BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Great People
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN’S DIARY Great People by Benjamin J. Stein THURSDAY O OPS. NOT A GREAT DAY. I awakened in Scottsdale at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch Hotel. It’s a lovely hotel, but like all Hyatts, a...
...I want the people who are reading this or listening to it to just try a mental and spiritual experiment: Try thinking about what your life would be like if you suddenly had a man come to your home to tell you your beloved husband or wife or father or mother or son or daughter was dead—gone forever to the worst enemies of civilization there have ever been...
...comfort, even luxury and good nature...
...In the lobby, there is a loud and somehow forlorn band playing a kind of maddeningly amplified but still listless jazz...
...None of it—NONE...
...The gift will be counted against your required minimum distribution but will not be counted for income tax purposes (in exchange, the IRS does not permit a tax deduction on this amount...
...We could shower you with money...
...TAPS is not about policy...
...1/2 • 1/2 or older...
...By morning, I was really wretched...
...Not a brilliant setup...
...It’s not because of the political stars, also big overgrown babies...
...I felt righteously sick when I woke up...
...That is TAPS, the great organization I help out with in a tiny way...
...I missed my first flight BENJAMIN J. STEIN home and got a later one...
...They talk a lot and sometimes they make brave decisions, but I would not call them stars by any means...
...How do we possibly show them we care as much as we should care...
...At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists eyes of eagles, known for their extreme visual acuity...
...Eagle Eyes® ™ looked to nature for a solution by studying the ExtremesExplorersWhen you try the Extremes These studies led to this revolutionary protection for human eyesight...
...This, in case you are wondering, is the speech I am about to give for TAPS, at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C...
...Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors...
...I awakened in Scottsdale at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch Hotel...
...It doesn’t say some men or some white men, so it includes blacks and Asians and Hispanics...
...Well, this is beyond what I deserve...
...Deadly accidents are regularly caused by such blinding glare...
...Danger can come from reflected light off of another vehicle, from the pavement, or any other reflective surface...
...I got home, swam in my glorious pool, and went to sleep with my dog, Brigid...
...Yours and everyone else’s...
...In the past two weeks I have been to Tucson (Goldwater Institute, great people), to Dallas-Fort Worth (Richardson School District, great people, and to lecture on speech writing to a huge PR firm, also great people), to Charlotte, North Carolina, to show our son two fine schools, Queens University of Charlotte and Presbyterian College of Clinton, South Carolina (both great people), and thence to Nashville to speak to an amazing software company called Open Solutions (great people), and then to D.C...
...It doesn’t say only rich men...
...And so how do we make it up to them...
...To qualify: You are age 70The gift is $100,000 or less per person for the calendar year...
...The lenses will block the UV light while enhancing the colors of your surrounding environment...
...Through TAPS, we can help them a tiny little bit...
...And last night was the coup de grace...
...The lobby is immense, sprawling, many floors high...
...For your kids to sit down with kids who have been there...
...I could taste it and only ate a little bit, but it was too late...
...Ninety-eight percent of people wearing Eagle Eyes love them...
...simulationEagle Eyes® Lens and everything instantly appears more vivid and sharp...
...The sun rises and sets at peak travel periods, during the early morning and afternoon rush hours...
...Outside America is exploitation of women, cruel torture of anyone different, power unrestrained by decency or law...
...They basically tell banks if a check is not good so the bank does not have to lose money paying a bum check...
...I unplugged the damned icemaker and off I went to dinner with my pals Barron and Steve and thence to sleep...
...Make a Gift from Your IRA THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2006 allows individuals age 70and above to make current gifts from their IRA accounts directly to nonprofits like The American Spectator Foundation...
...Patented triple filtering lens system...
...Then off to Phoenix...
...Eagle Eyes® provides 100% eye protection from harmful blue, violet and ultraviolet light rays...
...We all have a chance to belong and get this done: get these people through their pain—which will never stop, by the way, but it becomes manageable...
...Salted or snowy road conditions can make matters even worse...
...patrols and they’re getting shot at and blown up by You know, when I lost Win Ben Stein’s Money, I sort of thought my career was over...
