Re: Economics and law

2004-08-16 Thread Michael Perelman
. -- The Bible is probably the most genocidal book in our entire canon. -- Noam Chomsky -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Economics and law

2004-08-16 Thread Michael Perelman
I would not like to see an extended Stalin debate. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Chavez question

2004-08-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Thank God he won! Still, I have a question. If 70% of the people are poor, how did the opposition get so many votes? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Shleifer update

2004-08-15 Thread Perelman, Michael
I assume you mean that he will become the chair of Harvard's econ. department. After all, wasn't he close to Summers? Daniel wrote: shit, if that's the dude's defence he'll be lucky if he doesn't get the chair! dd Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

Re: KPFA and Sasha Lilley

2004-08-15 Thread Perelman, Michael
the list help. If not, we can just hope that this dispute works out without too much damage. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

RE: [PEN-L] Chávez Loyalists Troll Barrios for Venezuela's Undecided

2004-08-15 Thread Perelman, Michael
Yahoo News says that the turnout is heavy. If so, that is great news. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

naming that system

2004-08-14 Thread michael a. lebowitz
(the perestroichiki's term), or totalitarianism, or lots of things, but the fact is we don't really have a good name for it. How about the 'vanguard mode of production'? Cf. Lebowitz, 'Kornai and the Vanguard Mode of Production' in Cambridge Journal of Economics (May 2000). 8^) michael Michael

Shleifer update

2004-08-14 Thread Perelman, Michael
say that the reforms they suggested worked well. The US State Department fired Harvard when the transgressions came to light in 1996. The Russian government fired the State Department in turn, saying that the Harvard team had done nothing wrong while advising them. Michael Perelman Economics

paradox of texas republican party

2004-08-13 Thread Michael Hoover
voters in state, his large majority in latter instance was result of keeping turnout low rather... accordingly, greater number of votes texas rep gubernatorial candidate receives, greater the probability dem candidate will win... michael hoover

Re: economics, law and the old soviet economy

2004-08-13 Thread michael a. lebowitz
years in which to catch up or we will be defeated again.In support of Chris' point, I don't recall this statement as having anything to do with building socialism as such. michael Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6

stalin quote

2004-08-13 Thread michael a. lebowitz
, it may have been 'Speech to Business Executives' from 1931. michael Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at Residencias Anauco Suites Departamento 601 Parque Central, Zona

Re: Economics and law

2004-08-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Obviously, someone who is very poor needs transportation will be unlikely to purchase a Volvo would be more likely to settle for a Yugo. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: JEP Schleiffer

2004-08-12 Thread Michael Perelman
Did he get fired? Just from the development institute? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Paying the price for war

2004-08-12 Thread Michael Perelman
. Could we use the priceless tag-line? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

NJ gov.

2004-08-12 Thread Michael Perelman
Why would an affair make him resign? Is the Lt. Gov. a dem? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Facing South - 8/12/04

2004-08-12 Thread Michael Hoover
F A C I N G S O U T H A progressive Southern news report August 12, 2004 * Issue 86 _ INSTITUTE INDEX * Who Is Watching? Number of government surveillance programs currently in operation: 14 Year that Congress voted to de-fund the Total Information Awareness surveillance program due to

Re: [lbo-talk] KPFA Staff Open Letter to the Local Station Board

2004-08-12 Thread michael
first heard Pacifica while spending a summer in LA in 1960. I was a senior in college, but I had never been exposed to anything like that -- both culturally politically. When I went to grad school in Berkeley during the 60s, I learnt more from the station than from my classes. -- Michael Perelman

Re: Economics and law

2004-08-12 Thread Perelman, Michael
David interprets the car as a capitalist commodity. I partially agree with him, but for different reasons since I don't like cars. But the question would be how the automobile industry depended heavily on the state -- to build roads, to dislodge street cars Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/04 3:03 AM At 1:03 AM -0400 8/11/04, Michael Hoover wrote: of course, my point was that nader people have not - and will not - raise equal protection matter (although they'll - no doubt, and rightly so - complain about being exluded from prez debates)... Have you

Fox to Be Tested for Rabies

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Headline from the Wash. Post online. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: ABK Comrades!

