Jon Stewart’s Epic Parody Of Glenn Beck
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As we suspected long ago, we can now officially confirm that Glenn Beck isn’t just considered a “joke” in some circles, he is now important and influential enough to merit a nearly 15 minute parody by America’s “most trusted” news personality, Jon Stewart. The take-down was beyond complete; Daily Show writers and producers revealed that they are meticulous students of Beck’s production methods: they didn’t miss a trick.
Legend has it that when the great Greek philosophers like Aristotle and Socrates were publicly mocked by their counterpart playwrights, they were not offended – in fact they were pleased to achieved that level of notoriety and import to receive such treatment. An apt metaphor, perhaps, for the epic, thorough and very public mocking that Jon Stewart gave to Glenn Beck last night – from cold-open to the syllogistically flimsy blackboard. There was also the trademark odd and faux-improvised moments, the sneaker with suit look and the signature walk around the studio and emotional pauses that make The Glenn Beck Show so watchable.
Ironically, while Beck and Stewart are cut from a completely different cloth, there are many similarities in what they do on a nightly basis. Both take what they deem as absurd platitudes voiced by someone in the public arena, then amplify that to a level that brings comedy, fear, or sometimes both. The thing is that, while The Daily Show with Jon Stewart calls itself a “fake news show,” it’s really a news program disguised as comedy show. You could say something similar about The Glenn Beck Show, though cynics might say that his show appears to be more of a (tragic) comedy program, disguised as a news show. A slight, yet very significant difference.
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The man has talent. Awesome parody
As I watched this last night I couldn’t understand how people watch Beck’s show? I guess it takes a special kind of stupid to be entertained by this kind of bullshit. He’s certainly not educating anyone. And now he’s attacking Churches? The real saving grace here is that while there are some 300 million people in this country, less than 5 million watch Beck and fox in general. That’s a good thing!
@roxsteady: You can’t look at how people watch it; what GB is essentially is FNC response to the daily show and colbert report. They tried numerous times to duplicate Stewart and failed miserably (what was it called like the 30 minute news show or something?). They finally figured out after Colbert went on the air to actually make a show like Colbert, but instead make the guy speaking actually mean what he is saying.
Jon Stewart is a genius!
Roxsteady:
What takes a special kind of stupid is to hear from Media Matters that “Glenn Beck attacked churches” and actually take that a face value. If you had the least bit of intellectual curiosity, you’d find out what he said for yourself.
To save you time, what Beck said is that just like progressives are trying to take over government (i.e., Obama) and culture (i.e., Hollywood) to achieve their goals, they are also trying to take over churches under the guise of “social justice.”
Beck’s point is that the social justice Christ talked about (he never actually used those words, by the way) came from individuals and a necessitated a change in the human heart, not from the coercive force of government imposed by legislation. “Render onto Caesar what is due Caesar and render unto God what is due God.” Sound familiar? If government forces you to be charitable, then YOU are not really being charitable at all.
What Beck said is perfectly legitimate (and correct) but is being twisted by progressives into an “attack on churches.” That’s pathetic, but what’s more pathetic is the mindless drones that believe it.
That having been said, Stewart is hilarious, and this was well done. It’s a shame he can’t turn that same comedic talent at targets on the other side of the aisle more often (to his credit, he does occasionally to great effect).
And, Colby, your understanding of Greek philosophy is spot on. In fact, aside from Plato’s dialogues, Socrates also appears in Aristophanes’ The Clouds, which was a parody of him and other intellectuals of Athens (that’s where the idea of “having your head in the clouds” comes from).
“Legend has it that when the great Greek philosophers like Aristotle and Socrates were publicly mocked by their counterparts playwrights, they were not offended” — perhaps they were not offended then, but they’d be offended today to be even placed in a metaphor for the Beck/Stewart contrast. But Jon Stewart should be offended that you’ve called him a ‘counterpart’ to that idiot and lunatic Glen Beck. Stewart is a satirist and Beck is no more than material for satire because Beck deserves it. As to talent, Stewart has more talent in that red blemish on his ass than Beck ever will have.
