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1. #1
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am, Virginia Patriot said:

   One less communist to spread propaganda.

2. #2
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:44 am, Craig said:

   While traveling in the United Soviet Socialist Republic of Santa Monica…
   how apropros.

3. #3
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:46 am, jamesgreenidge said:

   Don’t forget his affect infects the unrebutted educational media such as Discovery/History/Green and National Geo Channels with largely leftist amd green views to a largely political/physical science ignorant public. Unless you flush these sources of public education/information clean with fact and truth, what goes in text books in schools are almost moot.

   James Greenidge
   Queens NY

4. #4
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:50 am, behiker said:

   Awwww, he missed his star pupil’s speech.

5. #5
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:50 am, granite said:

   I heard it said some months ago that sometimes a politician does finally do one, and only one, good thing for his (meaning his/her) country.

   I wonder if that apples to non-politicans, too.

6. #6
   On January 28th, 2010 at 8:56 am, rplatt said:

   Unfortunately there will be more of his ilk ready to take his place. Fight on.

7. #7
   On January 28th, 2010 at 9:01 am, jangar said:

   Unfortunately there will be more of his ilk ready to take his place.

   Rob Reiner comes to mind first…

8. #8
   On January 28th, 2010 at 9:02 am, Regulus said:

   Thanks for the news, Michelle. I just got up this morning, and although the sun isn’t up yet it’s already a brighter day.

9. #9
   On January 28th, 2010 at 9:05 am, granite said:

   Only slightly OT:

   http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/01/citizen-spies.html

10. #10
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:20 am, thegreatbeast said:

    Funny but I think he died a millionaire, like Chomsky.
    Also, beyond the high-fallutin’ talk about how he taught history, Zinn was known as an easy ‘A’ at BU.

11. #11
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:22 am, RedDog said:

    The main axiom of the Left is that social justice comes from the barrel of central government. And g_d help you if you are in the line of fire.

12. #12
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:24 am, spaceycakes said:

    Oh, shut up, Chomsky; you twat.

13. #13
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:24 am, RedDog said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:20 am, thegreatbeast said:
    Funny but I think he died a millionaire, like Chomsky.

    Don’t you mean Alinsky? Little Noam is stil alive.

14. #14
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:25 am, JammieWearingFool said:

    Useful idiots hardest hit.

15. #15
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:28 am, swede said:

    Must admit, I shed no tears, but IMHO let’s be careful not to dance on graves. It is rather repugnant and should be left to the Nutroots. (i.e. Tony Snow)

16. #16
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:36 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:28 am, swede said:

    Correct.

    But, we must remember that we are not in a popularity or fashion contest against the America-haters; we are in an existential struggle for our nation, society, culture, and civilization.

17. #17
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:41 am, dan708 said:

    If he opposed US involvement in Vietnam, that was the one thing he got right. We shouldn’t have been there if Johnson didn’t have a plausible plan for victory, which appeared to be the case.

    Otherwise, this country is about to take a sharp turn away from his political philosophy, starting in November 2010.

18. #18
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:42 am, spaceycakes said:

    There’s a biiiig difference between Tony Snow and Zinn. If I can’t use my judgement then I’m pretty cowed by the PC po-po.

19. #19
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:42 am, Misscheryl said:

    Meet thy maker.

20. #20
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:50 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:41 am, dan708 said:

    If he opposed US involvement in Vietnam, that was the one thing he got right. We shouldn’t have been there if Johnson didn’t have a plausible plan for victory, which appeared to be the case.

    If?!

    I don’t have time to dig up documentary evidence, but I would bet the house and the car that he opposed it.

    ‘Course, I would bet the house, the car, and the kids that, “if” he opposed it; that there is no way in Hell that he opposed it because there was not “…a plausible plan for victory,….” Like the rest of the America-haters, he likely rooted for us to lose.

21. #21
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am, swede said:

    granite & spacey – I fully understand and share the disgust for these people that warp our culture. It’s just IMHO, I don’t see it as PC, but human decency and civility.

22. #22
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:56 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am, swede said:

    …human decency and civility.

    Yes; but which, for me, stops when someone is trying to destroy me and mine.

23. #23
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Matt Damon!

24. #24
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am, b-cat said:

    Only the good die young.

25. #25
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

    How many years will it take to clean up the mess this ‘person’ and his ilk have left us… Thanks Zinn, I’m sure your reward is waiting for you.

26. #26
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:02 am, TigerLady said:

    “He’s changed the conscience of America in a highly constructive way. I really can’t think of anyone I can compare him to in this respect.”

    Lucifer?

27. #27
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:17 am, dan708 said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:50 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:41 am, dan708 said:

    If he opposed US involvement in Vietnam, that was the one thing he got right. We shouldn’t have been there if Johnson didn’t have a plausible plan for victory, which appeared to be the case.

    If?!

    I don’t have time to dig up documentary evidence, but I would bet the house and the car that he opposed it.

    ‘Course, I would bet the house, the car, and the kids that, “if” he opposed it; that there is no way in Hell that he opposed it because there was not “…a plausible plan for victory,….” Like the rest of the America-haters, he likely rooted for us to lose.

