Glen Beck

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    Shawshank wrote:
    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.

    i appreciate your feedback, but i do not feel the need to prove beck wrong. i am one of the people on here that actually researches things and posts links to support my position. beck spouts off so much BS and lies in 15 minutes that it is impossible to try to research and dispute them all in an entire show, let alone an entire week of shows. i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that. i have a sensiive bullshit detector and it goes off constantly when i see his show. an old fomula that i adhere to states that the more outrageous the story, the more likely it is to be false. but then hitler said that the bigger the lie the more people will want to believe it, so take your pick as to which one you feel is more likely true. if you want someone to discredit beck, do it yourself for once, i am tired of doing things for everyone else when clearly if they are on this website and reading this thread, the internet and google is at their fingertips....

    he is an ENTERTAINER, and in tv entertainment you sink or swim based on RATINGS and advertisement money. what is going to draw more ratings, a serious news discussion like meet the press or beck's trainwreck doom and gloom the world is ending sky is falling complete and utter trainwreck? personally i am more of a meet the press kinda guy, but i can see the attraction to beck's show. it has pretty blue and red colors and flashing lights, and a pleasant looking, very animated doughboy as the center of attention...you know the kind of thing babies like in their tv shows while lying in their cribs....its the "what will he say next?" thing. the guy thrives on controversy, so he has been successful. that said, he is not a friend of mine, and if he were i would put him in a gobaplata just to shut him up for 15 minutes. but why would a man making millions of dollars predicting the failure of this country actually hope he is wrong? why would he want the best for us when he is clearly saying that the worst is upon us? "i am just asking questions...." bullshit, he is leading, and playing on the fears and concerns of his audience. which no proper journalist or anchor should do.

    whatever happened to the integrity of walter cronkite and andy rooney and news people from that era?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Jim Tressel
    Jim Tressel Posts: 138
    So what exactly are these outrageous claims he has been making that may or may not be true? I don't listen but am curious to what specifically he has said that no one can refute.
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    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".

    ANYTHING --->>> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... tatements/

    and the b.s. about Obama being a racist...I'm sorry, but that's just plain bullshit...is he saying the guy hates half of himself...

    fact of business, beck is a shitslinger...he throws shit against the wall and hope it sticks...
  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    inmytree wrote:
    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".

    ANYTHING --->>> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... tatements/

    and the b.s. about Obama being a racist...I'm sorry, but that's just plain bullshit...is he saying the guy hates half of himself...

    fact of business, beck is a shitslinger...he throws shit against the wall and hope it sticks...


    the sad thing is it doesn't even matter if it sticks or not for some. take hannity's 'apology' for the 'inadvertent' editing mishap, i'm pretty sure a large part of his audience doesn't watch the daily show, hannity apologized for an editing mistake but didn't say what it was, so many probably just went 'huh?' and forgot about it and have no clue.

    i wonder what would've happened if dan rather or someone did this about an obama rally? there'd be a drive to get him off the air
    don't compete; coexist

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that.

    haha ... just found this too funny especially given the poster's name ...

    **did you order the code red!?**
  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i appreciate your feedback, but i do not feel the need to prove beck wrong. i am one of the people on here that actually researches things and posts links to support my position. beck spouts off so much BS and lies in 15 minutes that it is impossible to try to research and dispute them all in an entire show, let alone an entire week of shows. i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that. i have a sensiive bullshit detector and it goes off constantly when i see his show. an old fomula that i adhere to states that the more outrageous the story, the more likely it is to be false. but then hitler said that the bigger the lie the more people will want to believe it, so take your pick as to which one you feel is more likely true. if you want someone to discredit beck, do it yourself for once, i am tired of doing things for everyone else when clearly if they are on this website and reading this thread, the internet and google is at their fingerti

    Maybe you should check those batteries in your B.S. detector. If your going to call someone a liar you really need to back it up. You say you don't have the time,but if you were to spend just half of the time that you spend trashing conservatives and guys like beck and do some research you would have the time to do so.
    ;)
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Shawshank wrote:
    I actually can't believe many of the claims he makes, until I research them further, and nearly shit myself when they check out.


