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thebertmanlives
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:15pm@BenInNY
Report Post »Facts have a liberal bias
Your disgusting human being is also your false prophet.
mchurchwell
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:15pmGo get em Glenn!
Report Post »BigPaulie
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:14pmFacts are a simple annoyance to liberals. They only care about facts whan it suits their agenda.
Report Post »SierraAV8R
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:13pmBeck is entertaining (if a bit “revival-tent” preachy) but most importantly he hits the nail on the head when it counts!
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:14pmAmen Brother. You are so correct. If he did not combine his quirky entertainment (Yoda voice, Spooky Dude voice etc) he would have lost some of his viewers. One thing we know is, while the info that he is so wonderfully providing us, which may not be pleasant, we still have a sense of humor. We are all mature and educated enough to laugh at the sillyness while still being smart enough to absorb, debate and research the real message.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:44pmYes that is what I really love about Glenn Beck and his crew, they can make you laugh so hard one minute and give you a cold hard dose of reality all in the same program. God does have a sense of humor and I truly believe that Glenn Beck is an important instrument in his hands in waking up the American people. Sometimes I have found it really hard to believe what Glenn is saying but I have been listening to him since his Tampa radio days and he has almost always been right and has really stood the test of time.
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:12pmLike-minded in their hate for Israel, Capitalism and love for Revolution. This they can all agree on and put their differences aside for the time being.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:52pmActually these are the 3 areas where they are not like minded on! http://wp.me/pYLB7-Ay
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:37am@walkwithme
Report Post »Could you explain how they do not agree on these three things. Code Pink, Bernadine Doern and Van jones were all supporters of the flotilla into Palestine. Doern was a member of the Weathermen and made statements that it was cool what the Manson family did in California and planned the murder of several bombings and the deaths of 25 million Americans that would not conform after the revolution. Jones was in STORM that advocates revolution in America. Code Pink were war protesters that seem to now have forgotten that we are still involved in two wars. Now they have taken up the cause of the Palestinians and the Egyptians. No, it is really obvious that they have nothing in common. Except maybe the support of the current administration who does not believe in any of the things that they believe in but still gets thier support.
SMOKIN
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:11pmfruit, and nut case, and not very nice…….lib
Report Post »RegLib
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:27amLink, please :-)
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:11pmActually, police thinks it may have been suicide. Facts are such pests and get in the way all the time.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:10pmI exploit you, Still you love me. A Cult of Personality.
Report Post »SMOKIN
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:15pmGood luck……
Report Post »Kuentz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:48pmHow does Beck exploit anyone? He doesn’t get any of my money and if someone does give him money then it is their choice to make, however the government takes my money and says it‘s against the law if i don’t. He gives information that can be researched and proven incorrect or correct. It’s information that is easily available to anyone to read for themselves, if it was information ONLY Beck was privy to then maybe he could be accused of exploiting people, but the fact that anyone can research his information only means he puts his credibility on the line. Oh wait you must think no one that listens to Beck knows better than you and can’t research. Intelligent person=listening to Beck, researching the information finding out the truth and making a decision. Idiotic person=listens to Beck, gets angry at Beck for talking, doesn’t research anything flips the channel to see someone calling Beck a racist and wrong ( without any facts, only states Beck is wrong, again no information to prove him wrong ) and agrees Beck must be wrong…the latter sounds like the zombies to me.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:35pmkuentz: why bother? some monkeys will never get it no matter how hard you try. probably better off spending your time teaching someone who wants to learn. these trolls are just demented, kool-aid drinking loons that will never, ever get it. just sayin’.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:49am@Kuentz
Totally agree, I buy the info Glenn presents with facts, I’ve purchased nothing else he pushes beyond that.
But that doesn’t fit into the lib way of thinking.
Report Post »SELFEVIDENTTRUTHS
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 6:55pm@Thebert… There’s no exploitation. You can dissagree with Glenn Beck, but please don’t insult us by saying we believe what we are told without doing our own checking. I’ve been a regular listener of Glenns radio show since 2002 and I can tell you he is right much more often than he is wrong.
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:10pmBeck your always on the money, America hears you loud and clear. Today’s radio show proved it for me in so many ways. God bless you
Report Post »BenInNY
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:10pmYou don’t even realize what a disgusting human being you are, do you?
Report Post »Kuentz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:40pmwhat makes him disgusting? Name calling is so juvenile. Again he gives out information that can be proven correct or proven wrong all anyone that dislikes him has are insults. He’s correct in asking for facts to contradict him. Everyone seems to have only insults. If i was on the fence wondering about this Glen Beck guy and listened to his show and then listened to opponents of him i‘d have to say i’d be leaning towards Beck. Information is important, you can research it, you can find out the inaccuracies, find out the facts and come to a conclusion, name calling gets old and there is no substance, it’s only an opinion and opinions are like a**holes. Nothing to prove or disprove. My opinion is blue is a great color, your opinion may be different. My information is blue is a primary color, your rebuttal is blue is disgusting. You tried to disprove blue as a primary color with an opinion, that never works.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:57pmI would say it’s not so much the facts but the broad conclusions.
If he had a counter-part in the Arab world ( and he doubtless does ), I can imagine a similar show where the speaker could take facts and come to the conclusion that the US wants to build an empire of puppet Arab states so we could control them and further the idea of the crusades. That we are secretly at war with Islam and are in Iraq and afganistan to convert them to Christianity
It’s easy to take facts out of context and create a false narrative. Why do you think Dan Brown sells so many books? People enjoy these stories. It does not make their conclusions accurate.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:11pmSpot on. Random “facts” weaved into a paranoid narrative.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:10amPrag, you do a real good job with the “Good Cop – Bad Cop” thingy.
I give you credit for taking a different tack than most of the trolls around here, but you are not fooling anyone.
A chair is still a chair, even when there’s no one sitting there.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:10amLove you too Billy!
Report Post »cbrown
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:06pm@Therightsofbilly 8 Chairs in a circle do not make it a table. Beck will conclude it is a table and he will show a couple of videos of some leftist extreme folks saying eating food from a chair is good for you. Conclusion: It’s A Table!!
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:29pmpragmatica is a realist. He cannot think beyond his own experience. Associative reasoning escapes him. He is also in denial. Don’t be too hard on him. He is passionate cause his grandma is spending all the inheritance on Glenn Beck ‘trinkets’. He knows deep within his conscience that Beck is right on most things but cannot admit that to himself. He believes that politics is reliable and will certainly solve all our problems. He’s a Catholic that is OK with abortion and gay rights, so his beliefs on other topics will surely be suspect. He says he loves the Lord, but he does not study the bible, so he does not have any idea what “love the LORD” really means. He is a conundrum…he’s obviouly fairly intelligent, but seems slow on the uptake. That is probably due to his arrogance, which is very apparent if you follow his posts. He wants to have “discussions” and is up to comparing “facts”, but most of what he wants to discuss are moot points,(as he misses the most pertinent facts). He will go on like this because he thinks (hopes) he really has a point! He Is sincere, I believe, just confused. He’s not a youngster, though he is rebellious. His head is in the sand when it comes to what time it is, so he will not understand the more subtle ramifications of our situation.
