Win Ben Stein's Big Fat Mouth

Most of us know Ben Stein from his role as the boring economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the enjoyable game show Win Ben Stein's Money, or as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon. As of late though, Stein has thrown out any good will earned by uttering some of the dumbest statements ever in the English language. His latest bon mot getting airplay everywhere is his unbelievable defense of accused rapist, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Before we get to that thought, let's take a look at some of the other idiotic things he has said in the past.

A year ago, Stein took issue with the extension of unemployment aid calling those that couldn't find work "lazy," and "scamming the system." Yeah that's it exactly. Everyone I know on unemployment just LOVE making half their salary which wasn't all that much to begin with. And I would agree with him that people are lazy if there was work galore out there, which there isn't. Latest statistics say there are 7 people for every job. And because of this surplus, salaries are dropping. I have a great idea for Stein's next show. We'll call it, Trade Lives With Ben Stein. For one week, you get to do everything Stein normally does and he gets your crappy job. I'd watch. When he gets to see what kind of back breaking labor most of us do for peanuts, I dare him to call the average American lazy.

Then there's his latest film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which has to be the greatest self-explanatory title ever. It tries to show how scientists agree with creationism and fails in a way that few films will. Scientists were tricked into appearing, whole scenes are taken out of context and even tries to show how Darwinism led to the Holocaust, I kid you not. It is without a doubt one of the most dishonest documentaries ever.

Then came this week and his shocking allegations that bankers and economists never commit crimes like rape. Nevermind the fact that Richard Nyamwange, an ESU Business Professor, in 2007 was convicted of rape or Robert Maubouche, a French economist who worked at the World Bank, was convicted in 1997 of raping his housekeeper. As for his idiotic notion that powerful people don't rape, maybe he should tell former Israeli President Moshe Katzav that his conviction for rape in early 2010 was all a big mistake. Or Mike Tyson. Or the literally hundreds of powerful people throughout time that have used rape as their personal privilege. Stein wonders why other women hadn't come forward and was the maid out for money. He must of missed the several women who HAVE come forward and said that they too had been assaulted by the former IMF leader. The man's a joke. Go back to being a game show host as it's all your good at, Stein.