Disabuse Your Illusion: Weighing Obama in the Balance of Reality
Hope, said Emily Dickinson, is the thing with feathers, a tough little bird that sounds sweetest in the midst of a storm. It’s a commonplace by now, but no less true, that Barack Obama’s winged words of hope have borne him up to the high place where he stands now, on the threshold of the White House. And these words shine all the more brightly against the torrent of filth that the Bush Regime has rained down upon the American people for years. Thus it’s no surprise that millions of people have b
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William Buckley: A Television Persona Passes
William F. Buckley may be twisting painfully in the eternal hellfires right about now, condemned for rejecting civil rights in a cynical wager against his own views of liberty, but his passing does recall a type of conservative who would gladly make a public argument on the relative merits - and not try to merely shout the opposition down with bully talk and cheap sloganeering. His death also removes another one of those classic 60s and 70s television personalities from the talk show set, a si
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The Most Wanted List.: International Terrorism
The Most Wanted List.: International Terrorism Filed under: Israel, Noam Chomsky, Terrorism, United States Author: By: Tomgram: — - One of Noam Chomsky’s latest books — a conversation with David Barsamian — is entitled What We Say Goes. It catches a powerful theme of Chomsky’s: that we have long been living on a one-way planet and that the language we regularly wield to describe the realities of our world is tailored to Washington’s interests. Juan Cole, at his Informed Comm
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On Buckley??s Civility, Part II
Dear All, I can see from some of the comments on my first blog yesterday that blogging and nuance don??t mix well. As I said, I liked Buckley somewhat and I would never celebrate his death except to the extent that he, as a Catholic, would want me to. All I was saying is that some balance was needed in the assessment of him. If you don??t want to assess him, that??s fine. But when commentator after commentator comments on his civility without hedging the compliment, that??s where balance is requir
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Protesting Power: War, Resistance and Law
Francis A. Boyle is a distinguished University of Illinois law professor, activist, and internationally recognized expert on international law and human rights. From 1988 to 1992, he was a board member of Amnesty International USA. He was a consultant to the American Friends Service Committee. From 1991 to 1993, he was legal advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and currently he’s a leading proponent of an effort to impeach George Bush, Dick Cheney and other key administration fig
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Comp Time with Noam Chomsky - Isthmus Daily Page
Chomsky: &39The center of the Bush administration isn&39t different from what Clinton or Obama say.&39 Noam Chomsky, one of America&39s favorite radicals, …
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On Buckley??s Civility, Part II - Antiwar.com
It was when he tried to defend war against the devastating criticism of Noam Chomsky that this unpleasant aspect of his personality came out. …
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ICH today
"A society bingeing on fear makes itself vulnerable to far more profound forms of destruction than terror attacks. The "terrorism war", like a nostalgic echo of the cold war, is using these popular fears to advance a different agenda - the re-engineering of American life through permanent mobilization." - William Greider ? = "If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, - n
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Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race? - MWC News
By MWC NEWS Noam Chomsky, Professor of linguistics at MIT for over half a century, Chomsky is the author of dozens of books on US foreign policy. …
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Noam Chomsky On The Spontaneous Invention Of Language - Forbes
Noam Chomsky is a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work in linguistics has earned him the Kyoto Prize and the …
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"Aristide and the Endless Revolution" Dir. Nicolas Rossier
A complex historical truth emerges in Nicolas Rossier??s intelligent examination revealing the oft-supressed story of the 2004 coup d??etat in Haiti, as well as the systemic violence and human rights violations that erupted under the interim government. An interview with the deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Pretoria, South Africa, is juxtaposed with the views of a wide range of supporters and critics, including US Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega. It is not Aristide and the L
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Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing From 2008 Presidential Race? - Democracy Now
In a major address, Noam Chomsky says there has been little change in the conventional debate over a US invasion abroad: from Vietnam to Iraq, …
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Noam Chomsky: International Terror Most-Wanted List - AlterNet
By Noam Chomsky, Tomdispatch.com. Posted February 26, 2008. If Washington turned its definition of terror on the US, America could easily rise to the top of …
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Last night’s dress boy sticks his neck out
By J. Thomas Duffy Boy, this took a lot of courage … And what prescience! Move over Nostradamus, there’s a new kid on the block … Maybe he has a "feeling" on how the Cubs are going to do this season … Or, does he already know who our next president will be? … Or perhaps, he’s holding high over our guilty pleasures, teasing those around him, smug with the knowledge of who will be this season’s American Idol winner? Drum roll, please … Prediction Jonah Goldberg: "In the next few
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the real terrifying thing is the equanimity and detachment
William F. Buckley Jr. RIPs are floating around with occasional embeds from his discussion with Noam Chomsky on Firing Line, which I’ve seen before. Or thought I’d seen: happens what I saw was just a 20 minute segment of an hour long program. The entire 50 minutes can be watched here. One thing I learned, seeing the new material, is that that oft-quoted bit about smashing Gore Vidal’s face in - "stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I will sock you in your godamn face, and you will stay plastered" -
