#1
Thoughts? I haven't seen it yet.
Posted: 4/20/08 at 3:22pm
Thoughts? I haven't seen it yet.
Updated On: 4/20/08 at 03:22 PM
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#2
Posted: 4/20/08 at 3:25pm
My first thought is: re-size your attached photo.
#3
Posted: 4/20/08 at 3:27pm
My friend saw it yesterday and loved it. I'd never even heard of it until she mentioned it. Looks interesting.
#4
Posted: 4/20/08 at 3:29pm
Apparently he links Darwinism with Nazism. What the hell?
#5
Posted: 4/20/08 at 5:40pm
He was a speech writer for Nixon. Do the math.
#6
Posted: 4/20/08 at 5:55pm
Even the reviewer for Fox News said it's horribly researched and misleading propoganda. Pass.
Ben, stick to selling eye drops.
Ben, stick to selling eye drops.
#7
Posted: 4/20/08 at 6:00pm
Why does everyone hate Nixon? He didn't really do anything wrong.
#8
Posted: 4/20/08 at 10:23pm
Cruel, can you elaborate a bit on that? I'd really like to hear how great a guy Richard Nixon was, now noble and pure.
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#9
Posted: 4/20/08 at 10:34pm
"Why does everyone hate Nixon? He didn't really do anything wrong."
You need to put things in their historical perspective. At that time, what he did was considered wrong. But when we saw how trashy the Clintons were, Nixon's behavior seems very minor.
You need to put things in their historical perspective. At that time, what he did was considered wrong. But when we saw how trashy the Clintons were, Nixon's behavior seems very minor.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#10
Posted: 4/21/08 at 10:17am
When I saw a trailer for this movie, I thought it was a comedy. Imagine my horror when it dawned on me that it was serious! I have always suspected Ben Stine a fool, now I have no doubts.
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#11
Posted: 4/21/08 at 10:22am
Yeah, he's actually big on the pro-life movement, too. Wierd guy. I can't really find him amusing anymore.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#12
Posted: 4/21/08 at 10:25am
Yet he's a big supporter of Al Franken's campaign. It's odd.
#13
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:06am
Compared to what Bush has done, Nixon's antics were Jr. High school.
Nixon was a victim of his own paranoia. Clinton's crap, it was only grade school, and only got him in trouble because he lied about sex.
Bush, he has written the book on how to abuse power while in office. Compared to Bush, Nixon does not look that bad.
Nixon was a victim of his own paranoia. Clinton's crap, it was only grade school, and only got him in trouble because he lied about sex.
Bush, he has written the book on how to abuse power while in office. Compared to Bush, Nixon does not look that bad.
#14
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:08am
"Clinton's crap, it was only grade school, and only got him in trouble because he lied about sex."
When did rape become "grade school"?
When did rape become "grade school"?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#15
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:14am
When was he convicted of Rape?
You want allegations? OK, Bush is off the wagon, drinking again, suffers from a mental impairment (which explains why his speech has continually suffered since taking office, his slurring is more pronounced), went AWOL from the military, is a coke head and illegal drug user, belongs to a sinister secret society, and thinks he talks to God (which would get many people institutionalized).
Oh, and his wife killed a kid by her reckless driving.
And, that is just the stuff many people believe to be true - do you want me to go into the baseless allegations?
You want allegations? OK, Bush is off the wagon, drinking again, suffers from a mental impairment (which explains why his speech has continually suffered since taking office, his slurring is more pronounced), went AWOL from the military, is a coke head and illegal drug user, belongs to a sinister secret society, and thinks he talks to God (which would get many people institutionalized).
Oh, and his wife killed a kid by her reckless driving.
And, that is just the stuff many people believe to be true - do you want me to go into the baseless allegations?
Updated On: 4/21/08 at 11:14 AM
#16
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:21am
>>Compared to Bush, Nixon doesn't look that bad.
Right, and compared to Hitler, Jack the Ripper doesn't look that bad. That doesn't excuse Jack's monstrosities, though.
Right, and compared to Hitler, Jack the Ripper doesn't look that bad. That doesn't excuse Jack's monstrosities, though.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#17
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:22am
Nixon was an odd but intelligent man who--like Bush--brought far too much personal baggage into the White House. Funny, if he was elected to the GOP today, he probably would be considered too liberal. Chew on that one.
And America punished Nixon for his infractions...he lived the rest of his life in a considerable amount of crushing shame. Bush will not face the same fate. We have America's apathy to thank for that.
