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Glenn Beck Lauds Depression-Era Poverty Over The Wimpy Poverty Of Today

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by Jon Bershad | 5:45 pm, November 30th, 2010

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Yesterday, I wrote about what I feel is Glenn Beck’s biggest skill as a television host: his uncanny ability for congratulating his audience for sharing his information. Today, it seemed like he was focusing on congratulating his older viewers in particular (maybe he saw The Simpsons this week). While going through the many components leading up to the “perfect storm” of progressive social revolution Beck has been warning against, he put much of the blame on the kids these days like that silly atheism fad that’s sweeping our nation’s youngsters. He also compared the tough and tumble poor people of the Depression-era to the totally wussy poor people of today. Did you know poor people now have big screen TVs? Wimps.

Beck showed a picture of a family from the Great Depression (In color! We want to harken back to the old days, but not that far back!) and compared it to a radio show recording of Detroit welfare recipients eagerly asking for “Obama cash” from last year. He then put the Depression picture back up asking, “Do you think these people would have lined up for cash and they didn’t care? I don’t think so.”

I don’t think so either. The Depression-era impoverished would never have accepted hand outs from the government. They didn’t want some deal cooked up by the government. You know, some newer social program giving them money they didn’t deserve. A “new deal” if you will. God, young people suck.

Or should I say, “Godless, young people suck.”

Depression, Glenn Beck, The Glenn Beck Show

Big_F-ing_Deal

GLENN BECK SAYS THE PERFECT STORM IS HERE!!!!! I DONT UNDERSTAND I THOUGHT YOU TEABLOGGERS TOOK YOUR COUNTRY BACK !!!! IT’S TIME TO GET IN THE ROOT-CELLAR!!!!!
ProgLib

Right wingers hate handouts and social welfare programs, until they need them. I bet those poor people would have loved themselves a govt job or two, but those are not in vogue these days either.
Just4thefax

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
GLENN BECK SAYS THE PERFECT STORM IS HERE!!!!! I DONT UNDERSTAND I THOUGHT YOU TEABLOGGERS TOOK YOUR COUNTRY BACK !!!! IT’S TIME TO GET IN THE ROOT-CELLAR!!!!!

Fact: He needs to dumb it down for the liberal viewer!
milynily

Hey Glen, bet people had radio back then!
Just4thefax

Fact: I don’t know which one of the three terms burn liberals ears the most? Palin, Beck or get a job. All three causes liberals to riot!
Big_F-ing_Deal

Beck wont be happy until today’s poor people are Depression-era poor.

“You know, some newer social program giving them money they didn’t deserve. A “new deal” if you will.”

Hilarious. :-)
Pablo

Did you know poor people now have big screen TVs? Wimps.

More importantly, many of them have to struggle with obesity. When will this horror end?
Dave Richards

The average poor person in this country lives better than the average European.
You can look it up.
skyfet

This idiot again, poverty is never OK whatever generation. POS.
murf

The truth is a bitch , ain’t it ?
ProgLib

Dave Richards said:
The average poor person in this country lives better than the average European.
You can look it up.

Travel much?
Big_F-ing_Deal

Wow, who knew that picking on the poor could be such good sport for Beck fans?

I thought they were more the “pick on minorities” type.

Nice to see you guys expanding your horizons!!
ProgLib

The proposed federal salary freeze by the way will not apply to the military, but why let facts get in the way of a good monologue?
SarahP

Just4thefax said:
Fact: I don’t know which one of the three terms burn liberals ears the most? Palin, Beck or get a job. All three causes liberals to riot!

I don’t who’s more stupid, you, Beck or Palin. It’s close.
Scott_in_MI

The Depression-era impoverished would never have accepted hand outs from the government. They didn’t want some deal cooked up by the government. You know, some newer social program giving them money they didn’t deserve. A “new deal” if you will.

Beck is 100% correct. FDR’s “New Deal” was a series of government agencies which gave folks money TO WORK.

The TVA paid people to build damns in the Tennesee valley.
CCC paid kids money to work/maintain national forests.
The Agriculture Adjustment Act paid farmers not to grow.
The WPA paid people to build cout houses, roads . .

So Mr Bershad, perhaps you owe Mr Beck an apology for your snark comment.
SarahP

I’m sorry just4idiots. I forgot tree stump and I give the edge to the tree stump.
Dave Richards

ProgLib said:
Travel much?

More than you will ever know. Now read the post again and at least make an effort to let it sink into your brain.
SarahP

Dave Richards said:
More than you will ever know. Now read the post again and at least make an effort to let it sink into your brain.

Let this sink in Dave; your comment is among the dumbest I have ever read. My guess it you travel about 5 miles to and from work otherwise you wouldn’t make such a idiotic comment. Do you get “context?’ Of course not.
Scott_in_MI

By the way, the New Deal was a complete failure.

The unemployment rate of 1934 (one years after FDR’s policies kicked in) 21.7%

The unemployment rate in 1938 (one year before WWII began) 19.0%
Dave Richards

SarahP said:
Let this sink in Dave; your comment is among the dumbest I have ever read. My guess it you travel about 5 miles to and from work otherwise you wouldn’t make such a idiotic comment. Do you get “context?’ Of course not.

Take your head out of your ass and do some research. I’m willing to wager that you don’t even know how poverty is measured in the United States.
sticks

ProgLib said:
Right wingers hate handouts and social welfare programs, until they need them. I bet those poor people would have loved themselves a govt job or two, but those are not in vogue these days either.

No, rightwingers don’t hate social programs… We will happily help people in need… What we hate is when the government takes our money to give to people that either should’nt qualify, such as illegal aliens, yes I said it ILLEGAL ALIENS !!!… They are not entitled to my money or anyone elses… And heres an idea… We could get rid of all or most of them.. And it would’nt cost us a penny… Simply, cut them off… How much money would that save ?… Yeah, I know there are alot of sad stories out there… But if my choice is cutting off the illegal aliens or cutting off the veterans/disabled/elderly, then I say… BYE BYE ILLEGALS !!!!…
SarahP

Dave Richards said:
Take your head out of your ass and do some research. I’m willing to wager that you don’t even know how poverty is measured in the United States.

I’m willing to wager you that the lint in your pocket has a higher IQ than you. You are clearly a buffoon who knows nothing about poverty but plenty about being an asshole.
ondrock

skyfet said:
This idiot again, poverty is never OK whatever generation. POS

It’s not whether poverty is ‘OK’
It’s most often a result of poor choices. We live in a country where anything is possible. But,also where you have the freedom to do as you wish….even if it’s very unwise. If you try to remove that unfortunate outcome, you also will remove the potential great one.
Pablo

SarahP said:
I’m willing to wager you that the lint in your pocket has a higher IQ than you. You are clearly a buffoon who knows nothing about poverty but plenty about being an asshole.

So, you have no argument with Dave, then? Aside from the ad hominem?
SarahP

Pablo said:
So, you have no argument with Dave, then? Aside from the ad hominem?

You can’t argue with an idiot. That’s why i don’t argue with you.
murf

SarahP said:
You can’t argue with an idiot. That’s why i don’t argue with you.

When deciding on your screename , did UnoriginalTroll ever come up ?
Hawk11

Scott_in_MI said:
The Depression-era impoverished would never have accepted hand outs from the government. They didn’t want some deal cooked up by the government. You know, some newer social program giving them money they didn’t deserve. A “new deal” if you will.

Beck is 100% correct. FDR’s “New Deal” was a series of government agencies which gave folks money TO WORK.

The TVA paid people to build damns in the Tennesee valley.
CCC paid kids money to work/maintain national forests.
The Agriculture Adjustment Act paid farmers not to grow.
The WPA paid people to build cout houses, roads . .

So Mr Bershad, perhaps you owe Mr Beck an apology for your snark comment.

