Prize for finding Aussie PM's email address

2003-01-22 Thread Grant Lee
It seems no one knows what it is... http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/21/1042911367264.html When it is found, perhaps someone could send him an email saying I bet you're glad you don't actually live in Canberra.

Re: rational choice

2003-01-22 Thread Michael Pollak
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Michael Perelman wrote: Doug Henwood had someone ask me for a critique of rational choice theory accessible to an undergraduate. Any suggestions? I drew a blank. I forwarded your query onto a sociologist friend who made the following suggestions, fwiw: ---forwarded

reckless speculation

2003-01-22 Thread Devine, James
Title: reckless speculation It's getting close to the Bushwackers' self-imposed deadline to formalize their decision to wage full-scale war against Iraq, but more and more (including France, with a veto in the Security Council) are saying that arms inspectors should be given more time and

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

2003-01-22 Thread Michael Perelman
[I stole this from the LBO list, but it was too good to pass up] IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED : HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH 202.456.1414 / 202.456. FAX: 202.456.2461 DEAR SIR / MADAM, I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE

Re: reckless speculation

2003-01-22 Thread Doug Henwood
Devine, James wrote: Christopher Hitchens will lead the charge, of course. Not exactly. He'll urge others to lead the charge from the saftey of his DC apartment. Doug

consider an economy.......

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
Global Threats and the Domestic Struggle for Power (October 2002) MICHELLE R. GARFINKEL Department of Economics University of California, Irvine http://orion.oac.uci.edu/~mrgarfin/mrg-terror.pdf Consider an economy where groups compete in a contest for power to redistribute future income in

The New Economy

2003-01-22 Thread Louis Proyect
Business: NEW ECONOMY WISTFULLY RECALLED AS TINY DOT.COM PROMOTIONAL OBJECT FOUND IN DRAWER SAN FRANCISCO—The New Economy—the Internet-driven business landscape once predicted to make bricks and mortar retailers obsolete—was wistfully recalled Monday, when a small dot-com promotional item was

is there a follow-up?

2003-01-22 Thread Dan Scanlan
This is from the Sumeria website: http://www.sumeria.net/politics/bushknew/milschool.html Anyone seen a follow-up story anywhere? Air Force Officer Disciplined for Saying Bush Allowed September 11 Attacks Hijacker Attended US military School By Jerry Isaacs 21 June 2002 A US Air Force

Schroeder: Don't expect Germany to agree to a resolution legitimizinga war

2003-01-22 Thread Sabri Oncu
Top World News 01/22 13:59 Bush Says Iraq's Hussein Is Real Risk to U.S., Allies (Correct) By Alex Canizares and Ryan J. Donmoyer (Restores Annan's name in 10th paragraph.) St. Louis, Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush called Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein a dangerous man with

Re: Schroeder: Don't expect Germany to agree to a resolution legitimizing a war

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Everything possible must be done to avoid war, French President Jacques Chirac said at a news conference with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Paris. Germany, which takes over the UN Security Council presidency next

Moron vows to persecute war criminals

2003-01-22 Thread Tom Walker
I just heard a clip of this on CBC. Presumably he meant prosecuted but one never knows, does one? He said if an order is handed down to use such weapons, Iraqi forces must disobey. Should any Iraqi officer or soldier receive an order from Saddam Hussein or his sons or any of the killers who

Re: Moron vows to persecute war criminals

2003-01-22 Thread Michael Perelman
I assume that such a theory would not apply to our boys. On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0800, Tom Walker wrote: I just heard a clip of this on CBC. Presumably he meant prosecuted but one never knows, does one? He said if an order is handed down to use such weapons, Iraqi forces must

Re: Moron vows to persecute war criminals

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Tom Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because if you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal, said President Bush. === The last two words in the quote are an exquisite redundancy. Ian

Turkey

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
EURASIA INSIGHT January 22, 2003 GEOPOLITICAL PRESSURE COMPELS TURKEY TO RE-EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL OPTIONS Igor Torbakov: 1/22/03 http://www.eurasianet.org Turkey is facing mounting geopolitical pressure - including the prospect of another war in Iraq and a snub by the European Union - that is

