Appearing on his program yesterday, Media Research Center's Seton Motley talked with Glenn Beck about the various regulations the FCC's new diversity czar Mark Lloyd wants to bring upon the terrestrial radio industry, particularly conservative-dominated talk radio.
GLENN BECK: When you read the new diversity officer, what is the most disturbing thing that you have seen? What are the things that he says that stick out to you?
SETON MOTLEY: Well, he's fundamentally opposed to virtually any private ownership of media. [...]
BECK: Tell me exactly what his plan is.
MOTLEY: His plan is to use the nebulous FCC regulations of media diversity and localism to travel alternative routes to arrive at the same destination as the Fairness Doctrine, which is to shut you up by shutting you down. He wants to assault the radio industry to effect an ideological outcome...
You can view the entire segment embedded above on the right.
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So far.....beck has exposed.........
August 27, 2009 - 11:30 ET by BEGRUNTthese "Czars" as raving communists, who only answer to Zero.....no congressional oversight, no background checks......Be scared people, be very scared!!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
Re oversight
August 27, 2009 - 12:09 ET by slickwillie2001That's right, these nutballs had to be czars because the Bamster does not want to expose their moonbat socialist/communist/fascist beliefs in a Senate confirmation hearing, and they might not make it through a confirmation hearing even with a democratic majority.
The Only Wrong
August 27, 2009 - 13:12 ET by GeneralAlThe only thing wrong with these czars is they should be named as Commisars but that would lead us to think Communist which Comrade Obama is trying to hide!
Diversity Czar?
August 27, 2009 - 11:32 ET by Six String SpiffWHAT?!
A 'diversity Czar'?
Good Grief
It's Ironic the left calls us Nazis...
Doesn't anyone get the
August 27, 2009 - 11:40 ET by Six String SpiffDoesn't anyone get the least bit ackward with these 'czars'? I mean besides us. The man has a czar for EVEYRYTHING.
Somebody should get him a Constitution czar.
Fool
Czar is a word derived from
August 27, 2009 - 11:48 ET by mattmCzar is a word derived from the word Caesar.
The left liked to insultingly refer to George W. Bush as "King George" as if he was a totalitarian despot. Yet here we have a classic leftist who is actively setting himself up as Emperor, even using imperial terms like "czar", yet people can't see it....
We should start calling him Caesar Obama, or Julius Hussein, or Barrack Augustus....
"Stroke of the pen, law of the land, kinda cool!"
August 27, 2009 - 12:15 ET by motherbeltCaesar indeed!
This President is increasingly, and without opposition (well, what do we expect with Democrats controlling both houses?) arrogating power to himself and a select "inner circle" who answer to no one but him. They don't have to pass laws through Congress, they "write regulations." Like the old "Stroke of the pen, law of the land, kinda cool!" by Begala regarding executive orders, this is the system of government that we are devolving to.
The "czar count" is now at what, 36?? At what number, for crying out loud, do the media, start seeing shades of Imperialism?????
Instead of government, are we going to be "ruled" by an Imperial President and his "Council"??? When will the people rise up in anger over this and say Enough! For God's sake, enough!!
39
August 27, 2009 - 12:20 ET by katainkentgreat googly moogly - two more since I last looked.
1. Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke
2. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley
3. Behavioral Science Czar: Not appointed yet
4. Bailout Czar: Neel Kashkari
5. Border Czar: Alan Bersin (Former US attorney)
6. California (Federal) Water Czar: David J. Hayes
7. Car Czar: Ron Bloom
8. Climate Czar: Todd Stern
9. Copyright Czar: Not appointed yet
10. Cyberspace/Internet Fraud Czar: Melissa Hathaway
11. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske
12. Economic Czar: Paul Volcker
13. Education Czar: Arne Duncan
15. Faith-Based Czar: Joshua Dubois
16. Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis
17. Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones
18. Guantanomo Closure Czar: Danny Fried
19. Health Care Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle
20. Information Czar: Vivek Kundra
21. Intelligence Czar: Admiral Dennis Blair
22. Latin-American Czar: Arturo Valenzuela
23. Mideast Policy Czar: Dennis Ross
24. Middle-East Peace Czar: George Mitchell
25. Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg
26. Performance Czar: Jeffrey Zients
27. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein
28. ‘Safe Schools’ Czar: Kevin Jennings
29. Science Czar: John Holdren
30. Stimulus Accountability Czar: Earl Devaney
31. Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration
32. Tarp Czar: Herb Allison
33. Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra
34. Terrorism Czar: John Brennan
35. Urban Affairs/Housing Czar: Adolfo Carrion
36. Violence Against Women Czar: Lynn Rosenthal
37. War Czar: Douglas Lute
38. Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter
39. WMD Czar: Gary Samore
with more on the way. A blog that's keeping track actually has a tenative number of 44
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"Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller" Barack Obama (Dr. In Chief)
And still they snooze.....
August 27, 2009 - 12:28 ET by motherbeltIf this were a Republican President, they would have been screaming from the rooftops at 3.
But they're cool with this....mangling Ron Silver from his before-conversion days..."Oh, that's right, it's OUR Imperial President now!!"
I have video of the housing Czar, overseeing homes for NBers
August 27, 2009 - 12:44 ET by upcountrywaterStack them anywhere
The "homes" being transported by trains sent chills up and down my spine....
Gad these facists LOVE Venezuela.
Latin-American Czar: Arturo Valenzuela
I've been here 3 years, will I see 4, 5 , 6 years?
Didn't this man graduate at
August 27, 2009 - 12:53 ET by Six String SpiffDidn't this man graduate at the top of his class in prestigious college? Why does he have to surround himself with these 'czars'?
Could it be he doesn't have the experience to be POTUS?
Maybe he's a fraud..?
Breathe in Czar
Breath Out Czar
Feed yourself Czar
Potty time Czar
"Top of his class" is a myth
August 27, 2009 - 14:15 ET by SickofLibsPresident of the Law Review does not equate to valedictorian, salutatorian or anything else academically; it's a popularity contest.
Obama could have graduated at the bottom of his class - but we'll never know.
(Troll opportunity, get ready: "McCain graduated almost last in his class at Annapolis.")
Annapolis is a much harder
August 27, 2009 - 15:53 ET by Dan The Man 2Annapolis is a much harder place to get into than Havard Law School. The canditates are a much better caliber also. You have to be promoted by a prominent senator to get in also.
how to see
August 27, 2009 - 14:31 ET by ElktwinmommaI have been putting the names into muckety.com and seeing how they connect. for example: John Holdren
http://www.muckety.com/John-P-Holdren/154889.muckety I am not sure about the complete validity of the site. But it is a starting place.
it is quite a labarynth, I think we have to start asking if maybe, just maybe, some of those conspiracy theories were correct.
When senior Bush used the phrase "new world order" my hair stood on end then...now what? I am truly scared of what is happening
Six String -
August 27, 2009 - 13:19 ET by FeynmanFanObama with a Constitution czar. That's hilarous.
Pigs will fly before that happens.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
MOTHER RUSSIA...
August 27, 2009 - 13:55 ET by danybhoyYou know, part of my family backround is Russian jew, & I will say I really don't care too much for czars or bolsheviks. Here is the weird thing, back in the old country, the bolsheviks got rid of the czars. Today in the Obama White House, the bolsheviks are the czars. Oh, I'm really not too fond of nazis or fascists, & with some of Obama's thugs pimping for eugenics...you can figure it out from there.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Without question
August 27, 2009 - 11:53 ET by nwahsBeck has upped the ante. This is going to be interesting to watch.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Anti-Americans
August 27, 2009 - 12:07 ET by iveseenitallBeck is exposing what so many of us old-timers have said from the beginning. Barry and his henchmen are anti-Americans. Call them socialists, fascists, communists---whatever you like. We who attended universities in the 60's and 70's met them every day. We were forced to sit in lecture halls listening to their hate-filled diatribes against everything we believed. Obama is simply one of their indoctrinated lemmings. He has stocked his administration with uber left-wingers whose dream is the destruction of capitalism and freedom. They ( including Barry) hate all that America stands for. The "change" Obama and his minions want, as Beck knows, is the total transformation of our nation. It's been in the making for decades. Fear it--fight it.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I like basically Beck and
August 27, 2009 - 13:34 ET by Chris NormanI like basically Beck and think he's on to several things here. However, his delivery has become a little too Howard Bealish for comfort. I wish he would knock the drama back a few notches. I think his message would be more effective.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
August 27, 2009 - 13:43 ET by nwahsSeriously, I caught Glenn's show on the late replay this morning. What is he trying to provoke, dialogue, protests or revolution?
