Geesh.....I am on the big, big, really really big diet this week, so after I wolf down my grass topped with saw dust and pencil shavings, I will try to regurgitate some Noam later tonight. I recall having to read Noam while at the University of Tampa......"Everything Changes.....Nothing Changes...."
(Thanks for sharing this Mark!) On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:16 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]>wrote: > Chomsky is an educated idiot that always makes the theory fit the facts > well after the facts are known. If he can't do that he simply rewrites the > facts to fit his theory. He is a reactionary academic that has no basis in > personal experience for anything he says or does. > > Basically just another idiot Bolshevik that does not realize that his > political preference went down in flames many years ago as absolutely > unworkable. > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:12:29 AM UTC-6, Bruce Majors wrote: >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Greg Dempsey <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, January 20, 2014 >> Subject: [PresidentBarakObama] *? 2 ALL: NOAM CHOMSKY: THE TEA PARTY IS >> THE 'PETIT BOURGEOIS' FACE OF CORPORATE OLIGARCHS - WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?* >> To: Greg Dempsey <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> <https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/dMkizDZ- >> Yrl0HEOv7DjlzEoexGAWZrR3PnnEpkXz-APqg-IG2ojCVmRUNSIS6YgMGoxlKhcJb- >> v2QVdbeAPDr5HQbACjej-YzGl1p0ltyAGHjoPySe0=s0-d-e1- >> ft#http://www.chomsky.info/NoamChomsky%28c%29OliverAbraham-2013.jpg> >> >> (above): Noam Chomsky >> photo credit: Oliver Abraham >> (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de) / chomsky.info >> Video at http://tinyurl.com/nxjgnyq >> >> Hi Team! >> >> *? 2 ALL: >> >> NOAM CHOMSKY: THE TEA PARTY IS THE 'PETIT BOURGEOIS' FACE OF CORPORATE >> OLIGARCHS - >> >> <https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9tNelR4Kcl0/TZEteUozSWI/ >> AAAAAAAALek/ODMuLZjcTeo/s1600/Teabagger-CorporateInterest.jpg> >> >> Travis Gettys reports: >> >> The Tea Party is just the popular face of corporate power in the United >> States, says political philosopher Noam Chomsky. >> >> “I wouldn’t call them revolutionary,” Chomsky said, dismissing a >> suggestion that the conservative political faction had anarchist >> characteristics. >> >> He told Radio VR during an interview posted online last week that he >> agreed with the conservative political analyst Norman Ornstein’s >> characterization of the Tea Party. >> >> “He just described them as a radical insurgency opposed to rationality, >> to political compromise, to participation to a parliamentary system — in >> fact, with no positive goals themselves,” Chomsky said. >> >> He said traditional anarchists opposed the inherent inequality in the >> relationship between a government and its people or business owners and >> their workers, while Tea Party conservatives promote this imbalance. >> >> <https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C0i17aNlXP0/TMcrrI7-VbI/ >> AAAAAAAADJc/4T1EWtMuJp4/s1600/ads_teapartyinc.jpg> >> >> “They’re in favor of having the population subordinated to concentrated >> private power, which should have no limits,” Chomsky said. “When they call >> themselves anti-government, that means they don’t want government to limit >> the capacity of concentrated private power to dominate the society. That’s >> very far from any anarchism.” >> >> ...Chomsky agreed that the Tea Party was a genuine popular political >> movement who members were almost entirely white, “petit bourgeois” business >> owners who tend to be highly nationalistic and had racist elements. >> >> The group’s power and significance comes not from its numbers, he said, >> but by the heavy funding it gets from corporate backers and the favorable >> coverage it receives from some media outlets. >> >> The Tea Party’s popularity is essentially a symptom of the rigged >> political system, Chomsky argued. (continued below) >> >> <https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vNIulNbhzZEAgoEeQGJ2I3- >> qUfQ8MGk6RKJcpPdl0xfhRprHQKqYd5qth13W74iOALu2r7BrHVZGalNMwPW >> sMK4GlBuj3Caq4ugZqfdyIlDZxxlCd_TjjLym_Q=s0-d-e1-ft#http:// >> woodgatesview.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/tea-party-puppet.jpg> >> >> Noam Chomsky: The Tea Party is the ‘petit bourgeois’ face of corporate >> oligarchs – what are your comments? >> >> Greg Dempsey >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST/ >> Voice of the People >> ======= >> >> Noam Chomsky: The Tea Party is the ‘petit bourgeois’ face of corporate >> oligarchs >> >> By Travis Gettys >> Raw Story >> Monday, January 20, 2014 12:19 EST >> >> ///Tea Party conservatives present themselves as strict constitutionalist >> proponents of a limited government, a claim that Chomsky rejected. >> >> “They do oppose too much state power, but that’s a bit of a joke; they >> also support state power,” he said. “They support the powerful systems that >> sustain private power, concentration of power, as opposed to traditional >> anarchists.” >> >> ...“They have popular support and plenty of financial support, and a lot >> of their power comes from the radical gerrymandering, redesigning of >> electoral districts,” Chomsky said. “So for example, they’re powerful in >> the House of Representatives, where in fact, Republicans have the majority >> of the representatives but with a minority of the vote.” >> >> He said that Democrats actually won significantly more of the popular >> vote in the last congressional election but were unable to gain a House >> majority. >> >> “By virtue of rearranging of electoral districts and vast amounts of >> money, the right wing was able to take over the representation,” Chomsky >> said. >> >> He cited a study by the political scientist Thomas Ferguson on campaign >> funding and its effect on electoral results. >> >> “(He) showed there’s an almost linear relationship between the amount of >> money put into a campaign and electoral victory,” Chomsky said. “These are >> basically bought.” >> >> __._,_.___ >> Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic >> Messages in this topic (1) >> Recent Activity: >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0H4dpVBYnt8fMx25taz4HPHjzMS3zA >> zpyUfv85yQLjoNr5hFzk-H8c6lXpVY2sxK1v1uRMItgaQDFA8OMTH- >> hGPmlACfxHlK6CI3ZK9nuHq7tvilfqzoKQtsEPILYkAt8k1Y56E=s0-d-e1- >> ft#http://l.yimg.com/ru/static/images/yg/img/email/ >> new_logo/logo-groups-137x15.png> >> Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us >> Feedback >> . >> <https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/r4sAtYSqa1iDmoaWJjIvncc8cOYtWK >> FN2VhAZ3CONUFOdE4scf2v_UfYbDXHLpqRIakoJryAfcDWFbwPPFb >> 2i5rdEXmovvLphAOnSN2JxtFI9mSJP3ix3EyO4DriQa1eWSLcKCewKPOnfo_ >> QnHN0CsbPomQ9uV4icA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://geo.yahoo.com/serv? >> s=97359714/grpId=22156351/grpspId=1705060376/msgId=49147/stime=1390276654 >> > >> __,_._,___ >> > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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