There’s a reason that FDR is voted # 1 in presidential rankings… Because of the new deal. He wanted to make sure that in America people would be protected. The elderly wouldn’t wind up on the street when they couldn’t work anymore. That people who lost their jobs would be protected by the very taxes that they pay.
I’d keep going, but here’s my point. Saying that Glenn Beck deserves an apology from the writer of this article is 100% moronic. A man worth $45 million has no right whatsoever to even comment on those suffering in a depression.
SarahP

murf said:
When deciding on your screename , did UnoriginalTroll ever come up ?

No but murf did.
Pablo

SarahP said:
A man worth $45 million has no right whatsoever to even comment on those suffering in a depression.

Sure you can. I’m doing it now!
Pablo

SarahP said:
You can’t argue with an idiot. That’s why i don’t argue with you.

Say what?
Scott_in_MI

Hawk11 said:
Saying that Glenn Beck deserves an apology from the writer of this article is 100% moronic. A man worth $45 million has no right whatsoever to even comment on those suffering in a depression.

Apparently you didn’t comprehend what Beck was saying, so let me help you. I’ll go slow because I know its hard to follow.

Mr Beck was telling people that those folks you went through the Depression were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are. Anyone who doesn’t agree with that doesn’t know their history.
The_Reasonable_Lib

Beck’s an idiot. You never know a person’s circumstances. Don’t think that just because somebody wears nice clothes they shouldn’t be on welfare. It’s called the thrift store!
Big_F-ing_Deal

Scott_in_MI said:
Mr Beck was telling people that those folks you went through the Depression were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are.

Why do you hate America?
Scott_in_MI

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Why do you hate America?

Thats all you got? Weak
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

OK – First of all, I’ll grant that soldiers are often underpaid, but their free or subsidized housing, meals, healthcare and other benefits more than make up for the $2100 difference. So, though they probably should be paid more, he really didn’t make a coherent argument in the clip.

As for the “poverty” thing… I’ve lived all over the country and there are lots of people living in circumstances similar to that depicted in his picture and you really can’t say that because someone has a $30 microwave from Walmart or a one they picked-up for $10 bucks at a yard sale that they’re living the good life, nor can you claim that an old car that may have been given to them by a parent, a church or that they bought super-used and paid-off over time is a sign of opulence.

I’m sure there are those who may not stack-up as being as poor as those during the Depression, but there’s plenty of thirty year old trailers with OSB walls or floors still in service and unlike those from a previous era, the majority of people can’t raise their own food and even among those who can, there’s tons who consider themselves or who qualify as being poor.
SarahP

Scott_in_MI said:
Apparently you didn’t comprehend what Beck was saying, so let me help you. I’ll go slow because I know its hard to follow.

Mr Beck was telling people that those folks you went through the Depression were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are. Anyone who doesn’t agree with that doesn’t know their history.

Scott – let me be gentle as I know you’ve been on a steady diet of stupid for who knows how long and it has clearly rotted what brain you have left. Uh, Mr. Beck wasn’t saying that at all. Mr. Beck, Glen if you will, was suggesting that people in poverty today basically suck. Did I go too fast for you Scott?
Hawk11

Scott_in_MI said:
Apparently you didn’t comprehend what Beck was saying, so let me help you. I’ll go slow because I know its hard to follow.

Mr Beck was telling people that those folks you went through the Depression were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are. Anyone who doesn’t agree with that doesn’t know their history.

And I’ll try to type it slower for you…

HE WASN’T THERE AND HAS NO RIGHT TO COMPARE IT!!!

It was 80 years ago and times have very much changed. You cannot compare it. The depression of the 30′s came with a stock market crash. This depression was caused by the outsourcing of jobs and stock crash due to the greed of the rich.

Glenn Beck cares about Glenn Beck and has no right to comment on those suffering.
Scott_in_MI

SarahP said:
Scott – let me be gentle as I know you’ve been on a steady diet of stupid for who knows how long and it has clearly rotted what brain you have left. Uh, Mr. Beck wasn’t saying that at all. Mr. Beck, Glen if you will, was suggesting that people in poverty today basically suck. Did I go too fast for you Scott?

Oh OK. Poor people suck. Yeah, thats exactly what he said. And you call me stupid?
Big_F-ing_Deal

Scott_in_MI said:
Thats all you got? Weak

Bullshit. If Obama said what you just said (“we were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are”) you Righty’s would crucify him and you know it.
Pablo

SarahP said:
Scott – let me be gentle as I know you’ve been on a steady diet of stupid for who knows how long and it has clearly rotted what brain you have left. Uh, Mr. Beck wasn’t saying that at all. Mr. Beck, Glen if you will, was suggesting that people in poverty today basically suck. Did I go too fast for you Scott?

What he was saying is that poor people back then figured out how to take care of themselves. They knew how to survive without a government teat in their mouth. True, most of today’s poor have no idea how to do that, therefore, they suck.
SarahP

Scott_in_MI said:
Oh OK. Poor people suck. Yeah, thats exactly what he said. And you call me stupid?

That’s correct. And yes, you are somewhat stupid; slow at best. Listening to 8 hours of talk bullshit per day will indeed rot your brain.
Scott_in_MI

Hawk11 said:
There’s a reason that FDR is voted # 1 in presidential rankings… Because of the new deal. He wanted to make sure that in America people would be protected. The elderly wouldn’t wind up on the street when they couldn’t work anymore. That people who lost their jobs would be protected by the very taxes that they pay.

“HE WASN’T THERE AND HAS NO RIGHT TO COMPARE IT!!!”

How do you know this Hawk, you weren’t there. You have no right to judge FDR.
SarahP

Pablo said:
What he was saying is that poor people back then figured out how to take care of themselves. They knew how to survive without a government teat in their mouth. True, most of today’s poor have no idea how to do that, therefore, they suck.

How do you survive without Glen’s teat in your mouth?
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
Glenn Beck cares about Glenn Beck and has no right to comment on those suffering.

When did we repeal the First Amendment? Is Bono barred from talking about poor people too? Angelina Jolie?

They really ought to post these rule changes somewhere.
Pablo

SarahP said:
How do you survive without Glen’s teat in your mouth?

I don’t get a dime from Beck. You?
Scott_in_MI

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Bullshit. If Obama said what you just said (“we were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are”) you Righty’s would crucify him and you know it.

YAWN
Pablo

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Bullshit. If Obama said what you just said (“we were stronger, self reliant, harder working than folks today are”) you Righty’s would crucify him and you know it.

Why? He’d be right! His base would tear him apart, though.
notsofast

SarahP said:
How do you survive without Glen’s teat in your mouth?</blockquote

How do you survive without Barry's noodle in your arse?
SarahP

Pablo said:
I don’t get a dime from Beck. You?

No. but I’ll bet Glen provides you with orgasmic pleasure.
Pablo

SarahP said:
No. but I’ll bet Glen provides you with orgasmic pleasure.

Why would you bet that? Are you rubbing one out?
AngelPeters

I know Beck is a Mormon. Where in the hell is his Christian hope? He seems all doom & gloom no hope.
Christians are suppose to believe in hope for a brighter future. Not tearing down and depressing everyone.
SarahP

Pablo said:
Why would you bet that? Are you rubbing one out?

Notsofast has a life like poster of Glen that he’d be willing to share with you.
AngelPeters

AngelPeters said:
I know Beck is a Mormon. Where in the hell is his Christian hope? He seems all doom & gloom no hope.
Christians are suppose to believe in hope for a brighter future. Not tearing down and depressing everyone.

But then maybe that is what Mormons stand given Beck’s example “It the end of the world. It’s the end of our country. It’s all going to hell in a hand basket”

Is that what Mormons believe in and stand for? The end of the world? The end of civilization as we know it?
Hawk11

I’m not even going to copy and paste any of the ignorant comments posted. They aren’t worth it.

What I know is this. Those of you blindly follow Glenn Beck, believe that what he says is what life is about… I honestly feel sorry for you. I suggest that you dive into a book every now and then that wasn’t ghosted for someone who has no prior experience other than what he reads that day to prepare. I suggest you read your history from books and websites that are truly non-partisan. I suggest that you read up on each and every President of this nation. Know which Democrats were more like today’s Republicans and which Republicans were more like today’s Democrats.

