Eddie Murphy Nailed Ben Stein's Racism Decades Ago

Aide To Racist Nixon Can't Stop Calling Others Racist

Considering his own history of complicity, it kinda makes Ben Stein's charge that Obama knows "so little of history" mute:

The rest of what he says is just stupid,...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Takes Out Ben Stein, The GOP, Voter ID - And Scott Walker - For Lying, Jim Crow Advocacy, And Unconstitutional Political Practices

Ben Stein thinks, before Obama, American whites were doing great with blacks

"The idea that the Republicans are making life difficult for black people is just nonsense, just absolute nonsense.”

And their enthusiastic response to The Case For Reparations proved it.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar grasps what "making life difficult" means better than Stein

The recent push by the GOP in many states to force a form of voter ID as well as reduce voting hours has rightfully been described by many as a modern version of the poll tax, which was declared unconstitutional in 1966,…Poll analyst Nate Silver determined that ID laws could reduce voter turnout by 2.4 percent, a margin that might sway close races toward Republicans. U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan, said that such ID laws exist only to “discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burdens.” 

The same problem exists when the voting hours are reduced because wage-workers and single parents have less time to vote. And that’s the point, however un-American and anti-democracy: to keep voters away who may vote against you. This deliberate act to sabotage the democratic election process is worse than anything ISIS could do and yet we not only permit it, we vote people who support it into positions of power. 

Proponents of the voter ID law often admit that the studies prove voter fraud is extremely rare. So, they counter by saying, as did Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia Pat Mullins, and Secretary of State of New Mexico Dianna Duran, “One is too many.” Would they agree that “one is too many” when discussing innocents who might have been executed by the death penalty? Would they agree that “one is too many” when advocates of gun control site statistics of children accidentally killed by guns at home? Does “one is too many” only apply when restricting the votes of the poor and minorities?

No, it also applies to how many evasions whites will make, eventually, to avoid dealing with - and especially paying - this nation's moral debts,...

U.S. Blacks Need To Get Ben Stein High On "See" Weed

"Tears came to my eyes as I thought of how magnificently the South has risen to meet and defeat the challenges of racism." 

 - Ben Stein, in the latest issue of The American Spectator

"America was built on the preferential treatment of white people—395 years of it. Vaguely endorsing a cuddly, feel-good diversity does very little to redress this." 

 - Ta-Nehisi Coates, in the latest issue of The Atlantic

Apocalypse Now (We Simply Can't Talk Them Out Of It)

My goodness. 

I write a post about meeting one of these "End Times" loonies and - lo and behold - Ben Stein sends me an email, saying not only that he's married to one, but almost everyone he runs into is in on it:

Thursday 
 

Strange day. 

I awakened to a text from a close friend who is a devout Christian and who was so angry at the elite media that she could not sleep. "I am so frikkin' sick of the media telling us that Islam is a 'religion of peace,'" she said. "Look, people make fun of Jesus all of the time and I mean ALL of the time and we don't kill them or harm them. But do anything at all that offends any Muslim and they start killing Christians and Jews -- and then Obama apologizes for it. How long can this go on? The times of Tribulation are at hand." 

I got up, walked out on the deck and looked out at the perfect fall day over Lake Pendoreille. An absolutely perfect Fall day, blue skies, light breeze, just a slight chill in the air. 

At breakfast, my wife suddenly said, "And then I beheld a red horse ridden by a man with a great sword...." 

"What is that?" I asked her. 

"It's Revelation," she said. 

"I know, but where does that come from?" 

"I just feel as if something big is about to happen," she said. "Something feels like we're about to live in a totally changed world. It feels like end times. Why are we apologizing to the Muslims? They're killing and expelling their Christians and we don't say a word. End times." 

I nodded. There is that feeling in the air. 

I got another text from my very devout Christian friend. "Don't tell me Obama isn't a Muslim," she said. "I don't care what he calls himself, he's a Muslim. That's why he's always apologizing to the Muslims." I think she's bit off the mark here. If Obama says he's a Christian, he's a Christian. 

I slept for a long time while listening to Mozart and the trains. Then I went to the mail box and got the latest news from the Obama/Biden campaign -- oops, meant to say, "The New York Times." Naturally, it was filled with rage against Mitt Romney There was very little vitriol against the killers in Libya, but plenty against Gov. Romney. 

I sure hope that the people at the Romney campaign don't read The NY Times. It is just endless propaganda against Republicans. Nonstop. We Republicans should campaign on our own issues. Mr. Obama's idiot foreign policy is such an issue. 

I went off to do my errands in Sandpoint. A visit to a super pleasant post office. A helpful clerk was patient with my terrible handwriting. Then a visit to the Alpine Shop to see my pal, Tim Farmin, who looked happy but told me my boat needed a new battery. Then, a visit to Ivano's to pick up some grub for tonight. 

At Ivano's, I talked to a man who seethed with rage against Mr. Obama. He simply could not believe that Mr. Obama would make time to be among his Hollywood big shots but not make time to see Benjamin Netanyahu. "These are getting to be Biblical days," he said. "The final days." 

A trip to the art framer, then to the drug store, then to the Safeway to buy a cake. The woman in the bakery told me that the days of tribulation and the dictatorship were upon us. She is looking to move to the mountains "to find refuge..." 

"Be careful," I said. "That's what Vicki Weaver was looking for and it didn't work so well. Our refuge is in The Lord."

As usual - even without leaving the house very much - I'm living at the tip of the spear. "Our refuge is in The Lord" - theirs is in Allah - but no one is relying on their 21 Century educations, their critical faculties, or common sense. They're all leaning on the very 1st to 13th Century texts and "beliefs" that instruct them on how to orchestrate their pre-ordained destruction, unable - and unwilling - to see it, or more importantly themselves, as the instruments of their own demise.

