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2006-09-11 Fifth Column

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Posted by Mike 2006-09-11 15:26|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So lemme see here, looks like some really original thoughts:

Rooney: "Why do they hate us, blah,blah,blah..."
Black: "Everything is Bush's fault, blah,blah,blah..."
Kos: "Everything is Bush's fault, blah,blah,blah..."

My God. The left's level of ignorance cannot be described in words.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-11 16:16|| 2006-09-11 16:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ...but at least they're predictable.....

Posted by OyVey1 2006-09-11 16:58|| 2006-09-11 16:58|| Front Page Top

#3 ...the same kind of abject fear theyd spend the next five years selling to the American people.

Luke: "I'm not afraid."

Yoda: "You will be. You will be.

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-11 16:59|| 2006-09-11 16:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Asking the left to commemorate some sombre anniversary is like asking a person with a severe bladder control problem to a pool party.

Posted by badanov 2006-09-11 17:08|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-09-11 17:08|| Front Page Top

#5 "Asking the left to commemorate some sombre anniversary is like asking a person with a severe bladder control problem to a pool party."

More like a severe BOWEL control problem. If it was only a bladder control problem, the other guests might not notice.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-11 17:19|| 2006-09-11 17:19|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 - Eeeeewwwwww.

Accurate, but eeeewwwwwww.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-11 19:39|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-09-11 19:39|| Front Page Top

#7 While slightly off topic, (sorry Fred. If deemed inappropriate, please delete. I won't get angry) this seemed the best place for it...I normally lurk aorund here, but I would like some feedback.

In my Arabic Lit. class, I was assigned this weekend to read Jean Baudrillard's "The Spirit of Terrorism". Aren't I lucky. Not Arabic, and not literature either...

For those familiar with his writings on 9/11, are there any good links to counter-arguments out there? Books maybe? I would also love to hear your thoughts on him. I trust you Rantburgers more than google, and I certainly trust you more than my prof and my University library (Berkley of the Midwest anyone?), which has nothing of value, and indeed, nothing of worth. Feel free to email me with any help you might be able to give. (Headed Rantburg so I don't delete you, its my bulk account)

Thanks so much to everyone and sorry for thread-jacking a bit. Yes. Moonbats. Right. I've heard most of the 'arguments' at the link at my campus. Its really been quite frustrating trying have decent conversations with the liberals here.

Posted by SJB">SJB 2006-09-11 20:11|| 2006-09-11 20:11|| Front Page Top

#8 SJB make sure you check out todays info from Fred

Never Forget: recommended readings for 9/11
Must be something there for you

Posted by Phineter Thraviger1073 2006-09-11 20:29|| 2006-09-11 20:29|| Front Page Top

#9 SJB, check out the authors / books cited as Baudrillard's critics in the Wikipedia article on him

This can be heavy going. Baudrillard is a postmodern, post-structuralist social critic of a certain European type. For him his concepts about the role of technology in shaping social experience is more real that actual people - not uncommon among the lit crit set.

You might like Alan Sokal's critique of him. Sokal is the physicist who made up a bunch of jargon-laden nonsense and got it published in a very prestigious critical theory journal a couple years ago. He's a leftist politically but dislikes the idiocy that passes for deep thought among some in the critical theory world.

(hat tip for some of this to my offspring who's swum in the critical theory waters)

Another way to think about his work is that he has written heavily on what he sees as the destructive force of globalization. IIUC, in his terrorism article he sees the 9/11 attacks as a justified reaction to the intrusions of a globalized economy and culture on Islam &/or Islamic cultures. Thus the attacks weren't murders of Americans, they were attacks on the intrusive global culture America promulgates and hence cannot be linked to religious fanaticism but rather to a justifiable reaction to oppressive capitalism. (more or less)

That might get you thinking about your reponse to him ...

Posted by lotp 2006-09-11 20:41|| 2006-09-11 20:41|| Front Page Top

#10 #9 lotp: "That might get you thinking about your response to him ..."

He can f*ck himself sideways.

But that's just me.....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-11 21:02|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-09-11 21:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Barb, it's not just you dear.....

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-11 21:57|| 2006-09-11 21:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Yes, but SJB has to deal with this in class.

Posted by lotp 2006-09-11 22:02|| 2006-09-11 22:02|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks lotp and Phineter Thraviger1073! I really appreciate it. (and I agree Barb, especially after having had to read in all weekend) I've been trying to put this together all afternoon and the links helped me some more of the background I needed in order to put my response together.

Silly me, I thought I had registered for a literature class, not a philosophy one...

Posted by SJB">SJB 2006-09-11 23:09|| 2006-09-11 23:09|| Front Page Top

#14 'Twasn't either one, but indoctrination. Decide whether the argument or the grade is more important, dear, and come back to us often to regain your footing and report from the belly of the beast.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-11 23:33|| 2006-09-11 23:33|| Front Page Top

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