It seemed very dark and ominous.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Thats because it is dark
August 27, 2009 - 13:49 ET by Conservative VoiceThats because it is dark and ominous...Glenn isn't creating drama where none exists...this is serious stuff.
And we do need a revolution...not with guns, but we need to wake up and tell government we are mad as hell and we aren't going to take it anymore...You're Fired!
It's possible to deliver
August 27, 2009 - 13:51 ET by motherbeltIt's possible to deliver dark and ominous facts and opinions without the heavy sighing, the facial expressions and the long dramatic pauses. We are not children, who need to have constant visual reminders that this is serious stuff here.
It's all so phony, and really distracts from what he is talking about.
Its not phony
August 27, 2009 - 13:59 ET by Conservative VoiceGlenn is a passionate guy, who is putting his life and his family lives on the line. I think he is showing incredible restraint.
This isn't phony news, its an opinion show. I would rather have a Glenn Beck emotion than some one like Dan Rather who has a poker face, lying through his teeth.
I like Beck, he is
August 27, 2009 - 14:02 ET by Dan The Man 2I like Beck, he is entertaining and informative. He reminds me of a rodeo clown. The rodeo clown has a dirty dangerous job and makes it look humorous. Beck makes his important information humorous. We hear the information way too serious most times and it tens to be more of the same but vbecks delivery style makes it fresh.
Remember "be all things to all people" in other words teach them or talk to tehm on their understanding level.
How are they listening to
August 27, 2009 - 15:08 ET by bretzysdudeHow are they listening to us? They're not! We have arrogant S.O.B.'s who are saying, "I don't care WHAT the people think! I'm voting for health care!" Then they'll suspend the 2010 elections... I mean they're practically begging us to resort to violence!
Well thats not revolution
August 27, 2009 - 15:53 ET by nwahsAnd we do need a revolution...not with guns, but we need to wake up and
tell government we are mad as hell and we aren't going to take it
anymore...You're Fired!
Well that's not revolution, that's elections. Peaceful revolts against government are a rarity and I'm not too keen on seeing revolution in the streets or implications that its needed. We have a pretty good system of government that has been fairly successful in preventing the need for revolutions to create change in government.
Now I don't know if Beck is suggesting such, but I do think its dangerous for any public figure to suggest we need to pick up pitch forks or worse, instead of ballots. I wish Beck would be more clear about that in his drama. I know most of us are against Obamacare, but this is still a civilized society, and there is a civilized way to defeat it. Talk about tyrants taking control of the government in the middle of the night is irresponsible, and implies a threat requiring more pitchforks than ballots. I really wish Beck wouldn't cross that threshold.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Glenn advocates daily now
August 27, 2009 - 16:01 ET by Conservative VoiceGlenn advocates daily now is not the time for blood...but on Friday he is going to give some ideas on what we can do...he advocates that we get educated, that we educate and expose, and we get closer to God.
this is a revolution, we are at war...just not a bloody one ( hopefully it won't either ).
Well thats good
August 27, 2009 - 16:07 ET by nwahsBut where are where a talk show host is saying "now is not the time for blood." I think we're getting damn close to "FIRE!!" in a theater.
Today's lesson on Beck's show - Revolutionaries.
And he's upset the White House isn't communicating with him.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
One should call Fire, if there is one
August 27, 2009 - 16:32 ET by Conservative VoiceAnd as far as the WH communicating, they have called his show...
