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Glenn Beck scrawls wild conspiracy theories on a chalk board

August 25, 2009 6:38 pm ET

From the August 25 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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      • Author by Low Rider (August 25, 2009 6:58 pm ET)
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        Right. Glenn's getting very close to the edge. If this sweaty, enraged schizoid rant is any indication of his true condition, I expect him to have a full-scale nervous breakdown within the next couple of days.
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        • Author by PurpleState (August 25, 2009 8:05 pm ET)
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          He won't jump, though he might be willing to push people off.
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (August 25, 2009 9:03 pm ET)
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          Beck's family should hide all guns and sharp objects, as well as potentially lethal medication. This guy is stone cold nuts...
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        • Author by carlileb5935 (August 26, 2009 3:46 am ET)
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          Chalkboards are a favorite Lyndon Larouche prop, too. In fact, the rule is, when you see a chalkboard, expect a nut with all the answers.
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    • Author by WhatImlost (August 25, 2009 6:53 pm ET)
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      I wonder if Beck has considered that Chavez only says things to get people like Beck to stir up anti Obama feelings. Which means that by reporting on what Chavez says Beck is allowing him to run our country by acting as Chavez's unknowing puppet.....


      Na Beck aint smart enough to think of that
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    • Author by dmhack (August 25, 2009 7:05 pm ET)
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      Good God, they're everywhere!
      Excuse me while I check under my bed. I'm sure there's one hiding there.

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    • Author by mjh (August 25, 2009 7:08 pm ET)
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      Glenn Beck scrawls wild conspiracy theories on a chalk board





      Yeah -- what else is new?



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    • Author by New Frontier (August 25, 2009 7:11 pm ET)
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      Glenn Beck is a Man of His Convictions. He is unafraid! to be challenged!! So, here to rebut Beck's expose of Obama's Communist Chavezistic secret agenda, is a man who totally agrees with every single thing Glenn Beck says no matter what.
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      • Author by mjh (August 26, 2009 2:59 am ET)
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        Glenn Beck is a Man of His Convictions.



        But the question is, what has he been convicted of?


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      • Author by bintx (August 26, 2009 10:44 am ET)
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        Glen Beck is a comedian who is afraid he's going to lose his job, so he's MAKING STUFF UP so that people like you will keep watching him.
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    • Author by theSTATorg (August 25, 2009 7:12 pm ET)
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      Beck reminds me of the Mel Gibson character in the movie Conspiracy Theory.

      "The hip bone is connected to the leg bone, the leg bone is connected to the foot bone, your foot bone is connected to your mouth bone" la la la la la

      It's like being in wonderland, i can't believe half the stuff im seeing in the media right now...wow!
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    • Author by pam95650 (August 25, 2009 7:13 pm ET)
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      Lobbyist write policies all the time. Where's Beck been? He might need to take a government 101 class.
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    • Author by Übermensch (August 25, 2009 7:13 pm ET)
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      I know of someone else who talked to a president who may have broken laws

      [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/karl-rove/rove2.jpg]
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    • Author by worrierking (August 25, 2009 7:17 pm ET)
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      Maybe we deserve this. 232 years is a good run I guess.

      Can there really be that many ill-informed, paranoid, psychotics out there? Or is this just the geek show factor at work?

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    • Author by brownlou (August 25, 2009 7:36 pm ET)
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      This guy is just crazy! Freakin' scarey crazy!
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    • Author by LKL (August 25, 2009 7:44 pm ET)
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      OK, I'm totally convinced by the irrefutable blackboard of truth. But I'm puzzled - given that Obama is clearly a radical, SDS-loving, communistic Black Panther, why are his policies so freaking centrist??

      Is it some sort of sneaky plot?
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    • Author by rkallen09 (August 25, 2009 7:46 pm ET)
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      Mr. Beck,

      The blood of our elected officials, our President, and the service men and women who are sworn to protect them, may very well someday be entirely on your hands, sir.

      I curse you for the coward that you are. You are not willing to risk your lucrative career by directly telling people to take up arms against their representatives in our Government. Instead you reach out to the darkest, soulless, pit of hate that exists in our population where you sew your seeds of conspiracy and dissent. You are encouraged by the idea that maybe, just maybe, someone out there who is listening to your factless rants may actually act upon their baser instincts.

