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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:46 PM Original message |
Assange is an unscrupulous megalomaniac with a political agenda. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or not. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. You should have noted it's by Christopher Hitchins. If anyone can |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yup |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. "By Christopher Hitchens..." |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. ...by Christopher Hitchens, who has agendas of his own. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. everyone has an agenda. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Certainly. But Hitchens is hardly someone who ought to be |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. that may be true, but that doesn't make what he says meaningless- |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ignore this garbage from Christopher Hitchens. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Has Hitchens been drinking and looking in a mirror again? n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Probably. He won't be missed. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well if anyone is familiar with unscrupulous megalomania that |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. So, if true, just one more in our midst of so many in this US. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. interesting that people are attacking the author, and saying |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. What? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. It's not just that he's wrong; it's that he's sitting in his little glass house |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. .. one of my college prof's knew Hitchens ... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. again, Assange preaches transparency yet is pretty |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He preaches government transparency |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. he preaches that secrecy breeds corruption and operates his |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. If you think about why he is secret, it makes sense |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. he's lived much of his life thinking that people were out to get him. |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I read the article and found no substance |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. that's fair enough. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Name calling is not much of an argument, as this "lickspittle popinjay" ought to know. nt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. plenty of name calling going on, not much substance was |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I noticed that (Mr Assange's lawyer's epithet). |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Your statement is illogical |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unlike Mr Hitchens, I suppose. nt |
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Ford_Prefect (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Mr.Hitchens seems to have a convenient memory.... |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Great response! nt |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. is Chris writing his own bio? |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. There is so much wrong with this Hitchens essay it itsn't funny |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. ...like there's not room for one more? |
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