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Obama Defends ‘Timid’ Health Care Law: Change Won‘t Happen ’Overnight’

In this first clip President Obama explains that his health care plan is similar to “every piece of progressive legislation,” like Social Security and Civil Rights legislation. He explains that in the first 18 months of his administration they’ve “created a structure” for the change to come.

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  • We Are Not Alone
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:31am

    FELINA and BLAZE READERS:

    The left led a boycott against Target because Target supported and donated to Republicans. The list posted here is unsubstantiated…….. maybe they support Republicans……just sayin

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  • faddle
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:27am

    A reprint in my local paper has completely and undeniably put a lump in my throat. Apparently, some schools have decided to implement the Tony Blair Foundation’s ‘Face to Faith’ Program as part of the “Partners for a New Beginning” commitment instituted by Bill Clinton. All this stems from Obama’s call for a “new beginning” between the U.S. and the Muslim world!

    So now, more than 120 American schools will be going beyond textbook discussions of world religion to engage directly with their peers in Muslim-majority countries by means of on-line video-conferencing. This is being instituted in order for students to learn and discuss their respective religious beliefs and values so that they might develop a better understanding and tolerance of each other’s religion. It’s all couched under “global issues of common concern” and “how individual beliefs/values shape a better understanding of these issues.” With all the problems our country is facing, is this really what is needed?

    It’s all falling into place now. We get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance in our classrooms. We get rid of the reading of a Bible verse and bowing our heads in prayer. We take out the singing of “America” (My Country Tis of Thee) and our national anthem. And, we replace these things with the interactive study of ISLAM!! We abandon an understanding of our religious heritage, our history, and our Judeo-Christian ethic, and we replace them with revisionist history and a longing for a better understanding of ISLAM – radicals from which have caused nothing but death and destruction around the world for decades. On any level, does this make any sense at all?

    It isn’t enough that NASA has been turned into a goodwill ambassador “feel good” organization to the Muslim world. It isn’t enough that our taxpayer dollars are being used to build mosques at home and around the world. It isn’t enough that while we kow tow to the Muslim regime in Iran, they continue to thumb their nose at our olive branches, criticize our every move, preach hatred and death to the infidels, and move closer and closer to the realization of nuclear weapons. It isn’t enough that our foreign relations policy consists of bowing to Muslim leaders and apologizing to them for every sin we’ve ever committed – real or imagined? That’s not enough?

    It may have taken a few decades to accomplish this, but it is done. If some sanity doesn’t return very soon, we can kiss Christianity goodbye and say hello to Sharia Law. Ladies, pick out your head scarf material. Men, start collecting your stones. All that remains is for the American people to re-elect Imam Obama as Muslim dictator of the U.S. in 2012, and the deal is sealed. Obama, who believes in ‘collective/community’ salvation verses individual salvation is the perfect foil for this high priority transformation of America.

    And the Tea Party movement is ‘extreme?’ Their candidates are ‘kooks?” Give me a break! Patriots, the time is nearing to pick up the pitchforks and lanterns and go about the serious business of taking our country back. It starts on November 2. Appeasement, excessive tolerance, and political correctness have no place in the “shining city on a hill.” These things are not what have made our country truly exceptional, and they will not serve us well going forward if we are to have the future we desire for the generations of Americans to come. Barack Obama was an experiment which went terribly wrong. It’s time now to put the ruling class out to pasture, and for the country class to come home again before we wake up one morning and fail to recognize the country we inherited.

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    • Jezreel
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 1:45pm

      I am hoping that the United States turns back and that we become a “sheep” nation. I am hoping that after the election and the house is republican that they will impeach Obama for that instance a while back of offering a job to a person that would sell his seat in congress. That is impeachable and if he blatanty refuses to work with the repubicans which he most probably will, I hope that they have the backbone to do it. We have too many cowards in office and if they don’t do what we want, we will get rid of them too. I felt Obama was a muslim from the beginning. The spirit of Christ just does NOT bear witness in that man. I don’t care what people think of me either in calling me stupid etc. If we cared more of what God thinks of us rather than man, our world would be much better.

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    • bookofwisdom
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 2:57pm

      Well said Faddle. I’m with you. May God Bless.

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    • shadisadie
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 3:17pm

      @ faddle…amen..from your lips to GODS ears

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  • GenialContrarian
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:16am

    Felina G,
    Interesting list, but I just heard a commercial this morning on his show for ancestry.com, so that entry appears to be in error. Indeed, as a frequent listener to the GB show for a long time, I find a number of those entries completely unfamiliar. I guess I could have forgotten many of those sponsors, but I tend to doubt it. Some, like ancestry.com, are probably still sponsoring the show. Others may in fact never have been sponsors, a possibility that seems particularly likely for Jack Daniels, for example.

