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Glenn Beck has lost his mind. For real this time.

post #1 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:19pm
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I know crazy, crazy was a friend of mine. You sir, are definitely fucking insane.

Glenn Beck Madness - via Huffington Post

Glenn Beck, who may or may not be on the verge of being canned, is really reaching for the goal this week. He's rambling about some secret army that Obama is creating (through the Americorps!). He also dons his Nic Cage hat and tries to find a connection through a bunch of letters that spell out some word. Or something. The entire time, he keeps reminding us that he warned us about this months ago.

He honestly sounds like a crazy man.
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post #2 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:21pm
He was on The O'Reilly Factor claiming that companies pulling their ads from his show were attacking his right to freedom of speech. Didn't realize everyone has the right to a cable television show.
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post #3 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:31pm
I truely think people like him are trying to inspire political violence in this country, and that deeply deeply scares me. What an evil, fat little fuck.
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post #4 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:34pm
I know a guy who keeps posting up the Van Jones stuff like people are supposed to be absolutely scared shitless about everything that this guy stands for and basically said that he's worse than Bill Ayers times ten.
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post #5 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by Dranbon View Post
I know crazy, crazy was a friend of mine. You sir, are definitely fucking insane.

Glenn Beck Madness - via Huffington Post

Glenn Beck, who may or may not be on the verge of being canned, is really reaching for the goal this week. He's rambling about some secret army that Obama is creating (through the Americorps!). He also dons his Nic Cage hat and tries to find a connection through a bunch of letters that spell out some word. Or something. The entire time, he keeps reminding us that he warned us about this months ago.

He honestly sounds like a crazy man.
Beck isn't going anywhere. His ratings are through the roof.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/27...-26-2009/25541
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post #6 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:39pm
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Well balls. But still, the loss of advertisers can't help the network. I thought they were going to tell him to reel it in but I guess not. In my opinion, he is getting dangerous with his level of paranoid hysteria.
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post #7 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:40pm
To Dranbon: Obama said in his 2008 campaign "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." You can find this on youtube and many other sites if you weren't paying attention during the election campaign. What is this civilian force? What did he mean by this statement?
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post #8 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by Dranbon View Post
Well balls. But still, the loss of advertisers can't help the network. I thought they were going to tell him to reel it in but I guess not. In my opinion, he is getting dangerous with his level of paranoid hysteria.

I've never watched Beck's show. He's a too out there for my tastes. I mean he seems to amuse O'Reilly but I dont think he really takes him seriously.
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post #9 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
To Dranbon: Obama said in his 2008 campaign "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." You can find this on youtube and many other sites if you weren't paying attention during the election campaign. What is this civilian force? What did he mean by this statement?
Hey, idiot:

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Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.

People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We'll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we're going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set.

We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We'll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You'll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You'll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.

This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.
Read the rest and weep for America's renewed commitment to public service...
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post #10 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by bonoharvey View Post
I mean he seems to amuse O'Reilly but I dont think he really takes him seriously.
Sadly, most of Beck's viewers do.
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post #11 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
To Dranbon: Obama said in his 2008 campaign "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." You can find this on youtube and many other sites if you weren't paying attention during the election campaign. What is this civilian force? What did he mean by this statement?
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactchec..._national.html
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post #12 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
To Dranbon: Obama said in his 2008 campaign "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." You can find this on youtube and many other sites if you weren't paying attention during the election campaign. What is this civilian force? What did he mean by this statement?
Oh shit, Obama must have announced his secret plot accidently in the middle of a televised speech to the nation! We're lucky he slipped up


Idiot.
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post #13 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:52pm
Thread Starter 
Why does national security only mean fighting other countries? Why can't it be about restoring our country's standing worldwide? When Obama reaches out to Arab countries, that is a national security issue.

