Have you read Common Sense?

[ap90033]

Glen Becks Common Sense is an eye opener for me. I didnt realize just how Screwed up BOTH Parties are and how they are taking us further and further away from what this country was originally setup... Please read...

 

[waggy]

yeah..but its Glen Beck. that guy is a little messed up.

i can't watch his show at all. he drives me nuts. Not because disagree with him (wll not all the time) but he just drives me nuts

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Sheesh, he made a political book named common sense? How full of yourself can you get. Hey, have you read War and Peace by Carrot Top, or the Bible by Samuel L Jackson?

 

[GeezerMan]

Yeah, I get tired of Beck's dramatics. BUT, he has some pretty good info sometimes. The ongoing story he has of ACORN is very interesting.

 

[Craig234]

No interest in anything by Beck. I'd assumed and hoped you meant the Thomas Paine book Common Sense, which is worth reading, and was going to say after that, read 'Rights of Man'.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Yeah, I get tired of Beck's dramatics. BUT, he has some pretty good info sometimes. The ongoing story he has of ACORN is very interesting.

yeap. i agree the Acorn stuff is getting interesting. pity nothing will be done.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Ok seriously, no matter how interesting/good Becks book is, if you're going to read Common Sense read the REAL one...the one that actually helped form our government and country.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Yeah, I get tired of Beck's dramatics. BUT, he has some pretty good info sometimes. The ongoing story he has of ACORN is very interesting.

yeap. i agree the Acorn stuff is getting interesting. pity nothing will be done.

The shell game they run is amazing. And to think we are handing them billions. Nothing will be done because of all the corruption that kind of money brings.

 

[sandorski]

Might I also suggest Pravda(Truth)?

 

[JKing106]

Hell yeah, we have to kill ACORN, because we don't want those peasants voting, do we? Only the rich should vote. Baby Jeebus wants it that way.

 

[bamacre]

Glenn Beck's Common Sense? Oh Lord.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: JKing106
Hell yeah, we have to kill ACORN, because we don't want those peasants voting, do we? Only the rich should vote. Baby Jeebus wants it that way.

Hell, I'm one of the peasants. I qualified and was approved for an ACORN mortgage about 6 years ago. It's still a corrupt organization.

 

[MovingTarget]

"Common sense" would be to avoid Glenn Beck's tripe altogether. I also thought this thread was about Thomas Paine's writing.

 

[GeezerMan]

I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

 

[Ichigo]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

Nope, the ocean is indeed wet; it contains moisture.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

:laugh:

I love all the vitriol Glenn Beck gets on this board. I'd bet that most don't even realize that Glenn Beck is a registered Independent, and that one of the main points he constantly makes is that both of the major political parties have huge issues.

I guess it is just en vogue to mindlessly bash anything conservative sounding nowadays and assume that it came from a Republican.

:roll:

 

[CitizenKain]

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

:laugh:

I love all the vitriol Glenn Beck gets on this board. I'd bet that most don't even realize that Glenn Beck is a registered Independent, and that one of the main points he constantly makes is that both of the major political parties have huge issues.

I guess it is just en vogue to mindlessly bash anything conservative sounding nowadays and assume that it came from a Republican.

:roll:

Oh yes, hes a registered independent who completely follows the Republican party line and the legion of mouthbreathers believes his every word.

Still amazing that people jump on Acorn for helping people vote, but I guess that should be a privilege for only rich white landowners.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: CitizenKain

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

:laugh:

I love all the vitriol Glenn Beck gets on this board. I'd bet that most don't even realize that Glenn Beck is a registered Independent, and that one of the main points he constantly makes is that both of the major political parties have huge issues.

I guess it is just en vogue to mindlessly bash anything conservative sounding nowadays and assume that it came from a Republican.

:roll:

Oh yes, hes a registered independent who completely follows the Republican party line and the legion of mouthbreathers believes his every word.

Still amazing that people jump on Acorn for helping people vote, but I guess that should be a privilege for only rich white landowners.

You must have missed the many shows where he bashed Bush, continues to bash the republicans and democrats, and presents the evidence of the acorn fraud. It has nothing to do with how good acorn is since they help people vote.

Maybe not the best comparison, but Hell's Angels are not great guys because they spend a week a year running toys for tots.