Report Post »He is completely obsessed with Glenn Beck to the point of creepiness, but there is hope there somewhere. I like him, and I hope he gets straight..
Pragmatica
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:36pmI agree with most of this except that I don’t believe Beck is right deep down. Not even close.
Report Post »WeveAlreadyWon
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:44pmWhen you can’t win with facts, insult. It’s the Leftie way.
Report Post »sheik
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:10pmThose of us who know Islam have been warning about the global jihad even before 9/11. The denial and the BS by the enemedia was unbearable then and has become worse since. But they don’t teach journalism anymore, they teach Socialism and bending over.
Treason & sedition has now become acceptable. Or is it?
Report Post »SublimeOne
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:22am@sheik
Report Post »Now. Now. We must be p.c. It’s not called bend over anymore. It’s called “Lean Forward!”
Zorro6821
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:44amNice to see the Beckster back on the rails. He is reporting and uncovering facts. His shows are interesting again. When he was in preacher mode I tuned out. Now he is back…Great Show!!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:09pmThey will dig through every dumpdter in Alaska looking for dirt on Sarah Palin, but they won’t even click a link on your site and look at the facts for themselves.
Glenn, never give up. If it wasn’t for you and Brightbart, David Horowitz and a handful of others we wouldn’t know what was going on.
Report Post »libbsrnuts
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:44pmThere‘s a very good reason they don’t check the facts, or actually, admit that they check the facts. For the same reason Holder or Napolitano “supposedly” did not read the new Arizona law. Then they would have to have a fact based debate about it. They did not. The extent of the discussion was “racism” and with Beck it’s “crazy conspiracy theory”. Smearing is a redirect tactic – no debate necessary. We conservatives fall for it every time, and spend time trying to explain our position and reason with malicious idiots!
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:09pmEven the 12 year old boy known as Rachelle Maddow can expose the fraud known as the RheichWing better.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:33pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-gruen/hizb-ut-tahrir-america-us_b_611595.html
Report Post »Liberty Honor
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:07pmLet’s see facts mattews instead of your assumptions
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:07pmWe don‘t need no stinkin’ facts!
Facts are simple
Report Post »and facts are straight
Facts are lazy
and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
facts don’t do what I want them to
Facts keep twisting the truth around
facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
facts are nothing on the face of things…..
I’m still waiting… I’m still waiting… I’m still waiting… I’m still waiting…
“Talking Heads”
WatchingThePuppetShow
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:06pmProgressives hate it when you turn the light on…
Report Post »KbJockey
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:41amProgressives hate it when you turn the light on…
That is because of the dominance of their cockroach genes.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:03pm@jabber: you dudes are gonna freek when glenn tells you he is leaving fox!!!!! yep! thats right!!! he is leaving fox!! and guess what? he is going to MSNBC!!!!!!!! and… he is “going to see the light” and go over to the progressive side!!!!! thats why keith was booted out of msn!!!!! what say you to this!!!! your “hero” turns commie??? hmmmm was that glenn that was seen late at night comming out of MSNBC”S office’s last month???? there ya go!!!! enjoy!! thats just what some people are saying…
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:06pmHey Glenn, please tell the progressive left and their cohorts what happens to “useful idiots” when their job is done!!!!
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 6:01pmwhen you all have his religous beliefs!! you know when you become a mormon http://www.mormoncurtain.com/start_here.html read for your selfs, by supporting and doing what he says,your being a practicing mormon! like buying food for a year! go ahead!! read up about there fine little cult!! and u people are being used for there fun and profit! here is another place to check out:http://glennbeckreport.com/glenn-beck-facts/ and then theres this for all those glenn becks 9/12 mormon rally crowd est.:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20015214-503544.html and more!http://www.pensitoreview.com/2009/09/13/right-wing-lies-about-912-crowd-size-too-extreme-even-for-fox-news/ and glenn can go here to defend himself!http://glennbeckreport.com/challenge-to-glenn-beck/ how much do you want? but dont worry,in the very near furture your whole world is going to go upside down anyway,when the real reason keith was let go from msn becomes known!!!
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 6:36pmIntegrican-
No way! Let’s not ruin the surprise.
Weeblewacker1-
EGADS!!! You don’t sound the LEAST bit unstable do you? Just so you know, you actually have to be baptized into and living the actual principles of the LDS Church in order to be a “practicing Mormon”. (P.S.- having a year’s supply of food to feed your family is not a “requirement” of the LDS faith either. It‘s just SMART if eating on a regular basis is something you’ve grown fond of)
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:56pm@ jabber,read the links— mormons baptise the freeking dead! did you go and check some of the things mormon’s do?? sounds a lot like mr beck to me! ask mr beck how much $$$ he ended up giving to them charities in ohio! WHY IT IS “0” NONE. took the money and ran.you are being played like a stoner on a stratocaster
Report Post »What's next
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:06pmGood work dough-boy! Right wins in the end.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:05pmI know of no other contemporary news/opinion program that is as well documented as the Glenn Beck show. I learn something new every show. There would be a lot fewer voices with contrary opinions if they were as well researched.
Report Post »ccr
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:03pmI am so grateful for the education……..for the critical thinking……..for the connecting the dots Beck and his show have done!! (for those who aren’t on here to be argumentative….) I can’t imagine where true, truth-seeking Americans would be without his voice over the past 2 years!!!
Report Post »Messenger4God
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:14pmThere might be a few who will finally succumb to reason and the truth, but the hard core radicals have made up their minds and are hell bent in changing our country into their “Utopia”, thus they will deliberately discredit and demonize those who stand in their way.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:05pmHere’s one. two towers pushed over in Snohomish,WA was played as BLOWN UP by ELF.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:40pmElves blowing up towers? Santa is going to be pissed.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:41pmBy the way, is this Danglin Bags? I thought you got help.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:05pmTHis is very eye opening……………
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-gruen/hizb-ut-tahrir-america-us_b_611595.html
Keep going Glenn. You are on the right path. Truth will always win.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:33amThanks Glenn……..really good show………and I pray that all you people posting against him will wake up before it’s too late for America. I’m with you, PatriotFirst.
Report Post »Grady Curve
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:33amThis conference is held annually in Chicago… We should protest the hotel/convention center who allows it and openly protest against this group… Last year they praised Hezbolah and shouted that the flag of islam will fly over our capitol… We are at was yet we do nothing about the terrorist that are subverting our system and our way of life… I say Pool’s closed people everyone out who should not be here
Report Post »BadgerBenson
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:03pmOne of the best shows, perhaps the most important shows he’s done.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:23pmbeg to differ.
