Beck Delivers Epic ‘Restoring Love’ Speech: ‘History Breathes. It Doesn’t Belong Behind Glass. It Belongs to You’
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If you missed the live video of Restoring Love, be sure to watch it on-demand — see how here.
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On Saturday evening, Glenn Beck delivered what is, arguably, his most moving and impactful address to date. His “Restoring Love” speech, accompanied by symphonic music, touched upon service, worship and the elements needed to move America forward.
(Read the entire speech transcript)
Beck opened by addressing the hard work and dedication that thousands of “Restoring Love” volunteers engaged in when they helped those in need at locations across Dallas, Texas, on Thursday (for more on the Day of Service, click here).
“With all the problems in the world and with politicians giving all those speeches, doesn’t it feel good to do the work?,” Beck said in the speech’s opening. “One million meals have just left the stadium. We’re feeding the hungry in 11 cities.There are churches that can worship again when it rains because we — you –put a roof up.”
Beck went on to praise the audience for serving the poor, elderly and others in great need, claiming that these caring individuals served as a “shelter from the storm” for the downtrodden. The popular commentator also encouraged the audience to make service more than a one-time occurrence.
After addressing service, Beck stressed the importance of history, saying that it “is always alive.”
“History breathes. It doesn’t belong behind glass. It belongs to you,” he proclaimed. “History is where we learn, who we really are, everything we have, everything we enjoy was done by someone else before we were born.”
The nation that allows for such wonderful liberties to be enjoyed was inherited by this generation from those who came before us, he said. Beck went on to say that the current generation cannot be blamed for the mistakes of the past, nor can it be credited for the successes that came before.
The powerful address continued, urging the audience to fight for America’s future.
“We must not become America in name only. We must always strive to be a great country. We don’t have to spend our inheritance,” Beck said. “We can build on it. Invest it. Improve it. Make it bigger and better. That’s your choice. It’s our choice. Our inheritance is America.”
The popular radio and television host had a challenge for those watching: Rather than taking a back seat, he pushed everyone to “act,” “commit” and “shape the future.” The end goal? The make the nation better than it is today.
“I think there are two kinds of Americans,” he continued. “Those who like to be pushed and those who push themselves. Those who see our problems and refuse to see our blessings, and those who see our problems as our blessings.”
He asked the audience to consider which camp they fall into – the one that likes to be pushed or the one that is consistently pushing itself forward.
Beck then went on to discuss past movements and the generations that fought for racial justice. He praised Martin Luther King and his “dream” and said that the civil rights leader “did not wait for the arc of history to bend towards justice.”
Here’s an excerpt from this powerful portion of the speech:
“He and millions like him pushed…they pushed and they pushed uphill.
They pushed and they were pushed back by water cannons. They pushed and they were pushed back by billy clubs and tear gas.
They pushed and they were pushed back on the bridge at Selma. They pushed and they were pushed off the bus in Montgomery.
They pushed and they were pushed into jail. They pushed and some gave their lives…but they never stopped pushing. And in the end…
They bent history towards justice. That was their inheritance to us.”
Beck went on to further stress the importance of history, telling the crowd that it “isn’t about a bunch of dead guys staring at us sternly from the textbooks and the paintings.” Instead, he said everyone is building history with all of the choices we make.
The importance of the decision to act compassionately – to restore love – was at the center of much of his speech. From feeding the poor to helping someone who is hurting, Beck said that Americans are “builders” and “helpers.” The government, he contended, shouldn’t be in the business of stopping people from serving those in need.
He continued:
“We will have a great country again. And a great legacy for our children!
We will not give up. We will not give up our inheritance. We will not give up the right to feed the hungry…the right to care for the sick…the right to run a bake sale!
We will not give someone else…the work of our hearts…the work that we must do. We will do it…because we are already doing it.
I will not let go. I will not sit down. I will not comply. I will not comply. Because I know…I know this: America is not done.”
Beck told the audience to remember that history is a “guide” and “not a guarantee.” He spoke about a “new birth of freedom” and stressed the importance for all Americans to be a part of the process.
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Apple Bite
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:29amReverend William John Henry Boetcker (1873-1962).
* You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
* You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
* You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
* You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
* You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
* You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
* You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Amazing then, that the Progressives hated this man for who he was, for, and against.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:57amCommon sense , You would think…
They know this , which is why they are doing it , “they” want the world….
