Is Glen Beck bad for America?
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That is the question Time mag. has been asking people across America.
I'm curious to know what YOU think? Is he?
If he isn't right for America, who else would you like to add to that list, and please do tell us why.
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Glenn Beck is good for himself. That's the only person he cares about. He is way too "over the top" to not be a complete caricature. He does what FOX pays him to do, and he does it well.
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Beck certainly is a showman but I doubt many of you have actually watched what it is he does! He went after Bush and called for him to be impeached, he is an equal opportunity pundit! Not that any of you would really know!
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Glens fine, alittle over enthusiastic maybe, but harmless. Now if your question is ,"Is Glen right fore a liberal media who wouldn't want their dirty laundry aired?", then the answers hes a menace!
When you have a left swinging media then anyone swinging to the right is in the crosshairs. I think all news broadcasters should post who they are loyal to so you can keep what they say in perspective.
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Davinagirl3 wrote:
Glenn Beck is good for himself. That's the only person he cares about. He is way too "over the top" to not be a complete caricature. He does what FOX pays him to do, and he does it well.
I don't watch him on TV, so can't comment on that, but actually the little book he wrote on Common Sense something or other (can't remember the title) made a lot of sense to me. In the book is also a reprint of Thomas Paine's Common Sense
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SparklingJewel wrote:
Davinagirl3 wrote:
Glenn Beck is good for himself. That's the only person he cares about. He is way too "over the top" to not be a complete caricature. He does what FOX pays him to do, and he does it well.
I don't watch him on TV, so can't comment on that, but actually the little book he wrote on Common Sense something or other (can't remember the title) made a lot of sense to me. In the book is also a reprint of Thomas Paine's Common Sense
He is not an idiot. I won't put that on him. He is a very smart man. I have tried to watch him because my uncle loves him. He comes across as insincere. He also made a comment about "hating" the families of the 9/11 victims. I can't get past that.
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Davinagirl3 wrote:
SparklingJewel wrote:
Davinagirl3 wrote:
Glenn Beck is good for himself. That's the only person he cares about. He is way too "over the top" to not be a complete caricature. He does what FOX pays him to do, and he does it well.
I don't watch him on TV, so can't comment on that, but actually the little book he wrote on Common Sense something or other (can't remember the title) made a lot of sense to me. In the book is also a reprint of Thomas Paine's Common Sense
He is not an idiot. I won't put that on him. He is a very smart man. I have tried to watch him because my uncle loves him. He comes across as insincere. He also made a comment about "hating" the families of the 9/11 victims. I can't get past that.
I guess some people come off better in print than live !
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SparklingJewel wrote:
Davinagirl3 wrote:
SparklingJewel wrote:
I don't watch him on TV, so can't comment on that, but actually the little book he wrote on Common Sense something or other (can't remember the title) made a lot of sense to me. In the book is also a reprint of Thomas Paine's Common SenseHe is not an idiot. I won't put that on him. He is a very smart man. I have tried to watch him because my uncle loves him. He comes across as insincere. He also made a comment about "hating" the families of the 9/11 victims. I can't get past that.
I guess some people come off better in print than live !
Give him a watch and decide for yourself. That's what I did. He was a lot more likeable before he moved to FOX.
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A Texan wrote:
Beck certainly is a showman but I doubt many of you have actually watched what it is he does! He went after Bush and called for him to be impeached, he is an equal opportunity pundit! Not that any of you would really know!
Texan- MOST of us have watched Beck. You know, unlike you- MOST people do make educated decisions based off the facts.
Damn. 
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Davinagirl3 wrote:
He is not an idiot. I won't put that on him. He is a very smart man. I have tried to watch him because my uncle loves him. He comes across as insincere. He also made a comment about "hating" the families of the 9/11 victims. I can't get past that.
Can you track that down? I'd like to see it. Given what I've seen of him so far, I can see how he'd hate the families that are holding up reconstruction of the Freedom Tower and attempting to keep a perpetual scar in the landscape of one of our great cities. That's not the same thing as hating people because they had relatives who were victims of 9/11. But not having seen the context, I can't comment on it.
I have a lot of respect for him. He reads Thomas Jefferson, which is pretty much a must for anyone who wants to comment on anything political in this country. Jefferson couldn't balance a checkbook to save his life, but he understood the machinations of tyrants in any governmental system.- 85
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RKHenry wrote:
A Texan wrote:
Beck certainly is a showman but I doubt many of you have actually watched what it is he does! He went after Bush and called for him to be impeached, he is an equal opportunity pundit! Not that any of you would really know!
Texan- MOST of us have watched Beck. You know, unlike you- MOST people do make educated decisions based off the facts.
Damn.Aren't you the guy who said he voted for Bush twice? And you're claiming I don't make educated decisions?
Damn! 
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No, he can't be bad for America. He gets people talking. That's a good thing, right?
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RKHenry wrote:
That is the question Time mag. has been asking people across America.
I'm curious to know what YOU think? Is he?