Report Post »THIS was the best show :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdES0GP0KhI
Tom Cutler
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:08pmThanks Badger, I bookmarked & will forward. Appreciate it!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:20amGlenn, in the beginning you scared the hell out of me and I had to stop watching and listening. I creep back often to the point, I’m no longer afraid, and I want to hear all of it because in my heart I do believe most of what you’re telling.. The ability to look up and verify makes the difference. I’m not a bible reader, but I’ve been consulting my bible more often and the warnings are in there. That was stuff that used to scare me too, but now I see the connection (revelations) and smile knowing you are the one warning us of what is to come. No longer scared because I believe it.
Report Post »Tom Cutler
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:03pmPlease post the complete first segment of this show, it was excellent!
Report Post »BlacksAgainstObama
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:09pmhttp://watchglennbeck.com
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:04amThanks for the link, don’t have cable, nor do I want it and hate only seeing half segments of Beck’s show. Love all the misinformation being spewed by the leftist commies tonight, you know it’s killing them and I love it.
Report Post »BlacksAgainstObama
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:03pmGo Glenn!!! They got the full TV show up here at The Daily Beck:
http://www.watchglennbeck.com/video/2011/february/glenn-beck-show-february-8-2011-whos-been-right-do-your-own-homework/
Report Post »ccr
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:06pmI love your “name”! I don’t care about race, but since Obama has caused such divisiveness with his “race card”………I love to hear from those WHO THINK FOR THEMSELVES!!!
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:28pmGO GLENN GO!!!! , is right , I admire no bullstuff & that what I see when watching his show.
Report Post »bigg atta’boys to all of the staff responsible for the news ,info & opinions shared via The Glenn Beck Show(s)
~~all you naysayers can go back to burin’ your heads in the sand …diluted zombies~~
jumpinjackflash
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:59pmcbrown Idont know where you get your info, but you are wrong. you wouldnt know patriotism if it bit you in the a$$. No way your rediculous theory works so stop smokin what ever your smokin. Open your eyes and shut your mouth. Glenn Beck is the real deal and you probably know it.
Report Post »copper
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:01pmI have believed this and articulated it for many many months, I’m glad that Glenn is documenting it. The Grand Jihad by Andrew McCarthy is a wealth of information. Also a good place to start is frontpagemag.com. David Horowitz stands up to them.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:06pmThat was a great show tonight copper. It is truly amazing how accurate Glenn is. It was also really cool the fan who gave the information on the Caliphrate. He always tells poeple not to believe him, to do your own research. It paid off that time. How many liberals want people to do research? None!
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the chamber of commerce video
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:12pmIf Beck is nuts with no audience
Report Post »if there is no such thing as a Caliphate in islam,
and if jihad and marxist revolution are such non-issues,
why are these so called sane people even discussing it? There is no need to waste their time on him ? Shouldn’t they be walking the line and drooling over Obama and calling him a Reagan incarnate or something ?
Leave him alone …he’s a nut .
BMartin1776
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:14pmNothing better than Glenn covering something everyone else ignores, then when he blows the door wide open on something they all missed the idgits come out of the woodwork and attack him. But in their quest to make him look bad, WHAM you have a show like today that puts them all in their place. Do those fools really think GB just goes on air making stuff up or forces puzzle pieces that dont fit together?? IMO today was directed, to them all, but mainly towards Bill Crystal.
If I had a subscription to the Weekly Standard I would have canceled it by now.. (hint hint of a justified boycott). I know GB is against boycotts but there comes a time when you must hold those with an agenda accountable and give them a nice Corporate Squeeze http://tinyurl.com/473d8jz
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:16pmFacts are very squishy, sticky things to the left. That’s like asking Yoda to make a complete and grammaticaly sound sentence, like asking Barrack Obama to go 1 day withoug spending a million dollars, or like telling Michelle Obama, prove you can pass the dessert tray. It just can’t be done.
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:19pmI watched the movie “Iranium” on Right Scoop last night, & it blew my mind on the history of Islamic rule in Iran. Go check it out while it’s still available.
TikeSissy
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:21pmGood grief, Beck, do you alway kick your opponent when their face first in the dirt.
Report Post »EddardStark
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:26pmHey everybody, Glenn Beck and Osama Bin Laden are in cahoots. They both want a greater reliance on religion in setting domestic policy. They both want to limit the interference of secular government in your life. They both desire the elimination of what they perceive to be a hostile religion. The have both toiled long and hard against the forces of communism. I‘m not saying it’s conspiracy, but I plant my flag on their likemindedness. Do your research.
AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:27pmPoor Glenn, half the people who used to watch you are no longer watching.
January cable news ratings came out yesterday and contained a few notable surprises.
Perhaps the most notable was this.
Despite the continued dominance of Fox News, the fourth most-watched cable channel in Primetime — that’s cable channel not cable news channel — Glenn Beck’s ratings slipped in January.
A lot.
Year over year he posted the biggest loss of any cable news show averaging 1.8 million viewers, down 39% from January 2010. In 25-54 demo he dropped 48%, to 397,000.
Becks ratings have been struggling all month. And by struggling we mean he as been consistently below the 2 million total viewers mark.
Still, 1.9 is a drop from his October average of 2.9 million.
So what’s behind this drop? It’s entirely possible viewers are simply tiring of the chalkboard and the high rhetoric, which has been notably higher of late. And needless to say Beck is not the phenom he was a year ago, merely by dint of the country becoming more familiar with him.
But it’s probably also worth noting, just in the context of this January, that the month was dominated by hard news, in the form of the Giffords shooting.
Glenn Beck is many things but he is not hard news (nor does he generally attempt to be). And considering the nature of the news, perhaps it’s not entirely surprising that viewers were clicking away for a while.
Sometimes it’s nice to be told the world is not ending.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:27pm@cheezwhiz
But, but, but….if they can’t get him to admit he is a nut, then they can’t “Help” him, they can’t “provide” him the mentalhealth care he “Deserves”.
John 1776
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:27pmCritical thinking is not only missing from education, it is downright discouraged in society these days. If you actually think something out, then you cannot be led like a sheep.
Report Post »This is why there is such Beck hate. People “thinking” is threatening to the elite power structure and therefore the teacher must be destroyed. Often, when a tyrant takes over, it is the teachers who are executed first. A dumb public is easier to lead.
Pragmatica
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:30pmBeck’s assumptions do NOT stand up to rational scrutiny and “critical thinking”. American liberals love gay people and women’s liberation. American liberals despise religious fundamentalism more than anything in the world… especially religious fundamentalism within government!!! Separation of church and state is the single biggest principle underlying “progressive” politics! That is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE view of Islamic fundamentalists!
It makes no sense on any level. What is Glenn’s “logic” here??
