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Bulletin From Ben (Ben Stein hits it out of the park)
The American Spectator ^
| 8/18/2005
| Ben Stein
Posted on 08/18/2005 10:05:00 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
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Published 8/18/2005 1:42:28 AM
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A few humble theses:
There is such a thing as evil in this world and such a thing as good. It is simply not true that all is relative and similar. Beheading Iraqi civilians with a saw on the Internet is absolutely evil. Helping children in Mosul get pure water is absolute good. Sending homicide bombers to blow up elementary schools at a kibbutz is evil. Treating the children of your enemies in the finest hospitals in Israel is good.
In Europe and Asia and South America and in much of North America, this idea is unknown. All is relative and the only point is to get away another day without having the evil ones attack you. Appeasing the terrorists, ignoring them and their instigators, pretending that the good guys are the bad guys -- all of these are now standard practice in the capitals of the world, and in the academies of America and in the Democratic Party at high levels.
There is one great man standing between us and this capitulation to evil: that man is George Bush, and he has two great allies, Tony Blair and John Howard. If we did not have George Bush at the helm, if we had a moral relativist like Kerry or Gore, we would even now be playing the same appeasing games as Chamberlain played with Hitler, and which France and Germany, Spain and Italy, Norway and Belgium, tragically, even Canada, play with the enemies of the human spirit.
By a great providence, we were sent George Bush. In his mind, there is such a thing as evil. Terrorism is evil. Racism is evil. The murder of unborn babies is evil. Torturing a totally innocent Terri Schiavo to death is evil. He sees it, acts on it, actively works not just to get along day by day, but to keep evil at bay and to overcome it where it can be overcome. As time goes by, I come to realize that George Bush, with all of his faults, is the spiritual heir to Abraham Lincoln, to Martin Luther King, Jr., to Winston Churchill, to the late Pope John Paul II. How unbelievably lucky we are to have him, and how grateful we should be.
The terrifying part is that he will be gone from power in less than three years. Then what? The evil will remain in men's souls, and who will be there to fight it? We have to start thinking right now of who sees and recognizes the difference between good and evil and start energizing ourselves to make that man or woman President. George Bush's shoes will be terrifyingly difficult to fill.
Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. He also writes "Ben Stein's Diary" in every issue of The American Spectator.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americans; benstein
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To: smoothsailing
So ? by their logic ? W can run again in 2008 ? ..
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:38:36 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
No,of course not.It's just a dream I have,that's all.
President Bush will be our CIC for 3 & 1/2 brief years.
As Ben Stein says,we've got work to do to find a man to fill those shoes.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:48:24 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
It's ok,,,, lol,,, I was just being sarcastic, thats all.
I was just trying to point out the absurdity of the liberal mind ( sounds like a great line for a book ).
ABSURDITY of the Liberal mind....... I like that line.
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posted on
08/18/2005 11:55:08 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
I get it! But I wasn't kidding,I have actually had that dream.
Absurdity of the liberal mind.Sounds like a book by Ann Coulter!
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:07:45 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
maybe we can have her consider that title.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:32:38 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
Not a chance,UNLESS you get full credit! :o)
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:39:01 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: Former Military Chick
I'm glad Ben Stein's role as the "Pixies" in Fairly Odd Parents has sparked interest in the DTogo household about who this man is.
If only our President would do something about...
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:44:24 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: Former Military Chick
Reminding us that X42 and everyone in his administration is evil.
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posted on
08/19/2005 3:03:52 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
To: Fiddlstix
Fine read. Fine Author. Fine President.
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posted on
08/19/2005 3:06:45 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion they will give it to you.)
To: Former Military Chick
To: mercy
As opposed to some pencil necked frenchie wannabee raised by socialist one worlders. Real New Yorkers would be offended by that.
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posted on
08/19/2005 4:12:18 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(see my FR page for a link to the tribute to Terri Schaivo, a short video presentation.)
To: Former Military Chick
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posted on
08/19/2005 4:32:32 AM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: smoothsailing
"As Ben Stein says,we've got work to do to find a man to fill those shoes."
Or woman. . .like Rice. . .but come to think of it, even a feminine as she is and beautiful, she is more man than 99% of those girlie-men of the democratic party.
To: 185JHP
"It's a word I made up."
Well done...and it fits.
To: 185JHP
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:58:11 AM PDT
by
upchuck
("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: 185JHP
Good word. I may borrow it from time to time.
To: konaice
Thanks for the link. I enjoyed it. I wish I knew how to influence my "dyed in the wool" (her words) conservative sister who, for some unknown(to me) reason, has a very unfavorable view of President Bush.
To: Former Military Chick; LUV W
Ben Stein is a POWERFUL writer: his pen is a sword of truth and his mind is beacon of light.
I'm printing this out to send to some troops. You found another gem, FMC!
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posted on
08/19/2005 9:42:30 AM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(Remembering our Heroes today and every day. . . "Operation Gratitude")
To: Purple GOPer
PING TO Purple GOPer
Is there more than one Ben Stein ping list?
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posted on
08/19/2005 10:13:30 AM PDT
by
Responsibility1st
(Figure out what you would die for...then live for it. -Anne Rivers Siddons)
To: Former Military Chick
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:10:18 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(The radical secularization of America is happening)
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