Glenn Beck’s Continuing Problem with Idiocy
The pouty face! The East German Army uniform! And he’s arguing! With idiots! What’s not to love?
The pouty face! The East German Army uniform! And he’s arguing! With idiots! What’s not to love?
2 | livefreeor die Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:14:08pm |
Isn’t that what Leon Pannetta was doing with the current administration?
3 | jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:14:41pm |
Pefect! The Stazi will stop big government and small minds!
Wait, I must be missing something…
4 | solomonpanting Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:15:01pm |
There’s a radio commercial here with Back selling gold for a company. After he finished I thought “He sounded perfectly sane to me.”
5 | Taqyia2Me Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:15:12pm |
Glenn is certainly touching some nerves these days!
6 | quickjustice Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:15:31pm |
After his close encounter with Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg, I thought Beck was kinky. Probably a masochist. That uniform confirms it. Notice the shot is framed above the waist.
7 | neomexicon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:15:41pm |
I started to watch his program today, didn’t last 5 minutes.
I’m afraid that his alarmist, kooky, view on America will become the mainstream “conservative”. If it hasn’t already.
9 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:16:21pm |
Check the eyes… Glenn is Off the Wagon…
Why can’t Fox give us Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens?
LIZARDS WANT VICTOR DAVIS HANSON AND CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS!
if we use this mantram, it will work. It’s how Nels Cline got into Wilco.
10 | blangwort Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:17:05pm |
Anyone who thinks it is possible to discuss anything openly and reasonably with a talk show host you don’t agree with is a loon.
There is also that lovely old saying “Never argue with idiots, others can’t tell the difference.”
And now you know why I never call in to talk shows.
13 | ~Fianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:18:00pm |
re: #6 quickjustice
After his close encounter with Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg, I thought Beck was kinky. Probably a masochist. That uniform confirms it. Notice the shot is framed above the waist.
Thinking about Glen playing “dressup” and Babawa Walters at the same time is going to have a… shall we say… chilling effect?
14 | livefreeor die Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:18:20pm |
15 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:18:36pm |
re: #8 jaunte
A very teutonic color scheme.
Needs a brighter yellow. Although he does have the red, white and black down. //
16 | quickjustice Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:18:58pm |
re: #10 blangwort
The southern U.S. version: “There’s no point in getting down in the mud and wrestling with a pig. You both get covered in mud, and the pig likes it!”
17 | sasquatchonsteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:19:13pm |
Yep, those super expressive East Germans.
18 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:19:37pm |
Hey, my old girlfriend used to whip George Stephanopoulus.
WE WANT VICTOR DAVIS HANSON AND CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS ON FOX
pant, pant…
19 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:19:46pm |
Bozo the Clown earns more respect from me. But hey, some feel otherwise!
Lets all sing America the Beautiful and have a good cry, whadya say!
20 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:20:59pm |
C’mpn. everybody sing:
Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens on Fox
I give up…
21 | lawhawk Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:21:31pm |
Mixed messages.
Mixed metaphors.
Mixed drinks.
Mixed nuts.
Yeah, this guy is a real party. What a mess.
22 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:21:54pm |
re: #15 Gus 802
I don’t understand the cover concept. Is he pretending to be part of the big government, or pretending to be in an army that will bring the big government down? It’s a mystery.
23 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:21:56pm |
re: #20 Honcho
C’mpn. everybody sing:
Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens on Fox
I give up…
Yeah, but aren’t Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens college gradumates?
24 | Nemesis6 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:22:01pm |
I hate people who use faux cyrillic. Wanna look like someone who’s creative enough to use a letter from a foreign alphabet? Use the proper one instead of what looks … Ugh, god damn I hate pretentious crap.
25 | esch Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:22:04pm |
re: #11 buzzsawmonkey
I thought Beck gave up drinking, so he couldn’t possibly have a teuton.
Well I heard he used to be a plumber’s assistant, and was nicknamed the Rootin’ Teuton
26 | doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:22:32pm |
In Beck’s case, arguing with an idiot usually involves a mirror.
