From: Michael Hoover
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/19/04 10:14 AM >>>
On Sixty Minutes last night , B. Woodward claimed that when asked what
history will "think" of Bush's war on Iraq, Bush responded that we will
all
be dead when history makes it's judgment.
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bush belongs to apocalypt
At 9:54 AM -0400 4/20/04, Charles Brown wrote:
Also, I was wondering if Bush was a crypto-Keynesian or sort of a
Keynesian from the crypt. You know, "in the long run we are all
dead", deficit spending to the max ( poison pill for socialistic
programs), low interest rates on the monetary side.
Kerr
Morning Star , 20 April 2004
We need support not a lecture
(Tuesday 20 April 2004)
Richard Bagley
INTERVIEW: Iraqi Communist SALAM ALI talks to the Star about the challenges
ahead
and his party's strategy.
IRAQI Communist Salam Ali has a simple message to the anti-war movement in
the face
of con
I think most PEN-L'ers recognize the article on the Iraqi CP that Joel
Wendland forwarded as blatant self-justification and requiring no
further commentary. One might as well spend time dissecting Chalabi's
latest speech. But there is one thing in it that sticks out like a sore
thumb: "In answer to
> At 9:54 AM -0400 4/20/04, Charles Brown wrote:
> >Also, I was wondering if Bush was a crypto-Keynesian or sort of a
> >Keynesian from the crypt. You know, "in the long run we are all
> >dead", deficit spending to the max ( poison pill for socialistic
> >programs), low interest rates on the monet
[After hearing about this story on US NPR and not seeing it in the L.A.
TIMES, I googled for it. It's amazing how many _different_ stories come
up if you google "Iraqi journalists shot US troops."]
Posted on Tue, Apr. 20, 2004
U.S. troops kill two Iraqi television employees
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAG
At 10:38 AM -0400 4/20/04, Joel Wendland posted:
Morning Star, 20 April 2004
We need support not a lecture
(Tuesday 20 April 2004)
Richard Bagley
INTERVIEW: Iraqi Communist SALAM ALI talks to the Star about the
challenges ahead and his party's strategy.
One thing of which Ali is certain is that th
Don't forget about the consistent accidental bombing of Al Jazeera
offices.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:03:39AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
> [After hearing about this story on US NPR and not seeing it in the L.A.
> TIMES, I googled for it. It's amazing how many _different_ stories come
> up if you
>From Reuters: McDonald's CEO >Cantalupo's death [at age 60] follows the
untimely passing of others in the industry. In January 2002, Dave
Thomas, 69, founder of No.3 U.S. hamburger chain Wendy's International
Inc. died of complications from liver cancer. In December 1999, Wendy's
CEO, Gordon Teter
actually, the web-site was
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=4881596§ion=news.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> From Reuters: McDonald's CEO >Cantalupo's death [at age 60]
> follows the
> untimely pa
Either they work too hard, or they eat badly...
Joel Blau
Original Message:
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From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:46:54 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: super-size me!
actually, the web-site was
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=
Louis Proyect wrote:
I think most PEN-L'ers recognize the article on the Iraqi CP that Joel
Wendland forwarded as blatant self-justification and requiring no
further commentary. One might as well spend time dissecting Chalabi's
latest speech. But there is one thing in it that sticks out like a sore
Joel Wendland wrote:
Certainly forces that surrounded Saddam Hussein
opposed
an invasion, but Ali does not consider them a democratic movement.
Frankly, I wouldn't consider the CP of Iraq very democratic myself. Or
any CP for that matter.
I know
that some on the left in the U.S. were deluded into t
I was hoping some expert would answer this message, but it didn't happen. So here's my
effort. If I am incorrect in any interpretation (especially concerning China or
India), please correct me.
{was: RE: [PEN-L] Profit making under capitalism}
> MICHAEL YATES wrote:
> >What exactly about capi
I don't think that this debate is particularly useful here.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Capitalism may be more progressive than feudalism, but then I don't know a lot about
how live was then.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 01:45:54PM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
> I was hoping some expert would answer this message, but it didn't happen. So here's
> my effort. If I am incorrect in any inter
Capitalism may be more progressive than feudalism, but then I don't know a
lot about
how live was then.
--
Michael Perelman
"Although their standard of living may not have been particularly lavish,
the people of precapitalistic northern Europe, like most traditional
people, enjoyed a great deal o
Michael Perelman wrote:
I don't think that this debate is particularly useful here.
Because of subject matter or personalities involved?
Doug
feudalism seems to have been very progressive when it came to developing military
technology (given the low level at which that technology started).
But then again, the word "progressive" is sort of a catch-all. Is it a synonym for
"good"?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Because of subject matter or personalities involved?
>
> Doug
Doug,
We all know about whom this comment is and maybe you
don't realize but your personality is not
significantly different.
The thing is, I like and respect both of you.
Look, both of you are older than I am, not that I am
that
I think it's time for another PEN-L vacation. Enjoy! - Doug
Sabri Oncu wrote:
>
Because of subject matter or personalities involved?
Doug
Doug,
We all know about whom this comment is and maybe you
don't realize but your personality is not
significantly different.
The thing is, I like and res
>it's unclear that the economy can sustain positive real short-term interest >rates.
I was thinking of Jim's assertion that there are speculative bubbles in some real estate markets, and my suggestion that the same might be true in some commodity markets. A speculative bubble exists wheneve
If the Fed
doesn't see it that way, it seems unlikely that it will succeed (except by
accident). The Fed, of course, denies that there's a housing bubble. I don't
know about their attitude toward commodity markets.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
-Or
> I think it's time for another PEN-L vacation.
> Enjoy! - Doug
Why are you taking offense Doug?
I did not insult you.
What you don't realize is that whatever the problems
you and Lou are having, I don't think neither Lou nor
you are the right party, as if in such such situations
there can be on
Tom:
> A speculative bubble exists whenever a market
> is dominated by investors ("noise traders" in
> the economics literature) with short time horizons
> who have taken highly leveraged long positions.
I read that "noise traders" paper by Summers et al. It
is just one possible explanation and a
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/apr2004/kerr-a19.shtml
Kerry on "Meet the Press:" Democratic candidate reiterates support for
Iraq war
By Patrick Martin
19 April 2004
In an hour-long appearance Sunday on the NBC News program "Meet the
Press," the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen
...then why to change? President Bush already has experience in this
subject.
"Democratic candidate reiterates support for Iraq war"
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:33 PM
Subject: George W. Kerry on Sta
Actually, I prefer not to have sectarian discussions here. Just as I thought that
the Kerry/Bush debate was pointless, unless someone had some very new insight, which
I did not see coming in that thread.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:39:52PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> I think it's time for another
Michael:
> Actually, I prefer not to have sectarian
> discussions here.
Me too.
Indeed, not just here, but everywhere.
Enough of this Doug-Louis or Louis-Doug thing!
They are in their fifties and are hardly kids anymore.
My friends!
Before you attack each other, go and watch yourselves
in a
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