Well thats what he's doing
August 27, 2009 - 16:46 ET by nwahsHe's implying the White House is putting together a private army to use against the American people. And that's not supposed to incite violence? He is saying the White House is putting together a security force to beat you into submission. He is making the case there is a direct an imminent threat to you at the hands of a rogue government. That's not inciting violence?
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
I don't watch Beck
August 27, 2009 - 16:55 ET by Paragrouperor other pundits for that matter. so please answer me this; is he just "implying" or is he "making a case?" Is he presenting any facts?
"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden
Its implication
August 27, 2009 - 17:11 ET by nwahsAnd its designed inflammatory implications. He is showing the November video of the two Black Panthers in front of the voting polls in Philadelphia, while talking about this private army Obama is building. There's another video of black teens dressed in military fatigues while he's talking about this.Then he backtracks and says "I'm not suggesting the White House is in league with the Black Panthers" than forward tracks and points out Eric Holder is is *prosecuting* the CIA and dropping charges against the Black Panthers.
This is dangerous crap.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
This is dangerous crap...so
August 27, 2009 - 17:16 ET by Conservative VoiceThis is dangerous crap...so lets stone the messenger! Were there not Black Panters in front of voting polls? Did the DOJ do anything about it...hmmm no, it was dropped...meanwhile on a related story, lets investigate the CIA and interegations.
When there is a fire, we should yell Fire! and then work to put the fire out.
So what number
August 27, 2009 - 17:23 ET by nwahsWhat number of innocent casualties would you find acceptable in putting out this fire? Because thats who's going to get hurt. Someone who's probably never intentionally tried to hurt anyone.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
right back at you shawn,
August 27, 2009 - 17:33 ET by Conservative Voiceright back at you shawn, how many innocent casualties would you find acceptable until you become mobilized that there is a serious fire? Fact is Glenn is getting noticed...and yet the WH has not denied his claims, nor has any of his minions.
As Churchill put
August 27, 2009 - 17:36 ET by Free StinkerAs Churchill put it:
There are always some who are content to remain neutral as between the fire brigade and the fire.
~Shawn
August 27, 2009 - 17:41 ET by choselife3xEric Holder is is *prosecuting* the CIA and dropping charges against the Black Panthers.
This is dangerous crap.
No argument here, darling.
Dissent: It's not just for liberals anymore.-kudzupolitics, USA Today
Acorn, SEIU, etc...thugs
August 27, 2009 - 17:01 ET by Conservative VoiceAcorn, SEIU, etc...thugs that under his spell. Acorn receives federal dollars...we pay for these thugs...
Who wrote the stimulous bill, Nancy? Hmmm, no...a private commmunist group that was not elected wrote it and they people in congress were given the command to pass it. We elect congress to write the bills and read the bills and debate the bills.
How is the stimulous money being spent? Has not the President said while campaigning that he wants a well funded citizen army? Have you not seen the Obama youth?
Why are they working so hard to destroy the dollar...it almost seems like its being done on purpose...
Whats with all the czars, they aren't elected and they don't need the Senate approval.
How is this not a rogue government?
So given all this, we should play the ostrich, because we wouldn't want to upset anyone...
If there is a Fire, it is our duty to call it out, and then work to put it out.
sorry, nwahs
August 27, 2009 - 17:58 ET by candanceYour point seems to be that even if something is true, people should shut up about it and then the crap won't hit the fan. Beck isn't making stuff up. He's showing you what Obama said. If I know there is a dangerous criminal in my neighborhood, I don't just keep it quiet. If I know there's a criminal grabbing power in the government, I don't ignore it.
Refute what Beck said and prove he's uselessly stirring fear - or admit you're ignoring it out of spite.
No my point is simple
August 27, 2009 - 19:29 ET by nwahsI agree with Bernie Goldberg. The time of Thomas Jefferson and blood in the streets politics has long passed. With the checks and balances in the United States government, those suggesting anything requires blood in the streets, usually have a different agenda than good government. As monumental a task as equal rights were, King didn't suggest blood in the streets was necessary. We are a society of law, not anarchy.