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/04 11:44 PM At 9:20 PM -0400 8/10/04, Michael Hoover wrote: maybe post header should have read: anybody but kerry and cobb, in any event, no need to limit oneself to left petit-bourgeois deviationism of nader, choose between several real-live socialists (commies even

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/04 8:32 AM many technical/procedural/justice problems arise from 1787 constitutional language assigning each state authority to determine times, places, manner of holding elections... meant to note in above portion of earlier point that congress may at any time by law

Re: Kerry would have gone to war

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
' was attributed to gainesville 8 defendant scott camil who feds would later try to kill), surely no one (even his loudest/strongest 'left' supporters) ever thought kerry was gonna rock the boat... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's

Re: Kerry would have gone to war

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
The foreign policy difference between Bush Kerry would probably be that Kerry would be less likely to instigate crises, such as Haiti -- maybe Venezuela, but faced would public pressure might react like Bush, or even worse in order to prove that he is STRONG. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
gave a reasonable explanation. Camejo had answers, but nobody seemed to have a clear cut case. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Kerry would have gone to war

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Exactly. On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 04:10:37PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: The foreign policy difference between Bush Kerry would probably be that Kerry would be less likely to instigate crises, such as Haiti Clinton co-opted Aristide; Bush overthrew him. The first

Re: Kerry would have gone to war

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Shane is also correct in interpreting my meaning. On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 04:18:25PM -0400, Shane Mage wrote: Michael Perelman writes: The foreign policy difference between Bush Kerry would probably be that Kerry would be less likely to instigate crises, such as Haiti -- maybe Venezuela

Re: ABK Comrades!

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
poli sci guy) expectation of nader - and other minor candidates - doing rather poorly in 2004... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees

libertarian journal watch project

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.econjournalwatch.org/main/index.php This would be an excellent project to replicate from the left. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

lesser evil question

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
If Kerry keeps shifting right, maybe we will have to vote for Bush as the lesser evil? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

on country comparisons

2004-08-11 Thread michael a. lebowitz
on the equivalent of $20 USD per month. Anyone think that tells us very much about the Cuban standard of living? michael [Yes this is where most people get drawn into the PPP : the per capita GNI (or GDP) numbers look so low. And they are low, if we think of measuring living standards which GNI or any

Re: ABK Comrades!

2004-08-11 Thread Michael Hoover
to saying that it was no longer sure that it would refuse to accept such signatures to eventually accepting said signatures (which were in excess of number needed)... my source is recollection of news coverage in michigan... michael hoover

Re: JEP Schleiffer

2004-08-11 Thread michael
article entitled Corruption in last year's QJE. I am sorry to kick someone when they are down, and also to criticize someone not on the list but... -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu -- Michael

Re: Economics and law

2004-08-10 Thread Perelman, Michael
not have meant that much. In hindsight it was stupid, but very costly for a number of innocent people. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David B. Shemano Sent: Tuesday

ABK Comrades!

2004-08-10 Thread Michael Hoover
chambers, myself, i'd vote for leonard peltier if pf party were on florida ballot... michael hoover AMERICAN PARTY: Diane Templin (California) Presidential Nominee Al Moore (Virginia) Vice Presidential Nominee CONCERNS

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-10 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/04 3:16 PM At 1:07 PM -0400 8/9/04, Michael Hoover wrote: nader people might be of greater help to polity in general (of course, this is electoral campaign which, by definition, has narrow focus) by highlighting unequal/unjust ballot access procedures, state by state

Re: nader goes southwest

2004-08-10 Thread Michael Hoover
, both of which serve to increase labor productivity and hold down labor costs... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College

Palast: Blacking Out Ballots Across America

2004-08-09 Thread Michael Pollak
[Palast wrote a version of this article for The Nation in May, but this one, published a month later, is much clearer, shorter and better written] One million black votes didn't count in the 2000 presidential election It's not too hard to get your vote lost -- if some politicians want it to be

