I thought that was a cheap shot courtesy Suckster Tim Cavanaugh. MAX was the Cassandra last year ... all gloom and doom... Actually Max gave me one of the best retorts I've ever received. After 5 or 6 paragraphs of what a mess things were: LTCM, Russia, etc., and how Brazil was sliding and Greenspan's strong-arming of the hawks to lower rates which I felt was too little too late, I proclaimed "Look, Brazil's going down, it's all over and I predicted it!" Max responded with a timely "zzzzzzzzz." I've never laughed so hard at the monitor.
after "Doug Henwood, the gifted editor of the Left Business Observer" & "But what sets Henwood apart, aside from his sharp mind and erudition, is his unapologetic Machiavellianism."
Cavanaugh had to say something negative otherwise it would have been too obvious that Doug had paid him off. I mean, who can remember the last time Suck complimented anyone? (j/k)
>My line was that the crisis looked bad because the bailout machinery
>was so slow to kick into action. It did, and so I thought the crisis
>was probably over. A certain person denounced me for being
>"superficial" at the October Communist Manifesto birthday conference
>for that shift.
>
>Doug
A certain Mr. Cockburn?
my sick, twisted letter to Suck:
I'm afraid you failed to mention one of the main lessons of the Battle of Seattle. With his "resignation," Police Chief Norm Stamper provides a much-needed scapegoat for Mayor Schell's bumbled handling of the protests. Doug Henwood among others are correct when they point out that had New York Mayor Giuliani been in charge, things would not have spun out of control. Il Duce would have denied all parade permits and would have flooded downtown with regiments of New York's finest who, as you know, would jump at the chance to beat puddles of blood out of festive protesters and probably would have left a few popsicle-sticked with their own signs a la Abner Louima. Mayor Schell, to his eternal regret, was more concerned with free speech than with law and order, not to mention the right to make a bundle during the holiday shopping rush. No doubt the nation's mayors have understood the morale of the story; even so, I bet the next convention takes place somewhere like Jakarta or Singapore.
Peter Kilander - avenging lesbian trapped in a man's body