Beck was correct. If Obama were merely reacting to the will of the American people, it would be a first. As we have come to learn, Obama is an ideologue first and foremost, and really doesn’t give a crap what the average American citizen thinks.

Glen(n) is very creative. Earlier in the week, he made up the content of a complex economic and political philosophy book from the dust jacket, and now he invents a new form of discrimination agains the noble, good citizen BP. Well, as long as itbashed President Obama, the truth is not necessary to Glen(n).

An ideologoue? Yes, square in the middle of the American political mainstream, even a tad to the right of the middle. I’m not sure on what planet that an ideologue makes, but not on Earth and not in America.

Watching Glen Beck is a sad, sad thing. It’s really a shame that the people in his life who love him don’t pull him away from the cameras and get him some help. I guess they stand to inerit his fortune when Beck inevitably self destructs and ends up in a rubber room… or worse

*inherit

Beck is correct. Great example, nice and simple.

I notice that neither of you argued the topic. but merely changed the subject. Typical progressive douchebags.

Fraces, since you appearantly aren’t smart enough to figure out what he was saying, I’ll break it down for you. He quoted obama as to by he hadn’t met with the CEO of BP, where obama said )those people will just tell you what you want to hear”. HIs point was that he his hatred of all business is akin to someone who hates a whole race of people.

lanquihue says:
June 12, 2010 at 10:07 am
I notice that neither of you argued the topic. but merely changed the subject. Typical progressive douchebags.

That’s always the case, because they can’t argue the substance. Hey did you libs catch Thursdays’s show where he played a clips of an FBI agent that infiltrated the weather underground in the 70′ when they were tyring to overthrow the gov’t and this agent said the plan was to round of anyone who didn’t agree with them and “retrain” them in the way things would be. He asked what they would do with those wouldn’t agree with them and their answer was, they would be eliminated. Cut to present day to a clip of bill ayers wife saying their agenda hadn’t changed, just how they would achieve it. That was just a small part of a very interesting show. I noticed that mediaite, who usually has a daily moment of glenn, skipped that one all together.

Gotta get “racist” or “fascist” or “communist” or “George Washington” into the narrative someplace, no?

btw, the notion that Obama “hates all business” in some blanket fashion is another reminder that facts simply don’t matter in the Right’s narrative anymore. Fox is a land of pure ideological delusion

MichelleF…you aptly point out:

“I noticed that mediaite, who usually has a daily moment of glenn, skipped that one all together.”

It’s not part of the Mediaite narrative to present things that don’t support their agenda is it now…

>Obama is an ideologue first and foremost, and really doesn’t give a crap what the average American citizen thinks.

Glenn Beck earns $23 million a year and owns a $3.9 million, 8,720-square-foot house.

He doesn’t give a shit about any normal human being. He lives in a rich man’s bubble. This is why he only wants low taxes and protection of the elites.

U.S. investors overwhelmingly see President Barack Obama as anti-business and question his ability to manage a financial crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The global quarterly poll of investors and analysts who are Bloomberg subscribers finds that 77 percent of U.S. respondents believe Obama is too anti-business and four-out-of-five are only somewhat confident or not confident of his ability to handle a financial emergency.

Perhaps it is you that is delusion, mraut

Glenn is like one of those pro-family values politicians who is outed as a fag. His “see a communist, revolutionary, nazi, hitler, stalin, mao under every democratic bush” would be the “over reaction” in the opposite direction, even as an oppressor, to hide the reality of his real intention, which, includes, guns, food, medical supplies, radios, gold, and a good supply of last days seeds, and which posits that America must melt down before our beloved Lord will appear. And for Glenn, he intends to make it a self-fullfilling prophesy. An what kind of people join the Glenn Beck cult? People who are afraid.

Glenn Beck earns $23 million a year and owns a $3.9 million, 8,720-square-foot house.

Spoken like a bitter lib, who hates those who have more.

Beck’s radio show on Friday lends more understanding to the O’Reilly segment. The transcript is available at http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41775/ .

Glenn Beck earns $23 million a year and owns a $3.9 million, 8,720-square-foot house.”

