[PEN-L:2842] The American Voter

What is it with the American voter? I ask after reading this quote from one of them in the latest issue of Time: "Both Clinton and Dole are just career politicians--business as usual. Forbes is trying to offer something to help the little guy." Still, at least the Washingtoon cartoon was its

[PEN-L:2843] Re: Rousseau on property

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are we quoting this long dead promoter of individualism? We were discussing this profound influence on Marx. Rousseau is not an individualist. He is the great theorist of the general will, the common good as opposed to the private interest.

[PEN-L:2844] Posting something long

Dear Penners: I'm sending something "text only" -- it will have no title. It is an edited version of a speech Clinton gave to some university/college organization on Feb. 7. It's got some of his "analysis" of what's going on in the US today and the role of higher education in "solving" it. It

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DEAR Penners: This is a LONG post. I have edited the following: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES (Feb 7. 1996) 2:28 P.M. EST In this speech, Clinton speaks about economic and social

[PEN-L:2846] Re: Cost of Past Wars

At 9:32 AM 2/8/96, Gina Neff wrote: " 'Military Debt and costs of Past Wars' includes the portion of the interest on the national debt that has been estimated to be due on military spending (55%), veterans benefits, and several small veterans-related expenditures" This is the part of the War

[PEN-L:2848] Normalization in Germany

JOBLESS RATE SOARS BONN -- The German jobless rate hit a postwar high yesterday, and the government offered little consolation, saying unemployment will not drop any time soon. The jobless rate reached 10.8 per cent, up from 9.9 per cent at the end of 1995. That translates to more

[PEN-L:2849] Bruce Wright on Racism Justice NYC 2-14

The Brecht Forum The New York Marxist School 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e-mail) Racism and the Criminal Justice System a talk by Bruce McM. Wright Wednesday, February 14 at 8 pm Recent celebrity trials have

[PEN-L:2850] Re: quotes from Pat Buchanan

According to Martin Walker in the Manchester Guardian Weekly (Feb.11), Buchanan has called Hitler "a man of great courage and extraordinary gifts." Has anyone ever heard this before? Does anyone have a reference for the quote? If Buchanan did say this, somehow the press forgot to denounce him

[PEN-L:2851] Re: CBO and OMB predict no recession for seven more years!

At 4:40 PM 2/8/96, Mike Meeropol wrote: I had the pleasure of listening to Laura Tyson on NPR this afternoon. She was speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. She said something very revealing: [...] Note, she never once said recession. The reason, her whole premise in supporting

[PEN-L:2852] Telecom rip-off

Telecommunications Rip-Off by Robert McChesney President Clinton has just signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law--the largest single communications act in 62 years. And since the emerging digital communication set-up is at the very center of our economy and culture, this

[PEN-L:2853] CPSR Joins in ACLU Lawsuit (fwd)

Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 23:28:32 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Audrie Krause) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CPSR Joins in ACLU Lawsuit To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CPSR Joins in Challenging Communications Decency Act Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) has joined

[PEN-L:2854] Normalization in BRD

With respect to Sid's posting on the unemployment rate in Germany, my mom tells me that the rate in the former DDR (East Germany) is 16.8 percent. Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Which source is better? The Associated Press or Mom?

[PEN-L:2855] Re: Normalization in BRD

Steven, Stick with Mom. Sid With respect to Sid's posting on the unemployment rate in Germany, my mom tells me that the rate in the former DDR (East Germany) is 16.8 percent. Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Which source is better? The Associated Press or Mom?

[PEN-L:2856] Re: Telecom rip-off

In Manitoba we are experincing the wonders of deregulaton of the telephone industry. While it is true that long distance rates may have gone down-- at least for a while, we were assured that our local rates would not go up. Of course they are going up as the regulatory agency said that it was

[PEN-L:2857] Cheney on natural rights

Paul Cheney recently wrote: Perhaps I was unclear about what I meant by individual liberties being a "mere grant of the state" in comparison with property rights. This at any rate seems to have caused a lot of irritation (Hanly and Meeropol). I agree that both individual liberties and

[PEN-L:2858] Rousseau on property

I am afraid that my rather crude attempt at levity on this matter was taken rather too seriously than I intended by Justin. At the same time, there was a point behind it. I object to the idea that property rights are "granted" by the state. Indeed, I would argue (and this is the point of the

[PEN-L:2859] Quote

"Laws ... are everywhere a trap for the unwary, an instrument employed by a particular class to enrich themselves at the expense of other men." Thoman Hodgskin, 1820