Beck suggests Obama administration "coming after him" and may kill him

That's my feeling, too. And he's positioning himself to deny culpability if they do by claiming he doesn't approve of violence and he never shows up for these things. He is a smart cookie, better at washing his hands than Pilot.

How did you come up with that? Please let me know how you logically came to that conclusion. Thanks.

Ya know, Glen Beck doesn't necessarily scare me very much. He's just an airhead that pumps up ratings to insure he keeps his job, probably being paid an obscene amount of money, by playing to all the nut-jobs running around in the world today. What does scare me is that I live in Illinois, and if the clown that stated in another post they had hundreds of followers in mid-Illinois is being truthful, that means I'm surrounded by hundreds of crazy bast#$ds that think Beck is the new messiah. Now that's scary !!!

OMG, that strait jacket is great; the best . .

[I spit coffee on my monitor]

Oh, poor put-upon Glenn. Pity him, everyone, for he is in need of your attention and sympathy.

You know, we're not really sure just how crazy Beck really is. From what I've seen so far, I wouldn't put it passed him to put a hit on his own head, just to be a martyr.

For all you Beckerheads out there, I'm just making a joke on Beck's ego (at least I hope so), so don't bother getting all worked up.

Quite true, but remember, Howard Beale was over the top satire. This is reality, Greg.

They'er coming to take HIM AWAY...Ha Ha HEE HEE !

For the sake of us all, I really hope they are. A total nut-job. Where do these guys come from? Wherever it is, maybe they should run a scan on the local water supply. Clearly somebody has put something into it !

I was going to say Fox has no ethics to speak of; but then I remembered that they do. They just spell it differently. "Ratings." Sad.

I am religious and I was really offended by his use of the Bible this time.

He goes from last week not even knowing Jesus' call to social justice to this week accusing his religious detractors of breaking at least three Commandments.

He does not even understand what the meaning of bearing false witness is... The statement has to be "false" before you are actually committing a sin. What a complete waste of oxygen...

I see it another way - it seems like his mental health is better than most of the rest of us.

He's a huge success, coming from the depths of alcoholism, a failed marriage, broke, and a troubled family life (his mother, brother, etc), and now on top of his game, speaking his heart to whomever will listen I wonder why Oprah doesn't want to share his sad story with the world.

Sounds like quite a triumph to me! I bet his head is a strange place to be, but I'll also bet that he's a pretty happy man - doing what he loves as a job and a passion, a loving family, faith in God, etc, etc.

It's not that he thinks he's a prophet. He just knows his audience is seeking a prophet, and he'll do and say whatever he feels he needs to in order to fill that niche for them. Glen knows the score. His cynicism is such that I'm sure it's his intended audience that he despises most, deep in his heart. But they are a more reliable source of income for him. By pretending to eschew social norms, he has carved out a somewhat unique position on the political landscape. But the clock is ticking. His schtick depends on a hermetically sealed environment, and I'm not sure how much longer Fox can protect him from the countervailing forces of the broader world. The political phenomenon that is Obama is badly exposing their cracks. For Glen it boils down to this: anything beats working for a living.

Sorry, like this.

As much as he turns my stomach, I do not want him off the air. The more he and Rush and Savage et. al. continue their hateful speeches, the more true conservatives will turn away and form a new conservative party. In my opinion, the GOP is dead.

Maybe he forgets that once you are dead...you are dead. There is no more coming back to enjoy your martydom.

Troll Spring break.

MMFA has pretty thoroughly "confronted" Beck's lies, and thoroughly debunked them.Nice try, but BECK is the one treating people like fools- and they WILL eventually see him for what he is.

Actually, I do.

I confront each one of Glenn Beck's lies with factual evidence; however, what confuses a lot of folks is that you can't prove a negative.

