Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Max B. Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Googling quiz > For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist > groups/scholars/journal

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Max B. Sawicky
For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist groups/scholars/journalists doing to comprehend and contest the "superpower" influence of these private companies with government-conferred power? (Hint: 1. the answer is not "nothing" and 2. I don't know the answer. That's why I'm a

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Googling quiz > Ian wrote, > > >No. Enron hearings iirc. > > That's two out of three. For the (par

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Tom Walker
Ian wrote, >No. Enron hearings iirc. That's two out of three. For the (partial) answer to number three, I'll defer to NYT columnist, Thomas Friedman's possibly hyperbolic reference: "There are two superpowers in the world today in my opinion. There’s the United States and there’s Moody’s Bond Ra

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You googled? But you didn't answer 2. and 3. > > Ian wrote: > > >What, is Lieberman's staff lurking on Pen-L? > === No. Enron hearings iirc. Ian

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Tom Walker
You googled? But you didn't answer 2. and 3. Ian wrote: >What, is Lieberman's staff lurking on Pen-L? Tom Walker 604 255 4812

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
> How about this one: > > Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Frederic Bastiat, author of Economic Harmonies, criticised by Karl Marx. Oops I googled to check if I got it correct. To my great surprise, I as a naive young socialist was one day accosted in New Zealan

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-18 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence comes > largely as a result of their government-conferred power." > > 1. Who said it? > 2. What was the circumstances? > 3. Which private companies was s/h

Re: No Googling quiz

2003-07-17 Thread Michael Perelman
sounds like Ian. On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 08:51:54PM -0700, Tom Walker wrote: > "They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence comes > largely as a result of their government-conferred power." > > 1. Who said it? > 2. What was the circumstances? > 3. Which private companies

No Googling quiz

2003-07-17 Thread Tom Walker
"They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence comes largely as a result of their government-conferred power." 1. Who said it? 2. What was the circumstances? 3. Which private companies was s/he referring to? NO GOOGLING! Tom Walker 604 255 4812