Do you really think that essay would be the best example for explaining to someone who Chomsky is? In this case I think his Wikipedia page provides a better example of who he is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky and you could throw this in if you wanted to be a little more "fair and balanced" about the man - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Noam_Chomsky
Then they gave birth to a smart ass free loading son who milks their accountes for prime Laker tickets . . . . American dream bursts in their face because they decided to have a kid.
I was plenty old enough to get what he was about at the time (Cambodia, Khmer Rouge). The guy defended anything communist (and fascist), no matter how egregious and heinous their acts. From your second link. Read it. It is typical of holocaust deniers to claim the genocides number in the mere thousands. This is who he defended: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge Following their leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge imposed an extreme form of social engineering on Cambodian society — a radical form of agrarian communism where the whole population had to work in collective farms or forced labor projects. In terms of the number of people killed as a proportion of the population (est. 7.1 million people, as of 1975[2]), it was one of the most lethal regimes of the 20th century.[3]
I have read very few posts on this off-topic board, but a pattern already emerges. Like stocking a hatchery with fish eggs, Denny Crane stuffs the board with posts that simply link to articles, instead of writing out his own opinions. This 3000-word opinion piece is from someone named George Jochnowitz, whose apparent job is to keep his fellow Jews in line with Israel's foreign policy.
Howard Zinn is an American hero, a civil rights hero, and a free speech hero. http://howardzinn.org/default/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=35 His attempts to bring reality and truth to the world by excluding all the BS lies from politicians and economists serving only their own purposes is a phenomenal benefit to the cause of justice. Easy to see why you dislike him.
And to add further: Matt Damon likes Howard Zinn. Matt Damon. People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. James Baldwin
I've got no beef with the other two, but I said my piece about Chomsky. There was a time when he was an icon of the anti-war movement (Vietnam) but his true colors showed after we left with our tails between our legs. I will add this, though. Mike Wallace is Chris Wallace's dad. That's right, Chris Wallace who hosts Fox News Sunday. Chris also hosted Nightline and Meet the Press at ABC and NBC, respectively, before joining Fox. Mike Wallace made his name at 60 minutes by putting on anti-capitalist shows, usually producing some damning piece about some company or another.
Oh, OK. Sorry for questioning the panel. I didn't know that THE Matt Damon liked Howard Zinn. Damon is the arbiter on objectivity. Mea Culpa.
And you know for a fact that some of the other members of the panel don't hold similar views as Rush? I mentioned Project Censored because of the articles. Many of which are not favorable about Obama or the Democratic controlled congress.
