At 1:03 AM -0400 8/11/04, Michael Hoover wrote:
The best way to highlight unequal/unjust ballot access procedures is
to actually run a campaign that runs afoul of them -- then, there is
a practical struggle. Who cares if ballot access procedures are
unequal and unjust if there is no candidate
At 9:32 PM -0700 8/10/04, David B. Shemano wrote:
Even taking your example into consideration, let's imagine a lack of
economic coercion. Actually, I can't imagine it. In any event,
let's assume that the law requires every car have the safety of a
Lexus and everybody can afford a Lexus. Fine.
An apparently only half tongue-in-cheek argument in yesterday's Globe and
Mail for why Canadians and others should be allowed to vote for the US
President. The Kerry Democrats, you would think, would have a real interest
in taking the issue a step further. Rather than lamely trailing after Bush
in
[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
(This is such a great column that I am posting it unclipped.)
NY Observer, August 11, 2004|9:42 AM
On Trumans Train, Kerry Comes Down On WarHes For It
by Robert Sam Anson
Its the war, stupid. Pretty much everybody seems to get that. Delegates
to the Democratic National Convention sure did: They
by David B. Shemano
Why is your personal opinion relevant? I mean, I am sure I can find
somebody
(Melvin P.?) who apparently highly values going 100. Therefore, your
opinion
is cancelled out. Now what do we do?
^
CB: Well, it's like why vote ? Your vote is only one in millions. How can
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
(A frequent argument on behalf of Kerry is that he would have not
invaded Iraq after 9/11. He might be an imperialist but is not a rash,
adventuristic unilateralist. Guess what, folks. He is a rash,
adventuristic unilateralist. He might not be a born-again Christian and
might favor stem-cell
Counterpunch, August 11, 2004
Bush v. Kerry?
Not Even a Dime's Worth of Difference
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Kerry goes from bad to worse. Last week he dropped Saddam's non-existent
WMDs as a campaign issue. He did this huge favor to Bush via his
(Kerry's) foreign affairs spokesman, the insufferable
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[Sometimes my response has to be much delayed, sorry. I will also
try to reply to others.]
Michael Lebowitz writes:
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
As a general question, do these income comparisons
somehow factor in nonmonetary income, state-supplied
benefits or similar perks? E.g., in the country in
which my butt is parked, monetary incomes are
generally relatively low, but most families own their
own apartments and grow their own food in
1) I, for one, deeply regret the loss of JEP. I don't think anyone
can really maintain that the new version is more socially useful,
especially compared to the way JEP was before the 'great turnover', when
the AEA itself was less monolithic. It seems that within the AEA, there is
now a
From my standpoint the conversation concerning China gets loud because
of the lack of concrete economic and political data. Then ideology
parades as insight.
Quite.
If China's non agricultural workforce is between 350 and 400 million . .
. with roughly 100 million in the NON STATE SECTOR . . .
[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)
[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
On 8/5/2004 Sam Pawlett wrote:
One thing I've never understood about PPP, is it an attempt to measure
-what it is like living in a poor country- or is the idea more modest as
the above paragraph suggests trying to demonstrate what the market
equivalent amount of currency buys in a given country?
On 8/7/2004 Mike Lebowitz wrote:
I
don't know anything myself about the way the PPP is constructed or the
neoclassical assumptions that Paul proposed were used. Intuitively,
though, it makes real sense to select the PPP measure (ie., something
that takes into account prices) over one using market
Louis Proyect wrote:
(A frequent argument on behalf of Kerry is that he would have not
invaded Iraq after 9/11. He might be an imperialist but is not a rash,
adventuristic unilateralist. Guess what, folks. He is a rash,
adventuristic unilateralist. He might not be a born-again Christian and
Marvin Gandall wrote:
I don't attach much credibility to what opportunistic politicians say in
election campaigns -- particularly in Kerry's case, where he perceives his
electoral fortunes, rightly or wrongly, to be dependent on adaptation to a
segment of the voting population infected with a high
Chris wrote
As a general question, do these income comparisons
somehow factor in nonmonetary income, state-supplied
benefits or similar perks? E.g., in the country in
which my butt is parked, monetary incomes are
generally relatively low, but most families own their
own apartments and grow their
Act Now to End This War Occupation
Hands Off Najaf
By VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS
Our country's military now declares preparations to attack the Shrine of
Ali in the city of Najaf in Iraq. Our country stands on the precipice of
declaring war on Islam. An attack on the Shrine of Ali is an attack on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/04 2:27 PM
Marvin Gandall wrote:
I don't attach much credibility to what opportunistic politicians say
in
election campaigns -- particularly in Kerry's case, where he perceives
his
electoral fortunes, rightly or wrongly, to be dependent on adaptation
to a
segment of
Coincidently, here a news story today.