They can have it , there is a new age coming , remember God does not exist in their hearts (if they had one) this is time to be happy , Jesus said it and now I am just starting to really understand why.
God Bless You Even More Glenn.
Trolls .. Don’t even say a word, I’m not the “Kind” of Christian the liars told you about , I’m the kind that will stomp you azz but if you prefer, talk till your head explodes , amusing to watch , a pebble in the road… May your hate destroy and save GOD the time …….
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:18amYou cannot have a just society when thieves go unpunished
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:27amThere is nothing new under the sun. It’s all just a little bit of history repeating. Progressives, if you’re reading this, you will be defeated. We’ve done it before, our only mistake was not chasing you into your hidey hole and finishing the job.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:45amMary, sweetheart, stop with the social justice theme, it is an old and worn out thing! It is individual justice under the law, for everyone! You defend the very thugs you speak out about when you spout the communist manifesto, wake the heck up! communism did not make America great, and it surely will not save it…we have to fix our country yes, but thru the constitution, fix the crony capitalism that now exists, thanks to the progressive poison that spews from the left…we are going to TAKE BACK OUR FREEDOM, starting in November. Your guy in the WH will be voted out by a landslide, and there is not a thing you can do about it!
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:30pm@MARYBETH
You can not have an intelligent discussion with those that lack intelligence.
Ya see Marybeth, you just have a distorted view as to who the “criminals” are.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:59pm* You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
-Now, I myself am very thrifty, but economies prosper when people spend money to buy things. When people are too thrifty, they don’t buy things. This guy knows nothing about economics.
* You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
-Sure, that’s why the main creed of Christianity is “only the strong survive,” right?
* You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
-Fortunately, in America we are all recognized as equal by our political system. There is no legal understanding of “small” and “big” men. And who are these “small” men? Can you think of a more snobby statement?
* You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
Report Post »-Please, point me to all the rich people in America who have been “destroyed” by anything other than poor business choices. Where are these poor victims? Now, it’s a lot easier to find poor people who have been devastated by structural inequalities in our economic system.
PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:09pm* You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
-Actually, the entire history of labor reform has proven that you CAN improve the lives of workers through laws that may potentially reduce the profitability of “wage-payers.”
* You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
-Good luck buying a house friend.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
-Nor can you by ignoring structural inequalities that lead to a wealth gap that is increasing every year.
* You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
-Again, good luck buying that house. So much for the modern credit economy, eh?
* You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
-I suppose that’s right, just like you can’t make a cherry pie with blueberries–no one was suggesting that this is how it works. You can, however, improve initiative and independence by investing tax dollars in education, worker training, etc.
* You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves
Report Post »-Sure, but you definitely can hinder men permanently by refusing to help them when they need it.
kapnkd
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:11pm@ MaryBeth:
You are correct – BUT, the REAL criminals are people like your Obozocommie, Eric Holder, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and on and on! It is the “Progressive” (communist party in disguise) that have committed felonies (fast & furious), lied, cheated, stolen, played crone capitalism with taxpayer funds on the grandest of all scales under the direction of the biggest thief of liberty ever – G. Soros.
Treason and Sedition are synonymous with these people and those who still support them and their direction.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:12pmPaul,
You see, the difference between us is that I would never “stomp” someone’s “azz” over a political disagreement. Now, which one of us then would be the more “Christian?”
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:13pmApple,
How about:
Report Post »*You can’t hold an intelligent and well thought-out political stance if it can be reduced to a series of vague bumper-sticker slogans.
pollyanna
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:15pm@pencilman:
Report Post »“that’s why the main creed of Christianity is “only the strong survive,” right?
Huh??? NO….Ding dong, you’re wrong.
pollyanna
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:26pm@ Apple Bite…thank you for the words and wisdom of Reverend Boetcker…I think I‘ll print it out and make an 8 X 10 for my office and a bumper sticker for ol’ pencil neck. ;) Thanks again, and God Bless you.
Report Post »pollyanna
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:05pm@marybethelizabeth…Beautiful user name! billy thinks his rights are better and smarter than yours…Don’t let him bother you…billy is a big headed bullying butt head. Beriod! :)
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:56pmPollyanna,
That was sarcasm.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:53pmMr. TheRightsofBilly
Who do I think the criminals are? Did you read my mind.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:00pmYou are right Kapnkd, Obama should be impeached for the high crime of engaging in an act of war by joining with Israel to attack Irainian computers.
