Comments on: Glenn Beck: idiot

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:52:14 +0000

Oh, nice try Andy (#191). But the irony is strong with this one. Maybe you should check your "facts". The Earth isn't cooling. Here's another link, which is even better. In fact, typing "global cooling myth" into Google will give you lots of things which directly and completely refute what you wrote.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:44:00 +0000

You people amaze me, it is a proven fact that there is no global warming. The world has cooled down in the last 12 years. Last time i checked he hammered on bush about as hard as Obama. Is that all you can come up with, that he is an idoit that states his quotes in honest facts, post some research to support your answers not just he’s a hate monger. Just check the facts before you blow your horns.

By: Eric Mann

Eric Mann — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:08:33 +0000

Check out this Glenn Beck inspired video!

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

By: soupdejour

soupdejour — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:06:16 +0000

“Beck does alot of his show, tounge in cheek…. not 100% real hard facts…”

I don’t think it’s tongue in cheek, as in meant to be ironic or a joke, but I do think it’s insincere and that surely he can’t believe everything he’s telling the dumbasses who watch/listen to him. Surely he’s not *that* much of an idiot.

By: CJARUN

CJARUN — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:19:16 +0000

Glen Beck’s interview with Katy Couric revealed a few chinks in his armour
I wish he stood by his tall claims when confronted with point blank questions on what he stood for. He wriggled and backed out in explaining on a few comments he made.
Until he quotes clear he will always be viewed as a hate monger.

By: Arby

Arby — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:36:40 +0000

169. Tiyanuo Says:
“My favorite so far was when he went on and on about how the “National Socialist’s” ideals were the same as “Socialists” ideals,
Making Hilter, a Communist party member he was talking to, and President Obama all… the same.”

The linkage is not as spurious as you might think. F. A. Hayek spoke to the issue in his “Road to Serfdom”. Hayek saw that the goals of the Socialist/Progressives, the National Socialists (Nazis) and Communists were different, but correctly pointed out that they shared a belief that social planning as a means was necessary to secure the “common good”. In the end, it is their collectivism and their willingness to subordinate the individual’s sphere of action to that of the state that unifies those political ideologies.

By: Vern

Vern — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:09:39 +0000

1) Fires happen naturally for many reasons. For the last 100yrs the National Forest Service in California/US has a history of fighting fires without letting the natural process reduce excess landscape fuels. What use to be 100K acre fires Max is now multiple 500K & 600K acre fires annually. Glenn Beck must be an incredibly good scientist to correlate (California) fire to global warming.

2) It seems that the two party system works to keep a check and balance. Hopefully we agree that it also energizes polarization and limits change desired by the majority. Maybe there is a way to reduce this effect. Shouldn’t we be talking about how to reduce or eliminate corporate / international / large financial contributions provided to politicians. Maybe with stronger limits and regulation, those of us at the bottom or in the middle will have a better chance for opportunity. Your feedback is desired.