A Hot Topic For Summer: A.C.

You'll Have To Pry Ben Stein's Air Conditioner From His Hot, Sweaty Hands

(CBS)  The National Weather Service is predicting a hotter than normal July for much of the East Coast as well as for most of the Southwest … which brings us to one of Contributor Ben Stein's favorite topics:

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Let us now praise famous men:

In particular Willis Havilland Carrier, the main inventor of the greatest gift to mankind since The Constitution … namely, air conditioning.

Like most Americans of my generation in most parts of this nation, as a child I approached summer in my hometown, Silver Spring Maryland, with dread.

The heat and humidity were unbearable … sweaty, oppressive days … torture trying to sleep in painful heat, drenched in perspiration, sheets wet from fevered cruel heat.

Summer car travel was genuine agony.

The only places of refuge were a few stores and all movie theatres. I often wonder if movies seemed so much better in those days mostly because of the air conditioning in the theater.

Then, my parents bought me a little window Carrier air conditioner. Paradise! I worshiped that little machine.

Then in 1956, my Dad got the whole house air conditioned. The mood in the home was permanently better.

Now, of course, we take air conditioning for granted. Or, maybe not. I thank Willis Havilland Carrier every time I press the buttons, twirl the thermostat, breathe in cool, gorgeous air, take those negative ions into my blood stream, feel protected from the vicious heat of summer.

I know we all have to be careful about energy. But we all have to also not die from heat.

When I think what air conditioning does, what a miracle it is in terms of human well-being, what a change it has made in human happiness, I have to be humbled.

Take away my Cadillac if you must. Make me wear a sweater and a coat in the winter indoors. Make me do anything. But please, leave me with that gift from Mr. Carrier and all of his colleagues: blissful, blessed A.C. Long may it cool.

[joyous88]

ben stein is just one more republicon fascist,

it all goes to the highest bidder, the republicons are greed driven,

and that why gas is $5 a gallon and no one can afford air conditioning any longer

[cyberus-2009]

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More mudslinging and innuendo? Just another jtait post. Are you paid for this bs?

Posted by elz523
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You do know by copy/quoting his posts you help him sling the mud don''t you?

[elz523]

PVperson, A lot you know idiot. Ben Stein is one of the smartest people in the country.


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Posted by JTait2 at 04:01 PM : Jul 06, 2008


Hmmm, that makes 2 people who think that Ben Stein is intelligent, but Steins mother really shouldn''t count.

[elz523]

Why does Obama avoid the press?
Why does Obama avoid town house meetings?
Why does Obama avoid public debates?
Why doesn''''t Obama want us to meet his Father''''''''s
side of his family?
What''''s in Obama''''s passport documents that he doesn''''t want us to see?
Why doesn''''t he show us his birth certificate?

WHAT IS OBAMA HIDING????????

How can anyone by so STUPID to support a person for President who is so obviously hiding something????

Because they are hiding something too.



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Posted by JTait2 at 03:48 PM : Jul 06, 2008

More mudslinging and innuendo? Just another jtait post. Are you paid for this bs?

[cynrae18]

So what''s the problem...most people don''t even know WHO invented AC. But MOST people know the name of "Carrier" for AC--can''t you just go with that? How small are you? Also, why do we have to make this a political debate? Don''t each of you just enjoy the AC in the summer, the gift of Heat in the winter months, and windows open on a nice breezy semi-cool and fresh day? Good Grief, Charlie Brown. Get over yourselves! It''s a good piece, and all he''s saying is that he appreciates AC, and each of us that enjoy it should too. Small gifts, daily gifts....that''s what life is about. Fact: My parents did get AC til I was senior in high school (1969) and I''m from Chicago. It was hot and clammy weather in summer. It was WONDERFUL when we got AC. Just give the man a break! Happy Summer to all of you!

[pvperson]

Stein is an afront to anyone with an IQ above 60. Why does he get media coverage? It just encourages him to keep coming up with drivel.

[joyous88]

please be advised, that after eight (actually 12) years of republicon rule,

none of us will be able to afford air conditioning

[sanz39]

Please be advised that Carrier may have perfected the air conditioner, but Frederick Jones invented it.

[elz523]

I know. J Tait is a fool.Hopefully the DNC will pay bloggers to suggest Republicans vote for Barr or Paul.

[joyous88]

JTait2, works for the republicon noise machine,

responding to him is a waste of time,

he wants to change the topic from the fact that the mess he describes was and is still being created by

G Bush, J McBushSame, J Lieberman, republicon fascists

Obama does not have to fix this mess , he is not the president, Hey Tait2 , when you get off work at the
fascist computer bank, why dont you ask Bush to fix this mess that you republicons created

republicons are the new NAZI party

[elz523]

CRISIS:
Gas prices continue to rise.

TODAYS RESULTS:
Food prices are rising.
Families are cutting their vacations short.
Workers are looking for alternative transportation.
Visits to family and friends are being reconsidered.
Public transportation lines are longer.
Airlines are cutting flights.
Short trips are being combined.
Heating oil is rising.
Recreational activities are being affected.
Some services are becoming limited.
Jobs in transportation are being lost.
Manufacturing is slowing down.

Something Must be Done to Stop This NOW!!!

Does Obama have a solution??? NO!

OBAMA DOESN''''T EVEN HAVE A CLUE!!!!



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Posted by JTait2 at 09:10 AM : Jul 06, 2008


You''ve gotta be kidding. Obama has a plan. It won''t solve anything in the short-term. Neither will McCains, other than that $.18 per gallon tax that we need for roads and that, will only last for the summer, hasn''t been proposed as legislation, so is really just rhetoric.

We need long-term solutions and drilling for more oil is not a long-term solution. It will only lead to getting us back to where we are today.

If you want a solution to the above, start conserving.

[ubrew12]

JTait2 said: "Gas prices continue to rise. Food prices are rising. etc....Does Obama have a solution??? NO!"
Obama didn''t cause this problem. Bush did: through sweetheart deals with oil companies that sold out our soldiers for Iraqi oil and Afghan oil pipelines, through discouragement of alternative energy and any steps to combat Global Warming, through doubling our national debt and encouraging weak Fed lending practices that encouraged ordinary Americans to double theirs (debt=falling dollar=rising oil prices).

Now McSame, who you want in office, is promising to maintain this failed policy? Thanks, but no thanks. (Now you''re gonna tell me you''re for Hillary: POS)

[elz523]

Not me man! Give me the fresh air!