Glen Beck

Johnnyguitarwatson

Been listening to him for about 5 years now but something changed wihin me.Over the passed few weeks or so i cant help but get pissed off curse the radio and hit the off button. Why the hell is he so doom and gloom ...i now shit is bad right now but can it be as bad as he makes it sound ? i mean hell he is talking about buying seeds to grow your own "emergency garden" and prepackaged food for the unlikely event that you'll be without food for 3 weeks....what exactly does he think is coming ? The other thing i kinda dont understand is that he has not one positive thing to say about Obama.... i'm not an obama fan but still come on now ....there's gotta be a flip side to obama's down falls right ? I think the older i get the more i realize that every political leader,advocate is full of shit and is only trying to push their own agenda. Any real honest to God American leaders out there ? Please stand up.
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youngster

When you're average audience is this intelligent:




you can get them to believe just about anything.

WaveCameCrashin

I hear ya brother. What scares me is what if he's right. and if he's wrong why wont anybody from Obama's administration go on his show to prove him wrong. I can't help but wonder why Obama surrounds himself with such radical people.All you have to do is go GOOGLE some of these people. I was shocked when I read into their backgrounds. Just the other day I listened to a 4 min clip with Obama talking about how he supported collectivism. Which just proves even more what his beliefs are.

norm

cropduster82 wrote:

holy shit!!

government spelled with a 'u' and "mint" is the cherry and nuts on the wtf sundae :shock: :roll:

Shawshank

cropduster82 wrote:

When you're average audience is this intelligent:


you can get them to believe just about anything.

I can't believe the lack of intelligence shown when you think this was somehow a serious sign. The irony it is representing seems to be lost on the average thinker.

In regards to Beck, I don't necessarily discount his ramblings completely. You can bet that if the White House had a valid counter argument, they would be giving it. Some will say they don't need to do waste their time with him, but let's be honest, he's one of the top commentators out there right now whether you like him or not. That's kind of a big deal if everything he is saying is made up completely of fabrications and falsehoods.

The biggest factor behind the latest doom and gloom, is mainly centered around the fact that we are on the verge of an economic collapse. I know that many people out there like to stick their head in the sand, and pretend everything is just peachy, but the truth is, it's not......and people don't seem to care or they just want to ignore the severity of the problem. This country is broke. We are killing the value of our dollar, and things will get rough. It may take another year or so before the economy reacts to our dramatic increase in debt and the constant infusion of new cash being printed, but it will happen eventually. It has to. There is no way around it. It's just the way our economy has to work. It will correct itself, like it always does, and it's never pretty.

Anyway, I've listened to Beck off and on since I first heard him back in 2000 when he replaced Bob Lassiter at WFLA in Tampa. That was his only gig at the time. I actually find him to be much more mellow now than he was then. Like any good listener I always do exactly what he tells me to do.......and that is to question everything with boldness. Question him, question the government, and come up with your own opinion. It's funny, when I hear him spew something that I think "that can't possibly be true", more often than not unfortunately, it is. Our last President helped exacerbate our growing economic problems with ridiculous fiscal policies, and our current President seems intent on outdoing him.

As a side note, in regards to buying seeds, or whatever he was talking about, I didn't hear him. I have started to get my kids more involved in our gardening efforts. We have a complete fruit and vegetable garden that, once we start canning, and our crop rotations are in place, will keep us sustained all year. I'm not one of those paranoid people that think we are headed towards complete anarchy and chaos, but it never hurts to be prepared for anything.

Commy

norm wrote:

cropduster82 wrote:

holy shit!!

government spelled with a 'u' and "mint" is the cherry and nuts on the wtf sundae :shock: :roll:

right. and they don't realize medicare is gov't already, apparently.

aerial

cropduster82 wrote:

When you're average audience is this intelligent:




you can get them to believe just about anything.

And insults show your intelligence?
Can anyone discredit Glen?....and not just throw out the insults to he and his audience....he states constantly he hopes he is wrong.....

gimmesometruth27

aerial wrote:

cropduster82 wrote:

When you're average audience is this intelligent:




you can get them to believe just about anything.

