Yes, we can.

[wendybeth]

Anybody else finish that Ben Stein article and think "Bueller.........Beuller......."



Btw, I think he lives up here in Sandpoint, Idaho- or he used to, anyway.

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Anybody else finish that Ben Stein article and think "Bueller.........Beuller......."

"Anyone? Anyone?"

(Yes, me.)

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Anybody else finish that Ben Stein article and think "Bueller.........Beuller......."

Nope....I was thinking about cheese balls myself


http://youtube.com/watch?v=OratYKWszU8

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Who do you think is to blame for the high gas prices? Some believe that Exxon-Mobile et. al. is to blame (because E-M made $12 billion last quarter). It ain't them. Look at the cost for a barrel of oil which is well over $100 ($107 as of Thursday), up from about $50.00 in January 2007.

I wasn't really addressing blame for the situation. I was addressing the article's theory that people should be happy to pay high gas prices because the money all comes back to them in the end.

[flippyshark]

I used to enjoy watching Win Ben Stein's Money. It's a shame that these days, he's a shill for the deluded 'Intelligent Design" folks at the Discovery Institute, starring in a new creationist friendly documentary. (It sounds as though the main thesis of the film is "Darwinism leads inevitably to Nazism.") But, that deserves a thread all its own.

[scaeagles]

Also, I believe the profit per gallon of gas sold is 8-9 cents. The government takes anywhere between 3 to 5 times that in taxes.

[scaeagles]

The whole "has to maintain a certain image" thing may be accurate, but if that's the case, then he's lied about why his charitable donations had been so small. But of course, he can't say "I had to keep my money so I'd look good"....that wouldn't go over very well, would it?

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I used to enjoy watching Win Ben Stein's Money. It's a shame that these days, he's a shill for the deluded 'Intelligent Design" folks at the Discovery Institute, starring in a new creationist friendly documentary. (It sounds as though the main thesis of the film is "Darwinism leads inevitably to Nazism.") But, that deserves a thread all its own.

I hadn't heard of that film. What a joke! So much for Stein's credibility.

[scaeagles]

In general, why is it that disagreement in one area can lead to the complete discounting of everything else? Is Stein really without credibility now in everything?

I am guilty of doing the same on occasion, but I wonder why this is.....

[Alex]

It makes up for the assumption that because someone is well informed in one area (let's say economics) that one is therefore an expert in another (let's say evolution).