He should also be impeached for his kill list.
But you are wrong to say President Obama is or any of the other people you named are communists. And you are wrong to say they are mine.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:08pm@
The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:27am
There is nothing new under the sun. It’s all just a little bit of history repeating. Progressives, if you’re reading this, you will be defeated. We’ve done it before, our only mistake was not chasing you into your hidey hole and finishing the job
Report Post »***
The mistake was thinking they could be “rehabilitated” and just become a “political party” (muslim brotherhood anybody?). When they are chased in a hole and it’s sealed for a thousand years, we’ll have a semblance of peace, BUT REMEMBER AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS THE PITS WILL BE OPENED AND THEY’LL COME OUT AND DECEIVE MANY” (Rev 20 paraphrased). We must never forget that it is our fallen spirit which gives them power! In turning to God for cleansing and rededicating ourselves to Him WE WILL OVERCOME!
Mil Mom
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:23pm@
PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:59pm
* You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
-Now, I myself am very thrifty, but economies prosper when people spend money to buy things. When people are too thrifty, they don’t buy things. This guy knows nothing about economics.
* You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
-Sure, that’s why the main creed of Christianity is “only the strong survive,” right?
* You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
Report Post »-Fortunately, in America we are all recognized as equal by our political system. There is no legal understanding of “small” and “big” men. And who are these “small” men? Can you think of a more snobby statement?
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You cannot find happiness if looking ever for some slight. You cannot find justice by using an eneven scale, you cannot find honesty by perpetrating lies, and you cannot bring about Heaven on Earth, by turning the earth over to those who would do wickedness to overcome your slights and grievances. Man inherits the ability to sin and the desire for good, and these are at war in him from the beginning of his understanding. It is in a Savior, God become man and living a perfect life and dying for our sins, that we find freedom from this war, (refer to Glenn’s speech at High Point Church, especially the “OH Crap, it wasn’t just a story!) Don’t look through muddy glasses at a clean plate!
Mil Mom
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:28pm@PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:09pm
* You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
Report Post »-Actually, the entire history of labor reform has proven that you CAN improve the lives of workers through laws that may potentially reduce the profitability of “wage-payers.
***
You may find in Detroit some who still believe this but I doubt many of them are still working in the auto industry, because it’s proof of how wrong, as is the steel industry, and so many other industries which were unionized in America, then the Big Union, just replaced Big Corporations for being the hiding place of the greedy, and the exploiters!
Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 5:08pmPolly,
Where is the love?
You don’t follow MaryLizzies posts much, do you???
Just sayin’
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 5:17pm@MARYBETH
No Marybeth, I did not read your mind, nor would I ever want to enter such a place.
Reading your past posts for the last year or so is all one would need in order to draw his or her own conclusions.
And don’t call me MR.
Rather presumptuous of you, eh?
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 5:21pmPublius said:
“You see, the difference between us is that I would never “stomp” someone’s “azz” over a political disagreement. Now, which one of us then would be the more “Christian?”
If what you say about yourself is true, you should enlighten all the thugs on your side of the aisle, because they have not evolved to your level of discourse yet.
That was a BIG “if”
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:06pmMary, Eric Holder should be in jail, there is no doubt about that.
Report Post »swamp_donkey
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:27pmglen beck is a moron
Report Post »D-Fence
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 7:30pm@PUBLIUSPENCILMAN
1.Thrift, you know that which is unlike what Obama, and Progressve / Socialist / Communist / Marxist governments due when in power. Green Energy alone:Evergreen Solar – $3M in DoE funds, $58M from the state of Massachusetts; SpecrtraWatt – $500K; Solyndra – $535M;Beacon Power – $43M;Eastern Energy, an AES subsidiary -$17.1M;Nevada Geothermal – $98.5M;SunPower – $1.5B;
First Solar – $3B;Babcock & Brown – $178M (they’re Australian);Ener1 – $118.5M;Amonix – $5.9M;
Fisker Automotive – $339M to build cars in Finland;Abound Solar – $400M;Solar Trust of America- $2.1B;A123 Systems – $279M;Willard & Kelsey Solar Group – $6MJohnson Controls – $299M;
Schneider Electric – $86M and you’re right, Obama does know nothing about economics as do you.