Bush Appointee to Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee

2004-08-09 Thread Michael Hoover
President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-09 Thread Michael Hoover
that candidate poll at last 15% in 4 of 5 nationa polls insures his exclusion... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business

Re: Greens For Nader Update: Rigged Convention Divides Green Party (Sign and Forward This)

2004-08-09 Thread Michael Hoover
at last 15% in 4 of 5 nationa polls insures his exclusion... michael hoover

Re: Venezuela rightists falter

2004-08-08 Thread Perelman, Michael
With respect to this article, again, the polls here are supposed to be close. The Venezuela site says that they opposition polls show Chavez winning. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

on Venezuelan polls, etc

2004-08-08 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Re: Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory by Perelman, Michael 08 August 2004 03:03 UTC Thread Index Right wing polls show Chavez loosing. Isn't that correct, Michael L? With the possibility of fraud, can we really expect a victory? --- Michael, All

In the News today

2004-08-08 Thread Michael Perelman
story, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger conspired to put off the retreat from Saigon until after the 1972 election. Countless people died from the delay, yet Richard Nixon was rewarded with his reelection and Kissinger remains an unindicted or criminal and successful pundit. -- Michael Perelman

monetarism paranoia

2004-08-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Reserve, would go ahead was that he has got to raise rates so he can cut them again if there is a terrorist attack. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [Marxism] Jonathan Schell on the DP's prowar stance

2004-08-08 Thread Michael Perelman
: Moveon began in protest of the Clinton impeachment. It began as a letter that took a life of its own. Michael, I'd like to know more about this. I've been asked to perform at a benefit for MoveOn and need to decide. (I don't want to help fund a Kerry front.) Dan Scanlan -- Michael

Re: [Marxism] Jonathan Schell on the DP's prowar stance

2004-08-08 Thread Michael Pollak
and their history in the current LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/37/features-bernhard.php Michael

re PPP comparisons

2004-08-07 Thread michael a. lebowitz
to the dollar/cuban peso market exchange rate, we might conclude that Cubans live on the equivalent of $20 USD per month. Anyone think that tells us very much about the Cuban standard of living? michael PPP comparisons by sam pawlett 05 August 2004 14:54 UTC Thread Index Take a simple

in defence of Tariq Ali

2004-08-07 Thread michael a. lebowitz
the rulers are disrupted a bit. in solidarity, michael Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at Residencias Anauco Suites Departamento 601 Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010

Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Hoover
of either congressional chamber (jfk campaign appears to have taken page from '96 clinton playbook in that regard)... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Hoover
... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request

Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Hoover
presidency, dems and conservative media had already allowed bush to get out from under stigma of being 'his fraudulency 2' (rutherford hayes was called 'his fraudulency' through term after winning 'corrupt bargain' election of 1876)... michael hoover

Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Hoover
Loathed by the rich Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory Richard Gott in Caracas Saturday August 07 2004 The Guardian To the dismay of opposition groups in Venezuela, and to the surprise of international observers gathering in Caracas, President Hugo Chavez is about to secure a

Re: Loath by the rich: Why Hugo Chavez is heading for a stunning victory

2004-08-07 Thread Perelman, Michael
Right wing polls show Chavez loosing. Isn't that correct, Michael L? With the possibility of fraud, can we really expect a victory? Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

New way to escape the draft

2004-08-06 Thread Perelman, Michael
health records. (The Age, 4 Aug 2004) Rec'd from J Lamp http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/04/1091557883381.html Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: China's migrant refuseniks

2004-08-06 Thread Perelman, Michael
of contradictions that could have been avoided under socialism and how they might play out under capitalism. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

2004-08-06 Thread Michael Perelman
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

2004-08-06 Thread Michael Perelman
. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

PartyBuilder - August 2004

2004-08-05 Thread Michael Hoover
! The 2004 DC Labor FilmFest is scheduled for September 10-12 at the American Film Institute's Silver Theater. The festival opens with a 15th anniversary screening of Michael Moore's first film, Roger and Me and closes with a new print of the classic 1969 Marlon Brando film Burn! In between are five

Call for Papers: New Working Class Studies

2004-08-05 Thread Michael Hoover
CALL FOR PAPERS NEW WORKING-CLASS STUDIES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE The 10th Aniversary Conference of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University, May 18-21, 2005, Youngstown, Ohio In 2005, the Center for Working-Class Studies will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its

Re: What is the total wealth ?

