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| Chavez's U.N. Speech Boosts Chomsky Book Sales |
| 2006-09-21 |
| The U.N. address by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has had an unexpected impact — on the best seller lists of booksellers Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. At the start of his talk Wednesday, during which Chavez referred to President George W. Bush as "the devil," Chavez held up a book by Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance," and recommended it to everyone in the General Assembly, as well as to the American people. "The people of the United States should read this ... instead of watching Superman movies," Chavez later told reporters. As of Thursday afternoon, "Hegemony or Survival," originally published in 2003, had jumped into the top 10 of Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com. Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, has ordered an additional paperback printing of 25,000 copies. Chomsky, the famed 77-year-old linguist, has long been an opponent of U.S. foreign policy. His many books include "9-11," a best-selling collection of interviews, and "Failed States," which came out last spring. |
| Posted by:john |
| #12 "The people of the United States should read this ... instead of watching Superman movies," -except for the fact that Superman movies are entertaining, give a hyperbolic account of good vs evil, honor a humble hero, don't put you to sleep, and are usually worth the price of admission, I'd agree w/you hugo. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-09-21 22:36 |
| #11 BTW, al-Sharpton is on O'Reilly right now - peddling the DU line. Some things neve change. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 20:13 |
| #10 Lol, tu! Glad I had my iced tea sitting firmly on the desk, lol. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 20:11 |
| #9 Buy two, and the crayons are free... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-09-21 20:07 |
| #8 Yup. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-09-21 19:07 |
| #7 Lol, lotp. I guess we can take from that that he's not stupid, he's just a partisan ass. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 19:01 |
| #6 Lol, SPo'D. It might be worth it to wade through his public spew... Given his IQ and Muzzy sensitivity, I'm sure he's said something that would give offense... doesn't take much. :-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 18:58 |
| #5 The Rangel stuff is hysterical. Obviously, he's simply reserving the right to vilify the President for the DhimmiDonks. I've been reading the NY tabloids. Even the ones that are normally knee-jerk blue collar Dem are up in arms over Chavez, the threats to the Pope etc. Rangel sees Republicans gaining votes every time Chavez and his ilk speak up. LOL |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-09-21 18:58 |
| #4 I hear Chomsky insulted the the Prophet Muhhmad. Pass the word. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-09-21 18:56 |
| #3 Oops, wrong thread, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 18:54 |
| #2 The Rangel stuff is hysterical. Obviously, he's simply reserving the right to vilify the President for the DhimmiDonks. The difference between their rhetoric and Bobo's long brain fart is that the DhimmiDonks are far more offensive, disingenuous, and asinine. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 18:52 |
| #1 Lol, Brit Hume just said that Chavez said he's sorry he didn't get to meet Chomskey before he died. Heh, Bobo-Boy, he's still alive. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-21 18:33 |