Critics said this was an attempt to distract attention from a drop in the approval ratings of President Bush, who was campaigning for re-election.

Critics have said that parapsychologists misuse meta-analysis to create the incorrect impression that statistically significant results have been obtained that indicate the existence of psi phenomena.

In an awards ceremony in the Critics Choice Awards celebrating Tarantino, he said he got his start in filmmaking in his 20s.

Critics said he was out of touch.

Critics of the KMT's program for a centralized national culture regard it as institutionalized ethnic discrimination, and point to the loss of several indigenous languages and a perpetuation of shame for being an aborigine < ref name =" shame "> noted that Taiwan's first democratically elected President, Li Teng-Hui, said in a famous interview: "...

Critics of the plan said that Alcatraz is too rich in history to be destroyed.

Critics said that HUD's lax oversight of their program allowed the fraud to occur.

Critics note that while the court said that the ABC was the first electronic digital computer, it did not define the term computer.

Scott did not turn down the New York Film Critics Award for his performance ( of which his then wife Colleen Dewhurst said, " George thinks this is the only film award worth having ").

Critics said the countess should sell the gems and give the proceeds to political protesters in Bahrain.

Critics also said that the firefighters ' claim that their wage was unfair was also damaged by Professor Bain's report which observed that there were roughly 40 applicants for every firefighter's job advertised, indicating that the pay was more than sufficient.

Critics said he should have admitted his book was fiction.

Critics of consumerism include Pope Benedict XVI, German historian Oswald Spengler ( who said, " Life in America is exclusively economic in structure and lacks depth "), and French writer Georges Duhamel, who held " American materialism up as a beacon of mediocrity that threatened to eclipse French civilization ".

Critics have said the film contains conspiracy, speculation, and projection.

Critics said that intelligent design proponents had set up their own journals with " peer review " which lacks impartiality and rigor, and pointed to ISCID's journal Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design as an example, characterizing the ISCID fellows who comprise PCID < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s reviewers as " ardent supporters of intelligent design.

Critics have also seen an influence from Rainer Werner Fassbinder but Kaurismäki-a keen film buff himself-has said that he somehow never got around to seeing any Fassbinder movies until quite recently.

) Critics said that the nation was paying poor women to throw their husbands out of the house.

Critics have said the ACS was a racist society, while others point to its benevolent origins and later takeover by men with visions of an American empire in Africa.

Critics have also said that meaningful art is Karabekian ’ s way of battling his own demons.

Critics have said that the term “ open source ” fosters an ambiguity of a different kind such that it confuses the mere availability of the source with the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute it.

Critics pointed out that Hobbs was more defensive in his approach than he was for Surrey, and Wisden noted that he was " not quite so brilliant as in England " but said that he was " an absolute master on matting wickets.

Critics enjoyed the graphics ; GamePro called Seasons " bright and colorful " with " surprisingly expressive and well-designed " animations, and Gaming Target said Ages is " beautiful and creative ", with " meticulous attention to detail ".

Critics said that this made the game too easy and GameSpot said that it " broke Tetris ".

Critics argue that behaviors that are said to identify self-awareness resemble existing social behaviors, and so researchers could be misinterpreting social responses to another dolphin.

Critics also claimed the bill would have a chilling effect on the availability of medical information.

Critics argued that the bill was xenophobic and discriminated against ethnic minorities, especially those of Latino origin.

Critics also state that the bill contains some elements that complicate the voter registration process.

Critics of the bill claimed that it would prohibit reciting various scripture condemning homosexuality, while supporters pointed out that the bill added an explicit defence against any charge of incitement of hatred for opinions expressed in good faith based on religious texts.

Critics, though, wondered when new plays would be on the bill.

Critics argue that the purpose of this bill was to cut education spending, and reduce the power of the teachers ' unions in order to privatize Ontario's public education system ( Klein, N., The Shock Doctrine ).

Critics of the bill argued that support of the bill by the large U. S. tobacco maker Philip Morris, which makes only conventional and menthol cigarettes, indicated that the bill was an attempt to protect the company from competition.

Critics charge that this bill makes it far more difficult to bring class action suits, and may prolong such litigation, clogging the federal courts ' dockets.

Critics argue that the expansion of federal jurisdiction comes at the expense of state's rights and federalism, something that Republicans have historically protested ; however, proponents respond that the bill is consistent with the founders ' original intent for the role of federal courts and diversity jurisdiction expressed by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 80.

Critics of the bill complained that it was introduced hastily and was poorly thought out.

Critics of this move by Congress claim that pressure was placed upon officials voting on the bill by lobbyists representing pizza manufacturers and cheese producers, as it was seen to threaten the ability of schools to serve pizza and credit it with the same level of nutritional value as they heretofore had.

Critics point out that the bill " for the first time in history ... legalized the taking of your property from you without your consent by another person or private entity.

Critics also say that payday lending unfairly disadvantages the poor, compared to members of the middle class, who pay at most a rate of about 25 % on their credit card purchases.

Critics of religion, such as Richard Dawkins, maintain that the children of religious parents are often unfairly indoctrinated.

Critics point out that the Catts had been suspected of no crime, however the UK's mass surveillance infrastructure allowed them to be targeted due to their association.

Critics have also raised issues with the application of corporate business models, e. g., from Wal-Mart ; a seeker-friendly approach, intensive market research, heavy reliance upon opinion polls, polished advertising targeted at affluent young professionals, unconventional worship styles and Eastern influences.

Critics argue that the simple mainstream acceptance of such material is evidence of a deeper and underlying culture of contempt and hatred towards men in Western society, asserting that a book of similar design that targeted a different group ( such as Blacks, Jews, or women ) would not be treated with such tolerance.