 

[JKing106]

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

:laugh:

I love all the vitriol Glenn Beck gets on this board. I'd bet that most don't even realize that Glenn Beck is a registered Independent, and that one of the main points he constantly makes is that both of the major political parties have huge issues.

I guess it is just en vogue to mindlessly bash anything conservative sounding nowadays and assume that it came from a Republican.

:roll:

Glenn Beck is insane. That's all that needs to be said. If you admire the man, seek psychiatric help immediately.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: ap90033
Glen Becks Common Sense is an eye opener for me. I didnt realize just how Screwed up BOTH Parties are and how they are taking us further and further away from what this country was originally setup... Please read...

This country was set up for rich white guys by rich white guys. Back in the good old days slavery was legal and women did not have the right to vote.

The country had an agrarian based economy and was the subject of the foreign policies of the current Super powers.

The current USA is very different from the country that existed in 1776.

 

[Tab3076]

Glenn Beck is insane.

Acts Like Our Savior Against What is Clearly an Authoritarian Government, Calling Americans To Arms
Beck imitates Obama pouring gasoline on "average American"; says: "President Obama, why don't you just set us on fire? ... We didn't vote to lose the Republic"
Beck: "You can't convince me that the founding fathers wouldn't allow you to secede"
Beck: "Whether it's torture," Miss California, or "global warming, we need to protect the right to speak one's mind freely. Is this America or Soviet Russia?"
Beck rants about "power grab," claims "they are going to silence voices like mine"
Despite claiming he isn't "advocating that people should not pay their income tax," Beck asks whether Americans "have the guts" to do so
Beck: "f we don't have some common sense, we're facing the destruction of our country... it's coming"
In Beck's "long line of people who have been destroyed by our government": Sarah Palin, Gerald Walpin, Joe the Plumber
Beck: "We're all going to be living under a bridge soon, fending off bums with a beer bottle"
Beck asks Bachmann "the odds" the gov't will fine those who don't complete census, says he's "considered" not filling it out
Beck warns that U.S. "about to be" like Indian caste system "unless the people stand up"
Beck says his book is not "dangerous" like one by "anonymous group from France" which "calls for violent revolution"

Openly Mocks People Trying to do Something Good
Beck blasts studio lights "to show that I am such a supporter of Earth Hour"
Beck "wants to hear from" people who "cut some trees down tomorrow to celebrate Earth Day"
Beck giddy over caller hunting and cutting down trees on Earth Day: "This is like nirvana here ... This is eroticism"

Points Out Paranoid Theories or Connections With No Factual Basis
Links Obama administration's swine flu public health emergency declaration to already scheduled Sebelius confirmation vote
Beck claims "the global warming movement... is about population control"
Beck declares phrases "lives in the real world," is "compassionate" and "understands social justice" are really "code language for Marxism"
Beck on ACORN "brownshirts" and "their henchmen" at SEIU: "[T]hey break kneecaps... Maybe they do, maybe they don't, I don't know"
Beck claims his former ACORN guests are "in danger" for opposing further ACORN funding
Beck suggests ACORN may kill him for his coverage of them
Beck claims struggling states are in danger of "los[ing] their sovereignty" because federal gov't will "nationalize" them
Beck's Red Scare: Sotomayor appointment more evidence of a Marxist "hostile takeover" of the U.S.A.
Beck anti-ACORN conspiracy video asks: "Is the crisis exactly what ACORN wants us to be in?"
Beck: "I'm not saying that Obama has an enemies list, but I wouldn't put it past him either"
Another Beck conspiracy theory: Maybe Treasury is "selling black market bonds"
Citing "connections" that "no one's even looking for," Beck declares ACORN and AmeriCorps "branches of the same tree"

Points Out People Apparently Want Him To Run For Office?
Beck resists call to run for office, saying "What do you mean we're out of missiles?" would be the "most overused phrase in my administration"

Tosses Godwin's Law around like it actually makes sense.
After stating, "I am not saying that Barack Obama is a fascist," Beck compares auto bailout to actions of German companies "in the early days of Adolf Hitler"
Beck says he's not "comparing" banks who took bailouts to "people of Germany," while comparing TARP to "exactly what happened to the lead-up with Hitler"
Beck compared Gore's global warming "lie" to "Goebbels or Hitler"
Beck on disputed claim of White House "threaten[ing]" hedge fund: "It's Brown Shirt stuff"
Beck cites Hitler example to state that "empathy leads you to very bad decisions"
Beck compares car dealership closures to Nazis; warns "Gang, at some point, they're going to come for you"
Beck attacks Wal-Mart for joining CAP, SEIU on health care, compares to "what happened in ... Germany ... under Hitler"

