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To: TimF who wrote (25902)	4/30/2002 8:44:55 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Steven M. Bornstein is leaving ABC...oh no...now who's going to tell the liberals how to think and feel about everything in life??? Dan Rather may have to be called up from CBS! BURBANK, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- The president of troubled ABC Television has stepped down, Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday. Steven M. Bornstein will leave to "pursue other interests," the company said in a press release. Bornstein had been with either Disney, ABC or its ESPN division a total of 22 years. "There are other interests I wish to pursue and now is an appropriate time to do this," Bornstein is quoted as saying in the release, issued by Disney. (DIS: news, chart, profile) ABC has lagged behind the other three majors in ratings for some time, prompting Disney to initiate a number of changes in the network's executive suites. Company officials said, however, that Bornstein's departure was a voluntary resignation. Bornstein, 50, is considering other opportunities but has yet to outline what those are, a spokeswoman said. Bornstein could not be immediately reached for comment. Bornstein had said he wanted to get Disney's new ABC Family Channel in order and install a new executive team at ABC Entertainment before stepping down. In January, Susan Lyne was named ABC Entertainment president to serve with Chairman Lloyd Braun. "He's extremely satisfied with the management team that's in place," said Zenia Mucha, ABC spokeswoman. ABC Family has boosted viewership by 28 percent and development of several new series for the ABC network is under way. Prior to becoming ABC president, Bornstein had been chairman of the Walt Disney Internet Group, president of ABC Inc., president of ABC Sports and president and chief executive of ESPN. Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com. cbs.marketwatch.com{997534F9-4C32-4F68-A704-FCD00826A1CB}&siteid=mktw

To: TimF who wrote (25902)	5/1/2002 7:46:17 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

>> Liberal or conservative its a good idea. << there is also a libertarian aspect to it. well you can take comfort in knowing that you are not the first liberal utopian to believe that free trade leads to nirvana. many intellectually oriented paper scribblers have theorized that free trade would lead to interdependence and therefore unity among mankind. it's all liberal babble, but i can see why it sounds like "a good idea". "As little intercourse as possible between Governments...as much connection as possible between the nations of the world." --Richard Cobden, founder of the Anti-Corn Law League "Free Trade, Peace and Good-Will Among Nations." --Slogan of the Anti-Corn Law League "Toward 1916 I embraced the philosophy I carried throughout my twelve years as Secretary of State...From then on, to me, unhampered trade dovetailed with peace; high tariffs, trade barriers, and unfair economic competition, with war." --Cordell Hull, FDR's Secretary of State, nicknamed "Father of the United Nations" and author of the first Federal Income Tax Bill (1913) Biography of Cordell Hull payson.tulane.edu Hull strongly shared President Wilson's idealistic international outlook, becoming one of the first and most vigorous supporters of the League of Nations. With economic ideas rooted in nineteenth-century liberalism, he believed that economic nationalism was a major cause of war. He opposed Herbert Hoover's high tariff policy. Elected to the Senate in 1930, Hull was an important figure at the 1932 Democratic Convention, authoring major portions of the Democratic platform, including a low-tariff plank. Manchester School ("Classical Liberals") cepa.newschool.edu The "Manchester School" was the term British politician Benjamin Disraeli used to refer to the 19th Century free trade movement in Great Britain. The movement had its roots in the Anti-Corn Law League (ACLL) of Richard Cobden and John Bright, headquartered in Newall's Buildings in Manchester, UK. Since then, the general term "Manchester School" has been used to refer to radical liberalism/libertarianism in economic policy: laissez-faire, free trade, government withdrawal from the economy, and an optimistic stress on the "harmonious" effects of free enterprise capitalism.