tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post115262274983023859..comments2024-03-19T01:36:13.744-05:00Comments on Althouse: The UW 9/11 denialist appears on "Hannity and Colmes."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62591205135874449392008-07-10T21:32:00.000-05:002008-07-10T21:32:00.000-05:00He's absolutely right. Duh. Everyone knows by no...He's absolutely right. Duh. Everyone knows by now that <A HREF="http://byrdeye.blogspot.com/2006/12/9ii-was-inside-job.html" REL="nofollow">9II was a false flag inside job</A>.<BR/><BR/>As far as the interview, it was a case study in FAUX News using <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOHK8qK-Ajw" REL="nofollow">shady NLP tactics</A> in an attempt to slander and discredit Barrett.<BR/><BR/>And Al-Queda? Just like <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYc3V_CakQ" REL="nofollow">WMDs</A>...G Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881813741948255884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3217201999629978332008-02-13T17:46:00.000-06:002008-02-13T17:46:00.000-06:00It is nice of you to summarize this interview, how...It is nice of you to summarize this interview, however I saw it live when it aired, and now again on your page, and wonder why you see a guy who is a nut, and not just nervous because he is on TV? As well, it should be OK to present ideas about events that are not the norm or differ from the accepted version, if only to analyze and consider the possibilities to return to what you originally believed.<BR/><BR/>Why is everyone so scared to ask questions, get answers and think about 9 11?ryanfortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01462984094499377479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154327370091292712006-07-31T01:29:00.000-05:002006-07-31T01:29:00.000-05:00Wow-there are still people hereSince I'm bored and...Wow-there are still people here<BR/><BR/>Since I'm bored and on the off chance you're still reading this--gnocchi, do you have a piece of evidence that wasn't already covered in this thread?<BR/><BR/>Don't feel the need to read all of it, but if you post something that's already in it, I'll merely cut and paste from what's already here in reply. Fair's fair.<BR/><BR/>As far as political appointments:<BR/><BR/>There's teaching something that's against your politics and then there's teaching your students that the 2+2=5. If a professor teaches that Pearl Harbor was a set-up and actually bombed by the British, if he teaches that the people of Russia are actually aliens in disguise, if he teaches that the Oklahoma City bombing was orchestrated by Bill Clinton, if he teaches that water freezes at 50 degrees not 32, that you can turn lead into gold, and that the moon's made of cheese, there's no way a halfway decent university should hire that guy to teach in class. This is what Barrett is doing.<BR/><BR/>For that matter, this applies to someone spending his time focusing on Asian history when he was hired to teach as a chemistry professor. Barrett is an Islamic studies professor, not an engineering prof, not a political science prof, and not a government prof. Someone might want to inform him of that.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093091446115602225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153711869148557982006-07-23T22:31:00.000-05:002006-07-23T22:31:00.000-05:00"I would only ask that you have some sympathy for ...<I>"I would only ask that you have some sympathy for the position the Provost was in trying to decide whether to fire Barrett, making him into a First Amendment martyr, once he'd been hired. As I've said in other posts, that doesn't excuse the fact that conditions here are such that he was hired in the first place, and the real test of the university is whether it finds a way to avoid hiring mistakes like this in the future."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah yes, I see now. You support not firing him (since that would make him a martyr). You just think he should never have been hired in the first place. That's totally different, I apologize.<BR/><BR/>As far as the "unacceptable nickname" goes, would you be OK with it if I told you that it was a "pulled punch" and that I would call you something different were I not truly civilized?gnocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592323937908113642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153710858996376302006-07-23T22:14:00.000-05:002006-07-23T22:14:00.000-05:00Gnocchi: "prevented from teaching based on his pol...Gnocchi: "prevented from teaching based on his political beliefs"<BR/><BR/>That's a complete misreading if not a deliberate lie. I've supported Farrell's decision. Have you noticed? Maybe you should read a little more of the blog before you spew or maybe you have but you choose to lie. You don't bother to even get the facts straight about me, so I have no motivation to trust anything else you have to say. You're taking advantage of my forum, and you are calling me by an unaccepable nickname. <BR/>Shape up or be assured I will delete your comments.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153709987058706362006-07-23T21:59:00.000-05:002006-07-23T21:59:00.000-05:00Y'know, we really need an emoticon for "shaking on...Y'know, we really need an emoticon for "shaking one's head in amazement".<BR/><BR/>Apparently to you, "politeness" is defined as being rude, but not actually being as rude as you would truly like to be. Please explain to me how references to white supremacy and creationism don't "spoil the discussion".