...Barron, my dear, dear friend, and his colleague, Steve, also my dear friend, and I ate at the Italian restaurant at the hotel after my quest for a quiet room...
...I am so blessed to be allowed to help out with this...
...We JUNE 2007 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR 59 BEN STEIN’S DIARY could put you on The View...
...More than a tiny little bit...
...I had cannelloni and minestrone...
...This sound makes its way down the hallways (too small to be considered corridors) and into the rooms...
...It’s not because of movie stars, those overgrown, overpaid big babies...
...It doesn’t say all Christian men so it includes Jews, Hindus, Moslems, and atheists...
...And so how do we make it up to you...
...Not just one pair–A second pair FREE...
...We hold these truths to be self-evident—that all men are created with certain inalienable rights...
...THE AMERIC AN SPE C T A T OR FOUND A TION 60 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR JUNE 2007 Urgent: Special Summer Driving Notice To some, sunglasses are a fashion accessory… But When Driving, These Sunglasses May Save Your Life...
...Then, back to L.A...
...A n amazing breakthrough in optic technology “ by NASA resulting in Eagle Eyes® can be your answer...
...I drugged myself thoroughly and gave my speech to a group that has one of the best business models on the planet, Early Warning Services...
...What could possibly compare in human sacrifice...
...Beyond what any of us fat civilians deserve...
...One day of rest, then off to the desert to inspect my house...
...It’s the highest customer satisfaction rate that we have seen in our 20 years history...
...In this dream come true, we live in a blessed garden of opportunity, toleration, comfort, even luxury and good nature...
...The scientifically designed sunglasses are to protect your eyes from those harmful rays produced by the sun during peak driving times...
...Just to see their brave mentors from the Old Guard...
...Drivers Alert: Driving can expose you to more dangerous glare than any sunny summer day at the beach can…do you know how to protect yourself...
...That’s two ways to protect your eyes and prevent blinding glare for less than the price of one pair of traditional sunglasses...
...Then, I was simply paralyzed with stomach pain and went to sleep for hours...
...Many drivers find themselves temporarily blinded as they are driving directly into the glare of the sun...
...SATURDAY NIGHT A MERICA IS THE PUREST EXPRESSION of God’s love...
...It stretches out into a lovely garden/pool area where cocktails and snacks are served...
...You can get through it...
...It is so much bigger than I am and just to be allowed to touch it...
...The world owes these families more than we can ever pay them...
...FREE...
...Beware of windshield glare...
...I bonded extremely well with my audience, and got many standing ovations...
...Yet, motorists struggle on despite being blinded by the sun’s glare and cause countless accidents every year...
...Eagle Eyes® Sunglasses Extremes™ only $49.95 +S&H Receive the Explorers™ absolutely FREE!—2 pair for the price of one...
...In fact, I don’t consider them stars at all...
...Well, I plead guilty, your honor...
...The rooms where we guests stay radiate out from the lobby...
...It’s a lovely hotel, but like all Hyatts, a trifle strangely designed...
...But I was energized by my audience, as I always am...
...And this gathering is about the ones who gave the most to make it possible...
...NASA’s researchers ® uses NASAPatented EAGLE EYEStechnology and are on display at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...
...Wlady was there, so how bad can it be...
...Be sure to consult with your tax advisor prior to making your gift...
...TAPS is about humans reaching out to other human beings in pain...
...Outside this garden is a roaring savage jungle of hatred, brutality, violence, and cruelty...
...It says all men, which includes poor men...
...God bless every one of you...
...That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
...With a patented triple filtering system, Eagle Eyes® will reduce the blinding glare you may encounter while driving or enjoying outside activities...
...NASA’s researchers looked to nature for a solution...
...We are so anxious for you to try the Eagle Eyes® breakthrough technology that when you call for the Eagle Eyes® Extremes™ we will give you the Explorers™ FREE...
...EGL427-10 Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 For information on all our products: www.NextTen.com...
...And I love it...
...That wouldn’t do it...
