Comments on: The Jews http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html All of us against the machine Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15538 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15538 <p>I admire Tom and his writing a lot. <br /> <br /> He is a very smart guy and a very good writer. However, his post on the Jews doesn't make sense. It does not fit with the rest of what he's written, it does not fit with PNM Theory, it does not fit with reality.<br /> <br /> It does, however, fit with his recent "you go girl" posts [1,2]. Tom likes to give liberal/left-of-center interpretations on his blog from time to time, which is fine. PNM Theory is flexible, and it's important to get political buy-in. Those posts are clever, and I'm sure Tom gets a kick from writing them. But they are also well thought out, and require serious thinking to engage.<br /> <br /> His Carter/Jews post is clever, and nice and liberal, but without the substance. I know Tom knows what he's talking about -- he's a smart guy -- but his post doesn't reflect that knowledge. Instead he reaches for clever shots. It reminds me of his attack on Tom Friedman some time ago [3,4]. Indeed, I think those two pieces (the Friedman-attack-piece and the Carter-apologia) are easily the worst things he has written. Neither should have been published. Neither should have been typed.<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/think_about_it.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/think_about_it.html</a><br /> [2] <a href="http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/beyond_chirac_france_can_only.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/beyond_chirac_france_can_only.html</a><br /> [3] <a href="http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/05/27/best-globalization-pundits-agree.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/05/27/best-globalization-pundits-agree.html</a><br /> [4] <a href="http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001967.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001967.html</a></p> I admire Tom and his writing a lot.

He is a very smart guy and a very good writer. However, his post on the Jews doesn't make sense. It does not fit with the rest of what he's written, it does not fit with PNM Theory, it does not fit with reality.

It does, however, fit with his recent “you go girl” posts [1,2]. Tom likes to give liberal/left-of-center interpretations on his blog from time to time, which is fine. PNM Theory is flexible, and it's important to get political buy-in. Those posts are clever, and I'm sure Tom gets a kick from writing them. But they are also well thought out, and require serious thinking to engage.

His Carter/Jews post is clever, and nice and liberal, but without the substance. I know Tom knows what he's talking about — he's a smart guy — but his post doesn't reflect that knowledge. Instead he reaches for clever shots. It reminds me of his attack on Tom Friedman some time ago [3,4]. Indeed, I think those two pieces (the Friedman-attack-piece and the Carter-apologia) are easily the worst things he has written. Neither should have been published. Neither should have been typed.

[1] http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/think_about_it.html
[2] http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/12/beyond_chirac_france_can_only.html
[3] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/05/27/best-globalization-pundits-agree.html
[4] http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001967.html

]]> By: Sean http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15536 Sean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15536 <p>dang, Dan. that's pretty strong. when you disagree with someone, you really disagree...</p> dang, Dan. that's pretty strong. when you disagree with someone, you really disagree…

]]> By: Joe http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15537 Joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15537 <p>I'll chalk up his unfortunate post to too-clever-by-half-ism, a common curse of gifted writers who get carried away by their own rhetorical brilliance.That's one of the oddest compliments I've heard in a while.</p> I'll chalk up his unfortunate post to too-clever-by-half-ism, a common curse of gifted writers who get carried away by their own rhetorical brilliance.That's one of the oddest compliments I've heard in a while.

]]> By: purpleslog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15539 purpleslog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15539 <p>"guy-in"? <br /> <br /> I think text from alternate universe DAXTP might have slipstreamed in!</p> “guy-in”?

I think text from alternate universe DAXTP might have slipstreamed in!

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15540 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15540 <p>Another reason I admire Tom & Sean so much is their ability to actually type what they are thinking, as opposed to bizarre references to alternate realities! :-)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/alternate-universe-blogging-warning.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/alternate-universe-blogging-warning.html</a></p> Another reason I admire Tom & Sean so much is their ability to actually type what they are thinking, as opposed to bizarre references to alternate realities! :-)

http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/alternate-universe-blogging-warning.html

]]> By: Sean http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15541 Sean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15541 <p>'Another reason I admire Tom & Sean so much is there ability to actually type what they are thinking, as opposed to bizarre references to alternate realities! :-)'<br /> <br /> don't forget my ability to spot a 'there' that should have been a 'their' ;-)</p> 'Another reason I admire Tom & Sean so much is there ability to actually type what they are thinking, as opposed to bizarre references to alternate realities! :-) '

don't forget my ability to spot a 'there' that should have been a 'their' ;-)

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html/comment-page-1#comment-15542 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/12/28/the-jews.html#comment-15542 <p>"don't forget my ability to spot a 'there' that should have been a 'their' "<br /> <br /> <br /> Grrr... ;-)</p> “don't forget my ability to spot a 'there' that should have been a 'their' “

Grrr… ;-)

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