Flunked, Not Expelled: Not Even Fox Likes It

MattusMaximus

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This is too damn funny. Even Fox News thinks that Ben Stein and company are full of crap when it comes to "Expelled"...

Ben Stein: Win His Career

Here's an excerpt:

"After seeing a new non-fiction film starring Comedy Central’s Ben Stein, you may not only be able to win his money, but also his career.

Stein is that whiny little guy with the monotone voice that makes him seem funny and an unlikely “character” for TV appearances. But that career may be over come April 18 when a movie he co-wrote, narrates and appears in, called “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” is released.

Directed by one Nathan Frankowski, “Expelled” is a sloppy, all-over-the-place, poorly made (and not just a little boring) “expose” of the scientific community. It’s not very exciting. But it does show that Stein, who’s carved out a career selling eye drops in commercials and amusing us on sitcoms, is either completely nuts or so avaricious that he’s abandoned all good sense to make a buck.

To wit: Stein, Frankowski and pals say in “Expelled” that perfectly good scientists and educators are being stigmatized for wanting to teach their students creationism and “intelligent design” — in other words, junk science — in addition to or instead of conventionally accepted Darwinism. You see, Stein, like some other celebrities, finally has shown his true colors and they aren’t so pretty."


Ben Stein and "Expelled" just got PWNED!!! Again. :D
 
Yeah, go Fox... ummmm... entertainment reviewer guy?

Hannity is headed for his cubicle as we speak wearing his full SS Oberführer parade uniform, can of gas in the left hand, custom diamond encrusted swastika zippo in the right.

Run movie review guy run!
 
This is too damn funny. Even Fox News thinks that Ben Stein and company are full of crap when it comes to "Expelled"...
ummmm.....no. Not Fox News. A reviewer for Fox News entertainment. Do you know the difference? It appears that in your blind hatred for Fox you assume that a corporate meeting took place and it was decide by "Fox News" that the film is to be panned. Do you get out much? Can you tell the difference between opinion and entertainment, or opinion and news?

Try a little harder. You may figure it out someday. Good luck.

Here, I'll do your homework for you.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/08/who_is_roger_fr.html
 
Hannity is headed for his cubicle as we speak wearing his full SS Oberführer parade uniform, can of gas in the left hand, custom diamond encrusted swastika zippo in the right.

Run movie review guy run!

Godwin's Law has been validated in just four posts. Impressive!
 
Godwin's Law has been validated in just four posts. Impressive!

Well, considering the facts that some pundit on Fox News is bound to mention the Nazis at least once a week, and the movie that we are talking about draws a direct parallel between the theory of evolution and Nazism...

I thought it might be funny to make a Nazi joke at the expense of Sean Hannity.

Forgive my poor taste.
 
I thought it might be funny to make a Nazi joke at the expense of Sean Hannity.

Forgive my poor taste.

Nazi jokes are always so funny! Got any crematorium jokes you can't wait another minute to tell?
 
Well, considering the facts that some pundit on Fox News is bound to mention the Nazis at least once a week, and the movie that we are talking about draws a direct parallel between the theory of evolution and Nazism...

I thought it might be funny to make a Nazi joke at the expense of Sean Hannity.

Forgive my poor taste.

It's entirely up to you if you want to hold yourself to the standards that Fox News and Ben Stein set.

I don't think your analogy is in particularly poor taste. I just wanted to bring to your attention that if your ideas are superior, then there should be no need to compare people who disagree with you to Nazis.
 
Nazi jokes are always so funny! Got any crematorium jokes you can't wait another minute to tell?

I am sure that you would not have had a problem if I made a joke about Olbermann.

You have a total of 32 posts here. Nearly all of them are political and far right.

Which is why this ties into the political arena, and what ties it into left/right politics. Bad news for America is good news for the left.

Fear mongering by the left over AGW is a way to get more government into our lives. Put your head in the sand and call me whatever name makes you happy, but where did the anti-war left end up after Vietnam?
Biggest woo? That half the voters though that Gore or Kerry were capable of being Commander in Chief.
The Swift Boaters were correct in their assessment of Kerry.
 
