[PEN-L] Why Are the Pacifists So Passive?

Will the anti-war Americans continue to stand down, in deference to Congress mocked by John Yoo (of all people!)? February 12, 2007 Op-Ed Contributors Why Are the Pacifists So Passive? By LYNN CHU and JOHN YOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[PEN-L] Times Get Tougher For The Nuevo Riche

Moody's Consumer Flow newsletter: Delinquencies rates 30+ days, as % of $ volume, for the last 3+ years: http://www.economy.com/cnflow/graphs/chartbook/balance/CHT_R_Delinquincy.png What Moody's says: "Record-high debt burdens, no saving, and weakening housing markets are taking a significant

[PEN-L] OED has a word for PEN-L orthodoxy

EEYORISH AND DARTITIS ENTER OED ONLINE... New entries have also been added across the alphabet from EEOYORISH (deeply pessimistic, gloomy) to DARTITIS (a state of nervousness which prevents a player from releasing a dart at the right moment when throwing), as well as words that have been engrai

[PEN-L] What’s All Of OUR Resource Wealth Doing In Our Southern Neighbor’s Backyards?

Subtitled: - The Decimation Of Indigenous Populations In The South Of America For The Resource Wealth. Indian Country Today notes the effects of North America’s increasingly insatiable need for other people’s resources, and brings to the top previous postings on the topic by yours truly, int

[PEN-L] Diane Sawyer Talks to Iranian Women, Etc.

12 February 2007 "Diane Sawyer Talks to Iranian Women" "Sawyer Hugged, Cursed in Iran" "Sawyer's Interview with Ahmadinejad" "Iran Calls U.

[PEN-L] Creationism is like socialism?

NY Times, February 12, 2007 Believing Scripture but Playing by Science’s Rules By CORNELIA DEAN KINGSTON, R.I. — There is nothing much unusual about the 197-page dissertation Marcus R. Ross submitted in December to complete his doctoral degree in geosciences here at the University of Rhode Isla

[PEN-L] The resurgence of finance capital?

BusinessWeek had a very interesting cover story on the Carlyle group. Thornton, Emily. 2007. "Carlyle Changes Its Stripes." Business Week (12 February): pp. 46-59. The gist of the story is that: "By the end of this year it expects to have an unprecedented $85 billion in investor commitments unde

[PEN-L] It Could Happen Here

* From: Jim Devine Meyerson and Roberto refer to: * mounting public and private debt in the United States; me: FWIW, the "public" debt is a much smaller problem than the private debt, since the US government is far far from bankruptcy. CB:> Is the trade deficit

[PEN-L] multi core processors

Greetings Economists, This article talks a little about multi-core processors and their capabilities: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/technology/12chip.html? ref=technology&pagewanted=print an excerpt; In leaping beyond the two- and four-core microprocessors that are being manufactured

Re: [PEN-L] multi core processors

On 13 févr. 07, at 10:03, Doyle Saylor wrote: The shift toward systems with hundreds or even thousands of computing cores is both an opportunity and a potential crisis, computer scientists said, because no one has proved how to program such chips for many applications. I read something by

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

In response to Jim Devine: Let me try again. In "History Of The World Part I," Mel Brooks, as the King of France, memorably says "It's Good To Be The King." It seems to me that the King, or the investment banker, has "power" to live his life as he pleases. I stipulate that he does so only bec

[PEN-L] rumor

is it true that now that Nashville has rejected -- but the bicoastal Grammys have embraced -- the Dixie Chicks, the group is renaming itself "the Southern Women"? -- Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

Greetings Economists, On Feb 12, 2007, at 6:29 PM, David B. Shemano wrote: In other words, under communism, each individual would have the "power" to choose to do whatever he wanted to do. Under my hypothetical, my friend the investment banker has the power to do what he wants to do. I am tryi

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

David is correct that the early Marx wrote of an individualistic type of happiness. Elsewhere his version of human growth and happiness was more social in nature. Also, David's banker does have the opportunity to operate independently, but only after he has taken advantage of the lives of others.

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

On 2/12/07, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In response to Jim Devine: It seems to me that the King, or the investment banker, has "power" to > live his life as he pleases. I stipulate that he does so only because of the > collective efforts of the masses, exploitation, etc.

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

Michael Perelman wrote: David is correct that the early Marx wrote of an individualistic type of happiness. Elsewhere his version of human growth and happiness was more social in nature. This isn't true. For the early as well as the late Marx, the "greatest wealth" - the greatest "happine

Re: [PEN-L] rumor

It's the other way around. The Clear Channel bozos now call themselves the Cheesy Dicks. Dan On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:38 PM, Jim Devine wrote: is it true that now that Nashville has rejected -- but the bicoastal Grammys have embraced -- the Dixie Chicks, the group is renaming itself "the Sout