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I agree.

Watching Beck has been an education and I am old enough to have had a good education, have lived through the past 67 years and remember it correctly and, as an information junkie, thought I understood much of what was going on. However, Beck has been able to inform me in detail on a current basis and I am appreciative.

FWIW, I think the birther issue is a sidetrack and will never accomplish the overthrow of zerO, even if it is proved byond reasonable doubt. A plurality will continue to say:”So what?” And that, IMO, is why the savvier media personalities have avoided it.

As for religion, IMO, again, Beck and others who harp on this are using history as a guide. There were revivals in the past when this nation and others (think of the Orthodox populations in the former Soviet satellites) were in rebellion. A religious revival that is not being micromanaged by the politicos would become a binding force for revolutionaries and would also give people something solid upon which to base their actions. It will also give some spine to non-violence and history indicates that organized, non-violent civil disobedience has a chance of working. If nothing else, it will expose the “my way or die” fascists as the thugs that they are and remove their excuses for imposing martial law. Not that they need excuses, but they still need justification and a peaceful resistance doesn’t provide that.

Yes, we are all overwhelmed. Yes, the Byzantine machinations of the political and economic class are exhausting to comprehend. Yes, we all want positive solutions, but what if there is only 1) a spiritual renewal, 2) non-violent civil disobedience and 3) preparedness as viable routes out of this mess?

Personally, I have learned much from Beck and if he is imperfect, so be it. So am I and so are we all. How else can anyone quickly bring a plurality up to speed? How else are older people who simply don’t have a chance in a SWAT/martial law scenario or those who have exhausted their assets over the past two years going to manage a resistance?

I personally don’t expect to outlive the totalitarians and I do expect some sort of unofficial CWII. I need faith, I have no chance of succeeding in armed action against more than 1-2 stupid looters and just being stubborn and refusing to acquiesce to tyranny while keeping some sort of moral high ground is about all I can envision as a path with some hope of success. Meanwhile, being prepared means we are not starving, sick, weakened slaves who will grab at any government carrot to save ourselves.

So, Beck has my eyeballs and I can use his information. I would feel a loss if he was stopped. I am comforted that perhaps 20% of his daily audience is seeing and hearing real critical thinking, as well as new information, on a daily basis. If even half of those go one to research Beck’s information (which is about 85% accurate and only about 15% hysteria), that could easily be the fraction needed to resolve this with the ballot box. We need everyone to understand what is happening, why, and who benefits.