I don’t understand what he is doing, the purpose?
Do you remember the hype over "Ginger," the code-named product that later became the Segway Human Transporter? It was thunderous. Five years ago, buzz spread quickly that Ginger was going to forever change our lives, reconfigure our cities, maybe even bring us lasting peace. In my mind, at least, it was a water-fueled anti-gravity landspeeder. It turns out that Ginger was a two-wheel electric chariot that, while remarkable, did not change the course of human civilization.The story of Segway is an interesting case study on how to create a media frenzy, but also on the risks of doing so. Hype is great for getting attention, but horrible at setting expectations.
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--How Segway Didn't Change the World, written in 2006
All this hype from Beck about something-that-he-can't-say-what-it-is reminds me of all that Segway BS. When was that, 1999?
Lot's of stories about "It". "It" was going to change civilization.
"It" has become a comic platform for fat cops and park rangers.
Civilization remains the same.
I fear Beck has fallen into the same super-duper-schmuper-over-hype of something that's not that big of a deal.
And I say that as a person who is a big fan of the Glenn Beck show.
...Perhaps another option is an oligarchy, said Beck...
I would refer Beck to one of his shows on Goldman Sachs and how entrenched they are in Treasury and the Fed.
We are already living under an oligarchy.
I think it's LONG past time that we need to play hardball with the domestic enemies of freedom, and engage in FORCEFUL truth-telling and political debate, just as our founders did, and just as has been done throughout our history.
Here's an email I wrote Glenn after he said on his show that he didn't want anyone to carry signs:
Dear Glenn,
I USUALLY agree with you Glenn, but you are supremely WRONG to ask us to not carry signs to events. AND, you are technically WRONG that attendees at MLK's civil rights events did not carry signs (see attached picture that took me about 1 or 2 SECONDS to find on the internet). I have attended two Tea Party rallies here in Atlanta, and I carried signs for many reasons. First and foremost, as an INDIVIDUAL American citizen, I have a 1st Amendment RIGHT to do so. Secondly, though the Tea Party started as a purely FISCAL sanity movement, it has become so much more. In my opinion, it is all about FREEDOM, and all that entails (Constitutional rights, history, tradition, etc.), and as such, I, as an INDIVIDUAL want to STRONGLY (needed to try and counter the left-wing sycophants in the mainstream media) voice MY opinions, and not just fall in lockstep with the various "leaders" of the Tea party movement. I respectfully ask that you reconsider your view that we not carry signs, and merely ask that you continue educating the public to be careful, when making signs and voicing opinions, as to not give our domestic enemies any ammunition to use against us. Thanks Glenn.
I'm thinking that of all the places I might go to reflect that would be somewhere near the bottom of the list. It's in the middle of a loud, smelly, crowded city.
I always thought it was called the Reflecting Pool because it reflects a view of the other monuments. Silly me...
Ouch! The response here on FR seems pretty tepid. I like Glenn, but I wonder if he’s setting himself up for failure on this one.
I’m going.