Glenn Beck to Unveil Plan to Save the American Republic

Martin Adamson

It's not surprising there are conspiracy theories about Obama's plans to try to destroy America. Pushing up the deficit to $11 trillion would certainly do that. There are only two possible explanations for such madness. Either he wants to destroy America, or he is as thick as mince. And since all the pundits, yourself included, are constantly assuring us how clever he is, it is little surprising that many people are now looking again at explanation A.

ndm

-- Pushing up the deficit to $11 trillion would certainly [destroy America.]

I find it hard to take seriously economic commentary that confuses the words "deficit" and "debt." I'll have some potatoes and carrots with that mince.

Craig Strachan

Alex: "More people watch Glenn Beck than Mad Men. He reaches three million viewrs, which makes him Fox News's biggest star."

Yes, Bill O'Reilly's had his chips.

zack

Seriously? Is he a comic genius? He is Stephen Colbert doing a Borat style infiltration? Is this Andy Kaufman from the grave trying to see how many picket signs have OLIGARHY written on them for his own amusement? What is this?

stupid is as stupid does

I bet the Y is going to be Yeti.

Does he even know what an Oligarchy is? It is a ruling by a few. His description sounds like the entire left of this country is part of the Oligarchy. But then, maybe that's why this is an Oligarhy.

Michael Davidson

Wow, I'm glad I don't underwrite Fox News with a cable TV subscription. The whole medium is spiraling into a farce of reality TV and feigned outrage. It's professional wrestling in a suit and tie.

David

The man's not just insane, but dangerous with it.

Proper debate is to be welcomed, but this is just ridiculous - falsehoods and twisted half-truths.

Hysteria

Brits who have not lived and worked here sometimes forget that people like Beck are supporting something we don't have - a written constitution.

This is a republic founded in the principles of freedom (from the Brits remember!), and small government - where government is FOR the people, not OF the people.

Folks in the UK who fear the EU would very much relate to the essence of Beck's message.

ndm

Hysteria writes:

-- This is a republic founded in the principles of freedom (from the Brits remember!), and small government - where government is FOR the people, not OF the people.

A Republican President once said:

-- It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people, shall not perish from the earth.

If you learn about America from Fox News your learning is going to be pretty slim. Whatever else he is, Glen Beck is no Abraham Lincoln.

John

To understand what Beck has been talking about you really need to watch all of this week's episodes. He has exposed members of Obama's team like Van Jones, who is a self-confessed communist, and John Holdren, a eugenicist. Naturally, the rest of the media don't report this, since they love Obama, so Beck has been doing an excellent job of being a media watchdog of the government.

David

"people like Beck are supporting something we don't have - a written constitution. "

Utter rubbish. He's no noble defender of the constitution; he's a demagogue and rabble rouser and nothing more.

Hysteria

I don't think anyone claimed him to be Abe.

Gut I would not agree that Beck or his fellow travellers on Fox are rabble rousers.

Did you bother to watch this clip?

http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_with_Bill_Whittle/___MSNBC_%26_The_Great_Liberal_Narrative%3A_The_Truth_About_The_Tyranny_of_Political_Correctness/2343/

the internet (and Fox to an extent - but they are by no means agenda free) is starting to expose real problems with our so-called democratic system.

A large part of which stems from the increasing "professionalisation" of the political class, the reduction in numbers of MPs with a broad life experience, and adherence to loyalty to party, as opposed to the people or country.

This is the point I was trying to make -

Have a great weekend

Pete

Long live Beck, O'Reilly and and the rest of Fox News!! I'll take their rebel rousing any day over the rest of the liberal media pumping us full of their half truth view of the world and what they believe we should all hold dear. Freedom of choice; if you want to remain a puppet of the State, simply turn the channel to hundreds of other Leftist puke slop dribble shows which marinate your brains even further with Big Brother's propaganda. Blaahhh!

Hal

@John, Aug 28 11:55--

I'd never heard of Van Jones, so I read his Wikipedia entry. He was a revolutionary in 1992, but he's quite the pro-capitalist nowadays. Eva Patterson, for whom Jones worked as a law student intern in 1992, has a nice article debunking pretty much everything Beck says about Jones:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eva-paterson/glenn-becks-attack-on-van_b_271518.html

It seems even Bill O'Reilly is aware that Beck is talking through his hat on this one.

David

"Folks in the UK who fear the EU would very much relate to the essence of Beck's message."

That's true. Because if you actually "fear" the EU, you're already starting from a stupid place. Disagree with the EU, yes, but fear it? That's the luxury of people who've never had anything real to fear about.

bob dole

if you had bills coming through left and right that give the president control of the internet, healthcare, radio, etc, you would be fearful too. especially after hes ran the debt up to 11 trillion and wants to keep spending.

sotrue

What Beck doesn't seem to realize is that in order to overthrow a CZAR you need to become a COMMUNIST.