2. You say Christianity’s creed is “Only the Strong Survive” . Wow, you aren’t Christian and know nothing about Christianity. It does sound more like Darwinism though doesn’t it?
3. “Fortunately, in America we are all recognized as equal by our political system. There is no legal understanding of “small” and “big” men…..” So what we ned to do is redistribute wealth to make everybodyequal in that respect? Ok, I don’t like it but lets imagine YOU succeed. What is the next thing you willdeem “unjust” and ned to dictate a solution for? You are a petty small man. Your envy shows.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 7:49pmD-Fence,
As I mentioned responding to Apple, I do not think that this is the motto for Christianity–I was being sarcastic, pointing to the hypocrisy of this kind of rhetoric coming from a “Reverend.”
On the other count–I find it strange that you would measure who is “big” and who is “small” by economic status. On that account, I may well be “bigger” than you, but I don’t subscribe to that kind of nonsense. It’s offensive and elitist to make this kind of distinction. That’s what I was criticizing.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 7:53pmNow TheRightsofBilly. what possible reason would you have to doubt my claim that I would never physically assault someone over a political argument? You, of course, know nothing about me, yet you would prefer to think the worst just because I don’t subscribe to your ideology. Very sad indeed.
Report Post »martinsenemily
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 7:57pmThe only prob with all of this is that we have to give all govts money or go to jail……..We can save anyone/anything!!!!We are not in charge……We cant even attend congr sessions……….Congrmen dont do anything i ask..How about you??????? Reality is not inspiring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no handle on any process re govt/bureaucracy……..If so, show me!!
If we cant touch the law, we cant change it……….
When / who will impeach o??????????????If the evidence is not allowed, accepted, then noone starts the house petition and supreme court doesnot act for us!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »dgpjdp
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:40pmmy god, glenn beck in my eyes is a saint. he is truly inspiring and infectious with his passion and love. I am not gay, but I love this man for what he stands for. Keep it up my friend.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:17amWho knew about “OUR CONGRESS” printing the BIBLE after AMERICA defeated ENGLAND because King George wouldn’t allow their British colonies here to do it? WOW.. Thanks Glenn!
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 5:47pmIt wasn’t “our” Congress. It was the Congress of the Confederacy, established by the Articles of Confederation. That body predated the First Amendment and the prohibition against an “Establishment of Religion.”
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:03amI’m praying for Glenn and Mitt Romney. God bless America.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 7:21amI also am praying for Glenn and romney, along with obama. Great job Glenn. Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:00amI love God and Jesus is my lord and savior.
I love my family.
I love America as it was founded.
the issue of obama’s eligibility has been, for the most part, successfully obfuscated. i believe this was done because of some sort of concensus that “outing” his ineligibility and removing him from office would bring about horrific social upheaval in america and the possiblity of the collapse of the republic. perhaps, perhaps not.
the real issue is what did it cost the soul of america to avoid this rather unpleasant situation? it’s ironic that in arranging for the “birther” issue to be marginalized in a coordinated way to avoid potential disaster, they have taken on a huge spiritual liability…….kind of like monetizing the debt in a way and similar in scope.
we “birthers” only wanted the truth to be known. if that truth was that he was eligible, then so be it but the way in which this issue has been handled lends credence to the conclusion that obama is not eligible.
the soul of america has rotted. thank God Jesus is returning soon.
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:12amyup….that’s the answer…Obama’s birth certificate….Wow. What a putz.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:12amIF the usurper is illegitimate then it is our job to seek the truth, the real putz is the one calling the other person a putz. If you cannot think critically, you are no more than the ‘sheeple being led to the slaughter’, and I feel very sorry for your kind. Tyranny is masked in fraud, and they tell you things that make you feel good, it makes you take down your guard, and then like a thief in the night, it will strip you of your liberty. Go ahead and support the tyranny of the left. Can you not see it already, banning cokes in NY, banning worship in your homes, infringing on our rights with each new law, taxing us to the brink of poverty, spending our money to support the lazy, to wage wars. THAT is soft tyranny, too bad you cannot see it.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:16pm@ Aggie,
I did admittedly use some big words that you could possibly be unfamiliar with. I ask because your response was textbook Alinsky (ad hominem – i.e., you have no argument so use personal attacks).
Report Post »faithhopelove2
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:39amAbsolute amazing event in Texas tonight! I pray God will keep Glenn Beck safe and protect our present day “George Whitfield”.