2004-08-04 Thread Michael Perelman
in a teapot. Now nobody cares, but they continue to teach the same BS. On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:07:17PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Yeah, but nobody cares about that anymore. It was an obsession of some weirdos in England a generation ago, but we've moved beyond that now. Doug -- Michael Perelman

Re: What is the total wealth ?

2004-08-04 Thread Michael Perelman
, scaling up based on that income share, we can estimate that the global capital stock is worth $102.1 trillion - or roughly $16,000 per capita. Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: China and socialism

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Perelman
End of thread! Why can you just discuss things without getting nasty and bringing up material from other lists? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/03/04 12:28 AM I was struck by the same thing as Michael H. I doubt that they will reciprocate for the Dems. On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:24:33AM -0400, Michael Hoover wrote: related point: tv media abandoned past convention coverage in giving reps so many opportunities

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Perelman
The strategy guarentees that Kerry will have no coattails. On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:32:47PM -0400, Michael Hoover wrote: re. dem/kerry strategy, elections are mechanisms of social control, narrow kerry win will actually be narrow bush loss, kerry's people think this can happen

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Perelman
: If there's a great untapped reservoir of leftish populism in the American masses, why did Kucinich do so badly in the primaries, and why is Nader now down around 2%? Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Hoover
more likely to vote dem than more affluent white voters, big problem is relative scarcity of white working class turnout in south (condition exacerbated nationally by similar scarcity at polls among all workin people)...michael hoover

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Perelman
When has a person in the debates been called a vanity candidate before. The singing schtick was stupid, though. On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 04:32:11PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: Kucinich had no money supporting him C'mon - he was in the debates, he was on the road a lot

The Women of Crawford Have a Secret

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Hoover
http://www.bushvchoice.com/trailer/crawford.swf Find out how these successful, driven women could swing the election and help bring the end of a woman's right to choose -- without saying a word. Produced by: NARAL Pro-Choice America, Inc. www.ProChoiceAmerica.org

Re: Walmart costs California

2004-08-03 Thread Michael Perelman
, this report was not funded by labor, its authors said. _openly_ supportive of union causes? do they ever say openly supportive of corporate causes? is Labor is such bad shape that it's a market of shame to support it? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -- Michael

Re: The Soviet empire was a drain on Moscow

2004-08-02 Thread Michael Hoover
... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore

Re: The Soviet empire was a drain on Moscow

2004-08-02 Thread Michael Perelman
classes, who were more important in decision-making. Jim Devine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-02 Thread Michael Hoover
opportunities to sprinkle on dem parade...michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

2004-08-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I was struck by the same thing as Michael H. I doubt that they will reciprocate for the Dems. On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:24:33AM -0400, Michael Hoover wrote: related point: tv media abandoned past convention coverage in giving reps so many opportunities to sprinkle on dem parade...michael

Re: A Question for the Moderator- race, ideology and the right thing to do.

2004-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
Melvyn's story about his dealings with the red necks at the workplace illustrate the degree of skill required to navigate the class divide. No easy answers in this regard. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Chechnya

2004-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
Maybe we have played out this whole question of ethnic divisions. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Jeffrey Sachs, Accenture, Columbia University

2004-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
the challenge of a complex question. The artificial offshoring of moving a company to Bermuda is despicable on all counts. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

back to PPP comparisons

2004-08-01 Thread michael a. lebowitz
I have just received some comments from a former colleague on the questions posed about the use of PPP. They include his comments in a letter plus an attachment which I have copied into the text below. in solidarity, michael - He writes: I beg to disagree with the idea

privacy

2004-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
I just found this on Risks Digest. [http://www.odci.gov/cia/notices.html#priv] Privacy Notice The Central Intelligence Agency is committed to protecting your privacy and will collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. -- Michael Perelman