    True enough, chief.

28. #28
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:31 am, TooMuchTime said:

    Here’s a little info about Noam Chomsky and a quote from the link.

    Chomsky was one of the chief deniers of the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, which took place in the wake of the Communist victory and American withdrawal from Indochina. He directed vitriolic attacks towards the reporters and witnesses who testified to the human catastrophe that was taking place there. Initially, Chomsky tried to minimize the deaths (a “few thousand”) and compared those killed by Pol Pot and his followers to the collaborators who had been executed by resistance movements in Europe at the end of World War II. By 1980, however, it was no longer possible to deny that some 2 million of Cambodia’s 7.8 million people had perished at the hands of the Communists. But Professor Chomsky continued to deny the genocide, proposing that the underlying problem may have been a failure of the rice crop. As late as 1988, Chomsky returned to the subject and insisted that whatever had happened in Cambodia, the U.S. was to blame.

    Ah, yes. The old commie stand-by. Blame the U.S. for all of the world’s failures. See this link for some excellent articles about how it was the USSR that caused all of the problems. The author is Oleg Atbashian; he runs The Peoples Cube.

    Chomksy is such a tool.

    By the way, Chomsky’s BFF, Pol Pot, tortured and murdered people at Tuol Sleng. The link is the website. Not for the faint for heart.

29. #29
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:48 am, spaceycakes said:

    I’m decent. I’m as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove.

    Chomsky is still a twat.

30. #30
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:51 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:48 am, spaceycakes said:

    Chomsky is still a twat.

    Wow!!

    I’ve heard that term only rarely since high school 40 years ago!!

31. #31
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:54 am, happyscrapper said:

    One less communist. Yawn. We have millions of them to go. A little send-off message to someone who re-wrote history so that millions of vulnerable children were deceived ..say hello to Teddy for us. And yes, I know that is nasty and somewhat low. But I am expressing what I feel about that piece of garbage. And I have a right to do that.

32. #32
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:56 am, drivingjack said:

    Marxists are like weeds: one dies and 3 more sprout up.

33. #33
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:57 am, granite said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:56 am, drivingjack said:

    Sort of resembles fighting the Hydra.

34. #34
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:02 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    Immunize your children early and often.

    Translation: Brainwash your kids before anyone else can.

35. #35
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:06 am, happy2behere said:

    One look at hotel rates in Santa Monica would give anyone a heart attack.

36. #36
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:11 am, TooMuchTime said:

    Translation: Brainwash Teach your kids the truth about socialism before anyone else can the schools do their damage.

    FIFY.

37. #37
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am, spaceycakes said:

    Thanks RSS–can I borrow your secret decoder ring?

38. #38
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am, spaceycakes said:
    Thanks RSS–can I borrow your secret decoder ring?

    Don’t mind him, he’s alittle cranky because the tin foil makes his scalp itch.

39. #39
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:47 am, greenfairie said:

    It’s up to Matt Damon now to carry on his work./sarc

    As far as I’m concerned, the late Zinn is an ingrate who spat in the face of a nation that took in his ancestors and allowed him the liberty to cruise through life in an easy job, making craploads of money off of Marxist drivel, and allowing him the opportunity to rub elbows with our own worthless aristocracy (otherwise known as “celebrities”). The only faux intellectual I have more contempt for is Noam Chomsky.

40. #40
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:58 am, jsr said:

    Howard Zinn in life was a contemptible, America-hating jackass. Now he is just another dead jackass destined for the trash heap of history. The most important thing we can learn from him is that he has/had numerous admirers most of whom vote Democrat.

41. #41
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:58 am, spaceycakes said:

    thank you, greenfairie.

42. #42
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:59 am, Texhoma said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    One less communist to spread propaganda.

    It’s too late. He has spread his communist crap for more than 60 years. The time to stop him and his ilk was back in the 50′s and 60′s.

43. #43
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:01 pm, Dimsdale said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:02 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    Immunize your children early and often.

    Translation: Brainwash your kids before anyone else can.

    Teach your children to think, and think critically, and you will never have to worry about them falling for the fraud that is socialism/marxism/communism. Or becoming a Democrat…

44. #44
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm, infidel4life said:

    There will be no rewriting history where he is now.

45. #45
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:35 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    while traveling in Santa Monica

    Funny how Marxists always like nice expensive places like Santa Monica.

46. #46
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:54 pm, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

    The Movie “Green Zone”, another “Bush Lied”, “America and its Soldiers are to Blame” movie is to make its debut on 2010. I am pretty sure Mat Damon is sad, sad, sad, that his mentor Zinn (pictured with him) has joined the “HEATED Beyond Limits Zone”….while his body has assumed “room temperature”. To you, Zinn, this glass of water I lift to you!!!!….since you won’t have a S-I-N-G-L-E drop where you are….NOW!!….Luke 16:24.
    I hope you are very TOLERANT to heat and extreme lack of water.
    Do give my regards to Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Lenin, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, “Che” Guevara,Bertrand Russell, David Hume, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, Carl Sagan, Karl Marx, and the rest!!

    No rest for the wicked!!!

    Rio
    Semper Fi!