I think you do not give enough credit to people finch when it comes to gathering information about what Beck says. Yes, Media Matters is an excellent place to go to get Beck quotes. And almost always they include the video clip or, in the case of Beck’s radio show (where he often goes even more over the top than on his Fox show) the audio clip. But, especially in the case of Beck’s social justice rant, videos of what he said were all over the air waves, with commentators dissecting his every word. That certainly was not a case of an isolated quote being taken out of context.
As for as your defense of Beck’s social justicie comments, you did not mention that Beck explicitly said that social justice is a code word for communism and nazism, as he held up communist and nazi symbols. He advised people to run from their churches if they see or hear that term. Excuse me. If this was a moderated debate the moderator would have held up the “unacceptable ad hominen attack” sign.
If you can not see that Beck is an extremist of the highest order then you are watching the right show. Mediaite did another piece today about O’Reilly becoming more gentile, at least in relation to Beck. I suspect O’Reilly, who is a much smarter and experienced man than Beck, realizes that when some group of crazies blows up a government building because they are upset with the government, and when it is revealed that they were inspired by Beck’s fear mongering rants, there will be a major outrage directed at those people who are inciting unjustified fear.
Roxsteady,
Since you are too ignorant to watch his show yourself and FORM YOUR OWN OPINION, I will explain Glen Becks Show to you in a nutshell, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH MORON!!!! LMFAO
Seriously though progressives, I watch your shows on MSNBC, I read the atrocious articles in the New York times, and you people are too brainwashed by propaganda to even venture over and form your own opinion. You know why you can’t watch shows outside the MSM? Because you will be forced to THINK!!! Seriously, I read books constantly, everything from Communist Manifesto to The Reagen Diaries, and I can tell immediately an uneducated liberal who has no foundation for intellectual honesty when I see one.
Jon Stewart is arguably the most brilliant satirists in modern times. He’s absolutely god damn amazing!
>You know why you can’t watch shows outside the MSM? Because you will be forced to THINK!!!
Why is it then that every single conservative media outlet is opinionated? Conservative and liberal media exist for people to get opinionated information. The mainstream media exists for (as much as they can; though always certainly scrutinized) impartial information.
>You know why you can’t watch shows outside the MSM? Because you will be forced to THINK!!!
Once again, I wonder how many of Glenn Beck’s viewers or Rush Limbaugh’s listeners tune into those two because they want to think.
It’s not about thinking, it’s about opinionated political regurgitation.
Valkyrie101,
Your own heroes Saul Alinksy, Karl Marx, Hitler, Lenin, and on and on and on talk about how social justice is the tool of marxism to implement socialism, communism, or whatever far left Marxist government you advocate for and this exactly why Glen Beck is so popular. If I would have never started watching him, I would never have read our founding fathers OWN WORDS or Marxist Revolutionaries in their OWN WORDS.
Its all there people right in front of your eyes. Go to the library and have the same courage of your convictions as I do by THOROUGHLY vetting your own ideals. What you will find might scare you and even wake you up. You can’t depend on Jon Stewart for the basis of your political ideals, you need to challenge them.
On a side note, whether you a progressive or conservative or etc, you should never just listen to one source like Beck, Olberman, or etc. Research for your self and expand your mind.
I wonder…if Keith Oberman had said the things that Beck had said about *a* President / Administration, would the Leftest on this blog react the same way…?
no need to respond…we all know the answer.
btw…great parody. I’ve been a fan of Stewart for some time…this is certainly one of his best
Oh that darn lamestream, drive-by media! Thank god we have the scrappy underdogs at Fox News, staying out of the MSM by being the #1 news channel on cable!
M,
Are you delusional? I DO WATCH THE MSM, and they are extremely biased and opinionated. Saying the MSM isn’t biased towards anything to the left is like saying Hannity isn’t biased to the right! Polls show this, and the anchors of the MSM even admit this on their own shows!!!!!!
Lastly, stop wondering about what Beck and Limbaugh are talking about and listen to them yourself you big coward. I think that is what makes me the most mad is you morons rely on places like Media Matters and their out of context clips to get your opinion on conservative media. Thats would be the same as me forming my opinion on liberals in the media from only Newsbusters.
