At DU. Free tickets.
http://alumni.du.edu/s/1150/index_2col.aspx?sid=1150&pgid=1855&gid=1&cid=2933&ecid=2933

Some might want to go just to protest outside but others might want to hear his analysis of US foreign policy.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

A little far for me. I generally disagree with Chomsky, but I find him entertaining.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

The US has a foreign policy?

Whos chompski?

A smart guy with some very liberal sensibilities. Last time I saw him on tv he was accusing the U.S. government of doing some things in foreign policy that I think we should be doing, but aren't. His overall take on conservatism is interesting, albeit a bit scary since he actually believes what he's saying, and there are people who take him seriously.

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

He's a remarkable collector of historical tidbits but his conclusions are a bit too firmly in place for me. I think he's well worth a listen though, as his info is provocative.

I heard him in the late 80s in Seattle.

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I saw an interview with him on some online forum. Might have been FORA TV or the Charlie Rose show or something along those lines. I found it interesting. Mostly for his recollections on his early life and seminal influences hanging around diaspora anarchist bookshops in New York as a kid. Explains a lot about where he gets his religion from. And I dont mean of the superstitious variety. Don't know if I'd pay to hear him speak after seeing that interview.

- Peter.

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Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

That's because you never read and were tested on these books in grad school:

"Aspects of the Theory of Syntax"
"Syntactic Structures"
"The Sound Pattern of English" with Morris Halle

The first two were good, the third was pulled out of the lower end of the alimentary canal

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

No charge. I was surprised to learn in that Wikipedia link that his dad belonged to the IWW. Spanish anarchists in the Civil War had a strong influence on him.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

He is a professor of linguistics and a social commentator.

Hate him or not, he is epitomy of a libertarian. His ideas:

No foreign intervention for the US.

Tax in a fair manner.

Helping the US poor comes before enriching foreign despots.

Where would we be today if his preachings were followed since 1990?

No wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

GE would be paying taxes.

No government feeding of the real estate bubble, thus no collapse of the economy in 2008.

A managable Federal debt.

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson

From the one interview with him I saw on the tube and his comments on government and the conservative movement, I didn't get the impression of him as a libertarian, even though he apparently claims to be one. Perhaps he and I don't disagree to the extent that I thought.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

chomsky usually has everything figured out, long before everyone else.

now that howard zinn is gone, he's about the best one left.

at least when it comes to current events. ( alas, i know nothing of linguistics, and probably am too old and ignorant to learn )

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I was wondering how Chomsky was thinking of his own life right now. He's 83, Zinn was a good friend of his, his wife died a few years ago. It can't be easy.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

well, he still enjoys cognition and oration. (both of which he excels at)
not sure if he believes in change, the future, etc. or if he even thinks about it. am i wrong to think that he's kind of a 1950's agnostic existentialist .. in a post-modern world? but yes, i'm sure it's a little lonely.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Classic Euro-socialist.