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[Markekohut]

there is no excommunication from this list made up of the self-excommunicated from elsewhere. 


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On Dec 3, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I supposed to excommunicate myself from the list now, or do you
> guys do that for me?
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for giving me an excuse to forward these links:
>> 
>> http://nypress.com/flathead/ ("On an ideological level, Friedman’s new
>> book is the worst, most boring kind of middlebrow horseshit."
>> 
>> http://nypress.com/flat-n-all-that/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:58 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Maybe so.  But since Iraq, he's lost a lot of cred.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Notwithstanding the many things one can say about Friedman's later
>>>> work, I've heard that it's a good book.  (I picked up a copy, but have
>>>> never read it.)
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Okay, skip that one.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:19 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> That hack?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You might check out From Beirut to Jerusalem by Friedman.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I bet even a recommendation will elicit a controversy.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Dec 3, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 12/3/2012 7:41 AM, Keith Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Among the learned folks here, can someone recommend a quick overview
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the history of the Israel-Palestine mess?
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_involving_Israel
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Been going on my entire adult life.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> P
>>> 
>>>