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| A professor Of Linguistics Explains......................? |
| 2004-03-25 |
| If you want a good laugh, head on over to Noam’s new blog and if you get some time, read the comments, they are hilarious The IMF is hardly more than a branch of the Treasury Department. Economist Jagdish Bhagwati, no radical, refers to the IMF- Treasury-Wall St complex that is a core part of de facto world government. The Treasury Department is part of the US government. If we had anything remotely resembling a democratic culture, actions of the government would be under the control of citizens, which would mean that citizens have to at the very least know something about them. And beyond that, we would have mechanisms to engage in political action. And in a more democratic society the third component, Wall St., would not exist in anything remotely like its present form, and what would exist would be under popular democratic control. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 I reckon the comments are gone because someone posted a huge big page of definitions of sexually deviant terms. It was really quite offensive. I think it's a shame because there goes our chance to really show up the poverty of Noam's arguments with some uncomfortable facts: the only true way to debunk him. He'll just claim it's either a CIA conspiracy or redneck, ignorant Americans that did it, and be comfortably reassured in his ivory tower. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-03-25 11:28:22 PM |
| #8 The comments are now gone from Chomsky's blog. I guess that he couldn't handle all of the "manufactured dissent." |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2004-03-25 7:49:59 PM |
| #7 It's late mojo.... but I fianlly got it. LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-25 7:24:43 PM |
| #6 "Turning the Tide"? Can we call it the "King Canute" blog instead? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-03-25 1:28:19 PM |
| #5 i didn't stay to long there but got to the posts that said 'what is it with you jerk off artists!' Me thinks Mr. Chomsky is in the process of discovering that the essence of democracy - the right to say what you really think - is alive and well on the internet. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-03-25 10:53:01 AM |
| #4 Sounds like this kind of thing might be right up Boris's alley . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-03-25 8:49:01 AM |
| #3 Hilarious! I especially like this comment from someone: "It's not nice to ask Noam to leave his own blog." |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-03-25 7:27:23 AM |
| #2 lets argue facts and logic at Noam's comments site as it's much more satisfying to do so. Those who block his comments section with offensive, loooong, offensive spam are simply idiotarians themselves, with no interest in truth and fact. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-03-25 6:54:50 AM |
| #1 All demogogues with a following, real or imagined, claim the answer to all problems lies in mob rule - in the guise of "democracy." 'Tis true whether a secularist, multi-culti-ist, sage of the plains, turban of the 'Zoids, or Preacher With Perfect Hair -- for this would then become thiers to wield by proxy. How, um, transfuckingparently disingenuous. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-03-25 2:43:49 AM |