>Beck’s point is that the social justice Christ talked about (he never actually used those words, by the way) came from individuals and a necessitated a change in the human heart, not from the coercive force of government imposed by legislation
Sounds exactly like what Osama bin Laden says when he’s talking about building the ultimate theocratic state:
“I invite you to embrace Islam, there are no taxes in Islam, but rather there is a limited Zakaat [alms] totaling 2.5 percent.”
(Jon Stewart is absolutely right. If liberals were as intellectually dishonest as Glenn Beck, they’d attack him for preaching theocracy).
>I DO WATCH THE MSM, and they are extremely biased and opinionated.
You’re claiming that Brian Williams is as opinionated and partisan as Rush Limbaugh? Get a grip with reality.
Rush Limbaugh is not like the MSM. His show is opinion, and everyone knows it up front. The MSM is dishonest about it, like when NBC was undercutting Hillary in favor of Obama. And for all those who despise Beck, two words. Don’t watch.
Here is where all those that have disdain for Beck Lose me. There is no substance to their attacks, its all about his mannerisms. He has repeatedly used audio the past few days of President Obama talking about his end goal being a single payer System, and how it doesn’t happen over night. He even referred to the Canadian system; if the words Canada Health Care is even mentioned in the same sentence… it is time to shut it down. Why don’t you play that, or play it in the full context to prove that Glenn Slices & dices as good as the rest of them. Those Audio clips seem to prove Beck right, and makes your arguments a fools errand. We know that you are watching every move he makes, how does that slip your attention? And the best you can come up with is a Sarah Palin Visit. Good Grief. Sure, Stewart gave a good parody of Becks mannerism, but that’s all. Let’s talk about the audio of President Obama. I’m bored with your daily Beck acts like a goof, because then we can ignore what he is saying!
writer – last sentence – sage advice!
kropnotranger – Mao, don’t forget Mao. I’m a Mao guy and would love a t-shirt (L).
>His show is opinion, and everyone knows it up front. The MSM is dishonest about it, like when NBC was undercutting Hillary in favor of Obama.
So you basically just want every media outlet to be politically partisan. Nice way to eat the cake (only consume partisan media) and keep it too (attack other media for being partisan).
Does seem a bit stupid to keep watching someone who upsets you so badly, when there are more than enough lefties out there to keep you pacified.
I have a question. Isn’t Social justice just theft? I mean you are forcing those with money to
pay for those without. So why isn’t it?
This was unbelievably funny, and so very done. When Stewart take “Arian” from “Libertarian” and asked, “Why an “i” instead of a “y”? Why, indeed? And just nodded his head, I blew Chablis all over the cat.
@realitycheck: Its not Beck’s goofy mannerisms that bother me; it is his fallacious slippery-slope argument that he uses to stir fear and distrust in a government that is sworn to protect the citizens of this country. Just because I’m a progressive, I am now being portrayed as a Maoist, Communist, Nazi sympathizer and I am wanting the complete overtaking of private business by the US Government? Really? No, I would like for the super wealthy and companies that make billions to pay their fair share. Yes we live in a great country and these countries prosper because they have the ability to use the resources of our country to gain that prosperity.
The rhetoric being used by the vocal people on the Right since the day Obama was inaugurated has been outright shameful. You would be correct that the Left uses shameful language towards the Bush administration. Both were wrong; however, the Left did come together to work with Bush during his first term until the WMD story changed and well that was a mess ever after that. The left despised Bush for something tangible that happened (iraq) whereas the right despises Obama for what they think he is going to do. Hell they are still pushing that Obama is going to take away your guns, and this started when he won the election. Not to mention that he was being called a socialist terrorist sympathizer since before he was elected.
Now I can separate my party identification and have an objective look at both sides. I think that conservatives do care about the poor, but don’t believe that government should get involved with that as there are more effective charities who can help. But looking at past history, the persons who give a larger percent of their income to charities are those who can least afford it, while those who can most afford it give much smaller percentage of their income. So there is a true need for government. If everyone on the Right was like Ron Paul, I would be much less frustrated because he actually means what he says and I understand him. He makes many valid points about spending which I agree with, but then you get that senator from Alabama who claims he’s fiscally responsible and holding up judges based on his desire to bring more pork to his state w/defense contractors?
writer – I don’t watch them either. Cable news is a freak show. By the way, if Glenn Beck “pacifies” you thats just dandy. As for me, a nice glass of cabernet does the trick.
