No hypocrisy in my criticism. I say, if you have a point, stand on it, and live by it. I support freedom of personal choice for ingestables, and smoke. I support Second Amendment rights, and own firearms. I support marriage equality laws, and coordinate and attend my gay friends' marriage ceremonies. Please elaborate on your assertion that the hypocrisy of criticism will be exposed. Noam should practice what he preaches, period. He should eschew the evil capitalist system, and give his books away for free, not charge for lectures, personal and media appearances, and give the vast majority of his wealth to the poor.
His response is irrelevant. Facts are facts. He has achieved a personal net worth in the millions by using that system he decries, and he even uses tax loopholes like trust funds to hide and decrease his tax liability...in other words, he IS one of the rich fat cats avoiding paying in to the systems which feed the poor that he made so much money decrying. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:13 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > “…Although it is a good point well made, bloody hypocrit! Heh then > again, point me out just one person who truely practices what they > preach 100% of the time.” - Lee > > More to the specific point, when one asks a different question, like > what would you have Noam to do?... the hypocrisy of the criticism is > exposed. > > > On Dec 1, 6:46 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Heh quite something that huh. > > > > Still I can't help but think that he is only taking advantage of the > > schemes open to one of his wealth in order to keep it, as the rest of > > his ilke do I guess. That it is incredibly hard to live a life bound > > by ones morality when all others in a similar situation to you take > > advantage of the system, and that if fair laws were intruduced and > > things like these tax havens simply did not exist so that a rich man > > paid his tax burden like the rest of us, then he would be more able to > > live live in an un-hypocritical way. > > > > Although it is a good point well made, bloody hypocrit! Heh then > > again, point me out just one person who truely practices what they > > preach 100% of the time. > > > > On 1 Dec, 13:17, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Noam certainly knows something about wealth and capitalism... > > > > >http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/2912626.html > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:39 AM, ornamentalmind < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > An interview with Noam that includes a deeper analysis of wealth, > > > > distribution and government than that found on corporate news: > > > > > >http://anarchismtoday.org/News/article/sid=74.html > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > “I’m concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the > > > > official doctrine that’s handed down to them from the White House, > the > > > > media, textbooks, teachers and preachers” – Howard Zinn > > > > > > On Nov 30, 7:47 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Brilliant Don! I concur, ditto. > > > > > > > On Nov 30, 3:48 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > More wealth redistribution ideologuery. If the man knew about > feeding > > > > > > the needy he wouldn't spout such non-sense. Meals on Wheels has > > > > > > nothing to do with Social Security. Community service, by > definition, > > > > > > is local and supported by local businesses and private donors. > SS is > > > > > > nothing but an enormous Ponzi scheme that soon will fail unless > > > > > > massive amounts of money are pumped into it. It is consumed by > fraud > > > > > > and waste. This is what happens to enormous federal entities. > > > > > > Proponents of single payer HC should sit up and take notice. > > > > > > > > Community service isn't subversive it is being phased out by the > > > > > > federal government. Our earnings are increasingly being > confiscated > > > > > > and we have less to help our local citizens out. The money is > being > > > > > > used to fund politicians pet projects and as bribes to get new > > > > > > colossal spending bills passed. See the New Louisiana Purchase. > Mr. > > > > > > Chomsky has it backwards and I think he probably knows it. > > > > > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > n Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Other than the obvious irony, how would you criticize this > recent > > > > > > > quote by Noam? > > > > > > > > > "Social Security is based on an extremely dangerous principle: > that > > > > > > > you should care whether the disabled widow across town has food > to > > > > > > > eat. The Social Security "reformers" would rather have you > > > > concentrate > > > > > > > on maximizing your own consumption of goods and subordinating > > > > yourself > > > > > > > to power. That's life. Caring for other people, and taking > community > > > > > > > responsibility for things like health and retirement — that's > just > > > > > > > deeply subversive." – Noam Chomsky > > > > > > > > >http://www.zcommunications.org/zquotes/2600 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > <minds-eye%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > <minds-eye%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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