Thomas Friedman posed a challenge to voters in his column last week:
“I, for one, don’t think we’re that stupid. Next Tuesday we’ll see.”
Cristiane reponds to Thank You, Tom Friedman:
I sometimes think Thomas Friedman is a big blowhard, but he certainly nailed that. My Dad loves him – maybe he’ll vote Democratic for the first time in his life!
They’re all blowhards. Even Olbermann.
(Especially Olbermann when he whines about the Yankees. I like the Yanks but feel like hitting the radio sometimes when he drones on with excuses for their poor play.)
But like I mentioned before, I can deal with someone else’s opinion even if it is in opposition to my own as long as he or she can make a good argument in support of said opinion. I can agree to disagree with someone who is thoughtful and reasonable.
My Dad loves Friedman, too. He’s read both “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” and “The World is Flat.” Dad is conservative in certain ways, but he is more often in agreement with the Democrats than with the Republicans. Kind of an isolationist, he was really against the U.S. involvement in Kosovo for a long time. He’s been against the Iraq War from the start.
Here is a thought out, reasoned, argument….Keith Olbermann has dogshit in his head that subsititutes for brain matter….
You’re welcome….
Comment by Rex Zeitgeist — 10 November 2006, Friday @ 01:16:31 |
Rex, I think you’re the one with the dogshit for a head.
Anyway, I find Thomas Friedman…a puzzle sometimes. I have to admit, he’s a good observer. He sees the way the global economy is going and the reasons why very clearly. His biggest mistake may be that he doesn’t always do a good enough job of saying loudly and clearly that the human element matters and should matter and that we have to do a better job of making sure that those who can’t even dogpaddle in this sink-or-swim world (not because they’re lazy but because they JUST CAN’T SWIM) aren’t left to drown.
I disagree that Keith is a blowhard, because I tend to believe that blowhards have no substance behind what they say and no intelligence; they just like to shoot their mouths off. And that ain’t Keith.
Although when he whines about the Yankees and becomes an apologist, he comes close. Thank you. Thank you also for realizing that due to accident of birth, he apparently can’t help it. Oh well–it’s like the guy said in “Some Like It Hot”–”Nobody’s perfect!”
Comment by Scoop — 2 December 2006, Saturday @ 13:33:03 |