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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
I saw an article by Ben Stein this afternon. I recognize who he is, from media, but being not a movie or TV buff, I’ve not really ever paid too much attention to him. I looked him up in Wikipedia, and ran across this, a view of Richard Nixon novel to me.
What else is there about this guy? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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Bueller?...Bueller?... | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
He's a pretty sharp political and economics commentator. Not quite to the level of James Wood's tweets, but not far behind. He did some acting too. Apparently the exposure to the Hollywood types did not fry his conservative fuse. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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He is quite wealthy, and often talks about $$$s mgmt. I think he had a head start from his folks. Lives in Sandpoint, ID. "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Don't forget game show host. Win Ben Stein's Money | |||
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Great show. Very Smart guy. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Ben Stein is the real deal who happened to do a little acting. He is a lawyer (Yale), and has an economics undergrad degree from Columbia. (While there isn't much that is more worthless than an undergrad econ degree, he has some knowledge.) He started as a speech writer for Nixon, and then went into entertainment and commenting. He is a geniunely smart guy. Woods is smart, but he is more an actor who does a little political commenting. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Or the Clear Eyes commercials. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcH-3d-BZn4 Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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Ah yeah, Stein. He is ok. But Nixon did start the EPA, so that is far worse than hiding some petty B&E. NRA Life Endowment member Tri-State Gun collectors Life Member | |||
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His dad, Herb Stein, a respected economist. Ben also writes for the American Spectator. He's no longer enamored with Jimmy Kimmel who he helped bring into public view via Ben Stein's Money. _______________________________________ NRA Life Member Member Isaac Walton League I wouldn't let anyone do to me what I've done to myself | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
IIRC, he also took us off the Gold Standard. The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People again must learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. ~ Cicero 55 BC The Dhimocrats love America like ticks love a hound. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Nixon, you mean. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
It turns out his dad was Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under Nixon and Ford. He seems to have gotten some recent attention because a Dodger pitcher is named “Buehler.” I guess we have that to look forward to next week. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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He's a brilliant man, well-trained in economics and law(Class Valedictorian at Yale). Stein has an Ivy league education, but escaped indoctrination. His film "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is a delightful, humorous documentary, filmed in the understated manner of his marksman-like, dry wit. . | |||
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Hey! Did I say anything about law degrees???..... If you had qualified it as an Econ degree from COLUMBIA, well then, I have no beef. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
His dad was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. Isn’t that pretty much the top job for economists? At least help with homework? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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He doesn’t believe that you or I need an AR-15. He said so on a Fox News commentary after the Florida school shooting. So I’d say he a frickin’ idiot. Don’t judge a man by his degrees. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
I've only known one professional Economist, as far as I know, and he was eventually the Treasurer for an entire (small) country (his signature is even on the paper money from that era, which is pretty damn cool, IMO). I'd always considered it a purely academic pursuit. Apparently one in a zillion of them go on to have interesting jobs. | |||
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