I also get a sneaking suspicion that if liberal talk show hosts accused G.W. Bush of creating a civilian army, the right would be up-in-arms (or, worse yet, defend the actual idea)
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post #14 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by bonoharvey View Post
Beck isn't going anywhere. His ratings are through the roof.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/27...-26-2009/25541
So were Howard Beale's.
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post #15 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Olson View Post
Sadly, most of Beck's viewers do.
Is Beck really that out there? I watch O'Reilly and Maher. Read Drudge and Huff but I've just seen clips and thought he was more like an outlandish Maher.

The clip I saw he was dressed in a swedish outfit. That clip alone was enough for me not to watch his show. O'Reilly asked him how do you expect people to take you seriously.

Is this show going to make me laugh or annoy me? Has anyone watched more than one episode?
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post #16 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:57pm
I've never watched more than five minutes, because the guy's a complete tool, but I've run into some hardcore conservatives who really take what he says to heart. Anecdotal, I know, but scary nonetheless.
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post #17 of 495
8/28/09 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by bonoharvey View Post
Is Beck really that out there?
He called the president of the united states a racist with a deep hatred of white people
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post #18 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:03pm
Something You Should Know About FactCheck.org…
by Bill Simon

Here’s a funny fact about FactCheck.org: Barack Obama was Chairman of The Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 until 2000. The Challenge had to do with reforming Chicago public schools.

But, it was funded by the same source that funds FactCheck.org: The Annenberg Foundation. If you go to FactCheck.org and look at the logo, you will see “ANNENBERG POLITICAL FACTCHECK.”

You can read all of the documentation about this connection between Obama and the Annenberg organizations on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...berg_Challenge

So…knowing this now…can you REALLY rely on FactCheck.org to tell you the “true” and “accurate” facts about anything regarding Obama and Joe Biden?

If you still do…I have a Chicago baseball team I’d like to sell you…just send me your credit card information and I’ll give you a certificate of ownership. I’ll also throw-in the Brooklyn Bridge in for free.


http://politicalvine.com/politicalru...-factcheckorg/
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post #19 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:04pm
looooool
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post #20 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
Something You Should Know About FactCheck.org…
by Bill Simon

Here’s a funny fact about FactCheck.org: Barack Obama was Chairman of The Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 until 2000. The Challenge had to do with reforming Chicago public schools.

But, it was funded by the same source that funds FactCheck.org: The Annenberg Foundation. If you go to FactCheck.org and look at the logo, you will see “ANNENBERG POLITICAL FACTCHECK.”

You can read all of the documentation about this connection between Obama and the Annenberg organizations on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...berg_Challenge

So…knowing this now…can you REALLY rely on FactCheck.org to tell you the “true” and “accurate” facts about anything regarding Obama and Joe Biden?

If you still do…I have a Chicago baseball team I’d like to sell you…just send me your credit card information and I’ll give you a certificate of ownership. I’ll also throw-in the Brooklyn Bridge in for free.


http://politicalvine.com/politicalru...-factcheckorg/
Hahaha
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post #21 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:06pm
Those video clips scared me, but the fact that he has so many followers scares me a lot more. Seriously, OLIGARH? And then the Y makes OLIGARHY?

He can just say anything and people nod and agree with him it seems, even when it makes no sense and he's out of breath from ranting like a crazy person.
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post #22 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
So were Howard Beale's.
Yeah, this is just Beck going supernova.
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post #23 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:10pm
We've got a live one.
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post #24 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:10pm
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Originally Posted by Count Floyd View Post
Yeah, this is just Beck going supernova.
Have you seen him sobbing (multiple times) when talking about 9/12? He breaks down into tears regularly on his show
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post #25 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:10pm
Thread Starter 
The thing is, Glenn Beck has never been more successful. He can whine and complain about how horrible America is becoming and how his personal freedoms and welfare are at stake, but they're not. He's rolling the dough.

