Is Glenn Beck Insane?

[dmw16]

Last week I was flipping thru the channels and stumbled upon the Glenn Beck show and he was ranting and raving as he often does. I found myself stopping to watch for a moment because I almost can't believe that people take this guy seriously.

He had this chalk board with this tree of corruption or something connecting a whole host of people. He tied Che Guevara to Woodrow Wilson to Obama to Bill Ayers and so on.

He was ranting like a lunatic about how college students where Che t-shirts and all this bat-$hit crazy nonsense. He seemed like he may want to check into an institution for his paranoia is was that insane.

So then I got to wondering, who are these people that watch and actually but into this rantings. Then I found them...at the DC Tea Party...

People proving they have no clue what they are talking about

Ok...so the last part about people who believe him and the youTube link are mostly for comedic value (the people in that video are hilarious to me) are added more for laughs.

But seriously, does anyone sane person take this guy seriously?

Sorry for the rant/vent...I feel better now.

 

[JSt0rm]

No. He is making money. He is doing what Colbert is afraid to do.

 

[dmw16]

Colbert is afraid to make money? Also, Colbert is on Comedy Central...Beck is on a channel that at least claims to be a news station.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Apparently you take him seriously enough to post here.

 

[Lamont Burns]

I think his ratings have gone up linearly with his crazy talk threshold. $$$

 

[dmw16]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Apparently you take him seriously enough to post here.

So anything that gets posted about means it's taken seriously? I posted because it amused me.

 

[Drako]

He is insanely rich, and his ratings are insane.

 

[ayabe]

No, he's bipolar and almost committed suicide back before he found Mormonism.

He was also an alcoholic and a daily pot smoker for 15 years.

Please have pity on the man

 

[fskimospy]

We've trained this dog to shit on the carpet, now we have to deal with it.

Every time Glenn Beck does something crazy, people pay attention to him and his ratings go up. Now every time he's afraid he might lose people's attention, he runs out and does something even more insane. He's just not ethical enough to realize that his craziness might have real world consequences, so he keeps on doing it.

 

[ayabe]

Beck used to be a shock jock also, so basically he's the result of Bubba the Love Sponge making a format switch.

Though Bubba would have better skits and guests undoubtedly.

 

[BudAshes]

People listen to rush limbaugh even though he is a fat hypocritical drug addict. Its because most people in this country are fat hypocritical drug addicts. Makes them feel better about themselves. Glen Beck has similar appeal to the crazy former drug addicts that are now "reformed". Plus old people will listen to anything that confirms their psychotic fears of terrorist boogeymen and bloodthirsty teens running the streets.

 

[boomerang]

I read he made $24 million last year. Whether people take him seriously or not is immaterial. His story is a success story.

Books on the best seller list, radio show, TV show, cover of Time magazine, etc. He scares the living shit out of the left too. He must because there's a thread or two every week about him.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
No. He is making money. He is doing what Colbert is afraid to do.

Colbert is afraid to make money?

 

[Pens1566]

He's awesome. He exposed the OLIGARHY ....

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: boomerang
I read he made $24 million last year. Whether people take him seriously or not is immaterial. His story is a success story.

Books on the best seller list, radio show, TV show, cover of Time magazine, etc. He scares the living shit out of the left too. He must because there's a thread or two every week about him.

We're not afraid of him - we're afraid of the morons who take him seriously.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: boomerang
I read he made $24 million last year. Whether people take him seriously or not is immaterial. His story is a success story.

Books on the best seller list, radio show, TV show, cover of Time magazine, etc. He scares the living shit out of the left too. He must because there's a thread or two every week about him.

We're not afraid of him - we're afraid of the morons who take him seriously.

What do you think they're going to do to you?

 

[cganesh75]

Originally posted by: dmw16


People proving they have no clue what they are talking about

thanks for that video. that made my day.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: boomerang
I read he made $24 million last year. Whether people take him seriously or not is immaterial. His story is a success story.

Books on the best seller list, radio show, TV show, cover of Time magazine, etc. He scares the living shit out of the left too. He must because there's a thread or two every week about him.

We're not afraid of him - we're afraid of the morons who take him seriously.

What do you think they're going to do to you?

Cast ballots based on his insane ramblings.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Lamont Burns
I think his ratings have gone up linearly with his crazy talk threshold. $$$

Yep. I do think he is approaching an insanity point, this isn't all an act.

 

[BarrySotero]

Originally posted by: dmw16

He was ranting like a lunatic about how college students where Che t-shirts and all this bat-$hit crazy nonsense.

