Beck says "the Germans" during Hitler's rise "were an awful lot like we are now"

"We" = Conservatives

Speak for youself, Herr Beck!!!!

If "like we are now" means fascist reichwingers with their fox propoganda machine ginning up the base to go out and commit senseless acts of murder against liberals, then yeah, he's reich.

Did Glenn Beck seriously use the Holocaust Museum as a stepping stone into a rant about how America is headed towards fascism? (And what the heck was up with him essentially saying, "Seriously, everybody should be in the Holocaust Museum when there's a bomb threat"?)

Why so people watch this loon?

In order to make sense of a lot of this silly talk, you must consider that the Republicans think the White House, Congress and the judiciary are wholly owned subsidiaries of the party.

For me, agreeing wih Beck is as rare as O'Reilly admitting (sort of) a mistake.

I think Beck is right, but it is the extreme right in the US which is resurrecting National Socialism and the hate based politics which subsumed much/most of Germany in the 30's

And the first speaker: raising questions about Israel's actions and policies is not anti-Semitism, any more than a conservative raising questions of some of Obama's policies is necessarily racism.

Reasonable people can disagree on (almost?) all issues.

Extremism is a danger to a democracy.

Always remember, "If you're going to pursue truth, you have to be prepared to change your mind....

Made it real? Put it into perspective?

Is someone dosing his Kool-Aid?

I wonder if it would be possible to verify whether he was actually ever stuck in the museum during a bomb threat.

Like Germany of the time our king has been deposed about a decade ago. We are feeling uneasy about the democratic government which was imposed upon us. Times are tough (true) and what we really need is an autocrat to show us who to hate and fight till, we either achieve world domination, or are left with a smoking ruin of a country.
NO COMPROMISES!!!
NO WEDGIES!!!

FOX "News" is no longer a News channel. I am not sure what it has become, given the level of outright exhortation to violence I keep hearing on their shows (and even as part of their regular news coverage).

What is FOX? I don't really think they are putting out this kind of material to instigate an American revolution because it would be bad for business.

I am just blown away by the companies that apparently willingly purchase advertising space on FOX. They must not be worried by some kind of "taint" being attached to a company that runs an ad just after Beck finished one of his rants.

What kind of company would want their product advertised on FOX? (other than what their target audience likely purchases - male enhancement products, guns, and beer).

Won't be long now 'till they start saying this old White Supremacist was a left-winger, compare him to the liberals of today and deny that Nazism is a part of right-wing politics. Just wait for it...

Beck: "I wish that everyone could experience the Holocaust Museum like that because it sure made it real and put it into perspective"
sarcasm: Oh yes Mr. Beck, I really hope your wish is granted and I one day visit a museum, or any place for that matter, and a bomb threat is called in so I can be utterly terrified, for I could really use the jolt of reality to put everything "into perspective" :end sarcasm.
This man must be completely crazed, for how can any sane human wish that sort of thing on another person?

This character beck, he needs to tone down this kind of talk... he's scaring the sausage out of Poland.

I'd like to point out how absurd it is to say that reading Mein Kampf allows one to figure out whether or not and to what extent Germans knew about the Holocaust. There are of course tons of excellent and detailed works about this complex question but I guess you get better shock value if you cite Mein Kampf (and bonus points for acknowledging that it's a vile book).

Although there are vague similarities between our poor economic environment in America now, to post WWI Germany, one very important thing that was behind the Nazi movement, an element not at all found in our current liberal, Social Democrat mindset is the extreme nationalism.

We have learned from the past at least, that the isolationism and nationalism of the past 8 years is not good for our economy or that of the welfare of the entire world.

But this isn't about critical thinking, or working towards a mutual goal, or gallant diplomacy, this is about Glen Beck's ratings, and scare-tactics to keep people ignorant and fearful of progressive change.

Maybe I'm wrong, but when does a place lock everyone in when there's a bomb threat?