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1906 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Reagan went down also but then recovered. PR is powerful stuff Carl. On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 03:03:46AM +0000, Carl Remick wrote: > > So here's to you, USA -- sic transit gloria. And as for you, GWB -- sic > semper tyrannis. > > Carl > > > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo ...

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Author:	Michael Perelman
Date:	Fri Sep 2 20:27:07 PDT 2005

1907 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Michael Perelman wrote: > Reagan went down also but then recovered. PR is powerful stuff Carl. > PR won't save Bush's ass at this point. His handlers can't even find somebody competent enough to draft an inspirational speech and then put it in front of his nose. Bush's comments ...

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Author:	Chuck0
Date:	Fri Sep 2 21:09:05 PDT 2005

1908 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

>From: Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> > >Reagan went down also but then recovered. PR is powerful stuff Carl. But pesky ol' reality is more powerful still. Recently there have been two colossal immovable objects -- Iraq and the Katrina aftermath -- against which PR has proved anything but irresistable. The ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Fri Sep 2 21:10:22 PDT 2005

1909 [lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police -- rank: 146

> The Bush solution is to give the churches government money to run > their "moral" church-based welfare services as he cuts back > traditional gov't services. > Marta What's the latest view on that from some of the leaders of the religious right? Has it changed? During Bush's last ...

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Author:	DSR
Date:	Fri Feb 25 14:12:16 PST 2005

1910 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Yes, and the economic repercussions have not even started to manifest yet. NO was the stone dropped in the middle of a (troubled) economic pond. Now come the sequent, widening circles of distress. If he has brains, he will seize upon this as a pretext to get out of Iraq. One ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Fri Sep 2 21:57:56 PDT 2005

1911 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

joanna wrote: > Yes, and the economic repercussions have not even started to manifest > yet. NO was the stone dropped in the middle of a (troubled) economic > pond. Now come the sequent, widening circles of distress. If he has > brains, he will seize upon this as a pretext to get out of ...

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Author:	Chuck0
Date:	Fri Sep 2 22:04:50 PDT 2005

1912 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Michael Perelman wrote: >Reagan went down also but then recovered. Yeah, but Reagan was the beginning of the present era of militarized neoliberalism. W looks like its decadence. Maybe I'm being too optimistic. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 3 08:23:05 PDT 2005

1913 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Chuck0 wrote: >I've been kind of amazed that the stock market didn't finish below >10,000 this week. Granted, it had a bad week, but you would think >that these capitalist investors would see the handwriting on the >wall. Leaving aside the $100 billion price tag that may be ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 3 08:24:34 PDT 2005

1914 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Doug Henwood wrote: > The conventional thinking is that disasters are bullish. There's > government aid and insurance payments (and maybe even an easier Fed), > which fuel rebuilding. After a brief dip, reconstruction is a stimulus. > > That may not work this time because of the impact on oil prices and the > grain ...

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Author:	Chuck0
Date:	Sat Sep 3 09:31:05 PDT 2005

1915 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

No, I think you're right: Reagan was Augustus; Bush is Caligula. Joanna Doug Henwood wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > >> Reagan went down also but then recovered. > > > Yeah, but Reagan was the beginning of the present era of militarized > neoliberalism. W looks like its decadence. Maybe I'm being too > optimistic. > > Doug ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Sat Sep 3 10:57:02 PDT 2005

1916 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

On Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:57 AM [PDT], joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > No, I think you're right: Reagan was Augustus; Bush is Caligula. > Don't know much about Cal-ig-u-la... Sorry, had an old r&b song stuck in my head there for a second ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Sat Sep 3 12:09:53 PDT 2005

1917 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > >Michael Perelman wrote: > >>Reagan went down also but then recovered. > >Yeah, but Reagan was the beginning of the present era of militarized >neoliberalism. W looks like its decadence. Maybe I'm being too optimistic. [I believe you are correct, and I have never ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Sat Sep 3 12:14:38 PDT 2005

1918 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

On 2005/09/03, at 14:04, Chuck0 wrote: > , wouldn't the higher gas prices lead to inflation and other > instability? Prices related to oil (gasoline, plastic goods) have started to rise in Japan. JC Helary

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Author:	suzume at mx82.tiki.ne.jp
Date:	Sat Sep 3 17:29:01 PDT 2005

1919 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Chuck0 wrote: >But is there a point where the system just simply breaks? Are they >just going to print more money to finance all of the reconstruction >contracts? I bet the Reps throw lots of money into this, which will be borrowed and go to their friends. Some congressional idiot was ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 3 17:52:24 PDT 2005

1920 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 146

Carl Remick wrote: >Alexander Cockburn had a good column about this today Wow that was truly great. Reminds me of why I fell for him in 1976. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 3 17:54:53 PDT 2005