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8551 [lbo-talk] at least he's black! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > I dunno. A quick hit on Google brought up this list, suggesting > otherwise. > Someone intent on getting active around the issue should be able to > plug in > somewhere. > > http://www.uhcan.org/index.php? > option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=53 There's a lot of crap on that list, hidden behind the word "universal." E.g.: <http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp180.html> (Campaign for Ame ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 10:01:21 PST 2008

8552 [lbo-talk] BHO: the only thing wrong with the U.S. military is that it isn't big enough -- rank: 1000

[a lurker sent this offlist] <http://www.barackobama.com/issues/foreignpolicy/#21st-century-military> Expand the Military: We have learned from Iraq that our military needs more men and women in uniform to reduce the strain on our active force. Obama will increase the size of ground forces, adding 65,000 soldiers to the Army and 27,000 Marines.

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 09:38:37 PST 2008

8553 [lbo-talk] My Earth -- rank: 1000

[from Page Six] Confessions Of The Ultra-rich "THE One Percent," Jamie Johnson's follow-up to his documentary "Born Rich" - which captured his Upper East Side peers talking about their richness - is premiering tonight, and it promises to be even more titillating than the first film, which had bratty heir Luke Weill bragging he could "buy" people. In the new movie, produced by Johnson and Nick Kurzon, reputed arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi details his role in the ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 09:15:32 PST 2008

8554 [lbo-talk] at least he's black! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > I was especially struck by this last > week when one enthusiast, a fan of Carrol's, proposed that the LBO > list (!!) > take the lead in promoting universal medicare on behalf of all > Americans, > blissfully unaware of the number of unions and other broadly-based > organizations representative within the population have been > campaigning on > this issue for decades. Having this list be the core of such a campaign ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 09:13:09 PST 2008

8555 [lbo-talk] SES -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:53 AM, abu hartal wrote: > Clinton is taking cheap quasi populist positions, depending on > Congress to stuff them. But foreign policy is due to executive take > over in the president's hands. Here the differences between the > candidates really matter, and it's just a matter of time before > more Americans realize that foreign policy is the biggest bread and > butter issue of all. > > Those who have time and money should be trying to connect with t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 19 09:08:18 PST 2008

8556 [lbo-talk] SES and the Dem primary -- rank: 1000

We've looked at race and sex as factors in the Democratic presidential campaign (and separately examined the role of ideology and religious belief on the Republican side). The Clinton-Obama contest includes another crucial variable to watch: socioeconomic status. With remarkable consistency, Hillary Clinton has done better with lower-education and -income groups, Barack Obama with higher ones. It may matter in Wisconsin today, in Texas, and perhaps more than anywhere else, in Ohio on Marc ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 08:42:43 PST 2008

8557 [lbo-talk] Fidel's message -- rank: 1000

http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/02/19/nacional/artic10.html Message from the Commander in Chief Dear compatriots: Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many compatriots. Thus, this now is rather a message. The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary. For many years I have occupied the honorable position of President. On February 15, 1976 the Socialist Co ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 08:37:55 PST 2008

8558 [lbo-talk] Obama/Clinton -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > Eubulides <paraconsistent at comcast.net> wrote: > > "the rest of the planet is no longer paying attention" (to the > right of the US to tell the world what to do) > > Yeah, Putin was going to stand up to the US on Kosovo, but it > seems that he's backed down. Gabriel Kolko predicted in 2004 that > after another Bush term Europe would start to move toward a more > natural geo-political alliance wi ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 08:34:49 PST 2008

8559 [lbo-talk] black man? Are you kidding me? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > Really? That man is a grade A idiot, isn't he? > > ^^^ > Is grade A smarter or dumber than grade B ? Dumber. Ha - from his Wikipedia entry: "McFaul achieved a score of 520 on the verbal section of his SAT before gaining admission to Stanford in 1981."

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 08:32:17 PST 2008

8560 [lbo-talk] black man? Are you kidding me? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> >> Aside from the sanctimonious Samantha Power, he's >> got a fairly >> typical gang of ghouls around him. >> > > Supposedly, his Russia advisor is Michael McFaul Really? That man is a grade A idiot, isn't he?

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 05:22:22 PST 2008

8561 [lbo-talk] Obama/Clinton -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 7:34 AM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > On Tue, February 19, 2008 3:01 am, abu hartal wrote: > >> the destructive effects of Cox's obfuscations for which he >> should in my opinion be banned from the list > > Now, now, let's not have any ban-baiting. This is a place where > critics of > Empire/capital/the total system should be able to agree to disagree. I often wish that Carrol wouldn't be so nasty, but I'd never ban him from this list. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 05:11:38 PST 2008

8562 [lbo-talk] black man? Are you kidding me? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 18, 2008, at 11:29 PM, abu hartal wrote: > Don't know what you mean by conventional candidate, Robert, but his > foreign policy views are unconventional in relation to McCain's and > Clinton's (which represent the recent acceptance of Bush doctrines > by the DLC). Aside from the sanctimonious Samantha Power, he's got a fairly typical gang of ghouls around him. <http://prorev.com/2008/02/meet-obamas-foreign-policy-advisors.html> ALLAN NAIRN: Well, Obama's top adviser is ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 04:35:04 PST 2008

8563 [lbo-talk] Obama/Clinton -- rank: 1000

On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:01 AM, abu hartal wrote: > Obama has not threatened to invade and occupy a country that votes > in the wrong government. Doing so is part of a president's job description; his personal preferences hardly matter. What is this fetish of the individual? Certainly there are differences of party, personality, faction, etc., but on the right of the U.S. to tell the rest of the world what to do, that's a given. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 19 04:30:38 PST 2008

8564 [lbo-talk] Yale Sex Week organizers chicken out -- rank: 1000

Yale Daily News - February 18, 2008 <http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23584> Violent porn ßick prompts apology Samantha Broussard-Wilson Staff Reporter Sex Week at Yale ran into more controversy Saturday night when porn director Paul Thomas, on campus to participate in the event, screened a graphic porn film that featured violent sado-masochism. Coordinators said they were appalled by the film Ñ which they had not watched before it was aired in front of an audience of over 200 ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 18 14:07:32 PST 2008

8565 [lbo-talk] Lyndon LaRouche's flack writes... -- rank: 1000

STOP ROHATYN'S TREASON 17 Feb 2008 by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. February 18, 2008 The now rapidly accumulating evidence of a European plot to establish a fascist dictatorship over western and central Europe, when this ongoing activity is compared with the fascist plot led by the cabal gathered around New York's Mayor Bloomberg, and around traditionally fascist figures such as George Shultz and Felix Rohatyn of Pinochet regime notoriety, makes it fair to say that an immediate threat of an int ...

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