    Where do you research Becks claims to find that they are true? foxnews.com or hannity.com?
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  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    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!

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    prfctlefts wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i appreciate your feedback, but i do not feel the need to prove beck wrong. i am one of the people on here that actually researches things and posts links to support my position. beck spouts off so much BS and lies in 15 minutes that it is impossible to try to research and dispute them all in an entire show, let alone an entire week of shows. i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that. i have a sensiive bullshit detector and it goes off constantly when i see his show. an old fomula that i adhere to states that the more outrageous the story, the more likely it is to be false. but then hitler said that the bigger the lie the more people will want to believe it, so take your pick as to which one you feel is more likely true. if you want someone to discredit beck, do it yourself for once, i am tired of doing things for everyone else when clearly if they are on this website and reading this thread, the internet and google is at their fingerti

    Maybe you should check those batteries in your B.S. detector. If your going to call someone a liar you really need to back it up. You say you don't have the time,but if you were to spend just half of the time that you spend trashing conservatives and guys like beck and do some research you would have the time to do so.
    ;)

    this coming from the guy that learned how to cut and paste yesterday...

    go to media matters. its all there.

    do not tell me to do research. i do do research. i've done more research for my posts on the train than you ever will. just look at my posts where i cite sources and links. when you do try to research you steal from other people's blogs. all you do is put your subjective 2 cents in when it suits you.

    if some conservatives were not worthy of attack i would not put in the energy to attack them.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    polaris_x wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that.

    haha ... just found this too funny especially given the poster's name ...

    **did you order the code red!?**

    i don't get it...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that.

    haha ... just found this too funny especially given the poster's name ...

    **did you order the code red!?**

    i don't get it...

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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    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".

    ANYTHING --->>> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... tatements/

    and the b.s. about Obama being a racist...I'm sorry, but that's just plain bullshit...is he saying the guy hates half of himself...

    fact of business, beck is a shitslinger...he throws shit against the wall and hope it sticks...


    the sad thing is it doesn't even matter if it sticks or not for some. take hannity's 'apology' for the 'inadvertent' editing mishap, i'm pretty sure a large part of his audience doesn't watch the daily show, hannity apologized for an editing mistake but didn't say what it was, so many probably just went 'huh?' and forgot about it and have no clue.

    i wonder what would've happened if dan rather or someone did this about an obama rally? there'd be a drive to get him off the air

    also, i recall when that food shortage was going on glenn beck kept blaming it on ethanol...he said this for weeks. one night he had a guy on that said that was not true, first thing ethanol is made with corn, not wheat, which is what the shortage was over. beck said if people weren't growing corn for ethanol we would have enough wheat. the guest told him how this was also untrue as weather conditions and crop loss in other parts of the world caused it, the wheat production in the us was actually at an high....then a day or 2 later glenn started saying the food shortage was because of ethanol....it just doesn't matter with this network if a claim if proven to be false, they will continue pushing it regardless
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    here are some links to beck being caught in lies and fearmongering done by the non-partisan mediamatters.org. maybe he was just giving his version of the truth...

    these are just a few from page one of 37....

    here is the main link http://mediamatters.org/search/tag/glenn_beck

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911200017

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200003

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911190051

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911190048

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190047

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190042

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190039

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190016

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190012

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190011

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180061

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180056

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180047

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180045

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180019

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180016

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180012

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170018
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:
    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.
    :?:
    I don't listen (I refuse to) to Beck. But it really is in our best interests to grow our own food. We're not heading in a good direction with food supply and prices. It's not that I agree with anything he says; one look at the big picture of our food issue, and it really makes sense to start being more self-sufficient. It's healthier, cheaper, and more sustainable. Relying strictly on stores for our food may just bite us in the ass eventually.
  • Johnnyguitarwatson
    Johnnyguitarwatson Posts: 296
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:
    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.
    :?:
    I don't listen (I refuse to) to Beck. But it really is in our best interests to grow our own food. We're not heading in a good direction with food supply and prices. It's not that I agree with anything he says; one look at the big picture of our food issue, and it really makes sense to start being more self-sufficient. It's healthier, cheaper, and more sustainable. Relying strictly on stores for our food may just bite us in the ass eventually.