Because Islamic societies also provide social services, the America left then magically desires a coalition with Islamic fundamentalists so that social services can be provided when the Islamic caliphate invades???
The American left will support Islamic religious fundamentalism as long as they are working towards “big government” health care and education policies as they invade and conquer the world???
It just makes no sense!!!
1. Both groups hate capitalism – That just isn’t true. American liberals for the most part support capitalism but just desire increased regulations. They do not hate capitalism but rather want to well- regulated capitalism. There are some crazy lefties that want to trash capitalism but they are a fringe element that is not viable politically. Code Pink and the like are relatively small far-left actors and are largely shunned in mainstream circles!
2. Both groups want to eliminate Isreal – That just isn’t true. There is a ton of variation or differences among American progressives on this matter. There is also tons of support for Israel on the American left and most Jewish people actually vote Democratic and identify as liberals!!! Once again, there are maybe some fringe elements that do not want to support Israel or keep funding them, but they are fringe actors that do not win elected office and have little influence over policy!
3. Both groups want chaos – Mainstream Republicans and Democrats want the STATUS-QUO more than anything and keep the existing power structure in place. I guess maybe, maybe some fringe radicals (on both the left and right) want mass chaos, but that is not a particularly popular view in mainstream America, and there are several powerful actors that want to maintain the status-quo and will work to maintain the status-quo.
Glenn only looks at one side of the evidence in a very biased manner. but there are competing perspectives and lines of argument that make the “global caliphate” conspiracy look foolish and naive!!!
TikeSissy
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:33pmRemember all that old hippy stuff, get peace a chance, make love not war. All of it was a lie, It just breaks my heart…….. All these ol‘ hippy’s wanting war and no peace.
Report Post »I think it’s from all the bad dope they consumed through the years.
Yes sir, just heart breaking..
cheezwhiz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:44pmPragmatica
Report Post »Do you consider Obama and his czars and staff and cabinet to be mainstream ?
So what is Obama’s relationship with the “fringe” elements of the left ,
you know the anti-American pepto-hag Jodie Evans
and marxist revolutionary Van Jones
and the capitalism hating thug leader Andy Stern ?
sWampy
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:48pmPragmatica, your critical thinking, seems to be just critical, and contain zero thinking. Saying the liberals don‘t hate capitalism doesn’t prove anything, their actions prove they hate capitalism. Saying they don‘t hate isreal doesn’t prove anything, their actions of constantly demand that isreal surrender more and more land, and never fight back proves otherwise. Saying the liberals don‘t want chaos again doesn’t make it so, their actions prove otherwise, there isn‘t a week that goes buy that one of the leaders don’t call for revolution and revolt.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:50pm@cbrown
Report Post »Okay, that was funnier than anything I have ever posted. Do you do a second show or is the rest of your material too blue for this site?
Miami
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:53pmHaving read much of the Islamism’s material while overseas and understanding their intent, one can see their obvious attempts at colonization. Spreading themselves across the nations around the world. I had believed myself almost a bit paranoid, till I started to investigate deeper into their beliefs and structure of their doctrine. Which is closer to a political structure than a religion.
I am glad to see that light and attention is being brought to the intent of radicals and those who befriend them. Who are nothing less than accomplices in the radical’s acts. This is nothing but a black and white subject without any shades of gray. You are either on the side of radicals or not and liberals seem to want it both ways, who sounds like traders to me at least on this subject.
I’m not saying all Muslims agree with their ideology but far to many seem to look the other way. I agree with the Brit who said if you want to become part of our world, they are more than welcome but if their intent is sedition and subversion they are not. I believe the Australian Prime Minister said the same a while back.
It’s time our “Christian” President took note to the reality of Radical Islam, before it is to late…
HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:58pm@ Pragmatica
Report Post »You accuse Beck of playing only one side of the argument. And you do a passable job of playing the other. Exclusively. With no demonstration of understanding the other side (Beck’s). Therefore you are guilty of your own charge.
Of that, and either of some inability to listen and understand properly, or of utter bias.
First of all, separation of church and state secularism is a straw man: it’s NOT the most sacrosanct pillar of liberalism, government intervention is, separation of church and state is merely a means to an end.
Next, Beck is NOT making ANY claim that American LIBERALS as a whole all think the same and all want: 1. capitalism dead, 2. Israel dead, 3. stability dead.
What he IS saying is that there is a common cause between the ideologies of socialism (and PLEASE don’t try to claim that marxism and socialism and liberalism are separate and distinct, that‘s a sophist’s fallacy–I’m referencing CONCEPTS here, not the mere words intended to cover them) and radical Islam.
There may only be a minority who truly hate capitalism in both, but both TEND to the destruction of free trade, open markets, and individual liberties BY DESIGN. Their logical end would kill capitalism.
There may only be a minority who truly want Israel removed, but both TEND to deny Israel’s freedom of existence, of autonomy, and of peaceable relations with its neighbors BY DESIGN. The radical left sides with the Palestinians at EVERY pro-Palestinian rally here in the US, and refuses to condemn them while even the “respectable, peaceable” ones attempt to circumscribe Israel’s authority over its own territory at every proposed treaty/talks.
There may be only a minority who truly want chaos, but both NEED it to establish their NEW status quo, even if some sort of status quo is their ultimate goal. This point should hardly have to be emphasized to anyone with a smidgen of historical reading from the French Revolution on upward. The Left, yes here in America, is still inspired by the idea of a violent Revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, and have told their inspiration loudly at every turn, and via every cultural medium.
Wise up troll.
Curator_JDR
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:03pmThere’s a whole group of apostate Muslims standing up to the Caliphate loving whack jobs. They are some of the most effective weapons against Islam and they are feared by MB and have fatwas on their heads.
Next month, Pete. King will be holding congressional hearings of Radical Islam and Muslim infiltration into the govt and military. Yesterday, he took Ayaan Hirsi Ali off the list to testify. Only “house muslims” are now permitted to speak like reps of CAIR, MSA and every other Muslim Brotherhood infiltrated group. Their goal is to universalize terrorism. and deflect it from Muslims.
These hearings are important and we should offer King our full support. If his family is being threatened or there’s blackmail, he needs to expose it. This happens with all the Prime Ministers in Israel. Even Netanyahu, when he got into office, started eating from the long spoon of Obama. It makes Israelis NUTS and they like it as much as Blaze readers want a Caliphate in our proud country. The difference is, in Israel 80% + of the country is firmly united against the Caliphate, and the Israeli government still kowtows to Muslims. .
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1911a1
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:18pmonce again Glenn called em out and they got squat as usual , was interesting to hear Donald Rumsfeld’s interview with Rush Limbaugh today , where he also said that the islamist have been working on this caliphate for years , the more you dig for the facts the more you find that proves Glenn is on to something and the theory is sound . the left won’t get it and a lot of those on the right wont get it either , simply because they don’t research it and are too happy with the status quo for now .
