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Glenn Beck Has Gone from Crazy Talk to Dangerous Incitement (Cue spooky music)
Associated Content ^ | August 29, 2009 | Jeff Musall

Posted on 08/29/2009 10:14:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The American conservative movement has devolved into an all fear movement, hopping from one hot-button "fear this" specter to another with a propaganda machine that would make many a fear-monger of the past blush. Fear "death panels." Fear the Marxist in the closet. Fear "government." Fear the imagined civilian "security force" being built. Fear ACORN and SEIU, Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders. He sees ACORNs everywhere, and imagines Marxists in every closet. His favorite term for government advisers and department heads is "CZAR." and it's not an accident. He uses it to further fears that somehow, once again, the Commies are coming!

At the spear head of the right wing fear machine are the talk radio crowd. Too easily dismissed in the past, the real power of right wing radio is becoming more obvious. Literally tens of millions of "ditto heads" and the like tune in each and every day, sometimes for hours a day, to hear different versions of the latest talking points.

Sure, there are differences. Limbaugh is mostly a blowhard, Hannity mostly a bully-coward. And Glenn Beck is a quasi-messianic cuckoo. Still, if that was all, Beck could be dismissed and ignored, blowing in the wind to those who will listen. But there's more to it. He's pushing the envelope of sanity on those who might be dancing on a knife edge already.

What does it take for a person to move from disgruntled, angry, or disenchanted to a potential terrorist? They must feel victimized.(continued)

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: agenda; glennbeck; handwringers; mccarthywasright; obama; obamacare; rushlimbaugh; socialism; socializedmedicine; talkradio
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To: Yosemitest

“And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”

That’s what I’m talkin’ about.

The ‘townhallers’ did America a great service.

Stay the course.

Keep fighting them!


61 posted on 08/30/2009 1:28:00 AM PDT by Boucheau ("Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism." - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

“Does anyone else discern a “Reichstag building” event being conceived?”

It’s already set in motion—it’s a done deal. It will happen at some point between October and March.

They couldn’t achieve our acquiescence the ‘nice’ way so there will certainly be some ‘event’ to twist our arms—guaranteed.


62 posted on 08/30/2009 1:31:37 AM PDT by Boucheau ("Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism." - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

We MUST be ready to ‘react’ with a very loud and fierce HELL NO! They will use the ‘event’ to shove their agenda through the heart of the United States.

We must be ready to resist them.


63 posted on 08/30/2009 1:34:20 AM PDT by Boucheau ("Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism." - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Typical of a liberal..THEY CAN'T argue facts. Just more BULLSH*T, race baiting, being pyranoid, etc, etc, etc. What this liberal ASS CLOWN doesn't seem to mention that the specials aired by Glen Beck last week on the CZAR’s was based on fact. Notice the author of the piece doesn't even attempt to deny information reported, just how pyranoid Glen Beck is. By the way.. the term CZAR has been used by several DEMOCRATS and even President Obama himself. So get off the high horse. Also regarding the appointment of these CZAR’s.. several Democrats were “concerned” when President Bush started appointing more CZAR’s. But Obama has added more than 30 CZARS and not a peep from the left. OHHH wait, it's not a Republican doing it.. MY BAD!!
64 posted on 08/30/2009 1:34:35 AM PDT by strykr
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To: Mariner
It's apparent it's the left that is afraid. We on the other hand are ANGRY. And those on the left are justified in their fears. They know, one day, somehow someway, they'll be held accountable by the people.

Here's what I wrote at our Canadian sister site, in response to a whine from Peggy Noonan:

‘You Are Terrifying Us’


Who's this "Us" you're talking about, White Woman?

( To paraphrase that old Jay Silverheels/Lone Ranger joke... )

You- up there in the KultureSmog of the beltway-- might be feeling a little "terror"- visions of peasants with pitchforks, tar & feathers, tumbrels & guillotines, coming for those who want to "rule" us probably do that...

Out here in Flyover Country?

We're furious.

At being ignored by people we hire with our votes.

At seeing contract law abrogated at a whim, by a guy who may not even be qualified to hold office.

At seeing our economic powerhouse squandered away in handouts to cronies.

And a whole lot of other things, besides.



65 posted on 08/30/2009 1:42:03 AM PDT by backhoe (All across America, the Lights are going out...)
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To: greeneyes

You are right!
Its tohose damn questions.....