How many houses does Al Gore have and how much did he make last year?

No, the delusion in this instance is Beck’s insistence that Obama is driving a communist revolution. Beck will pull together any feeble threads to make this case. It is an IDIOTIC idea on the face of it. Put down your Kool-Aid cup.

yeah, yeah, investors gravely distrust Obama – that’s why the Dow went from about 8000 to 11000 over the last year.

How about this: take a deep breath and consider the magnitude of the problems Obama is confronted with. Or that McCain or Palin or anyone else might be confronted with. You seriously believe anyone else can do better under this pressure? It is really easy to throw ideological grenades at someone from the sidelines – when you’re in the hot seat yourself, things are a little different. The readily apparent FACT, based on its constantly recycled spiel, is that the Right (and Fox) wants this president to fail – they want him run from office ignominiously. FEAR THIS FOREIGN-BORN, HALF-BREED, RADICAL COMMUNIST ALIEN MY FRIENDS. I understand crude propaganda. The disgrace is so many lap this BS up as news or serious political commentary.

John Simpson, according to the left on this site and others there is nothing wrong with rich libs, cuz they think “the correct way”…..

You morons don’t think Algore has an army of accountants to minimize HIS tax liability on millions of income? Or the dude that owns Progressive Insurance? There are probably more wealthy libs than conservatives now….

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 10:15 am
I notice that your head is up Glenn’s @$$ so far you can’t breathe, typical conservative idiot. You want arguing the point? That’s laughable considering that you yourself rarely do. All you do is b*tch and moan about how “Glenn has said other things, you’re just singling in on one”.
Here’s a point for you; a man that hates a particular race does nothing to hate them, a man who hates businesses doesn’t bail them out when they fail. That’s fairly basic, isn’t it? So Glenn’s assessment is far off base. He is only speaking for himself, which presents even less credibility to the argument. If you had an semblance of sentience, you would think for yourself rather than letting your every post on here be about how Glenn’s right. I mean are you married to him or is this just a mormon thing?

“How many houses does Al Gore have and how much did he make last year?”

Two that we know of, including a recent purchase in Montecito, California. He’s estimated to be worth $100 million.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/05/03/stunning-pictures-al-gores-new-9-million-mansion-media-totally-ignore

“(Gore)… who last year told a House committee he was putting all of his earnings into a non-profit company to “spread awareness of why we have to take on” global warming a year later buys a $9 million mansion with six fireplaces, five bedrooms, and nine bathrooms for him and his wife.

Very reasonable response RL. Oh btw, I’m still waiting for you to post that clip of Palin saying she hates black men or to admit you slandered her. Come on, man up.

Our wars in the middle east are now the longest running wars in U.S. history. We are fighting a world-wide terorrist threat, and once upon a time to so crudely and persistently smear the president during war time was considered not cool. Our ememies think: America is disunited, let’s hold on a little longer.

valkyrie101 says:
June 12, 2010 at 10:29 am
Glenn is like one of those pro-family values politicians who is outed as a fag.

Fag? really?
Nice word there….

No Val, Our enemies know we have someone in office who thinks the tea-party is a bigger threat than they are.

Out for now – I’ll leave you all with this thought: if you’re getting your ideas straight from a cable “news” show you’re a moron. & if you regurgitate those ideas as your own, you’re a double moron

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 10:30 am
Warren Buffett is a liberal and makes 47 billion a year. What point are you trying to make here? I suppose next you’ll tell me liberals aren’t charitable? Oh and by the way, Warren Buffet is one of the most successful investors in the world, and he assisted and supports Obama. =P

RL, still waiting for your proof Palin says she hates black men. Why are you avoiding that? You made the charge, now back it up or admit you slandered you, you big coward.

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 10:57 am
You accuse me of slander? haha
And yes, I’m very sorry for not remembering every post I go to. I’m very sorry for having a job and a life and most of all I’m sorry that your opinion of me holds absolutely no value.
But for the reading impaired, I believe I said “I hate black mAn”, not men, man meaning Obama himself. However, the theory would be supported given the statement by her father that she was afraid of Asians. As long as we’re going by Conservative archetypes, perhaps you should “woman up” and do some cleaning? I also notice that as you say liberals do, you do nothing to argue my point.