Serious kryptno, you get your information about the founding Fathers, for the first time, from Beck?
And fido, are you opposed to medicare? Isn’t that stealing? And the military, there are literally millions of people opposed to war and who do not like their tax dollars being spent for that. What do you say to them? They pay taxes, isn’t that stealing? How about Katrina victims and aide to victims of natural catastrophe, more thieves?
And realitycheck, 50K dead people, millions in bankruptcy, and money spent on health care reform is a grand theft? Do they lose 50K people a year in Canada because their health care system is so bad? If they did, you would argue, see, their health care system is killing people.
Beck believes these are the last days and that the government will melt down as a preamble to God’s chosen people taking power. That’s a reality check.
BECK speaks TRUTH to POWER!!1 He believes that we should be a CHRIST-CENTERED Nation, just as our Devout Christian Founding Fathers intended!!1 He thinks (and I AGREE) that we should have something like the TALIBAN – except instead of worshipping crazy MUSLIN GODS (like the Obamessiah does) they would follow the rules of the Book of Leviticus!!1 Now THAT’S change I can BELIEVE IN!!1
So Ted, when you can tell us every word that Glenn Beck has said, you’re just guessing?
valkyrie101 says:
March 19, 2010 at 12:52 pm
The theory behind these are you are getting something back for paying into it. Medicare? You pay taxes
to have it later. Military? You pay taxes to pay for them to protect you. IF you do not want your money to go to the military well actually maybe you should have it go elsewhere. Might even be a good idea to explore but if you
do, don’t expect the military to pull you out of trouble. As for emergencies like Katrina? If I was involved in an catastrophy it would help me also. If I was going to be forced to pay for others without my consent it smacks
of extortion.. which is theft.
Masterful take on the fool’s prophet.
@writer: I just reviewed these the other day, which is why I had the links handy.
In a 2008 analysis of general election campaign coverage, Pew/Project for Excellence in Journalism found a significant difference between NBC and MSNBC, when it came to tone. Most notably, they found that NBC was gave more favorable, less negative treatment to the Republicans than their cable counterpart, especially when it came to Palin.
And while it’s a little hard to wrap into an uneditable blog comment, especially without reviewing all of the available data and rethinking the years-old issue (I’m supposed to be working); Their analysis of the primary season also found what I consider to be somewhat surprising results.
writer – I’ll give you a chance to think through your question. By the way, when is Mediaite going to put up a web site?
Karl, here is a Thomas Jefferson quote: “Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.” -Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787.
Fido, here is what you said: “The theory behind these are you are getting something back for paying into it. Medicare? You pay taxes to have it later. Military? You pay taxes to pay for them to protect you. IF you do not want your money to go to the military well actually maybe you should have it go elsewhere. Might even be a good idea to explore but if you do, don’t expect the military to pull you out of trouble. As for emergencies like Katrina? If I was involved in an catastrophy it would help me also. If I was going to be forced to pay for others without my consent it smacks of extortion.. which is theft.”
What you say makes no sense. As for Medicare, nobody pays even a fraction of what it costs. So no matter what you say, that is charity from the government. Of course that is why many if not most conservative idealogues objected to Medicare when it was being debated in the early sixties. At that time, Reagan, before he held any elected office, did a record on behalf of the AMA (which was against Medicare), in which he called it “socialism”. So if you are going to object to the rationale behind health care reform, why not be honest and just also say repeal Medicare.
As for what you said about the military, yes, the old, “if you do not like it, leave” argument. But that does not address the issue at all. The point is, there are many things that the government pays for which people, even vast numbers of people, object to on moral or idealogical grounds. That is how it works. No government can please all of the people all of the time. But if the government spends money that it raises from everyone’s taxes, that does not constitute “stealing” or “extortion”. There is no distinction between helping people who are in a crisis via natural catastrophe, and helping people who are sick and need care.