Fear mongering and divisiveness have done one thing for this country… Divided us. It’s so evident in every comment of every post on this website. I feel there’s a reason why President Obama has become a weak president. It’s because he believes that the Republicans can’t possibly want this country to fail, but they are letting it happen. They’re letting it happen so that the rich can get richer. They’re letting it happen solely for the reason of giving this President a bad name to make up for the failing of the last one. To say that Barack Obama was no better than George W Bush. It’s shameful.
notsofast

SarahP said:
Notsofast has a life like poster of Glen that he’d be willing to share with you.

Your mouth is round and not from sucking on door knobs, pal.
notsofast

Hawk11 said:
I’m not even going to copy and paste any of the ignorant comments posted. They aren’t worth it.

What I know is this. Those of you blindly follow Glenn Beck, believe that what he says is what life is about… I honestly feel sorry for you. I suggest that you dive into a book every now and then that wasn’t ghosted for someone who has no prior experience other than what he reads that day to prepare. I suggest you read your history from books and websites that are truly non-partisan. I suggest that you read up on each and every President of this nation. Know which Democrats were more like today’s Republicans and which Republicans were more like today’s Democrats.

Fear mongering and divisiveness have done one thing for this country… Divided us. It’s so evident in every comment of every post on this website. I feel there’s a reason why President Obama has become a weak president. It’s because he believes that the Republicans can’t possibly want this country to fail, but they are letting it happen. They’re letting it happen so that the rich can get richer. They’re letting it happen solely for the reason of giving this President a bad name to make up for the failing of the last one. To say that Barack Obama was no better than George W Bush. It’s shameful.

You are an ahole, so just STFU!
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Christians are suppose to believe in hope for a brighter future.

Christians are supposed to believe in eternal salvation through Christ’s sacrifice. Is that the hope for a brighter future you’re talking about? If not, I’d be interested in the scriptural basis for this better future you speak of.
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
Those of you blindly follow Glenn Beck, believe that what he says is what life is about…

Do you blindly follow someone, Hawk? I don’t, and I don’t know anyone who does, now that Obama has returned to Earth.
tstev

Beck is not productive member of society himself and accepts handout by Fox News. Ranting is not work.

Let’s send Beck to Afghanistan where there is no social security and see how productive he would be with out Fox News hand outs.
Pablo

tstev said:
Beck is not productive member of society himself and accepts handout by Fox News. Ranting is not work.

Let’s send Beck to Afghanistan where there is no social security and see how productive he would be with out Fox News hand outs.

He was doing pretty well before he went to WORK for Fox. Where shall we send you, as long as we’re voting people off the island?
notsofast

tstev said:
Beck is not productive member of society himself and accepts handout by Fox News. Ranting is not work.

Let’s send Beck to Afghanistan where there is no social security and see how productive he would be with out Fox News hand outs.

LMAO

Yeah, he made about $30million last year- he really needs his social security checks.
Hawk11

notsofast said:
You are an ahole, so just STFU!

Wow, you’re a genius. Try reading every now and then. You’ll get better.

Pablo said:
Do you blindly follow someone, Hawk? I don’t, and I don’t know anyone who does, now that Obama has returned to Earth.

Genius number 2. Tell me where you have ever disagreed with Beck.
SarahP

notsofast said:
Your mouth is round and not from sucking on door knobs, pal.

You suck at the teat of Glen all day, Because you have nothing better to do and you like it.
beavoux

Go down to Appalachia Beckerhead!
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
Christians are supposed to believe in eternal salvation through Christ’s sacrifice. Is that the hope for a brighter future you’re talking about? If not, I’d be interested in the scriptural basis for this better future you speak of.

Hey if you believe in the doom and gloom Beck is peddling, throw a party. Personally, I think he preys upon the fears of weak.

I believe in something greater then he is proposing. I believe in hope.
tstev

Pablo, he has been ranting. That is not work. He is not productive. What does he produce?

I am not voting him out. I am exposing his rants because he is not a productive member of society. Pimps also make money but are they productive member of society?
notsofast

Hawk11 said:
Wow, you’re a genius. Try reading every now and then. You’ll get better.

Try again, microcephalic.
SarahP

notsofast said:
You are an ahole, so just STFU!

You like to fantasize about Rush Limbaugh’s smelly buttocks and then you have your way with a Glen Beck blow up doll.
notsofast

SarahP said:

Your mouth is still round!
tstev

notsofast_, he made 200 million and so did Ken Lay.
notsofast

SarahP said:
SarahP says:
November 30, 2010 at 7:54 pm SarahP(Quote)

I heard you did a “reach around” on BHO.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast_, he made 200 million and so did Ken Lay.

Try again.

You are lost, child.
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
Genius number 2. Tell me where you have ever disagreed with Beck.

Ground Zero Mosque. Now, who do you blindly follow, Hawk?
Hawk11

notsofast said:
Try again, microcephalic.

I’m so happy you have a thesaurus. It gives me hope for you. Not much, but a little.
SarahP

notsofast said:
I heard you did a “reach around” on BHO.

What’s it going to be tonight in your momma’s basement. Your momma, Glen Beck or the Rush Limbaugh blow up doll? I’m betting you choose momma.
notsofast

Hawk11 said:
I’m so happy you have a thesaurus. It gives me hope for you. Not much, but a little.

I see you doubled your posts. Great! Now you are twice as useless.
tstev

notsofast_ so what i up. Are fraudsters a productive member of society?

What has Beck produced?
Hawk11

notsofast said:
Try again, microcephalic.

Oh!! and you shouldn’t use that word while using that avatar
Big_F-ing_Deal

Actually, I believe it is the character of the rich that has declined over the generations.
Used to be they got rich building something that was good for America. A railroad, steamships, radios.
These days the large majority of the rich get wealthy by moving paper around and screwing America in the balance.

Yup, you just cant find decent rich people like in the Olde Days!! lolol
tstev

Big_F-ing_Deal_ Beck is moving cash for gold trade scammers and he thinks that is work.
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Hey if you believe in the doom and gloom Beck is peddling, throw a party. Personally, I think he preys upon the fears of weak.

I’m still wondering about that “Christians are supposed to believe” thing you were talking about. Meanwhile, Beck is absolutely not without hope. Do you know where he says you can find it, over and over and over again?

I believe in something greater then he is proposing. I believe in hope.

Do you get that from the Federal Government?
beavoux

Having the gift of gab and finally falling ass backwards into millions by hook AND crook after years on the morning zoo radio circuit is NOT WORK!
notsofast

SarahP said:
What’s it going to be tonight in your momma’s basement. Your momma, Glen Beck or the Rush Limbaugh blow up doll? I’m betting you choose momma.

That’s all ya got? Beck and Limbaugh?

LMAO!

You are as useless as rubber lips on a woodpecker and if you went out with Pinocchio, I bet you came home with splinters in your mouth!
Pablo

tstev said:
notsofast_ so what i up. Are fraudsters a productive member of society?

What has Beck produced?

Jobs, among other things.
notsofast

tstev said:
What has Beck produced?

I told ya- $30 million. What did you produce? An Orange?
SarahP

notsofast said:
That’s all ya got? Beck and Limbaugh?

LMAO!

You are as useless as rubber lips on a woodpecker and if you went out with Pinocchio, I bet you came home with splinters in your mouth!

Whats the matter notsofast, did your momma doll deflate? Easy there sport.
Pablo

tstev said:
I am exposing his rants because he is not a productive member of society.

You’d better watch out if GlennBeckReview finds you elbowing into his turf.
notsofast

SarahP said:
SarahP says:
November 30, 2010 at 8:01 pm SarahP(Quote)

You completely gassed out!

LOL
tstev

Pablo_ What has Beck produced? Is getting paid through advertising by gold scammers work?
notsofast

tstev said:
Pablo_ What has Beck produced? Is getting paid through advertising by gold scammers work?