Where do his allegiances lie? Who is Obama? There are many vids where he introduces his pastor,Jeremiah Wright, a man who introduced him to “his christian faith 20 years ago”. My guess is that he still retained his muslim beliefs from Indonesia.Thats why he still relates to Islam and secondly, his “ church” gave a muslim, Loius Farrakhan a lifetime achievement award...
http://www.bollywoodsargam.com/video_todayfeaturedvideo.php?blockbustermovieclip=Prhnc2fxAzg——The_shocking_video_Barack_Obama_does_not_want_you__to_see!!_featured_hollywood_blockbuster_video.html

Basically, very unamerican. Actually Anti American.....

Who is obama.. I dunno. What is he doing is unconstitutional.
Either way, face it he already has his agenda deep into play
He has already set up his parallel government with what 42 czars who were hand picked and that report directly to him.... totally bypassing the senate. This treasonous conspiracy by the MARXISTS have nothing to do with the constitution which call for the peoples input. Unconstitutional!

And he took oath to uphold the constitution...

Soon you will see him create a crisis and bring out his own militia of Black Panthers with “general” Louis Farrakhan! No seriously though, he will shift power so he is no longer the president of the US but the totalitarian Ruler of the US. He may well retain the title “pres”

Change the government! Impeach the president!

Not only Glenn Beck sees this, but Sonja Schmidt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9yI9LCILhU

Go ask REv. Manning about Obama!
Go to youtube and look up Larry Sinclair, press conference part 1


66 posted on 08/30/2009 2:13:15 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
His favorite term for government advisers and department heads is "CZAR."

That term has been around long before Beck hit the airwaves, nitwit. And it is utterly true that Obama has created many high-level positions of considerable power that do NOT require Senate confirmation.

Had Bush done such, this same liberal weenie would be shrieking away. But when Obama does it, critics of such are to be ridiculed. Modern liberalism stinks like a dead carp on the riverbank.

67 posted on 08/30/2009 2:51:17 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just to grab a quote,
“...And finally, they need feel that God is on their side. Once the potential terrorist is convinced that they are a holy warrior, the final piece is in place. When the potential terrorist thinks their instructions are coming from God, there you go.”

This is a perfect example of a progressive syllogism.

A. Major assumption
B. Minor assumption
C. There you go

Thank you Pinky


68 posted on 08/30/2009 2:54:37 AM PDT by not_under_duress (21st Century Fascism)
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To: Boucheau
It’s already set in motion—it’s a done deal. It will happen at some point between October and March."

They'll usurp Thanksgiving Day with some something like the Reichstag Fire just like they usurped 9/11 with National Socialist Democrat Workers Day.

Christmas (which he boasts he does not celebrate) will of course be replaced by "the One's" National Socialist Victory Day, and these fools backing him don't even have a clue about what sort of demagogue he really is. I can't wait for the purge of the "progressive" rank and file. This Usurper in Chief egotistical and stupid he's already ticked off at his base for not overpowering the opposition to his health-care takeover that he'll probably set that in motion thinking he has an endless supply of dolts to do his bidding.

Really, this guy is seriously out of touch with reality and those who were so anxious to ascribe psychological ills to others before him don't even notice. More proof that the "progressives" from top to bottom are totally clueless and living in a dream world themselves. They're all believing a strong delusion as has happened so many times before to those about to suffer the wrath they deserve.

Regards

69 posted on 08/30/2009 2:56:30 AM PDT by Rashputin (blif)
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To: Mariner
It's apparent it's the left that is afraid.

We on the other hand are ANGRY. And those on the left are justified in their fears.

Thank you. A succinct, correct assessment of the situation.

I would go a step further and say that a large part of those who voted for Obama are now feeling embarrassed, this is why making fun of them will have such a profound effect.

They need to know we are laughing at them.

70 posted on 08/30/2009 3:14:00 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Yosemitest

Jefferson had a significant measure of wisdom.

Yet he was foolish about Scripture.

In our era, it will essentially end up . . .

NOT BY MIGHT, NOT BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD.

That doesn’t mean there is never a time or a place . . .

It does mean that the weapons of OUR warfare are not carnal but mighty to the bringing down of strongholds . . .

I could imagine defending my family or group gathered around me quite fiercely.

