"...immediately and most graciously declined our commencement invitation..."

Nixon's speech writer (4.00 / 1)

Wow "Chickenshit'........."I didn't really want to do it anyway " You can really see how he got to be a speech writer for Nixon .He captures that certain Nixonian spirit so well with his words.  

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by: BP @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 05:11:32 AM CST

Maybe it was Nixon... (4.00 / 3)

...capturing Ben Stein's spirit when he spoke :)

juliewaters.com

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by: JulieWaters @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 05:27:53 AM CST

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Or........ (4.00 / 1)

maybe his style evolved,as evidently no intelligence was allowed.

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by: BP @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 08:17:19 AM CST

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Can You Say "Sour Grapes"? (4.00 / 1)

I knew you could.

What a crybaby!

Beware the Everyday Brutality of the Averted Gaze

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by: mataliandy @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 10:25:40 AM CST

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Ben Stein's support for science (4.00 / 3)

Here's what Ben Stein says about science:

   In an interview with the Trinity Broadcasting Network,

Ben Stein said the following amazing thing in an interview with Paul Crouch, Jr.

       Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed ... that was horrifying beyond words, and that's where science - in my opinion, this is just an opinion - that's where science leads you.

       Crouch: That's right.

       Stein: ...Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people.

       Crouch: Good word, good word.

http://belowthebeltway.com/200...

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by: Jack McCullough @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 06:21:50 AM CST

Sweet Jesus... (4.00 / 2)

... how can he believe his own BS? That logic is so ludicrous standing on its head.

I'd say GMD and Rational Resistance got the job done. Stein's gone. Adios "Bueller."

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by: Christian Avard @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 06:34:47 AM CST

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I think an email from Richard Dawkins... (4.00 / 3)

...had a little to do with it ;)

undercaffeinated

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by: odum @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 06:36:28 AM CST

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Holy ****! (4.00 / 1)

Wow, talk about revisionist history.

The Kinder, Kirche, Küche (children, church, kitchen) doctrine's role has been cleansed right out of Stein's "analysis," as has the entirety of the racist nationalist anti-immigration insanity.

This guy's a piece of work. Thank goodness good people spoke out against not only inviting him to spread his message of hate, ignorance, and intolerance; but against awarding him for it with an honorary degree.

Talk about cheapening the meaning of the degree and lessening the institution ...

Beware the Everyday Brutality of the Averted Gaze

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by: mataliandy @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 11:03:21 AM CST

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Methinks... (4.00 / 1)

...the next Cornell reunion might contain an awkward moment.  

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by: jvwalt @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 07:13:58 AM CST

PZ is on it (4.00 / 1)

I sent this to PZ at Pharyngula this AM, he's on it:

I recommend that we make it a big issue at every university where he speaks. The man who said flatly that "science leads you to killing people" should not be honored at any university.

Well, OK, he would fit right in at Liberty University and such places as that. But no real university.

You can read more of JD Ryan at five before chaos. But why would you want to?

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 11:25:30 AM CST

Please don't... (0.00 / 0)

...make Stein a "big issue" in any way. He's a marginal player at best, on his own; any importance he gains will only be in proportion to the voices raised against him -- and will be at the expense of those who do. Any university that features him as a speaker gets what it deserves: at the least, a hit to its credibility, along with a fatuous "debate" over his "controversial" views.

Making a fuss over Stein is a waste of time that only gives him what he wants -- a notoriety he couldn't achieve on his own. The real culprit here is Fogel, who needs to spend more quality time on planet earth.

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by: Bokweb @ Thu Feb 05, 2009 at 10:30:41 AM CST

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