Re: JEP & Schleiffer

2004-08-12 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael wrote: (B (BPaul deserves criticism for his summary of Shleifer -- he is far too gentle. Shliefer (Binsists that market-induced competition does not create undesirable consequences. It (Bis non-market corruption that is bad. (B (BResponse Jim C: I have been invited to present a pape

Re: quotation du jour

2004-08-03 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devine, James Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] quotation du jour George Monbiot in today's (Aug.3's) GUARDIAN on democracy in the so-called industrial democracies: we "

Re: Communalising Kerala

2004-07-30 Thread Craven, Jim
This is truly sad. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Response Jim C: This does indeed break my heart. I lived in Kerala during part of the 1980s in a little village of about 150 people; the vi

Re: FW: Blackfoot Constitution

2004-07-23 Thread Craven, Jim
Please, Jim no attachments. Not a Bhuddist comment. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Sorry about that Michael. I forgot...Old age and some powerfu meds at work I fear. Jim

Re: Michael Moore letter to las vegas

2004-07-22 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael Moore writes: > Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in the United States. And in the United States, we have something called "The First Amendment." This constitutional right gives everyone here the right to say whatever they want to say. All Americans hold this right as sacred.< isn't

FW: [Marxism] Fwd: Michael Moore letter to las vegas

2004-07-22 Thread Craven, Jim
>From Michael Moore's letter to Las Vegas: What country do you live in? Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in the United States. And in the United States, we have something called "The First Amendment." This constitutional right gives everyone here the right to say whatever they want to say.

Bush Family, Skull and Bones, Nazis and Eugenics (Parts 1-4)

2004-07-22 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message available at http://aradicalblackfoot.blogspot.com   James M. Craven Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business Division Chair Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. USA 98663 Tel: (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360) 992-2863 http://ww

Bush-Hitler: Hypnotizing the Masses

2004-07-21 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Thought you might find this interesting - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6528.htm  

Re: Thomas Frank op-ed piece

2004-07-21 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael Hoover wrote: >people do different things, as for doug, he's a reporter (he may think >of himself in other terms), i've indicated number of times in past >impact that i think this has on his perspective re. certain things To which Doug Henwood replied: I usually say "journalist," but I

Re: Thomas Frank op-ed piece

2004-07-20 Thread Craven, Jim
In fairness, Kerry has never denied having blood on his hands and has done more than most (indeed, has built his political career on it) to bring the facts about what US soldiers did in Vietnam into the public eye. dd Response Jim C: Then why the ads celebrating his Vietnam "service"? Why the ads

Re: Thomas Frank op-ed piece

2004-07-20 Thread Craven, Jim
what then of US responsibility to clean up the mess we created? it seems to me that many (not necessarily on pen-l) who call for the return of the troops are primarily motivated by their concern for the safety of american soldiers. many of these same people i am sure supported the invasion that put

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael wrote: >i've a hunch that some left interest in nader is reflection of absence >of actual left alternatives, as panelist at forum i attended in ann >arbor said yesterday: 'he's best known option", lousy way to develop >actual left alternative... I think that those who are seriously int

Re: Spam fraud moves up a notch

2004-07-11 Thread Craven, Jim
Should be reading dying "intestate" or without a will. Jim C. -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sartesian Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 6:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Spam fraud moves up a notch The Claims Resolution Tribunal

Re: Spam fraud moves up a notch

2004-07-11 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael P wrote: Usually I get requests from the families of disgraced dictators. Now look who writes me. Office of the Chairman The Independent Committee of Eminent Persons 20 rue de Candolle (3rd Floor), 1205 Geneva, Switzerland email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&www.icep-iaep.org : web My

Vets, current military and grass-roots Organizing

2004-07-08 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message There is a difference beween understanding--and starting at--where people are ideologically, conscious-awareness-wise, etc, and moving from there, to actually pandering to where people are in order to get their ear and attention. As a Blackfoot and U.S. Army veteran, I am ofte

Upcoming Conference on The Right to Self Determination, the UN and Civil Society

2004-07-08 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Attached is a notice for an upcoming conference in Geneva from August 6-8 on The Right to Self Determination, the UN and Civil Society at which I have been invited to present some work. Those in Europe or planning to be in Europe at the time might want to come and attend. http

Re: THE GAME OF GO AND THE CHINESE WAY OF WAR

2004-07-07 Thread Craven, Jim
Yes he did and he was considered a master of the game. It is every bit as complex as Vulcan three-dimensional chess would be (if such could be invented outside of Star Trek) Jim C. Didn't Mao write about Go? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Te

