tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post4134027197090166009..comments2024-03-29T05:30:01.292-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Here comes our ten millionth script-induced international nervous breakdown!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84435091823471609242014-01-21T10:15:11.368-05:002014-01-21T10:15:11.368-05:00Sorry 7-11, I thought you wanted me to use Google,...Sorry 7-11, I thought you wanted me to use Google, not Somerby's own self-searching engine.<br /><br />In either case, did Somerby name names in this post? Are we supposed to search his vast archives everytime he writes<br />like a guild member? And whenever Somerby attacks another writer for not naming names, should we do a Nexis search of that writer to make sure no names have been mentioned in the past.<br /><br />Oh, and as for your use of Friedman as an example, Somerby did pen a post about him recently. In the column Somerby belittled, Friedman wrote "China still has many mediocre schools that need fixing." So I guess he wasn't the pundit Somerby meant when he wrote "pundits who seem to think that Shanghai’s scores are being recorded by China as a whole."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18584489923820063242014-01-21T07:11:42.822-05:002014-01-21T07:11:42.822-05:00You have only to google "Shanghai" at th...You have only to google "Shanghai" at this site to discover that Somerby has in fact mentioned names with regard to the mindless touting of Shanghai's scores in the past.<br /><br />You have only to posess a brain to realize that Thomas Friedman, for example, would be "recognized as a pundit" by most. <br /><br /><br />Does Anonymous 5:18/11:14 actually doubt that this has happened? Does Anonymous 5:18/11:14 actually believe Somerby doesn't want to name any names -- that he's following a guild rule today in denying us some names? <br /><br />Please.<br /><br />Anonymous 5:18/11:14 is a troll. The I-am-so-clever attempt to ape the blogger's own rhetorical style is a certain giveaway.<br /><br />The lack of anything of merit to say is the expected troll letdown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39974723507745055552014-01-21T02:48:00.381-05:002014-01-21T02:48:00.381-05:00You could also learn from other sources, for insta...You could also learn from other sources, for instance:<br />http://bobbraunsledger.com/<br /><br />About schools in Fort Lee and Newark (yes, there are poor black children in NJ, not just Baltimore). About Chris Christie and said. mchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30052319454966812332014-01-21T00:49:55.242-05:002014-01-21T00:49:55.242-05:00Bob's readers don't care about Tiger child...Bob's readers don't care about Tiger children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17420304875318732782014-01-21T00:27:47.235-05:002014-01-21T00:27:47.235-05:00cacambo, it certainly isn't.cacambo, <strong>it </strong>certainly isn't. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45279782262838726582014-01-20T23:19:55.798-05:002014-01-20T23:19:55.798-05:00cacambo certainly isn't. "In the years s...cacambo certainly isn't. "In the years since then" certainly implies the pundits were not Mr. Dillon." But I will accept Somerby meant for us to think Dillon did all the fear spreading himself. Anything is possible. Everything is possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8186946785673585252014-01-20T23:14:51.334-05:002014-01-20T23:14:51.334-05:00I did. Not a single piece implying fear in the f...I did. Not a single piece implying fear in the first two pages. Not a single article from anyone I recognize as a pundit.<br /><br />I am not raggin on Somerby. I am in fact demanding Somerby meets Somerby standards. Goggle my last paragraph if you aren't just apologizing for Somerby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61890402899243765242014-01-20T18:24:30.451-05:002014-01-20T18:24:30.451-05:00Google Shanghai and PISA if you really want to kno...Google Shanghai and PISA if you really want to know and aren't just ragging on Somerby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51168992409600046092014-01-20T18:00:40.012-05:002014-01-20T18:00:40.012-05:00"the Times' Sam Dillon" is not a nam..."the Times' Sam Dillon" is not a name?cacambonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-69934449807451355782014-01-20T17:18:19.612-05:002014-01-20T17:18:19.612-05:00"fear swept across the land. In the years sin..."fear swept across the land. In the years since then, Shanghai’s high scores have often been cited, sometimes by pundits who seem to think that Shanghai’s scores are being recorded by China as a whole."<br /><br />Who spread this fear? Who were these know-nothing pundits. We don't know. Anyone is possible. Somerby names no names.<br /><br />It seems to be one of the rules of the guild. You don't name the names of your high-ranking colleagues unless you're lavishing praise on such people for their astonishing brilliance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com