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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:31 PM Original message |
You know, Noam Chomsky could really help us out right about now. |
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Wols (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Noam Chomsky here.... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's time for the party to embrace the man. |
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Hephaistos (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Chomsky is the WRONG man for framing |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Linguist-in-training here |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Are you for real? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. His work is not conducive to framing. |
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FDRrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. He'll most likely e-mail you back |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah, but it's really up to our party leaders to go to him... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Stop waiting for the party to do your work for you |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's not my work, man. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "Not my job, Man"" |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No, literally. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Of course not |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Nope, you're still missing the point. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Deleted message |
Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Awww, there's goes sangh0 with the personal attacks just because |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. A personal attack? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Stop being useless and write Chomsky a letter. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Not if you're going to be so rude about it |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Here's my response from Noam himself (tee hee): |
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fleetus (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 09:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Thanks for posting Chomsky's e-mail. |
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Wols (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It'll never happen |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't agree |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Well, yeah, I don't have anything to lose... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Allright, I'll find his email and give him a piece of my mind |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I think he would. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
53. It IS up to us. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Here's the contact info. Go ask him. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I was just planning on begging him for help. nt |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Organism beat me to it - |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. BullGoose: My cousin is on speaking terms with Noam. |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sorry, but Chomsky can't do squat |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. LOL we're not talking about getting him TV spots. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Maybe he can do some analysis of bush/Cheney's campaign speeches |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. But Chomsky is so far out when analyzing those people |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 02:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Maybe our problem is we haven't been far out enough! |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 05:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. I never assumed that President |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Well, I could have told you exactly what the |
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The Minus World (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Laughable. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. To paraphrase George Plimpton on the Simpson, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. Alright, you guys, here's my letter- |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. If Chomsky could frame a decent message, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Linguistics is the essence of advertising, though. |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Here's an analogy: |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 02:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Sort of like asking a chemist to bake a cake, eh? |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. the phrase is from walter lippman |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 11:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That's not what we're selling though. |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. how does one make use of ideas without pushing them? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Rove's making use of Chomsky's ideas without pushing them. nt |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. hardly. chomsky points out how rove and others game the system |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 01:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I didn't say Rove is taking instruction from Chomsky. |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. and what ideas would those be? |
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the_outsider (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. No harm in trying, but don't think he will be useful for the party unless |
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The Minus World (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Chomsky is not a strategist |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
51. Well, he was on Bill Maher's show last Friday. |
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fleetus (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. How was the show? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
56. Is this how desperate we are? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
58. Help us do what? |
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