Who is Glenn Beck??

flyupsidedown

Really?!!! Ugggggh, Arrrrrrgh and all that stuff. I'm terrified!!! EEEEK!!!
the beckites are coming!! And all this time I thought the roostercogburnites were bad. How much worse can it get? The sky is falling, the earth is warming, and now . . . glenn beck is on the loose . . . aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah . . .

lemontrail

coastie

I'd known about the alcoholism. Wasn't aware of the drugs.

Boy, he has overcome a lot, hasn't he! Congratulations, Glen Beck - from that dismal start he has become someone that really keeps those in power on their toes.

He's primarily responsible for Van Jones' resignation. He's looking into the backgrounds of the other "czars". He also played a big role in the Acorn disclosures.

We need more watchdogs like Glen Beck. The mainstream media is giving the administration a complete free pass. Someone needs to keep after them.

Roostercogburn

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SkygreenLeopard

Oh wow. Church of jesus christ of latter day saints? Thaaaaat explains a lot. Rolling Eyes

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His followers could probably talk him into setting up one of them compounds out in Utah or even better,Texas, and then they wouldn't have to mess with the main stream fringe types anymore. Just think, one big happy family doing their own thing. They could set up their own rules and their little dictatorships and live happily ever after. Razz

coastie

Think he built that wall to keep you out, SAR.

here's some stats.

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Roostercogburn

Glenn Beck is an idiot.

He is a right-wing blowhard who talks endlessly about stuff he doesn’t have a clue about. A web search on him will yield endless idiotic rants where he is precisely wrong (one of his latest was claiming that people who hate America — meaning progressives — were getting their houses burnt in California.

He worried aloud to his listeners the other day that powerful, sinister forces trying to destroy America might soon "shoot me in the head."

A sampler of his 'The world is going to hell in a handbasket' rantings:

Beck has called Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" - comments that have sparked an advertising boycott of his Fox News Channel show.

He declares the nation is headed toward a "fascist state" and that the White House is infested with "radical, revolutionary and in some cases Marxist" advisers.

He claims Obama's entire agenda - including health care - is designed to "settle old racial scores" and that Americans must rise up to take back their nation. "The time for silent dissent has long passed," Beck warned last week in a typical call to arms.

It is this undercurrent of paranoia that permeates Beck's show that has liberal critics and conservatives alike expressing concern he will inspire violence. Threats against Obama are up 400% compared with those against President George W. Bush. He doesn't need to convince his whole audience to go do something stupid and violent, He only needs to convince one.

doomster

One day you guys will realize you can't reason with an Obama supporter. Their mind is set and made up, Obama has put the curse on them and they will stand behind him 100% no matter what the case is......Glenn Beck is no worse of a person than Obama.

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doomster

I don't understand why you keep talking about Bush.....is this another ploy to keep the talks away fom Obama??? You Obooma boys always have a scapegoat

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A woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed to be far too qualified for the job.

The foreman frowned and said, "I have to ask you this; "Have you had any actual experience in picking lemons?"

"Well, as a matter of fact, I have!" she replied.

"I've been divorced three times, owned 2 Plymouths, and I voted for Obama."
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Why doesn't Obama pray?

It's impossible to read the teleprompter with your eyes closed.
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Based on his performance in office so far, President Obama should do just fine on his future tax returns. After all, he will be able to write off his second term.
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The best things in life are free but President Obama's tax advisors are working hard trying to solve that problem.
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Q. Who should be listed as the most expensive dependent on your tax return?

A. President Obama.
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President Obama will make it a lot easier for most people to do their income taxes next year. No jobs, no income.
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Thanks to President Obama we will become a more honest people. Once we're all jobless there won't be any point in lying on our tax returns.
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Unlike former Presidents, Obama is not a member of the NRA, National Rifle Association. He's joined William Ayers organization instead. The NBA, the National Bombers Association.
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coastie

Beck hasn't been around all that long - but Limbaugh - I can remember hearing him on the AM radio back in the early eighties. So, progressives have been waiting a long, long time for him to go away.

Roostercogburn

More proof that Glenn Beck is an idiot...

Man, but I do love the Internet.

With a couple of clicks on a mouse, you can find out just about anything about anything. Sometimes more than you really wanted to know.

So I'm listening to Glenn Beck on the radio one morning, just because. And he's rattling on about how Progressives aren't trying to steer the country toward Socialism, what they really want to impose is Fascism.

(And he defined Fascism as the government's stripping the people of rights and liberties. As if we hadn't just come through the last eight years of that. Where were you then, Glenn? Hypocrite!)