...Please see our website www.nextten.comfor your correct size or ask your NextTen sales representative...
...Just to be allowed to hug these kids and their moms and dads...
...All you see around you is endless bleak pain and loneliness...
...Bonnie and the volunteers of TAPS are doing the best that can be done...
...They don’t get paid $20 million a picture and they don’t make a billion dollars a year trading commodities on Wall Street...
...Not right...
...She is a lovely, tall, thin woman...
...I learned these phrases from Martin Luther King, Jr...
...In this dream come true, we live in a But no, it’s far stronger than ever...
...Your donation is transferred directly from your IRA or Rollover IRA to the Foundation...
...I think it’s not just exhaustion...
...You know, when Bonnie Carroll started TAPS, she did a miracle of human goodness...
...That love is magnificently expressed in the Declaration of Independence...
...The gift is made on or before December 31, 2007This is an innovative way to limit your tax liability, support publication of The American Spectatorand help train the next generation of conservative journalists...
...The manager could solve it in an instant by not having that band, but instead, there’s the band...
...But I took Compazine and felt better and then uniforms over body armor in 130-degree heat who are flew home...
...We just follow in her footsteps...
...For the parents to sit down with the man or woman who has lost a child to a terrorist sniper...
...They are desperate...
...Conventional sunglasses can in fact blur your vision by exposing your eye to harmful UV, blue Slip on a pair of Eagle Eyes® immediately notice that your eyes are more comfortable and relaxed and you’ll feel no need to squint...
...You’ll also receive free one hard leatherette case and one soft cloth pouch so you can carry and protect your Eagle Eyes® in style...
...Of course they get the benefits the government promised them...
...And they represent a threat as powerful as any threat to humanity there has ever been...
...So imagine that a chaplain has just showed up at your door, talked to you for a while, left you some pamphlets, and then left...
...The whole crowd was great...
...the icemaker...
...We are in a small patch of paradise and outside it is a huge swath of hell...
...Even your windshield can make matters worse since wax and oil buildup can increase reflected glare...
...Plus, my idiot driver did not know how to get from the Watergate to National Airport, which is like not knowing how to spell C-A-T...
...Dr...
...But they make every single darned thing we do here in our garden possible...
...No, actually, one of my idols, Mary Anastasia O’Grady, who writes the brilliant “The Americas” column for the Wall Street Journal, was there...
...You come alive at the podium,” she said...
...The airport in Cincinnati is a sprawling nightmare requiring bus rides, moving stairways, and four different buildings to get to the curb...
...No, we stay safe inside our magnificent gardens of play and lushness and opportunity and happiness because we have some men and women who offer up their lives for us selfish big babies here at home...
...Lyda D. Tymiak light rays, and reflective glare...
...The result of this breakthrough optical technology is Eagle Eyes...
...The problem is simple...
...A lot...
...My Brigid— she’s as sweet as Tupelo Honey, she’s an angel of the first degree, she’s as sweet as Tupelo Honey—just like honey, baby, to the bee...
...In the airport I was violent-Bush who are the real stars...
...You’ll not just fashion accessories—they are necessary As a board certified ophthalmologist, I recommend Eagle Eyes® to all my patients to protect and enhance their vision...
...For more information, please contact: Patrick Pyles, The American Spectator Foundation, 1611 North Kent Street, Suite 901, Arlington, VA 22209 Ph: 703-807-2011 ext...
...Cincinnati by night, though, is a strange mixture of elated Reds fans and frightening street people...
...What we need is something simple for you: to sit down with someone else who has been there...
...Heaven knows I have been traveling though...
...studied how eagles can simultaneously distinguish their prey from their surroundings with utmost precision, while protecting their eyes from the daily exposure of harmful high-energy sunlight...
...Her work warning the nation about Marxism and drug lordism in Central and South America is as good as modern journalism gets...
...It was a real 58 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR JUNE 2007 thrill to meet her...
...You can experience enhanced visual acuity, even at great distances in most weather conditions...
...They put grieving widows and orphans with other grieving widows and orphans and mentors in Good Grief camps and they let you know that it can be done: You can walk through this...
