > Englehardt, etc.) but, yuck, they could have dropped the sycophantic > title, > first two and last paragraphs, and taken a scalpel to some of the > ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 14:48:17 PDT 2008

7926 [lbo-talk] Twilight of the Literati (or, why your novel is irrelevant) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Good thing you stopped. Otherwise you risk dying fatly baffled in > the sun. > > http://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm?book_number=414 > > Paradise Pickles & Preserves Wow. At first I thought that was a parody.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 14:22:38 PDT 2008

7927 [lbo-talk] Twilight of the Literati (or, why your novel is irrelevant) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > Maybe I'm out with a group of friends and acquaintances at a > restaurant. Over a shared dish of Ethiopian lamb, everyone's getting > to know everyone. Someone sitting across from me mentions Pacifica > radio fundraiser tonic and concerned author Arundhati Roy. 'Did you > read The God of Small Things?' > > No. > > 'Well, you should, it's beautifully written; very lush and sensual.' > > Lush and sensual, somet ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 13:55:46 PDT 2008

7928 [lbo-talk] Iraqis want occupiers out -- rank: 1000

[wonder if those people who claimed in 2003-4 that polls of an occupied country aren't valid still hold that POV in 2008] <http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/517.php?nid=&id=&pnt=517&lb= > Iraqi Public Opinion on the Presence of US Troops Testimony of Dr. Steven Kull Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), University of Maryland Director, WorldPublicOpinion.org July 23, 2008 - 2:00 PM Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcomm ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 13:54:08 PDT 2008

7929 [lbo-talk] cri de coeur -- rank: 1000

[Hey Marvin, here's one I couldn't sign, but I wasn't asked anyway.] <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/open_letter> Change *We* Can Believe In An Open Letter to Barack Obama July 30, 2008 We write to congratulate you on the tremendous achievements of your campaign for the presidency of the United States. Your candidacy has inspired a wave of political enthusiasm like nothing seen in this country for decades. In your speeches, you have sketched out a vision of a better future--in wh ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 12:50:59 PDT 2008

7930 [lbo-talk] A new kind of Dollar Diplomacy -- rank: 1000

On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > "It turns out the biggest supporter of the Fannie Mae and Freddie > Mac bailouts has been the Chinese government. The Chinese own about > half a trillion dollars in Fannie and Freddie securities and they've > put the warning out to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson they expect > to be repaid in full. The fear among Mr. Paulson and other Treasury > officials is that if Fannie and Freddie debt isn't repaid at 100% > par, ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 11:51:48 PDT 2008

7931 [lbo-talk] John Kerry, party animal -- rank: 1000

<http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/2008_07_30_John_Kerry_caught_in_racy_photos/srvc=home&position=3 >

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 07:01:44 PDT 2008

7932 [lbo-talk] AFL-CIO answers the hard questions about Obama & labor -- rank: 1000

<http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/afl-cio-mailing.html> AFL-CIO Mailing Seeks to Dispel Obama Rumors July 29, 2008 4:43 PM ABC News' Teddy Davis and James Gerber Report: The AFL-CIO has sent out a mail piece to "600,000 union swing voters' households" seeking to dispel rumors about Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., regarding the American flag, the Bible, Christianity, whether he was born in the U.S., and whether he puts his hand over his heart for the pledge of alleg ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 07:00:45 PDT 2008

7933 [lbo-talk] advances in health care finance -- rank: 1000

[via The Note] A play by Pawlenty? "Imagine logging on to your secured personal medical Web profile, checking results of previous lab tests, doing a few quick price comparisons on treatment options, then using your flexible spending account debit card to pay for eligible out-of-pocket costs," Patricia Lopez reports in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "That's what could soon be in store for all Minnesotans and what will be reality for the state's 50,000 employees as early as nex ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 30 06:57:07 PDT 2008

7934 [lbo-talk] Gallup: war in Afg has appeal (esp for Dems) -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/109150/Afghan-War-Edges-Iraq-Most-Important-US.aspx > Afghan War Edges Out Iraq as Most Important for U.S. Two-thirds say U.S. involvement in Afghanistan not a mistake by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ -- By a slim margin, Americans say the war in Afghanistan is more important for the United States than is the conflict in Iraq. ... Americans appear to strongly support the initial decision to go to war in Afghanistan, based on responses to Gallup's classic " ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 30 04:52:03 PDT 2008

7935 [lbo-talk] more... -- rank: 1000

[omigod, it's mushroomed!] <http://twitter.com/MissRFTC> MissRFTC Let's invite my gynecologist, Dr. Pamela Fenton. She's the real hero here. 10 minutes ago from web 1 of my nearly 400 new followers suggested I make an appearance at an LA Twitter happy hour tonight to celebrate my 15 mins. OK. 13 minutes ago from web Just informed boss, as a result of my newfound Internet fame, am going to need my own parking space, or at least my vagina will. 24 minutes ago from web Wow. Someone just ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 14:52:11 PDT 2008