Report Post »Small World
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:31amGlenn you are blessed thus we are blessed to have you. P.S. Goodstuff you’re not so good go some where else please.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:29amYou’ve been put on notice Barack Hussein Obama.. with hard work, devotion, love for your country, love instead of hate, patriotism instead of socialism and truth would have made you Americans first Black president… INSTEAD.. you chose the complete opposite… “I will transform America”.. into something nobody recognizes!
Report Post »rcguy
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:20amBarry is playing golf this weekend at Camp David. Don’t tell anyone.
Report Post »patriotteapress
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:25amWOW! I’ve never in my life seen something so uplifting and inspiring. Thanks Glenn!
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:32amMe either. Very real. Very pure.
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:24amIt brought tears to my eye’s. Us patriots are dying inside to see what is being done to our country.
Report Post »lwillis59
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:17pmLOVED the whole show.. but the ending.. WOW!….
Report Post »ThinkingClearly
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:15amNOVEMBER 6th ACCOUNTABILITY DAY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMVVR_8oXxM
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:33amAmen to that .. but we have a LOT of work to do .. before then. Let’s get it done!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:13amI see a lot of empty seats.
—”Beck said in the speech’s opening. “One million meals have just left the stadium. We’re feeding the hungry in 11 cities.There are churches that can worship again when it rains because we — you –put a roof up.”—
Stop feeding people! Especially poor, fat people (only in America). Stop building things for free! America needs more jobs…not more charity! Endless charity creates dependence. Teach these people to fish! When will Beck and his supporters realize this? Beck is only doing this to pat himself on the back. We need economic growth, not economic dependence!
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:26amYou mistake the charity of an individual given gladly and from the goodness of his/her heart for a goverment program.
One builds hope, the other builds dependence. One is a gift of grace with no strings attached. The other is a set of manacles and bondage.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:33amWhy you little pansies come to a site of person you obviously can’t stand is so pathetic. If you and the other little hateful punks think for one second that you‘ll change anyone’s mind here, you are truly a fool. You do show the stupidity and pure hate we are up against though, which makes us stronger. Carry on tools.
Report Post »ComingUnglued
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:34amWhy don’t you tell your government friends to teach a man to fish. So you saw a lot of empty seats. Maybe you should have gotten off the couch and actually performed a day of service. You might have learned something. We will go back home to NJ and take what we learned. Give a man a Hand up not a hand out.
Report Post »WendyM
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:35am@RANGER1965
Amen
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:48am@GOODSTUFF (aka BADATTITUDE)
I guess you MISSED THIS …
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-packs-the-house-for-restoring-love-sells-more-tickets-at-cowboys-stadium-than-paul-mccartney/
“Glenn Beck’s critics called him crazy for choosing Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas — the largest sports arena in the United States — to hold his historic Restoring Love event. However, not even he could have predicted just how wildly successful it would actually turn out to be.
A source familiar with the event told TheBlaze that there were more than 40,000 tickets sold to Restoring Love as of Friday afternoon. A number larger than when Sir Paul McCartney played in the same arena in 2009. McCartney sold about 36,000 tickets The numbers just goes to show how much public support Beck enjoys.
Based on the set-up of the event, a little more than 40,000 tickets would provide clear site lines and high-quality audio were made available, the source explained.”
Those “empty” seats would be the ones where you can’t see around a pole etc.
Report Post »BlazeManS
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:10amGoodstuff… Were you there? I was… There were NOT that many empty seats!! It was LOUD!!! It was uplifting. You want hope and not hype? Then stop hating others for doing good works. Stop judging the actions of others. What have you done for someone else where you got no “reward”? Get off your butt and do something for someone else. Might just change your life. With your attitude you certainly need a life changing event to happen to you. May God give you just what you need.
Report Post »doubletap
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:18am@bob
SEMPER FI
Report Post »LoveBringsTruth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:44amI was there, 3 of the 4 rings were 85/90 percent full, the 4th ring was closed plus a thousand or so on the field. Each ring probably holds 20,000 people. The stadium seats 80,000. I’m guessing around 50,000+ maybe 60,000. Could be as low as 40-45,000.
But…If you disagree with his message, move along, no need to waste your time commenting on how much you hate.
Report Post »LoveBringsTruth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:45amBOB OATH – Most of the negative comments are pentagon bloggers, NSA bloggers and paid bloggers of the left wing media.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:46amif this is the caliber that media splatters can come up with i think i will sleep well
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 7:23amwow, thats clueless, stop feeding the hungry?
