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9616 [lbo-talk] Thinking Big -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2007, at 11:48 AM, BklynMagus wrote: > Because there is no draft. A volunteer army is > exactly what hawks want since it is more likely > to operate as a mercenary group. I've mentioned this before, but it's really worth reading: <http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/Vietnam/heinl.html#0> THE COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED FORCES By Col. Robert D. Heinl, Jr. North American Newspaper Alliance Armed Forces Journal, 7 June, 1971 THE MORALE, DISCIPLINE and battleworthiness of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 13 08:58:56 PDT 2007

9617 [lbo-talk] Radio Henwood: Iran, Venezuela -- rank: 1000

Tonight on my radio show, 5-6 PM New York time, WBAI, 99.5 FM and <http://www.wbai.org>: * Ervand Abrahamian on internal Iranian politics (including how the dominant political forces want to cool things down with the U.S. and attract foreign capital) * Bart Jones, author of a (sympathetic) new bio of Chavez. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 13 08:00:31 PDT 2007

9618 [lbo-talk] Bush PR push yields bounce; Hillary still kicking Obama's ass -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Sept. 12, 2007 Public discontent with the Iraq war has slightly eased, increasing Bush's political maneuvering room at a critical point in debates over war costs and troop levels. According to a new Wall Street Journal/ NBC News poll, the proportion of Americans who say the war remains winnable edged up to 37% from 32% in July. Mr. Bush's approval rating on Iraq is 30%, still paltry but up from 22% in July. In the fight for the Republican nomination, G ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 13 07:20:46 PDT 2007

9619 [lbo-talk] Thinking Big (was re: Michael Lerner tattles: the state of the antiwar movement) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 11:50 PM, Mr. WD wrote: > While I think Chuck0's attacks on various list members for expressing > skepticism about his proposal for direct action against the war have > been childish and uncalled for, I genuinely admire his ambition and > basic optimism. I am all for realism, and I oppose suicidal > adventurism, but I also support Big Thinking. > > If I thought there was any chance of getting a few tens of thousands > of people to march on Independenc ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 13 05:57:02 PDT 2007

9620 [lbo-talk] Michael Lerner tattles: the state of the antiwar movement -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:17 AM, ravi wrote: > Yes, despite the "boys will be boys" hazing and such ;-), Chuck's > suggestion of civil disobedience is a worthwhile one, and one of the > few tactics available to any individual of conscience. Now that I > have used the word ("conscience") I realise immediately how it (or > its absence in frameworks) explains why civil disobedience has little > chance of occurring in modern (global North?) leftist circles. You sou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 13 05:43:10 PDT 2007

9621 [lbo-talk] Michael Lerner tattles: the state of the antiwar movement -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > I realize that nobody's actually talked about him for a while, but > every time Michael Lerner's name appears in my inbox, it annoys me. Michael Lerner annoys me but you do want to keep up with the gasbag, no? Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 21:05:47 PDT 2007

9622 [lbo-talk] gender relations -- rank: 1000

[While Ralph Nader is channeling the 1950s, Angelina Jolie brings us the future.] <http://jezebel.com/gossip/paris-hilton/angelina-jolie-brad-should-be- quiet-and-look-pretty-298956.php> OMG a reporter from In Touch was sitting nearby when Angelina Jolie went to the bar in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Angelina had a glass of red wine with "a tall, muscular male friend" and talked about money. "You know how [Brad] is financially, which is stupid," she said. "Some ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 20:45:06 PDT 2007

9623 [lbo-talk] More from the "Capitalism Sucks" Dept: Average restaurant meal in London is $79 -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 6:16 PM, joanna wrote: > I can't tell you how awful London was the last time I was there (four > years ago). I had a great time there in Nov 2003. Stayed in Shoreditch, had dinner with Daniel Davies and James Heartfield (on separate occasions), visited some cool bars and gastropubs. I'd love to go back anytime. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 15:25:56 PDT 2007

9624 [lbo-talk] more evidence of decline: $4,000 jeans -- rank: 1000

<http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/118784?page=1> FAME GAME: Art merged with fashion at the Warhol Factory X Levi's X Damien Hirst show over the weekend, with two showings at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea. "It's about cross-pollination," said Levi's creative director Adrian Nyman as to why the denim giant chose to collaborate with Hirst. What resulted was a nearly 60-piece collection of Hirst-inspired or codesigned wares expected to retail at Barneys New York, Fred Segal a ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 15:10:38 PDT 2007

9625 [lbo-talk] Obama outlines his troop pullout plan -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq >> >> Hillary's gonna triangulate this, as she has all along - which is why >> she's a steady 16 points ahead of Obama. Split the difference: that's >> the American way! > > In the presidential elections certainly. But in the Dem primaries, I > wonder. According to most polls, if she split ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 15:04:54 PDT 2007

9626 [lbo-talk] new data for climate weenies -- rank: 1000

------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- T H E C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- The following has been added to CBO's Web site (www.cbo.gov): Title: The Potential for Carbon Sequestration in the United States URL: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=8624&sequence=0&from=7

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 14:14:53 PDT 2007

9627 [lbo-talk] Paul Craig Roberts -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 4:57 PM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote: > Why > does Cockburn [don't forget St Clair - DH] put up with Roberts He says what he wants to hear and, because of his history, he fucks things up. Remember Cockburn's law: anything that increases the level of chaos is good. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 14:11:39 PDT 2007

9628 [lbo-talk] Paul Craig Roberts -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 3:24 PM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote: > Who exactly is promoting Roberts among the Left? Counterpunch.

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 13:00:05 PDT 2007

9629 [lbo-talk] Fwd reply to critics -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2007, at 1:46 PM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote: > I think Doug (as well as Levy and Dumenil in > their book > on neo liberalism) is correct to focus on the rentiers. Glad you agree! One point though: I'm not sure I'd still use the word rentiers - it sounds too passive. People in finance work hard. They're not sitting back clipping coupons like they used to. They're intervening in production all the time. As that quote from Marx I posted the other say suggests, they're r ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 11:38:51 PDT 2007

9630 [lbo-talk] Ralph Nader on feminism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.babble.com/content/articles/columns/5minutetimeout/ralph- nader/index2.aspx> Q You praise your mother for not complaining about the work of raising kids. First, are you sure she didn't complain about it? And would that have been a problem? Are today's parents too whiny? A It was a different generation, they didn't complain. They knew it was part of the job just like a doctor doesn't go to work and complain that they have to take care of patients. Mothers were active in t ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 11:36:28 PDT 2007