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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And why did Sullivan get to react to a
tape? Seems to me like that might stem from Maher (or his producers) protecting
Sullivan from getting sliced and diced in person, which would certainly have
happened.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Was the Noam interview good enough to
bother obtaining on DVD-RW? How long was it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
lbo-talk-bounces@lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces@lbo-talk.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Turbulo@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 10, 2004
8:00 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [lbo-talk] Re:
Chomsky/Sullivan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In a message dated 11/9/04 4:33:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lbo-talk-request@lbo-talk.org writes:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> --I plead with any of you good people to get a
transcript out to LBO<br>
> lickedly split...I don't have HBO...I'm dying to hear more about it..<br>
><br>
> steve<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><br>
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I watched Friday's "Real Time" w/Bill Maher. Sullivan didn't debate
Chomsky directly, but commented afterwards on a taped interview Maher played on
the show. Maher asked Chomsky why he thought the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
invaded <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
to which he replied that there were a number of reasons, all having to do with
oil. Not only would American corporations be able to profit directly from the
extraction of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>'s huge
untapped reserves, but conrol of Iraqi and Mideastern oil gives the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> enormous
leverage over other world powers. Sullivan made almost no attempt to
refute any of Chomsky's substantive points. Instead, he became almost
hysterical over what he called Chomsky's belief that the US is
"evil," said that Chomsky supported the Soviet Union when it existed,
knows what he's saying isn't true, is making millions of dollars off
anti-Americanism, and took Maher to task for not asking Chomsky any tough
questions and treating him as a folk hero. Maher replied that he didn't agree
with Chomsky about many things, but that he had a different point of view,
which should be respected. Sullivan said Chomsky's view shouldn't be
respected. </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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