    Is this emergency garden going to withstand the emergency Anyway ? Flood...no. nuclear attack....hmmm no ...well maybe, but they may glow alittle and taste kinda ...how do you say ...radioactive.Tornado...no. fire,ice storm. I cant get over it, sorry for coming back to that whole thing again.

    Anyway back to glen beck, I really do believe the guy speaks from his heart...even though at times that works against him. We are living in uncertain times and i guess in a way his show reflects that. Btw some of the mispelled signs don't pass the smell test....not trying to say that those people didnt really misspell but they could also be done by photoshop...
  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    edited November 2009
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    here are some links to beck being caught in lies and fearmongering done by the non-partisan mediamatters.org. maybe he was just giving his version of the truth...

    these are just a few from page one of 37....

    here is the main link http://mediamatters.org/search/tag/glenn_beck

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911200017

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200003

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911190051

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911190048

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190047

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190042

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190039

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190016

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190012

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911190011

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180061

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180056

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180047

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180045

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180019

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180016

    http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911180012

    http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170018


    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: sure whatever you say, media matters is a fucking joke. bi partisan are you serious? :roll: Why don't you go research media matters as in look who funds it and get back to us.Maybe this will help ( George Soros) At least inmytree has enough sense to go to politifact.
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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i appreciate your feedback, but i do not feel the need to prove beck wrong. i am one of the people on here that actually researches things and posts links to support my position. beck spouts off so much BS and lies in 15 minutes that it is impossible to try to research and dispute them all in an entire show, let alone an entire week of shows. i have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my day off of work doing that. i have a sensiive bullshit detector and it goes off constantly when i see his show. an old fomula that i adhere to states that the more outrageous the story, the more likely it is to be false. but then hitler said that the bigger the lie the more people will want to believe it, so take your pick as to which one you feel is more likely true. if you want someone to discredit beck, do it yourself for once, i am tired of doing things for everyone else when clearly if they are on this website and reading this thread, the internet and google is at their fingerti

    Maybe you should check those batteries in your B.S. detector. If your going to call someone a liar you really need to back it up. You say you don't have the time,but if you were to spend just half of the time that you spend trashing conservatives and guys like beck and do some research you would have the time to do so.
    ;)

    this coming from the guy that learned how to cut and paste yesterday...

    go to media matters. its all there.

    do not tell me to do research. i do do research. i've done more research for my posts on the train than you ever will. just look at my posts where i cite sources and links. when you do try to research you steal from other people's blogs. all you do is put your subjective 2 cents in when it suits you.

    if some conservatives were not worthy of attack i would not put in the energy to attack them.


    Oh so now your going to act like a jerk. It's nice to see your true colors coming out. I didnt steal a goddamn thing. I would have cut and pasted it if I had known how. So now I do thanks to inmytree. And you can bet that I will be using the shit out of it.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    ahh glenn beck.

    tell me friends, did he ever finally explain what he meant when he used that term ''white culture''?

    i have no respect for anyone that can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk, especially when they are asked a direct question relating to what he said, like when katie couric interviewed him.

    squirm baby squirm.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    ahh glenn beck.

    tell me friends, did he ever finally explain what he meant when he used that term ''white culture''?

    i have no respect for anyone that can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk, especially when they are asked a direct question relating to what he said, like when katie couric interviewed him.

    squirm baby squirm.
    What he said.
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  • SolarWorld
    SolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Anyone who thinks Obama hates white culture and is a racist has a screw loose and should be treated accordingly. How ANYONE thought this guy had ANY good ideas AT ANY POINT IN ANY TIME is beyond me. Only idiots and paranoids listen to this fuck. The country would be a better place if his car accidentally blew the fuck up.

    Thanks to Glen Beck the lunatic fringe morons of this country think they have a right to be heard. Sorry, they dont.

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