Ben Stein: Always First In Line for A Wesleyan Car Wash

Ben Stein, Dick.


A lot of people don't hold really strong opinions about small time media personalities, because they have "better things to do". I am not one of those people and for that reason, I'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to trash Ben Stein. In addition to playing a teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", hosting his own lameshow on comedy central and starred in nearly four WHOLE commercials for clear eyes (which revolutionized televised eye medication marketing). Stein is also a profilific writer, he's authored several books you've never heard of or would care to read and pens a syndicated column (his articles delve into such important topics as Rap Amuses Me and Makes Me Think--but What Do White Suburban Kids Like My Son See in It?). Ben Stein is also an arrogant tool that thinks just because he went to an ivy league school and seems like a nerd that he actually know a goddamn thing. Just a few months ago he argued economics with Paul Krugman, actually challening Krugman's credentials (Krugman is an economics professor at Princeton, Stein is a day time television gameshow host). I didn't follow the ins and outs of that debate, but Stein was needless to say, prove very very wrong. I'm not just saying this because I like Krugman either, Stein just doesn't have a clue. I saw him the other day on Fox News trying to explain how the failure of the Smoot-Hawley tariff somehow validated supply side economics, which is just absurd. Not only is supply side economics complete nonsense, but there wasn't even a connection between the topics; supply side economics deals with fiscal policy, Smoot-Hawley was all about trade policy, Stein was just talking on and on like some supremely pompous jackass...pompous jackass....pom-time to wrap things up.