On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>> The professor quibbles over words "political supremacy" too much. In
>> substance, I actually agree with the professor on both points, though
>> the professor doesn't appear to realize that.
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> He's probably just too busy trying to build a radio so he can get off
> that infernal island to give what you're saying the proper attention.
Isn't that use of "the professor" wonderful? It's straight out of the Bill O'Reilly playbook. But it's even cleverer than O'Reilly to say that "the professor" agrees with the pundit even though "the professor" doesn't realize it! Truly, it must be wonderful to know everything.