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Was Ben Stein ‘Dissing’ the Unemployed?
The Constitution Club ^ | 07-25-10 | Vérité

Posted on 07/28/2010 5:16:33 PM PDT by TheConservativeCitizen

In short, Stein says No Way, No How and I believe him. I think he’s one of the sharpest minds in America today. (Therefore his movie, “Expelled,” has been effectively banned from public schools and dismissed unseen throughout academia!)

Briefly, Stein observed that of the unemployed he knows, many have poor work habits and difficult personalities. At the moment I’m unemployed, and I’d have to concede that shoe fits me pretty well. But I’m unemployed more by choice than bad luck. Most of us are if you really dig–we’re not willing to take ANY job.

I know how to get and hold a job, here are my rules and they haven’t failed me yet (however I have failed to follow them a few times):

Getting The Right Job:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: benstein; economy; jobs; unemployement

1 posted on 07/28/2010 5:16:39 PM PDT by TheConservativeCitizen
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

I used to like him but he is an arrogant jerk anymore.


2 posted on 07/28/2010 5:17:43 PM PDT by Frantzie (Democrats = Party of I*lam)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Stein lost any shred of credibility in my eyes when he initially called the Housing depression “just a tiny blip” in the overall economy.

Some tiny blip, huh?


3 posted on 07/28/2010 5:21:52 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Also....He was a big supporter of Al Franken for Senate.


4 posted on 07/28/2010 5:22:57 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: Rational Thought

Of course, he has some faults, but his movie Exiled was excellent. With everyone, take the credible things they say and discard the cr*p. No one is perfect and everyone in media has to have a little bit of “arrogance”. Supporting Al Franken had to be his stupidest moment, though. Ben should apologize big time for that one.


5 posted on 07/28/2010 5:30:57 PM PDT by savagesusie
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To: Rational Thought

Compared to the crash that’s [quite likely] coming, yep... it was just a blip.


6 posted on 07/28/2010 5:32:05 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: savagesusie
Of course, he has some faults, but his movie Exiled was excellent.

Expelled?
7 posted on 07/28/2010 5:33:25 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Even when he p!sses me off, Ben Stein is still the smartest guy in the room.

8 posted on 07/28/2010 5:34:35 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: aruanan

thanks


9 posted on 07/28/2010 5:39:39 PM PDT by savagesusie
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To: Liberty Valance

He may be smart, but he also one of old bendover for the Democrat Republican.


10 posted on 07/28/2010 5:44:42 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Need work. MBA, CPA, Black Belt. Diverse industry and cross border experience.)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

This is crap. Why is the article buried in a link to a link to The Constitution blog?

Besides not being completely honest, it’s evident the first half dozen posters didn’t even read the article.

Stein is great!


11 posted on 07/28/2010 5:49:59 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: DCPatriot

Stein’s article is one link in. I guess you missed it if you didn’t read the first sentence.


12 posted on 07/28/2010 10:44:25 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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