      You won't be the man to pull the trigger. No. You will be the whisper in the ear of the man who does. Encouraging him. Emboldening him. You will be his heartbeat, his muscle, and his courage.

      And when that terrible act is done, you will denounce it and seperate yourself from it.

      Your future, Mr Beck, is sadly predicatable, and those of us who oppose you are going to be ring side to see it all, and we will NOT allow you to fall away into the shadows. You will be held acountable for these deeds sir. It is my only wish that your disgrace be a public one.
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    • Author by dave_82 (August 25, 2009 7:54 pm ET)
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      I bet with enough connections I could draw a line with Beck and Osama Bin Laden!
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      • Author by all your eyes (August 25, 2009 9:06 pm ET)
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        Oh that's too easy. Wasn't it on Beck's show that some weirdo was fantasizing about Osama attacking in the U.S. to "wake up" the public about Obama?
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    • Author by PurpleState (August 25, 2009 8:03 pm ET)
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      Should we ask that same opening question to Beck?

      "How many Marxists, Communists, anti-capitalists do YOU know?"

      That is the most ridiculous rhetorical question I have ever heard come from his mouth. This isn't radio, Glenn; people are not going to call you up and tell you exactly who they are going to McCarthy out into the open. Hell, how many Marxists, Communists, anti-capitalists will openly ADMIT they are those things? My money is on the idea that Beck knows no Marxists, Communists, and anti-capitalists personally, only speculatively.

      You're fear-mongering, Beck. You're practically a terrorist yourself.
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    • Author by jonesjax2374 (August 25, 2009 8:07 pm ET)
         
      You forgot to ask questions about these guys:
      http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/grandolddocket.php

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    • Author by Vincenzo (August 25, 2009 8:10 pm ET)
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      Where does Kevin Bacon fit in?

      Glenn Beck = Joe McCarthy...except replace alcoholism with whatever drugs Beck is on.
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      • Author by oscar the grouch (August 25, 2009 9:31 pm ET)
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        You beat me to it. Sure looks like one of those six degrees to Kevin Bacon charts that were the vogue a few years back.
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      • Author by overbrook1 (August 26, 2009 11:49 am ET)
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        Yes . . . you can pick up the Six Degrees of Defamation game at your local toy store.
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    • Author by SLRTX (August 25, 2009 8:11 pm ET)
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      Here's the problem with all these wacked-out conspiracy nuts like Becky-boy.

      They think our system of government is so weak and gullible that it can be overthrown so easily.

      I guess they don't believe in our system of checks & balances. There's always that pesky thing called the Constitution, and the Judicial branch who just won't put up with any of this overthrowing business going on.

      A civics lesson I have always taught sons - the government can do anything it wants with you. But given time, and the court system, justice will prevail per the Constitution. Checks & balances works.

      Where was Becky-boy when W was writing all his signing statements in an attempt to circumvent the powers of Congress to make law?
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      • Author by MagCynic (August 26, 2009 1:37 am ET)
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        Probably disagreeing with it just as much as you did.
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      • Author by kydem09 (August 26, 2009 9:48 am ET)
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        Beck believes Bush damaged this country. He's not an ideologue. Little nutty perhaps, but not ideological.
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    • Author by Truth Crusader (August 25, 2009 8:17 pm ET)
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      Oh, this'll get the advertisers rushing back!
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      • Author by newzhound (August 26, 2009 9:12 am ET)
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        TC: Well played! I had precisely the same thought watching this. Compelling television - nut with chalk at blackboard. Or is it blackbored?

        The tvs just doesn't get any better than this!
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        • Author by mjh (August 26, 2009 3:22 pm ET)
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          "Compelling television - nut with chalk at blackboard. "



          Yeah, really. Becky ought to at least try to keep up with the times -- or is he not aware of things called whiteboard and markers?

