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2006-01-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

Black Comedy: âTruthinessâ voted 2005 word of the year

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Posted by .com 2006-01-07 05:23|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Arrrggghhh.

The Link.

Posted by .com 2006-01-07 05:35|| 2006-01-07 05:35|| Front Page Top

#2 "...whoâs got the truth and, two, whoâs got the facts,"

This crap is from a linguist?

Posted by Raj 2006-01-07 09:30|| 2006-01-07 09:30|| Front Page Top

#3 âThe national argument right now is, one, whoâs got the truth and, two, whoâs got the facts,â he said. âUntil we can manage to get the two of them back together again, weâre not going make much progress.â

Get rid of the dimbulbs who call themselves "progressives", and you'll get the two back together again very quickly.

This sounds like the same band of dipshits who gave us the brilliant idea of teaching "Ebonics" in school...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-01-07 11:50|| 2006-01-07 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 wasn't it Moynihan who said: "everyone is entitled to their own opinions, what they are not entitled to is their own set of facts"?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-07 12:31|| 2006-01-07 12:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Raj, don't forget....Chomsky's a linguist.

Linguists always struck me as the kind of guys who know a lot about how language is put together, but can't speak more than maybe one passably. Kind of like having a virgin lecture you about sex. ;)

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-01-07 13:23|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-01-07 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 "Forgeries are factual" D.Rather

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-01-07 17:19|| 2006-01-07 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Having lived in Madison for 20 years, I can testify there are a number of people here in "69 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality" who think the truth and the facts are separate: "We progressives already have the truth. Don't confuse us with facts."

Posted by mom">mom 2006-01-07 22:11|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2006-01-07 22:11|| Front Page Top

#8 don't forget....Chomsky's a linguist

...and a lot of his stuff has since been debunked. If you use Chomsky as a reference, for anything, be prepared to get laughed at.

Posted by Qwerty 2006-01-07 22:17|| 2006-01-07 22:17|| Front Page Top

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