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196 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

On Jan 14, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > > Marta, they are NOT spineless, nor are they stupid. They (the DP > leadership as a whole) are pursuing a policy that they believe in. > Part > of that policy, perhaps its very core, is that the opposition between > the two parties must be a non-antagonistic contradiction; pursuing > that > contradiction must never disrupt or present a challenge to the normal > operations of U.S. Society. And essential to those operatio ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 14 17:40:47 PST 2006

197 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Wasn't Kennedy the one who wrote the decision giving the 2000 election to Bush? He seems planted firmly on the right to me. Doug is right, and the spineless Dems are going to let it happen. Activists have been calling on people to call the moderate Repugnants like Snow, Chafee, etc. but the Dems must lead a filibuster and it doesn't look like that is going to happen. A very dark cloud is upon us. The mild language of NCIL makes me SICK. marta On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:20 PM, andie nachgeb ...

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198 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision in Goodman v. Georgia For Immediate Release January 10, 2006 The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issued the following statement by its legal director, Ira Burnim, about the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling today in Goodman v. Georgia. "In a narrow decision that leaves many questions unanswered, the Supreme Court has ruled that Congress has the authority to apply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to state prisons, at least insofar as it ...

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199 [lbo-talk] Alito & disability -- rank: 1000

Here is part of the National Council on Independent Living's analysis and web site. --- Marta NCIL Action Alert from NCIL's ADA/Civil Rights Subcommittee: Alito Supreme Court Hearings Next Week!!! NCIL Urges Affiliates to Oppose Nominee Who Poses Serious Threat to ADA, Fair Housing Laws and Olmstead Precedent Send an email to daniel at ncil.org to add your organization to our list of disability groups opposing the Alito nomination. With hearings on Alito's nomination about to begin, the NCIL be ...

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200 [lbo-talk] Chris Matthews gets a comeuppance -- rank: 1000

Alternet Hard times for Hardball? By Evan Derkacz Posted on January 4, 2006, Printed on January 5, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/evan/30368/ Apologies for the overlap of these two posts but Abramoff revelations are coming fast and furious; the man was better connected than Jesus. It appears that some of the very newsmen eager to downplay the scandal -- Fox's Tony Snow and Brit Hume and MSNBC's Chris Matthews -- may be more compromised than usual. According to John Aravosis, one of Abr ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 5 09:46:58 PST 2006

201 [lbo-talk] Dowd Imperial presidency -- rank: 1000

Carrol, Abramoff only gave money to Republicans. Agreed that the Dems are an awful alternative but I still must take exception -- the Dems haven't put forth bills that will kill disabled people by denying them health care, OK. So for me, I'd rather not see my people killed. I will send you my commentary "None Call it Cleansing" off list. Marta On Jan 4, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > None of this would have been possible without a) Clinton's preparatory > work (bomb ...

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202 [lbo-talk] Dowd Imperial presidency -- rank: 1000

The New York Times January 4, 2006 Op-Ed Columnist It's Not Personal, Jack, It's Strictly Business By MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON The sight of Jack Abramoff striding out of federal court here yesterday, looking like a stocky gangster from a 40's movie in black fedora and trench coat, may seem like the strongest evidence so far of how graft and hubris have overwhelmed the capital. It could have been a scene from "The Godfather," a favorite film of the felonious lobbyist. The Washington ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 4 15:21:39 PST 2006

203 [lbo-talk] Kuttner on Medicare drug plan -- rank: 1000

Dollars to doughnuts, Bush's drug benefit is no bargain By Robert Kuttner December 31, 2005 The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/ 2005/12/31/dollars_to_doughnuts_bushs_drug_benefit_is_no_bargain?mode=PF THE NEW YEAR brings with it congressional midterm elections. Here is an issue that should be a real political gift to the opposition party -- the colossal Medicare drug-benefit mess. It was clear back in 2003, when the Bush administration rammed this ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 13:50:04 PST 2006

204 [lbo-talk] Happy Bad Year! -- rank: 1000

So how will that affect your representative? Does it open the field up to getting a Republican elected? We've had some shifts down here too but my reps have been Democrats, still are. Marta On Jan 1, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Leigh Meyers wrote: > On Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:41 PM [PDT], > Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote: > > >> Gerrymandering is a problem but look at what Californians did to >> Schwartenegger's effort to follow Tom DeLay's tricks in Texas. > ...

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205 [lbo-talk] Happy Bad Year! -- rank: 1000

On Jan 1, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > > > --- Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote: > > >> In 1994 there wasn't touchscreen voting. Now you've >> got the Mark >> Crispin Miller's book "Fooled Again" factor - Miller >> is adamant that >> the Diebold and other electronic voting machines are >> corrupted. >> > > Marta, in the great scheme of life this is a > relatively minor factor that may help s ...

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206 [lbo-talk] Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

On Jan 1, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > Born in New York City, January 1, 2006, 7:36 AM: Ivan Henwood > (middle name TK), 8 lbs 2 oz. All parties are sleepy, but otherwise > doing quite well. > > Doug > ___________________________________ Congratulations all three of you.....this baby will be your new year resolution! Marta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20060101/5c533a05/attachment.htm>

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207 [lbo-talk] Happy Bad Year! -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > > >> And what is the best we can hope for in this world of freedom of >> plenty? That Democrats may make some progress in the midterm >> elections, which is a very big if anyway? >> > > An extremely big if, thanks to the enormous advances in > gerrymandering that computers have made possible in the last 10 > years. There was a short blurb on thi ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 15:01:07 PST 2005

208 [lbo-talk] crumbling obstacle to universal health care -- rank: 1000

> From Newsday > <http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny- bzsaul4526008nov26,0,5656919.column?coll=ny-entertainment-columnists> The crumbling obstacle to universal health care Saul Friedman Family & Relationships November 26, 2005 The unique but irrational foundation of America's employer-based health insurance system is collapsing. And nothing illustrates this more than the increasing number of companies cutting or ending health benefits they promised employees and retiree ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 28 11:03:29 PST 2005

209 [lbo-talk] All American Christmas Wish -- rank: 1000

On Dec 24, 2005, at 11:08 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > > "And I hope that you die > And your death'll come soon > I will follow your casket > In the pale afternoon > And I'll watch while you're lowered > Down to your deathbed > And I'll stand o'er your grave > 'Til I'm sure that you're dead" > > Carrol Bob Dylan. I collected some pine cones from Dylan's trees to use at my holiday party tomorrow. marta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachme ...

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210 [lbo-talk] TONIGHT! - 8pm and 11pm on FOX NEWS -- rank: 1000

TONIGHT! - 8pm and 11pm on FOX NEWS "O'Reilly Factor" Interviewing NY State Sen. Tom Duane + David Horowitz on the "Bush Step Down" New York Times Ad - Monday Night Tonight, Monday Dec 12, on "O'Reilly Factor" on the Fox News TV network at 8pm (repeated at 11pm), Bill O Reilly will talk to NY State Senator Tom Duane and David Horowitz about the full-page ad in The New York Times calling for George W. Bush to step down from office, and take his program with him ( ...

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