Now I know Beck hasn't called for violence. But about 5 disclaimers in one show tells me he cutting very close to the bone. I'm only watching his show to see why he was boycotted. Frankly I don't find him intelligent enough to talk down to me as if I'm attending a college lecture. But I get through it just to see what he's doing even after the juvenile coup de grace - an acronym "oligarchy." After watching two of his shows , I think he is irresponsibly coming very close to inciting violence, and promoting this as a black vs white confrontation.
I'm sure you disagree. It doesn't mean I'm going to attack you in the middle of the night.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
We are a society of law,
August 27, 2009 - 22:09 ET by Dan The Man 2We are a society of law, not anarchy.
Yet the Declaration was written and states that when the ruler is not lawful then we need to rise up. Shawn, in 1938 a group of people got together and also said we dont want to fight for what is right and a few years later they were fighting for their lives.
Anarchy is present and we need to fight it, even with our very lives. Give me liberty or give me death. When they come for you you will still be dumbfounded and not understand.
Dan, I love you dearly
August 27, 2009 - 22:14 ET by BlondeBut please, please, don't refer to Backward S as "shawn"...it does a huge disservice to the GOOD Shawn.
<<== Shawn is just that....a fakir "conservative" and most annoying, too.
I hope he fails, too.
The Good Shawn.....
August 27, 2009 - 22:48 ET by shawn228watched Glen Beck for the first time yesterday caus Sarah Palin and NB told him to.
"I swear sometimes the self-appointed moral police are as obnoxious and demanding of big government interference as "environmentalist" gun control advocates, labor unions and trial lawyers"~fitzfong
shawn,
August 27, 2009 - 22:55 ET by R D HelmYeah, I have taken to referring to him as "shawn in the mirror."
LOL-I wouldn't dare call his bass-ackward self shawn.
Damn, its a good thing we like you. :-)
-Dave
Even when the government tries to kiss you, it is just a prelude to a good screwing. -Neal Boortz
Well.....
August 27, 2009 - 23:09 ET by shawn228.....some of you do ;-)
"I swear sometimes the self-appointed moral police are as obnoxious and demanding of big government interference as "environmentalist" gun control advocates, labor unions and trial lawyers"~fitzfong
Dan... Anarchy
August 27, 2009 - 22:18 ET by bigtimerDan...
Anarchy indeed...I've been glad that word has been brought up on Beck as well recently.
Just Czars alone ought to wake some people up out there in the real world...sooner rather than later.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
You're not saying that using
August 27, 2009 - 22:23 ET by balboaYou're not saying that using the term "czars" is a clue that Obama's going to change the U.S. to communism, are you?
boa... Heck...I don't
August 27, 2009 - 22:29 ET by bigtimerboa...
Heck...I don't even know if you're on the same planet anymore.
You've really changed in some ways.
Whatever...I'm not going back and forth with you.
You know full well what I was saying...along with what is going on in this country with your messiah and his crew.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
He's not my messiah (for the
August 27, 2009 - 22:33 ET by balboaHe's not my messiah (for the billionth time).
I was honestly asking what "czars" says to you.
bal.....first, how are you?............
August 27, 2009 - 22:59 ET by BEGRUNTnext, haven't seen you in a while, next......."Czar" in my opinion, mean "Commissars" in reality. So, yes, communism...... Does that clear it up?
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
I'm fine. Did we have
August 27, 2009 - 23:07 ET by balboaI'm fine.
Did we have these "czars" before Obama? I didn't think this was new. The fact that he's appointed so many of them seems pointless to me. I don't see that a czar gets anything more accomplished. But I can't make that jump to this being one of the seven signs of communism.
bal........................
August 27, 2009 - 23:16 ET by BEGRUNTyou do realize these "czars" answer only to Zero, No congressional oversight, no background checks, they make policy via fiat.........you tell me!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
it doesn't matter, bal
August 27, 2009 - 23:28 ET by candanceObama has a magic wand. It looks like this: (D) and it comes after his name. This magic wand affords him bountiful supplies of "benefit of the doubt" and a high quantity of things called excuses.
