[lbo-talk] Chomsky disappoints

[bitch at pulpculture.org]

At 05:35 AM 2/7/2007, you wrote:
>Give the old man a break, for fuck's sake. We are
>lucky he is even alive. Murray Bookchin passed
>recently, and he was much younger than Chomsky.
>Chomsky is a living national treasure. Seriously. He's
>America's living Bertrand Russell. If he gets winded
>or feels "lazy" at a conference, so be it. He's still
>alive, at least, for God's sake. His death will be a
>huge loss for humanity. Let him have his
>less-than-stellar moments in his old age at certain
>appearances, for Christ's sake.
>-B.

didn't i hear somewhere that he is sick, too? And, uh, excuse me, but I 
don't know what Chomsky gets paid but $2500 is hardly raking in the big 
bucks as a speaker. You don't know what he actually gets since Columbia may 
have only had a fee to cover nominal expenses, paying C far more (or even 
less, I have no clue). But really now, begrudge someone a lousy $2500 given 
all the work he does do that goes unpaid -- like the answering of email all 
day, keeping up with events, etc. Daily kos makes that much for two top 
level ads for 1 week ferchrisakes.

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