As the originator of the "ambush" thread observing the tortured reactions from Amy's defenders is excruciatingly funny, especially since I first heard the term "ambush" used in this context self- critically by Dennis Bernstein. BTW, Alan Dershowitz will be appearing on the Gary Null Show on Thursday, October 9th at noon eastern, and he will not be "ambushed." --- In NewPacifica@yahoogroups.com, jim Dingeman <jimdingeman@y...> wrote: > > To deny what happened was not an ambush is absurd. Ms. > Goodman has been friendly with Norman Finkelstein for > years. Norman, a Princeton PHD, has had a hard time > getting tenure although I could see his self-righteous > arrogance does not help. I have seen that side of him > many times. > Do not get me wrong...he is brilliant but I do not > think the first two minutes out of the box calling > Dershowitz a fraud is going to help have a lively > debate..instead he picked at his footnotes in an > irritating pednatic way. > he cited Benny Morris's history of the Arab-Israeli > conflict. Along with Shlaim, these are good general > histories of the tragedy from a Israeli revisionist > histprian POV. One could just as easily have thrown > Morris back into Finkelstein's face since he has not > been too pleased with the Second Intifada and made > that notion clear when he was in the US in recent > years. > > > the comment on Scarborough and company was hilarious > and I must admit added to the end of the show being a > game show like format...great radio and hats off to > that. > > but, it is a typical Amy ambush and the importance of > getting him back for debate is lost at least for her > show. > > I was to interview him after her for the TV show we do > and he initially refused because he was so pissed off > over what had happened. he did not know he was walking > into a amybush. > > So while it may be fun for some to high five > themselves afterwards the issue is to reach beyond the > narrow often masturbatory lefty audience that probably > had a grand old time listening to it and seriously > reach out to other americans open to much at this > critical time. > > Jim > Needless to say, I was supposed to interview Deresh > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/xYTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/