If he isn't right for America, who else would you like to add to that list, and please do tell us why.The answer, ultimately, is yes. Resounding yes. He has stirred up the wingnuts out there...and yes, there is a contingent who actually believes everything he says. Communist buildings, Obama is like Hitler, Obama is racist, the feds are commin' after everybody and will have access to everything on your computer if you sign up for cars for clunckers (omg). There are several hubbers here who write hubs solely based on the content of his shows. It's over the top.
Beck is not a complete idiot, as he's making money off his schtick, but ya know, there are just better ways to make money, even if it is harder.
On another note, I guess (I guess) he does deflect a certain contingent, again, from contemplating real issues. The "busy giddy minds..." tactic. Who honestly knows who that is genuinely aiding and abetting? However, I would like to believe that all are able, if they had the time and desire, to understand the social/political issues at stake.
What is embarrassing is that people's memories and mindsets seem so easily manipulated. Yeah...the 9/11 thing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/0 … 81673.html- 96
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Mighty Mom wrote:
No, he can't be bad for America. He gets people talking. That's a good thing, right?
Yeah, MM, if you want to call that "talking." Not sure I do.
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Lita Sorensen wrote:
RKHenry wrote:
That is the question Time mag. has been asking people across America.
I'm curious to know what YOU think? Is he?
If he isn't right for America, who else would you like to add to that list, and please do tell us why.The answer, ultimately, is yes. Resounding yes. He has stirred up the wingnuts out there...and yes, there is a contingent who actually believes everything he says. Communist buildings, Obama is like Hitler, Obama is racist, the feds are commin' after everybody and will have access to everything on your computer if you sign up for cars for clunckers (omg). There are several hubbers here who write hubs solely based on the content of his shows. It's over the top.
Beck is not a complete idiot, as he's making money off his schtick, but ya know, there are just better ways to make money, even if it is harder.
On another note, I guess (I guess) he does deflect a certain contingent, again, from contemplating real issues. The "busy giddy minds..." tactic. Who honestly knows who that is genuinely aiding and abetting? However, I would like to believe that all are able, if they had the time and desire, to understand the social/political issues at stake.
What is embarrassing is that people's memories and mindsets seem so easily manipulated. Yeah...the 9/11 thing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/0 … 81673.htmlIs it possible to BBQ Antelope?
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ledefensetech wrote:
Davinagirl3 wrote:
He is not an idiot. I won't put that on him. He is a very smart man. I have tried to watch him because my uncle loves him. He comes across as insincere. He also made a comment about "hating" the families of the 9/11 victims. I can't get past that.
Can you track that down? I'd like to see it. Given what I've seen of him so far, I can see how he'd hate the families that are holding up reconstruction of the Freedom Tower and attempting to keep a perpetual scar in the landscape of one of our great cities. That's not the same thing as hating people because they had relatives who were victims of 9/11. But not having seen the context, I can't comment on it.
I have a lot of respect for him. He reads Thomas Jefferson, which is pretty much a must for anyone who wants to comment on anything political in this country. Jefferson couldn't balance a checkbook to save his life, but he understood the machinations of tyrants in any governmental system. - 96
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A Texan wrote:
Lita Sorensen wrote:
RKHenry wrote:
That is the question Time mag. has been asking people across America.
I'm curious to know what YOU think? Is he?
If he isn't right for America, who else would you like to add to that list, and please do tell us why.The answer, ultimately, is yes. Resounding yes. He has stirred up the wingnuts out there...and yes, there is a contingent who actually believes everything he says. Communist buildings, Obama is like Hitler, Obama is racist, the feds are commin' after everybody and will have access to everything on your computer if you sign up for cars for clunckers (omg). There are several hubbers here who write hubs solely based on the content of his shows. It's over the top.
Beck is not a complete idiot, as he's making money off his schtick, but ya know, there are just better ways to make money, even if it is harder.
On another note, I guess (I guess) he does deflect a certain contingent, again, from contemplating real issues. The "busy giddy minds..." tactic. Who honestly knows who that is genuinely aiding and abetting? However, I would like to believe that all are able, if they had the time and desire, to understand the social/political issues at stake.
What is embarrassing is that people's memories and mindsets seem so easily manipulated. Yeah...the 9/11 thing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/0 … 81673.htmlIs it possible to BBQ Antelope?
You should know, you're from TX...or the country that wants to separate from the US, so.. And good luck with it.
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"This is horrible to say, and I wonder if I'm alone in this," Beck said on his radio program that day, "you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families? I don't hate all of them. I hate probably about 10 of them. But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining. And we did our best for them."
It's pretty much what I thought. He doesn't hate all the families who had loved ones die on 9/11, he hates the complainers. I can't say that I'm entirely unsympathetic to that point of view. You're always going to have a minority of any group that tries to milk things for all they're worth and that is who he's talking about.
You'll note, I hope, that he says nothing about those that don't complain. After digging some more the remarks came out of a fundraiser where he also criticized Katrina looters as people who profit from tragedy. Those are the people he hates. - 85
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