Ask Ed Shultz or Stephenie Miller.
tstev

Pablo_, is pimping a for fraudsters and getting paid millions for it, work?
notsofast

tstev said:
Pablo_ What has Beck produced? Is getting paid through advertising by gold scammers work?

What have you produced?

Nothing!
SarahP

notsofast said:
You completely gassed out!

LOL

So it has nothing to do with a blow up doll. The fact is your momma turned you down. Plan B – Glen Beck blow up doll. Good look and be gentle.
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
I’m still wondering about that “Christians are supposed to believe” thing you were talking about. Meanwhile, Beck is absolutely not without hope. Do you know where he says you can find it, over and over and over again?

Do you get that from the Federal Government?

No I dont get it from the Feds. Get it from the Bible.

BoM is a fraud. Been there, done that, went thru the the temple etc. So is Clousen, Bircher society. Fraudulent. I know. Most who follow Beck too naive to know that. They don’t really get what he is peddling. I get it. I was living in the middle of it . Were you? Do you even know where he gets his garbage?
tstev

notsofast_ so you you are stumped and in fact both you and your body Pablo are stuck. Beck is not actually working. He is not productive member of society, is he?
notsofast

SarahP said:
SarahP says:
November 30, 2010 at 8:06 pm SarahP(Quote)

Reduced to mom jokes.

ROTFLMAO

Priceless!
Scott_in_MI

Hawk11 said:
I feel there’s a reason why President Obama has become a weak president. It’s because he believes that the Republicans can’t possibly want this country to fail, but they are letting it happen. They’re letting it happen so that the rich can get richer. They’re letting it happen solely for the reason of giving this President a bad name to make up for the failing of the last one.

Poor Hawk…he’s beeen completly brainwashed by the Democratic party. He still believes the myth that the Dem party cares about the little guy.

Sorry buddy, but the only reason the Dems care about the little guy is for his vote. He does want him to get out of poverty (just look at our inner city public schools for proof of that) nor does he care if he loses him job (just look at te job killing taxes and regulations for proof of that.) The more he keeps him down, the more likely he’ll get his vote.

Come to the light Hawk, come to the light.
SarahP

SarahP said:
So it has nothing to do with a blow up doll. The fact is your momma turned you down. Plan B – Glen Beck blow up doll. Good look and be gentle.

By the way idiot, how do you explain all this to your pet pit bull – he won’t like it.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast_ so you you are stumped and in fact both you and your body Pablo are stuck. Beck is not actually working. He is not productive member of society, is he?

You lost again, child.

maybe in YOUR dystopian world someone who earns $30 million a year is a “non-productive ” member.

LMAO
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
I’m still wondering about that “Christians are supposed to believe” thing you were talking about. Meanwhile, Beck is absolutely not without hope. Do you know where he says you can find it, over and over and over again?

Do you get that from the Federal Government?

Pablo, do you know anything about Mormon theology, or where they get their thought patterns from?

Just checking to see exactly how much you understand where Beck is coming from. Thks
SarahP

notsofast said:
You lost again, child.

maybe in YOUR dystopian world someone who earns $30 million a year is a “non-productive ” member.

LMAO

You say this at the same time your pit bull is humping your leg. You have talent…child.
notsofast

SarahP said:
SarahP says:
November 30, 2010 at 8:09 pm SarahP(Quote)

Sorry, I’m busy now; can I ignore ya later?
tstev

notsofast_ the subject is Beck himself and not me. He is hasn’t produced anything. He is not a productive member of society. Don’t you agree. What has he produced?
http://none pyrope

As usual, Mr. Beck is precisely correct and the liberal hacks who never watch his program but seem to know everything he’s thinking are wrong.

The so-called “poor” in the US have it hugely better than people in other countries. Anyone who has ever served in the mission field or the Peace Corps knows this beyond any speck of a doubt. In the US, 37% of our so-called “poor” (those who earn less than $22K/year have a car, 67% have a color TV, 74% have air conditioning….and on and on, but the liberal mind is not capable of accepting these facts so I won’t belabor myself to tell you something you could learn for yourselves if you cared to do so.

In my life, I have traveled extensively, having been in Mexico (I lived in Saltillo for six months), Cambodia, Vietnam, England, Turkey (it’s right next door to my home country of Greece), and Egypt.

What we lucky Americans refer to as “poverty” is considered “doing pretty good” in most other countries I’ve seen, yet we have the worst in the way of “entitlement” mentality of any country on Earth.

This is AMERICA, and is a place where EVERYONE is free to better themselves if they’ll just get off their lazy asses and do so.

A poster above mentioned the poverty of Appalachia, and I will confirm there are people there who are amongst the most impoverished in the US, but I would submit that much of their poverty is self-acquired; they won’t leave their hovels in (what used to be) coal mining country (I did a bit of exploration work aroung the old Glady Fork coal mine in TN), because they can’t earn the UAW union wage in the city, so they’d rather just keep sucking the federal teat for all they can get out of it. In short, they’d rather not work than to work for less.
SarahP

notsofast said:
Sorry, I’m busy now; can I ignore ya later?

It’s been a rough night. Your momma has rejected you, your Glen Beck blow up doll has deflated and your dog is humping your leg. Not to mention the fact that you are a compete idiot.. Life is tough but perhaps you can lean on the Limbaugh blow up doll Go easy.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast_ the subject is Beck himself and not me. He is hasn’t produced anything. He is not a productive member of society. Don’t you agree. What has he produced?

maybe you are too stupid to understand that he earned $30 million last year, has written numerous best-selling books, made numerous speeches and drew over 300k to DC this year alone.

Try again, child.
http://none pyrope

I also did some geology around the Carpentertown, PA mine, and saw much of the same thing there.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo_ What has Beck produced? Is getting paid through advertising by gold scammers work?

Content, and lots of it. Books. Stage shows. A radio program. A TV show. A magazine. A website.

Did you really need me to spell that out for you? The man works his ass off, regardless of whether you like what he does.
tstev

notsofast _, again Ken Lay made millions and he was a fraudster and thereffore not a productive member of society and so was Madoff. Cash in the pocket does not equate productivity, does it?

What does Beck produce?
Pablo

SarahP said:
It’s been a rough night. Your momma has rejected you, your Glen Beck blow up doll has deflated and your dog is humping your leg. Not to mention the fact that you are a compete idiot.. Life is tough but perhaps you can lean on the Limbaugh blow up doll Go easy.

Would you do us all a favor and grow the fuck up?
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
Content, and lots of it. Books. Stage shows. A radio program. A TV show. A magazine. A website.

Did you really need me to spell that out for you? The man works his ass off, regardless of whether you like what he does.

Oh that is so Christ-like of him. Living up to his temple covenants I tell ya.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast _, again Ken Lay made millions and he was a fraudster and thereffore not a productive member of society and so was Madoff. Cash in the pocket does not equate productivity, does it?

What does Beck produce?

Asked and answered.

Next!
SarahP

Pablo said:
Would you do us all a favor and grow the fuck up?

Do us all a favor and go fuck yourself you stupid nitwit.
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Pablo, do you know anything about Mormon theology, or where they get their thought patterns from?

You can’t explain the Christian theology you just spewed, and now you want to explain Mormonism to me? No thanks.
notsofast

SarahP said:
SarahP says:
November 30, 2010 at 8:16 pm SarahP(Quote)

Poor little child is having a temper tantrum. Poor baby!
Hawk11

Scott_in_MI said:
Poor Hawk…he’s beeen completly brainwashed by the Democratic party. He still believes the myth that the Dem party cares about the little guy.

Sorry buddy, but the only reason the Dems care about the little guy is for his vote. He does want him to get out of poverty (just look at our inner city public schools for proof of that) nor does he care if he loses him job (just look at te job killing taxes and regulations for proof of that.) The more he keeps him down, the more likely he’ll get his vote.

Come to the light Hawk, come to the light.

