tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post209887087968174930..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Tom Friedman, Still Wrong About EgyptStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57761004332488491052013-07-12T05:40:02.374-07:002013-07-12T05:40:02.374-07:00Tom Friedman has a precocious imagination, especia...Tom Friedman has a precocious imagination, especially when he's using the passive voice in his writing.<br /><br />"Long transition to democracy"? By my math, Middle Easten democratic movements have been a post-WW2 phenomenon. Try building and sustaining a middle class rather than rushing into "free and fair elections," as American politiians/bureaucrats/journalists are always lamoring for.<br /><br />I especially love his "Daddy Knows Best for Ramadan" quotes. National reconciliation? That requires humility, which the fanatics don't understand.<br /><br />Food and fuel? Too practical. Not "big concept" enough for the author of "The Lexus and the Olive Tree."<br /><br />I remember someone sating that Friedman gets himself in trouble when he talks about topics outside the Middle East. This piece serves as a counter-example to that thesis, showing tha he's almost always in trouble.<br /><br />Friedman drives me crazy when he appears on Chalie Rose. He uses Charlie's first name endlessly... "Charlie, Charlie, Charlie" before and after seemingly every comment. The hallmark of a sycophant.<br /><br />TipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69843961935249969322013-07-11T12:16:56.404-07:002013-07-11T12:16:56.404-07:00TF knows what he knows, and will be told no differ...TF knows what he knows, and will be told no different, even by reality itself.<br /><br />I think Paullie "The Beard" Krugman does, too.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com