And I previously said this, but I will repeat it: If terrorists were blowing up a 50K person city every year I have no doubt that you would scream for the government run military, paid for by our taxes, to do something about it. Well, you seem to be numb to the reality that every year, something like 50K or so people die because the cost of health care and insurance has gotten out of hand, and vast numbers of people can not afford to pay, thus, they suffer long illness before dying. There is no difference at all between paying for a military to keep us safe, and fixing our medical care system to keep us ALL safe.
Jon Stewart brilliant? LOL. I did not even giggle. Stewart is a left-wing loon.
>why not be honest and just also say repeal Medicare.
Because deep down inside, conservatives actually love socialistic programs. Remember Joe the Plumber? He loved unemployment insurance when he was unemployed. Same thing with Rush Limbaugh (that’s how he got large as a pig in the first place…unemployed, eating junk food all day).
Not a fan of Glenn Beck and I actually watch the Daily Show, however, Stewart’s parody of Beck didn’t impress me much. Why can’t he take Beck’s actual points and rebut them. All he does he mention Beck’s points (and in a very very short clip… with no context at all), and makes fun of them. Instead of actually trying to say that they’re wrong and explaining why, simply mocks Beck and tries to do the “well Beck said this, and by using Beck’s logic you can say this utterly hilarious and dumb thing too” while never noting that Beck never actually said those things and…. I could go on and on… sigh.
It’s just frustrating when both sides are acting like idiots.
Stewart is not a pundit, he is a comedian, and his act was a parody, on a Comedy channel no less. Thus, the Beck mannerisms, and style is what he was focusing on. Though he did make fun a few times of Beck’s fixation with the notion that government regulations are inherently fascist, which presumably includes the basic anti-polution regulations that Stewart focused on. And where he was going with the religious theocracy thing relates to the fact that Beck believes that these are the last days, and that the government is going to collapse as a preamble to the “chosen” people (presumably Mormons), taking over the government as a religious theocracy.
Valkyrie:
Beck believes these are the last days? Where do you get his crap from? I’ve heard say the exact opposite a dozen times.
It’s easy to hate someone when you can just make up whatever you want about them.
You have not heard him say that, finch. So as for making stuff up, I would self reflect if I were you. If you think that Beck is not motivated by his last days scenario beliefs, then don’t listen to Beck when he advises you to store up food in your basement, accumulate lots of guns and ammo, and have plenty of “last days seeds” on hand for the great collapse.
Sorry, as far as I know, he has not directly advised people to buy those last days seeds, though, his sponsor does.
valkyrie101 says:
March 19, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Because I beleive that our elderly, which medicare is made for, EARNED IT! They worked their whole lives
and now deserve the rest without worrying about how they will pay for their healthcare.
well, if thses are “end days”, at least we wont have to listen to beck say, ” i told ya so.”
Beck’s point is that the social justice Christ talked about (he never actually used those words, by the way) came from individuals and a necessitated a change in the human heart, not from the coercive force of government imposed by legislation.
So government’s should not have to adhere to the same morals and standards as individuals? That’s really warped logic.
Fido,
Well I appreciate the heart behind your sentiment about the elderly, now just expand that to include the children and grandchildren of those elderly, who they love more than their own lives, and you will have the whole sentiment.
valkyrie101 says:
March 19, 2010 at 7:15 pm
And there is where you go wrong. Children should be protected and
helped, UNDERAGED ones. When you hit 18 you are an adult and should work
for your future. Not have it given to you on a platter.
fido,
Well, if someone works 60 hours per week at the Mobile Station, he earns about two thousand dollars a month without insurance. Think he can afford insurance, and otherwise live? So what is supposed to do. Not to mention the ten percent of the population out of work..
@ marcus.lewis
I am not convinced that he is portraying the mass majority or Progressives “as a Maoist, Communist, Nazi sympathizer and I am wanting the complete overtaking of private business by the US Government” But rather I think what he is saying is that the leadership is but under the guise of Equality for all, social Justice, economic Justice and all around radical Agenda’s. On he surface they seem like honorable idea’s but I think when you pull back the curtain, someone looses. I Live in Canada and I see the results of what is best for the entire Country rather than the individual. When I watch Glenn Beck Talk All I see is one person fighting for your individual rights. And I am not sure when doing that made someone a horrible person. The rest of the world wants to be American for that reason.
