Comments on: So It Begins Again http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2648 Timothy Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:19:46 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2648 Finding tables that's what my undergrad econ degree has taught me, a yup. Finding tables that’s what my undergrad econ degree has taught me, a yup.

]]> By: WWB http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2647 WWB Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:19:41 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2647 Tim: Not bad. Not bad at all. I keep sorting through BLS pages looking for useful data, but all I can ever find is statistics about how many people died fixing cars. Well done. Olly: You're right about Hitchens' persuasiveness. He even got me to re-rethink Ahmad Chalabi. For all that Hitchens is compared to Sullivan (is this just because they're unconventional British-American thinkers who strongly back the war on terrorism?), it's true that Hitchens is the far more persuasive one -- and of course Sullivan's inability to persuade has been already noted in this space. Michael Moore may not be the hardest target, but this most recent piece is a tour de force. I'm really looking forward to that debate. And I'll be looking forward to it for a long time... Tim: Not bad. Not bad at all. I keep sorting through BLS pages looking for useful data, but all I can ever find is statistics about how many people died fixing cars. Well done.

Olly: You’re right about Hitchens’ persuasiveness. He even got me to re-rethink Ahmad Chalabi. For all that Hitchens is compared to Sullivan (is this just because they’re unconventional British-American thinkers who strongly back the war on terrorism?), it’s true that Hitchens is the far more persuasive one — and of course Sullivan’s inability to persuade has been already noted in this space.

Michael Moore may not be the hardest target, but this most recent piece is a tour de force. I’m really looking forward to that debate. And I’ll be looking forward to it for a long time…

]]> By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2646 Olly Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:54:21 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/06/22/so-it-begins-again/#comment-2646 As I've said before, the reason I tend to find Hitch persuasive - no matter how spittle-flecked he becomes - is that his writing keeps a few unfashionable verities front and center: human rights, anti-fascism, liberal democracy. It's almost quaint. As I’ve said before, the reason I tend to find Hitch persuasive - no matter how spittle-flecked he becomes - is that his writing keeps a few unfashionable verities front and center: human rights, anti-fascism, liberal democracy. It’s almost quaint.

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