And when did this effort start? When Woodrow Wilson was president, says Beck (who, by the way, is sounding a bit unhinged.) Read the New York Times during the time Mussolini came into power in Italy (before he "threw in" with Hitler) and you'll see that American Progressives loved him, Beck says. They loved him. Loved him.

Frankly, I haven't had the time to check that out yet, but I will.

To offer more proof of the Progressive's love and desire for American Fascism, Beck offered this nugget: He noted that the symbol of Italian Fascism was a group of rods, bound together with a battle axe. The rods, he said, symbolized the people collectively brought together, while the battle axe signified the government, hacking away at anyone who got in its way.

Uh huh.

And then, Beck says, a techie on his television show staff said he recognized the symbol as being used somewhere else. Beck said he did, too, and they put their heads together.

Then, the light went on for the techie (whose dad was a coin collector), and he ran over to the computer and brought up an image of the so-called "Mercury Dime."

Son of a gun! What's on the back but the Fascist symbol!! And, Beck says, his voice getting all dark and creepy, when was the Mercury Dime put into circulation???

1916! When Woodrow Wilson was president!!!

Proof that American Progressives have been hell-bent on Fascism since the time of Wilson, according to Beck.

Beck then exhorted his listeners to Google the Mercury Dime and the Fascist symbol to find out for themselves that what he says is true.

See, Glenn, you should have done that yourself, because I did.

First, about the design. The rods Beck noted are called "fasces," a symbol of ancient Roman law.

From Wikipedia:
Believed to date from Etruscan times, the symbolism of the fasces at one level suggested strength through unity. The bundle of rods bound together symbolizes the strength which a single rod lacks. The axe symbolized the state's power and authority. The ribbons binding the rods together symbolized the state's obligation to exercise restraint in the exercising of that power. The highest magistrates would have their lictors unbind the fasces they carried as a warning if approaching the limits of restraint.

So much for Beck's initial assertion. Let's move on.

Beck suggests some nefarious plan behind the design of the often-misnamed Mercury Dime. (It's actually a representation of the face of Miss Liberty, wearing a winged hat to symbolize freedom of thought. It's actual name is the Winged Hat Dime. But don't let details get in the way of a great conspiracy theory, Glenn.)

And what about the fasces on the coin's reverse? Well, contrary to what batshit crazy Beck would have us believe:

With the United States impending entry into World War I, the main device on the reverse of the Winged Cap Dime was a warning to the enemies of Liberty and Freedom. It is an ancient Roman 'fasces' wrapped in what appears to be an olive branch. It has been call a representation of the iron fist in a velvet glove. The olive branch is a universal symbol of peace. Within the branches is the 'fasces.' The 'fasces' is an executioner's axe surrounded by staffs and bound together with leather thongs. According to ancient Roman law, this is the symbol of power meaning one can be dispatched mercifully with the blade, or beaten without mercy by the staff. The symbolism of the freedom of thought, peace and the power to defend them are characteristic of the American mindset. It is no wonder that this dime became an icon to the American public that carried them through World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.

An icon to the American public. I guess they all wanted to be Fascists back then, huh Glenn? Even though Mussolini wasn't even in power when the coin was minted!

And it seems Beck isn't the first nutjob to imply a link between the dime and Fascism. This is from a 2007 article in Numismatic News:
Among the many false rumors spread about U.S. coins over the years was that the appearance of the "fasces," an ancient Roman symbol of authority, on the Mercury dime (1916-1945) was linked to a secret support of fascism in this country. Why? Well, even though the Mercury dime went into circulation prior to the rise of fascism in Italy under Benito Mussolini, by the 1920s, some began to notice that the fasces, which was by then being used as a symbol of fascism, also appeared on the back of the U.S. dime. "Anyone who denounces Mussolini for the adoption of a battle-ax as the symbol of the Fascisti, says Representative Sol Bloomsays, better take a look at our dime," wrote the Chicago Evening Post in 1926. In 1936, a letter sent to the chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures (reproduced in the October 1936 issue of The Numismatist, the monthly publication of the American Numismatic Association), warned that: "The fasces, which is the emblem of Fascism, the present form of government in Italy, strangely enough appears on the reverse of our dime. Although it appears on this coinage as early as 1916, and although it was not adopted by Mussolini and his followers until 1919, future world historians delving into the past through numismatics, as is often the custom, are liable to draw the conclusion that the United States and not Italy was the birthplace of fascism." For the artist's part, Adolph Weinman, whose coinage designs reflected the mood of the nation as it faced the possibility of entry into World War I, the fasces on the dime's reverse were "to symbolize the strength which lies in unity, while the battle-ax stands for preparedness to defend the Union. The branch of olive is symbolical of our love of peace."

You're lazy, Glenn. Lazy and batshit crazy. What a way to live.

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