@ valkyrie101
If 50K People Dies a year here That would be insane since we only have 30Mil Population. Our Taxes are High, We pay 40% and that is Federal & Provincial Taxes combined. Our Family is under $100 K/year and that does not include Provincial Sales Tax, Nat Sales Tax, on EVERYTHING and not including property Taxes. I can’t find a Family Doctor and I live in Vancouver BC, The hospitals have patients lining the halls, and wait list for MRI’s and all tests. Our Hospitals Ration( did you hear me RATION!!)Life saving operations. Our Prime Ministers & Premiers Go to the States for Health Care on “Vacation”. People here are dying from lack of care.
But here is what is crazy, Canada is not an innovator of anything healthcare, we are only supplying funds for care, not research. You can hate your Healthcare system, but Hello you guys invent things that save lives!!!
All of a sudden you are going to find that people are going to take and interest in your lifestyle choices, because they are paying for them…
I feel almost sorry for you guys, we never thought you would take steps to become like us, just like Obama say’s it doesn’t happen overnight, it takes a while to transform!!!
Joh Stewart is incapable of doing anything “epic.” He doesn’t have the talent.
@realitycheck
Well it would be easy to say you don’t think he is portraying you that way, but if I were to say that Conservatives are gay bashing, racist, theocracy loving, war mongering republicans I certainly would hope that those on the Right would say hold up–that’s not fair. It isn’t fair, and I don’t say that. Beck has made those assertions and FNC has picked up the memes to question Obama’s birth place, by setting up the slippery slope that Obama is heading towards socialism, and so many other ridiculous arguments. Beck is in fact attempting to say that progressives are what is wrong with this country, and that’s not true. Democracy needs to have people of all political persuasions to come together and make life better.
Regarding your health care system
One half of one percent of Canadians responding to a survey stated that they received health care in the US at any point in the previous year. Of those, one quarter actually traveled explicitly to the US for health care and most were already here on business or vacation. We are in no way adopting the Canadian model, that is ridiculous. The whole plan is to allow more people the ability to access preventive health care to reduce the amount of money that the emergency life threatening visits cost. The amount of people not covered in the US is greater than the population of Canada for goodness sakes. You want to talk about rationing? These people just wish they could have any type of health care rations. Those who are unfortunate enough to become ill and have no insurance are most definitely going to have to declare bankruptcy–and even those with insurance still face possible bankruptcies. This bill isn’t nationalizing private doctors and hospitals–it is curbing the abuses of insurance companies, eliminating waste and fraud, protecting consumers, and setting up an exchange for millions of people to be able to buy into group coverage rather than have to struggle to find an insurance plan just for an individual.
Health care is one of the most profitable industries in this country, and its also one of the most wasteful. Reducing waste was one of my tasks when working for a state medicaid office. Over the course of one year, I identified over 300 million dollars in the allocation of funds to providers that was never approved as it was not covered, not medically necessary, or there was a cheaper alternative that is just as effective for the consumer!
Also as towards your complaint that “hospitals have patients lining the halls, and wait list for MRI” that’s not unique. Unfortunately here the majority of the patients lining the halls are indigent patients who will never be able to pay their bill for that MRI. Hell I had a supposedly very good health insurance plan and they sent me the bill for 10k worth of medical costs and only covered 500 dollars to cover part of a $1750 ambulance ride. You are rightfully concerned about finding a Family Doctor…there are some in the States who have no idea what a Family Doctor is and thinks that Doctors are just the people who you see in the ER when you get sick.
I’m sorry but if that’s what you think is acceptable, then I’m dumbfounded.
Oh yeah, one more thing. many Conservatives already do take interest in other peoples lifestyle choices. Gays can’t get married. Pot is bad. Abortions are evil.
Glenn Beck preys on the politic ignorance of a vast amount of Americans to make a quick buck, while pushing his equally ignorant agenda. One of my favorite party in John Stewart’s parody is the portion about Glenn’s religious biases and how he is essentially in favor of a theocratic movement rather them socialist one. And one of the most humorous things Beck pushes is an anti-Progressive movement. It seems very strange that he is against a movement that by the definition of progress is trying “to develop in a positive way”. I have nothing against conservatives or have any strong bias against their agenda besides logic, but I believe that Glenn Beck is a ignorant changeling and his ideals are outdated and destructive of the ideals of our founding fathers, which he says he is trying to protect. Glenn believes we should be a Christian nation, but one of the only reasons America even exists is for religious freedom. If your the only one who’s saying it, your probably crazy.