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 11:10 am
Read the below post. I started that one a while ago and only just posted it because I had something to do, kind of like how you have nothing to?

Thanks for admitting you made it up.

What’s to argue? Yes, buffett is rich and supports Obama. What does that prove? 70% if investors think obama is anti-business. Buffett is part of the 30%.

>Spoken like a bitter lib, who hates those who have more.

You will never be rich or comfortable as Glenn Beck in any point of your entire life. Keep defending him, because you’re just going to be stuck in same social class for the rest of your days just like me. The difference is that I want America for the 99% who are like us, not the 1% elitist snobs like Glenn Beck.

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 11:15 am
There you go doing that thing you do again, what is that called? LYING! I said that she hates Obama who is a black man, not that she hated all black men, so stop trying to put that on me.
Once again, please go to the post I directed you to, these things are copied for a reason. The Glenn Beck accusation, genius.
And my point is that if the number one investor in the world is putting his backing here, then evidently he knows something these other guys don’t. I’m not saying that the “other 70%” as you put it is stupid, only that they’re not seeing the big picture as evidently some of the richest people in the world do.

M, the difference is, you hate anyone who is above you, I don’t. I think it’s great that people like glenn and oprah came from nothing to become wealthy. If you don’t like your situation, do something about it and stop whining about those who have more.

You’re never going to meet Glenn Beck and you’re never going to be Glenn Beck. Be individualist, think about yourself and your own interests for a moment. Screw Beck.

“The Real Royal King says:
June 12, 2010 at 9:47 am
An ideologoue? Yes, square in the middle of the American political mainstream, even a tad to the right of the middle. I’m not sure on what planet that an ideologue makes, but not on Earth and not in America.”

Here we see the real racist king praticing the big lie technique. He really isn’t fooling anyone, its just his method of mental masturbation. Of course, the left wing knee-jerkers with nod their heads while reading this, like bobble head dolls.

I said that she hates Obama who is a black man,

Then POST the comment where she says she hates him. You can’t because it doesn’t exist, you made it up! You are assuming that anyone who disagrees with him hates him because he is black and that just isn’t so. Either back it up or don’t say it.

Just sayin’ you seem to care more about Glenn Beck’s wealth and elitist status than your own well-being in society.

Nice for him that he’s got people like you to support him while he goes and sleeps in his 4 million dollar mansion. But it doesn’t do shit for yourself.

M, I don’t want to be Glenn Beck. I do think about myself and my own interests. If I wanted to change careers to make more money, I could go back to school and do that, but being a single mother, I don’t want to leave my son to do that, so I make due with what I make now. It’s all about choices. Don’t begrudge others who have more, change your own life.

King, you didn’t leave a space between the words ‘it’ and ‘bashed’ in your above post. Since you’re always correcting others’ posts, thought I’d help you out. Don’t bother to thank me.

>being a single mother, I don’t want to leave my son to do that

You belong to the most vulnerable group in our society, yet you defend and support policies that favor rich and the elite. Amazing. In plenty of other countries, you’d have extra grants and access to plenty of services that would let you study and take care of your child/children at the same time. Of course it’d require Beck to pay a couple of more percentages in taxation – but that’s bad, right!?

M, what % of their income do you think the rich should pay in order to help out others? 50%, 60%, 70%? Why would someone work hard to own a business, which employs people like me, if 70% of their income was taken away? I mean why do it? What does that do to the economy? You need to think it through. If you like socialism, maybe consider moving to Europe. The problem with Dem’s is they are generous with OTHER peoples $$. How many of the dem’s in congress do you think check that little box on their tax form that says they want to pay more taxes? Wouldn’t that be interesting to know?

So michelle, a company earns, say, ten billion dollars and pays seventy percent in taxes has no motive for working? Making billions in net profit used to be pretty big money. But without the stability provided by the Federal government, without the infrastructure of our economy, without the consumers who are the American people, those companies would not be making billions.