47. #47
    On January 28th, 2010 at 2:46 pm, vatodio said:

    May his soul ROT in Hell…

48. #48
    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:14 pm, wckelly60 said:

    There’s a warm place waiting for him. Pity it smells of sulfur.

49. #49
    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:23 pm, Kingfish said:

    Spaceycakes the Celtic goddess in stilleto heels remains honest in evaluation!

    Hear Hear!

50. #50
    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:54 pm, spaceycakes said:

    LOL, Kingfish. Today I’m wearing signature Givenchy heels.

    My guess is Buaidheach (Boadicea) either went barefoot or wore some sort of *shudder* hemp sandal.

51. #51
    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:55 pm, spaceycakes said:

    wckelly60–he’s going to stay in Matt Damon’s toilet?

52. #52
    On January 28th, 2010 at 6:47 pm, sbmama said:

    My daughter had to read Zinn during the summer before she took AP US History. It was a requirement to go through each chapter and analyze. It took precisely 3 chapters to figure out what horse pucky the book was. I was appalled that this book was required reading, given the obvious bias. As I have learned about the state of social studies teaching these days, I am no longer surprised. But then no one should also be surprised when our kids have such a one-sided view of our country. Or why the idea of socialism or communism is not viewed with horror by our kids. They are clueless and I have often suspected that this is done deliberately. I raise my kids “right” but worry about the rest of the squishes who are ignorant themselves.

53. #53
    On January 28th, 2010 at 6:52 pm, regularguy said:

    Forgive me, I try not to speak ill of the dead, but Goebbels would be envious of the damage Zinn has been able to inflict on America with his twisting of history. The world shall not suffer from his loss.

54. #54
    On January 28th, 2010 at 7:46 pm, TiminPhx said:

    Well, isn’t it nice that Fidel will have someone to give him a hug, welcoming him to Hell when he dies.

55. #55
    On January 28th, 2010 at 7:54 pm, BrianNY said:

    So, Howard Zinn is Zout at 87?

    A Zinn quote from his NYT obituary:

    I think people are dazzled by Obama’s rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president — which means, in our time, a dangerous president — unless there is some national movement to push him in a better direction.

    Sounds like Zinn wasn’t a big fan of Obama’s Presidential abilities. It also sounds like Zinn was an un-acknowledging fan of the Tea Party Movement as well.

    Further, a Ben Affleck quote from Zinn’s NYT obituary:

    “He (Zinn) taught me how valuable — how necessary dissent was to democracy and to America itself,” Affleck said in a statement. ”He taught that history was made by the everyman, not the elites.

    
    Excuse me Affleck, but if these are your true feelings…why aren’t you standing in the front line of the Tea Party Movement with a megaphone?

56. #56
    On January 28th, 2010 at 8:39 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:23 pm, Kingfish said:
    Spaceycakes the Celtic goddess in stilleto heels and ripped bodice, remains honest in evaluation!

    Hear Hear!

    FIFY

57. #57
    On January 29th, 2010 at 12:19 am, emjem24 said:

    I have an immediate two word response to Zinn’s death: No loss.

    His fraudulent tome, “A People’s History,” is required reading in many education programs, both undergraduate and graduate. My far left graduate adviser would wax poetic about Zinn like he was some kind of icon who was emblamatic of America. He was anything but.

    I hear the likes of RSS saying that steering clear of Zinn means parents are indoctrinating their kids. I wonder if people like RSS really comprehend that you often don’t have a choice in what you learn when people like Zinn are introduced into the curriculum. I resent that attitude because both me and my fellow graduate students vehemently disagreed with Zinn and felt that badmouthing America shouldn’t be an educational experience.

    I’m tired of how this guy is put up on a pedestal and seen as some great “thinker.” He’s nothing but a coward who thinks that the only ideas that hold any value are the ones that come from the Dem or Commie parties.

58. #58
    On January 29th, 2010 at 9:25 am, spaceycakes said:

    Rogue–never! Not when wearing vintage Halston!!

    ‘Studio 54′ anyone? doo de doo

59. #59
    On January 29th, 2010 at 10:18 am, TooMuchTime said:

    I’m tired of how this guy is put up on a pedestal and seen as some great “thinker.” He’s nothing but a coward who thinks that the only ideas that hold any value are the ones that come from the Dem or Commie parties.

    See this cartoon. It’s exactly how I feel.

60. #60
    On January 29th, 2010 at 10:42 am, misterbee241 said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:01 am, jangar said:

    Unfortunately there will be more of his ilk ready to take his place.

    Rob Reiner comes to mind first…

    Or anybody in Hollyweird for that matter. See Matt Damon, for instance.

61. #61
    On January 29th, 2010 at 12:32 pm, inspiredhome said:

    I’m all torn up.

62. #62
    On January 30th, 2010 at 3:32 am, Chief RZ said:

    A communist who was allowed to spread his hatred for America to children. Read the Anti-Chomsky reader! Educate yourself.

    How can anyone in America think this way?

    Because we are a free country, but would not be in his world view.

63. #63
    On January 30th, 2010 at 9:54 pm, Fineous Reese said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Matt Damon!

    Maaaaaat Daaaamon!!