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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:44 PM Original message |
The Lexus And The Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thom Hartman says it's completely false, right down to being based on a lie. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. How did anyone stay awake long enough to hear Hartman finish a thought? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There are a few of us left that have an attention span longer than a |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I'm just saying Hartman is a great |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah, got that. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:14 PM Original message |
The only thing I would add |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. In addition to an attention deficit, you also appear to be lacking the gene to recognize hyperbole. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Are you Bill Frist? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm just messin' with ya. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. or a gnat |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. This is true some of can-- Look, a bunny! n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. LOL! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Maybe you're a natural born hunter-gatherer? This might help... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmm, Thomas Friedman.. I'd pass. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. "The World is Flat" was totally awful |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Waist Of Time - Need To Understand That Friedman Lives In A 11,000 SQ FT House |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Matt Taibbi's take on Friedman |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks... you've all told me all I need to know. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. It can be useful to see how defective the logic of "free trade" is. n/t |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Free Trade |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Worse, IMO. Either a simpleton chanting the mantra given to him with no thought, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. He calls people who don't worship the globalization of capitalism "turtles" |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Friedman is a neo-liberal shill |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. here is an excellent review of his writing in general |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. LOL. Matt Taibbi complaining about someone else's "tortured use of the English language".... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Matt Taibbi is a wonderful writer |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think Taibbi lacks all the talent of good writers. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. lol! |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not one of his better ones, in my opinion. |
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