We could quote the Founding Fathers ad infinitum, or we could look critically at our own situation and realize that the world of today bears little resemblance to the world of yesterday, and that neither are a Golden Age. The only path to a better world stretches forwards in front of us.
valkyrie101 says:
March 19, 2010 at 9:55 pm
It sounds to me like an major incentive to get a better job.
Look the one upmanship is clouding the issue here. Does insurance need to be fixed? Yes the way they do
things is abominable. Does THIS healthcare bill fix the problems? No. Everything I’ve read doesn’t even get us started on the path to fix it or opens some very scary doors> Was this bill bipartison? oh hell no. They
were never given a chance.
If they screw this up a lot of people are going to be hurt and may die, a lot more than ‘50k a year’.
Thanks for that “realitycheck”, marcus. :-)
fido,
The current healthcare reform bill is only a shell of what is really necessary, but it certainly will not cause a greater number of people to die for lack of healthcare, since under the bill far more people will have a path to affordable care. And according to the budget office, it will decrease costs.
“There was also the trademark odd and faux-improvised moments, the sneaker with suit look and the signature walk around the studio and emotional pauses that make The Glenn Beck Show so watchable.”
The Beck shoe is watchable? Certainly for three million South Florida Republican retirees in white tennis shoes.
Beck is like a bad 5th grade history teacher who gets his facts wrong. Stewart owns him here. And even went easy on Beck.
Jon hit this one out of the park.On the money,off the wall,hilarious.He is the most astute and certainly the most entertaining critic of the system,especially the media that we have.He did the same thing to Keith Olberman that he did here with Beck-even got Keith to admit on his own show that he’s been going too far lately.
Among all the virtuoso comedic abilities on display he summed Beck up perfectly in five words-”Strawman,slippery slope dumb guy”.Bravo
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Here’s why I watch Glenn Beck when I’m having a good day.
http://mundwiller.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-good-day.html
I haven’t had the chance to watch it, I’ll maybe watch it when I get home from work.
Truth be told, I don’t really care. People like Jon Stewart are cowards, so it’s hard for me to care. His fans say that he’s actually smart because he punked Tucker Carlson a few years ago. He clearly caught Carlson off guard because these shows book archetypes rather than individuals and expect certain responses — so it’s not Stewart’s fault. But besides that, all Stewart ever does whenever he goes on a show for an interview is push some progressive talking point, have that talking point thoroughly debunked, and then he just responds with some weak humor and acts as if he’s scored points. Like I said, that’s not intelligence, that’s cowardice.
But enough of that rant. The Daily Show just isn’t funny. The graphics are hilarious, it’s sad that they’re wasted on this show. Stewart’s writers are sometimes funny (Stewart’s standup sucks, so don’t kid yourself into thinking he’s coming up with that stuff himself). And with the exception of John Oliver, the “correspondents” are just plain weird.
Glenn Beck is clearly a hate monger and a liar and all the attempts of his loyal fans to ignore, rationalize or deny that are further proof of their own flights of fantasy.
Beck clearly attacked all churches with his comments that we should run from Churches that talk about social welfare. Another blogger here has tried to soften that by saying that Christ talked of private giving and not government mandated and that was what Beck meant. Bullshit!! That is not what he said but even if that was what he meant to suggest that Church groups that fight for tougher laws against forced teen aged prostitution as happened here in RI is really Communism and Nazism is insane!
Churches often fight for laws against abortion. Social welfare for the unborn. But that is Socialism and Nazism too.. according to Beck. And I guess attempts to clean the air and water and fund food stamps and provide decent housing things that only Nazis and Communists support.
Beck just preys on the ignorant and hateful and feeds all their hate and insecurities with his racist and ignorant rants. His followers are just like him and that is why it is futile to even try to reason with them.
Stuart understands their psychosis and they hate it when he holds a mirror for them to see.
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