tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post5878675492610779604..comments2023-05-25T06:44:40.265-05:00Comments on The Motley Cow: Cornel West's new memoire.Mpetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-54424226014225111932009-12-24T06:53:21.381-06:002009-12-24T06:53:21.381-06:00You're right, that was a pretty unfair post an...You're right, that was a pretty unfair post and a bad move on my part. (TROLL-ing, my bad)<br /><br />I actually give him credits for being the first philosophy professor to provide the commentary-track to a major motion-picture, which is something that should happen way more often; besides, his acting added to the charm and intelligence of those films.<br /><br />And besides when is good acting a prerequisite for good politics, right? (It is?... OOH, It isn't?)Distance Relativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953500853756583465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-73384338569842256852009-12-23T08:20:44.633-06:002009-12-23T08:20:44.633-06:00One absolute certainty is that West is not a char...One absolute certainty is that West is not a charlatan. His work has always been rock solid and he probably understands the post-modern post-structural critiques better than either of us....<br /><br />The one possible hole in his axiom set is that he's a devout and serious minded Christian, an assumption you are not burdened by. :)Mpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-20930630050835195852009-12-22T22:46:00.724-06:002009-12-22T22:46:00.724-06:00Mark,
Cornell West is a charlatan.
He should sta...Mark,<br /><br />Cornell West is a charlatan.<br /><br />He should stay on his new career path; acting.<br /><br />(Have you ever listened to his commentary track on the Matrix DVD's?)<br /><br />Now, I am not denying that we on the left have something to be concerned about: after all, our savior turns out to be human after all. And anytime our mortality comes up, yes, this can be a difficult transition into adulthood>)<br /><br />But he brought an outsider into the CIA to shake things up, he is closing Bush's torture gulag, and undid, in a flash, the prostitution of some of this country's most sacred land, land that Bush/McCain wanted to "drill baby drill...and mine baby mine." <br /><br />Message to the left:"stop whining."Distance Relativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953500853756583465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-38768232527704721982009-12-20T12:22:57.818-06:002009-12-20T12:22:57.818-06:00Mark,
Sometimes you shock me.
Both you and Corne...Mark,<br /><br />Sometimes you shock me.<br /><br />Both you and Cornel West are throwing Obama "under the bus" already?<br /><br />Holy cow! Just how much of the economy do you want Obama have the Federal government seize to make either of you happy?<br /><br />Cornel West should scare you, not invoke sympathy. Cornel's "sympathies" hurt the poor.Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.com