On 2/7/07, bitch at pulpculture.org <bitch at pulpculture.org> wrote:
>
> 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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