<BR/><BR/>As for underestimating you: you're a <B><I>Professor. Of. Law.</I></B> who believes one of her colleagues should be prevented from teaching based on his political beliefs. Perhaps that crushing cognitive dissonance is getting in the way of a truer assessment of you.<BR/><BR/>And yes, annie, I <I>do</I> believe that 9/11 was an inside job. When you finally, truly look at the evidence and come to the same conclusion, you'll understand how wrenching actual rational analysis can sometimes be.gnocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592323937908113642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153708929805963872006-07-23T21:42:00.000-05:002006-07-23T21:42:00.000-05:00Gnocchi: We have held back. Search you own heart t...Gnocchi: We have held back. Search you own heart to discover what we would say about you if we were not being civilized. "Crazy" -- as I have noted before -- is a pulled punch. If you do not know what that stands in for, you underestimate me. For the record, I don't think you're crazy. Nor do I think you believe that 9/11 is an inside job.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153708201306179562006-07-23T21:30:00.000-05:002006-07-23T21:30:00.000-05:00You're right annie, I apologize for my rudeness.Pl...You're right annie, I apologize for my rudeness.<BR/><BR/>Please go back to calling the 9/11 truth movement "batshit crazy" and comparing us to white supremacists. That was so much more civilized.gnocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592323937908113642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153705159471354612006-07-23T20:39:00.000-05:002006-07-23T20:39:00.000-05:00Gnocchi: I will refrain from deleting that comment...Gnocchi: I will refrain from deleting that comment, but you are on notice that your rudeness is not acceptable here. You're free to have your own blog to talk to people that way, but I will not allow you to spoil the discussion.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153704619092508662006-07-23T20:30:00.000-05:002006-07-23T20:30:00.000-05:00james stephenson said...Also, was there Thermate o...<I><B>james stephenson</B> said...<BR/>Also, was there Thermate or Thermite on the floors the plane hit? If there were enough explosives to bring the building down would not the explosions caused by this thermite made the tower come down the second the plane hit?<BR/><B>...</B><BR/>Because lets be honest, no explosive in the world would let 10000 degree temperatures not cause them to explode.<BR/><BR/>Please explain just the thermite withstanding high temps.<BR/></I><BR/>Um...because thermite needs to be yellow-white hot before it ignites? And kerosene + office crap doesn't burn nearly that hot?<BR/><BR/>I'd give you the numbers, but it seems that anything besides "10000" or "a bazillion" would go over your head.<BR/><BR/><BR/><I><B> oligincella </B> said...<BR/>"Hydrocarbon fires like the fires in the towers don't melt steel like that. "<BR/><BR/>Horseshit. I can and have melted high-carbon steel in a coke furnace. It only takes a confined area to reflect the heat inward. Much like a building.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the life update. Too bad a coke furnace is a <I><B>pure carbon</B></I> fire, not a <I><B> hydrocarbon </B></I>fire. (Guess which is hotter)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Seriously, guys, thanks for playing. Please come back when you finish high-school science.gnocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592323937908113642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153689184985653002006-07-23T16:13:00.000-05:002006-07-23T16:13:00.000-05:00Bad Hire n1: A law professor who believes state in...<B>Bad Hire</B> <BR/><I>n</I><BR/><B>1</B>: A law professor who believes state institutions should subject employees to political litmus tests.gnocchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592323937908113642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153587876751822942006-07-22T12:04:00.000-05:002006-07-22T12:04:00.000-05:00Wil: I didn't "laud" Hannity. You're not reading w...Wil: I didn't "laud" Hannity. You're not reading well, presumably because you're overcome with emotion. Try to get your head together and give it another go. Oh, sorry, I know you won't.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153239547787215132006-07-18T11:19:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:19:00.000-05:00I blame the Internet.Never before in history have ...I blame the Internet.<BR/><BR/>Never before in history have so many psychotics, paranoid schizophrenics, bipolars, obsessive-compulsives, narcissists, borderlines and brain damaged nutcases been able to congregate so effectively to redeem and reinforce eachothers magical thinking and paranoia than now.<BR/><BR/>Before, you would stand in the street and rant, or you would write angry letters about UFOs to Dan Rather's shredder, or you would be committed to an asylum, or you would just spout Asneresque crap all day while uncomfortable family members would ignore your dementia until you finally microwaved the cat.<BR/><BR/>But now, we are witnessing mass hysteria and the madness of crowds on a level beyond measure. These people need to be rounded up, forcibly committed and injected with the meds they so badly need. ACLU be damned. It's cruel NOT to do it.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the ones that spout it _knowing_ it's garbage, well they should just be sent to the Phantom Zone.