If MI means you’re from Michigan that you have a lot of nerve speaking down about poverty, public schools, and who does for the little guy. I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for as opposed to what Glenn Beck stands for. I’d rather stand with the democrats that stand with the guy who apologized to BP. I’d rather stand with democrats and make sure everyone has healthcare rather than with the people who would see those who can’t afford it suffer. I’d rather stand with the democrats and make sure millionaires and billionaires can’t fuck over the middle class and kill those who work in dangerous jobs for the want of saving a buck and profiting in the billions.

Should I go on?

No, you just live with it.
SarahP

notsofast said:
Poor little child is having a temper tantrum. Poor baby!

Does this mean your momma has come around…child?
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
Would you do us all a favor and grow the fuck up?

You seem to know nothing of Mormon theology, Pablo.
You, therefore, won’t truly understand Beck.

I do. Been there. Done that. Went thru the temple just like he did. I know what he has been exposed to, ie Clousen, Bircher society, Ezra T. Benson mind-think.

Sorry, Pablo, you really don’t know where and why Beck says what he says. He peddles the thought patterns of people who were really looney. I know. Been there. Done that. Know it when I see it.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo_, is pimping a for fraudsters and getting paid millions for it, work?

You’d have to ask David Axelrod.
tstev

Pablo, even his ranting books are written by ghost writers.

The title page lists Kevin Balfe, Emily Bestler, and Jack Henderson.
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kevin-Balfe/63078829

If he wasn’t paid for rants, he wouldn’t be able to buy writers to write for him either. So the gold scammers are paying the writers to write him books.

Even if Madoff writes a book, he does not become a productive member of society and Beck wouldn’t.
Hawk11

Pablo said:
Ground Zero Mosque. Now, who do you blindly follow, Hawk?

What the hell does that mean? In what way is that a reference to anything?
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
You seem to know nothing of Mormon theology, Pablo.
You, therefore, won’t truly understand Beck.

If that were the case, you’d think you’d be able to accurately relate what the man has said and is saying and yet, you fail.
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
What the hell does that mean? In what way is that a reference to anything?

It was an answer to your question, genius. That’s why I quoted it. Pay attention, would ya?
SarahP

Pablo said:
You’d have to ask David Axelrod.

non-sequitur. Pablo, to my utter disappointment it seems you are just as big (if not bigger) an asshole as nutosmuch. You have a Limbaugh blow up doll as well? His momma is taken…by him.
tstev

Pablo_ you don’t have an answer because Beck is not a productive member of society.
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
You can’t explain the Christian theology you just spewed, and now you want to explain Mormonism to me? No thanks.

You even been a Mormon, Pablo? Tell me what you know of Mormon theology. Tell me what you know of the covenants they make in their temples. Tell me of how it infulences how Beck sees everything. I know I can.

I can tell you anything you want to know of Mormon theology, how it difference from more traditional theology, and how it influences the thought patterns of Mormons and how they view their world and culture.

I eagerly await what factual understanding facts you have in understanding Glenn Beck and the garbage he spews and why he spews it.

I know. I used to do what he does.
notsofast

Beck: national hero, patriot and American icon!
Scott_in_MI

Hawk11 said:
If MI means you’re from Michigan that you have a lot of nerve speaking down about poverty, public schools, and who does for the little guy. I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for as opposed to what Glenn Beck stands for. I’d rather stand with the democrats that stand with the guy who apologized to BP. I’d rather stand with democrats and make sure everyone has healthcare rather than with the people who would see those who can’t afford it suffer. I’d rather stand with the democrats and make sure millionaires and billionaires can’t fuck over the middle class and kill those who work in dangerous jobs for the want of saving a buck and profiting in the billions. Should I go on? No, you just live with it.

Its easy reading talking point from Union newsletters, but its hard forming your own thoughts and ideas. Poor Hawk, he doesn’t have a thought of his own.
tstev

notsofast_ can a patriot be a scammer or a fraudster?
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo_ you don’t have an answer because Beck is not a productive member of society.

I don’t? Then what the hell is this?

Pablo said:
Content, and lots of it. Books. Stage shows. A radio program. A TV show. A magazine. A website.

Next question: Why should anyone give a shit about what you consider productive? What do you produce? How many people do you employ? How much revenue do you generate?
tstev

Pablo, but you forgot to face the fact that even his ranting books are written by ghost writers.

The title page lists Kevin Balfe, Emily Bestler, and Jack Henderson.
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kevin-Balfe/63078829

If he wasn’t paid for rants, he wouldn’t be able to buy writers to write for him either. So the gold scammers are paying the writers to write him books.

Even if Madoff writes a book, he does not become a productive member of society and Beck wouldn’t.
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
You even been a Mormon, Pablo?

What would that have to do with anything at all? Again, if you can’t explain to me how “Christians are suppose to believe in hope for a brighter future.”, I’m not interested in anything you have to say about LDS.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast_ can a patriot be a scammer or a fraudster?

Prove he is either.

I’ll wait because you will never prove it.
notsofast

tstev said:
Pablo, but you forgot to face the fact that even his ranting books are written by ghost writers.

The title page lists Kevin Balfe, Emily Bestler, and Jack Henderson.
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kevin-Balfe/63078829

If he wasn’t paid for rants, he wouldn’t be able to buy writers to write for him either. So the gold scammers are paying the writers to write him books.

Even if Madoff writes a book, he does not become a productive member of society and Beck wouldn’t.

It was just as boring the first time you posted it.
Hawk11

Scott_in_MI said:
Its easy reading talking point from Union newsletters, but its hard forming your own thoughts and ideas. Poor Hawk, he doesn’t have a thought of his own.

I’m not in a union, never have been.

You offer nothing. You speak as if you work for Beck, or FOX news and have to be on here defending them as part of your job. Doesn’t that sound idiotic? well, it is just as idiotic as what you said.
notsofast

tstev said:
can a patriot be a scammer or a fraudster?

Ask BHO.
tstev

notsofast , the one liner shows that you are tongue tied.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo, but you forgot to face the fact that even his ranting books are written by ghost writers.

The title page lists Kevin Balfe, Emily Bestler, and Jack Henderson.
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kevin-Balfe/63078829

If he wasn’t paid for rants, he wouldn’t be able to buy writers to write for him either. So the gold scammers are paying the writers to write him books.

Even if Madoff writes a book, he does not become a productive member of society and Beck wouldn’t.

He doesn’t buy writers, nitwit. His team works on them together. All of those people work for Mercury Radio Arts, Beck’s company. Which he produced. They are not ghost writers, they’re co-writers, all of which is acknowledged.

I think you’re just jealous.
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast , the one liner shows that you are tongue tied.

No- it shows you can’t prove Beck is a scammer or a fraudster.

Game, set, match- YOU LOSE!
AngelPeters

Pablo,

Cleon Skousen.

Do yourself an educational favor and understand this guy. He has all kinds of nutty thoughts
tstev

notsofast_ I don’t need to ask anyone. I know the answer. Beck patriotism is not for real.
notsofast

AngelPeters said:
Pablo,

Cleon Skousen.

Do yourself an educational favor and understand this guy. He has all kinds of nutty thoughts

So does Nancy Pelosi- What can be crazier than saying “we need to pass the bill so we can see what is in it?”
notsofast

tstev said:
notsofast_ I don’t need to ask anyone. I know the answer. Beck patriotism is not for real.

GAME, SET, MATCH!

Ka-Ching!
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
What would that have to do with anything at all? Again, if you can’t explain to me how “Christians are suppose to believe in hope for a brighter future.”, I’m not interested in anything you have to say about LDS.

I get it. You know nada about how the extreme Mormon see anything in this culture.
Which mean you know crap about how Beck views anything.
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
I’m not in a union, never have been.

You offer nothing. You speak as if you work for Beck, or FOX news and have to be on here defending them as part of your job. Doesn’t that sound idiotic? well, it is just as idiotic as what you said.

Maybe, but it isn’t as idiotic as this:

I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for…

That’s just weird, dude.
tstev

notsofast, you are scamming just like Beck now just barking now. How did I lose?
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Pablo,

Cleon Skousen.