Beware, Children - the denizens of The New Dark Ages have hives: 

If you're one of those who knows, save yourselves. 

The fanatics are now out in force,…

Love Takes Many Forms (Mine Is Being Right)

"The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith.

They ignored his anti-white writings in his books. They ignored his quiet acceptance of hysterical anti-American diatribes by his minister, Jeremiah Wright.

They ignored his refusal to explain years at a time of his life as a student. They ignored his ultra-left record as a 'community organizer,' Illinois state legislator, and Senator.

The American people ignored his total zero of an academic record as a student and teacher, his complete lack of scholarship when he was being touted as a scholar.

Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth. Barack Obama is a super likeable super leftist, not a fan of this country, way, way too cozy with the terrorist leaders in the Middle East, way beyond naïveté, all the way into active destruction of our interests and our allies and our future."

-- Ben Stein - supposedly one of the smartest men in the world (Remember Win Ben Stein's Money?) - saying he's finally "Figured Him Out" - when (as all these old links prove) this self-taught black blogger had this joker figured out from the very beginning - as The American Spectator.

The American people? Please. The real fireworks haven't begun yet. Trust me on this one:

Play this shit right and we'll be the first generation, in a while, to see an American Revolution.

Bird Brains

TMR File Dump, Part II

Lordy, Lordy - how am I supposed to do a file dump when the file keeps getting bigger? The busting of Eliot Spitzer just opened up a whole can of worms that I'm gonna have to ignore if I'm to make any headway. (Is Hillary going to start a war room to defend Spitzer? Is she going to give Spitzer's wife her feminist declaration, "There are worse things than adultery", now that another of her guys has been busted? Is Spitzer indicating how much credibility he has left, or what, in the photo above?) All I'll say, definitively, is I liked Spitzer and this sad day is shared by many. Especially his wife. Asshole.

Another smart guy who seems to have taken a fall is Ben Stein. He's got this silly new documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” which is about (stupid) alternatives to the theory of evolution. I can't believe he did it, since he's always struck me as brilliant, but there it is. My favorite two paragraphs in the article I found were these two that specify religion:

" Paul Lauer, head of Motive Marketing, which is handling publicity for the film, said that critics were not invited mostly because the film was not polished enough for professional scrutiny. He said that his company, which also marketed the 2004 film, 'The Passion of the Christ,' is reaching out to conservative leaders.

For example, Mr. Lauer said, Mr. Stein personally showed 'Expelled' to James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, which has a big following among right-wing Christians. (Mr. Dobson gave the film a thumbs-up.)"

Why do I like that part so much? Because it shows that, when you're dealing with religious types, whatever you're selling doesn't have to be "polished enough for professional scrutiny." Any ol' bullshit will do, as long as you spell Jesus' (or Buddha's) name right. (People like me, on the other hand, demand more.) And, while this ain't Pick On Religion Day, (everyday is Pick On Religion Day) I do want to abandon these articles now that they can be appropriately linked by subject matter:

"A 'modern-day Moses' who fleeced churchgoers out of more than £3.2million faces jail today."

And:

"At least 50 people in [India] have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary."

And:

"NEW YORK (AP) -- In a major shift, a group of Southern Baptist leaders said their denomination has been 'too timid' on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop global warming."

And - this one's the capper:

"Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican"

To which I reply, "This is Hell, Ratzinger!" Sorry. You don't have to actually read those articles. Let's just collectively shake our heads and (as the NewAgers say) "move on" before their influence swallows us whole.

*Oh - and a special message to Erik In Seattle: Dude, if you don't speak to me when I play there, I'ma kill Bill Gates!

Devil In A Blue Dress

From Ben Stein's CNN Money column:

One of my best friends, a blue-eyed, red-haired stunner and a math whiz, is married to a builder and mortgage broker near Naples, Fla. She flew into town, and I had lunch with her today. "How is your husband taking all this stuff?" I asked her.

"He doesn't sleep. At most he sleeps from 5 A.M. to 7 A.M. We built two spec homes near Naples. We spent $2.7 million on each of them. We had them listed for $4 million each. We haven't had one prospect in a year. We lowered the price by a million each. Still no prospects. We're losing $60,000 a month on the two of them. My husband has no business. None. The phone never rings."

"Horrible," I said.

"I'm leaving him," she said. "He's grouchy all the time. I want a guy who's rich and cheerful all day and all night. Why should I have to suffer because his business is bad?"

"He's your husband," I said. "You have to stick by him."

"Why? I want to laugh and have fun, and he's in a bad mood for months on end. I didn't make this mortgage mess, and I don't see why I should have to suffer for it."

"It won't last," I said. "It never does."

She suddenly looked much more upbeat. "How long until the market turns around?" she asked expectantly.

"Maybe six years," I said.

She looked staggered. "That's it," she sighed. "I want you to start looking for a rich husband for me who's going to stay rich no matter what. Tell him I'll be a really great wife." (She has a killer sense of humor so I am praying she's kidding.)

Twenty-four hours later, as I was driving to Malibu from Beverly Hills, I was called by a woman friend of 37 years who is a psychologist and marriage and family counselor in a suburb of Philadelphia. I told her the story about my friend who's planning to look for a richer husband. She gasped.

"That could be a disaster," she said firmly.

"Because she's breaking up her family over money?"

"No, because what if she leaves him and the mortgage market and the spec home market suddenly turn around and he gets rich again and then she can't find anyone as rich to marry next?"

"Good thinking," I said.

"You have to be realistic," she answered.