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:19pm@ HappyStretchedThin
The whole post from Pragmatica can be summed up thusly :
Report Post »Not all leftists + marxists+ revolutionaries+leninists+ stalinists+ trotskites+ alinskyites + maoists+ liberals+ communists+ socialists+democrats are anti-capitalist America-hating Jew-hating
chaos-loving anarchist bigots. Not all of them. But so what ?
Pragmatica
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:22pm@ HAPPYSTRETCHTHIN
So you basically agree with me that Glenn is overblowing the “threat”! You agree that only small, fringe elements want to destroy capitalism or Israel! Glenn is NOT looking at all of the data and is NOT partaking in rigorous “critical thinking” and in the end his conclusions are biased!!!
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:37pm@ Cheez: well said, my friend
Report Post »@ Pragmatica who I was entertaining because unlike most trolls you at least spoke to substance: To coin a term, you, sir (yes, that’s the Olbermanic “sir” again), are MALLITERATE. Not unable to read, just unable to understand what you read/hear. I will no longer entertain you.
encinom
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:38pmOther than the new buzz word “critical thinking” there is nothing new in Beck’s rants. He is stringing along unrelated event and people to make his conspiracy. How many of you actually did the research, not just check his websites, but look at the Weekly Standard, the Economist, etc.
Beck counts on your bias and your paranoia. He uses words that he knows will trigger an emotional response, he plays upon your ignorance and fear of the Other, he dusts off the red scare and he reads from the canons of past conspiracy theorists from the John Birch society, Skousen, etc. Beck then weaves all of this together fear together then wraps it in the American Flag and puts a cross on top.
No there was no critical thinking, nor those BEck expect that of you, just more of the same empty claims to keep his audience afraid and buying from his sponsors.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:40pmGlenn, I am a man who really loves you and I have never wanted to have sex with you. Its that kind of love that is above the barnyard. I’ve prayed for God to send you. Stay humble. Your friend, pc be damned
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:40pmEddardStark: “They both want a greater reliance on religion in setting domestic policy.”
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Wrong on both counts. Glenn believes in adherence to the Constitution. UBL advocates the imposition of Sharia law. You’ve made your moronic comment of the week, troll. Congrats.
DonoRomantico
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:41pmThere certainly are many new posters here slamming Mr. Beck. Once again proving his point that those on the left do not like being exposed. Panic mode and the usual tactics are being thrown at Mr. Beck. It is just his theory he is proudly standing behind. What’s the big deal?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:44pm@Chris G –
I downloaded it. I can’t watch stuff like that at night before I go to bed.
Anyone who can’t download it, email me at showtime1313@gmail.com and I’ll reply and attach the video
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 10:44pmQuestioning Beck is not the same as “slamming” Beck! Critical thinking you know!!! Questioning assumptions and what biased political pundits say!
Report Post »timmihendrix
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:04pmeveryone should read David Horowitz’s 2004 book “unholy alliance” he has been onto this radical islam/american left co-op for some time now. you can get it for about $5 used on amazon.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:09pmPragmatica – very nice analysis. I hope you keep posting here.
Report Post »CBrown – I agree with you.
AKMIIKEUS – you are addressing the notion that high ratings means the audience believes the host. High ratings, as you probably know, only mean the host is interesting (like a train wreck). That might explain why Beck‘s conspiracies against the US are expanding to include most of the world’s population.
Pragmatica
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:13pmHorowitz is a quality writer but he is very biased in a conservative direction! And you will not get an objective analysis from Horowitz… He is an important perspective but you should read a liberal book to even out your views!
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:20pmwe are really blessed to have g.b.
Report Post »and i could not care less about how much money he makes. who cares? if anyone deserves it he does.
better than those freaks in hollyweird making big bucks for making mush of our brains and then trying to tell us how we should live our lives.
hollyweird, bad. d.c., bad. rop, bad. glen beck, thank you.
Restored One
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:21pmWow, I can’t believe the Trolls here tonight. Soros paying OT, double time? Go Glenn, Work them! They will all have carpal tunnel soon. Amazing! Hey Losers, instead of bashing the information, try combating it with facts. Do you know what facts are? Try Critical thinking, research, not critical typing.
Report Post »EddardStark
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:24pm@Kryptonite… Seriously? You know as well as I do that Beck believes that the founding fathers were imminently Christian and that this nation was blessed by God to carry out His divine mission. Getting back to the Constitution os getting back to God in Glenn’s deluded mind.
Let’s take a test, don‘t worry it’s short and I give you the answers:
Does Glen Beck support prayer in school? Yes.
Does Glenn Beck support the elimination of a woman’s right to choose based on his religious understanding human life? Yes. (Sharia law would prohibit abortion by the way)
Does Glenn Beck spout American Exceptionalism under Manifest destiny and Americans as “the almost chosen people”? Yes.
Is this a quote from Glenn Beck: “That is the system of our founders. I believe that’s the system of God.” Yes.
Do BETTER research.
Please stop calling people names and acknowledge that you love trolls. Without them what would this blog be?
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:28pmThe only way Beck comes to this conclusion is by IGNORING the Bilderbergers and the New World Order.
He won’t challenge Rockefellers or Rothschilds. George Soros is a peon compared to these people.
The only way he comes to this conclusion is by IGNORING the mountain of evidence proving 9-11 was an inside job.
IGNORING the evidence that the Feds had prior knowledge of Oklahoma City bombing plot.
LAMBASTING Ron Paul and putting forth the idea that he wouldn’t win as president. A Rasmussen poll out shows Ron Paul having a better chance of beating Obama that Palin.
Report Post »FoundersRedPill
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:34pmThis might be obvious, but it wouldn’t be a conspricy…. If…IF they could PROVE something.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:47pm@PRAGMATICA – Excellent post, I so totally agree with all your points. Glenn just can not connect all the dots as some just do not fit. This is the same problem I have with Alex Jones – thanks for the post.
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Curioso
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:53pmDon’t forget this
Report Post »“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” Buddha
I think alot of the people that are denouncing Mr Beck don’t have any “Reasoning Ability” or “Common Sense”.
“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.” Buddha
Curiously I believe these 2 quoes fit some how.
Curioso
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:09amThis one fits too. But maybe it is to complicated for some to understand.
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”Buddha
Curiously I think this is the sentiment Mr Beck expresses daily in his shows, speech and actions.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:13amAgreed. Glenn is basically Alex Jones.
Report Post »Frank Lee Trickey
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:19amYou know Beck hit the nail on the head. Every troll assigned to the Blaze is working overtime tonight.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:25amWhatever dude. Glenn is NEVER challenged with competing points-of-view. He asked to be challenged so some people are attempting to question Beck’s assumptions and outrageous opinions! You know like actual “critical thinking” instead of always looking at things with conservative bias!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:35am@ Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Report Post »Beck is in a war with his rivals , a war about facts ,
and intellect is the weapon.