Re: Enron

2004-07-01 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael P wrote: It is worse that Jim says: "Thus the Grass my Horse has bit; the Turfs my Servant has cut; and the Ore I have digg'd ... become my Property" (Locke 1698, p. 307), On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 01:39:27PM -0700, Devine, James wrote: John Locke wrote that such stealing of public property

Re: Enron

2004-06-30 Thread Craven, Jim
David is a conservative. He speaks English with a right wing dialect, but he does so with humor (not snottiness). We can disagree with him. I usually do, but we can still be polite. I don't see him as a red meat class warrior, but as a sincere [albeit misguided] conservative]. Response: Jim C

Re: Enron

2004-06-30 Thread Craven, Jim
While many of us might agree with Jim, we should address David more respectfully. Response Jim C: I'm sorry, did I break some list protocol? This guy can make snotty passive/aggressive sarcasm (about fraud being not possible under socialism) and basically pimp a totally bullshit revisionist/myopic

Re: Enron

2004-06-30 Thread Craven, Jim
Charles Brown writes: Hey , on an old thread, I haven't "seen" you since Enron. What to you think about bookcooking on Wall Street,now ? David Shemano writes: What do I think about it? I am against it. Look, fraud is illegal in a capitalist economy. There is a certain percentage of the popul

Re: FW: Redneck Awards

2004-06-30 Thread Craven, Jim
Hi Michael, Sorry about that. Just thought I would share. I'll not do it again. Hope you are well. Jim -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] FW: Rednec

FW: Fw: FW: mistaken identity

2004-06-28 Thread Craven, Jim
An honest man is being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turns yellow, just in front of him. He does the honest thing , and stops at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating w

Re: Mark Jones Still Wrong

2004-06-22 Thread Craven, Jim
Sabri Oncu wrote: My point, precisely! All I suggest is picking up another symbol, out of my respect to his "virtual" memory. Louis wrote: To the contrary. Mark was even more contentious than me. I'd like to think that he is sitting up on some cloud somewhere getting a chuckle over how he still

Moon Over Washington

2004-06-12 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Moon Over Washington Why are some of the capital’s most influential power players hanging out with a bizarre Korean billionaire who claims to be the Messiah? by John Gorenfeld, Contributor 6.09.04 Should Americans be concerned that on March 23rd a bipartisan group of Congressm

FBI "Confidential Informant" [snitch] T-10

2004-06-07 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Some refer to him as "Dutch", others as "The Gipper", and some refer to just plain "Reagan". I have usually referred to him as just plain "T-10" or "FBI Confidential Informant [read snitch] number T-10".   I am of the age, and also raised by politically-conscious parents, to v

FW: funny as hell

2004-06-01 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Go to Google and type in for search "Weapons of Mass Destruction" then, instead of hitting "enter"  or clicking on "search", click on "I'm feeling lucky."   enjoy.   Jim C   Here is what it says:   These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be dis

FW: Racist book "The Arab Mind" used to train military , but best use is as a doorstop.

2004-05-27 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   'Its best use is as a doorstop' Brian Whitaker explains why a book packed with sweeping generalisations about Arabs carries so much weight with both neocons and military in the US Monday May 24, 2004 Consider these statements: "Why are most Africans, unless forced by dire

FW: Vine Deloria refuses honorary degree

2004-05-27 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Vine Deloria refuses honorary degree   Subject: Taking a Stand (leaders)   The Denver Post diane carman Scholar: CU "honor" no compliment By Diane Carman Denver Post Columnist   Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - Vine Delori

Capitalism and differing systems/ideologies

2004-05-24 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message The fundamental nature of capitalism, and its teleologically-derivative imperatives--realization of maximum total possible real, after-tax, risk-adjusted surplus value is an imperative as a necessary--but not sufficient--condition of accumulation of capital (widening and deepe

Re: Can corporations have sex?