However, somewhere out in America, there are probably several viewers who have lost their jobs, who are losing their houses and are lapping up everything Beck says. They're being told it's time to DEFEND their country and FIGHT to take it back. It's THOSE people I'm afraid of. Obama may have gotten flak for saying it, but some folks truly do cling to guns and religion in times of personal strife.
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post #26 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:13pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
Have you seen him sobbing (multiple times) when talking about 9/12? He breaks down into tears regularly on his show
I'm referring to the ratings. The peaking viewership is unsustainable. And meaningless when you can't sell anything but Cash4Gold to them, anyway.
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post #27 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:14pm
Is sideway Cosmoline's son? Offspring? Genetic clone? I can only hope.
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post #28 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:17pm
What scares me is that not only could he not find a word that starts with C for Oligarchy but also that he told his followers to tune in tomorrow when "the gloves are going to come off". What does he mean by that exactly?
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post #29 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:17pm
HAHAHAHA!

So he picks some letters from some random stuff he has, and says, it spells:

OLIGARH

But it's missing one letter, which in the real world would be "C" (oligarch)? He then corrects it ...

OLIGARHY

Huh?
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post #30 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by Greg Clark View Post
Is sideway Cosmoline's son? Offspring? Genetic clone? I can only hope.
Nope, just a regular person with a different opinion than most of you.
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post #31 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:22pm
Beck literally speaks gibberish. I'm not exaggerating here. Try to follow his line of reasoning and dialogue for 5 minutes, just try, it's like watching Tom Cruise in that Scientology video.

In fact, now that I think of it it's a great parallel.
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post #32 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:23pm
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He reminds me of Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future. Except not as lovable. And chubbier.
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post #33 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:25pm
Glenn Beck is the reason I have no problem shooting Republicans who show up on my lawn.
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post #34 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:26pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
Nope, just a regular person with a different opinion than most of you.
And sources that are just as questionable as that awful, awful liberal think-tank we all call Annenberg, apparently.
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post #35 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:27pm
touche'
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post #36 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
Something You Should Know About FactCheck.org…
by Bill Simon
Should I even bother mentioning to you that Dick Cheney referenced, during the '04 VP debate, the fact that FactCheck defended his actions as CEO of Halliburton?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Oct6.html

Wow, FactCheck really is a bastion of liberalism! It won't be long now til Obama's National Security Forces come marching down your street with little patches on their arm denoting their subservience to the Annenberg Public Policy Center! We're all doomed!
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post #37 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:28pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
Nope, just a regular person with a different opinion than most of you.
This one's a keeper, don't scare it off.

Just to be clear, what is your opinion on this particular matter? And on what in particular are you basing these opinions? Further rhetorical questions don't count; state your case. Thanks!
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post #38 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:31pm
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
What scares me is that not only could he not find a word that starts with C for Oligarchy ...
He didn't know you need a "C" to spell oligarchy. Had he known, he would have listed "Communism" on his chalkboard.
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post #39 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:31pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
HAHAHAHA!

So he picks some letters from some random stuff he has, and says, it spells:

OLIGARH

But it's missing one letter, which in the real world would be "C" (oligarch)? He then corrects it ...

OLIGARHY

Huh?
"O-L-I-G-A-R-H-Y. One letter is missing. The one that's missing is 'Y'"

Just take a look at the expression on his face. He must have been thinking "I just pwned Edward R Murrow". Dan Quayle, send Glen Beck some chocolates. You're off the hook.
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post #40 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by sideway
To Dranbon: Obama said in his 2008 campaign "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." You can find this on youtube and many other sites if you weren't paying attention during the election campaign. What is this civilian force? What did he mean by this statement?

Hey, idiot:


Quote:
Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.

People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We'll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we're going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set.

We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We'll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You'll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You'll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.

This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.
I don't have an answer. All I have is a question about what Obama said: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

What does Americorps have to do with national security? If it is not militaristic in nature, then why does he compare it to a military force? What are the national security objectives? Who are they securing the country from? These are things that he does not make clear. Coming from someone who disagrees with many of Obama's political and moral beliefs, that makes me uncomfortable.
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post #41 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny View Post
Glenn Beck is the reason I have no problem shooting Republicans who show up on my lawn.
LMAO!!