Report Post »RobbieTLHughie
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:55amIt’s so easy to dismiss everyone who disagrees with you as “Inside the conspiracy” isn’t it? What a wonderful life you must live.
Also, that story about more ticket sales than Paul McCartney lists no actual references at all…
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:16amGOODSTUFF YOU are sick to your very soul. OOPS FORGOT you have no soul!!!!!!!
Report Post »littlefox
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:05amExactly right RANGER1965
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:39amGOODSTUFF, nothing good with you. ALWAYS negative, liberal, progressive empty soul.
You should have come and filled an empty seat and you might see things in a positive light. You wouldn’t be here trying to tear down all that is good and uplifting. Shame on you.
Report Post »pudssweetie
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:12pmSo your answer to the problem is to force even more people onto the Government for help, rather than helping your local community food pantry or organization. It is apparent you haven’t a clue so let me explain it to you. Back in the pioneering days, there was no food pantry’s, no food stamps or welfare. When someone or a family faced hard times and were facing loosing everything, which was not much back then, usually the town people came to their aid. If they needed food, food was given, if they were behind on land payments, money was raised, if someone was hurt and couldn’t harvest their crop, people in the community helped, same with planting a crop. No matter what the problem was, the Community helped, not the Government. This is what we need to get back to and is the message that Glenn is trying to get out. If We The People stepped up and did more for our communities to help those who are having trouble, then those people would be less likely to look for a Government handout. If you disagree with what I said, then you are nothing but a modern day Scrooge.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:51pmI guess it’s true.I won’t worry my little mind about people who like to throw rocks at things that shine.Sad you feel the way you do.There are many people who aren‘t leaches that are working but need a helping hand or some elderly who are doing their best to live on their SS that is who we’re talking about.I have a neighbor who goes to work everyday and gas prices and food prices are going up and up she never complains so yes if I have an opportunity to give her some food or an opportunity to help her earn extra money because she is a seamstress I recommend her to friends who can‘t afford to take their things to a taylor it helps them and her that’s helping one another it‘s not a handout she doesn’t sit and wait for a check in the mail from the government ( tax payers ) which she pays into also yes I will help people like that who aren’t looking to government for anything.
Report Post »MNM in California
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:16pmThere were very few empty seats actually. The whole upper deck was empty but he planned it that way. And community service is just that. We don’t help others because we are being told to, we do it because we want to. If it was the job of all those who helped this weekend, chances are they wouldn‘t have don’t it with the same vigor as when it was out of the kindness of our heart. That’s what makes America wonderful @goodstuff
Report Post »pollyanna
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:26pm@goodstuff…We are sorry that you just don’t get it…yet…I have hope for you. Open your eyes and look around you, at the people who need assistance. Take a minute…put your car in park…assist an old lady (I’m one) with her bad knees and packages, trying to get on a bus…You’d be surprised, how you’d feel after helping someone in need. This is one senario…
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nanalynn
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:46pmHey, ‘Goodstuff’, obviously LOADED with BADstuff, did you see ‘alot of empty seats’ when Pual McCartney played at that same stadium? You MUST have because Glenn Beck sold MORE seats and FILLED more seats than McCartney did. You must be a bafoon and related to mayor ‘doomsburg’ in new york. He doesn’t want the people feedind the poor either, only government. Exactly how big do you want the government to grow and who will pay all their salaries, A+ insurance plans and full retirement packages? Certainly NOT YOU- you’re too stupid to have a job.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:37amDoubleTap, OORAH Brother.
Report Post »Rampart
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:11amGlenn Beck is a *true* leader and magnificent human. May God Bless Glenn, his family and his heroic efforts to save our country and American way of life.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:50amAfter hearing the Restoring Love, I will never again let the media lies get to me. I will laugh so much at them because they are truly pathetic and laughable. They have been exposed for the frauds that they are.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:22pm@MAJASDAD, no argument; just name-call. You’re the fool getting played, you believe that BO is your gawd. Shameful. He does promise to provide you with free this & free that, but remember that you give up FREE WILL. You are bought & paid for by the American taxpayers.
Who’s the douche now?