2004-05-24 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David B. Shemano Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] Can corporations have sex? James Devine writes: >> can a corporation have a gender, too? or rather, can a corporation >>

Collective wisdom

2004-05-23 Thread Craven, Jim
James Surowieki wrote: Generations of advertisers and business gurus have banked on the premises of Sigmund Freud's ''Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego,'' a slender volume with a big argument: when people assemble en masse, all the raw material making up the individual psyche (libido,

Re: boston lecture on China

2004-05-21 Thread Craven, Jim
Professor Zhao Zhun (tsinghua Univeristy, Beijing) will be speaking at the Cambridge Public Library tomorrow, Saturday May 22 3pm - 5pm. The forum is entitled "Can Socialism and Capitalism Co-Exist in China? Enterprise Ownership Reform Since 1978" -- Michael Perelman Economics Department Califo

Re: New York Times on Scarcity

2004-05-20 Thread Craven, Jim
Jim: As far as I could tell, you were saying that because Nash was crazy, NE was wrong in some sense. Response: What got Nash the Nobel was his attempted rescue of neoclassical theory from a critical contradiction: How is it that two or more ultra-individualistic-utility/profit-maximizing-atomist

Re: a victory of sorts in india...

2004-05-13 Thread Craven, Jim
I am afraid I have to diagree on the emergency issue. It was Mrs. Gandhi who was solely responsible for the emergency. But that was in 1975 and lasted until 1977, until she was thrown out, but then she came back in 1979! When she realized her populist "garibi hatao" (eliminate poverty) slogan wa

Re: a victory of sorts in india...

2004-05-13 Thread Craven, Jim
I could but I just finished teaching my India class and now heading into my development class. I'll try. cheers, anthony xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor Comparative International Development University of Wa

FW: A Parable

2004-04-21 Thread Craven, Jim
In Jerusalem, an American female journalist heard about an old rabbi who visited the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. In an effort to check out the story, she goes to the holy site and there he is! She watches the bearded old man at prayer--and after about 45

body armor thief

2004-04-15 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Posted on Tue, Apr. 06, 2004

FW: [Dipity] Belgian minister sparks US genocide row

2004-04-14 Thread Craven, Jim
Belgian minister sparks US genocide row 9 April 2004 Expatica News BRUSSELS - Belgian Defence Minister Andre Flahaut has come under heavy criticism for approving an official document that says the United States is responsible for the biggest genocide committed during the past 500 years. T

Dangerous Anti-Semitic Filth

2004-04-03 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Dear Friends,   This was sent to me; I have no idea why or why I would be on the lists of such creatures as these. I post this filth only for informational-illustrative purposes. Those who define "anti-Bush" as progressive, without any reference to the core ideologies guiding

Re: liberals

2004-04-01 Thread Craven, Jim
Sometimes it seems that liberals attract more fire on PEN-L than does the bourgeoisie. I could understand this if we were in a period of proto- or quasi-revolutionary ferment, when they'd be the co-opters and/or betrayers. But right now, anyone in public life who stands up for vaguely ega

Re: air america radio

2004-04-01 Thread Craven, Jim
I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. Otherwise her rap was ultra-partisan- Democrat, not too

Re: air america radio

2004-04-01 Thread Craven, Jim
That basically sums up the problem of Air America. Talk radio on the right never gets more angry with right-wingers to the right of the Republican Party than with liberals and leftists whom they simply and smartly classify in the same category. That's right-wing talk radio's recipe for success.

Conference on UN and Internaitonal Power Politics

2004-03-31 Thread Craven, Jim
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Dr. Laura, the Bible and Social Policy

2004-03-31 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message doctor laura and the bible   Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispensesadvice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently,she said that, as

Re: Another classroom exercise

2004-03-29 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   While Michael is undoubtedly right, university administrations reward those who do research and slight teaching.  But that is no excuse for teachers to neglect their moral responsibility to teach properly and to serve their students.  I think Jim was once a student o

Final response: Another classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   While Zizek's behavior is reprehensible, especially given that his teaching duties are almost certainly minimal, it is not uncommon that when teachers get burned out, they start to take short cuts. These are often indirectly encouraged by the administration which

Re: Another classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
Certainly, I believe every word you say. His reaction to my misunderstanding however spoke volumes too. Joanna Yes, it is a kind of Blackfoot thing. When attacked, and it is clear that the attack comes from someone not having properly read and understood that which they were attacking, then the r

Re: Another classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
I thought you did not tell the students that some of the lectures were bullshit. Joanna Craven, Jim wrote: >That's fucked. You have all the power and you're using it to humiliate >your students. Great. > >Joanna > >Response: I can see from your previous comments ( So y

Re: Another classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
That's fucked. You have all the power and you're using it to humiliate your students. Great. Joanna Response: I can see from your previous comments ( So you're punishing your students because most economic text books are biased? If I were your student, I'd be pissed at you. Joanna) that you are o

one more classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message I give my students the famous quote from Lenin (that's Vladimir not John) :"When it comes time to hang the last capitalist, he is probably the one who sold the rope." I ask what that means. Eventually, with some probing, they get the idea that what Lenin meant through his meta

