Ben Stein's Intelligent Adventure (Review of EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed)

American Thinker ^ | April 13,2008 | Kate Wright

[aruanan]

As history reveals, however, the proliferation of any fascist, authoritarian or totalitarian mindset wreaks grave consequences that are not limited to the atrocities that happened in Hitler's Germany. Stalinism, Maoism, and Communism plagued the 20th Century with the world's most sinister dictators (Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, to name a few) who delivered mass genocides totaling well over 130 million deaths.

And let's not forget the totalitarian mindset of the environmental extremist William Ruckleshaus who, with a single stroke of his pen, outlawed DDT and brought about almost as much death (more than 96,000,000) and suffering (more than 14,000,000,000) in less than 36 years than the Communists and Nazis did in the entire 20th century. Previous to that, DDT had saved over 500,000,000 lives in the two decades it had been in use.

[nmh]

I plan on seeing it. Notice not many theaters are running it. It does poke fun at Darwinism.

[Coyoteman]

For a more balanced review, try this one from Scientific American:

Ben Stein's Expelled: No Integrity Displayed.

[ZGuy]

I was just thinking about this this morning—that Ruckleshaus was directly responsible for more deaths than possibly any other person in the history of the world. My follow-up thought though, was that had he not outlawed DDT, someone in the Carter administration surely would have.

[ClearCase_guy]

The review in Scientific American can be considered “an opposing viewpoint” but it cannot be considered “balanced”.

[nmh]

“For a more balanced review, try this one from Scientific American:”

Scientific American - BALANCED?

You’ve got to be kidding me!

Run by a bunch of homosexuals and PRO EVOLUTION to an EXTREME. No, there is no “balanced view” by that magazine. It’s pur propaganda. At one time it was a scientific magazine. It is not now.

[nmh]

Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Integrity Displayed.

The title alone is a clue about the review ... integrity ... . LOL!!! Have another beer!

[Uri’el-2012]

bump for later

[Coyoteman]

Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Integrity Displayed.

The title alone is a clue about the review ... integrity ... . LOL!!! Have another beer!

Thanks, I'll have a glass of wine. Have some more Kool-Aid.

[tokenatheist]

I assume you can support your statement that SA is ran by homosexuals?

[nmh]

Yeah, look inside the front cover and do some research on who is who. Hubby still insists on getting the rag. Even he, hwo is a die hard evolutionists gets disgusted with the drift away from science. He has a PHD in Physics from the 60’s - he’s not an idiot.

[nmh]

Check out who the editior in chief, or head editor ... he runs the show and a in your face homo.

[visualops]

mark

[tokenatheist]

So can I assume that you have no supporting evidence to backup your statement?

[Captainpaintball]

balanced?

[aruanan]

I was just thinking about this this morning—that Ruckleshaus was directly responsible for more deaths than possibly any other person in the history of the world. My follow-up thought though, was that had he not outlawed DDT, someone in the Carter administration surely would have.

Possibly, but what's possible isn't actual. The recommendations of the scientists at the EPA after ALL the hearings (none of which Ruckelshaus) was that DDT did not pose a threat to humans and that it was necessary to keep it as a means to keep malaria under control. I think it probably would have remained legal until the current batch of nuts came to ripeness. Think, though, what the world could be like right now had rapidly developing and relatively more healthy nations not been cast to the malarial Molech again. If we're talking about possibilities, it's possible that these countries would have been even less likely to be susceptible to "sustainable growth" wolves in sheep's clothing.

[Rudder]

...a journey to uncover the mindset that Darwinism engendered among those with an agenda to replace traditional understandings of God with pure materialism.

I've been in the field of evolution science (physiology, biology, etc.) for 48 years and I've never met one of these types.

Couldn't be another "straw man," could it?

[Liberty Valance]

Gotta see this one. If for no other reason than the current ivory towers of academia don’t like it. I do so hope Harvard sues Stein. That kind of publicity can pack the theatres.

[dmz]

Check out who the editior in chief, or head editor ... he runs the show and a in your face homo.
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