[PEN-L] dog bites man

2007-07-02 Thread Jim Devine
-- Forwarded message -- From: NYTimes. com News Alert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 2, 2007 2:54 PM Breaking News Alert The New York Times Monday, July 2, 2007 -- 5:54 PM ET - Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence President Bush has commuted the 30-month prison sentence of

Re: [PEN-L] Dog bites man

2007-07-02 Thread Doug Henwood
On Jul 2, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Louis Proyect quoted George W: I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. How many death warrants did this ogre sign as Texas gov? Doug

Re: [PEN-L] Dog bites man

2007-07-02 Thread Dan Scanlan
On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: How many death warrants did this ogre sign as Texas gov? 152

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2007-07-02 Thread Jim Devine
when will old Scooter start raking in the big bucks by doing public speaking to right-wing rich groups? On 7/2/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 2, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Louis Proyect quoted George W: I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence

Re: [PEN-L] Dog bites man

2007-07-02 Thread Dan Scanlan
On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Jim Devine wrote: when will old Scooter start raking in the big bucks by doing public speaking to right-wing rich groups? You're not on the mailing list?

[PEN-L] Dog bites man

2006-10-10 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15208048/ Former pesticide executive to head EPA office Dow Chemical was among employers, environmental group wary The Associated Press Updated: 11:48 a.m. ET Oct 10, 2006 SEATTLE - A former pesticide industry executive has been selected to lead the Environmental

[PEN-L] dog bites man (by pen-l's standards)

2006-08-28 Thread Jim Devine
August 28, 2006/New York TIMES Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and DAVID LEONHARDT With the economy beginning to slow, the current expansion has a chance to become the first sustained period of economic growth since World War II that fails to offer a

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2006-08-28 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
On 8/28/06, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: August 28, 2006/New York TIMES Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and DAVID LEONHARDT snip Together, these forces have caused a growing share of the economy to go to companies instead of workers' paychecks. In

[PEN-L] Dog bites man #2

2005-06-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Tobacco Escapes Huge Penalty U.S. Seeks $10 Billion Instead of $130 Billion By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 8, 2005; Page A01 After eight months of courtroom argument, Justice Department lawyers abruptly upset a landmark civil racketeering case against the

[PEN-L] Dog bites man

2005-06-03 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, June 3, 2005 Bush S.E.C. Pick Is Seen as Friend to Corporations By STEPHEN LABATON WASHINGTON, June 2 - In Republican and business circles, William H. Donaldson has been viewed as the David Souter of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a disappointingly independent choice who sided

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2005-06-03 Thread Jim Devine
so do we want a SEC leader who serves the long-term interests of financial capital by seriously regulating finance (and protecting small and outsider financiers) -- or one who serves the short-term greed of big financial investors, i.e., Cox? Maybe with Cox as Cox of the Walk, small financiers

[PEN-L] Dog bites man!

2005-04-12 Thread Carl Remick
[Capital screws labor!] April 12, 2005 Falling Fortunes of Wage Earners By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Beginning in the mid-1990's, pay increases for most workers slowly but steadily outpaced the rate of inflation, improving the living standards for nearly all Americans. But an unexpected reversal last year