Another classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Tomorrow, when I go back to the classroom, as I have done on other occasions, each of my classes will be told that during the course of the term, there will be four key lectures whose content will most definitely be covered on exams. These lectures will be total bullshit: phon

Re: classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
So you're punishing your students because most economic text books are biased? If I were your student, I'd be pissed at you. Joanna Response Jim C: All texts are biased; the only persons not "biased" (having preferences for certain outcomes, priorities etc) are those in comas and/or without suffi

Re: classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joanna bujes Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] classroom exercise So you're punishing your students because most economic text books are biased? If I were your student

classroom exercise

2004-03-28 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message I ask my students what "Omission is often the greatest lie" means. I ask them if they are just picking up a book for the first time, written by an author with whom they are unfamiliar, how do you get a sense of that the author's ideological biases and rhetorical intentions are

Re: Shifting genres in media/"pop culture" and the shifting SSA of Monopoly Capitalism/Imperialism

2004-03-26 Thread Craven, Jim
With the cowboys, the railroad people, bankers, and owners of large estates were often the bad guys. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Very perceptive. You can of course add us "savage Indians

Shifting genres in media/"pop culture" and the shifting SSA of Monopoly Capitalism/Imperialism

2004-03-26 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Does anyone know of work being done to analyze emergences/passings/dominance of various genres in media/"pop culture" (content, scope, impacts, sponsors, target demographics, revenues, linkages, methods of competition etc) and the shifting SSA and SSA requirements of Monopoly

Delicious, just fucking delicious...

2004-03-21 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message As many may know, I give the following extra-credit assignment: With respect to any culture, any period of history and any person with real (life or death) power, give me a list of questions that would, if posed, highly likely get you killed and/or your career totally destroye

FW: re Chomsky fundraiser Van

2004-03-21 Thread Craven, Jim
for your own info, and you may want to pass this on to Chomsky, the NDP, whom I believe he'll be speaking at one of their fundraisers have committed great human rights violations against indigenous people in this province. UPCOMING EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS SOVERIGNTY 1) picket in honour of

Re: FW: election issues forum

2004-03-18 Thread Craven, Jim
so I was supposed to do some public speaking in early May ...and I get this letter: Jim, Well, the shadow of McCarthy still lingers. When your name and description was given by our sub-commitee on the Issues Forum to the overall coordinating commitee, they

FW:   Locating Bin Laden

2004-03-17 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Subject: Locating Bin LadenWhen recently interviewed -- Pentagon officials believe they have been   unable to locate Bin Laden because he has found a place to hide out withthese characteristics:  1) It is easy to get in if you have money;2) No one will recognize or remember yo

Re: corporations/More Side Issue

2004-03-16 Thread Craven, Jim
- Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How do you avoid touching during sex ? Must be quite a trick. Charles === Remember the condom scene in "The Naked Gun"? Ian Response Jim C: Or, there are those phone numbers for phone sex, plus new inno

The Moon

2004-03-16 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Subject: The moon   The moon   Early Warning   When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.  One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks. The elder, w

Re: Revolutionary socialism

2004-03-16 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael Perelman wrote: I suppose that we must look rather comical to some sitting in front of our computers, laying out a strategy for revolutionary socialism. Yeah, that's true. But not so comical to the young people who launched lefthook.org a few months ago. When I met with them this weekend,

George Carlin on Indians

2004-03-14 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Subject: George Carlin on Indians"...Now the Indians.  I call them Indians because that's what they are. They're Indians.  There's nothing wrong with the word Indian.""First of all, it's important to know that the word Indian does not derive from Columbus mistakenly believing

Re: Correction

2004-03-13 Thread Craven, Jim
I wrote: But this story has another implication. As I have said previously, the perfect crime is "the crime which is not a crime" since then it considered a crime, and can be prosecuted legally as such. That should obviously be: But this story has another implication. As I have said previously,

Re: Prabhat Patnaik on Paul Sweezy

2004-03-13 Thread Craven, Jim
OBITUARY A SAINT AND A SAGE PRABHAT PATNAIK Volume 21 - Issue 06, March 13 - March 26, 2004 India's National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU Response Jim C: What a wonderful obit. When I lived and taught in India (Kerala), I eagerly looked forward to getting and reading "The Hindu" eve