Re: Turkey

2003-01-22 Thread Louis Proyect
Let the EU and NATO deal with their own southern flank defense problems. After all, not only is most of Turkey not in Europe, none of it is even remotely near the North Atlantic Ocean. God-damned right. The first thing Turkey should do is cut it's military budget by 50 percent and reallocate

Congress Petitioning Bush to RESPECT U.N. (call your REP before1/28) (fwd)

2003-01-22 Thread Paul Zarembka
I am not at all sure Congress is worth our energy, given all those things all of us know (and I am not at all sure we could count on the U.N. Security Council), but my own uncertainty leads me to at least want this message to be considered, particulary given that: Of the 48 Members of Congress who

Winston Churchill and Iraq

2003-01-22 Thread Louis Proyect
The Times (London), August 29, 2002, Thursday Rumsfeld recalls Churchill's stand against tyranny Tim Reid in Washington DONALD RUMSFELD, the US Defence Secretary, yesterday compared President Bush's international isolation over plans to attack Iraq with the lonely stand taken by Winston

David McReynolds comments on Bayard Rustin

2003-01-22 Thread Louis Proyect
Lou, Quick comments - sorry I missed the Til showing - I was loaded with work and only left time to watch the Rustin program (which I had seen before at a group showing but wanted to watch alone). It was a wrenching experience. The raw and wonderful courage of those men, black and also white,

Re: Turkey

2003-01-22 Thread Sabri Oncu
Louis: God-damned right. The first thing Turkey should do is cut it's military budget by 50 percent and reallocate the money for desperately needed social spending. I was surprised to read somewhere today that Turkey has the second largest military in NATO next to the USA. Unbelievable.

Iraq's oil rents

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
US begins secret talks to secure Iraq's oilfields Fears that wells will be torched if regime falls Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow, Julian Borger in Washington, Terry Macalister and Ewen MacAskill Thursday January 23, 2003 The Guardian The US military has drawn up detailed plans to secure and

Re: Re: Turkey

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Louis: God-damned right. The first thing Turkey should do is cut it's military budget by 50 percent and reallocate the money for desperately needed social spending. I was surprised to read somewhere today that Turkey

Britain, France, Germany

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
Eternal triangle How can Europe work with Germany, France and Britain in a ménage à trois? Timothy Garton Ash Thursday January 23, 2003 The Guardian France and Germany celebrated their wedding anniversary yesterday. But the truth is that there are three in this marriage, which, as Princess

tax theory/policy

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
washingtonpost.com An Economist On a Mission R. Glenn Hubbard's Theory Anchors Bush's Tax Plan -- but Can It Survive? By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 22, 2003; Page E01 From the rarefied air of macroeconomic theory, R. Glenn Hubbard parried political

Re: The war that will not take place

2003-01-22 Thread soula avramidis
Is not war now, any war, by any means swifter and far more brutal than it used to be? Usually the french left if far less ethno centric than the english left, but maybe things are changing to the worst everywhere.Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Re: Iraq's oil rents

2003-01-22 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, told the Boston Globe yesterday: If there is a conflict with Iraq, the leadership of the coalition [will] take control of Iraq. The oil of Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people. Whatever form

Re: Winston Churchill and Iraq

2003-01-22 Thread Chris Burford
I appreciate this documentation. On 6th January I wrote to the A list: Last night too there was a devastating comedy programme on UK Channel 4 with Rory Bremner. Although he tries to remain impartially mocking of all the main British political parties, this programme did not pull punches,

Re: tax theory/policy

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Dorman
Ian Murray wrote: washingtonpost.com An Economist On a Mission R. Glenn Hubbard's Theory Anchors Bush's Tax Plan -- but Can It Survive? By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 22, 2003; Page E01 snip A tax system based on consumption rather than savings and

Re: Re: Iraq's oil rents

2003-01-22 Thread soula avramidis
The good thing is that everyone in the arab near east is a consiparcy theorist thanks to a mixture of feudal culture and recent history, so none will believe this. Lenin wrote to the national bourgeios movement in Syria in 1917 to inform them of secret plans for the division of greater Syria, that

Securing Iraq's oilfields

2003-01-22 Thread Chris Burford
This morning's Guardian lead US begins secret talks to secure Iraq's oilfields Fears that wells will be torched if regime falls Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow, Julian Borger in Washington, Terry Macalister and Ewen MacAskill Thursday January 23, 2003 The Guardian The US military has drawn up