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526 [lbo-talk] Speaking of female candidates... -- rank: 166

At 07:48 AM 9/8/2008, Matt wrote: >On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 02:58:54PM -0600, John Thornton wrote: > > > Palin claimed she was a "hockey Mom". > > I've been told by someone from Michigan that, at least where she lives, > > Hockey Mom is code for white suburban mom ...

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Author:	shag
Date:	Mon Sep 8 06:23:47 PDT 2008

527 [lbo-talk] At one with my inner herbivore (was: Pollan: WITBD to reform the industrial food system) -- rank: 166

... kind or another.  Anxiety of safety drives the marketing of SUV, an

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Tue Oct 14 13:37:32 PDT 2008

528 [lbo-talk] Keep The Change! Palin 2012 -- rank: 166

... one for each car, whether it's your gas guzzlin' SUV, pick-up truck, or "hockey mom" minivan! Non-residue. Weather ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 8 12:01:29 PST 2008

529 [lbo-talk] Adolph Reed's latest -- rank: 166

Progressive May 2008 Obama No By Adolph Reed Jr., May 2008 Issue I've never been an Obama supporter. I've known him since the very beginning of his political career, which was his campaign for the seat in my state senate district in Chicago. He struck me then as a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 5 09:32:43 PDT 2008

530 [lbo-talk] GM to idle 6 plants, Axle strike impact widens -- rank: 166

GM to idle 6 plants, Axle strike impact widens By Kevin Krolicki Reuters March 3, 2008 Detroit - General Motors Corp said on Monday two more assembly plants were running out of parts and would have to be idled as the impact from a week-long strike against supplier American Axle & Manufacturing ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Mon Mar 3 22:31:20 PST 2008

531 [lbo-talk] Chavez courts capitalists -- rank: 166

[via Lou Proyect's Marxmail] <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601109&sid=a3lPdagjmVJw&refer=home> Chavez Pleads for Investment as Falling Output Fuels Inflation By Daniel Cancel and Matthew Walter July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wore a suit for the occasion, and, grinning at about 300 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jul 20 17:47:36 PDT 2008

532 [lbo-talk] Saturday, Doug, Reed, and Heritage on poverty -- rank: 166

[In response to Chuck Grimes' relaying the Heritage Foundation's assertion that Americans in poverty have VCRs, TVs, etc. -- an old right-wing theme, that the poor of today live like kings when compared to, say, the 18th century well-to-do -- well, they have a lot of convincing to ...

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Author:	B.
Date:	Sun Jul 20 16:44:23 PDT 2008

533 [lbo-talk] UAW Uses Small-Vehicles Push To Its Advantage -- rank: 166

UAW Uses Small-Vehicles Push To Its Advantage By Sharon Terlep Wall Street Journal July 18, 2008; Page B5 Detroit auto makers' most critical vehicles are proving valuable bargaining chips for the United Auto Workers as the union fights to organize the largely non-union parts industry. A strike at a ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Fri Jul 18 22:36:54 PDT 2008

534 [lbo-talk] Adolph Reed on BHO -- rank: 166

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Julio Huato <juliohuato at gmail.com> wrote: > Miles wrote: > >> The crucial step [leading to the desegregation in the South] was >> political activism that led to institutional change; the change >> in public consciousness came later. > > Again, it's chicken and egg. > > How did ...

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Author:	WD
Date:	Thu Jul 17 18:36:22 PDT 2008

535 [lbo-talk] ouch -- rank: 166

... Civics used to get better than that. The whole hybrid SUV thing is just an extension of US car design since ...

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Author:	Andy F
Date:	Mon Feb 18 04:55:05 PST 2008

536 [lbo-talk] ouch -- rank: 166

... pretty sure Ford built an entire campaign for their hybrid SUV around this 'phenomenon.' Now playing: The Mae Shi -- 'Hillyh' Cheers ...

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Author:	J T. Ramsay
Date:	Mon Feb 18 03:04:46 PST 2008

537 [lbo-talk] CJR praise for the Kunstler Cast -- rank: 166

Shane Taylor wrote: You're omitting those of us who prefer our lives without the car and simply enjoy walkable cities. I can remember those fleeting exceptions where driving is still a pleasure, but I can't live in those exceptions. The only exception I can live in is a walkable ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Fri Dec 19 07:44:45 PST 2008

538 [lbo-talk] who's gonna take the hit in auto -- rank: 166

... in such bad positions through their policies of concentrating on SUV's (a policy some inside opposed) forfeit their jobs anyway ...

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Author:	John Thornton
Date:	Thu Dec 4 13:45:31 PST 2008

539 [lbo-talk] Motive in UAW threats unclear -- rank: 166

Motive in UAW threats unclear Union pushing GM for rich Axle deal, some say; leaders cite other issues. Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News Monday, April 28, 2008 When the United Auto Workers launched a national strike last year against General Motors Corp., the reasons were obvious. The automaker was demanding unprecedented ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Mon Apr 28 22:28:45 PDT 2008

540 [lbo-talk] Reps take lead on ethanol freeze -- rank: 166

... Doug Henwood wrote: > [from Mike Allen's Politco Playbook - an SUV tank full of 100% > ethanol uses enough corn to feed ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sat Apr 26 17:18:34 PDT 2008