...They were great folks and gave me a warm reception...
...My old pal and sometime speaking agent, Pat Marriott, came to hear my speech...
...They can also ” darken useful vision-enhancing light...
...eastern time, or 2:30 A.M...
...They are following through on the divine precept: Here on earth God’s work must truly be our own...
...They’re stars in humvees and on foot Daffodil...
...Thence to Cincinnati—here was the killer—on a flight that required that I get up at 5:30 A.M...
...TAPS is not about politics...
...Home in my own bed with my own beloved Brigid: that is heaven...
...Needless to say, it’s like heroin to my publicity hound self...
...Early morning frost or dew can exacerbate this situation...
...That wouldn’t do it...
...Promotional Code EGL427-10 Please mention this when you call...
...They are the bulwarks of decency for 8 billion people...
...It’s amazing...
...How do we stay secure in this garden...
...Plus, if you are not thrilled with the Eagle Eyes® technology, just send them back for a full refund of the purchase price...
...By the time I got to my dingy hotel (a Westin with very good room service), I was a rag of fatigue...
...It’s the guys in battle dress ly sick...
...After many tries, I got a room that was fairly quiet except that the headboard was against the wall and across from my wall was (you guessed it...
...Ben Steinis a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu...
...You can find Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors online and help out, and it’s your loss if you don’t...
...BEN STEIN’S DIARY Great People by Benjamin J. Stein THURSDAY O OPS...
...800-859-1802 14101 Southcross Drive W., Dept...
...And make no mistake, the Islamic fascists we are fighting now are as bad as the Nazis, as barbaric, as murderous, as vicious, as sadistic, as cruel, as relentless—and there are a hell of a lot more of them and we are supporting them with our gasoline purchases...
...Someone else who has been in your situation: lonely, desperate, short of breath with pain...
...It doesn’t say all Protestant men, so it includes Catholics...
...my time...
...I was so out of it I forgot my Discman and headphones...
...25 • E-mail: pylesp@spectator.org Want to Help Spread Free Market, Conservative Ideas...
...I sat next to a young woman lawyer named the real stars...
...We just write checks and say a few words...
...Clip-ons available for $29.95 +S&H Perfect for prescription glass wearers...
...The bottom of your life has just fallen out...
...Dinner that night at a fabulous restaurant called Jeff Ruby’s, with ice cream from Graeter’s—absolutely the most tasty food I have ever had...
...We have four different clip-on sizes available...
...They gave their lives and their families gave their peace of mind, their happiness, their love—everything—for us...
...What possibly greater greatness could there be than the men and women who fight for this country, die for us, and the families they leave behind...
...But they are lonely...
...They won’t starve...
...Call to order toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...
...The movies, the love, the gourmet meals, the Waffle House, the frat parties, the mansions, the SUVs, the kids at play, Rosie, none of it, absolutely none of it, would be possible without them...
...You should always have a pair of sunglasses available when you drive, so put Eagle Eyes® in all of your cars and start seeing the world without the dangerous squinting and with more clarity than you’ve ever imagined...
...There is a wall in front of their doors forever, but eventually it becomes covered with ivy and roses, and TAPS helped to plant them...
...Certain road conditions may raise the amount of harmful UV that you are exposed to by 85...
...blessed garden of opportunity, toleration, But travel is deeply fatiguing and food that is not right can play havoc with your system...
...This powerful glare of the sun is damaging to the various layers of the eye...
...The law business has changed...
...to speak to a conservative educational group called Fund for American Studies...
...This glare-induced “blindness” is especially prevalent in the early morning or late in the afternoon, and due to the extremely reflective qualities of other cars...
...And they are the real stars...
...For you to talk to someone who has been there, walked through that valley of the shadow of death and come through—thanks to not walking through that valley alone...
...Even on cloudy days, the advanced lens technology improves your visual acuity...
...No, it’s not Babs Streisand or Rod Stewart or Alec Baldwin or Sean Penn or Hillary or even President IEDs for us...
...That’s the most alive you ever are...
Vol. 40 • June 2007 • No. 5