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al Qaeda in Iraq small & unpopular except in Bush/McCain propaganda
John McCain demonstrated a Bush level of stupidity when he chastised Obama about supposedly not knowing there is "al Qaeda in Iraq." There is such a thing, but McCain and a lot of Democrats for that matter forget to include some important details. The military admits they inflated al Qaeda and Zarqawi’s role in the insurgency for propaganda purposes in both Iraq and the US. Israelis and Saudis separately studied our interrogations of foreign fighters captured in Iraq and found that most had
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The World&39s Most Wanted: Noam Chomsky - Antiwar.com
by Noam Chomsky On Feb. 13, Imad Moughniyeh, a senior commander of Hezbollah, was assassinated in Damascus. "The world is a better place without this man in …
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William Buckley: A Television Persona Passes
William F. Buckley may be twisting painfully in the eternal hellfires right about now, condemned for rejecting civil rights in a cynical wager against his own views of liberty, but his passing does recall a type of conservative who would gladly make a public argument on the relative merits - and not try to merely shout the opposition down with bully talk and cheap sloganeering. His death also removes another one of those classic 60s and 70s television personalities from the talk show set, a si
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Hezbollahpologists
A good piece by Michael Young about the far left’s apologies, excuses and praise for an Islamist terror group: …The party, though it is religious, autocratic, and armed to the teeth, often elicits approval from secular, liberal Westerners who otherwise share nothing of its values. This reaction, in its more extreme forms, is reflected in the way many on the far left have embraced Hezbollah’s militancy, but also that of other Islamist groups like Hamas or Islamic Jihad?thoroughly undermining
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Chomsky vs. Buckley - Western Standard- Shotgun Blog
Yesterday–and I suppose, given Buckley&39s passing today, somewhat presciently–I sent Noam Chomsky an email about his televised debate with William F. …
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Ahmadinejad says Iran is worlds No. 1 power
Great! Good or bad, democrat or dictator, the No. 1 is the only thing that upsets Noam Chomsky. Frank Warner
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Infant is Killed in Israeli Attack
With blogger’s comments section, too: "Infant is killed in Israeli attack" "Related A general problem with Western reportage is that inordinate attention is paid to Israeli victims when compared to Palestinian victims. It is common to find the names of Israeli victims, and some of the harrowing details of the tragedy afflicting such persons. However, the reportage of Palestinian victims is very different in general, they are usually not named, the circumstances of their death are not describe
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Buckley and Fraser, R.I.P.
Sorry for yet another protracted absence from the humble blog … I looked at the calendar today and thought that perhaps I should have at least one February post, if for no other reason than to make sure there are no gaps in the monthly archive to the right. Today I pay tribute to two writers, the first who died just recently and the other whose eulogy I’ve been meaning to write since the beginning of January. Those of you familiar with my politics might be a bit surprised that I find myself
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The war everyone forgot - Khaleej Times
BY NOAM CHOMSKY IRAQ remains a significant concern for the population, but that is a matter of little moment in a modern democracy. …
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Chomsky??s Most Wanted List
Chomsky??s Most Wanted List Noam Chomsky Posted on February 29th, 2008 February 28, 2008 Source: TomDispatch On February 13, Imad Moughniyeh, a senior commander of Hizbollah, was assassinated in Damascus. ???The world is a better place without this man in it,??? State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said: ???one way or the other he was brought to justice.??? Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell added that Moughniyeh has been ???responsible for more deaths of Americans and Israelis
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On Buckley??s Civility
I notice that many of the obituaries of Buckley make a positive mention of his manners and civility. That was often accurate. But one way to judge someone??s real civility is to see how he reacts when he??s losing a debate. Yesterday, I rewatched all of the YouTube videos from when he had Noam Chomsky on in the late 1960s and they discussed, among other things, the Vietnam War. Buckley was often good when he knew more than the person he interviewed, which was often. But Chomsky had a calm command
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William F. Buckley Jr. Is Not Dead - Chronicle of Higher Education subscription
What??s remarkable about this clip, a debate with Noam Chomsky from 1969, is how long the two men talk ?? more than 10 minutes without interruption. …
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William F. Buckley Jr. vs. Noam Chomsky
It shouldn’t be much of a surprise to know that I’m not much of a Buckley fan. However, he has surely never been more entertaining than in his interview with noted linguist, Noam Chomsky. Since Buckley’s death came yesterday I thought I would post this political theater performance. This is part 1 of 2. Click here for part 2.
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Last Nights’ Dress Boy Sticks His Neck Out
Boy, this took a lot of courage … And what prescience! Move over Nostradamus, there’s a new kid on the block … Maybe he has a "feeling" on how the Cubs are going to do this season … Or, does he already know who our next president will be? … Or perhaps, he’s holding high over our guilty pleasures, teasing those around him, smug with the knowledge of who is this season’s American Idol winner? Drum roll, please … Prediction Jonah Goldberg "In the next few days, there will be a wa
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Your Jedi Mind Tricks Will Not Work Here
Perhaps you’d like to spend a few moments of your evening watching William Buckley being relentlessly pwned by Noam Chomsky in a 1969 debate about imperialism. Part 2.Read / Contribute Comments
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