Comments on: Ron Paul challenges Ben Stein to a foreign policy debate, officially

By: charrob

charrob — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:07:57 +0000

-forgot to mention: this was am-680 WCBM in Baltimore (talk radio).

By: charrob

charrob — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:57:47 +0000

For Libertarians who believe the Tea Parties / Sarah Palin represent them, think again. CaseInPoint: Sean Casey and Frank Luber Show:
On January 4, 2010, at approximately 8:50am the disc jockey stated on the air: Because Ron Paul says 'they' (ie. the muslims) hate us because of what we do to them and because we are occupiers, that this shows Ron Paul has anti-semitic beliefs. So now we have the am-talk radio hosts attacking Ron Paul.

It's clear that the orthodoxy is not to be questioned. And, anyone who does so is personally attacked… calling someone an anti-Semite is a personal attack meant to undermine the person in our age of political correctness. Of course things should be questioned. It's cliché that we're to "think outside the box". Yet, when someone does, they're attacked. To not examine the enemies motives but just make them one-dimensional is very unsophisticated and is to one's own disadvantage.

By: charrob

charrob — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:57:47 +0000

By: charrob

charrob — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:57:47 +0000

By: edmovius

edmovius — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:31 +0000

I seriously doubt Ben Stein knows that the Federal Reserve is a private central bank and hasn't a clue that they are the ones who manipulate and control the monetary system, the Federal Government, the IRS, the oil industry, the military, industrial, congressional complex, the pharmaceutical industry, the educational system and the media to name a few. Ben has been steeped in the quagmire of misinformation spewed forth by an educational system and news media that has been tightly controlled since the turn of the 19th Century. It's no wonder his ideals are skewed. http://edwardmovius.name

By: edmovius

edmovius — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:31 +0000

By: edmovius

edmovius — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:31 +0000

By: edmovius

edmovius — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:31 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:48:46 +0000

"Incidentally, I do wish Paul would pronounce Yemen correctly. He says YAY-men. It should be YEH-men."

Dictionary.com lists yey-muhn as a secondary pronunciation. That was the second result on Google after the one you found.

By: spinnikerca

spinnikerca — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:11:10 +0000

Ben Stein figured out he had put his foot in his mouth and spent the rest of the time trying to talk over Ron Paul so it wouldn't be as apparent to everyone else.

How do you debate someone like that?

However, I'd certainly watch. But listening might be difficult.

By: spinnikerca

spinnikerca — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:11:10 +0000

Ben Stein figured out he had put his foot in his mouth and spent the rest of the time trying to talk over Ron Paul so it wouldn't be as apparent to everyone else.

How do you debate someone like that?

However, I'd certainly watch. But listening might be difficult.

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:20:42 +0000

Being a Jew myself I found Stein's attack on Paul appalling, not to mention ignorant and childish. Stein is just always chomping at the bit, ready for any excuse to cry "racism". He comes off as an intellect, but when you really take note and listen carefully he doesn't have the tools to compete with the big boys. Stein would do well to not accept Paul's invitation to a debate on foreign policy,. You need a little more ammunition than "because they are psychos" to debate someone whose an expert on the subject. Even if you don't agree with Paul, this debate would be like taking candy from a baby for the congressman.