Paging a Chomsky, a Mr. Noam Chomsky

Woodward’s new book is terrifying 3

From Woodward's new book:

During a meeting in the Oval Office, according to Woodward, Bush personally thanked Bandar because the Saudis had flooded the world oil market and kept prices down in the run-up to the 2004 general election.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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    Tom Philpott Posted 4:19 am
    05 Oct 2006

    Brilliantly done, DaveWhat does that hoary old linguist know about geopolitics, anyway.

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    Biodiversivist Posted 5:00 am
    05 Oct 2006

    Great titleChomsky was Pinker's mentor at MIT. Pinker is one of the fab four, along with Dawkins, Dennet, and Wilson. The Cover of Newsweek features this book along with the latest Republican scandal. A refreshing change of direction.

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  3. jjwfmme Posted 6:24 am
    05 Oct 2006

    Not So MuchPinker is one of the fab four, along with Dawkins, Dennet, and Wilson.
    Yikes. Chomsky is ok, but Dawkins and Dennett. I agree with this post at Alternet:
    http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/evan/42125/
    Then there was this Dennett appearance on Radio Open Source:
    http://www.radioopensource.org/is-god-in-our-genes/
    There's something unjustifiedly triumphalist about both these guys. Not great spokesmen for their fields, IMHO.

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