[Nemesis6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfuwNU0jsk0

Pure genius!

I bet that any day now, Disney will come along to DMCA it! 

[Mika]

 

That's pretty well edited!

I have no idea of the US radio commentators, but is Glenn Beck really like that?

[Herra Tohtori]

Good evening, Washington DC. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine — the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this October the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.

There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with DMCA takedown orders will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.

And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Glenn Beck. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.

[MR_T3D]

I've seen a little of glenn beck, and this is my take on him:

He has the power to influence millions, and he must be having fun with it, he's a high earner, and really loves his job.

I bet I'd be a little like his show if I had one and loads of money
...in america!
he's a hoot to hear, and yeah, his ideals may not be right, but he's funny as hell to listen too.
if he's not influencing *your* country.
also, this sketch was quite funny.

[Liberator]

At first they had him correct, then they went down the path of no-context and cherry-picking soundbites to make him sound like a wacko.

[Topgun]

I have watched his show and he isn't as bad as people say he is.

[Nuclear1]

You don't need to cherrypick to make Glenn Beck sound like a wacko becauseidontknow THE MAN IS A WACKO

Oh also...it's Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except there's just one degree, AND KEVIN BACON IS HITLER

[achtung]

You don't need to cherrypick to make Glenn Beck sound like a wacko becauseidontknow THE MAN IS A WACKO

Oh also...it's Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except there's just one degree, AND KEVIN BACON IS HITLER

Thank you for a good laugh.

[Bobboau]

there is a reason no one parodies glen beck and that is because you can't he is already a parody of himself.
(note: this was not intended as an insult)

[NGTM-1R]

He hasn't Godwin Singularity'd yet.

Emphasis on the yet.

[Nemesis6]

there is a reason no one parodies glen beck and that is because you can't he is already a parody of himself.
(note: this was not intended as an insult)

Himself of course being the religious right? I can't tell the difference between the right and the religious right anymore; they seem to be one and the same at this point.
It would be epic if Glenn Beck was ostracized from the whole movement, and hence the foundation of the Tea Party people would be swept away. Question is,
if they found out Glenn Beck was a parodist, would they actually reconsider all the John Birch Society nonsense he's been shoveling down their throat?

[Bobboau]

himself being glen beck, the way you make a parody of something is by exaggerating it to hysterical proportions, but you can't do that with glen because he's already there.

do you know how he got into the position he is in now? he wasn't originally a political talk-show host. originally he was just a regular rush hour show host in NY, but in the days after 9/11 he suddenly got syndicated across the nation because he was almost constantly screaming for an ocean of blood. his key to success is to not leave any room for someone else to overstate anything, and thus he is effectively a parody of himself, no one can to a better more off the wall version of him cause he's already torn the wall down and had it tried, convicted and executed, for being a communist.

seriously, listen to his show some time and ask yourself the question "is he being serious right now?" you will normaly not be able to tell.

[esarai]

That's pretty well edited!

I have no idea of the US radio commentators, but is Glenn Beck really like that?

Yes, yes he is.  At least, let me say that this video accurately sums up my impression of him.  His rhetoric appears to have a habit of being self-contradictory, paranoid (if not downright psychotic--and I've heard psychiatrists diagnose him as such before), and abusive, so much so to the point that I find it terrifying that such rhetoric can be a cornerstone in many Americans' political ideology.

[Mika]

seriously, listen to his show some time and ask yourself the question "is he being serious right now?" you will normaly not be able to tell.

Actually, this might be the thing what I was originally supposed to be asking: is he being serious or not?

I suspect that If somebody said something like that on the radio waves here he would be immediately classified as a comedian.

[BrotherBryon]

The sad thing is that he truly does have such a huge influence on the way people think.

Funny though how he gets mad at the comedians who poke fun of him on nearly a constant basis.

[MR_T3D]

Everything he does is funny.
even seen the cover of his book? he dresses up like a soviet general, he's having a ****ton of fun manipulating people beliefs to suit his political ideals.

I may not like it, I have mad respect for him.

[NGTM-1R]

Actually, this might be the thing what I was originally supposed to be asking: is he being serious or not?

I think that beyond a certain point, why exactly you advocate repealing the 14th Amendment, state's rights, the repression of Muslims, etc., doesn't really matter. Whether you mean it or not, simply being able to say it with a straight face makes you a monster.

Glenn Beck is well beyond that point.

[Topgun]

Actually, this might be the thing what I was originally supposed to be asking: is he being serious or not?

I think that beyond a certain point, why exactly you advocate repealing the 14th Amendment, state's rights, the repression of Muslims, etc., doesn't really matter. Whether you mean it or not, simply being able to say it with a straight face makes you a monster.

And when, exactly, did he say such things?

[Liberator]

I think that beyond a certain point, why exactly you advocate

repealing the 14th Amendment

I've been listening to him for a while now and I haven't heard him push this.  And, honestly, I think repealing it would fly in the face of everything he's been standing for.  I think you may mean the 16th, which deals with the income tax.

state's rights

How can someone who preaches the restoration of liberty taken from the people by an overbearing, almost tyrannical Federal government, not be for States Rights in they're place?  Unless of course you want to paint him as an anarchist.

the repression of Muslims

Umm...wut?I will say he's for calling a spade a spade and cease the ridiculousness of certain current policies involving the isolation and apprehension of terrorists.  A 75 year old christian/Buddhist/Shinto/ect grandmother has a statistically lower chance of being a terrorist than a 20 something male Muslim of(sadly, decreasing)Saudi, Afghan, Iranian or Iraqi decent.  Hell, if the world trade center had been knocked down by christian terrorists, he'd probably be for profiling them as well.  You can't solve/prevent crimes without profiling those who are more likely to commit them

etc., doesn't really matter. Whether you mean it or not, simply being able to say it with a straight face makes you a monster.

Glenn Beck is well beyond that point.

[General Battuta]

I think Glenn Beck is a lot like Hitler, and his supporters are likely to wear brown shirts. Also T4, eugenics.