OH SHIT!! Big Ed is PISSED at Richard Wolf

[bigdarryl]

He put something in his book that was a total lie

[99th_Monkey]

1. So don't be so secretive. WHAT was the "total lie"? nt

[bigdarryl]

2. That at a meeting with the President Ed went into a RANT in the meeting

And the President was upset at Ed

[99th_Monkey]

3. What's that got to do with Richard Wolff and Ed being mad at him for a "lie" in his book?

[bigdarryl]

5. It's Richard's book

[99th_Monkey]

6. WHAT. WAS. THE. "LIE"? <-- I still have this unanswered question nt

[cui bono]

7. I think post 2 was the lie, the poster just didn't state that it was the lie or put it in quotes. nt

[99th_Monkey]

9. Post #2 "That at a meeting with the President Ed went into a RANT in the meeting And the President

was upset at Ed" <-- this says NOTHING about the perported "lie" in Richard Wolff's book, that
Ed was ranting about.

WTF is so difficult to understand about this ^^^^ question?

[cui bono]

10. Okay, let me rephrase it:

I believe that the lie that the poster was talking about was this:

Woolf wrote in his book that Ed had a meeting with the president and that in that meeting Ed went into a rant and the president was upset at Ed.

Ed is now "pissed" that Wolff put that in his book since he says it's a lie. Presumable the lie part is that Ed went into a rant and the president was upset at him. I think the meeting actually did happen.

So the "rant" in question is part of the lie, not the aftermath. The aftermath included being "pissed".

Does that help?

[99th_Monkey]

11. Yes, and thank you very much

for doing the work that the OP neglected to do, so we even
know what "lie" it is that we are talking about.

Thanks for taking the time. I understand now.

The reason I was so keen on finding out the "lie" is that I'm a huge fan of
Wolff, and was concerned that he may have told a whopper having to do with
economics or worker ownership; but now I see it was another kind of "lie",
so I am relieved to know that.

thanks again.

[cui bono]

14. No problem!

And yeah, I hate when people take the time to start a thread and then don't bother to explain what it's about.

[monmouth3]

4. I don't blame Ed for being angry. I read that garbage yesterday and blew it off as crap. You

have to know Ed and the President to know this just didn't happen..

[NuclearDem]

8. Now, now, what's the DU rule?

Only malaise can talk TV without context.

[madinmaryland]

12. Lol.

[northoftheborder]

13. I heard Ed discussing this on his radio show.....

Ed's reason for being angry at Wolff was that he described Ed's contribution to a group participation with the President as a "rant"; Ed was amongst a group of people invited to a discussion with the President where each was given an opportunity to state their opinions on various topics. Ed did not view his own part in the discussion as a rant, and rejected Wolff's characterization of it that way in his book.