And America punished Nixon for his infractions...he lived the rest of his life in a considerable amount of crushing shame. Bush will not face the same fate. We have America's apathy to thank for that.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#18
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:22am
As opposed to the Clintons:
rape (Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey)
"I didn't inhale"
selling the Lincoln bedroom for donations
selling pardons on his last day in office
Hillary's cattle future sales
Hillary's Rose Firm missing papers
Taking stuff from the White House and claiming "These were gifts to us"
Berger stuffing papers in his pants to hide their messups
The list goes on and on
rape (Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey)
"I didn't inhale"
selling the Lincoln bedroom for donations
selling pardons on his last day in office
Hillary's cattle future sales
Hillary's Rose Firm missing papers
Taking stuff from the White House and claiming "These were gifts to us"
Berger stuffing papers in his pants to hide their messups
The list goes on and on
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#19
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:22am
That's our Bush!
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#20
Posted: 4/21/08 at 11:38am
Good Luck Goth - many of those "scandals" were investigated. And, for the record, I don't recall Paula Jones ever claiming that she was raped.
The pardons, I don't like, but that is not a scandal. Just wait until Bush is about to leave, and you will see the pardon pen flow like never before.
The futures and the Rose papers, investigated, and Hillary exonerated.
Berger - not a Clinton, last time I checked. And, that happened years after he was out of the Clinton Administration.
Bush has sold this country to corporate America. He sold his energy policy to the oil companies, and failed to pursue alternative energy at a time when it was seriously needed.
His administration has attacked just about every right in the Bill of Rights but those granted by the Second Amendment.
He uses signing statements to subvert the power of Congress, which may well be illegal.
He has institutionalized torture as an interrogation technique.
He has shredded the 4th Amendment, and illegally spied on Americans when he had the tools at hand to follow the FISA law.
He has populated offices with political hacks, loyal to him and his religious beliefs over the best interests of this country. His appointees have fired staff over the thought that he/she was gay.
He has outed a covert agent, and undermined our ability to spy on Iran.
His actions has made it impossible for America to be viewed in the same light it was 8 years ago.
He has helped attack the middle class, while enriching the wealthy and further punishing the poor.
He is: THE.WORST.PRESIDENT.EVER.
Do you really want to compare scandal to scandal - when many of the Clinton's scandals involved personal behavior, and the Bush scandals involved people dying and attacks on our fundamental rights as Americans?
Good luck there.
And Roscoe, that was not to excuse Nixon, but to show how truly horrible Bush has been.
The pardons, I don't like, but that is not a scandal. Just wait until Bush is about to leave, and you will see the pardon pen flow like never before.
The futures and the Rose papers, investigated, and Hillary exonerated.
Berger - not a Clinton, last time I checked. And, that happened years after he was out of the Clinton Administration.
Bush has sold this country to corporate America. He sold his energy policy to the oil companies, and failed to pursue alternative energy at a time when it was seriously needed.
His administration has attacked just about every right in the Bill of Rights but those granted by the Second Amendment.
He uses signing statements to subvert the power of Congress, which may well be illegal.
He has institutionalized torture as an interrogation technique.
He has shredded the 4th Amendment, and illegally spied on Americans when he had the tools at hand to follow the FISA law.
He has populated offices with political hacks, loyal to him and his religious beliefs over the best interests of this country. His appointees have fired staff over the thought that he/she was gay.
He has outed a covert agent, and undermined our ability to spy on Iran.
His actions has made it impossible for America to be viewed in the same light it was 8 years ago.
He has helped attack the middle class, while enriching the wealthy and further punishing the poor.
He is: THE.WORST.PRESIDENT.EVER.
Do you really want to compare scandal to scandal - when many of the Clinton's scandals involved personal behavior, and the Bush scandals involved people dying and attacks on our fundamental rights as Americans?
Good luck there.
And Roscoe, that was not to excuse Nixon, but to show how truly horrible Bush has been.
#21
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:00pm
YWIW, your hatred and bitterness really clouds your perception of reality. Everything you've said can be shown to be incorrect. And in your spewing hatred, you don't even get your facts straight.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#22
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:10pm
Goth, trust me.
This isn't hatred. It's amazement: YOU ARE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD!
This isn't hatred. It's amazement: YOU ARE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#23
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:10pm
I gotta disagree with you there Goth.
Your blind hatred for Clinton (who has his faults, but was a better president in my mind than Bush) has left you unable to see the failings and flaws of Bush.
Please, show me which statement is incorrect?
Bush met with Big Oil to devise an energy plan.
Monica Goodling fired someone because she thought he was gay.
The head of HUD and the form head of FEMA are incompetent hacks who only got their jobs because they were Bush loyalist.
Liberty University School of Law, a Christian Law School backed by Jerry Falwell, has a disproportionate number of graduates in the Bush Administration.
The EPA's head officer is breaking the law in refusing to allow California to regulate certain greenhouse gasses.
The war in Iraq has been outsourced to corporate America - there are just as many contractors as soldiers in Iraq, at three times the costs per contractor (in terms of take-home pay).
We torture.
He uses signing statements to say he is not going to comply with the laws Congress passes.
