[Vision2020] William F Buckley Jr.

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Well, I don't know if I'd say he threatened to punch Chomsky in the face.  He said he would if Chomskey lost his temper, but it wasn't a 'I'm gonna whack you ' by any means.  At least not in that exerpt.

Sunil

> To: lfalen at turbonet.com; starbliss at gmail.com; chasuk at gmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:27:54 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] William F Buckley Jr.
> 
> Buckley threatens to punch Chomsky in the face
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEIrZO069Kg
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> > Ted
> > I hadn't heard that about Chomskey. He  did threaten to punch Gore 
> Vidal, after Vidal
> called hiim a Nazzi. He imediatly regreted it.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: "Ted Moffett" starbliss at gmail.com
> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:21:46 -0800
> > To: Chasuk chasuk at gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] William F Buckley Jr.
> > 
> > > William F. Buckley once threatened to punch Noam Chomsky in the face on
> > > "Firing Line" when Chomsky appeared as a guest.  This is shown in 
> Chomsky's
> > > film, "Manufacturing Consent."
> > > 
> > > Having said that, I miss "Firing Line," and I respected Buckley's 
> principled
> > > and eloquent conservatism.  He publicly stated that the Iraq War was a
> > > failed policy, and opposed the war on drugs.  Many think these 
> positions are
> > > "left wing."  Yet I think that both the Iraq War and the war on drugs
> > > promote a "liberal" big government/big spending approach, that should
> > > inspire intense skepticism from anyone who advocates a general policy 
> that
> > > big government intrusive tax payer burdening solutions to problems are 
> to be
> > > avoided if possible.
> > > 
> > > I'm surprised by how many so called conservatives continue to insist 
> that
> > > the invasion of Iraq was not a mistake, as the costs of the Iraq 
> occupation
> > > climb hundreds of billions upon hundreds of billions of dollars, and 
> world
> > > wide terrorism continues, in part inspired by hatred of the USA,
> > > for occupying Islamic nations.
> > > 
> > > William F. Buckley writing on the Iraq War at URL below:
> > > 
> > > http://www.nationalreview.com/buckley/buckley200602241451.asp
> > > 
> > > CIA Bin Laden analyst Michael Scheuer on YouTube regarding Ron Paul's 
> wise
> > > foreign policy views on the war on terror:
> > > 
> > > CIA Michael Scheuer Binladin Expert: Only Ron Paul Gets It
> > > 
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqXdbe7CVM
> > > 
> > > ------------------------
> > > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
> > > 
> > > On 2/27/08, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:13 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Flags should be flown at half mast today. William F. Buckley died 
> this
> > > > morning at 82.
> > > >
> > > > I love William F. Buckley, but do you really think that he is such an
> > > > American icon that he merits flags at half-mast?
> > > >
> > > > I wonder, is there any official, designating criterion for this 
> honor?
> > > >
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