David B. Shemano wrote:
1. "Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of
land to public purposes."
Rent control (and related tenant protections), real property
taxation, zoning, environmental regulations, etc. are staples of
liberal orthodoxy.
Since when is "regulation" a synonym
Doug Henwood writes:
>> David B. Shemano wrote:
>>
>> >Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy measures set
>> >forth in the Communist Manifesto to a modern liberal, the liberal
>> >would think you are reading from the Democratic Party platform. You
>> >should declare victory and go
> Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy
> measures set forth in the Communist Manifesto to a
> modern liberal, the liberal would think you are
> reading from the Democratic Party platform. You should
> declare victory and go celebrate.
>
> David Shemano
Are these the measures y
This is really more for Mr Perleman, but if anyone else has something to
contribute, feel free. Reply to list or offlist.
I'm thinking of writing a book called "The Art of Software Technical
Writing."
Problem is, I work for a large tech firm as a tech writer and would like
to make sure that there a
Monbiot says in the title of the Guardian article Jim posted, "The UN must
not let itself be used as a dustbin for failed American adventures". I do
not know if he contributed that title himself, or if this is a Guardian
edit, but anyway what does it mean ? It occurs to me that the UN has
frequentl
David B. Shemano wrote:
Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy measures set
forth in the Communist Manifesto to a modern liberal, the liberal
would think you are reading from the Democratic Party platform. You
should declare victory and go celebrate.
Really? These are:
1. Abolition
Justin writes:
>> On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
>> almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
>> as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
>> smart. I said I didn't like them because they knew
>> what was right and did the wrong thing. Like what, sh
Beware the bluewash
The UN must not let itself be used as a dustbin for failed American
adventures
George Monbiot
Tuesday August 26, 2003
The Guardian
The US government's problem is that it has built its foreign policy on
two great myths. The first is that it is irresistible; the second is
that
in the spirit of the current era, hit her upside the head a few times and she'll come
around.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -Original Message-
> From: andie nachgeborenen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, August 2
That is why it is dispiriting to see
> a smart kid write "liberal" off as "communist." And
> "write off" is the right term: "communist" means (for
> my daughter) unworkable, utopian, tired, stupid,
> disproven, losing, hopeless.
I don't feel any different from your daughter in many ways, except t
http://www.ufenet.org/press/2003/EE2003_pr.html
PRESS RELEASE FROM UNITED FOR A FAIR ECONOMY & INSTITUTE FOR POLICY
STUDIES
Embargoed until 12:01 am, Tues. August 26, 2003
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Labor Day "Executive Excess" Report:
CEOs Profit from Layoffs, Pension Shortf
Cyber love leads Down Under
August 27, 2003
A Welsh woman told her husband and son she was going to the shop, then
boarded a flight to Australia to be with a man she met on the internet.
Margaret Fiore, 40, has now been granted permanent residency status in
Australia and says she has no regrets ab
> I'd say that, if in the mind of your 13 year-old
> daughter, communism is
> identified with "old-style liberalism"
> (libertarianism in some sense ?) and
> with Ralph Nader then, probably, we're doing well.
In America, "liberal" does not mean what it does in
Europe, i.e. pro-market right wing Ha
(The Italians usually use a few more flowery words than I do, sorry)
The single thought has produced its own brand of intellectuals, who have
occupied the cultural industry, media and TV. But it is also producing a
series of antibodies in an intellectual critique, deriving from the malaise
of the
In a message dated 8/25/03 8:22:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Like what, she
said. I said, like full employment, national health,
no striker replacement. Oh, she said, you mean
_communism._ Like Ralph Nader.
So that is how things look to a smart 13 year old. Old
style lib
Last night I saw "American Splendor", the much heralded semi-documentary
feature on Harvey Pekar, the Cleveland file clerk who turned his life
into a comic book. It is a fine movie that is true to the vision of the
artist himself, who rejects all the blandishments of bourgeois society.
Of course, a
> So that is how things look to a smart 13 year old. Old
> style liberalism is communism. Clintonism is the far
> limit of the possible. Are we fucked, or what? And not
> in the nice way.
In my post "getting there" I referred to "millions of reasons for failure".
I'd say that, if in the mind of yo
[any guesses as to how much of this is intra-firm trade?]
[New York Times]
August 26, 2003
U.S. Job Losses Blamed on China's Currency
By ELIZABETH BECKER and EDMUND L. ANDREWS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - With unemployment high and American manufacturers
reeling from three years of misery, politician
- Original Message -
From: "andie nachgeborenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
> almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
> as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
> smart. I said I didn't like them because they k
Awww, Justin, she's 13. This is why there's a point to education. She
"thinks" this because relative to her lived experience, Clinton does
represent a liberal Golden Age. She thinks this because nowadays the
idea that a worker is to have any rights or claims at all is labeled
"communism" in the mas
Give her time to mature. At least you know what you
want. She just seems tired of dim bulbs in the
Whitehouse. Perhaps more concentration on the System
and less on particular personalities is the direction
more of our dialogues should go.
Good on ya,
Mike B)
--- andie nachgeborenen
<[EMAIL PROT
On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
smart. I said I didn't like them because they knew
what was right and did the wrong thing. Like what, she
said. I said, like full emplo
Five years on from the hedge of disaster
The industry is bigger than ever, but have the factors that brought down
LTCM really gone away?
Nils Pratley
Tuesday August 26, 2003
The Guardian
Five years ago the world's financial system was in danger of collapse.
Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), t
A joke?
Joanna
Dan Scanlan wrote:
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A new, fast moving virus was first reported in Singapore and reports
from Asia indicate that it is the fastest replicating virus to date.
It attacks any computer connected to the internet whether the machine
is on or off and quickly identifies electronic funds accounts of
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