Ben Stein #fundie

Ben Stein #fundie spectator.org

(On the arrest of the IMF president for charges of rape)

In what possible way is the price of the hotel room relevant except in every way: this is a case about the hatred of the have-nots for the haves, and that's what it's all about. A man pays $3,000 a night for a hotel room? He's got to be guilty of something. Bring out the guillotine.

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old comment by Ze French Communiste

actually, DSK (Dominic Strauss-Khan, IMF ex-president) is a presumed rapist, and has a reputation as a dirty old man, and a pervert.

lucilius, i take offence to that remark. there are no socialists in france: either they are too right-wing (like dsk), useless (like aubry and royal), or out of it (the rest). yeah, sure france is more left-wing than the USA, but it's still an isult to socialism.

The worst about it is that the rest of the french politicians are covering him, whereas they should be condemning his ways, guilty or not: DSK doesn't do politics, and you can't exactly be president of the IMF and be a socialist at the same time. Just because one of their own is involved in a scandal, the rest of the group covers up, instead of seeing it as a warning.

If it were up to me, throw out the lot of them, get other officials, and make the elite scared of the people. My definition of democracy is "the dictature of the masses", aka "real power to the people", and not just an aristocracy governing the rest.

edit:
@xotan: dsk actually said of french TV: "ma femme m'as mis a l'abris du besoin". "my wife got me out of needing anything". translated from politician:"my wife is so filthy stinking rich I don't need to work ever, but i still do to have fun with the money and prestige associated with my position". hell, i just remembered even his wife thinks he's an ok guy despite the mounting evidence against him (seminal fluid found, scratches, etc)..

scandalous

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@ Xotan

There's been no verdict before a trial. As in every case in which a rich man is accused by a poor woman, every reporter I've heard cover this case has walked on eggshells in this man's favor when covering the story because of who he is, never failing to unfairly cast suspicion on the alleged victim by bringing up the so-far baseless accusations made against her by the IMF President's supporters, claiming that she's either part of a political plot against him or a con-artist looking for a big payday, despite the fact that there's forensic and eyewitness evidence against him (which we didn't hear about until several days after the incident) and a number of other women have made complaints against him. Same as it ever was.

old comment by Anon-e-moose

Well, I guess that fucks up the fundies/conspiracy theorists' notion of a 'NWO'.

Because if there were a shadowy overgovernment ruling the world, who by definition, have absolute control of all information, and the dissemination of such - or not - then we would have never even heard of all this shenanigans with Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the first fucking place. After all, he would be in possession of knowledge that would severely damage, nay, annihilate the 'NWO' as we know it (or not!).

Along with the whole 'Man didn't land on the Moon' malarkey only appearing after the release of the film "Capricorn One" in 1978 (just nine years after Armstrong's 'One Small Step For Man', and the floater that is David Icke's 'Shapeshifting Lizardmen Rule The World' turd only surfacing after the airing of the TV miniseries "V" in 1984, frankly, debunking Conspiracy Theories are becoming as much an intellectual challenge as disproving the existence of God.

...oh, and it was Conspiracy Theorists who did 9/11. After Roswell, JFK, Diana et al, the poor tinfoil hat-wearers' bullshit was becoming stale, and they needed fresh dung to feed upon. Two trillion flies can't be wrong, eh?! [/hyper-sarcasm]

(Ah, being a killjoy, and destroying peoples' fun - in this case, that of the fundies/tinfoil (ass)hatters. Such fun! >:D )

The 'NWO'. Along with Freemasonry and Area 51*. The best, worst kept secrets*.

"X-Files"' 'Cigarette Smoking Man' (and his equivalent - albeit far more benevolent - in the anime series "Stratos 4"), anyone?

*- Project Aurora. One of the above top secret aircraft tested at Groom Lake. Fact: There's one stationed at RAF Macrihanish, right here in the UK.

old comment by Tempus

@Power Skunk: see Steven Mading #1293698.

He's never been anything else. The bottom line is that the man is a mercenary of sorts--when someone pays him, or when he sees a personal advantage to be had for him or his side, he's willing to say anything about anyone, or take any point of view no matter how absurd or intellectually and ethically bankrupt. He's friendly, charming, witty and well-spoken. These are merely tools he uses in his line of work. Regardless of his guilt or innocence, the IMF president represents money and people with money, and both Stein and Strauss-Khan move in the same wealthy circles. Many of those people are attempting to protect him now. It's expected, even if Stein isn't being paid for his services currently. Later, if Strauss-Khan is found indisputably guilty, he will distance himself from him with the same lack of hesitation, and only people who read the original comments from him will know that he ever stood allied with him at all.

A mercenary, nothing more.

Ben Stein #fundie spectator.org

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