... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a
big mandate at the same time.)
Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected
they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but
the corporate purchasers. I fear the people's mandate can no
longer
I
don't know anything myself about the way the PPP is constructed or the
neoclassical assumptions that Paul proposed were used. Intuitively,
though, it makes real sense to select the PPP measure (ie., something
that takes into account prices) over one using market exchange rates.
Eg., according
The New Yorker
January 22, 2001
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
THE IRAQ FACTOR;
Will the new Bush team's old memories shape its foreign policy?
BYLINE: NICHOLAS LEMANN
Let's assume, just for argument's sake, that George W. Bush's Presidency
will have certain similarities to his father's-even that it will
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Before getting to the point of actually being able to split the
Democratic and Republican Parties, we need an intermediate goal: do
what we can to make the next POTUS a weak president, rather than a
strong one. To do so, we need to decrease the shares of
Apologies if this was posted earlier. It seems that renaming is regarded as
a good substitute for doing away with torture and repression.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/35/news-ireland.php
LA Weekly July 23 - 29, 2004
Teaching Torture
Congress quietly keeps School of
Louis Proyect quoting the New Yorker article:
The idea of overthrowing Saddam is not an idle fantasy-or, if it is,
it's one that has lately occupied the minds of many American officials,
including people close to George W. Bush. In 1998, during the period
when Saddam was resisting the
Marvin Gandall wrote:
Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion represents
only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter of
judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions cost
many lives -- perhaps as many or more than the
Toronto Star July 20, 2004
Why tyrants rule Arabs
For 60 years, the West has propped up Arab despots, creating poverty and
illiteracy where education once thrived
By Gwynne Dyer
It was just a random statistic, but a telling one: Only 300 books were
translated into Arabic last year. That is
The 1989 British TV miniseries Traffik showed how the tentacles of the
heroin trade reached both upwards and downwards, to rich and poor alike.
One of the main characters was an impoverished opium farmer in Pakistan,
who is forced into becoming a low-level employee of a trafficker after
the
Kerry is obviously not a whit better that Bush on this matter..If the
Israelis just wanted to protect their own territory they could legally build
the wall on their territory instead of within occupied territory. The self
defence defence is a non-starter.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Louis Proyect wrote:
Marvin Gandall wrote:
Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion
represents
only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter
of
judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions
cost
many lives --
by Shane Mage
No, its garden-variety Pabloism.
war in Iraq...is very much a neocon agenda,
dominated by the need to get the oil and appease the Israelis. (as
if Kerry wasn't gung-ho to appease the Isrealis!)
^^
Next thing you know we'll be quoting the Protocols. Just kidding !
Charles
Marvin Gandall wrote:
You seriously misunderstand the nature of the conflict when you state that
the US ruling class opted for war. The US ruling class was and remains
very divided over the invasion of Iraq, over whether it served or hurt US
strategic interests. I think its closer to the truth to
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Before getting to the point of actually being able to split the
Democratic and Republican Parties, we need an intermediate goal: do
what we can to make the next POTUS a weak president, rather than a
strong one. To do so, we need to decrease the shares of
I'm well out of my depth on this one but it doesn't strike me that there is
any great mystery here on the investment numbers. The investment budget of
PDVSA is $5.3bn. Minus $1.7bn which has been diverted into the social
housing budget gives $3.6bn. The capital expenditure needed to cover
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Before getting to the point of actually being able to split the
Democratic and Republican Parties, we need an intermediate goal: do
what we can to make the next POTUS a weak president, rather than a
strong one. To
Ha! You think you're just going to leave the country when things get
bad? Think again.
U.S. TO IMPLANT ID TAGS IN PASSPORTS
The U.S. State Department plans to implant electronic ID chips in
U.S. passports to allow computer face-recognition systems to match
facial characteristics of the digital
Ashcroft Orders Libraries To Destroy Copies Of Laws
Federal Statutes On Asset Forfeiture May Not Be Published,
In another move towards federal tyranny, the Attorney General John
Ashcroft has ordered the
American Library Association to destroy all copies of the federal
laws on asset forfeiture and
Nader 2004 Nader 2000 (The best kept secret of this presidential
election year is that Ralph Nader has been polling better in 2004
than 2000, despite the relentless barrage of attacks by Anybody But
Nader intellectuals. Compare the Gallop survey results in 2000 and
2004. Intellectuals who aid
Tariq Ali has been criticised for the following statement in an
interview:
DH: You've said that a defeat of Bush would be regarded globally as
a
victory. What did you mean?
TA: As you know, I travel a great deal, and everywhere I go there is
growing
anger and if one can be totally blunt real
At 4:22 PM -0400 8/7/04, michael a. lebowitz wrote:
Simply the breathing space that comes when the rulers are disrupted a bit.
That makes sense, and I'm sure that in 2008 there will be another
disruption, as John Kerry will be a one-term president.
--
Yoshie
* Critical Montages:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/04 1:25 AM
Before getting to the point of actually being able to split the
Democratic and Republican Parties, we need an intermediate goal: do
what we can to make the next POTUS a weak president, rather than a
strong one. To do so, we need to decrease the shares of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/04 2:11 AM
... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a
big mandate at the same time.)
Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected
they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but
the corporate purchasers. I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/04 1:27 PM
Actually, Bush was a weak president until 9/11/01: a big inauguration
protest, Enron, unimpressive ratings, etc. According to Fox, for
instance, Bush's approval rating during 1/24-25/01 was a mere 46%!
Yoshie
pre-9/11: congress passed major bush tax cut,
Loathed by the rich
Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory
Richard Gott in Caracas
Saturday August 07 2004
The Guardian
To the dismay of opposition groups in Venezuela, and to the surprise of
international observers gathering in Caracas, President Hugo Chavez is
about to secure a
Los Angeles Times
August 7, 2004 Saturday
THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE;
Kerry Backs Missouri Ban on Gay Marriage
BYLINE: Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer
DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Drawn into a Missouri debate over same-sex marriage, Sen. John F. Kerry
said in an interview published Friday that
Art Spiegelman: In the Shadow of No Towers:
http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/08/art-spiegelman-in-shadow-of-no-towers.html.
--
Yoshie
* Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/
* Greens for Nader: http://greensfornader.net/
* Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
*
Right wing polls show Chavez loosing. Isn't that correct, Michael L?
With the possibility of fraud, can we really expect a victory?
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
Title: Re: Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading
for
Michael Perelman writes:
Right wing polls show Chavez losing.
Isn't that correct, Michael L?
With the possibility of fraud, can we
really expect a victory?
Cheer up, Michael. Those polls are fixed or
downright inventions.
The actual
Title: Re: Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading
for
See
VHeadline.com Venezuela
Right wing polls show Chavez loosing.
Isn't that correct, Michael L?
With the possibility of fraud, can we really expect a victory?
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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