Ugghhh, I honestly feel dumber for having read the Hearitage Foundation article.  I also tried to watch the four-part critique videos on YouTube by Lee Doren, but only made it through the first two.  I think those may have even been worse than having to read the HF article.  Dorin had some valid concerns in the first segment, but by the second he was beginning to go off the deep end with his rants and “critiques”.
Don’t get me wrong, I really think The Story of Stuff needs to tone down the politics and tighten up the stats (although, if you actually take the time to do some of the fact checking yourself, you’ll see that she’s really not as far off as her political critics would have you believe).  As the video stands, I would probably not be showing it to elementary school kids either.  I think the current video would work better for high school kids who could then discuss and critique it in class.
My main problem with this whole debate is these super rightwing “critiques” that sound as though they were written by the Koch brothers.  These critiques (the HF article especially) seem more concerned at attacking her character and nitpicking stats than actually producing any true rebuttals to her main arguments.  Not to sound too “anti-American”, but I think these issues are worth shedding light on.