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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
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&#8220;[Ben Stein, in the new pro-Creationist documentary Expelled] uses &#8220;straw man&#8221; tactics to attack, mainly The Origin of the Species, as Darwin wrote it in 1859. That&#8217;s like a music critic reviewing &#8220;the latest&#8221; by only referring to Edison&#8217;s wax cylinders.&#8221;
&#8211; Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, who while not being James Bond, did manage [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;[<i>Ben Stein, in the new pro-Creationist documentary <a href="http://www.expelledthemovie.com/">Expelled</a></i>] uses &#8220;straw man&#8221; tactics to attack, mainly The Origin of the Species, as Darwin wrote it in 1859. That&#8217;s like a music critic reviewing &#8220;the latest&#8221; by only referring to Edison&#8217;s wax cylinders.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8211; Orlando Sentinel film critic <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/business/media/10stein.html?ref=movies">Roger Moore</a>, who while not being James Bond, did manage to sneak into a private screening he had been uninvited to, in his <a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/02/is-ben-stein-th.html">review of the film</a>.</p>
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