Meanwhile, conservie voters are expected to inspect and criticize everything Republicans do. Just a few years ago, right here on NB, conservies were called naive for trusting the president. We didn't condemn the PATRIOT Act enough. We refused to see the truth in Iraq. We made excuses for Bush's military record. We assumed that "our side" would do the right thing.
Coming from someone who spoke against the PATRIOT Act and criticized Bush for a number of things, I really expected more from lefties. I actually thought they meant all that stuff about being skeptical. I thought they would be concerned with secrecy or cronyism.
I had no idea that the (D) was such a powerful thing.
Autocracy, maybe
August 27, 2009 - 23:04 ET by UnsaneCommunism, no. You should remember that communism was responsible for the whacking of a Czar.
Autocracy...well, that is a whole other matter. IIRC it was Ivan IV, who history remembers as "Dread" or "the Terrible" (depending on how you translate grozny) who referred to himself as "Czar and Autocrat of All The Russias".
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
there it is again
August 27, 2009 - 23:07 ET by candanceYou still can't refute anything he said. It's back to implications.
But about 5 disclaimers in one show tells me he cutting very close to the bone.
OR it's the fact that people like you keep running around screaming "Glenn Beck incites violence" and Democrats keep dropping little hints about the president getting shot, so Beck is compelled to cover his hiney in every segment. If he hadn't included enough disclaimers, you'd use that as proof anyway.
After watching two of his shows , I think he is irresponsibly coming very close to inciting violence, and promoting this as a black vs white confrontation.
Translation: I watched his show with a huffy attitude only because it was popular, and surprise, surprise, my ideology remained exactly the same.
I don't appreciate this. At all. Beck is not allowed to accuse a Democrat of inciting violence - but you're allowed to accuse him of inciting violence? You're allowed to spread rumors about someone irresponsibly pushing a violent reaction based on little more than your opinion?
I'm really sick and tired of getting this crap from lefties and moderates. Don't say those facts or some wacko will blow up a building. Don't encourage protesters or you're responsible for the next Tim McVeigh. Don't stir up fear by having the nerve to talk about your own government officials.
Now I know exactly why the Germans let it happen. It's pretty much crystal clear.
Go ahead and agree with Bernie.
August 27, 2009 - 23:16 ET by KarmaI agree with George Santayana.
Unless our Nation of States veer back to their founding principals, by virtually decimating (I mean that in the voting sense) an overbearing central government, I believe our future can be read in whichever version of history you prefer.
Do you actually believe that we live in a nation that is surrounded by a magical force-field that prevents us from being violent with one another like other countries have done for eons and are currently doing? In the scheme of time, we are a very young country with very differing views from one another. Our Civil(?) War was only a blink ago in the eyes of time.
I don't believe anyone prefers blood in the streets. I also don't believe it was wanted by any good hearted person in the past. Things may get difficult and lines of alliance may get blurred. Say a prayer nwahs. What harm could that possibly cause.
Also, this not a black vs. white confrontation. This is all about human character. Drop the racial crap.
I'm going to bed now. Please don't attack me until morning.
Healthcare...Food...Education...Housing... - What sprouted as free for some is maturing into a free-for-all.
Yes I do
August 27, 2009 - 23:20 ET by nwahsDo you actually believe that we live in a nation that is surrounded by
a magical force-field that prevents us from being violent with one
another like other countries have done for eons and are currently doing?
Yes I do. I believe God has blessed the United States of America.
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Agreed.
August 27, 2009 - 23:28 ET by KarmaBlessed with the will and fortitude to stand up for individual freedom.
Healthcare...Food...Education...Housing... - What sprouted as free for some is maturing into a free-for-all.
We have a pretty good
August 27, 2009 - 16:05 ET by Dan The Man 2We have a pretty good system of government that has been fairly successful in preventing the need for revolutions to create change in government.
So did Venezuala. We had a government that was good, now I don't know what we have. Perhaps we have a dictator?
So you think you should overthrow Obama?
