Comments for KNOWLEDGE http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com Craig Considine Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Von Rompuy and European identity? by euandus2 http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/what-does-von-rompuy-tell-us-about-the-state-of-european-identity/#comment-20 euandus2 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:05 +0000 http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/?p=489#comment-20 Sadly, the NYT has taken a "sore loser" stance on Van Rompuy's selection, as has Gordon Brown--even downplaying the position to one of mere ceremony (see http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/europe-has-a-president-lets-hear-from-the-sore-losers/) Sadly, the NYT has taken a “sore loser” stance on Van Rompuy’s selection, as has Gordon Brown–even downplaying the position to one of mere ceremony (see http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/europe-has-a-president-lets-hear-from-the-sore-losers/)

]]> Comment on Islamophobia, Double Standards, and the Shooting of Fort Hood by TD http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/islamaphobia-double-standards-and-the-shooting-of-fort-hood/#comment-16 TD Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:29 +0000 http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/?p=472#comment-16 So, when Timothy McVeigh sells guns and white supremacist literature at gun shows plus has numerous militia contacts he is a white supremacist and a militia member. But, when Malik Nidal Hasan (maybe you didn't mention this murderer's name because you didn't know it, right?) equates jihadist suicide bombers to soldiers throwing themselves on grenades to save their squad and screams "Allah Akbar" before opening fire he is a...disturbed member of the US military with secondary PTSD from listening to the stories of those have actually been in combat. You're right, there is a double standard. So, when Timothy McVeigh sells guns and white supremacist literature at gun shows plus has numerous militia contacts he is a white supremacist and a militia member.

But, when Malik Nidal Hasan (maybe you didn’t mention this murderer’s name because you didn’t know it, right?) equates jihadist suicide bombers to soldiers throwing themselves on grenades to save their squad and screams “Allah Akbar” before opening fire he is a…disturbed member of the US military with secondary PTSD from listening to the stories of those have actually been in combat.

You’re right, there is a double standard.

]]> Comment on Hollywood Here I Come by Christa http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/here-i-come-hollywood/#comment-6 Christa Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:18:56 +0000 http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-6 Hey Craig! I saw your blog link on the facebook, and I think its great! What do you think about me adding you to my own blog's link and vice versa? Hey Craig! I saw your blog link on the facebook, and I think its great! What do you think about me adding you to my own blog’s link and vice versa?

]]> Comment on The Day I met Chomsky by Nick http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/the-day-i-met-chomsky/#comment-3 Nick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:18:16 +0000 http://craigconsidine.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-3 That's pretty neat that you got to meet him in person. However, Chomsky is an anarchist or, if you prefer libertarian-socialist. I thought you might enjoy reading my interviews with him from a ways back: http://gritsandroses.org/interviews-2001-2006/ and my more recent interview with Anthony Arnove, who edited The Essential Chomsky http://gritsandroses.org/2009/03/29/anthony-arnove-on-the-essential-chomsky/ That’s pretty neat that you got to meet him in person.

However, Chomsky is an anarchist or, if you prefer libertarian-socialist.

I thought you might enjoy reading my interviews with him from a ways back:

http://gritsandroses.org/interviews-2001-2006/

and my more recent interview with Anthony Arnove, who edited The Essential Chomsky

http://gritsandroses.org/2009/03/29/anthony-arnove-on-the-essential-chomsky/

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