Re: The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts

Juriaan Bendien writes: >> The car industry is a very important sector of the world economy, it's among >> the most important consumer durables there is. I could practically >> reconstruct the whole of modern capitalist culture, just through tracing all >> the connections involving one motor car.

UNCTAD-TRADE & DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2003

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4078&intItemID=2505&lang=1&mode=highlights The Report analyses the troubled state of the world economy and asks some key questions: Do recent signs of recovery suggest the United States has now thrown off the legacies of earlier financial excess,

Re: The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts

--- Jurriaan Bendien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone ever done a really comprehensive > quantitative world study of the > political economy of cars ? I did a quick probe a > while ago, but has > somebody actually very comprehensively estimated all > the different sides of > the story ? > Th

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Michael: > Murder, of course, is part of the job description of > the US presidency. If only we can make Brad DeLong hear and understand that. Maybe after that he might become a "real" leftist, whatever that means. To what should I change the title Ken? Best, Sabri

Re: forex spillovers

> America's new-found > protectionism is rooted in the election-year angst of the jobless recovery. > The forces of free trade are silent - unwilling to be characterised as > anti-worker in this climate." Is anybody actually explaining thoroughly how it is possible to have a jobless recovery at a

"Army of One" (flash movie)

Watch "Army of One" at . "On the side of his helmet [Sergeant] Sellers has, in violation of regs, attached the unmistakable pin and ring of a hand grenade. Next to it is written, 'Pull Here'" (Christian Parenti, "Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated," _The Nation_ 6 Oc

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Sabri, I mentioned that he did worse later in his term, but that he was not all that bad in Latin America. Nothing more. Murder, of course, is part of the job description of the US presidency. On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 08:19:57PM -0700, Sabri Oncu wrote: > What does "in short, he was not universa

forex spillovers

America bets its bottom dollar The US has talked down its currency to take on the far east, but British investors are suffering Nils Pratley Friday October 3, 2003 The Guardian It was almost a vintage summer for stock market investors. The FTSE 100 index drifted up gently, encouraged by generall

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Now we are shifting from a) ad hominem attacks on a local leader (Yanqui stuff) to b) war crimes. At least change the thread name, Sabri. Ken. -- For all these new and evolutionary facts, meanings, purposes, new poetic messages, new forms and expressions, are inevitable. -- Walt

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

What does "in short, he was not universally bad" mean Michael? Being the President of the USA during the 1980 military coup in Turkey, Carter is also responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in Turkey, both before and after the coup. We are not talking about killing one person by accide

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Michael wrote: >In short, he was not universally bad. Bush is. Carter was >domestically a conventional Republican. In business, they call it "managing expectations." [In other words... ADAPT to your fucking environment... without losing your whole purpose to exist] :) Ken. -- If you are goi

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> === Washington Post, Thursday, October 2, 2003 Can't They Just Admit It? By George F. Will ... Americans know that government, whether disbursing money or gathering intelligence, is not an instrument of precision. Hence they want the government to have the

Re: The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts

Has anyone ever done a really comprehensive quantitative world study of the political economy of cars ? I did a quick probe a while ago, but has somebody actually very comprehensively estimated all the different sides of the story ? The car industry is a very important sector of the world economy,

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

I lived in Paris in 1979. I met a good number of Latin Americans, many of whom credited Carter with saving their lives through his human rights program. After the failed hostage rescue, he gave much more influence to Brezinsky (sp? probably wrong), who then ramped up the Cold War policy. Carter

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Bill Lear writes about Carter and Bush: >That's because yes, there is a significant difference in >attitude of this faction of the ruling party, though not >really in results. The differences are little more than >mere window dressing, which is not to say I don't want >Bush and his gang of splend

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 18:42:47 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: >Bill Lear wrote: > >>The >>crimes of the Bush administration aren't substantially different than >>those of the Great Liberal Humanitarian, Jimmy Carter, who helped to >>butcher countless thousands of innocents, nor of any other

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Zizek wrote: I don't find this difference as mysterious as it may seem. There's a shift in legitimation, a real break here. First, there is, to use the old Stalinist dialectical term, a clear jump of quantity into quality. To the horror of many leftists, even I did show some understanding for the N