TRL is the biggest liar on Mediaite and I proved it the other day. 5 big lies on just one post!

Val, Are you saying the rich should pay 70% of their income in taxes? I just want to be clear of your position. Also, is it hard for libs to understand that if you tax the rich more, they will pass some it onto us, the consumers in the form of higher prices? Seriously, it’s not the hard to figure out, so I’m not sure why you libs have such a hard time understanding it.

valkyrie is just another lazy lib who wants the successful to pay for failed libs.

The rich pay more when incentives to hide income are reduced.

The tax cuts of the 1920s
The share of the tax burden paid by the rich rose dramatically as tax rates were reduced. The share of the tax burden borne by the rich (those making $50,000 and up in those days) climbed from 44.2 percent in 1921 to 78.4 percent in 1928.

The Kennedy tax cuts
Just as happened in the 1920s, the share of the income tax burden borne by the rich increased following the tax cuts. Tax collections from those making over $50,000 per year climbed by 57 percent between 1963 and 1966, while tax collections from those earning below $50,000 rose 11 percent. As a result, the rich saw their portion of the income tax burden climb from 11.6 percent to 15.1 percent.

The Reagan tax cuts
The share of income taxes paid by the top 10 percent of earners jumped significantly, climbing from 48.0 percent in 1981 to 57.2 percent in 1988. The top 1 percent saw their share of the income tax bill climb even more dramatically, from 17.6 percent in 1981 to 27.5 percent in 1988.

John,
How is it that people become successful, just their own effort? Without the U.S. government, nobody would be individually successful, except the few people that own everything. And if you think that is what the forefather’s had in mind, you are wrong. Indeed, democracy is specifically designed to place power in the hands of the people, as opposed to the few that work the system for their own benefit.

Without the U.S. government, nobody would be individually successful, ”

LMAO!

Spoken like the commie that you are! No one can succeed without the govt.

The Glenn Beck Review covers a lot of Beck’s nonsense, including Beck’s taking issue with the President’s use of the A word. He flip flopped on it day to day. (What’s new?) Today there’s an analysis of his misuse of President Madison’s Federalist Paper #10. See it at http://sharethisurlaboutglenbek.wordpress.com

GlennBeckReview says:

Crawl backup BHO’s ass.

JohnSimpson says:
June 12, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Pulling numbers out of your ass again? Because the heritage foundation begs to differ:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/1996/07/BG1086nbsp-The-Historical-Lessons-of-Lower-Tax

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 11:24 am
Isn’t the saying “Actions speak louder than words”? You’re once again reading falsities into what I’ve wrote. Do I think that everybody against him is so because he’s African-American? No. Do I think that there is a large number of people against him because he’s African-American? Durn skippy!! That same poll which many point to which says the tea party is “educated” also says that they think too much has been made of the problems facing African Americans and other minorities. 52% compared to 28% of the total population.

MichelleF says:
June 12, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Well according to my man Warren Buffett, he only pays 19% of his income to taxes but testifies he has subordinates who pay 33% of their income in taxes, so an equal share would be quite nice.

the hypocrisy continues…

lets just imagine what the media and my fellow ‘liberal” democrats wouls have said if it was Bush who was president and it was found out 50 days after the worst spill in history – that he – had not even spoken to BPs chairman…

the media and the left world would of gone NUTS -

but when its found that obama has not (and he has given two of the lamest lies as reasons why not) they – the press and the obots online say nothing…

Mediaites first mention of this somehow even makes it glen becks fault or something -

HILARIOUS!

John,
The foundation of our democratic government, the Republic that our forefathers created in America, is what makes it possible for our collective economy to work. Otherwise, just what was it that our forefathers created? You would not have appreciated, for example, George Washington, who felt that a strong federal government was crucial.

England 1, USA 1, at the break!

Now, plese return to your bleating, moaning and whining.

