Daily Kos: Chomsky Executes a Full Godwin; Wingnuts FlipSource: Daily Kos
A distillation of every rabid, ignorant, bull-goose crazy talking point from the right, all triggered by Noam Chomsky's comparison of the US to the Weimar Republic and the teabaggers to the then-nascent Nazi Party.

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Noam Chomsky's Work Banned at Guantanamo BaySource: MiamiHerald.com
Professor Noam Chomsky may be among America's most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual's anthology of post 9/11 commentary is taboo at Guantánamo's prison camp library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter, World Cup soccer and Islam.
Exceptions To The RuleSource: Chavezian Airspace
Chomsky and Herman's Propaganda Model of US Mass Media works really well. Except when it doesn't. The exceptional left-wing coverage of some issues shows some interesting exceptions that prove the rule.
Crisis and Hope: Theirs and OursSource: Common Dreams
For the West the phrase "the crisis" has a clear enough meaning: the financial crisis that hit the rich countries with great impact, and is therefore of supreme importance. But even for the rich and privileged that is by no means the only crisis, nor even the most severe.
Noam Chomsky on Health Care--Why has reform taken so LONGSource: YouTube
There has been no public discussion on the single payer health plan. But enough people have found out about it, that a majority of Americans are in favor of it. If it were allowed to be discussed publicly, the support would be overwhelming.
A Linguistic Big BangSource: The New York Times
Following the 1979 Sandinista revolution, the newly installed Nicaraguan Government inaugurated the country's first large-scale effort to educate deaf children. Hundreds of students were enrolled in two Managua schools.
Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising? Source: AlterNet.org
What's next will depend on whether the same thing happens. Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. And the answer to what's next depends on people like you. Nobody else can answer it. It's not predictable.
Noam Chomsky: Humanitarian ImperialismSource: Monthly Review
Jean Bricmont's concept "humanitarian imperialism" succinctly captures a dilemma that has faced Western leaders and the Western intellectual community since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Noam Chomsky: Towards a Second Cold War?Source: news.infoshop.org
Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable weapon of satire.
Who Framed George Lakoff?Source: chronicle.com
George P. Lakoff is falling asleep. It is a bright summer afternoon in San Francisco, and Lakoff is nursing a latte at a small table near the entrance of a bustling, sun-dappled cafe. "This is what happens when you are 67," he explains sheepishly after dozing off midsentence.
Chomsky: It's the Oil, stupid!Source: Khaleej Times
In the US, the Democrats are silenced now because of the supposed success of the US military surge in Iraq. Their silence reflects the fact that there are no principled criticisms of the war.
Noam Chomsky on 1968, by Noam ChomskySource: chomsky.info
Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements. There wouldn't have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968.
Bush Promised Israel that He Would Nuke Iran Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
Whether or not Bush manages to plunge the world into a new dark age may depend upon which version of the recent US/Iran confrontation is believed. So far, Bush's utter lack of credibility may be working to our advantage.
The Moral InstinctSource: The New York Times
Evolution has endowed us with ethical impulses. Do we know what to do with them?