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496 [lbo-talk] Collective idiocy.... -- rank: 166

yeah. you can look it up, easy to find, if you go by *household*. It's typical for the average gun owning household to have at least two. And others to have a couple dozen and more. In just one family, where you hunt, you can have a rifle, shotgun, a ...

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Author:	shag carpet bomb
Date:	Thu Dec 20 14:07:55 PST 2012

497 [lbo-talk] Lovelock admits he was 'alarmist' about the impact of climate change -- rank: 166

... the same Yeah, nothing to worry about. Gas up the SUV and drive drive drive!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 24 05:28:19 PDT 2012

498 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 166

Doug: "With gobs of public money. Yeah, in the U.S., public investment is ok if it's part of the death machine." [WS:] I do not think it is as much death as power. American males seem to be obsessed with power and control in everyday life, much more so ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Thu Oct 6 07:52:51 PDT 2011

499 [lbo-talk] How we got from there to here -- rank: 166

On Jul 13, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > How all that happened and how steps can be taken to reverse it seem to me much more interesting topics than why Obama is such a creep. Absolutely. Thanks for the breath of fresh air. I was born in 1965 ...

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Author:	lbo83235
Date:	Wed Jul 13 10:58:44 PDT 2011

500 [lbo-talk] Fidel on Libya -- rank: 166

... necessarily a bad thing. The last one wiped out the SUV craze. If the trend continues who knows, maybe more funding ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Thu Feb 24 07:55:59 PST 2011

501 [lbo-talk] The Planet is Fine -- rank: 166

... that the only people who drive into Manhattan are fathead SUV drivers, the idea of just making it more expensive will ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Wed Dec 21 10:22:30 PST 2011

502 [lbo-talk] Guy de Maupassant and the labor theory of value -- rank: 166

Joanna: "For most of my life, I have hated this story. It seemed mean-spirited and to take delight in the punishment of the hapless couple. " [WS:] That is not how I interpreted the story. It is all about buying social status - by declaring that she lost the necklace and cannot ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Mon Aug 15 11:02:52 PDT 2011

503 [lbo-talk] Fidel on dolphins & the Cuban model -- rank: 166

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Jenny Brown <jbrown72073 at cs.com> wrote: > CB: Obviously, you are correct. We are not headed to world communism, >> > because Americans and Europeans are selfish , and aren't about to give > up their material superiority, despite the fact that they got that ...

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Author:	Matthias Wasser
Date:	Thu Sep 16 07:32:33 PDT 2010

504 [lbo-talk] Fidel on dolphins & the Cuban model -- rank: 166

>CB: Obviously, you are correct. We are not headed to world communism, because Americans and Europeans are selfish , and aren't about to give up their material superiority, despite the fact that they got that superiority through world conquest. The 100 plus US military bases around the world are not ...

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Author:	Jenny Brown
Date:	Thu Sep 16 05:20:54 PDT 2010

505 [lbo-talk] lefty on futbol -- rank: 166

missed this. short answer: the stuff i like to watch, view, partake of culturally is good. the stuff i don't, is bad and part of a great capitalist machine that warps people's brains into liking it, distracting them from their real interests and desires. for in a just world ...

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Author:	shag carpet bomb
Date:	Sun Jul 4 05:48:40 PDT 2010

506 [lbo-talk] lefty on futbol -- rank: 166

... begins soap-boxing. That's when we part ideological company. "SUV drivers are the scum of the earth!" she shouted, suddenly ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Fri Jul 2 17:14:44 PDT 2010

507 [lbo-talk] US workers in 2010 as compared to German workers in the 1930s -- rank: 166

Eric Beck on Monday, August 30, 2010 12:10 PM wrote: Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] US workers in 2010 as compared to German workers in the 1930s 2010/8/29 Mark Wain <wtkh at comcast.net>: > >What kinds of lessons can we draw from the comparisons? >The comparisons make good for ...

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Author:	Mark Wain
Date:	Tue Aug 31 00:15:48 PDT 2010

508 [lbo-talk] getting back to Brooks... -- rank: 166

``Oh, he turned a long time ago. I remember a paper he wrote years ago about how in today's America nobody has any real economic grievances anymore, since we're all so rich, so the Democrats shouldn't talk about economic issues...'' SA ``Yup, I remember that too. His ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Tue Apr 6 15:32:59 PDT 2010

509 [lbo-talk] One Car Families on the Increase -- rank: 166

Valley couples shed autos, turn to mass transit by Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic Oct. 30, 2009 When Tony Bowman moved to Phoenix from Chicago 18 months ago, he had a job. His wife, Joan, didn't, and she couldn't have picked a worse time to look for work as ...

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Author:	Steven Robinson
Date:	Fri Oct 30 22:00:12 PDT 2009

510 [lbo-talk] Conversation with Derrida -- rank: 166

... ago there was a big discussion on this list of SUV drivers. If I remember correctly I was the only one ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Mon Nov 9 18:28:20 PST 2009