Venezuelan strike beginning to fail

David Schanoes dmsch at attglobal.net
Sun Dec 29 16:19:16 PST 2002


Well so much for offering a real alternative to capitalist globalization.

Next to Powell? Are you kidding me? That's your great hope?

Powell? Lugar? Who's next as your embodiment of rationality, Kissinger? George Shultz? MacFarlane? the Kosovo Liberation Army?

Favorite quote: " Liberalism is a philosophy of the abstract that capitulates before the world of the concrete."

---Hegel.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: Re: Venezuelan strike beginning to fail


>
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, David Schanoes wrote:
>
> > Sad day when Lugar is a beacon of hope.
>
> It may be sad, but compared to Jesse Helms, Lugar is the embodiment of
> internationalism. And frankly, I'm not sure he's any worse than the
> outgoing Biden.
>
> I think it's probable in the next two years that he'll be our second weak
> reed of hope in foreign affairs, next to Powell, sad as that may seem.
>
> Michael



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