    Consequently, I am forced to ask, “Where is your sourcing for the list?” How can we get to the list, or to sources for any of the entries you listed? Without sourcing, it’s just a list of rumors.

    Let me illustrate. Jack Daniels would be a singularly unlikely sponsor, since Glenn is a recovering alcoholic. Perhaps Note 4 would clarify that commercial relationship. Perhaps, for example, Jack Daniels owns company A, which owns company B, which advertizes/advertized on GB.

    Another illustration. Glenn turned General Motors away as a sponsor (see, for example, Cadillac on the list) when they took the bailout money. Glenn quit them, they didn’t quit Glenn.

    I don‘t believe I’ve heard a commercial for Coca-Cola on GB in a while, so they might be one of the sponsors who were successfully intimidated by the boycott tactics. But what is the statement referred to in parentheses after the entry for Coke? And where can I find it?

    You say you have put time and money into this; does “this” mean specifically time and money researching the entries on this list? If so, then your credibility would be vastly enhanced by providing the link(s) to the relevant sources. In fact, without those links or other documentation, your list is not really worth considering.

    I, for one, would like to read the statement by Coca-Cola referred to in your list. I am also very interested in Note 4 (Jack Daniels), as well as Note 3, Note 5, Note 7, and other statements.

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  • Weusedtokillcommies
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:15am

    What a tremendous list of vital industry leaders (sarcasm)! Let’s see: AVON, George Foreman, Lawyers.com (hmmmm, really?), Radio Shack, Republic of Macedonia (dang, you mean I can’t see all those clever Macedonian commercials on Beck anymore? CRAP!), USPS-penultimate organizational failure.
    Gee, I guess there are millions of overly made-up, Macedonian HAM radio operators who can go back to standing in line at the post office or cooking there grease free burgers and not be bothered by watching the most popular show on TV. Whatever will Glenn do?

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  • Ezekiel38
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:08am

    “You don’t want to use that phrase, dude.” When was the last time I heard a comedian referring to the President of the United States as “dude”? Wait….. Bush ??!! Never!!!
    How diminished the state of the presidency has become!

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  • JenniferNB
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:07am

    Wow….Thanks for educating me on the list of companies that I will avoid like the plague! They will be right up there with MSNBC,CNN etc…Now I will be able to carry it around with me and show it to everyone so that they can realize by all of these companies how much Beck is affecting TRUTH and how much the truth hurts at first…..As everything that Beck and his staff researches comes true they freak out more and more! LOVE IT!

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  • MJ1025
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:06am

    Yawn. The list is a sham. Beck is doing very well.

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  • Nicoline
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:01am

    I love how he states “30 million people will have health insurance”, but it doesn’t mention the fact of how many millions will be out of health insurance once this bill takes full effect because employers will find it cheaper to pay the individual fines then pay for employee benefits. People who don’t work will get coverage on the backs of people who are working.

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  • ReaganerThanThou
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:59am

    I think the president has been smoking something stronger than tobacco in the White House.

    Mr, President, please tells when any of us said WE EXPECT YOU TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER OVERNIGHT. We did expect, however, that you should have something (positive) to show for approximately two years in the White House.

    Exit question to Dems: please tell us here when your fearless leader admits that he owns the economy? Three years? Four? Five? Ten? When? After two decades, will all the problems still be Bush’s fault?

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:19am

      I think the progressives and democrats answer to him owning the economy will be “Never.”

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  • Race
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:49am

    Given the amount of folk that watch Glenn I’m thinking that boycotting his show is rather foolish of them. Boycotts work from the ground up, not top down, and I see this as a potential loss of market share by these companies. Their loss.

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  • felina g
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:44am

    Hope someone can find the ENTIRE list. I put my time and money where my mouth is and refuse to compromise anymore. The stakes have never been higher.

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  • We Are Not Alone
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:41am

    Thanks Felina but I’m listening on line and Glenn always says listen BUT verify…. I had a knee jerk reaction at first, but after stepping back a minute and before I take a stand, I’ll personally contact the sponsor. Don’t know where the list came from in the first place….. let’s not jump to conclusions.

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  • Stacey
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:37am

    Hey Felina…..I don‘t know if youv’e noticed—buuuuut——–he still has advertisers!!!!
    TV show!–Radio show! He’s a winner!!! He’s Loved!!! He’s Listened to!!! The Truth Will Prevail!!!!—–deal with it!

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  • stinkybisquit
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:36am

    Proactive measures, by people who were never advertisers? That’s like “jobs created or saved.” Well, I’m never going to Mexico. Does that mean I have stopped going there?

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  • stinkybisquit
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:34am

    Proactive. That’s like “Jobs created or saved,” right?

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  • janddjohnson
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:32am

    FELINAG: I for one am glad you put up the list. Thank you.

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  • takingonissues.com
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:31am

    You lefties are so darn stupid….once all of our freedoms get taken from us I‘m not sure you’ll get it then either…you’ll probably still be blaming Bush….!!!

