You described Andrew Sullivan to the T! Like an infant banging his spoon on the high-chair tray, Chomsky's millions? Hah! He lives like the most austere Trappist Monk. Money definitely does not drive him one iota. You are right that he doesn't spend on clothes and vehicle, and his hair never fails to appear as if he had just that moment rolled out of bed. I love Chomsky. Your Andrew Sullivan video is an award-winner. if I knew his e-address, I would send it to him. I so tire of his fillibustering. And he sure can talk loud. Thanks for a most enjoyable posting.--Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Fuller To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [rhetoric-list] Sullivan, Chomskey & Mahr
Touchy Feely Posted by James Wolcott Sometimes my suspicious nature saves me from myself. I was about to post a semi-sincere apology to Andrew Sullivan. In my book, I argued that however much he flirted with abandoning Bush, he would never unlash himself from the Marlboro Man, having invested so much in this tender masochistic relationship. I was wrong. After much agon, Sullivan did cast his vote for Kerry, which caused him no end of grief from fellow conservatives who probably never liked gays anyway and now had an excuse to vent their Disillusionment with Andrew for defecting. As I say, an apology seemed in order. But after watching Sullivan make an ass of himself (in more ways than one) on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, forget it. Like an infant banging his spoon on the high-chair tray, Sullivan threw quite a tantrum last night after Maher had the GALL to interview Noam Chomsky. Sullivan sputtered that Chomsky made "millions" going around the world telling audiences America was "evil." Now I don't pretend to have read or heard all of the millions of words Chomsky has written and spoken, but "evil" doesn't seem to be a prominent word in his vocabulary, being so theological; he tends to talk in terms of brutal realpolitick and self-interest. And it's highly unlikely he's raking in "millions"--if he is, he isn't splurging on wardrobe and pimpmobiles. Since every war criminal in the current Bush administration will be able to command huge honoraria on the lecture circuit and lucrative positions on corporate boards once they leave the bloodshed behind, working up ire over a professor's speaking fees seems a bit much. Unable to impart the red depths of Chomsky's villainy to host and panel, Sullivan attacked Chomsky for being symptomatic of an America-hating elitist left. "That's why you lost this week!" Sullivan said.* "You said you voted for Kerry!" Maher shot back. "You lost too!" And in one blow Maher (who was in brilliant form in the last part of the show) illuminated the twisted self-contradictions of Sullivan, who can upbraid someone for making the same choice he did. The strangest thing in the broadcast happened when the show was over. The panelists stood, Sullivan's back to the camera, and as the credits rolled, he began squeezing, massaging his own buttocks with his hands. I thought he might be trying to dislodge a thong strap that had run up rather deep, but no, he seemed to be feeling up his own butt. I've never seen anything quite like it, unless I was hallucinating, and if I start hallucinating about Andrew Sullivan copping a feel of his own butt, it's time to check into the clinic for a little Elizabeth Wurtzel layoff. So I beg any blogger able to do a "screen-grab," if you're pardon the expression, to study the last few minutes of this week's Real Time with Bill Maher and assure me my mind's not playing mad tricks. *quoted from imperfect memory, but as accurate as I can make it until I see a replay http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2004/11/touchy_feely.php The buttgrabber video is here: http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/sullivan.html ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
