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4291 [lbo-talk] cart before the horse -- rank: 149

>At 01:52 PM 10/25/2004, Doug Henwood wrote: >>Joseph Wanzala quoted Ace Cockburn: >> >>>Every four years, liberals unhitch the cart and put it in front of >>>the horse, arguing that the only way to a better tomorrow is to >>>vote for the Democratic nominee. >> >>Every four years, certain ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue Oct 26 00:37:21 PDT 2004

4292 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

Wojtek writes: >Every sensible political reform minded person should support any >political initiative (e.g. Prop 62) to establish a run off system. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan are the most prominent supporters of Proposition 62. Because they are "sensible political reform minded" persons? :-> As for funding ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Oct 25 21:05:48 PDT 2004

4293 [lbo-talk] As`ad Abukhalil's Petition for Joseph Massad and Academic Freedom -- rank: 149

<blockquote>Sunday, October 24, 2004 To people around the world, please read and sign this petition <http://www.petitiononline.com/jmassad/petition.html> in support of academic freedoms. I urge you not because it deals with a close friend of mine (Joseph Massad) but because he is being subjected to ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Oct 25 19:30:00 PDT 2004

4294 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

I've always been mystified about how the US electoral process got to be so backward. But the ABC showed a background segment on the US election last night: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1227571.htm and the answer suddenly dawned on me. The fundamental problem is ...

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Author:	Bill Bartlett
Date:	Mon Oct 25 19:49:33 PDT 2004

4295 [lbo-talk] Re: naderphobia -- rank: 149

... just > >another 'wacko' conspiracy theorist....no?" > > >no...anyone who calls nader an idiot is automatically among the most >brilliant political analysts ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Mon Oct 25 12:34:13 PDT 2004

4296 [lbo-talk] Re: naderphobia -- rank: 149

... just another 'wacko' conspiracy theorist....no?" no...anyone who calls nader an idiot is automatically among the most brilliant political analysts ...

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Author:	frank scott
Date:	Mon Oct 25 11:38:05 PDT 2004

4297 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

... the run off system is that prevents spoilers, like Ralph Nader an

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Mon Oct 25 06:30:52 PDT 2004

4298 [lbo-talk] Advanced State of Decay -- rank: 149

... Party: an Advanced State of Decay You Can't Blame Nader for This By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Let's hedge this with ...

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Author:	R
Date:	Sun Oct 24 21:45:13 PDT 2004

4299 [lbo-talk] Adolf Hitler or Charles Manson? -- rank: 149

(This is Capitol Hill Blue's take on the Presidential election) WE AIN'T ENDORSING ANYONE By Doug Thompson Oct 21, 2004, 08:03 <http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5529.shtml> Over the past few days, several hundred emails flowing in over the electronic transom asked just one ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Sat Oct 23 17:22:44 PDT 2004

4300 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

Prop. 62 would squelch innovation in state's politics By Richard Winger <http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/9975285.htm?1c> Posted on Thu, Oct. 21, 2004 A well-meaning group of former and current office holders has placed the "Voter Choice Open Primary," Proposition 62, on our ballot ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 22 16:17:13 PDT 2004

4301 [lbo-talk] Defeat Bush without Defeating the Bush Administration's Program? -- rank: 149

John Lacny wrote: >And yes, finally, I will reiterate my position on this election. It >is the position of every progressive in the country: Bush must be >defeated. This was decided long ago, if not before September 11, >then certainly in its wake when the reactionaries opened their >engines to full ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 22 06:32:43 PDT 2004

4302 [lbo-talk] Truth (choose one: to, from, about) Power -- rank: 149

... was in. In that election, 97,488 people voted for Nader in Florida, and Gore lost the state by 537 votes ...

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Author:	John Adams
Date:	Fri Oct 22 05:32:50 PDT 2004

4303 [lbo-talk] Doodling on Punctuated Equilibrium [Fwd: Re:... -- rank: 149

... That task is furthered both by the MWM and the Nader campaign; it is frustrated by the despairing surrender of so ...

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Author:	Mike Ballard
Date:	Fri Oct 22 02:16:18 PDT 2004

4304 [lbo-talk] Empire and Israel -- rank: 149

>frank scott wrote: > >>A minority of the electorate will have chosen a president who serves > >wealth, empire and israel. > >Why the fuck do you people have to say things like this? Israel >serves the empire, and it's extremely confused and confusing to >argue otherwise. And it can make you ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Oct 21 20:43:02 PDT 2004

4305 [lbo-talk] The Million Worker March: Black People Did Not Get the Vote By Voting -- rank: 149

Nathan makes a hasty generalization that "[t]he goal was getting votes in the North, where blacks were an increasingly important voting bloc." Surely, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party regarded all Black voters in the North as significant -- only the ones who live in contested areas, which is to ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Oct 21 07:05:20 PDT 2004