Exhausted Noam Chomsky...

[skeptical cynic]

...Just Going To Try And Enjoy The Day For Once

LEXINGTON, MA—Describing himself as "terribly exhausted," famed linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky said Monday that he was taking a break from combating the hegemony of the American imperialist machine to try and take it easy for once.

"I just want to lie in a hammock and have a nice relaxing morning," said the outspoken anarcho-syndicalist academic, who first came to public attention with his breakthrough 1957 book Syntactic Structures. "The systems of control designed to manufacture consent among a largely ignorant public will still be there for me to worry about tomorrow. Today, I'm just going to kick back and enjoy some much-needed Noam Time."

More: http://www.theonion.com/articles/exhausted-noam-chomsky-just-going-to-try-and-enjoy,17404/

[SoCalDem]

1. Good for him. The superbly sad part of it all is that we have been deprived

of hearing his voice all along. but we have been overdosed on the likes of Pat Buchanan, Bill Kristol, Limbaugh, etc.

[marmar]

2. Satire.....it's from the Onion.

[WeDidIt]

5. Dude, you still have time to edit it.

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

6. not a dude.. and I stand by MY statements about him.. even if it IS an Onion piece

I wish he WOULD get some Noam-time before he burns himself out:)

[skeptical cynic]

7. Part of what makes the Onion so good is the subtle approach.

With Howard Zinn gone, Noam Chomsky is one of the last of the Old Guard, along with Bill Moyers.

I'm having trouble thinking of many of their potential replacements who match them for their rigor and sophistication while engaging in openly activist approaches.

If Noam Chomsky called for a National Strike and Boycott today, I wouldn't hesitate to participate.

[Echo In Light]

3. .

[WeDidIt]

4. HA!

:thumbsup:

I love The Onion.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. good for him. Take a rest. DU will continue the fight