[Futurework] Thanksgiving thoughts

2003-11-27 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Thanksgiving Weekend thoughts for a traditional community of American Indians living and working in New York City.   Ray Evans Harrell     Osiyo,   Thanksgiving day is a time of conflict among us.   It is fitting that Council Scribe has told the history of Thanksgiving in relation to our

[Futurework] More on free trade.

2003-11-27 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
I love the line: free trade is, in reality, a morally ambiguous issue REH November 28, 2003OP-ED COLUMNIST The Good NewsBy PAUL KRUGMAN 've heard it said that I should try, just once, to write something upbeat. Honestly, on the domestic front it's hard. Yes, the business cycle

Re: [Futurework] Re: Logic 101 for Georgists

2003-11-27 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
> You're living proof of where privatization leads to. > > Chris Now, now Chris, you don't know that. I suspect you never met the man. For all you know he could be Selma in disguise on another e-mail.That's the fun of the internet. We could all be different from what we say. You are the

RE: [Futurework] Bush's impossible problem of same-sex marriage

2003-11-27 Thread Lawrence DeBivort
I did some research -- the numbers are available if you are willing to really look for them -- and the news is really a lot worse. The simple truth is that most lives end in death, I calculate about 98%, plus or minus 4%. This is based on careful sampling, and, though it may seem counter-int

[Futurework] Re: Logic 101 for Georgists

2003-11-27 Thread Christoph Reuss
Harry, If what you say is true, then the Canadian minister for International Trade spouted drivel. Else, a lecturer at a funny LA school that cannot even afford its own domain name spouted drivel. The latter seems more likely, especially if one logically examines the contents of what was said.

Re: Thoughts on IQ scores (was Re: [Futurework] Talmud vs. Science (or Censorship thereof)

2003-11-27 Thread Ed Weick
I've gone maroon in my new stuff in the following.  My old stuff is in blue.  Keith is in black.   Ed I've often wondered if they might have blended into migrant Jewish populations from the west. Keith: I'm puzzled about these people, too. I don't understand by what you mean in the last

RE: [Futurework] Before you can reinvent or revive an ideal...

2003-11-27 Thread Harry Pollard
Karen,   Ray loves living in his "urban sinkhole".  (Just kidding, Ray.)   It was all examined in a book published in 1878. George looked at this situation and wrote a book "Progress and Poverty" which analyzed it.   The more things change  .  .  .  .  .  .   Harry  

RE: [Futurework] Re: % of divorces in the US

2003-11-27 Thread Harry Pollard
Hang in there, Lawry   Harry   Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655  Tujunga  CA  91042 Tel: 818 352-4141  --  Fax: 818 353-2242 http://haledward.home.comcast.net  From: Law

Re: [Futurework] Economic/psychological/emotional Choices

2003-11-27 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Title: RE: [Futurework] Economic/psychological/emotional Choices Nice exchange.  However, I can't resist pointing out that your two assumptions sound like an old man's attitude towards sex.   REH     - Original Message - From: Harry Pollard To: 'Selma Singer' ; [EMAIL PRO

RE: [Futurework] Bush's impossible problem of same-sex marriage

2003-11-27 Thread Harry Pollard
Bill,   Good!   What I was reacting to - as you know - is the deliberate attack on marriage as a sometime thing. Marriages and divorces in a year are supposed to show that marriage is on the rocks.   You seem to adopt my attitude. When in doubt, count.   Since you came in to the discussion so

RE: [Futurework] Economic/psychological/emotional Choices

2003-11-27 Thread Harry Pollard
Title: RE: [Futurework] Economic/psychological/emotional Choices Selma, As always with your posts - interesting. However, I doubt that it is significant. That doesn't mean they are wrong - simply that their research is stating the obvious. So, it might be useful for those people who, for

RE: [Futurework] Logic 101 for Georgists (was Re: David Ricardo, Caveman Trade vs. Modern Trade)

2003-11-27 Thread Harry Pollard
Chris, I said: "You thought, for some reason the Pettigrew quote was significant when actually it says nothing." It was: "In Ricardo's time, however, the factors of production were essentially immobile. This is no longer the case. In the new economy, all the decisive factors -- trade, producti

Thoughts on IQ scores (was Re: [Futurework] Talmud vs. Science (or Censorship thereof)

2003-11-27 Thread Keith Hudson
Ed, At 07:55 27/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: Keith, a couple of points.  One is about the influence of the Khazars on the Ashkenazic population of eastern and central Europe.  As you know, the Khazars were a Turkic people in the southern Ukraine who converted to Judaism in about the 7th Century.  Ap

RE: [Futurework] David Ricardo, Caveman Trade vs. Modern Trade

2003-11-27 Thread Cordell . Arthur
It doesn't disappear. It re-invents itself in new ways with new product and process innovations. Let me be clear though, capitalism is only concerned with private efficiencies. What is going on "out there" is of little interest. As long as the power grids, computers, etc are running, the cost

Re: [Futurework] David Ricardo, Caveman Trade vs. Modern Trade

2003-11-27 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
If that were true capitalism would disappear. It is the most wasteful of all of the forms of governing with the least direction. At its purest it is kayaking to building dams. REH - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL

RE: [Futurework] David Ricardo, Caveman Trade vs. Modern Trade

2003-11-27 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Efficiency trumps just about everything in our economy. -Original Message- From: Ray Evans Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 9:02 AM To: Stephen Straker Cc: Cole, Karen Watters; Ed Weick; Keith Hudson; Lawrence DeBivort; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fut

Re: [Futurework] Talmud vs. Science (or Censorship thereof)

2003-11-27 Thread Ed Weick
Keith, a couple of points.  One is about the influence of the Khazars on the Ashkenazic population of eastern and central Europe.  As you know, the Khazars were a Turkic people in the southern Ukraine who converted to Judaism in about the 7th Century.  Apparently, they used Jewish personal n

Re: [Futurework] Talmud vs. Science (or Censorship thereof)

2003-11-27 Thread Keith Hudson
Very interesting. It's been thought for some time that Middle East Jews, Palestinians and other ethnic groups in that region had very similar genes (from interbreeding over centuries/millenia), and these studies are further evidence. It's the Ashkenazi Jews who seemed to have changed significantl