Beck’s rivals are totally unarmed.
komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:45am@Pragmatica–
“American liberals despise religious fundamentalism more than anything in the world…”
This is true in a sense, but the one I think you mean. A “fundamentalist”, strictly speaking, is one who sticks to the fundamentals of one’s religion. However, (and correct me if I’m wrong here) I think you mean religious activism, and in that sense your statement is wholly false.
Ever heard of the Social Gospel movement? Or, if that’s too far back, how about Revs. Wallis, Wright, Sharpton, Jackson, and Rabbi Lerner?
As for the radical far left’s (and it is the radical far left that Beck is talking about here, not run-of-the-mill liberals) hatred of Israel, one need only think of Stalin’s campaigns against “rootless cosmopolitans”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootless_cosmopolitan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Anti-Fascist_Committee
(Why is this history not more widely known and discussed?)
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:53amThat should be “…but *not* the one…”
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:05amI Beg all to listen to Reagen in 1961 again I Beg! Your jaw will drop. He was right on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:18amAnd then there’s this as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Marr
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:25am@Cheez–
Report Post »I know, but I’m making the assumption that Pragmatica is a half-way reasonable person. Guess I’m just naive that way. ;) (Actually, though the proper translation would be that lefties dislike right-wing Christians–cf. my mention of Social Gospel movement.)
brliantedj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:31amI‘m just looking at Beck’s picture for this and seeing a pummeled face. Glenn don’t you give up on us, it’s not even close to 12th round. No bitten off ears just a heavyweight standing tall and WINNING! Keep it up.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:34amAKMIIKEUS
Report Post »It might be that his show comes on at 5:00 and I don’t get home until 6:00, as I imagine a lot of people do. I have a job, I work from 8-5. I wish Beck would swap with Shepard Smith, so I could catch his show. I imagine a lot of people have this problem.
As I said before, progressives don’t let facts get in the way of their opinion. Their tactic is to first try to over-talk the host, then avoid answering any questions, sometimes answering a question with a question, and if those don’t work, they try to dazzle with B.S.
cheezwhiz
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:48am@ komponist-ZAH
Report Post »I agree.
“ Religious fundamentalist” in libberish is actually used exclusively for a Jesus loving Christian .
When its a follower of a “ social justice” Church or muslim or a muslim convert , then in libberish its a “ religious person ”.
Just like “ banker” is libberish for Jewish and/or White rich people
and
“ immigrant” is libberish for illegals
Curioso
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:06amHere are some thoughts that may apply to what people think about the topic of radicalism and the state of affairs around the world. What is lacking in a lot of this is what is mentioned in this quote. If this is too something or other for this discussion and it is removed I would like to know why.
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”Buddha
I believe this is pertinent to the discussion about critical thinking and conclusions drawn by Mr Beck. The most important thoughts in this is observation and analysis and reason. This sounds almost exactly like critical thinking to me. But I could be wrong.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:12amPRAGMATICA No matter what the reasoning / logic (right or left) It boils down the “left” sides with those that will destroy this country and everything America has stood for. And that is the point.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:43amThe Looney Left is really upset. I haven’t seen so many idiot post in a long time. Glann has them stirred up!
Report Post »MHP
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:43am@AKMIIKEUS
You did not provide a source. Nielson does not do news apparently.
You ever wonder why we need guns and there’s a gun toting Tea Party
It’s because of you and others and Huffington Puffington Post.
One of your friends, New Castrotti
called in to Rush and said suicide is honorable. Now I dunno if he intended to commit suicide, but since he mentioned it he does.
Rush told him “well some advice for ya” make sure you have 3 stories or more to jump off.
but seriously he told him if it was real, go seek some help.
Seems you leftists want to kill yourselves.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:17amI seen David stand up against Islam Radicals big time in the Universities and he has managed to get them to show their true colors. What is amazing is that he has been fighting this war for the last twenty years almost by himself. David and Richard Poe wrote a book called “The Shadow Party” way back in 2004 blowing the lid of Spooky Dude and how the Left co-opted the Democratic Party. Great stuff! David has a site call http://www.discoverthenetworks.org where they have a large database on the Left, some of the names might surprise you others not so much. Type in the Search Page “Muslim Brotherhood” to see pretty interesting background on the “Brotherhood of Evil”
Guys for you that are able contribute to David’s effort to keep us free. Just so that it does not come to you as a surprise David was a Red Dapper baby. His father and mother were card carrying communist. David was a communist intellectual turned conservative because a dear friend murdered by the Black Panthers back in the sixties or early seventies. Get to know this guy and his story, I think you will be surprise at the courage and conviction behind this man otherwise quite unremarkable in appearance.
NO, I am not being paid to say this and yes Glenn is still my hero :-)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:33amMHP re: Beck’s numbers: http://www.businessinsider.com/for-the-first-time-ever-glenn-beck-drops-to-fifth-place-at-fox-news-2011-2
Report Post »JJ1640
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 7:37amGlenn is surely doing the Lord’s work here. He is constantly attacked and ridiculed by the progressive press, as expected. Kristol’s Weekly Standard attack is appalling. I had subscribed to WS for several years but found it too soft. For a strong conservative commentary I recommend the weekly edition of the Washington Times.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:00amPragmatica, my friend I know Alex Jones and Glenn Beck is no Alex Jones
Like him or Hate him Alex Jones is consistent with his veiws.
Alex would never say Ron Paul supporters should be locked up
and then tell his audience he is a Libertarian.
I do agree with your post about the Left Right Paradigm and the left
being Jewish
Beck’s assumptions do NOT stand up to rational scrutiny and “critical thinking”. American liberals love gay people and women’s liberation. American liberals despise religious fundamentalism more than anything in the world… especially religious fundamentalism within government!!! Separation of church and state is the single biggest principle underlying “progressive” politics! That is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE view of Islamic fundamentalists!
this is a very well thought out post
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:17amGlennis the Menace is at it again. With a shaky voice, he skates around on his set with all the fervor and purpose of Captain Queeg searching for the sailor who ate his berries, gliding out onto even thinner ice with each sentence he utters. “Come on gang, we’ve got a lot of work to do.” Glenn exclaims, with his face set in the kind of dour expression one has before commencing a life and death struggle. It seems as though we‘re watching a man’s mental health and well being melt down on national television right before our eyes. As an especially vocal critic of Glenn Beck and his fantasies for the past 3 months, even I have become alarmed at the acceleration of his slide deeper into the bottomless pit of delusion and paranoia.
It is heartening to see a number of intelligent voices joining me here on The Blaze who are validating my observations regarding Glenneth’s theories and speculations. I believe Glenn needs some time off and some professional attention. However, if he is simply doing this in an attempt to bolster the Beck brand, he deserves an Oscar.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:29amUmmmm, ever read the Bible? That is the place for information. Period.