Charles
^
Road deaths fall to new low
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Image
http://www.detnews.com/pix/2004/08/11/0asec/081104-p1-nhtsa-fatality-ch.jpg
http://www.detnews.com/pix/folios/dot.gif
Road deaths
In a message dated 8/11/2004 12:06:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Also, your employment numbers are fantastically off. Here's a report (2002) from China's State Council:
Reply
Thanks for the data.
Actually . . . they are not my figures . . . and perhaps should not
In a message dated 8/11/2004 12:06:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From the perspective of living labor, what is the difference betweenstate and non-state management if their common goal is the ruthlessexpansion of value?
Comment
The property relations that determines
(A new group of veterans just got organized: Iraq Veterans Against
the War. Great! On the other hand, Marine Lance Cpl. Abdul
Henderson is in trouble because of his appearance in his service
dress Alpha uniform in Fahrenheit 9/11. Let's support him.):
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
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 sucks but
the second is worse.
Doug
KPFA had a debate between Cobb Camejo regarding the charge of the rigged
convention. It did not sound nearly as clear cut as it was presented here.
I was once on a jury panel for Camejo, but was kicked off left with a clenched fist
salute. I liked what he did when I was at Berkeley, but in
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
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, but faced with public pressure might react like
Bush, or even worse in order to prove that he is STRONG.
public
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nevertheless my base question was what did Fidel say that qualified as
being horrified by China.
He probably has never criticized China's capitalist transformation
publicly since China has been fairly generous with Cuba economically.
The article I forwarded quotes
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,
Note that the post talks of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan both as the war
on terror!! At least Iraq is an occupation after an illegal invasion and
Afghanistan also involved the overthrow of a government and consequent
occupation but with more international junior imperialists than in Iraq at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/04 11:44 PM
Only Nader/Camejo represented a potential to threaten the Democratic
Party's hegemony over the left side of the political spectrum by
taking 2-7% of the votes, according to the polls
http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/08/nader-2004-nader-2000.html --
hence the
This UPI/El Mundo story looked a little wild to me at first, but when I saw
that Chilean officials denied that Spencer was in Chile, I thought there
might be something to it.
15) UPI Hears ...
United Press International
August 10, 2004
Charges of CIA meddling into other country's affairs has
In a message dated 8/11/2004 3:20:06 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nevertheless my base question was what did Fidel say that qualified as being horrified by China.
He probably has never criticized China's capitalist transformation publicly since
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My resistance is to an ideological curve in our history that bounces
from crying crocodile tears over the alleged famine killing perhaps as
many as 40 million people and all kinds of vilification of the
revolution in China and the on going revolutionary process.
Which I
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
Michael Perelman wrote:
If Kerry keeps shifting right, maybe we will have to vote for Bush as the lesser
evil?
Michael, I realize you are being witty but the differences between Bush
and Kerry are substantial. They range over taxation, stem cell research,
AIDS funding, etc. They also agree
Title: Re: ABK Comrades!
on other hand, nader's folks are pretty
disingenuous re. reps who were
apparently working to help him get on
ballot,
You might want to verify your source.
Here's what Nader has to say about it...
Ralph Nader
Responds to Terry McAuliffe
False Statements
on Republican
Paul, I've forwarded your earlier note commenting on my former
colleague's reply to him; I'll post his answer if/when I get
it.
Paul wrote:
11 August 2004 17:56 UTC
On 8/7/2004 Mike Lebowitz wrote:
I
don't know anything myself about the way the PPP is constructed or the
neoclassical
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/04 9:58 PM
on other hand, nader's folks are pretty disingenuous re. reps who were
apparently working to help him get on ballot,
You might want to verify your source.
(as in Michigan where we do not need any
signatures thanks to the Reform Party endorsement).
above was
Paul deserves criticism for his summary of Shleifer -- he is far too
gentle. Shliefer insists that market-induced competition does not create
undesirable consequences. It is non-market corruption that is bad.
And he is considered one of the bright lights of economics.
Paul wrote:
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