Do yourself an educational favor and understand this guy. He has all kinds of nutty thoughts

Beck is not a Skousen devotee. He is very fond of The 5000 Year Leap. And I’m familiar with Skousen and how he really, really didn’t like commies. Good for him.
AngelPeters

notsofast said:
So does Nancy Pelosi- What can be crazier than saying “we need to pass the bill so we can see what is in it?”

Nancy shows nada of the thinking patterns of Skousen. Sorry.
tstev

Hawk11 , working for Fox News requires lack of ethics and these two support any rant by Beck regardless of how diabolic it is. Therefore they work for Beck or Fox News.
Patrick Henry

SarahP said:
knows plenty about being an asshole.

Uh, no, that would be you.
Pablo

tstev said:
notsofast, you are scamming just like Beck now just barking now. How did I lose?

Because you brought nothing other than an unfounded assertion you kept repeating, and then you got pounded with facts.
tstev

Pablo, how do do what Beck is devotee to. Do you read his mind?

Do you constantly see commies like Beck does ?
notsofast

AngelPeters said:
Nancy shows nada of the thinking patterns of Skousen. Sorry.

Her problem is she shows NO THINKING PATTERNS at all!
bamman

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States :

Overstating poverty

When you hear that someone is “poor,” it brings to mind images of a person who may be homeless and malnourished. Fortunately, however, that description is not reflective of the majority of individuals labeled as poor by the federal government. The 2000 Census indicates that 73% of U.S. poor own automobiles, 76% have air conditioning, 97% own refrigerators, 62% have cable or satellite TV, and 73% have microwaves. There are many homeless and malnourished individuals in the United States, but the poverty thresholds are high enough to include many individuals who live with some modern comforts.
Instead of being homeless, almost half (46%) own their own homes with most of the rest renting their homes. On average a poor person in this country lives in a home with 1,228 square feet (114.1 m2) which they often own, and as noted the home is likely air conditioned, with a refrigerator, cable or satellite TV, a microwave not to mention many other comforts.[Authors] Cox and Alm conclude that if the American poor formed a country of their own, they would be as well-off or even slightly better-off than the typical family in most European countries.
tstev

Pablo_, you are speaking for your friend. Have you two merged as you have merged with Beck and reading his mind?
AngelPeters

Pablo,
Ever been thru the LDS temple? Made those covenants? Know anything about the Bircher society? Sat thru LDS meetings.

Live the LDS religious path Beck is on?
Just curious.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo, how do do what Beck is devotee to. Do you read his mind?

No, he’s talked about it.

Do you constantly see commies like Beck does ?

I don’t think beck constantly sees commies, though he does take them at their word when they identify themselves. I do that too.
notsofast

AngelPeters said:
Live the LDS religious path Beck is on?

Try the LSD path that KO is on.
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Pablo,
Ever been thru the LDS temple? Made those covenants? Know anything about the Bircher society? Sat thru LDS meetings.

Live the LDS religious path Beck is on?
Just curious.

What part of “I don’t care what you have to say about LDS” do you not understand? Just curious.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo_, you are speaking for your friend.

No, I’m just arguing with idiots.
ganymede

Glenn Beck and his followers are history’s negative people who really don’t seem to care very much for the welfare of others. If we were living in the 30′s they would be the rightwingers of that time who would say that the poor and unemployed should get off their asses (in the midst of the Depression), while and we the progressives leftwingers would be cheering FDR on in his desire to alleviate the suffering of the poor, and offer them a New Deal. Things never really change, except this is 2010 and the rightwing can’t get a handle on the fact that today’s suffering isn’t all that different from what happened in the 1930′s. Not many jobs and very little money. Contrary to the ignorant remarks on this website, most every advanced industrialized country offers its citizens a lot more in both good times and bad times. What’s really troublesome is how rightwingers have enclosed themselves in a world of cheap propaganda and have little idea of the complexities of modern society. You people don’t seem well informed about very much of anything out of the orbit of Fox, Palin, Beck, etc. What a crying shame. To follow a fool like Beck is the height of stupidity and uncaring.
tstev

notsofast, you post like cleverbot.
Pablo

ganymede said:
If we were living in the 30’s they would be the rightwingers of that time who would say that the poor and unemployed should get off their asses (in the midst of the Depression), while and we the progressives leftwingers would be cheering FDR on in his desire to alleviate the suffering of the poor, and offer them a New Deal.

The New Deal required the poor to get off their asses, which they mostly weren’t back then, because being poor and sitting on your ass was a good way to starve.
notsofast

ganymede said:
Contrary to the ignorant remarks on this website, most every advanced industrialized country offers its citizens a lot more in both good times and bad times.

Yes, that’s why everyone is leaving the USA for Mexico, France, Britain, Greece, Spain, etc and the USA has a ZERO problem with illegal immigrants.

Yawn!
tstev

Pablo, here is cleverbot response to that?
“That’s an odd way of agreeing with someone.”
Pablo

ganymede said:
You people don’t seem well informed about very much of anything out of the orbit of Fox, Palin, Beck, etc.

Any topic, any time. Let’s do this, for money.
Pablo

tstev said:
Pablo, here is cleverbot response to that?
“That’s an odd way of agreeing with someone.”

You might want to get that thing calibrated.
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
What part of “I don’t care what you have to say about LDS” do you not understand? Just curious.

I’ll take that as an admission on your part that you really don’t understand where Beck is coming from, and why his view of reality is skewed, including what he peddles as the doom and gloom “Constitution hanging by a thread” blubbering.

I do understand perfectly. You dont get what Beck is peddling and why.
Everything you hear from Beck is coming from a skewed extreme nutty Mormon perspective.
And Pablo, take that to the bank. Or in Beck’s view, buy gold.
Either way, he is peddling the very old Mormon view of doom and gloom view.
Have a party.
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Angel,
If I had a desire to gain knowledge about a certain subject, I certainly wouldn’t go to someone who had an obvious bias against it. Just sayin.
Pablo

Likewise, I’m not interested in a theology lesson from someone who just so badly mangled Christianity.
Hawk11

Pablo said:
Maybe, but it isn’t as idiotic as this:

“I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for”

That’s just weird, dude.

Finish the quote fucknut.

I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for as opposed to what Glenn Beck stands for.
AngelPeters

Pablo said:
Likewise, I’m not interested in a theology lesson from someone who just so badly mangled Christianity.

So glad you won’t be listening to Beck, then. Talk about badly mangling Christianity= Mormonism.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

I’m kind of reluctant to wade back in here because of all the blow-up dolls and it’d be kind of pointless to wax about how a car is pretty much a necessity in non-urban America or question Beck’s point for talking crap about people who can’t afford his program. Not to mention that others associated with FNC have advocated defunding PBS because cable has done so much to replace it and there’s so few people without access to cable…

But at the risk of any predictable responses to my previous paragraph and to the link which prompted me to post this follow-up… the other day, I followed a link from Jalopnik that led to a forum account from what was reportedly the first people to drive across the Congo in 20 years.

If you have three hours, you may not read anything better on the internet for the remainder of the year and in addition to the unimaginable poverty the pull-yourself-up-from-the-bootstraps fellow witnessed, it also leaves no doubt that though they don’t have an American-style safety net, a lot of people in the Congo are sucking from a different kind of teat.

(Seriously. The Jalopnik linkpost is nice, but the entire forum account will leave an indelible mark)
nrgetick

Pablo said:
More importantly, many of them have to struggle with obesity. When will this horror end?

Wait?!!?! how did we get on the topic of teabaggers? oh yea most of you jerk offs just sit on your fat ass while collecting ss and medicare.,and when your not watching the rodeo messiah, your standing, sorry sitting… on a lawnchair holding up signs for dick army and his corporate donors with gravy tears running down your face.
Patrick Henry

nrgetick said:
Wait?!!?! how did we get on the topic of teabaggers? oh yea most of you jerk offs just sit on your fat ass while collecting ss and medicare.,and when your not watching the rodeo messiah, your standing, sorry sitting… on a lawnchair holding up signs for dick army and his corporate donors with gravy tears running down your face.