Report Post »US Citizen
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:33amCertainly alot of posters here disputing what Beck is sharing but I have yet to see anyone go on the program and factually dispute or even debate what he’s saying. I can‘t say that I agree with the end of the world level of urgency but until the other side decides to debate ’his facts‘ he’s going win over the people.
Report Post »I disagree with Pragmatica, there’s no such thing as well-regulated capitalism. The basic theory of capitalsim is to let the market dictate regulation. If people want electric cars and can afford them, they’ll buy them. The government can’t/shouldn’t force these issues. I also don‘t think you realize we’re already in a well-regulated capitalist society. Just look at all the government subsidies given to all these big corporations that the left seems to think the right is always in bed with. The problem is with the people. Until everyone wakes up to the fact that all politicians (right or left) are in it for themselves and not the people, nothing will changes. They’re all well spoken crooks and the people are sheep to believe half the BS that comes from their mouths. We’re about to follow them off the cliff with oil because all the tree huggers are afraid of disrupting the moose in ANWAR. Who will get the blame when gas reaches $5 a gallon…blame yourselves and then wake up.
CountMeIn
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:48amI’ll say this about you Media Matters hacks (or is there just one of you using different screen names): You are tiresome. Thankfully, I am more than strong enough to endure your endless droning. Your rather repetitive Beck allegations don’t do anything to sway people here except maybe further against your Soros-funded enterprise. You may want to quit and lurk somewhere that no one has seen Glenn’s show if you want them to believe your lies. We are armed with the truth and capable of thinking for ourselves.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:24am@beckisnuts
Report Post »I really wonder why you’d entertain your words of wisdom on us for free while you can write a book and bless a publisher with such words of wisdom. Oh I forgot Keith Olbermann, Pissy, and Mancow have gone that route. I guess this is the olny audience left. BWAAHAAAAA
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:26am-Liberalsbedamned- No one ever reads the bible- Is there a Cliff Notes?
Way back when people were smart they studied the Bible regardless if they believed in it. They studied history too. We just don’t need that stuff anymore. The new intelligence comes from within. (!)
And unfortunately, a lot of people are going to die. SOON.
The interesting thing is the parallels between Islam and Christianity. Without Islam the prophecies of the bible won’t come true. The Lord has the hearts of all the nations leaders. And He turns them this way and that.
Beck is NO Alex Jones. I like both Beck and jones. Both have things I don’t like.
Rating are down because Christians don’t have time for television they are getting Prepared.-Who has three months of food and water? The prices at the grocery are rising -FAST.
Also, My dissenting views have nothing to do with conservative bias. I know what is written on the tablet of my heart.
beckisnuts
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:40ambrliantedj, how do you know I don’t already have a book on the market? You don’t, do you? You may very well have purchased a copy and put your money in my pocket. Now that’s really funny. Off you go.
Report Post »mattsanz
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:59amThree questions a free people need to ask themselves. 1) Is Govt evil ? “Government is force; like fire.” George Washington 2) Can evil do good ? “Power always thinks… that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws.” John Adams
Report Post »3) If evil attempts to do good, do you support it ? “United States of America does more good in the world than any other Nation” Republlicans..
Miguelito
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:07amGod’s speed Glenn!
Report Post »Goobergregory
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:39amI agree totally. It is interesting to watch as these things come to light and how MSM is not really dealing with it yet. Hmmmmm… Just another thing that crazy Beck was right about!
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:50amA Distrust of Intellect
They pass from generation to generation ,
Poor in virtue and of little happiness,
Oppressed by all the sorrows
And dwelling in the thickets of debate,
Such as, Existence? or Non-existence?
Relying on their propositions,
sixty-two in number,
They become rooted in false philosophy,
Tenacious and unyielding,
Self-sufficient and self-inflated,
Suspicious, warped, without faith.
During thousands and milliards of kalpas
Such hear not the name of Buddha,
Nor ever learn of the truth.
from The Lotus Gospel
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:53amGlenn Beck is a WANNABE Alex Jones.
Alex Jones is the truth.
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:44amHorowitz is a wealth of info on how they think
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:04pm@Pragmatica
“So you basically agree with me that Glenn is overblowing the “threat”! You agree that only small, fringe elements want to destroy capitalism or Israel! Glenn is NOT looking at all of the data and is NOT partaking in rigorous “critical thinking” and in the end his conclusions are biased!!!”
Only small fringe elements? That is the understatement of the century. You dangerously marginalize the threat.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:09pm@EddardStark
You are a secularist and a troll, therefore you a) do not understand Christianity, and b) have never really listened to Glenn’s full counsel.
There is a huge difference between collective salvation and individual salvation. The former is a Marxist perversion of the gospel that Obama advocates: “…[I]ndividual salvation is not going to come about without a collective salvation for the country…. not because you have an obligation to those who are less fortunate, although I believe you do have that obligation (huh, Moron-in-Chief??). http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/43036
Individual salvation, on the other hand is the hallmark of true Christianity and it is the belief that Glenn espouses. Glenn stresses the need for every believer to get his or her own life in order by being anchored in faith, hope and charity no matter what their concept of God is, or in our founding principles and values, in the case of nonbelievers.
When addressing the role of religion in America, Beck consistently refers to Jefferson’s reply when asked to define “the American religion”:
Asked by Yale, what is the definition of American — the American religion?….he [Jefferson] said, “There is a God… There is an afterlife. We’ll have to answer for our sins in the afterlife…And the best way to serve God is serve other people.
So your claim that “Glenn Beck and Osama Bin Laden are in cahoots [because] [t]hey both want a greater reliance on religion IN SETTING DOMESTIC POLICY” is a witless lie and the mark of a troll. If you don’t want to be labeled a troll don’t act like one. Simple, isn’t it?
As to your pathetic self-interrogation, let me be succinct: Your decontextualized generalizations in re Beck’s beliefs prove nothing except that you have no idea how to support a claim. How about if you apply your advice regarding better research to yourself first, before passing it on to others.
As to your Q.: What would the Blaze be without trolls?
Report Post »Here’s my A: Seriously, dude??!!! That’s like asking, What would America be without libs?
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missionarydad
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:16pmGod bless Glenn Beck who is the bravest man in America. He is really telling it like it is as he knows it and is way out front of the rest on these important issues of these dangerous times. Pray for and support him the best you can everyone. America needs more coming out like Donald Rumsfeld did in backing Glenn up. Glenn is giving many of them the courage to start confronting this Islamic and Socialist movement and hopefully more of the conservative talkers will bring their A game to the American people like Glenn Beck does on a daily basis.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:21pm@ CHRIS G & SHOWTIME
I’m with SHOWTIME. The Iranium movie was NOT something I should have watch before going to bed. whew! Adding that information to everything Beck has been providing about Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood, that was enlightening to say the least ….and outright, unbelievably scary as it brings a lot of things into focus and context. I decided to buy the DVD. A worthwhile spend of $20.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:24pmMake no mistake EDDARDSTARK……your atheism is just as militant and “intolerant” as the religions you like to rail against. It is in a practical sense its own type of religion that seeks to dominate society and others beliefs !!!
