Re: Re: Re: RE: God

2002-02-27 Thread Greg Schofield
Carrol, presupositions are funny things. Yes, saying that God is a projection of (hu)man does sit upon the foundation that God does not exist. Existence being a natural state. However, existence is not an issue with theists (at least the less stupid kind), as God is conceived as being Super

Re: Re: Productive Forces, was Re: reply-part 2

2002-02-27 Thread miyachi
on 2002.02.27 06:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated Tue, 26 Feb 2002 1:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We demand change in society along the direction of the productive forces,

Ali Khalid Abdullah

2002-02-27 Thread Michael Hoover
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 21, 2002 International Campaign to Free Ali Khalid Abdullah c/o Pushing Forward 2716 SE 21st Street Portland, OR 97202, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (503) 232-5817 (ask for Todd) www.angelfire.com/dc/freeali Ali Khalid Abdullah, a New Afrikan

Judge: If You Own Music, Prove It

2002-02-27 Thread Charles Brown
Judge: If You Own Music, Prove It By Brad King Feb. 22, 2002 PST http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,50625-2,00.html In a stunning turnaround, a district court judge ruled Friday that the five major record labels must prove they own thousands of music copyrights. And prove those copyrights

God.

2002-02-27 Thread Charles Brown
Doyle There is a lot to be said for how Charles replies above compared to how my reply reads. I think for most people Charles' statement sounds simple and understandable given the convoluted thinking my comment often exhibits. I take the position though that Charles' logical arguments while

more of the same...

2002-02-27 Thread Devine, James
from SLATE's daily news summary (of major US newspapers): The Los Angeles Times leads with the president's proposal to strengthen work requirements for welfare recipients, while also offering expanded work-training programs so that people will be better equipped to meet the tougher standards.

Re: Re: RE: God

2002-02-27 Thread Ken Hanly
God works in mysterious ways. Maybe the deer is collateral damage in a fight against evil that we can't quite fathom. Perhaps God has a family resemblance to the Pentagon in its fight against terrorism. The poor, the meek, and the humble should accept this instead of displaying overweening pride

Re: Re: Re: Productive Forces, was Re: reply-part 2

2002-02-27 Thread Michael Perelman
This discussion seems to involve only Miyachi and Melvin. If nobody else wants to jump in, maybe the thread should go offlist. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Italy's largest trade union calls general strike:

2002-02-27 Thread Charles Brown
Italy's largest trade union calls general strike: http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=Viewc=Articlecid=FT36FMT0ZXClive=truetagid=ZZZAFZAVA0Csubheading=europe

Justin's fingers strike gold again was Re: God

2002-02-27 Thread Carrol Cox
Justin wrote: so how can there be an all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God whopermits . . . I'd love to know what a whopper mits is. All-powerful indeed. Carrol

the god question

2002-02-27 Thread ravi
http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/exis.htm French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan To Convince Taleban of Non-Existence of God The ground war in Afghanistan hotted up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into

Re: Re: Re: Re: PEN-L digest 71

2002-02-27 Thread ravi
Michael Perelman wrote: Oh, hell, Ravi broke the code. We will have to use something more sophisticated. you economists should get hip with the scene and be like us computer geeks: we have completely detached the process of creating and using acronyms from underlying new theories and

Union Sues Member for Posting Constitution on Web

2002-02-27 Thread Charles Brown
Union Sues Member for Posting Constitution on Web The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has joined with UFCW Canada and UFCW Local 777 in a lawsuit charging a grocery clerk with copyright infringement for posting the union's constitution on the Web. In a move reminiscent of

South Korean Strike

2002-02-27 Thread Sabri Oncu
Friends, It is worth paying attention to this strike in South Korea. Below is an Associated Press article on the strike. According to KCTU (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, I think), at some point there were about 200,000 workers participating in the strike. Are there any Koreans on this

FW:Sri Lankan call for peace and against globalisation

2002-02-27 Thread Sabri Oncu
Just received this. Sabri -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:00 AM Subject: [pga] Sri Lankan call for peace and against globalisation Friends, I am forwarding this important call and statement from our friends of MONLAR in SRI LANKA, where for the first time in

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-27 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002: Consumer confidence slipped this month after 2 months of gains, but it remains high enough to support healthy consumer spending in the months ahead, the Conference Board said yesterday. The board, a New York-based research

A Cold War monster Jonas Savimbi is dead.

2002-02-27 Thread Bill Rosenberg
Desi is a South African student in New Zealand. Bill -Original Message- From: Desigin Thulkanam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2002 2:13 pm Subject: In case you missed this: A Cold War monster Jonas Savimbi is dead. Hi People There has been

Re: Justin's fingers strike gold again was Re: God

2002-02-27 Thread ravi
Carrol Cox wrote: I'd love to know what a whopper mits is. and do they serve fries mit that? --ravi (sorry for b/w waste, couldnt resist)

RE: (Fwd) Petition against nomination of Bush and Blair for peace

2002-02-27 Thread Devine, James
might it be a good idea to give Dubya the Nobel Peace Prize in order to de-legitimize that Prize? Oh, I guess not, since people don't throw up when hearing the name of the prize after Henry Kissinger got it. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -Original

RE: Productive Forces, was Re: reply-part 2

2002-02-27 Thread Devine, James
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We demand change in society along the direction of the productive forces, No. Not true. _Many_ Marxists but by no means all put central emphasis on the productive forces. Others argue that this proposition about the necessary growth of productive

Russia Faces Dilemma Over Pace Of Rouble Slide

2002-02-27 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
The Financial Express February 27, 2002 Russia Faces Dilemma Over Pace Of Rouble Slide Moscow, February 26: As Russia’s rouble slides towardsnew lows, public debate is raging over whether to allow it to drop faster and force the economy to be more competitive at the cost of more pain for

Re: more of the same...

2002-02-27 Thread Joel Blau
We should try to prevent Bush's tightening of the TANF regulations. At the same time, we are never going to return to anything like the AFDC program, which provided public assistance under industrial capitalism and the family configuration that went with it. It is for these very reasons that the

Hot Air in American Corporate Balance Sheets

2002-02-27 Thread Steve Diamond
THE RISE AND FALL OF ENRON Former SEC Official Tells Senators Corporate Accounting Needs Review Associated Press QUESTIONING THE BOOKS WASHINGTON -- Companies' balance sheets are bloated because of faulty accounting practices that include fake assets and must be changed to prevent future

Re: RE: Productive Forces, was Re: reply-part 2

2002-02-27 Thread miyachi
on 2002.02.28 07:26 AM, Devine, James at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We demand change in society along the direction of the productive forces, No. Not true. _Many_ Marxists but by no means all put central emphasis on the productive forces. Others argue that