August 27, 2009 - 16:09 ET by nwahsYou're comparing an elected American President to Chavez?
I am the mob. Don't tread on me.
Chavez was elected, but you
August 27, 2009 - 16:26 ET by Dan The Man 2Chavez was elected, but you are right I would rather be under Chavez than Obama. I believe Duh One is the worst thing for the country in the last 233 years. Seven months into his Presidency and we are headed down a busy one way street the wrong way. The light at the end of his tunnel is an oncoming frieght train.
I would not be surprised if he was shot in the next 3 years.
Dan...
August 27, 2009 - 17:24 ET by StogieGuyHaving visited Venezuela a number of times under Chavez, I'd say it's pretty much the same thing - except Chavez is 9 years farther along. But BHO is trying hard to catch up. It's all very bad.
Though I generally agree with most of what you said above, it would be best not to make statements such as you did in your last sentence. That's not the sort of thing we want to discuss here and doing so is surely not good for anyone who enjoys this site.
I agree, Chris...I simply
August 27, 2009 - 13:49 ET by motherbeltI agree, Chris...I simply can't listen to him any more, let alone watch him! His dramatic pauses and pleading whine are bad enough on the radio, without the visuals.
I couldn't even get through the entire clip of him and Motley.
Does the ostrich technique
August 27, 2009 - 13:51 ET by Conservative VoiceDoes the ostrich technique work?
Are you implying that
August 27, 2009 - 13:57 ET by motherbeltAre you implying that because I don't like Beck's delivery, that means I am hiding my head in the sand on serious issues?
If so, that's a complete non-sequitur.
motherbelt, I know you keep
August 27, 2009 - 14:02 ET by Conservative Voicemotherbelt, I know you keep yourself well informed. I was reacting to your "I avoid his message because of the delivery"
No, I can read his message;
August 27, 2009 - 14:14 ET by motherbeltNo, I can read his message; there's plenty of it here, and in other places, and he even has a website. I used to listen to him all the time, but he just got annoying. I can only listen to him in small doses now, like when I'm upstairs making the beds and cleaning the bathroom, and have my bedroom radio on.
Some might not be able to take him at all any more, and really would tune out his message, due to his delivery. He may have some very good ideas, but he has to remember that you have to get and keep people listening to you, not just with facts, but personality is a factor too. And on TV, the visuals are important, like it or not.
I much prefer absorbing Beck on a transcript, personally.
August 27, 2009 - 14:29 ET by SickofLibsThe soap opera/burlesque show schtick is getting really cloying, and he's bordering on Fat Ed Show territory lately with the hyper-graphics and sound effects.
Personally, I find Glenn's
August 27, 2009 - 17:13 ET by msh1973Personally, I find Glenn's passion refreshing. Way to go Seton, great information.
Beck is a monster... In
August 27, 2009 - 17:21 ET by chicagotraumaBeck is a monster...
In the ratings..
http://www.mediabist...
He beat Bill O in the 25 -54 demographic.. AT 5 PM.
It also didn't hurt that
August 27, 2009 - 17:23 ET by Free StinkerIt also didn't hurt that Sarah Palin asked people to watch his show. ;-)
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
The Hugo Chavez Show.. Incredible?
August 27, 2009 - 18:42 ET by Gary HallEvery so often, Frontline puts on a pretty good show on PBS - back in the 90s', The Fixer's was a dandy (so solly, Bill Clinton), and last year this piece on Chavez and Venezuela is really worth taking a good look at and passing around.
Let me suggest that it is absolutely a fair analysis. After the intro, one (especially the liberals and socialists) might well get pulled in cheering for the thug Chavez, because the honest truth is that Venezuela was deeply marked with deep poverty and crime. The left argued that capitalism had not served it well. Enter Chavez.
However, by the end of this show, what is clear is that under the leadership of hard liner Hugo Chavez it has only gotten much worse. Not to mention the tremendous loss of freedom and liberty. The radical left won't enjoy it [the truth] very much at all.
The Hugo Chavez Show
Send it to an Obama supporter.
(;~> gary