Reality TV and the SSA of Monopoly Capitalism

2004-03-12 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message It is set in a jungle with more deadly flora and fawna than any extreme jungle on any of the "Survivor" shows. It has more narcissistic and self-absorbed "hardbodies" than anything on the "Bachelor", the "Bachelorette" or "Are You Hot?" It has plots, twists and "reveals" more

Classroom Exercise

2004-03-12 Thread Craven, Jim
I have a large number of students from China (who have no desire to stay here) who are generally very sharp and keen to learn. But they mostly stay isolated among themselves. Some time ago (June 1999) I wrote this open letter to the Government of China which, with the help of Henry, was published i

Call for papers

2004-03-08 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message CFP: Exterminating Narratives: Identifying and Resisting Genocidal Cultural   Logics  (Deadline: 9/15/2004)   Seeking proposals for papers for an edited volume exploring and  foregrounding genocide as a cultural and literary category for approaching   narrative with the objec

Classroom exercise

2004-03-03 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Here is a classroom exercise I do illustrating some of the contradicitons of capitalism. I asked students, which of the two personality types would you prefer to have--and would likely generate the most sales and profits--were you a capitalist. They always say person B. Now wh

Whale Rider

2004-03-02 Thread Craven, Jim
Considering all the hype surrounding "Lord of the Rings", one might have missed another New Zealand export that is now available in DVD/Video and whose 13 year old star was nominated as Best Actress in 2004. I am speaking of "Whale Rider", a Maori coming of age story with a twist--in this case

Bad Subjects article

2004-03-01 Thread Craven, Jim
Reminds me of Noriega's tortilla flour, described by Colin Powell's invaders as cocaine. Was any evidence of Noriega & drugs ever turned up? mbs Try www.expertwitnessradio.org See archives of radio shows. See also "The Big White Lie" and "Deep Cover" by Mike Levine. Jim C.

Mel Gibson and Opus Dei

2004-02-25 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Here are some links on Gibson's relationship with Opus Dei an ultra-rightist cult inside the Catholic Church--Skull and Bones of the Catholic Church. At one prominent Opus Day church in Virginia, the membership included Scalia, Thomas, Louis Freeh and Robert Hanssen (the FBI m

a unique leverage issue

2004-02-22 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message Where a "wedge issue" is typically one that divides and causes people to become entrenched in their respective positions, a leverage issue can be one that causes people to examine other issues and perhaps even change from previous positions. I just had an example of this the o

response to bragging

2004-02-20 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   Ordinarily I think that what I have written is pretty plebeian.  But these students (as well as those in Jim Craven's classes at Clark college where I lectured in December) really seemed to like my book.  They said that it was both interesting and accessible and c

"Native Americans"

2004-02-17 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message When I hear this term, "Native Americans", my blood boils. And it is the same for many "Natives" (we use this term not as a shorthand for "Native Americans" but as shorthand for "of Indigenous ancestry") I know. Why?   First of all, although Natives were subject to the draft i

Saddam as CIA agent: Thanks for the memories

2004-02-15 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message http://www.bushflash.com/thanks.html   James M. Craven Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business Division Chair Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. USA 98663 Tel: (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360) 992-2863 http://www.home.earthlink

More on Beware Generals Bearing a Grudge

2004-02-14 Thread Craven, Jim
Jim C. writes: >Like another general, also a malignant narcissist, megalomaniac and control freak--General Patton--MacArthur put leading Japanese fascists back into power in postwar Japan as Patton had done with nazis in postwar Germany < Patton & MacArthur were both from the most aristocratic fam

More on Beware Generals Bearing a Grudge

2004-02-14 Thread Craven, Jim
I recall that Truman described Macarthur's farewell address to Congress as "100% pure bullsh*t", which was probably accurate. Macarthur was a winner and a bastard.. He's even less favourably remembered in Australia --- for most of 1942, most of his land forces were Aussies, and from his office in

The Punk in Chief:Oh what a tangled web we weave...

2004-02-13 Thread Craven, Jim
school for horrible grades from Yale).   Here's the story from a previous post entitled "The Punk in Chief"   -Original Message- From: Craven, Jim Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:41 PM To: Campus Master List; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Subject: The "Punk in

Re: Beware Generals Bearing a Grudge

2004-02-13 Thread Craven, Jim
This article was interesting, but unlike the other generals, Clark was briefly the head of an hardly heroic mission in the Balkans. Comparison between the efforts of McClellan or MacArthur seems to be a bit exaggerated. -- Michael Perelman My father, who served in the China/Burma/India theater

And more on Bush's "military" record

2004-02-10 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devine, James Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] more on Bush's "military" record see http://www.calpundit.com/archives/003220.html A letter sent to Department of Defens

Popular issues and mass work

2004-02-10 Thread Craven, Jim
I agree with tom (as usual). There is enormous **agitational** value behind the films Jim forwarded. I have already used them to good effect today. Now of course in terms of advancing theory they may be of limited value. But the fact that they are enjoyable should not be held against them.

