[Buddha-l] Chris Hedges

[JKirkpatrick]

How nice~~~~~~~~ thanks!
Joanna 

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Thank you Joanna, i enjoy your crosspostings and contributions a
lot and will definitely look into Hedges.

Just a note of appreciation.

Cheers.

2009/9/25 JKirkpatrick <jkirk at spro.net>

> I just heard an eloquent speech by Hedges on our local
university 
> radio station, which broadcasts Alternative Radio on one of its
two 
> stations. I'd somehow not come across AR before.
> (www.alternativeradio.org)
>
> It's sure a good counter to the blather and lies coming from
NPR and 
> the commercial stations. So I looked up Hedges online, and find
that  
> he's a regular columnist for truthdig, where I found a list of
his 
> publications. I already agree with his positions on war,
corporate 
> fascism, etc, but one of his listed books caught my eye-- "I
Don't 
> Believe in Atheists", apparently a short read.
> One of his points, according to the blurb I found on amazon, is
that 
> he's as annoyed by dogmatic atheism as he is by dogmatic
religion.
>
> No doubt the Buddha felt similarly annoyed, was my thought.
>
> (I intend to get this book because I've joined up with the
Unitarian 
> Universalist Humanist group here in Boise, which seems to have
some 
> militant atheist types as well as the kind of social critics I
enjoy 
> interacting with).
>
> So, for those on this list who are not fulminating rahrah
capitalists 
> and who are also reality-testing social critics, I recommend
this 
> author.
>
> Joanna
>
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