I hate cars and ride in them only infrequently. I can get whereever I
want on a bike here in little Chico.
The love affair with the car was in part due to the privacy it gave to
young people. How else for a couple to be alone?
William S. Lear wrote:
..Due to the penchant to develop fetishist
In a message dated 97-06-11 12:31:30 EDT, you write:
>I'd like to suggest again that you not ignore the law and its impact
>here. David Montgomery's book, Citizen Worker, reviews how the law was
>enforced by the courts to weaken any rights workers had to act
>collectively. At the same time the
(Third person since several folks are involved in this).
Wojtek contrasts the failure of nuclear power with the success of
automobiles to capture the hearts and minds of the American public.
This is because, he writes, cars (in contrast to nuclear power) lend
themselves to becoming "embodiment[s]
> Here is the publisher's description:
>
> Working Free? The Origins and Impact of New Zealand's Employment Contracts
> Act by Ellen J. Dannin
>
>
> The Employment Contracts Act (1991), a key component of the structural
> reforms that have taken place in New Zealand since 1984, is discussed
> i
Michael Eisenscher wrote:
>it could be misleading
>to say: "Michael Eisenscher wrote [quoting the ineffable Joel Rubinstein]:"
>in introducing your own comments. I suppose that is one of the hazards of
>forwarding other folks' comments.
>
>At this point, unless I receive some really stellar and
I'd like to echo Blair's comments. If participants in Pen (or any other
list) find other participants' views too obnoxious, the answer is obvious
-- sign off the list. I presume that by participating, folks are trying
to influence the views of others, not shit all over them and prove to them
tha
Doug:
Realizing that you probably hit the "reply" button to generate your
response, I want to make it clear that I was merely passing along
Rubinstein's comments to the list inasmuch as I received them privately from
Aikya Param, who is not a subscriber. Having done so, I do not want his
remarks
In the whole discussion about cars in our society, I find
that far too little attention is paid to all the functions
they have beyond being means of transportion (and beyond
their function as a fetish). For many people they are like
an extra room, they ca
I've not been able to keep up with the volume on PEN-L lately due to my own
work load. I've been trying to check in now and then just to keep an eye on
things, and occasionally read some of the shorter messages. I'm archiving
the discussions on France and limiting the working day for later perusal
Anders, you don't play poker, do you?
>Dear Pen-lr,
>
>Does anyone know why certain companies are referred to as "blue chip"?
>Where did the term "blue chip" come from?
>
>Thanks,
>Anders Schneiderman
>Progressive Communication
I don't recall anyone posting the results of the Canadian Federal Election
on June 2, so here they are. They show gains both for the right and the
left, and a further regionalization of the country. The right-wing Reform party
now the official opposition has no representation east of Manitoba and
Michael P. & Bill L.,
Thanks for your replies and useful references. I am not in disagreement
with the fact that automobile is a heavily subsidised mode of transportation
favoured by both Keynesian planners and auto industry itself. If I remember
correctly, Baran & Sweezy explain that "love aff
>From the "Observer" column in the June 12 Financial Times:
"[French President Jacques] Chirac, meanwhile, took a break last night from
cohabitation to catch up with a political soulmate, British Labour premier
Tony Blair. Yet their diner a deux may not have been entirely devoid of
strain; word h
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of "James H. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Subject: dsanet: "Albert Shanker: No Flowers" by Paul Buhle
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>[from New Politics, vol. 6, no. 3 (new series), whole no. 23, Summer 1997]
>
>Paul Buhle's latest book, a collection of his labor hist
Just be glad some of us know something about poker!
Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Eisenscher wrote [quoting the ineffable Joel Rubinstein]:
>
> >Doug Henwood's analysis is sometimes good and sometimes
> >bizarre. He has trashed in his own writing (as opposed to
> >printing other people's writin
I believe the term is derived from poker wherein the most highly valued
chips are blue, followed by red and white.
Anders Schneiderman wrote:
> Dear Pen-lr,
>
> Does anyone know why certain companies are referred to as "blue chip"?
>
> Where did the term "blue chip" come from?
>
> Thanks,
> An
I always thought that it related to poker chips, where white was, say
$1, red $10 and blue $100 -- or some such ratio.
Anders Schneiderman wrote:
>
> Dear Pen-lr,
>
> Does anyone know why certain companies are referred to as "blue chip"?
> Where did the term "blue chip" come from?
>
> Thanks
Michael Eisenscher wrote [quoting the ineffable Joel Rubinstein]:
>Doug Henwood's analysis is sometimes good and sometimes
>bizarre. He has trashed in his own writing (as opposed to
>printing other people's writing) the work of David Korten and
>other prominent critics of "globalization."
Yes in
Dear Pen-lr,
Does anyone know why certain companies are referred to as "blue chip"?
Where did the term "blue chip" come from?
Thanks,
Anders Schneiderman
Progressive Communication
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In March 1997, there were 697 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons
from a single establishment, and the number of w
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