Re: Response:Bush and the F 102

2004-02-10 Thread Craven, Jim
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Response:Bush and the F 102 Fascinating stuff, Jim Craven. Never knew the details. Is it all documented in one place? - Original Message ----- From: "Craven, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:32 P

Response:Bush and the F 102

2004-02-10 Thread Craven, Jim
Fascinating stuff, Jim Craven. Never knew the details. Is it all documented in one place? http://www.awolbush.com/

Fun movies--George the Chickenhawk

2004-02-10 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message http://www.ericblumrich.com/topgun.html   http://www.takebackthemedia.com/triwimp.html   http://www.symbolman.com/chickenhawks.html   http://www.hornsandhalos.com/       James M. Craven Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business Division Chair Cl

Response:Bush and the F 102

2004-02-09 Thread Craven, Jim
Bush and the Texas Guard flew the F 102. An aviation buddy points out that the F 102 had no conceivable mission in Vietnam. So even if he showed up, his unit wasn't going to go. Gene Coyle Response (Jim C) Absolutely true. At the time Bush got into the Texas Air Guard (with a national waiting

U$ Judge approves subpoenas served on anti-war activists

2004-02-09 Thread Craven, Jim
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=216707&category=&; BCCode=&newsdate=2/7/2004 Feds win right to war protesters' records Albany Times-Herald Saturday, February 7, 2004 By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in de

Response: Psychoanalysis Re: "happiness is a transitory state"

2004-02-09 Thread Craven, Jim
Bill Lear wrote: So, our chains become part of us, and attempts to break the chains therefore hurt? They not only become part of us, they made us. Doug Very true, but does the fact that we can conceptualize and grasp that we are partly the product of the chains and backwardness that bind us not

October Surprises

2004-02-08 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message In addition to the well-known October Surprise in 1980 (see below):   http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile.html   http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile1.html     Another one occurred earlier that still has gotten little notice except in "The Trials of Henry Kissing

Re: skull & bones

2004-02-08 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] skull & bones I think we have picked the bones clean on this one -- unless we come up with something shockingly new.

Response Speculating on Kerry

2004-02-07 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael Perelman wrote: I think that the dialogue between Michael and Lou is valuable. Dean Was taken down,but not just by Gephardt. I've mentioned before, that I've never seen so much negative press about a candidate since Jesse Jackson. Then I hear about Roger Stone, the Republican operative, s

Skull and Bones

2004-02-07 Thread Craven, Jim
Writing on behalf of Andie Nachgeborenen, jks asks: Michael Perkman said that you would be a good person to ask about Yale's Skull & Bones -- did you have a recent post or some information on this? Thanks, jks First of all, start with a google search for skull and bones. Keep in mind that there i

FW: Quotes

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we weresupposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live  forever, which is why I would not live forever,"Miss

Response to Skull & Bones distraction

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
are the capitalist pigs of the sort who get elected President of the US who are members of Skull and Bones worse than those who aren't members? I presume that John Edwards isn't a "bonesman" (since he didn't go to Yale). Does that make him better? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Skull & Bones distraction

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
Skull & Bones is a distraction. My uncle used to put it more clearly: "They all shit in the same pot." Gene Coyle Response Jim C: Saying it is so doesn't make it so. Study the history, connections, machinations, ideology, etc of S and B. Just the fact that this cult, with some 2600 lifetime me

Kerry, Skull and Bones and War records

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message   Kerry Skull & Bones War Criminal... by Skull & Bones Kerry Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004 at 10:47 AM   What Skull & Bones Member Sen John Kerry don't want you to Know/Remember... Portion of John Kerry remarks on NBC's "Meet the Pre

Check this out

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
Title: Message http://www.ericblumrich.com/topgun.html   James M. Craven Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business Division Chair Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. USA 98663 Tel: (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360) 992-2863 http://www.home.earthl

Re: [Marxism] Taboo Questions

2004-02-06 Thread Craven, Jim
Eiza Segal wrote: These are great students that you've got. Please post some more of your students' work. "Craven, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In my classes, as an extra-credit assignment, I ask the students for the following: "With respect to any culture, any

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