Beck has changed—I don’t know why but he seems to have pulled his punches and is now attacking Sarah Palin and others. Did someone blackmail him? Has he gone back to drinking? This move to shut down 3rd Parties seems a bit unconstitutional. Being off the wall was his way of making a point—now he just seems to be interested in selling his books and tours. I want the old Beck back. He wasn’t afraid to call a communist, a communist.
This is pure speculation, but at one point, several weeks ago, Beck said he didn’t know how much longer he would be able to be on the air.
We know about the Axelrod/Ailes meetup for 0bama. (threatening to pull an FCC license?? Localism??)
We know Beck has been in the hospital for something at least twice. (So has Rush)
We know he’s had to up his security at least once.
We know he’s changed focus for the year.
We know 0bama & gang have advocated abandonning talk radio, blogs and Fox.
We know there has been at least one incident regarding Beck’s family.
We know 0-bots have targeted advertising against Beck. (and Rush, etc).
We know that Beck HAS asked questions that no other pundit has asked, and the Dobbs was booted off CNN for questioning 0bama’s legitimacy.
We also hear that Beck expects a Depression—after the coming 2010 election.
We heard that the dinner this week with ‘one of the richest men in the world’ can be summed up in two words: ‘we’re (America’s) done’.
We hear Clinton’s going for a ‘brownbagger’ anti-tea party method—which will include deep research on 7-8 ‘leaders’.
Beck’s advertisers promote food insurance, identity and data security, gold, some things for older people.
Beck appears to be trying to get people to read up and know the founding principles of the country—because many do not know them/know them well.
Here are some snippets from what he said today: “The Greatest American generation....are called great....not because it was easy....Who can imagine landing on the beaches at Omaha....Things must be done. We have to make a choice. We’re either going to be restored or fundamentally transformed...Only one ends in real freedom.”
He’s not always right. He doesn’t say he is. I contend he’s missed the boat entirely on the present office holder’s legitimate, Constitutional claim to the Presidency.
Beck is asking questions and raising issues like few others. I think O’Reilly is trying to shield him, but it is clear that the flak he takes is because he’s dead on the money. Now, he has very powerful friends...along with powerful enemies who would gladly do him in by whatever method that takes.
The stories he covers ask questions and encourage people to read the actual, founding documents of the United States. This task is crucial, as many, many have never been taught American ideals and precepts of government. Now that we know AGW is bunk science, the thought of bunk education and peer review at the highest and most intellectual levels is obvious; this is the 60s radicals last, best chance to destroy the country. The seepage of Marxist, anti-American drivel is in children’s textbooks and university research alike, in pure, hard science as well as in soft science, side-by-side.
The Depression-era folks now dying off, we have no one to tell the stories that so many never learned. Last year, children’s books put out prior to 1985 were declared illegal ‘for safety reasons.’ The WH called historians to a ‘dinner’ and discussion early on in 2009; our history is and has been rewritten. There is no one to lead because there is previous little light on the dark places Potomac water seeps into now. So, we have to comb through documents and references previously ridiculed or excoriated to find the pearls.
Beck’s best recent thought, IMHO, is that it will be up to American citizens to right the ship of state or rebuild it as the USS America if it sinks; we are all apprentice shipbuilders now.
I support him, not because he is right on everything, but because one candle cannot burn forever, but millions of candles outshine whatever darkness comes our way in these dangerous, shadowy times. It may well be that these lights will save America all over again, and conquer the land our pioneer forebears fought and died to establish. We are the last, best hope on earth. There is no where else to run. We must lead ourselves according to the lights and rights of the Republic.”