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    • Author by utahliberal (August 25, 2009 8:23 pm ET)
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      My understanding is that Chenney is joining the Obama admistration to take the job of death penal Czar. And that Beck is dying to be his deputy. Any truth to the rumor?
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    • Author by rise.rebel.resist (August 25, 2009 8:31 pm ET)
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      *yawn*

      This guy should've been a school teacher. He's really good with a chalkboard.
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    • Author by phredicles (August 25, 2009 8:47 pm ET)
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      So when they make a movie of this schlub's life, they can call it, "A Seriously un-Beautiful Mind".
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    • Author by AYTuretsky (August 25, 2009 9:30 pm ET)
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      Its amazing how much this man just spews lies and biased remarks. But what is even more amazing is that the American people are actually letting him have this show (let alone some actually trying to get news from it).
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      • Author by bintx (August 26, 2009 10:52 am ET)
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        What's truly amazing and quite frightening are the number of people who say, "Glen Beck tells it like it is" and believe it.
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    • Author by heffleyjr (August 25, 2009 9:31 pm ET)
         
      Do you have the figures for the other biggies? CNN, MSNBC and CNBC?
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    • Author by professor frink (August 25, 2009 9:35 pm ET)
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      Beck and paranoia go together like peanut butter and jelly.

      Listening to his rant, all I could think of was this:
      "OK, here's what we've got: The Rand Corporation...in conjunction with the saucer people...under the supervision of the reverse vampires...are forcing our parents to go to bed early in a fiendish plot to eliminate the meal of dinner. We're through the looking glass, here, people."
      -Milhouse Van Houton
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    • Author by fawltylogic (August 26, 2009 12:00 am ET)
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      Glenn, you really need to see a doctor. Your fear and paranoia was mildly amusing when I thought it was a shtick, but it's not funny any longer. Do something, before it's too late for you.
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    • Author by fawltylogic (August 26, 2009 12:03 am ET)
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      "How many Marxists, Communists, anti-capitalists do YOU have around you on a daily basis?"

      Not enough!
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      • Author by newzhound (August 26, 2009 9:14 am ET)
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        Just when did "on a daily basis" replace "every day?"

        I hate that cliche!
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    • Author by fawltylogic (August 26, 2009 12:13 am ET)
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      I love that you can just write a few names on a board, and then draw arrows between them... and that is a CONNECTION!
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      • Author by PurpleState (August 26, 2009 6:28 am ET)
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        All I know is that Beck's drawn up a hell of a blitzing scheme. He'd make fellow teabagger Lou Holtz proud!
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        • Author by mjh (August 26, 2009 3:27 pm ET)
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          Yeah, but at least he didn't predict that ND would be in the national championship game. Even Beck's not THAT nutty . . .
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      • Author by newzhound (August 26, 2009 9:16 am ET)
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        Beck's conception of a connection is where to go at 2 am to score another 8-ball...
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    • Author by mcnairbo6573 (August 26, 2009 12:52 am ET)
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      I'd like to see Glenn Beck's mug shot(s) from back when he was a big drug addict. Hey Americans who worship Glenn Strange...er Beck? Did you know you're listening to a "former"??? drug addict? Show us some of the pictures of you hurling into the toilet when you were all sweaty and strung out Glenn.. I think the Fox audience would really love to see them to appreciate the kind of person they're putting their faith in.
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      • Author by MagCynic (August 26, 2009 1:44 am ET)
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        Rules for Radicals number 5: "Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage."

        I'm seeing many more personal attacks against Beck than actual debate about the points he is making. He asks some very important questions that more people on this site should at the very least consider.
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        • Author by newzhound (August 26, 2009 9:18 am ET)
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          Some "very important questions?" I love his "we haven't been able to obtain the White House entrance records!"

          Gee - wasn't that a rule at the Bush White House? Remember trying to obtain the records of who participated in Cheney's Energy Task Force? How many times did faux reporter Jeff Gannon come in? Speaking of vetting - heckofa job on that one, letting in a fake reporter to toss up softballs for a President who really, really needed easy questions!
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          • Author by conservtheconst (August 26, 2009 1:07 pm ET)
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            Yeah, it was a Bush policy, but Barack Obama was supposed to be the change we could believe in, remember? Transparency and what not. We are not talking about George Bush. He is now gone.
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        • Author by fawltylogic (August 26, 2009 10:36 am ET)
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          That's because he's not MAKING any points. Can you tell me ONE actual "connection" to Obama in all of what he said here?