And insults show your intelligence?
Can anyone discredit Glen?....and not just throw out the insults to he and his audience....he states constantly he hopes he is wrong.....

again you fail to see that YOU are being manipulated.

i can get on here and make up a bunch of shit and present it as fact, and i can be all scared and emotional and cry about how i am losing the country and make up the most egregious and dubious lies anyone can think of with NO evidence to support it and then say, "but i am just asking questions" or "but i really hope i am wrong".... he is using psychology to make people believe things that are not true, and what's worse, can never be true. he perpetuates myths that have already been proven false, and he plays to a lunatic fringe that is his normal audience. all the while he sits back and collects his money for doing nothing other than stirring up his viewers' worst fears. he is exploiting you and you are allowing it to happen. it is like he is walking up to a tent full of people and throwing a hand grenade inside and sitting back to watch the ensuing chaos. he is very very irresponsible with what he says and does.

for more evidence of how he acts please view my link from the other fux news thread....

inmytree

Aw, lay off ol' Crybaby Beck...he's just asking questions...

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009 ... eck-style/

the entire episode here:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251890

gimmesometruth27

oops, double post......imt beat me to it...

the beck stuff starts at about the 5 minute mark and the episode is called "dances with Smurfs"



it shows what fux does, it attempts to distract and rile the idiot moron fringe of the republican party.

cincybearcat

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

inmytree

Shawshank wrote:

cropduster82 wrote:

When you're average audience is this intelligent:


you can get them to believe just about anything.

I can't believe the lack of intelligence shown when you think this was somehow a serious sign. The irony it is representing seems to be lost on the average thinker.

In regards to Beck, I don't necessarily discount his ramblings completely. You can bet that if the White House had a valid counter argument, they would be giving it. Some will say they don't need to do waste their time with him, but let's be honest, he's one of the top commentators out there right now whether you like him or not. That's kind of a big deal if everything he is saying is made up completely of fabrications and falsehoods.

The biggest factor behind the latest doom and gloom, is mainly centered around the fact that we are on the verge of an economic collapse. I know that many people out there like to stick their head in the sand, and pretend everything is just peachy, but the truth is, it's not......and people don't seem to care or they just want to ignore the severity of the problem. This country is broke. We are killing the value of our dollar, and things will get rough. It may take another year or so before the economy reacts to our dramatic increase in debt and the constant infusion of new cash being printed, but it will happen eventually. It has to. There is no way around it. It's just the way our economy has to work. It will correct itself, like it always does, and it's never pretty.

Anyway, I've listened to Beck off and on since I first heard him back in 2000 when he replaced Bob Lassiter at WFLA in Tampa. That was his only gig at the time. I actually find him to be much more mellow now than he was then. Like any good listener I always do exactly what he tells me to do.......and that is to question everything with boldness. Question him, question the government, and come up with your own opinion. It's funny, when I hear him spew something that I think "that can't possibly be true", more often than not unfortunately, it is. Our last President helped exacerbate our growing economic problems with ridiculous fiscal policies, and our current President seems intent on outdoing him.

As a side note, in regards to buying seeds, or whatever he was talking about, I didn't hear him. I have started to get my kids more involved in our gardening efforts. We have a complete fruit and vegetable garden that, once we start canning, and our crop rotations are in place, will keep us sustained all year. I'm not one of those paranoid people that think we are headed towards complete anarchy and chaos, but it never hurts to be prepared for anything.

to me, it's funny that the US is suddenly ending because Obama is on office...I'd be willing to bet these end-of- worlders have been fermenting since Y2K...they need something to attach there paranoia to...

and the rapture nuts should be happy...if Obama is the antichrist, their dreams of rapture have come to pass....

inmytree

cincybearcat wrote:

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

don't assume, cincy...

you give this sign-holder some credit...I don't...

gimmesometruth27

cincybearcat wrote:

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

haha, cincy i think they were pointing out the irony that medicare IS government run health care, when in reality, if the government were taken out of medicare, then medicare would cease to exist. its funny how clueless some of these protesters are.

TriumphantAngel

cincybearcat wrote:

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

of course it was a joke. just like these!

gimmesometruth27

TriumphantAngel wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

of course it was a joke. just like these!

hahahaha, more rocket scientists from the right, lol.....guess these people never learned how to spell. if i were going to make a sign i would at least check a damn dictionary before i went through the effort....

