by chiggerbit » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:49 am
I wonder if that Ann Althouse realizes how pompous she sounds on "paper". Has that UW course sold out yet? Interesting. Wisconsin may be on to something here by allowing this kind of debate to occur in a class forum. If UW has discovered the popularity of this topic of debate, can the media be far behind? I would think it would make for some interesting tv, haven't figured out why they haven't realized the fact yet.<br><br>This part was hilarious. Actually, I was surprised at how inaccurate this woman's description was, across the board. <br>The right must be really sweating that the topic is being given a credible forum to make its point.<br><br>"....From the moment he begins speaking, Barrett twitches and jerks around quite oddly and speaks in a breathless, excited way. He tries to unload a torrent of words about the theory and won't stop to give Colmes a chance to get through his series of questions, which are quite clearly designed to put Barrett in a positive light. Barrett, however, is so keen on his theory, he'd rather spout conspiracy. He looks nutty even before Hannity starts the questions that are meant to trash him. That is, Barrett's a witness who mucks up the direct examination. It doesn't take cross-examination to bring out the problems.<br><br>When Hannity takes over, Barrett interrupts him in the middle of his first question. When Hannity insists on finishing the question, Barrett smugly goes "Yeah, yeah, finish up." On Hannity's show! As if he thinks the only people who are watching are folks who think Hannity's a jackass. Hannity asks him if he really believes 9/11 and other terrorists attacks were "an inside job." Barrett, inspiring no confidence that he will allow students to debate with him, says sharply, "I don't believe, I do know that 9/11 was an inside job." Barrett then tries to lay out the details of the theory. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The word "thermate" comes out of his mouth. (It's supposed to be "thermite," but why be precise?) [ADDED: Apparently, there is something called "thermate," which, like thermite, has a role in the conspiracy theory.]</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->...."<br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 7/12/06 9:06 am<br></i>