You sound like one hateful and very unhappy person. Try therapy.
tstev

notsofast, there are many people that leave US for better life.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313345066?ie=UTF8&tag=usncom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313345066

Here is the preface
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313345066?ie=UTF8&tag=usncom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313345066#reader_0313345066
Pablo

Hawk11 said:
I’m a democrat and have absolutely no problem being brainwashed by the ideas of what the democratic party stands for as opposed to what Glenn Beck stands for.

If you have no problem being brainwashed, that means you’re an idiot. Me, I can’t help but think for myself and do my own homework and draw my own conclusions. I just don’t it in me to do otherwise.

You are a big part of what’s wrong with America. You’re a sheep and you’ve learned to despise the sheepdog and love the wolf. We’re not from the same Tribe.
tstev

Pablo, merger with Beck has made you see Commies the way he sees them or not? What is the difference between your views?
AngelPeters

It’s been suggested by some of the comments that Beck has said on his programs that he may very well read Mediaite, (his paranoia being the driving force)

Glenn, you are peddling phony and paranoid material. Seems you are having trouble separating fact from fiction from myth.

Get someone on your team who you trust to keep you straight on the facts. I know you have admitted that mental illness runs in your family. That is ok and no one’s fault. It happens, just like brown eyes and blue eyes.

But you do have the influence to make sure that someone guides you into what is factual, and what is paranoia.
It would be worthy of your time to make sure someone keeps you focused on facts, and raises red flags to when you are going into area that have no factual foundation in reality.
http://none pyrope

Magister said:
it’d be kind of pointless to wax about how a car is pretty much a necessity in non-urban America

Perhaps you could ask yourself about the demographics of those on poverty. You might learn that 92% of all on welfare reside in–urban areas!

Maybe you should look into taxpayer funded programs e.g. SETHRA. You might find something like this:

http://www.sethra.us/

Now, is a car actually a necessity that you believed it to be?
Hawk11

Pablo said:
If you have no problem being brainwashed, that means you’re an idiot. Me, I can’t help but think for myself and do my own homework and draw my own conclusions. I just don’t it in me to do otherwise.

You are a big part of what’s wrong with America. You’re a sheep and you’ve learned to despise the sheepdog and love the wolf. We’re not from the same Tribe.

Jeez…. I was saying that I would rather be brainwashed by the ideal of the democratic party as a whole than be a automaton to Glenn Beck. Holy shit, the ignorance is just amazing. Sheep? Sheep? Hello kettle!!!!

It’s truly mind numbing.
Pablo

“I would rather” does not equal “I have absolutely no problem with.” Baa.
nrgetick

Pablo said:
Likewise, I’m not interested in a theology lesson from someone who just so badly mangled Christianity.

are your refering to LDS being christian,,.ha ha ha.,oh man,.,
Pablo

AngelPeters said:
Get someone on your team who you trust to keep you straight on the facts.

That’s Stu, and it has been for years. Stu is highly underrated. Pat Grey does quite a bit of that too.
Pablo

nrgetick said:
are your refering to LDS being christian,,.ha ha ha.,oh man,.,

No.
greg454

Beck haters should read Broke’s chapter on George W. Bush, it’s quite harsh. The funny thing is that if Beck only spoke badly about republicans you’d all be praising him as a genius, but because he gives it to progressives in both parties you hate him.
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/amtrack-lifts-ban-on-guns-somewhat/
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

pyrope said:
Perhaps you could ask yourself about the demographics of those on poverty. You might learn that 92% of all on welfare reside in–urban areas!

I didn’t watch the program and my comment is (was) based on the clip, where Beck never utters the word “welfare” are the only reference to “lining-up for cash” was to make light of something an uneducated person said to somebody, somewhere, once.

My comment is (was) how he spent more than four minutes talking about how the American poor have it so good because they have a cheap microwave and a broken-down car.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

BTW: If you read the “driving across the Congo” link that I referenced in my earlier comment, you’d see that those folks don’t have cars because they don’t have roads and it wouldn’t be difficult to imagine that if they had more mobility, it’d be easier to lift themselves out of poverty, which is what I assume Beck eventually got around to advocate.
nrgetick

Its ironic that becks religion has an interesting underlying foundation, in terms of how it organizes itself and redistributes the blessings of all its members throughout its community..its almost as if the church were a central….. say….. not it couldnt be………..

*pulls down chalkboard*

hmmmm lets see here…..20% of yearly income is (.20x=144,000)——>^2 by 364 days.. divided by the -/+ 17th enoch minus the year 1978 when cultural reparations=civil equivalency 2X the number of daughters that became wives (7w / by pi) + moses kinda ryhmes with marxist—–> thats five letters = Mormonism=Socialism^2——>Communism!!! Oh my god!!! Glen is a joseph smith impersonator impersonating mao stung trying to harness the power of the ceder stones into a golden calf baring the mark of the sickl and hammer! OH MY GOD!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!! WAKE UP!!!! *sobbing*
tstev

notsofast, here is a proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PqHzVoTD5c&feature=fvw

Goldline fraud investigation. God Gold Guns and Becks endorsement
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dd1_1279669275
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

I realize that though I recommend the “Driving Across Congo” thing to be one of the most interesting things that you’ll read on the internet this year and that in it’s entirety, it goes a long ways toward describing true non-American poverty and the types of situations it causes, but three hour or more is a lot to ask just to illustrate a comment to someone else’s blog post.

Therefore, if you’re looking for a shortcut to get an idea about one of the other “teats”, you could just read this short cliffhanger, then proceed to the next post.

(Though again, the whole thing is worth a read)
MiddleRoader

Magister said:
If you have three hours, you may not read anything better on the internet for the remainder of the year

Thank you. I have bookmarked both links and look forward to reading them when I have more time.
Calvin

Pablo said:
That’s Stu, and it has been for years. Stu is highly underrated. Pat Grey does quite a bit of that too.

Stu is awesome.

Pat’s great, too.
http://none pyrope

Magister said:
My comment is (was) how he spent more than four minutes talking about how the American poor have it so good because they have a cheap microwave and a broken-down car.

I must think we’re not all that far away on our opinions/assessments of what Mr. Beck was saying.

Maybe they have a “cheap” microwave oven, but if you ever travel to a place called “El Rancho Nuevo de Los Angeles,” in Mexico, you would find women cooking on hot stones and baking in clay ovens outside their adobe hogans. It was there I saw children carrying their one pair shoes (most often handed down by older siblings) to school and putting them on just before they entered the classroom. My friend, that is poverty!

This country is so blessed that our welfare recipients have no clue what being poor is like. (There’s probably a novel in all this but I’ll spare you for now.) I’ll just leave you with this: The USA is the best country ever to exist on the Earth, and we are pissing it away with the silly notion that something other than the values held by our Founders would make it better.

I guess our “poor” have a cheap big screen TV, too…I don’t know.
http://none pyrope

Ever hear of a “welfare Cadillac?” I have seen several, and I’ve seen some “welfare Beemers,” too.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

@pyrope: Again, I didn’t see the show and was only commenting on the comparisons Beck was making in the clip, but was he advocating that we remove the safety net so that Americans would experience the extreme cases of poverty that you witnessed in Mexico and which is a factor in the societal corruption detailed in the trip journal that I’ve previously linked?

Sure, you can use statistics to say that our poor aren’t as poor as others and you can try to argue that though the Waltons owned and farmed the mountain, they were somehow poorer than a renter who makes minimum wage, but was Beck trying to claim that it’d be better for us to go back to having folks die of starvation in the streets?
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

PS) “Welfare Cadillacs” were something of a thing back prior to the Reagan era, but they strike me as fewer and further between as the price of cars have risen and financing qualifications have tightened. Of course, I’m sure some still exist and there may even be some that aren’t a lease that’s traded-in and up every few years, but as someone who grew up in the South, I can also tell you that there are some cultures within the United States that place a higher value on having a nice rid, so instead of investing in a home or better living standards, they try to keep a nice car.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

IOW: Their house or trailer may be crap, but their Monte Carlo really shines.
ChrisNH

Libs love getting twisted into incoherent pretzels over people like Beck and Palin, and I think it’s wonderful to see them in an apoplectic froth. It’s like wondering whether a dog is rabid and then it goes right ahead and proves that it is. It makes our job easier when it comes to dissecting Libs.
Moderate

“but was Beck trying to claim that it’d be better for us to go back to having folks die of starvation in the streets?”

