249263 Resource 187691 21 21 1264957670291 1264958124468 Controlled Imagine, Ben Stein

I wonder if you can.

<img title="Ben Stein" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="163" alt="Ben Stein" src="http://faseidl.com/docs/ben-stein_3.jpg" width="244" align="right" border="0"> This morning while cleaning up breakfast dishes, I had the <a title="Sunday Morning on CBS" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sunday Morning</a> show on in the background.  I generally enjoy the show, but I'm always disappointed—and baffled—when they cede the "opinion" section to Ben Stein. The Sunday Morning host, <a title="Charles Osgood" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Osgood" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Charles Osgood</a>, is thoughtful, and (and this is key) rational.  Ben Stein is such a contrast.  To me, putting Stein on Sunday Morning is like putting Jerry Springer on <a title="Frontline on PBS" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Frontline</a>, or having Ronald McDonald on <a title="The French Chef with Julia Child" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Chef" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The French Chef</a>. Today's Steinian wisdom dropping is that Obama should vow do do nothing until at least 2010.  The solution to all economic problems, according to Stein, is that we should simply "let things be" and order and prosperity will naturally evolve.  (Well, he didn't actually say "evolve", but that's what he meant.) His rationale?  <a title="The Beatles | Let It Be" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUTQq3ck6Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Beatles</a>.  Seriously, according to Stein, "If it was good enough for the Beatles, it should be good enough for all of us." Nice cherry picking, Ben.  Somehow, I can't <a title="Imagine | John Lennon" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKhIJfB510" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">imagine</a> you're willing to follow your own "logic" very far. 10 application/xml false critical thinking kooks Ben Stein MySmartChannels/6 (mailto:info@myst-technology.com; MyST Blogsite MetaWeblog API 6.00.0828) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aseidl 205.145.142.200 false true false false true 188081 false false true false false false true 249264 Resource 188081 173239 21 1264963000553 1264963232672 Controlled RE: Imagine, Ben Stein

Same opinion he's always had

I didn't hear it but it sounds like Stein's commentary is exactly the same as what he was saying before the big financial crash.  He was one of the loudest voices saying that there was nothing to worry about: the financial markets were completely sound; real estate inflation was to be counted on; the only thing our economy had to fear was the skeptics that would put a damper on things.  It seems like this has, is, and will always be his view of the economy.  He can say no other--just as golden retrievers can't ignore a thrown stick, it's what Stein always does. 10 application/xml false Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 GTB6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 68.40.167.222 false true false false true 187691 blog blogsite/FASeidl/web