Eublides

Very sorry to post this to the whole list ... Ian Murray, would you contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I have prepared a document on world-systems theory and US, China, and Japan triangle that might interest you, since it pertains to the ongoing yuan-yen-dollar discussion. John Gulick ___

Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

Bill Lear wrote: The crimes of the Bush administration aren't substantially different than those of the Great Liberal Humanitarian, Jimmy Carter, who helped to butcher countless thousands of innocents, nor of any other President in recent memory. Hundreds of millions of people around the world wou

Re: The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts

This article plays down the role of substitutes for petrochemicals and ignores the role of increasing the "productivity" of oil (increasing miles per gallon of cars, using public transportation, etc.) If our fearless leaders were smart -- or even as smart as the Europeans -- the government would

Re: Rush Limbaugh

>From the perspective of the working class and other dominated groups, it's likely true that >The crimes of the Bush administration aren't substantially different than those of the Great Liberal Humanitarian, Jimmy Carter ...<. (It's hard to make these kinds of comparisons, though.) But in term

Re: Rush Limbaugh

Doug Henwood wrote: > > > Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with > such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life > handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position > - and he's still a provincial ignoramus. Marx never had any problem

Re: Rush Limbaugh

Limbaugh's cousin was a deputy sherrif here in Butte County. Here is a clop from Tim's defunct paper: LIMBAUGH, you'll recall, is the cousin of talk radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh, and retired from the Butte County Sheriff's Department last summer amid allegations that he was involved in a domes

Re: Rush Limbaugh

I wrote: > >In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If you want to > >understand the Bush team, the fact that it's centered on > > someone whose > >had "every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, > >inherited money and position - and he's still a provincial ignoramus

Re: Rush Limbaugh

On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 13:31:29 (-0700) Devine, James writes: >In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If you want to >understand the Bush team, the fact that it's centered on someone whose >had "every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, >inherited money and

Re: Rush Limbaugh

In the same way, Princeon helped makea red out of me. My reaction to my smug, dumb, self-assuredly-entitled classmates was, What makes THESE assholes think they have a God-given right to run the world? Which (a) they were certain they had, and (b) in fact exercised whether they had it or not. jks

Re: Rush Limbaugh

In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If you want to understand the Bush team, the fact that it's centered on someone whose had "every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position - and he's still a provincial ignoramus" says something about

Re: Rush Limbaugh

On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 16:13:28 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: >... >Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with >such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life >handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position >- and he's still a p

Re: Rush Limbaugh

Devine, James wrote: Carrol writes: I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay a

Rush Limbaugh

every once and awhile, MS Outlook sends my e-mail before I'm finished (because I hit control-enter by mistake). Here's my finished message. Carrol writes: > I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re > the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how foole

Re: Rush Limbaugh

Carrol writes: > I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re > the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled > everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking > stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay away from estimati

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

Doug Henwood wrote: > > > > And it's taken about 2 years for 9/11 to wear off. It's not really > all that surprising. > I want to put in a word here for the perspective, not that polls are bullshit, but that "the left" or various left activists should always have their attention focused on what i

Re: Rush Limbaugh

Carl Remick wrote: > > >From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >The other day I was reading an interesting commentary on George W. Bush, > >where unfortunately I cannot remember. It stated that he has been > >underestimated by the left and is capable of a wolverine-like intelligence > >when

Patriots and invaders

Patriots and invaders 29.09.2003 [04:33] Saturday September 27, 2003 Iraqi resistance to foreign occupation enjoys great popular support It was my first and brutally abrupt realisation that Baghdad, the city of my childhood, is now occupied territory. It was also my first encounter with a potent

US Comes Under Attack Twenty Times in 24 Hours

US Comes Under Attack Twenty Times in 24 Hours 02.10.2003 [14:29] Tue Sep 30, 2:19 PM ET Blair defends Iraq war, US troops come under renewed attack BOURNEMOUTH, England (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended his decision to join the US-led war in Iraq and said their task now was to "

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

Michael Perelman wrote: I assume that reporters were afraid to be the first to speak up, lest they be hammered by the vile people running the place. Counterpunch, October 2, 2003 Has Bush Become a Threat to the Ruling Elite? Who Got Us Into This Mess and Why? By SAUL LANDAU Have some heavy weight