27 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:23:01pm |
re: #22 jaunte
I don’t understand the cover concept. Is he pretending to be part of the big government, or pretending to be in an army that will bring the big government down? It’s a mystery.
Right. Guess you can say it’s a play on the Warsaw pact — East Germany, USSR, etc.
28 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:23:13pm |
Victor Davis Hitchens and Christopher Hanson…
and Count Basie…
30 | Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:23:38pm |
Glenn Beck’s marketable assets: pouting, complaining, and crying. And arguing with idiots. And Hitler.
Resonatin’ wit da base, yo.
32 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:26:02pm |
re: #24 Nemesis6
I hate people who use faux cyrillic. Wanna look like someone who’s creative enough to use a letter from a foreign alphabet? Use the proper one instead of what looks … Ugh, god damn I hate pretentious crap.
I’m pretty much acryillic
33 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:26:35pm |
“How to stop small minds and big government”
“Vote the bums out” doesn’t require a whole book.
34 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:26:51pm |
35 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:26:56pm |
re: #22 jaunte
I don’t understand the cover concept. Is he pretending to be part of the big government, or pretending to be in an army that will bring the big government down? It’s a mystery.
I don’t get it either.
A few days ago, someone linked to a Salon.com article, in which they were making fun of Glenn Beck. I thought they had photoshopped this photo up themselves, and I was about to criticize them for going over the line with the uniform and everything. Then I realized it was the actual cover from Beck’s new book.
36 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:27:03pm |
1. Louis Armstrong.
2. Victor Davis Hanson
3. Duke Ellington
4. Christopher Hitchens
5. Billie Holiday
6. Count Basie
X. Ron Paul, Ron Paul…
37 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:28:31pm |
re: #24 Nemesis6
I hate people who use faux cyrillic. Wanna look like someone who’s creative enough to use a letter from a foreign alphabet? Use the proper one instead of what looks … Ugh, god damn I hate pretentious crap.
Hey, at least he is not using faux Hebrew.
38 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:28:50pm |
39 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:29:01pm |
re: #35 Last Mohican
Dressing yourself as Pouting Hitler really sends an mixed undecipherable message.
40 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:29:33pm |
I’m sending Glen a bottle of Old Grand Dad for Christmas. Maybe it’ll sort of round off the edges a little bit…
41 | experiencedtraveller Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:30:19pm |
Once an East German cop looking just like that kicked my ass.
/I prolly deserved it…
42 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:30:33pm |
(From the book’s review) … Beck’s secret is “knowing the facts”.
Why am I so bored with Beck’s asininity that I can’t even work up a laugh?
43 | _RememberTonyC Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:30:42pm |
I think the village is missing it’s idiot
44 | Jim in Virginia Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:30:44pm |
A Thunderdome tournament: Two men enter, one man leaves.
Could we lock Pelosi, Reid, Waxman, Howard Dean, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Michelle Bachman, Ron Paul, Beck, and Pam Geller up in a room?
45 | Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:31:55pm |
That picture reminds me that I watched Inglorious Basterds today. Great movie, highly recommended.
47 | sasquatchonsteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:34:57pm |
re: #35 Last Mohican
I don’t get it either.
A few days ago, someone linked to a Salon.com article, in which they were making fun of Glenn Beck. I thought they had photoshopped this photo up themselves, and I was about to criticize them for going over the line with the uniform and everything. Then I realized it was the actual cover from Beck’s new book.
49 | mpw280 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:35:42pm |
I thought of Sgt Shultz and his famous line of “I know NOTHING”. Seemed to fit pretty well and they look somewhat alike. mpw
50 | solomonpanting Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:35:50pm |
The Pouty Face!
The East German Army uniform!
The Incessant Complaining!
And a mighty “Hi Ho Silver!”
The Lone Deranger Rides Again!
51 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:15pm |
re: #41 experiencedtraveller
Once an East German cop looking just like that kicked my ass.
/I prolly deserved it…
srsly?
52 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:16pm |
Looking at Beck’s book cover reminds me, for some unknown reason, of the Disney cartoon “Der Fuhrer’s Face”. Why is that?