A family tried to sell me $300.00 worth of food stamps for $150.00, when I asked how they planned on feeding their children, their reply was the church food pantry supplied their food.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

SarahP said:
Let this sink in Dave; your comment is among the dumbest I have ever read. My guess it you travel about 5 miles to and from work otherwise you wouldn’t make such a idiotic comment. Do you get “context?’ Of course not.

Dave, this idiot that is hiding behind Palin’s name and photo lives in an institution that lets her play with the computer for therapy. She has to be restrained when watching Fox. She slit her wrists on election night. It is the drugs that make her make these stupid comments. We need to understand that she needs help. Poor soul.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

Moderate said:
“but was Beck trying to claim that it’d be better for us to go back to having folks die of starvation in the streets?”

A family tried to sell me $300.00 worth of food stamps for $150.00, when I asked how they planned on feeding their children, their reply was the church food pantry supplied their food.

But they were the exception, rather than the norm and even if you had a dozen such stories, they’d only represent a small portion of those on some form of public assistance. Not to mention that most, if not all states have now adopted and EBT card for food stamp distribution, which further reduces the instances of abuse.
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

Scott_in_MI says:
“Beck is 100% correct. FDR’s “New Deal” was a series of government agencies which gave folks money TO WORK.”

What a tool! Scott, first Beck is never 100% correct. Unemployment insurance in the U.S. began in 1932, during the Great Depression. That’s people collecting money to do nothing but look for work.

Beck is a tool for the corporations that he criticized once. I don’t know why he never criticized them again, but one could guess it’s because his corporate masters told him to remain focused upon the government as the enemy and never corporations.

Point is, Scott in MI is a sycophant of a deceitful rodeo clown whose propaganda often deviates from what is rightfully called sane analysis.

Because of his lies, his race-baiting, his hypocrisy, his misrepresentation of history and his sheer ignorance on the issues, Glenn Beck needs to slither back into the radio cave he crawled out of.

Petition: Fire Glenn Beck

http://www.jewishjustice.org/webform/petition-murdoch
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

gordontheblowhardwithashow says:
“She has to be restrained when watching Fox. She slit her wrists on election night.”

Let me get this straight. You make up facts like this and then accuse me of being a “liar” when I call Beck out on his many lies.

Gordon, I would be happy if you could point out a story of ANYONE who cut their wrists on election night.

Anyone, Gordon, or admit that you are in fact a liar.

While you’re at it, you owe me an apology for your sheer ignorant accusation.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-my-viewers-aren%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%9Cdummies%E2%80%9D-they-wont-be-that-surprised-by-new-wikileak/#comment-228516
cjd ohio 1

1932 in the state of wisconsin, not a federal program till 1935
cjd ohio 1

1935 bill was to encourage states to provide unemployment
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

cjd ohio 1 says:
“1932 in the state of wisconsin, not a federal program till 1935″

So your admit that Beck was wrong, that some victims of the Great Depression took a government handout?

Hint: Great Depression ended in 1941.

Count on Beck…to get his facts wrong again and again and again.

That means, according to Beck, he should be fired.
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/glenn-beck-do-you-really-believe-i-c
or
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/11/petition-fire-glenn-beck.html
CosmosDan

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Actually, I believe it is the character of the rich that has declined over the generations.
Used to be they got rich building something that was good for America. A railroad, steamships, radios.
These days the large majority of the rich get wealthy by moving paper around and screwing America in the balance.

Yup, you just cant find decent rich people like in the Olde Days!! lolol

Pretty funny.
CosmosDan

greg454 said:
Beck haters should read Broke’s chapter on George W. Bush, it’s quite harsh. The funny thing is that if Beck only spoke badly about republicans you’d all be praising him as a genius, but because he gives it to progressives in both parties you hate him.
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/amtrack-lifts-ban-on-guns-somewhat/

I’d be happy to see him criticize both parties since they both have earned it. I just want him to do it honestly.
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

greg454 said:
“Beck haters should read Broke’s chapter on George W. Bush, it’s quite harsh. The funny thing is that if Beck only spoke badly about republicans you’d all be praising him as a genius, but because he gives it to progressives in both parties you hate him.”
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/amtrack-lifts-ban-on-guns-somewhat/

CosmosDan says:
“I’d be happy to see him criticize both parties since they both have earned it. I just want him to do it honestly.”

and without hypocrisy.

You’re wrong Greg: I don’t hate Beck. I appreciate Mr. Beck. Also, I would not be praising him as a genius; I recognize his genius as an entertainer. Tonight, I’m going to study that aspect of him by watching his favorite movie, Citizen Kane. I don’t care about his politics if he ever figures out what he believes in; he’s a liar, a hypocrite and a fake. That’s his genius that people don’t see through that.
timcajun

Fox does have a few non-evil shows, however GBR is 100%, Beck is a liar, hypocrite and a fake, he is seldom correct, you can’t pin him down, for he is too general! His famous ” hide behind bail out pharses” “I’m not saying, don’t take my word for it and it seems interesting to me! How safe and off base does this fraud have to be? When will the sheep wake up and say, “hey ,that’s not what you said before”?
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

timcajun says:

“When will the sheep wake up and say, “hey ,that’s not what you said before”?”

One thing that I well not fault Beck on is changing his mind. What I think you touched on though are his occasional contradictions. Even those are not a big deal. I don’t understand why his followers put up with his hypocrisies. They’re obvious to me and invisible to them. They hear what they want to hear and block out the rest in a form of selective perception.

Just one example, when Beck wonders if a high school teacher is still working even though he’s a radical activist after hours, that is hypocrisy on Beck’s part regarding the freedom of speech.

http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/what-does-glenn-beck-have-against.html
http://none pyrope

Magister said:
@pyrope: Again, I didn’t see the show and was only commenting on the comparisons Beck was making in the clip, but was he advocating that we remove the safety net so that Americans would experience the extreme cases of poverty that you witnessed in Mexico and which is a factor in the societal corruption detailed in the trip journal that I’ve previously linked? Sure, you can use statistics to say that our poor aren’t as poor as others and you can try to argue that though the Waltons owned and farmed the mountain, they were somehow poorer than a renter who makes minimum wage, but was Beck trying to claim that it’d be better for us to go back to having folks die of starvation in the streets?

Sorry Magister, had to be away for a couple of days…not sure you’ll be back to our thread but here’s my take:
Mr. Beck was DEFINITELY NOT lauding poverty or suggesting that it would be better to go back to having people die of starvation on the streets. My take on Mr. Beck’s comments were the people who survived the depression did so by helping one another through it.

My wife’s father (now 90) grew up in Michigan, and was one of 4 children. His tales about it include that most people wanted to work and would labor long hours–often below their abilities–to make ends meet. He said (and it’s the one thing that brought me to this country) that there was a sense of community unlike what we have now. These days, it seems that too many people have a “got mine, screw you” attitude, and I would submit the reason why people have lost their values is because they’ve lost their faith…but that’s just me.

At the end of the day though, one can tell a lot about an individual or a nation by observing how they deal with adversity–this is, in part, what made the United States such a good and generous country and is the reason why I shall always consider myself privileged to be a part of it.

I would like to hope that the US can regain its sense of values and the greatness that is attendant to those values; I believe the road to doing so lies in regaining a sense of personal integrity and responsibility (e.g. as those who survived the “great depression” seemed to have had), and I believe the road to that greatness lies in the attributes of faith, hope, and charity. Perhaps it begins when an individual decides there is more honor in the struggle for achievement than in taking a handout.