[PEN-L] Fox to Begin a 'More Business Friendly' News Channel

2007-02-09 Thread Jayson Funke
Whew! Finally! Corporate media will at last be MORE corporate friendly... - February 9, 2007 Fox to Begin a ‘More Business Friendly’ News Channel By EDWARD WYATT http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/business/media/09fox.html?_r=1oref=sl ogin No one has ever accused CNBC, the

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2007-02-09 Thread Jim Devine
On 2/9/07, Jayson Funke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whew! Finally! Corporate media will at last be MORE corporate friendly... it looks like Fox may be jumping the shark with this one. BTW, how leveraged is News Corporation? is our Rupert running on too much debt? (What's the name of the media

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2007-02-09 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, On Feb 9, 2007, at 6:39 AM, Jim Devine wrote: BTW2, does pen-l have anything to say about Anna Nicole Smith? Doyle; She embodied her working class roots in her struggle to gain attention in the media. Great wealth exposed her to cruel and demeaning images of herself.

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2007-02-09 Thread Jim Devine
BTW2, does pen-l have anything to say about Anna Nicole Smith? On 2/9/07, Doyle Saylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She embodied her working class roots in her struggle to gain attention in the media. Great wealth exposed her to cruel and demeaning images of herself. There is not much solace

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2007-02-09 Thread raghu
On 2/9/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW2, does pen-l have anything to say about Anna Nicole Smith? All power to ANS. She is a vivid example of the type of people that the meritocratic capitalist system rewards. -raghu.

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2007-02-09 Thread Doug Henwood
On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Doyle Saylor wrote: There is not much solace from being rich, and then you die. The idea that the millionaire finds nothing but a sad, empty place at the top of this society; the idea that the rich do not know what to do with their money; the idea that the

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2007-02-09 Thread raghu
On 2/9/07, raghu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/9/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW2, does pen-l have anything to say about Anna Nicole Smith? All power to ANS. She is a vivid example of the type of people that the meritocratic capitalist system rewards. -raghu. Ouch, I just

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2007-02-09 Thread Jim Devine
On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Doyle Saylor wrote: There is not much solace from being rich, and then you die. Doug Henwood wrote: The idea that the millionaire finds nothing but a sad, empty place at the top of this society; the idea that the rich do not know what to do with their money;

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2007-02-09 Thread Bill Lear
On Friday, February 9, 2007 at 12:30:45 (-0800) Jim Devine writes: On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Doyle Saylor wrote: There is not much solace from being rich, and then you die. Doug Henwood wrote: The idea that the millionaire finds nothing but a sad, empty place at the top of this

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2007-02-09 Thread Doug Henwood
On Feb 9, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Jim Devine wrote: Mills was right, but it's still true that money can't buy happiness, since money can't buy good social relationships (or mental health). Mills writes on the next page: As for the happiness of the rich, that is a matter that can be neither proved

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2007-02-09 Thread Jayson Funke
Happiness certainly seems a difficult thing to measure, but apparently there is no lack of researchers trying. Jayson From The Science of Happiness http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4783836.stm Happiness researchers have been monitoring people's life satisfaction for

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2007-02-09 Thread Leigh Meyers
Jim Devine wrote: BTW2, does pen-l have anything to say about Anna Nicole Smith? Travus T. Hipp did a fitting tribute.. In a way, sort of a Valentine. His biker background shows. [February 09 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News Commentary: ‘Living In Aluminium’ - There’s Only Two Things In The

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2007-02-09 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: Mills was right, but it's still true that money can't buy happiness, since money can't buy good social relationships (or mental health). The problem is that a lot of rich people don't realize this and keep on grasping for more more money, seeking the token that promises happiness

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2007-02-09 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, On Feb 9, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: The idea that the millionaire finds nothing but a sad, empty place at the top of this society;...is, in the main, merely a way by which those who are not rich reconcile themselves to the fact. Wealth in America is directly

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2007-02-09 Thread Carrol Cox
Jayson Funke wrote: Happiness certainly seems a difficult thing to measure, but apparently there is no lack of researchers trying. Jayson Ask of the learned the way? The learned are blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it

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2007-02-09 Thread Michael Hoover
On 2/9/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The idea that the millionaire finds nothing but a sad, empty place at the top of this society; the idea that the rich do not know what to do with their money; the idea that the successful become filled up with futility, and that those born