Shawshank

Instead of posting Southpark videos, why doesn't someone post something....ANYTHING....proving his statements wrong? I actually can't believe many of the claims he makes, until I research them further, and nearly shit myself when they check out. I personally, am hoping someone finds something disproving him, and posts it. However, I have yet to see a good counter argument at all, other than calling people lunatics if they give his statement any credibility. I'm not sitting here scared, and paranoid about any of this shit, because it's out of my control. My family is extremely self sufficient, and everything I own is paid for.

It's also not about the "end of the world" because Obama is in office. This has been a steady progression of each administration since Reagan. The last administration was the worst of them all. Unfortunately, with the current state of our economy, and the idiotic ways they are trying to remedy the situation (being broke, and spending more money), it's only a matter of time before it comes to a head. When people start throwing around trillions of dollars, as if it's just loose change they found under their couch, there's a serious problem. This administration isn't the only one responsible, but they are doing nothing to remedy it and only making a bad situation worse. As I said before, we will suffer the consequences sooner or later, that IS the way our economy works. It will correct itself, and it won't be pretty. As Glenn would say...."I hope I'm wrong".

gimmesometruth27

Shawshank wrote:

Instead of posting Southpark videos, why doesn't someone post something....ANYTHING....proving his statements wrong? I actually can't believe many of the claims he makes, until I research them further, and nearly shit myself when they check out. I personally, am hoping someone finds something disproving him, and posts it. However, I have yet to see a good counter argument at all, other than calling people lunatics if they give his statement any credibility. I'm not sitting here scared, and paranoid about any of this shit, because it's out of my control. My family is extremely self sufficient, and everything I own is paid for.

It's also not about the "end of the world" because Obama is in office. This has been a steady progression of each administration since Reagan. The last administration was the worst of them all. Unfortunately, with the current state of our economy, and the idiotic ways they are trying to remedy the situation (being broke, and spending more money), it's only a matter of time before it comes to a head. When people start throwing around trillions of dollars, as if it's just loose change they found under their couch, there's a serious problem. This administration isn't the only one responsible, but they are doing nothing to remedy it and only making a bad situation worse. As I said before, we will suffer the consequences sooner or later, that IS the way our economy works. It will correct itself, and it won't be pretty. As Glenn would say...."I hope I'm wrong".

the thing is, he does NOT hope he is wrong. he hopes he is right, because him being right means more ratings and more money. he does not care who he offends or what kind of carnage he causes.

i am not going to investigate all of his bullshit claims. common sense tells me he is an alarmist and most of his audience are the same.

cincybearcat

inmytree wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Ok...if you actually look at the sign, the individual that made it spelled it "guv'mint"...it was obviously on purpose...as a joke.

Now back to your degrading of people that don't think like you.

don't assume, cincy...

you give this sign-holder some credit...I don't...

It's the ' between Guv and mint that makes me see it that way.

cincybearcat

I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of morons on both sides of this debate, as always. I'd venture to guess a good number of people that voted for Obama can't spell it.

Shawshank

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

the thing is, he does NOT hope he is wrong. he hopes he is right, because him being right means more ratings and more money. he does not care who he offends or what kind of carnage he causes.

i am not going to investigate all of his bullshit claims. common sense tells me he is an alarmist and most of his audience are the same.

Not that you care, but your response is actually disappointing. You typically have some really good arguments on here, and I enjoy reading them. This one just kind of falls flat. How do you know he does not hope he's wrong? Is he a personal friend of yours? Has he confided in you his diabolical plans? His show has always done well, and it actually grew exponentially during the Bush years. Funny, a time when all those evil conservatives had "their" man in office, yet I heard Glenn consistently rail against him and his audience still grew. So no, there was more than just hate-mongering, and scare tactics being used. Maybe, just maybe he was saying the same things many Americans were thinking regardless of their party affiliation? I agree there are the fringe that will just adhere to a certain party, regardless of how idiotic that party's policies are. However, there is also a rather large segment of the population that is just wanting what is good for the country.

I would think that anyone here would just salivate at the opportunity to prove Glenn wrong. I mean his claims are so wild and outrageous, you should be able to dispel them rather easily. Man, what a bummer it will be if no one does.