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  • seeker9
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:30am

    There is no amount of laws, taxation, redistrbution that will gaurantee that no individual ever falls on to hard times. An unfortunate fact.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:30am

    http://www.comcast.net/video/1626767620/uncut_sen_gregg_on_obamacare_and_american_common_sense
    (If clicking on the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it into your browser and hit “enter.”)
    Judd Gregg with the LIE that is OBAMACARE!!!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:29am

    Thanks for adding that LIST of adverstisers and sponsors we can now AVOID! :) THEIR LOSS since BECK has a HUGE audience…. MORONS.

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  • halfbrain
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:28am

    I’ll stop watching Beck too. I just subscribe to the insider extreme.

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  • jacobstroubles
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:27am

    Everybody should fire off a nice little thank you email to each of those idiot companies listed above, letting them know that you will not be patronizing their business, and that you are happy that they came out from the cloak of the shadows, and made it easier for you to know who they are and where they stand.

    Like the garbage Joy Bayheart on the VIEW is with her vile spewage, who cares about her and people like her: she and anybody who thinks like her ( as you see in the list) are damaged goods.

    With clarity we know why we have the current situation we have.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:31am

      Just keep the nice LIST and AVOID those on it like the PLAGUE! haha Payback’s a B**ch! ;)

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:20am

    And this has what to do with this story?

    Even if this is true…So what? You think Beck will be canceled? ROFLMAO!!! More people watch Beck in one day than watch any five commentators on any other networks in a whole week! Beck is huge man! The only way you will get rid of him is to kill him. If that happens there will be 5 more Becks rise up to take his place! Face it, you lose!

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  • Sandy
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:16am

    Yes, it will. From Nov 2 to Nov 3rd will be the overnight change that will happen. Then the bill will get repealed.

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:28am

      @Sandy

      LOVE it! Yes it certainly will. It will be swift and exacting. Now, if we can only figure out how to “undoctrinate” our young people.

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:37am

      @John 7:18

      Simple – it will take time, reason, and love. Ask anyone being deprogrammed from cults of darkness and such. It has taken generations for the Progressives to get this far, now we will take it back and hold on to our countries highest ideals of the Almighty and the freedom He enlightens to our land in the Constitution.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:55am

      @Snowleopard

      That’s true (if we can break the youngsters away from their texting and X-Boxes and other gadgets long enough to care about what’s going on in their country).

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:02am

      @John 7:18

      True. Maybe the parents could exercise the option of the Off button more often.

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    • moriarty70
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:20am

      Hey John, your talk about X-box’s and other gadgets sounds a lot like comments Obama has made as well. And it sounds just as condecending and ignorant of different hobbies and evolving comunication methods.

      Also, could you explain the difference between their “indoctrination” and your “fixing”. I mean, to me it sounds like it‘s only different since you’re bringing them around to your view.

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 12:28pm

      @Moriarty – Wow, have you been sitting around all day just waiting for the right opportunity to slam someone for no reason and make yourself sound like an idiot? I never said we should take their gadgets and toys away permanently, or that they should be allowed to have them. I simply stated that young people today have little or no concern with the serious problems facing this country (problems that will be theirs at some point), so it would behoove them to get more involved in what’s going on and stop getting their information from Jon Stewart and Bill Maher. That would require them to spend a little less time with their gadgets, thats all.

      Next time you try to compare me to Obama make sure you know what you’re talking about, It’s funny you accuse me of being ignorant and condescending – apparantly you are well aware that those traits describe you perfectly and it’s a sore subject for you. Hope you get some help for that!

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    • moriarty70
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 12:55pm

      I’m totaly guilty of those traits from time to time. But my real issue is people equate these hobbies with being uninvolved and ignorant. I tend to find that a gross mischaracterization and it’s something of a berzerker button for me. I‘ve spent my whole life hearing that the youth don’t care and aren‘t involved when I’ve always been a huge advocate of getting out voting and engaging many friends and acquaintances in discussions about issues.

      And the comparission to Obama was just my way of pointing out that slamming the youth is not a partisan issues.

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on October 28, 2010 at 3:03pm

      @Moriarty –

      I understand your argument and can sympathize to a point. However, although it is quite sad and troublesome, very few younger people do as you described in your post – get involved in the issues of today and inform themselves so that when they do vote they can do so intelligently, based on who they think best represents their own beliefs. Yet, ask several random young adults about the latest video game, for example, and they could probably tell you everything about it. I am actually a technology lover, I just think it is starting to take over the lives of young people, and at a younger age every year. And that truly makes me worry about the direction of our country. Everything in moderation, I suppose is what I’m trying to say.

      BTW, you might have already guessed, but being compared to Obama in ANY way is my “berzerker” button.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:15am

    OOOOOOOH, FELINA, you’re going to get it from His disciples now!

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