The Real Royal King, aka Bovine the coward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XODfS4RaKW8

Yet another FoxNews talker who BRINGS UP racism yet will blast the left when they state that race was brought up by Beck

Brilliant logic

It would never occur to anyone that it is not worth arguing? So if you don;t argue you are a douche..After reading this shit it is clear Glenn’s audience is here. if that’s how you view the world well I guess it’s a perfect match. As far as Glenn having any credibility? Not so much. He is the person that calls himself an entertainer. So not a news perspective. Last i checked he is not a psychiatrist so how he can diagnose what he sees as the president’s condition is a mystery to me. If he were I would say Physician heal thyself…

Do you folks who don’t subscribe to your (what you call conservative) views just like to pounce on everyone that posts here? Is this for real? This is how you are everyday in life. It would explain why you all blow smoke up each others ass and torture the rest. Just a side note..while Glenn and pals are giving you all your script..they are making a lot of money to look the way they do.

All the real republicans have been hijacked

DrFunke said:
>>et another FoxNews talker who BRINGS UP racism yet will blast the left when they state that race was brought up by Beck<<

I think the problem is pretty simple. He rails on and on about Obama not meeting BP, but I'm willing to bet that Beck, (and some members of this very board) have spent their entire lives without meeting and befriending 1 single black person. Kinda sad isn't it?
Beck it's 2010 fer cryin' out loud. Perhaps it's time for "you" to venture out and meet B.P. – Uhmnn…. Black People that is.

You people who want to talk about how much Beck has or how much anyone has compared to you, you just don’t get it. I don’t care how much money Beck has. Some people have boatloads of money, and almost all of those people make sacrifices to achieve that. Some people have almost nothing, and they sacrifice virtually nothing. Most people strike a balance in their lives, and live comfortably without giving up the little things that make life worth living. When I play catch with my grandkids, that’s worth a lot more to me than most of the things that some rich guy has. This is the difference between conservatives and liberals / progressives, conservatives are generally happy people that just want to be left alone to enjoy life, while liberals / progressives jealously dwell on what others have.

the issue is small government VS. big government. why dont the libs and the conservatives ever talk about this. race, and how much money beck makes and teabaggers are dumb and obama is a commie and blah blah blah. whatever happened to the core issue?

itmec,
Small government? Cool. Could you list the items you wish to decrease. We may agree on some of them.

decrease? how about get rid of. SSA, woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Women’s Bureau (Labor Department), U.S. Border Patrol (now Customs and Border Protection)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Government Ethics, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Minority Business Development Agency, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration), Council of Economic Advisers, Department of Education (ED), Education Department (ED), Election Assistance Commission, Elementary and Secondary Education, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.

and universal healthcare, thats fat government, especially when its forced upon you.

I will let the items you listed speak for themselves. You didn’t mention our socialized military department.

So, is the sht flinging Baboon going to cry a little bit because he loves capitalism sooooo much?

Glenn Beck illustrates the term ‘douchebag.’

>Are you saying the rich should pay 70% of their income in taxes?

If you got up to a bracket of 70%, you’d generate so much money through other means than the 70% is there just for bare necessity in order to make sure they pay taxes at all. I don’t think you understand how rich people live. They don’t earn and live by paychecks. They earn money through dozens and dozens of other ways; acquisitions, stock portfolios, bonuses, etc.

The fact that you’ve been brainwashed into believing that Glenn Beck’s society is in the best interest for you as a single mom was probably my biggest shock of the week. Quite remarkable, actually, when I encounter people like you.

The reason people are “brainwashed” is because Beck is so convincing. See The Glenn Beck Review for more on this and detailed analysis of his lack of detailed analysis.

“I will let the items you listed speak for themselves. You didn’t mention our socialized military department.”

like i said, dancing around the issue. what the hell kind of arguement is that? unbelievable.

valk, you are aware that our taxes pay for our ‘socialized’ military, aren’t you? As well as social security and all those other examples you like to list to prove that we’re ‘socialist’? Yeah, we’re collectively paying for it, but we’re paying for it all the same. It isn’t free.

Glennbeckreview

You redefine the term ” loser ” .

Good God ! , it’s a scary world when freak shows like yourself follow people lives, and write columns about people with whom you disagree with .