          Beck is clueless and paranoid. He is on the verge of tears several times in this segment. His "connections" are not more than people possibly having been in the same group of people. It's about as worthy of "debate" as if he would claim they are all Freemasons.
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          • Author by MagCynic (August 26, 2009 11:24 am ET)
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            That's the point. Obama is surrounding himself with all these radical, anti-capitalist people. It can't be a coincidence, can it? When he says he's going to fundamentally change this country, shouldn't we believe him?
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            • Author by LorrdErnie (August 27, 2009 6:21 pm ET)
                 
              I think that most younger people are at least as confused as I am by the whole "COMMUNISTS!" scare tactics... Maybe it's having never seen the cold war and all that.

              In any case, what Beck seems to be saying is that lots of politically active people know eachother and also a major political figure. It strikes me as a bit of a weak argument.
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      • Author by 11710aw (August 26, 2009 4:38 am ET)
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        Fear and stupidity is all he knows. What a terrible legacy he leaves for his children when they are mature enough to listen to him They will get to know their real father is full of hate and anger and lies just to promote his show.
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    • Author by mcmiljr (August 26, 2009 1:17 am ET)
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      As for the weather underground: I've heard estimates that around 2 million Vietnamese civilians died during our chess match with Moscow. As for Rashidi: he's known as a radical because he dares to equate a Palestinian life with an Israeli one?

      Empathy, my friends. Some people understand it. Some people simply don't. If I've learned nothing else in this world, it's that simple fact.
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    • Author by Night Jaguar (August 26, 2009 2:56 am ET)
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      No, Glenn you got it all wrong. The Rand Corporation (in conjunction with the saucer people) under the supervision of the reverse vampires are forcing Obama to reform Healthcare in a fiendish plot to eliminate old people.

      http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kvwn9f7n_AA/RtG6HoD29yI/AAAAAAAAADc/UHYeWH8ZX4Q/s1600-h/milhouse.jpg
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    • Author by roninkannushi1711 (August 26, 2009 8:48 am ET)
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      Fellow Matterers,

      I am convinced. G.Beck is a hollow mix of evangelist, late night pitchman, and actor. He is still on the job, getting paid well. What does that say, about his employer?

      Breathless with shock, he forges though his agony. His will drives his bogus passion, rhetoric. The apocalypse of ignorance, waxing his fate, strains to a hopeless horizon.

      We know what the problem is, and vote is the solution. G.Beck can keep his job.

      Addsum,
      Ronin Kannushi.
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    • Author by cuardai (August 26, 2009 9:03 am ET)
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      Oh yeah, he's gone!
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    • Author by latanza (August 26, 2009 11:41 am ET)
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      GLEN IS GOING TO MAKE ME INTERESTED IN HIS FAMILY TREE ALL THE WAY TO THE 1700'S.
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    • Author by Frank Johnson45 (August 26, 2009 12:04 pm ET)
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      If a fraction of what Beck says is true, we lose a ton of our democracy and everyone should be worried. To igonore all of what Beck says is an act of foolishness ad I for one will not bury my face in the sand and ignore history lessons of how other countries slowly moved to facism, as we surely are.
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    • Author by r.a.w. (August 26, 2009 1:53 pm ET)
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      thoughtcrimes:

      according to beck and others, those who disagree with them have no right to be represented by a government no matter how many of them there are.

      if you ever talked with someone who is a radical leftist, no matter how long ago it was you are by proxy a marxist, communist or whatever, have no right to run for office or change anything in society for the rest of your life.

      If anybody who they disagree with ever organizes to change anything it is the communists trying to destroy america.


      typical right wing targets too, all labor unions are communists, all environmental groups are communists, anybody who ever found fault with our own government from the left of center can be incriminated by their thoughts or opinions which automatically means they are communists by their "connections".

      anybody who ever had an opinion that they disagree with is "tied together" with the communist movement to overthrow america.

      their next step will be to propose a one party system because if you are a democrat you are "tied in" to these other people and must never be allowed to vote either.
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    • Author by fckss05 (August 26, 2009 4:42 pm ET)
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      God this man is out of his mind!
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