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

Michael Perelman wrote: Certainly the Iraq debacle and the weak economy should have given them backbone earlier. But it didn't turn into a "debacle," by bourgeois standards, until rather recently. It was only when it did, and when Bush started stepping on some important toes (e.g., those in Langle

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

A major reason for not seeing an avalanche has been the flaccidity and me-too-ism of the US Democratic Party. This is, of course, the result of the collapse of the external backbones of the DP, i.e., the labor movement, the feminists, the environmentalists, etc., so that the main force driving t

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

ps. I hit the send button too soon. I wanted to ask Michael Pollak and the rest of you, when the pebbles will turn into rocks or boulders? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

Michael may be correct that it was a pebble causing an avalanche, but the absence of an avalanche heretofor seems to defy the laws of physics, let alone common sense. The Bushits screwed over virtually everbody to profit a small group of people. It skillfully applied hot button issues to distract

"Hero's" dad calls it treason

[It's nice to see the press so fired up to think things like this up and track them down. It looks like the revenge of the bitch-whipped.] Slain CIA Agent's Dad Calls Leak Treason By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer October 2, 2003, 11:06 AM EDT WASHINGTON -- The father of slain CIA agen

GM crops tested

GM crops fail key trials amid environment fear Two out of three strains 'should not be grown' Paul Brown, environment correspondent Thursday October 2, 2003 The Guardian [UK] Two of the three GM [genetically modified] crops grown experimentally in Britain, oil seed rape and sugar beet, appear mo

internet news

48-Hour Internet Outage Plunges Nation Into Productivity BOSTON-An Internet worm that disabled networks across the U.S. Monday and Tuesday temporarily thrust the nation into its most severe maelstrom of productivity since 1992. "In all my years, I've never seen anything like this," said Price Ster

Re: Rush Limbaugh

From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The other day I was reading an interesting commentary on George W. Bush, where unfortunately I cannot remember. It stated that he has been underestimated by the left and is capable of a wolverine-like intelligence when it comes to the imperial interests of t

India

[Far Eastern Economic Review] India Catches Up With East Asia With its huge pool of skilled engineers and product designers capable of creating low-cost, high-end products, India is fast emerging as an outsourcing centre for everything from cars and vehicle components to steel, pharmaceuticals and

Re: Bush failing?

Has anyone linked the "outing" of the Ambassador's wife as a CIA operative with the "outing" of Dr. Kelly by 10 Downing Street? Similarly disgusting tactics in one campaign? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message---

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, the dean of rightwing talk radio, was forced to resign as football commentator for the ESPN cable sports station (he actually got his start in broadcasting in sports) after stating on a pre-game show last Sunday: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL.

Re: Bush failing?

Here is the libertarian's Justin Raimondo take on the affair. Cheers, Ken Hanly http://www.antiwar.com/justin/jspecial100203.html Cheney Chief-of-Staff Named as Spy-gate Leaker by Justin Raimondo October 2, 2003 MSNBC'S Buchanan & Press scored a major scoop on Wednesday, all but unmasking th

It's a market out there

Forbes.com Rush Did His Thing; Disney Did Its Thing Dan Ackman, 10.02.03, 9:25 AM ET NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh made $32 million last year and was one of America's top celebrities, but when ABC hired him, they called him the "voice of the fan." Now he has resigned under pressure over his racially c

good news, at last

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33159-2003Oct2.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Stiglitz on the IMF

The painful reality the IMF ignores The fund has again failed in its most urgent task - to reform itself Joseph Stiglitz Thursday October 2, 2003 The Guardian It is six years since the IMF's fateful meeting in Hong Kong, just before the global financial crisis. I was there. What a peculiar meeti

The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts

World oil and gas supplies are headed for a "production crunch" sometime between 2010 and 2020 when they cannot meet supply, because global reserves are 80 per cent smaller than had been thought, new forecasts show. An analysis presented this week at the University of Uppsala in Sweden suggests th

Re: query: Chiapas coffee

You could try here: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ --- "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > twice, I've seen Chiapas coffee for sale. Does > buying it help those in > Chiapas who support the Zapatistas (the EZLN) in any > way? > > > Jim D

Re: new government holiday

One of the implications of this the tendency for an accelerated hollowing-out and destruction of state institutions. If you use the state to transfer a lot of net income from the working class to the employing class, with Keynesian instruments, plus run up enormous financial debts at the same time,