Report Post »team1blazer
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:04amWhen the MSM does not report on this event…YOU have an obligation to call them out. Get the li
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:13amAnd a Mormon shall lead them.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:15am“They pushed and they were pushed back on the bridge at Selma. They pushed and they were pushed off the bus in Montgomery.”
Who does he think he is…Jesse Jackson?? Beck is losing it.
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:41am@GOODSTUFF
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:15am
“They pushed and they were pushed back on the bridge at Selma. They pushed and they were pushed off the bus in Montgomery.”
Who does he think he is…Jesse Jackson?? Beck is losing it.
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Is that the message you found in this event?
BlazeManS
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:12amGoodstuff… Congrats on using the old liberal trick of taking things out of context. Good job!!
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:42pmMatter of fact, …Just sent an email to many of the FOX programs and individual anchors not to mention Roger Ailes asking them WHY are they not reporting this magnificent and newsworthy event of Glenn’s.
FOX News should be proud that one of their (formerly) own has accomplished so much and done so many POSITIVE things for our country.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:49pm@ashestoashes
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:13am
And a Mormon shall lead them
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At least read the story on the Blaze about the speech at High Point Church! You’ve got to get the true term, “God raised up a Drunken Mormon, (Not many of those around)”. You see, God uses the weak things of this world to confound the strong and the foolish things of this world to CONFOUND the wise! That’s HIS WAY, and Jesus tried to tell us!
MKFlyboy
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:01amWish I could have been in Dallas, but got my Roku in the nick of time. I’m 61, and that was the most profoundly inspiring show I’ve ever experienced. God bless Glenn for that awesome amazing gift!
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:58pmGo Beckster!!!! in your face barry, you dimwit.
What the dimwit Barry tries to tear down the Beckster builds back up.
America IS beautiful, even if her government has been a cancer to her and the world for the past 20+. Soon we will bring those criminals in government, to trial, hold them accountable and restore America back as the FREEDOM BEACON of the WORLD.
And the only part of our gun you tyrants can have is the bullet.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:40amThis really puts Barry and his criminal administration to shame. Their lies are even more clear than ever. The difference is most obvious when compared, side by side, as Glenn once said.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:55pmI turned 60 this year.. and yeah it’s an eye opener considering 30 seems like yesterday. I have to say.. Becks speech was the greatest speech I’ve heard in my lifetime.. and I’ve heard a few, lets say. Thanks Glenn.. I’ll take it to my grave.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:42amIt was better then the “I have a dream” speech?
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:54am@MODERATIONISBEST… Yeah.. it was because he incorporated Mr. King into it and took it to a level Mr. King couldn‘t have at the time because they weren’t yet really free… GET IT? BTW.. Did you know Mr. King was a Republican?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:49amnice job oneterm
moderationishopeless has run off with his tail between his legs ……………wont be hearing from him the rest of the night
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 4:36pm@PSYCHOSIS
Huh? Tail between my legs? Well that’s a grand assumption and not based on any evidence?
@OneTerm
So what you’re saying is that he stole what Dr. King said, and expounded on it? I also doubt Beck said anything more profound then, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
What does the possibility of Dr. King being a Republican have to do with ANYTHING? We are talking about a speech by Glenn Beck, and you then blurt out that you think King was a Republican? How would that play any part in the discussion we are having? It doesn’t, not at all.
I suggest you read the politifact and what they have to say on your claims.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jan/17/raging-elephants/houston-group-says-martin-luther-king-jr-was-repub/
Can you give me one instance where Martin Luther King Jr. declared himself a Republican? I have yet to see one, but maybe you can provide it.
I would say at most that it is unknown what King’s political affiliations were. Either way, Republican or Democrat, I am still confused why you would need to blurt King‘s political affiliation as it has nothing to do with Beck’s speech.
Report Post »WendyM
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:53pmwhat an incredible awesome show – completely amazing and music was incredible. Will spend rest of weekend thinking of more ways to help serve my country and fellow man through love and service. God bless you Glenn
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:05amWendy.. as we go forward to this election the best way we can serve our country and it’s future is to make sure we talk to family, friends and co-workers about how important this election is and WE make sure EVERYONE is registered to vote, knows WHY, and how important it is to our nation and it’s future… it’s the GREATEST thing we can do… right now.
Report Post »j.beadling
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:49pmSo Code Pink and the Westboro Baptist Church were protesting this event. Go figure. Forgive them, for they not know what they do.
