Beck links Mussolini, "completely unrelated" Obama "indoctrination next week"
September 02, 2009 8:37 pm ET
From the September 2nd edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
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Pitiful, pitiful little man....
a building in NYC is proof of the grand unified conspiracy theory that Barack Obama is Hitler! (or wait.. Mussolini? I thought Obama was a secret Kenyan Muslim.. I get all of these theories confused.)
seriously.. Beck is now seeing his madness manifest itself in buildings and artwork.
What stage of madness is that?
The problem is, you have colored outside the lines. How do I put this? Your interpretation is interesting, partly in that it draws so heavily from the realm of politics, but your interpretation is also only an opinion. A strongly held opinion, yes, but opinion nonetheless.
If you stay within just American art, it is well to note that the sun does not always symbolize 'the bright tomorrow'. The wheel has so many possibly symbolic meanings that it is difficult to list them all. You mentioned industry, so allow me to add any concept of cycles, such as seasons, life and death, moon phases, the cyclical ebb and flow of tides or political opinions. This doesn't begin to touch ideas like perfection, infinity, etc. Even within what you are pleased to call Conservative Art, all these items have multiple symbolic meaning.
Even if you are absolutely correct about all your assertions, which would mean you have access to the artist's intentions among other unlikely things, it still doesn't matter. Artist intentions are only part of the general criticism of any piece of art, and meaning, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
Hmm, now who was it that had a problem with some artwork and a while back? Oh, that's right... the Taliban when they destroyed the giant Buddha because it didn't conform to their way of thinking.
The Taliban and Becky... completely unrelated.
"You are not alone. Last week TV was #1 3nights in a row. On first showing only and no other media APX:1 out of every 100 americans watched."
I don't mean to get all Mathy on him, and I usually care less about ratings (and Twitter), but isn't 1/100 just 1%? Really, Beck? 99% of people can't or WON'T watch you.
Here's a look at the actual sculpture online:
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/index.php/section/4#/4/1/16/59/
Becky giving us a history/art/political/whatever interpretation?
The same Becky that refuses to learn from history and is doomed to be Cast Down into the folds of the ill-informed and ignorant?
Years from now, people will be saying...Glenn who?
Don't stop!
bwahahahahahaha!
What a goombah!
I say watched because he obviously doesn't read.
It tells me that Beck is now ready for his meds.
That tin-foil cap of his must have fallen off somewhere. Can someone please find it, so he'll stop hearing those voices in his head?
It's a sad day for America that a major network (regardless of how we feel about them, Fox is a major network) gives lunatics like Beck air time.
As noted, the sculpture was created around the time of Mussolini.
This would mean it was probably created around the time of the great depression.
So, my interpretation is:
The sun and young man symbolizes the hope of a better day.
The wheel, well let's just consider the entire chariot, symbolizes work, effort, industry, etc. The effort it takes to pull yourself up to move toward a new day.
Kind of sums up the way many people were thinking in that time-period.
It's actually a pro-capitalistic message.
If Mr. Beck wants to interpret symbols, he may want to analyze the fasces in the Senate chamber. (Look it up.)
The fasces are in the House Chamber, not Senate.
And, it's sprinkled all over various symbols of our government.
So, Beck doesn't have to stretch his limited imagination much, to find real symbols of fascism on buildings. He can start with the House Chamber in D.C.
and you are correct. That's why Beck "is the only one who knows what this is" because Beck is the only one, who sees it his way.
Only the right would see it as holding back capitalism.
I have to add again, I hate how he says injun for the word engine.
Down to the pits that I left uptown,
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down.
...
Happiness is a warm gun (bang bang, shoop shoop)
Paraphrased from memory, but I'm pretty close, I think. And so is Beckles, which scares me.
It's been there 70 years and only Glenn Beck knows what it is.
What's his point? That this old art work, is also part of some great conspiracy, that Obama is also a part of? Oh I get it President Obama, saw this art work when he was young, got the idea for the "Obama Youth Group" to take over the world. To take Beck's country away from him. It all makes sense now. Wow, who knew the etchings in those old buildings were so powerful? Oh, right Beck knew.
Go to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces
There are images in there showing what I am talking about.
Then, go near the bottom. There's an interesting stamp with this symbol.
See, the whole damn government is Fascist! :-)
Truth is, if a society picked out just the good from each of "these titles", combined them, enforced them and lived by them, we would have a great society.
See how Fox just tends to leave some very obvious details out?
They are either complete idiots, or they're purposely twisting things around -- or both.
Personally, I'm thinking both.
THEY are out to get you Glenn, THEY are out there man!!!
The image is used on the fireplace surrounds of the George Read House in New Castle, Delaware...built in 1801.