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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2124)	6/13/2003 5:05:43 PM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

interesting stuff..thanks (eom)

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2124)	6/13/2003 5:07:40 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 20773

Dissent, Disloyalty & Double Standards Kosovo doves denounced Iraq War protest as "anti-American" By Steve Rendall In the following quotes, well-known cable news hosts express anti-war feelings to hawkish guests. Can you guess which quote is “anti-American”? * "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?” * "We're sending 250,000 of our young men and women to die so that somebody in Washington can prove they're tough. It's not us. We're not the ones that are going to die, they are.” For many right-leaning pundits, these seemingly similar expressions of dissent are worlds apart. To them, the first quote--Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity expressing opposition to the Clinton administration’s 1999 Kosovo actions--is responsible criticism of the government. The second remark, said by then-MSNBC host Phil Donahue in opposition to the war in Iraq, is disloyal, anti- American--possibly even treasonous. [continued ...] fair.org

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2124)	6/15/2003 10:32:30 AM
From: LPS5	Respond to of 20773

American Sugar had 98% of the U.S. domestic sugar market following acquisitions throughout the late 1800s; it was, in fact, one of the first targets of the then-new Sherman Act. Courts ultimately ruled against a forced breakup, among other reasons finding that cries of monopoly and price fixing were at best anecdotal (competitors still existed, and monopolies tend to underprice given their high overhead and need to compete with smaller, more lithe market participants) and largely disingenuous (the term rent-seeker may as well have come into practice with the arrival of the Sherman Act). Also considered were the Constitutional implications of trampling on the private property rights of the corporate owners; surely, it was reasoned, those rights far outweighed the untestable and suspiciously counterintuitive economic theories of American Sugar's competitors. Amidst natural, competitive forces - unfettered by paternalist governmental intervention - American Sugar's market share fell to 25% in the following years. [Armentano, The Myths Of Antitrust (Arlington House, 1972)]