God Bless You Glenn, you are the best
Report Post »Jhooks
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:47pmI am speechless. The Restoring Love event was monumental. I will carry it with me for the rest of my life.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:46pmSimply.. IN AWE! BECK IS THE LIVING REINCARNATION OF OUR FORE FATHERS! In a different time and place… he would have been an AMERICAN PRESIDENT and one of our GREATEST ones! The Founders would have considered him one of them. I’ll go out on a limb and say… he proved his daughter wrong.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:13amWhy don’t you go ahead and drop to your knees and pray outright to Glenn; your worship of him is a bit shameful. Reading these post, one would think that Jesus himself performed. Calm down, step back, take a deep breath, he is just a man taking advantage of scared folks emotins and pocket books. He is not Jesus, or the founding fathers reborn, or even the Prophet that he thinks he is.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:25pmmacrappy pos, thanking someone and worshiping someone are two different things dufas. Go watch Obama so you can feel that tingleing feeling in your groan then, look up the word worship. Like you would even worship Jesus in the first place Muslim. alah sucks pigs feet. ewwwww! smack that keyboard puzzy.BIO!
Report Post »SidneyDave
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:39pm@Macpappy – It appears you don’t know the difference between worship and respect. I have not read anywhere on this blog that anyone worships Glen Beck, buy many admire and respect him.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:41pm@MACPAPPY… Don’t let NOTHING but FEAR hold YOU back from watching it PAPPY.
Report Post »USAOneNationUnderGod
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:35pmAmazing! Inspiration for all! God Bless AMERICA!
Report Post »sybilll
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:35pmI am such a patriotic sap that all I had to see was the Liberty Bell and I had to grab the tissues. It just got better from there. Loved it!
Report Post »fande3rls
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:05amWE all do tha tbrother we all do that ,In the past couple of years , i have had the honor of going to three Presidents Tombs , all three here in VA i have prayed , and saying that I am sorry for our generation Allowing the Dream to wither
Report Post »Coyote6
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:31pmIt was awe inspiring. And fun to watch. I wonder what the MSM will say about it tomorrow. The usual crap I suppose. I don’t even care. Glenn was great.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:42pmuhhh that would be nothing!!! & I don’t even care. I do not need “validation” from them or anyone else for that matter. I know WHOSE I am – that is sufficient
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:31pmIt was history making. Please make a DVD for me to share with my family and friends and please record as it was. I want the original and I will pay for it …..Please.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:28pmI have no idea why I thought I wouldn’t get emotional, this is the third time I have watched this event with Glenn, and I am so glad I could be online to see it. Wonderfull.
Report Post »Twinspeedr
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:28pmI love Beck, but he hast to stop deifying Lincoln. Lincoln did at least as much damage to the country as Andrew Jackson, more I think. Lincoln was the first real elitist big-government President that acted on his own avarice. He spent much of his time in office stomping on the US Constitution and violating the rights of US citizens. I would ask that everyone please read “the Real Lincoln” by Thomas DiLorenzo. Our book club did and the fact checking bears out the author’s conclusions, it is awful what Lincoln and his Generals did. However, if you value the truth, then you MUST value the unvarnished truth about everything.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:44pmGet a bigger glass ( 1/2 full or 1/2 empty at least requires a glass)
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:11amWell let’s see..Lincoln declared that we could print our own money without going through the Rothschild’s Bank and he was assassinated..Andrew Jackson ran on Jackson and no Bank..when they tried to execute him..both of the assassin’s guns failed..Jackson would later say that he knew it was the Rothschilds.. He suceeded in throwing them out and Woodrow Wilson let them back in but lamented upon leaving office that he harmed America by doing so.. Garfield was murdered for speaking out against them and John F Kennedy at the insistance of his brother Bobbly issued an executive order saying we could print our own money without going through them and both were assassinated with Lyndon B Johnson upon taking John’s place rescinded that order.. So, those particular men died trying to help us..
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:19amLincoln’s situation was vastly different from most presidents, it was the only way he could restore sanity to an otherwise insane situation. It wasn’t like he took great pleasure in doing what he did. What he did know was, despite the differences, a house divided can‘t stand on it’s own, so it is with a country at war with itself. A country must be on the same page if it is to survive. You take that and oppose it with what we seen of other presidents like the Roosevelt’s, Lincoln was Regan x2 compared to those dirt bags.
Report Post »HollisBrown
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:05amtwinspeedr is exactly right!!
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