For example, how do you prove that Van Jones is no longer a commie? I guess you can read his books, look at his public statements, and so on. But the kind of proof that convinces people like you who are inclined to believe Beck's wild conspiracy theories is elusive. It can't be provided in a sound bite; since your attention span is to short to follow a real argument, it's just going to remain a "fact" for you.

Part of this is perception. You perceive Beck in a different framework than rational people do. There are things about America that mystify you and you desperately need an explanation. Beck provides simplistic explanations to complex problems, which many people find comforting, even though it is based on falsehoods, false equivalencies, false cause/effect relationships, false paradigms, false history, and that's just the outright lies. The racial smears and innuendo, character assassination, phony patriotism, phony tears, and phony religious overtones are stacked on top of his house of false cards.

I know this may be hard for you to read, but if you really want to understand what's happening in US politics and current affairs, you should try to get off of Faux News and start reading some good textbooks. If you are one who believes that Reagan walked on water and Iraq was justified, there are plenty of good books around. Read some Al Franken. Those are easy to read, fully researched and documented, and will give you a good look at the right.

For a good look at the left, read some Ralph Nader. Actually, you don't even have to buy one of Nader's books, there are plenty of his writings online. Here's an excellent link:

http://www.nader.org/public_interest.html

Good luck.

-Wexler

"I find it amusing how Beck detractors and MM never confront the videos and quotes that Beck uses to illustrate his points." gdy

I notice you also failed to supply any quotes or substance that would explain or illustrate Beck's points. Now that is amusing.

"What's so funny is when the system does break down and history shows it does break down" - gdy

Well, it is very difficult to refute your evidence from history since you supplied exactly ZERO evidence from any world or national history. I feel sorry for you. I really do.

Yes, they certainly have. Countless seconds of research will show you that Beck has absolutely no understanding of history, political processes, the processes of negotiation and dissent that are supposed to make a democracy work. He's not a pundit, he's an entertainer.

The ruins that progressivism has caused? Like women getting the right to vote? Child labor laws? Minimum wage laws? Unemployment insurance for those who unexpectedly lose their jobs? I'll take those ruins over your conservative state any day, thanks.

Nope, it's not you. He's really trying that hard to become -- or present himself as -- some sort of prophet, delivering us the "gospel according to crazy." My favorite line may be "I never heard Jesus say..." (or something to that effect). Beck's clearly listening to the voices in his head again.

You know, for all Becks compairsons of Obama to Hitler there is somebody else who acts an awful lot like the little mustachioed man.


Hitler came to power by violence and intimidation. He also used directed mass hatred to gain control of the polical will of the country.
He declared all sorts of groups that had a place in German society the Enemy: focuing mostly on Jews but also gypsies, communists, certain types of artists, members of older poltical orders (like aristocrats) who wouldn't adjust their views to fall into line with his priorites.
Hitler utilized manufactured crises to advance his personal power. He also played to a people that felt defeated.

Beck stirrus up hatred and anger in a gruop that feels defeated. He does so by labeling anybody who will not fall in line with his ideas the "enemy" and a "cancer" and all the other names that history/culture uses to express bad guys (communist, nazi, muslim). Nobody is beyond his ability to attack, even pastors/priests who were part of the old conservative order. He converts basic governance by the party he opposes into national crisies that will "End America." His stated goal is to "bring back the feelign of 9/12" Effectively, a permanent state of crisis.

Hitler had a manefesto. Beck hands out copies of the 5000 year leap every chance he can get.

For real, stop and think: If Glenn Beck started saying that "only HE could save America" lots of these people would listen. He already has ready made brownshirts who are willing to disrupt government and be a public menance till they get exactly what they want.

If anyone in America right now is following the "ready made Hitler path to power" there is plenty of evidence to point to Glenn Beck!

Quite odd we even have to tell each other Beck is nuts. Nuts in a canny fox like way, which is why Fox likes him. He and Oral Roberts would make a great calamity team of conspiracy theorists spouting rhetoric thinly disquised as a "discourse".