<BR/><BR/>Which is real.Noah Boddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527825237652105295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153239097755450442006-07-18T11:11:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:11:00.000-05:00Gee, I had no idea Ed Asner was such a noted struc...Gee, I had no idea Ed Asner was such a noted structural engineer and financial transaction expert! I knew he was a total prick and an avid Communist, and I knew he hated America and all it stood for, and even Karl Marx was too moderate for him. But I didn't know that!Noah Boddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527825237652105295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153231956349538132006-07-18T09:12:00.000-05:002006-07-18T09:12:00.000-05:00And you'll be waiting the rest of your life, you c...And you'll be waiting the rest of your life, you cut & paste moron, because you'll keep changing the standards of what you will accept as "evidence".Frank IBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16918371604858939277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153164157334487222006-07-17T14:22:00.000-05:002006-07-17T14:22:00.000-05:00and yet you still cling to the notion that you sho...<I>and yet you still cling to the notion that you should never condemn their hate speech</I><BR/><BR/>When you can make your argument without distorting what I have said, I'll bother responding. Until then, keep beating up your strawmen. It doesn't build muscles, so don't forget to take your vitamins.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1153017940810978222006-07-15T21:45:00.000-05:002006-07-15T21:45:00.000-05:00Liz, your attitude is just proving my point. You'r...Liz, your attitude is just proving my point. You're so defensive about being lumped in with loony leftists and anti-American, pro-fascist Sheehanists, and yet you still cling to the notion that you should never condemn their hate speech. Why not? Because in your mind, that equates to agreeing with (gulp!) neocons, Republicans and Bush-voters.<BR/><BR/>So you can't get on board with the idea that you can disagree with one group without embracing another.<BR/><BR/>But that's okay. Please, all you liberals out there, please continue making excuses for the Ward Churchills and Cindy Sheehans and "professor" Barretts out there, and lecture us about their right to spout nonsense, and talk about how "dissent is patriotic," etc., etc., while at the same time, condemn conservatives for daring to criticize said speech. That's the best thing you can do towards establishing a GOP supermajority.<BR/><BR/>If the Dems had distanced themselves from the kooks early on, they might have won some seats in the first midterm election, and possibly the Presidency of 2004. But don't let me distract you.Noah Boddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527825237652105295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152983780220275062006-07-15T12:16:00.000-05:002006-07-15T12:16:00.000-05:00Korla, your rhetoric is in the gutter. You chose t...Korla, your rhetoric is in the gutter. You chose the most inflammatory example possible for your analogy--apologists for Islamist terror--then lamely wail that OF COURSE you're not comparing me to them. Then you wax on about some defense of free speech and "they" have a right to say whatever and so on and so on in incoherant, universal anger against the left. Babble on, but remember to wipe the froth from your lips once in awhile.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152889978871406972006-07-14T10:12:00.000-05:002006-07-14T10:12:00.000-05:00Suddenly occurred to me that my previous comment (...Suddenly occurred to me that my previous comment (since deleted), though obviously satirical to me, might not seem so to (*cough*) others.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152889348118001932006-07-14T10:02:00.000-05:002006-07-14T10:02:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152888917255699302006-07-14T09:55:00.000-05:002006-07-14T09:55:00.000-05:00Somebody should tell Bill Keller that Fiathful Ser...Somebody should tell Bill Keller that Fiathful Servint has uncovered that Silverstein feller, who is at the haert of the consperacy, so that Keller can send over a taem of hodshod repotars to entarveiw he an gett 2 teh botomm of all tihs.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152888381922007142006-07-14T09:46:00.000-05:002006-07-14T09:46:00.000-05:00There seem to be some sort of reciprocal relations...There seem to be some sort of reciprocal relationship between spelling and smoking guns, too. I guess by the time everything in the universe has become a smoking gun, spelling will have fallen all the way off the bottom of the priority list.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152887763083742132006-07-14T09:36:00.000-05:002006-07-14T09:36:00.000-05:00What is it about sleeping on steam grates outside ...What is it about sleeping on steam grates outside public buildings that affects spelling so profoundly?SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152886351188591662006-07-14T09:12:00.000-05:002006-07-14T09:12:00.000-05:00...laughing loon, from the shores of Gitche Gumee,......laughing loon, from the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1152883732850099822006-07-14T08:28:00.000-05:002006-07-14T08:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for helping shepppard me, Faithful Servant....Thanks for helping shepppard me, Faithful Servant.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.com