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[rumguy]

1. two people

staring down from a HIGH HORSE....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. I was rivetted by every word...not something I've ever said

about a Friedman column.

[frank frankly]

3. yep. what a strange feeling

my undecided father really likes friedman. this may help convince him to vote for JK...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. It's a very patriotic article..in the true sense

[rumguy]

6. you've been pretty critical of Friedman

and rightly so...

wierd, huh...

I remember you once said that TR is "danger to the world." I chuckled at that.

maybe TR is waking up...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Yeah his give war a chance shit got old

and his book The LExus and the Olive Tree really pissed me off....perhaps he might go back and retract it now that he's seen the downside to HIS version of globalization where we step all over the world's toes and make them hate us.

[BurtWorm]

7. That MUST have shocked you!

Come on, admit it! ;)

(I'm shocked over how much this one resonated with me.)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. Pleasantly surprised

that I can still find anything in common with him ;-)

[Princess Turandot]

4. I live in Stuy Town, if you're familiar with the complex..

(eastside bet 14th & 23rd.) They have actually been searching cars/taxis which drive into the complex, making them stop and open their trunks, asking where they are going. It's private property so I assume it's legal for them to do that, but it is totally bizarre.
This has been going on since that September 'threat' baloney was announced.

[Leilani]

8. A really wonderful column.

I have had huge differences with Freidman at times.

But when he is good, he is very, very good!

[LittleClarkie]

18. I've always respected him

But then my only real experience with his writing was "From Beruit to Jerusalem" which seemed to me to be very balanced.

[LynnTheDem]

11. The REAL Thomas Friedman said this??? That rightwingnut moron???

:wow: :wow: :wow:

[BurtWorm]

12. He must have REEEEAAAAAALLLY needed that time off.

It did him some good, maybe.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Maybe the Thorazine has kicked in. n/t

[rumguy]

13. .

[DELUSIONAL]

14. born again non-coolAid drinker like a born again non-smoker

Sometimes the born again people from the dark side -- are stronger advocates for the light side.

I've never smoked my husband is a former smoker and he is much more vocal about the smell of stinky stale smoke etc.

I was raised by a fundamentalist mother -- and I could see what is happening now and tried to warn liberals (and moderates) that the born again fundamentalists right wingers were on the raise and that they wanted to take over the government.

The born agains from the dark side give me hope -- because some of the cult members on the fringe might listen to them.

This was a B+ article -- he is going in the right direction and is getting better.

Thanks for posting this -- gives me hope that we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel.

[Crunchy Frog]

15. Sounds like buyer's remorse.

There is nothing that will ever induce me to respect Tom Freidman.

[incapsulated]

17. It was Iraq that woke him up

I remember when he went over there the first time literally expecting flowers thrown at his feet, and the rude awaking that followed. He became increasingly alarmed at the fuck-up that was unfolding over there and said so.

I guess he's officially off the Koolaid, now.

Excellent Op-ed.

:thumbsup:

[Skinner]

19. Thanks for posting this.

Good stuff.