God supports communism

2004-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
astonishment. Can the select RISKS readership confirm whether this actually occurred, or is it an urban legend? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: JEP

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Perelman
:51AM -0700, Devine, James wrote: [was RE: [PEN-L] Deeper Problems for Shleifer] Michael writes: Does anybody niotice the rapid decline in the Journal of Economic Perspectives? A right winger will take over the Journal of Economc Literature. I haven't been paying attention. Why do you think

Re: [Marxism] Jonathan Schell on the DP's prowar stance

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Perelman
orbit on their own. I wasn't clear enough. Moveon.org was created by people who wanted a respectable alternative to the antiwar movement. It then morphed into Howard Dean's collection agency and is now nothing but an arm of the Democratic Party. -- Marxism list: www.marxmail.org -- Michael

book review: Welfare and the Constitution

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Hoover
From the Law and Politics Book Review WELFARE AND THE CONSTITUTION, by Sotirios A. Barber. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004. 184pp. Cloth $27.95 / £17.95. ISBN: 0-691-11448-X Reviewed By Ronald Kahn, Department of Politics, Oberlin College. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Promoting paranoia

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Perelman
that the terrorists have thoroughly infiltrated every nook and cranny of our great land. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: A Question for the Moderator

2004-07-31 Thread michael
-Chechen, mostly Russians, Ukrainians and Cossacks who lived there since the 15th century. Those people have almost entirely fled, been forced out, or killed. None of them would have voted for an independent Chechnya. Do their voices matter? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: A Question for the Moderator

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Perelman
otherwise. On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:36:05PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't get me wrong. . . I love books . . . but a segment of the so-called Marxist intellegincia have not asked people what they actually think and feel. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Re: Socialism of fools

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Hoover
interpretation of 'progressive tendency' of capitalist development... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business

Re: Socialism of fools

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Hoover
' of capitalist development... michael hoover oops, my source for above is nicholas stargardt's _the german idea of militarism : radical and socialist critics, 1866-1914_... mh -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law

Re: Kerry's a better choice for some conservatives

2004-07-30 Thread Michael Hoover
, he offered little help to civil rights activists attacked - and killed - by racists, he opposed increases in minimum wage, he sought to constrain wage demands by unions, he opposed reducing work week, he presided over tax cuts for rich and corporations... back to yesterday with jfk... michael

Re: A Question for the Moderator

2004-07-30 Thread Michael Perelman
there -- that is the central question. On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 04:36:05PM +0100, Ulhas Joglekar wrote: Michael Perelman, Some posters on this list have expressed their support for the breakup of Russia, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. I would like know what is your personal opinion in this matter

Re: Communalising Kerala

2004-07-30 Thread Michael Perelman
This is truly sad. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Deeper Problems for Shleifer

2004-07-30 Thread michael
the securities law. At one point, Shleifer consulted a Harvard lawyer to ask if his wife could invest in Pallada. It just wouldn't look right, replied attorney Michael Butler. Tellingly wrote the judge, Shleifer did not ask Butler whether he could invest in Russia. And so it was, by making the loans

Iran more democratic, liberal than Pakistan?

2004-07-30 Thread michael
, Stephen Cohen, Dennis Kux, Robert Oakley, John L. Esposito and Stanley Wolpert, than regurgitating half-truths of people like Hitchens and Bernard Henry Levy. Yasser Latif Hamdani Lahore, Pakistan Copyright (c) 2004 The Daily Star -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Microsof on Intellectual Property

2004-07-30 Thread michael perelman
technology companies, including Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Apple and I.B.M. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state?

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Hasn't this gone on long enough? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state? -

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Cool it, Yoshie. On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:12:55AM -0400, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: You have no moral right to be acting superior to terrorists, since you intend to vote for one. -- -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state? -

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
OK.Let's end this thread right away! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

ethnic divisions

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state?

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I thought we were dropping this! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: Staying the course

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Hoover
. kennedy, not john f. kerry, guess i got jfks mixed up, and here i've been wondering for sometime about that 22nd amendment term limits thing... michael hoover -- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written

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