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ummmm.....no. Not Fox News. A reviewer for Fox News entertainment. Do you know the difference? It appears that in your blind hatred for Fox you assume that a corporate meeting took place and it was decide by "Fox News" that the film is to be panned.
So, which is more likely, I wonder.

Is it:

(a) "Blind hatred" of Fox News led MattusMaximus to attribute to Fox News an action of which MattusMaximus whole-heartedly approves.

Or is it:

(b) You're a troll looking for something to whine about.
 
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Sorry, no. Just pointing out the obvious to the oblivious.

I guess the number of posts determines the intellect of the poster?

In your eyes Killtown must be a genius.

Coming from you, far right is a compliment. I won't return the favor.

Want to play? I'm game.
 
Sorry, no. Just pointing out the obvious to the oblivious.

I guess the number of posts determines the intellect of the poster?

In your eyes Killtown must be a genius.

Coming from you, far right is a compliment. I won't return the favor.

Want to play? I'm game.


The number of posts in no way determines the intellect of the poster, I was referring to the fact that you only have a handful of posts, and about 80% of them are political in nature in which you are to the far right of the issue at hand.

I am definitely a Democrat, but not on every issue, and I wouldn't say that I am far left. I made a joke. You took it seriously because the victim of the joke was a personal hero.

I'm sorry. :(
 
Ahh, Debbie Schlussel. The lady who wrote that all atheists are becoming Muslim terrorists. Like, literally converting to Islam and blowing people up with rucksack bombs. Gotta love her.

Poisoning the well CurtC? The fact remains that the entertainment writer is a liberal on the Fox News entertainment desk.

You'll have to do better than that.

Sorry if my responses take a little while. I have a business to operate.

You'll understand that if 4-5 or more libs and malcontents jump on the bandwagon all at once, it may take a while to respond.

Thanks.

One more note. I have lurked and occasionally posted here for 4 years. (and other forums with a lot more members for 10) I was out of the country for 6 months, and chose a new user name when I returned.
Forgive me for not spending the majority of my free time posting on internet forums. I have a life outside of my computer, and a business to operate. Some of you may be able to post at work, but I find it counter productive.

95% of people who listen or watch call in shows on tv and radio, never participate. I have learned far more from listening than from speaking.
You call me a troll, but what were you guys doing in this thread? Trolling for someone to make a response you thought you could attack.

Congratulations. Very welcoming of you.

I pointed out that Maximus was wrong to assume. I was right. He was wrong. Too bad.
 
See, this is why we can't Godwin threads!

In Maximus' defense, the article was on a news-related web site, from Fox. Yes, it was the entertainment section, and yes, you could argue that entertainment is not really news or newsworthy.

But, I think the basic gist is clear: A reviewer on the usuallly right-leaning news-related web site gave a bad review to a movie that is supposed to appeal to far-right-wingers.
It just does not bode well for Ben Stein, is all.
 
I am definitely a Democrat, but not on every issue, and I wouldn't say that I am far left. I made a joke. You took it seriously because the victim of the joke was a personal hero.

I'm sorry. :(
An assumption. He is not a personal hero of mine. I do not watch or listen
to him. I find his religious views over the top.

I am an atheist. I believe in the power of the individual, not the power of government. I do watch Fox News and CNN from time to time, but get most of my news from the net. I read 5-6 websites that post a variety of writers from both sides of the political spectrum. That is how I start my day.
I also lurk in this forum and a few others. I have maybe 500 posts on another forum, but I have been a member there for a long time. I usually end up in the Holocaust denial thread. I am not Jewish but have spent time in Israel. It just strikes a nerve when you and others compare political commentators to Nazis. Joking or not, it does not sit well with me.

When I was growing up, there was nowhere for someone like me to get news that was not slanted to the left. Now there is. I find it in many places. Fox news kicks the crap out of CNN for a reason. There are people like me who watch. (there must be more, because I don't watch that often, or get a neilson sp? card)
 

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