tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post115926971355876357..comments2024-03-06T16:31:34.975-05:00Comments on Dies Irae: The Laughing NoamIvan the Terriblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159517431087271782006-09-29T04:10:00.000-04:002006-09-29T04:10:00.000-04:00I like Evo Morales a lot better than Hugo Chavez. ...I like Evo Morales a lot better than Hugo Chavez. Evo doesn't read much, but he brings drugs to the party. Screw your pseudo-intellectuals, that's my kind of guy.Fat Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281847009588579898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159514850911114442006-09-29T03:27:00.000-04:002006-09-29T03:27:00.000-04:00Granted, Ivan, Chomsky's prose is indecipherable. ...Granted, Ivan, Chomsky's prose is indecipherable. But many Jewish academics share this trait. We cannot jump from Chomsky having poor prose style to Chomsky is a neo-nazi so quickly, I fear. You would have to demonstrate that he was wrong, in some more substantial way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159461017130373582006-09-28T12:30:00.000-04:002006-09-28T12:30:00.000-04:00That's right. Noam was one of the few intellectual...That's right. Noam was one of the few intellectuals to defend our peasant revolution in Kampuchea against the lies of the Free Press. That's why I named myself in his honor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159434178993007722006-09-28T05:02:00.000-04:002006-09-28T05:02:00.000-04:00You will all be laughing out of the other side of ...You will all be laughing out of the other side of your faces after the revolution. <BR/>And why shouldn't a linguist write about politics? Lots of folk do interesting things other than their professions. Look at little Raul Hilberg; he's not an academic historian but that didn't stop him becoming 'the dean of Holocaust academics'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159369650308993902006-09-27T11:07:00.000-04:002006-09-27T11:07:00.000-04:00Enjoyable little selection of Noam-debunking, ther...Enjoyable little selection of Noam-debunking, there, Anon. Maybe that link should get posted on Amazon as a review :)Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159345217789867492006-09-27T04:20:00.000-04:002006-09-27T04:20:00.000-04:00Try again.<A HREF="http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomskyhoax.html" REL="nofollow">Try again.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159345057239146872006-09-27T04:17:00.000-04:002006-09-27T04:17:00.000-04:00Here’s a site devoted to debunking the Great Gnoam...<A HREF="http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomskyhoax.htm" REL="nofollow">Here’s a site</A> devoted to debunking the Great Gnoam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159283938830480472006-09-26T11:18:00.000-04:002006-09-26T11:18:00.000-04:00Frankly I'd prefer it if Noam sang and Barbara ana...Frankly I'd prefer it if Noam sang and Barbara analysed language. At least then she might come up with an intelligible sentence occasionally.Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1159272899737925172006-09-26T08:14:00.000-04:002006-09-26T08:14:00.000-04:00How a linguist became the "go to" guy on all matte...How a linguist became the "go to" guy on all matters political has never been clear to me. I would have thought he'd prefer analyzing Urdu or something. Then again, people listen to Barbara Streisand when she does something other than sing.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com