This should be a bumper sticker.
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post #42 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:44pm
Is anyone else going to watch Glenn Beck this afternoon? I sure as hell am. If we're lucky, his head will explode on live television. Or he'll throw a noose over a tree branch and suggest a lynching of the President.

And the more I think of it, the more I don't think that this is an exaggeration at all. The guy is about one step from self-destruction.
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post #43 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
I don't have an answer.
I just wanted to quote that by itself.

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All I have is a question about what Obama said: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
Did you read the full quote? I don't get the impression you still did.

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What does Americorps have to do with national security? If it is not militaristic in nature, then why does he compare it to a military force? What are the national security objectives? Who are they securing the country from? These are things that he does not make clear. Coming from someone who disagrees with many of Obama's political and moral beliefs, that makes me uncomfortable.
What moral beliefs do you disagree with him?

You understand that there is more to national security than just military force right? You don't agree that increasing the number of Foreign Service officers in our embassies helps in that regard? Or initiatives like the ones the Peace Corps engages in?
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post #44 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:50pm
OLIGARH is the sound I made when I threw up all over my cat while watching those clips
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post #45 of 495
8/28/09 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
What scares me is that not only could he not find a word that starts with C for Oligarchy but also that he told his followers to tune in tomorrow when "the gloves are going to come off". What does he mean by that exactly?
I'm really hoping he says something indefensibly treasonous. Maybe he'll stop being "that wacky crazy guy on TV" and be recognized as the dangerous fear monger he is.

I can't wait till O'Reilly melts down in a similar fashion. Or one of the Fox And Friends.
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post #46 of 495
8/28/09 at 6:01pm
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Originally Posted by Zweit View Post
Or one of the Fox And Friends.
The hosts on Fox and Friends are always one step away from saying something horribly racist. Again.
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post #47 of 495
8/28/09 at 6:02pm
He just corrected his spelling on his show. He went with Czar for C. Nice going Glen, I would've put money on communist as well.
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post #48 of 495
8/28/09 at 6:03pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica View Post
I just wanted to quote that by itself.



Did you read the full quote? I don't get the impression you still did.



What moral beliefs do you disagree with him?

You understand that there is more to national security than just military force right? You don't agree that increasing the number of Foreign Service officers in our embassies helps in that regard? Or initiatives like the ones the Peace Corps engages in?

Yes, I read the full quote, and "national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world" sounds pretty vague to me and shouldn't need the funding equal to our military to exist. Seems more like an excuse to expand the goverment's power and influence and allow more opportunity to skim money from higher tax revenue.

As far as moral beliefs. We can start with his 20 year attendance at Rev. Wright's church. How can anyone who calls themself a Christian listen to Wright's racist and extreme diatribes for that many years and then claim to have never heard those extreme sermon's.
I belive abortion is murder. Obama supports abortion, late term abortion, and legislation that prevents doctors from giving care to babies who survive abortions.
I also don't believe in man-made global warming, or cooling for that matter.
I don't have radical friends who are terrorists like Bill Ayers, or self avowed Communists like Van Jones. Obama does.
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post #49 of 495
8/28/09 at 6:08pm
We're back to the Rev. Wright stuff?

Believing in global warming is not a "moral" belief BTW.

* BTW, damn you guys for making me watch this awful show today. There's too much crazy going on ...
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post #50 of 495
8/28/09 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by sideway View Post
Yes, I read the full quote, and "national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world" sounds pretty vague to me and shouldn't need the funding equal to our military to exist. Seems more like an excuse to expand the goverment's power and influence and allow more opportunity to skim money from higher tax revenue.

As far as moral beliefs. We can start with his 20 year attendance at Rev. Wright's church. How can anyone who calls themself a Christian listen to Wright's racist and extreme diatribes for that many years and then claim to have never heard those extreme sermon's.
I belive abortion is murder. Obama supports abortion, late term abortion, and legislation that prevents doctors from giving care to babies who survive abortions.
I also don't believe in man-made global warming, or cooling for that matter.
I don't have radical friends who are terrorists like Bill Ayers, or self avowed Communists like Van Jones. Obama does.
loooooool
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