Pushes "Grassroots" Efforts, That He, the Host of a Major Show On a Major News Network, Hosts and Supports
Beck announces he is speaking at Tax Tea Party fundraiser prior to appearance at Tax Tea Party Protest

Even Other Fox News Pundits Think He's Crazy
On O'Reilly, Miller mocks Beck and his "nine prophecies of the twelve sarcophaguses"
Beck Makes O'Reilly Look Sane when talking about Fascism

Glenn Beck forgets people record what he says
Beck on Clinton: "he's the stereotypical bitch"
Followed by...
Beck smeared ABC colleague Rosie, claimed "I never said that Hillary Clinton was a bitch"

Beck wants audience to call GOP members "Wanted" for "being a cap and traitor"
Followed by...
Days after calling "some" cap and trade supporters "treasonous," Beck says such depictions "over the top"

Crazy Theatrics That Don't Fit Anywhere Else
Beck: "I'll kill him with a lightbulb! I'll do it right now!"
Beck: "In this scene, think of our government as Indiana Jones..."
Beck uses toys to explain slippery slope from same-sex marriage to polyamorous marriage
"This show's a circus": Beck breaks out juggling Uncle Sam to illustrate point
Beck's "Com?ade Update": "The American pigs are bowing to our every whim without even knowing it"

Sorry, but this guy is a loon and I can't even fathom that his comedy tour shows have sold out.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

For good Reason.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
I'm convinced Beck could say the ocean was wet, and most in here would deny it.

:laugh:

I love all the vitriol Glenn Beck gets on this board.

That's because you are a troll who has no interest in the real issues.

I'd bet that most don't even realize that Glenn Beck is a registered Independent

It's pretty meaningless and irreelevant. His party registration isn't the issue, it's his views.

And for what it's worth, a lot of radicals know registering independant can boost ratings.

Some people actually fall for that mattering coughryancough.

Lyndon LaRouche as I recall is a registered Democrat, David Duke a registered Republican, guess that means a lot to you.

and that one of the main points he constantly makes is that both of the major political parties have huge issues.

And Charles Manson said our society has problems. Guess he was reasonable too.

There's more to it than that. What those issues are, appreciating the good and bad, having actually useful suggestions - those are what help and what Beck lacks.

I guess it is just en vogue to mindlessly

Irony alert

bash anything conservative sounding nowadays and assume that it came from a Republican.

Yes, your careful, thoughtful post proved Beck is right about everything by alleging some people might assume he registered as a Republican.

Why don't you post one argument by Beck you think is his best argument, with the context not just a sentence or two, and we'll see how it holds up, if he can say *anything* right.

Make it specific, not 'both parties are flawed'.

 

[microbial]

Beck probably had no idea who Thomas Paine was until 3 months before his ghost writer brought him the idea for a book, and his editors are just as clueless. If anyone thinks that there are any real and relevant parallels between Paine's pamphlet in 1776 to crybaby-come-at-least-8-years-too-late pop culture trash...you deserve to get ripped-off of your hard-earned $6 bucks.

These are the times that try men's tear glands.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: microbial
Beck probably had no idea who Thomas Paine was until 3 months before his ghost writer brought him the idea for a book, and his editors are just as clueless. If anyone thinks that there are any real and relevant parallels between Paine's pamphlet in 1776 to crybaby-come-at-least-8-years-too-late pop culture trash...you deserve to get ripped-off of your hard-earned $6 bucks.

These are the times that try men's tear glands.

It really is the case that some of these cheap demagogues find it easy and cheap to use credible people and theories to try to wrap around themselves.

It's really six year old type stuff, why everything has to do with freedom or other 'nice words' and their enemies are all something-nazi' or similar and so on.

It's one reason the word 'conservative' is so widely used - as supposedly one of the two main 'sides', it has instant credibility - half the sides can't just be wrong - and you can take any smelly piece of spoiled meat and stick a label on it called 'conservative' and it's somehow instantly worth discussing.

Call it torture, and it doesn't fly; call it 'defending America' and it does. Call it 'shifting power and wealth to the top' and it doesn't fly; call it 'small government' and it does, and so on.