Hey Obama's campaign head in Houston had Che posters up on the wall in summer of 08 - people should have had a clue by then.

If MSM did its job Beck would be almost anonymous. Beck was totally right about Van Jones and his radical past and ideology. He is also right about Cass Sunstein being a nutter who wants animals to be able to sue in court and have internet "rumors" chiiled - and also said a president should be allowed to decide what laws mean when their is ambiguity:

""There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him,"

That's TOTALLY anti-constitutional - never mind unconstitutional. The solution he suggests is exactly what happened in Germany in the 30's'


Mark LLoyd the FCC diversity Czar is another nutter who praises Chavez and Alinsky and says the "structural imbalance" in talk radio (even not enough homosexuals he says) needs to be fixed by Gov.

Now we have the Energy Secretary Steven Chu saying Americans are like teenagers that need to be told how to act. Oh and let's not forget Holdren saying forced abortions might have to be used to save the planet.

Glen Beck has been right on about the maniacs and misfits that populate this administration. They are also aching to IMPOSE their will on people.

 

[fskimospy]

Barry, we've already had a thread on Sunstein that shows that quote to be taken wildly out of context. Not that you care of course.

I don't think you should be weighing in on who is or is not crazy, considering your history of ranting and raving like a lunatic.

 

[Pens1566]

Originally posted by: boomerang

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: boomerang
I read he made $24 million last year. Whether people take him seriously or not is immaterial. His story is a success story.

Books on the best seller list, radio show, TV show, cover of Time magazine, etc. He scares the living shit out of the left too. He must because there's a thread or two every week about him.

We're not afraid of him - we're afraid of the morons who take him seriously.

What do you think they're going to do to you?

Pro-create faster than the sane segment of the population.

 

[BarrySotero]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Barry, we've already had a thread on Sunstein that shows that quote to be taken wildly out of context. Not that you care of course.

I don't think you should be weighing in on who is or is not crazy, considering your history of ranting and raving like a lunatic.

Even if it were true it would n't matter because there are lots of other nutty ideas by Sunstein - including the 2nd Amendment. It figures a guy who wants animals to be able to sue in court would limit rights of actual people.

 

[Drako]

LOL, I just saw the new Time magazine cover with Beck on it.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Lamont Burns
I think his ratings have gone up linearly with his crazy talk threshold. $$$

Yep. I do think he is approaching an insanity point, this isn't all an act.

His interview in GQ a couple of months back made it sound like he's doing it solely for the cash...

An Extended Q&A with Glenn Beck

Funny isn?t exactly the first word that leaps to mind when you think ?Glenn Beck.?

It?s actually the reason I decided to do radio. Every time I listened to talk radio, the conservatives had a stick lodged in their butt. I never understood why the entire world could have a sense of humor but the conservatives have to be Thurston Howell. I mean, you can?t have a sense of humor and be conservative?

What do you think of Colbert saying he fears for your sanity?

Very funny.

So you?re not offended?

It?s smart business for him. I?m a target. I?m in the public eye. If I were in his shoes, I?d go after me too.

Okay, but what about when Shep Smith does it? He ripped you for ?ego? and cracked that everyone at Fox existed ?to celebrate, worship, and adore Glenn Beck.?

Shep and I joke about it! I went up on his set the day he was mocking me and gave him a fist bump. [Demonstrates the most earnest, straight-armed fist bump ever attempted.] I said, ?Shep, you rock!? And he said, ?Keep it up, brother!? Now, is he mocking me, or is that good teamwork?

So then it?s just a routine for ratings? Isn?t that totally cynical? Where?s the line between manufactured conflict and news?

What do you mean, ?Where?s the line?? I?m not a journalist. If I wanted to be a journalist, I would be Charlie Rose and bore the snot out of people and have fourteen people watching me. I am a guy that firmly believes what I believe. I?ve done my homework. I am a student of history. Now, I can either present that to you in a Charlie Rose sort of way, or I can be entertaining.

What is someone supposed to think when the guy who famously asked a Muslim congressman to prove he wasn?t working with our enemies is also doing stand-up comedy?

It?s me. It?s just me. You know, the name of my company is Mercury, named after Orson Welles?s Mercury Theatre. Orson Welles was a brilliant businessman, he was a brilliant stage actor, he was a brilliant filmmaker, he was a brilliant actor?all of those. What was he?

An entertainer? So is that what you are?

You are something like the twentieth journalist that has tried to get me to say that?s what I am. But that taints the intellectual side of what I do, so I am going to have to say no.