Posted on Sun, Apr. 13, 2008 10:15 PM
Missouri lawmakers see documentary questioning evolution
By KIT WAGAR and JASON NOBLE
The Star’s Jefferson City correspondentsJEFFERSON CITY | A bit of Hollywood’s right wing came to Missouri last week as Ben Stein showed up to pitch his new documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed…”
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Contact: Nanci Gonder…Gov. Blunt to Introduce Ben Stein at State Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt will introduce Ben Stein, writer and commentator, actor, comedian and former White House speechwriter, to Missouri’s State Capitol at 5:30 p.m. this evening in the Capitol Rotunda.
Ben Stein is visiting Missouri to promote his new movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and to show his support for legislation.
The governor will introduce Mr. Stein at the screening.
The latest in a long line of delusional republican right wingnut thoughts.
…In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?… raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression…
Mr. Stein, I rest my case.
But I’m not seeing the connection between the failed Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and Ben Stein’s belief that universities should also teach “intelligent design”. Is it just that both are silly ideas?
I got the point you were making, Michael–that, historically, Republicans go for the most destructive, silly ideas. Sometimes you have to spell these things out for those of us who are literal minded, and you did that, with wit, in your comment.