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:28pmand BTW EDDARDSTARK……for someone who is so proud of their intellectual abilities. Your morally relativistic worldview is philosophically fallacious and inconsistent !!! You point at Christianity as if they are wrong to call abortion murder but in your twisted reasoning you fail to see you do the same thing by calling it choice. Moral Relativism is a contradictory worldview. Even liberal philosophy professors have acknowledged at least that much.
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:45pmChristianity is the only religion that promotes true freedom for individuals and does not attempt to oppress those who disagree. Before you throw up the weak argument of abortion again. When society disregards and abuses its weakest members then it is on the brink of collapse. Christianity is trying to protect those whose voices can’t be heard and people like you will not recognize.
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:56pmPRAGMATICA, EDDARDSTARK, BECKISNUTS………..all I ever see from any of you is attacks on Glenn Beck, or Christianity. Your arrogance is astounding (like many liberals). Most of your points are generalizations or just flat wrong. You have political and ideological axes to grind without regard for reflecting facts accurately and in context. More than likely you are plants and many people will not even respond to your baseless claims (i really don’t blame them). You some how stroke your own egos and make yourselves feel so smart. So the only reason I can see for you to comment on a site where you know you will not change anyone’s mind and you are in the extreme minority is that you need to feel superior. You must be people of little stature or position and need to feel important, intellectual giants you are !!! I am so sorry that you are that insecure in your positions that you need to make yourselves feel better in this way. Just like a frightened dog will grow and bark the loudest so must you be.
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:59pm……..growl……..
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:31pm@Cheezwhiz
“Not all leftists + marxists+ revolutionaries+leninists+ stalinists+ trotskites+ alinskyites + maoists+ liberals+ communists+ socialists+democrats are anti-capitalist America-hating Jew-hating
chaos-loving anarchist bigots. Not all of them. But so what ?”
So, at least in America, the number of people who might be described as “left,“ ”liberal“ or ”Democrat” is huge compared with the number who might be described by all the other terms combined.
Surely that was Pragmatica’s point?
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:33pmCan I get a TV show too? I can make sh up just like Glenn Beck! Let me give it a try:
There’s a dangerous blizzard heading right towards Chicago as I type this.
I’ve talked about this storm for many years. It’s here. I’m going to show you how all these things are connected. Snow is white. Snow White is a Disney character. Disney made Aladdin which was about an Arab street rat who rescued the Princess from the evil Jafar. Now, we all know that Arabs are the most evil people on earth and since Disney made a movie where an Arab was the hero, this blizzard is God’s wrath washing the streets of Chicago with the blood of stuffed animals (which is white, just like snow). Why Chicago? Well, that’s where Walt Disney is from.
Remember, you heard it from me here today. And if no blizzard hits Chicago, then you can all laugh at me, but if it does…if it does, then know that we must all stand up. We must stand up against this evil Disney and do whatever it takes to stop them. But I urge you…I urge you to look within yourself and find the strength to buy food insurance and gold, because the storm is here, folks. The storm is here.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:40pmadd FORRESTNOMAD…. to my last post as well……probably one of the others under a different name. Glenn must really be hitting a nerve to bring this many plants onto the comment section of the Blaze.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:42pmNotice how FORESTNOMAD avoided giving any factual info. just the typical mockery typical of the left !!
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pmTo EDDARDSTARK………To comment on an older post I just read. I do not want you or anyone to burn for all eternity. The reason I argue with you is a naive hope on my part that you might reason and question your obvious bitterness towards Christianity. I know my frustrations and zeal get the best of me sometimes. So I like most people can come across in ways that I probably shouldn‘t but I would give or do anything if I could change your mind and get you to investigate Jesus’ claims of who he was and what he did and what he offers. I really don’t hate you at all. I wouldn‘t communicate with you if I didn’t care about you. I know you probably don’t/won’t believe that but it is true. It is very hard to see where people are coming from on posts and blogs. Face to face discussions are much more beneficial. If I have offended you I really am sorry for it isn’t my intention but sometimes my passion gets the best of me. Just another reason why I have to trust in the death of Jesus and not my self.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:31pm@ WATCHTHEOTHERHAND
Like the point made by FRANK LEE TRICKEY, you can always tell when Beck is hitting a Liberal nerve, i.e. he’s accurate. The more trolls you see. They’re really coming out of the woodwork today. that should tell you something. Kinda the same thing when you first spray a wasp nest – they buzz really loud.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:36pmWhats the use? Like I said before they are either uninformed or they are in on it.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:04pmThe liberals must have a lot of stock in a prayer rug factory. They have done everything short of throwing the doors to the country wide open and invite every radical there is to come in for a spell.
I have known what kind of traitors the senior union bosses are for a long time. They are all communists! But it really surprises me how obtuse academia is to socialism, communism and radical islam. If what they are asking ever comes to pass, I do not think they will be happy with what they get. Remember that Hitler, Stalin and Il Duce never trusted the intelligentsia and had a lot of them confined. The first rule of despotism is not to trust anyone who can think with logic or rationality. Sadam assigned squads to “protect” his scientists. The Iranians have crushed intellectual opposition and non-theological thought. Chavez is following the example of his hero, Fidel Castro, and throwing a lot of Venezuela’s intellectuals into jail. His power comes from the peons and the poorly educated who he showers with gifts.
So you liberals should keep on with your support of everyone who hates this country that has given you so much. You may get what you want. If you do, you will also get what you deserve!
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:19amwatchtheotherha, Glennis the Menace is the problem. We are merely commenting on the train wreck he has become. I warned here on The Blaze months ago that conservatives in high places were getting tired of Glenn’s act and that Glenn was damaging the conservative cause. Unfortunatly, Glenn’s audience, at least many here on The Blaze, are as delusional as he is, and my warnings were met with childish name-calling and threats of violence and death. Nice crowd Glenn has here. In any event, I was proven correct by the passage of time and Glenn appears to only be getting worse. The man is sick and he needs professional attention. This won’t end well for him. That’s my next prediciton. Will I be two for two? Stay tuned.
Report Post »Minnaloushe
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 10:23am@AKMIIKEUS
Report Post »Please don’t plagiarize. The source for your unquoted and unattributed article is Glynnis MacNicol at http://www.businessinsider.com/for-the-first-time-ever-glenn-beck-drops-to-fifth-place-at-fox-news-2011-2
firstlast
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 2:44pmSorry Glen, Louis L’Amour beat you to it in The Walking Drum…Caliphate.
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