He refused to follow the FISA laws, and chose instead to break the law, when there was no good reason to do so - under FISA, you could tap and then get the warrant (I believe within 48 hours) so if there was an emergency, you would not be prevented from putting the tap in place.
Please, tell me where I am in error...
BTW - if objecting to the destruction of many of the institutions and rights I love makes me bitter, then just call me bitter Betty. I am angry because I love this country, and will not sit by while it is undermined.
Your blind hatred for Clinton (who has his faults, but was a better president in my mind than Bush) has left you unable to see the failings and flaws of Bush.
Please, show me which statement is incorrect?
Bush met with Big Oil to devise an energy plan.
Monica Goodling fired someone because she thought he was gay.
The head of HUD and the form head of FEMA are incompetent hacks who only got their jobs because they were Bush loyalist.
Liberty University School of Law, a Christian Law School backed by Jerry Falwell, has a disproportionate number of graduates in the Bush Administration.
The EPA's head officer is breaking the law in refusing to allow California to regulate certain greenhouse gasses.
The war in Iraq has been outsourced to corporate America - there are just as many contractors as soldiers in Iraq, at three times the costs per contractor (in terms of take-home pay).
We torture.
He uses signing statements to say he is not going to comply with the laws Congress passes.
He refused to follow the FISA laws, and chose instead to break the law, when there was no good reason to do so - under FISA, you could tap and then get the warrant (I believe within 48 hours) so if there was an emergency, you would not be prevented from putting the tap in place.
Please, tell me where I am in error...
BTW - if objecting to the destruction of many of the institutions and rights I love makes me bitter, then just call me bitter Betty. I am angry because I love this country, and will not sit by while it is undermined.
Updated On: 4/21/08 at 12:10 PM
#24
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:24pm
"Bush met with Big Oil to devise an energy plan."
You can't drop 40+ years of bad energy plan at Bush's feet. Why didn't Clinton do something about it? At least we don't have gas rationing like we did during the Carter years. Bush may not have done all he could, but this problem can't be fixed in one POTUS term.
"Monica Goodling fired someone because she thought he was gay."
Clinton signed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "DOMA". Which hurt gays more, Goodling or Clinton?
"The head of HUD and the form head of FEMA are incompetent hacks who only got their jobs because they were Bush loyalist."
And Hillary Clinton was a crackshot healthcare expert when she attempted to overhaul healthcare policy?
As far as the constant lie that Bush has made the US look bad on the world stage, read the following article. (I know you'll disagree with everything it says, but it explains reality).
http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=293411477645900
You can't drop 40+ years of bad energy plan at Bush's feet. Why didn't Clinton do something about it? At least we don't have gas rationing like we did during the Carter years. Bush may not have done all he could, but this problem can't be fixed in one POTUS term.
"Monica Goodling fired someone because she thought he was gay."
Clinton signed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "DOMA". Which hurt gays more, Goodling or Clinton?
"The head of HUD and the form head of FEMA are incompetent hacks who only got their jobs because they were Bush loyalist."
And Hillary Clinton was a crackshot healthcare expert when she attempted to overhaul healthcare policy?
As far as the constant lie that Bush has made the US look bad on the world stage, read the following article. (I know you'll disagree with everything it says, but it explains reality).
http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=293411477645900
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#25
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:39pm
Nice attempt at deflection.
So, because Clinton did not fix a problem, it was OK for Bush to make it worse?
Because DADT was a bad compromise for the military, it excuses actions by Monica Goodling at the AG's office for firing someone because she thought he was gay?
Your non-answer to most of my statements is an admission that they are not erroneous. In fact, it could be seen as an admission that they are true.
It is also quite funny, that you hold Clinton with such contempt, but use his administration as the benchmark to compare Bush to.
I read the article. It is just too bad that it took six years into his Presidency for Bush to recognize that diplomacy has some value, even if it is with someone as unqualified as Condi Rice (who was fine as a Soviet specialist to teach history) I do not agree with many of its conclusions though.
But, since there are two sides to this story...
BTW - since you are not going to admit your mistake when you claimed my statements were in error, I am going to use my day off for more productive activities.
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So, because Clinton did not fix a problem, it was OK for Bush to make it worse?
Because DADT was a bad compromise for the military, it excuses actions by Monica Goodling at the AG's office for firing someone because she thought he was gay?
Your non-answer to most of my statements is an admission that they are not erroneous. In fact, it could be seen as an admission that they are true.
It is also quite funny, that you hold Clinton with such contempt, but use his administration as the benchmark to compare Bush to.
I read the article. It is just too bad that it took six years into his Presidency for Bush to recognize that diplomacy has some value, even if it is with someone as unqualified as Condi Rice (who was fine as a Soviet specialist to teach history) I do not agree with many of its conclusions though.
But, since there are two sides to this story...
BTW - since you are not going to admit your mistake when you claimed my statements were in error, I am going to use my day off for more productive activities.
US Plummeting International Reputation
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