I could imagine not defending myself alone much at all.


71 posted on 08/30/2009 3:17:52 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Red6

Setting the stage is putting it mildly.

Utter chaos and mass death is being

SCHEDULED, ENGINEERED rom long term plans.


72 posted on 08/30/2009 3:20:31 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Rashputin
This is how you solve the problem without violence.

Texas and maybe Louisiana secede and the marxists issue orders to bring them back.

The US Military instead rounds up the marxists and puts them on a plane to Cuba.

Provisional military government for 6 months, then new elections for all congressional seats and the WH, incumbents need not apply.

Only tax paying citizens and veterans are enfranchised in the new Republic.

All amendments other than the original bill of rights are repealed.

"Dueling" legalized within the Washington DC limits.

Problem solved

73 posted on 08/30/2009 3:25:53 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Hussein Baraka Mook Kebba)
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To: al baby; pissant

Think you 2 should mosey on over there and leave a message like some of us did ;)


74 posted on 08/30/2009 3:34:13 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
ACORN has been convicted of voter fraud in numerous states.

Not to nitpick, but I think you mean indicted, not convicted....yet.
75 posted on 08/30/2009 3:38:28 AM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done a few things in my life I'm not proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeff is not a journalist. He is an ad copy writer for the left in the fear, uncertainty and doubt dept. He is a groupthink mindguard and a liar by trade.

Jeff’s Bio:
I love to write...and I love to write about things I have a passion for. I am someone very concerned for the future of democracy, and that concern is reflected in my writings.

Concerned for the future of Democracy? You mean the Republic under open fasist/statist assult by Obama et. al.

Jeff you are a Fascist storm trooper. Fact.


76 posted on 08/30/2009 4:44:12 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeff is not a journalist. He is an ad copy writer for the left in the fear, uncertainty and doubt dept. He is a groupthink mindguard and a liar by trade.

Jeff’s Bio:
I love to write...and I love to write about things I have a passion for. I am someone very concerned for the future of democracy, and that concern is reflected in my writings.

Concerned for the future of Democracy? You mean the Republic under open fasist/statist assult by Obama et. al.

Jeff you are a Fascist storm trooper. Fact.


77 posted on 08/30/2009 4:44:14 AM PDT by Eddie01
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Jeff reads like a girlieman with his knockers in a knot. Wonder if he's ever actually had a real job.

.

78 posted on 08/30/2009 4:44:21 AM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: Eddie01

damn touchpad


79 posted on 08/30/2009 4:44:56 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Dallas59
How long ago was it that all the libs were so afraid of the “vast right wing conspiracy”, Bush, Cheney and Haliburton?

The really hilarious thing is that the present author, Jeff Musall, was one of them. He wrote a novel in 2006 called Heretics, US (Amazon sales rank #7,236,373, with 2 reviews, LOL!) about a Bush type president (fictionalized as "President Plant") taking over the world. From a review:

Heretics, US depicts a plausible, and in fact, a very palpable realism. In the novel, ordinary citizens, led by a proud former Navy SEAL, undertake an effort to uncover the maniacal intentions of an increasingly despotic government commanded by President Plant and a cabal of theocrats & elitist power brokers bent on world domination. Reality suggests that this scenario is playing out in real life, as Americans are being forced to accept the loss of liberties, and perpetual war, at the behest of the dynastic rule of the Bush administration and its neo-conservative ideological experiment, which capitalizes on religious fervor at its base. If things were to get much worse, is it not conceivable that principled military men who have raised warning flags in real life, such as General John Batiste, Lt. Ehren Watada and even Scott Ritter, could become leaders in some future armed revolution, side by side with , and religious thinkers such as Jim Wallis and Barry Lynn and “ordinary” concerned and angry citizens? It seems anything is possible these days.

So, Jeffy himself is guilty of EXACTLY the type of fear mongering, up to and including prediction of civil war, of which he accuses Beck!

The fact that Jeffy specializes in ficitonalized fear mongering, however, may explain why he doesn't dispute any of Beck's facts, or even engage Beck's analysis.

BTW, neither Jeffy, nor his book, even rank a wikipedia entry. Hypocrisy being driven by jealously?

80 posted on 08/30/2009 5:13:01 AM PDT by Stultis (Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia; Democrats always opposed waterboarding as torture)
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