/heh
53 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:21pm |
“put yer wienerschnitzel lickin finger on that map”
54 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:35pm |
re: #45 Killgore Trout
That picture reminds me that I watched Inglorious Basterds today. Great movie, highly recommended.
Just read the Wiki … seems over the top. Not?
55 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:37pm |
56 | HoosierHoops Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:36:47pm |
re: #45 Killgore Trout
That picture reminds me that I watched Inglorious Basterds today. Great movie, highly recommended.
I heard it was really violent…What do you think?
I can’t wait to see the Nazi’s get their ass kicked!
/Brad Pitt kicks the Nazi’s ass! Buy your tickets now!
//Hell I’d watch Pee Wee Herman kick the Nazi’s ass. But that’s just me.
57 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:38:20pm |
Cripes, I looks like he got back from a scene with Mistress Drusilla!
Or, he’s trying to start his own Beck’s Bund!
58 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:38:22pm |
Ten bucks says nobody had to call the wardrobe department for the photo shoot, because Beck already had that outfit in his closet.
59 | sasquatchonsteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:39:31pm |
re: #53 Honcho
“put yer wienerschnitzel lickin finger on that map”
No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.
~Bart
60 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:39:50pm |
The prior thread’s conversation with Buzz re Marlene Dietrich has given me a hankering for watching one of her movies. That’d be one helluva lot more pleasant than thinking about Glenn Beck.
61 | Spare O'Lake Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:39:58pm |
Good evening LGF.
Glenn Beck strikes me as a full blown self-aggrandizing commercial media whore of the far right MSM, who will say or write anything for a buck.
He appeals to the far right just like the far left media whores of the MSM appeal to the far left, but with less polish.
By their regular displays of craziness and viciousness, Beck and a few other right-wing media whackos have thoroughly debunked the right’s claims to any monopoly on intellectual dishonesty and the moral low road.
IMHO.
62 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:41:13pm |
re: #60 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Leni is better, albeit politically incorrect. The mountain films, especially
63 | Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:43:07pm |
re: #54 The Shadow Do
Just read the Wiki … seems over the top. Not?
It’s pretty over the top but it’s classic Terantino. If you like his other films you’ll like this one. It’s right up there with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in my book.
64 | karmic_inquisitor Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:43:08pm |
OT -
The CIA torture report is here (pdf).
From what I see, it looks like the EITs (Enhanced Interrogation Techniques) were effective.
Detainee information has assisted in the identification of terrorists. For example, information from Abu Zubaydah helped lead to the identification of Jose Padilla and Binyam Muhammed—operatives who had plans to detonate a uranium-topped dirty bomb in either Washington, D.C. or New York City. Riduan “Hambali” Isomuddin provided information that led to the arrest of previously unknown members of an Al Qa’ida cell in Karachi. They were designated as pilots for an aircraft attack against the United States. Many other detainees, including lower-level detainees such as Zubayr and Majid Khan, have provided leads to other terrorists, but probably the most prolific has been Khalid Shaykh Muhammad. He provided information that helped lead to the arrest of terrorists including Sayfullah Paracha and his son Uzair Paracha, businessmen whom Khalid Shaykh Muhammad planned to use to smuggle explosives into the United States; Saleh Almari, a sleeper operative in New York; and Majid Khan, an operative who could enter the United States easily and was tasked to research attacks [redacted]. Khalid Shaykh Muhammad’s information also led to the investigation and prosecution of Iyman Faris, the truck driver arrested in early 2003 in Ohio. [redacted]Detainees, both planners and operatives, have also made the Agency aware of several plots planned for the United States and around the world. The plots identify plans to [redacted] attack the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan; hijack aircraft to fly into Heathrow Airport [redacted] loosen track spikes in an attempt to derail a train in the United States; [redacted]; blow up several U.S. gas stations to create panic and havoc; hijack and fly an airplane into the tallest building in California in a west coast version of the World Trade Center attack; cut the lines of suspension bridges in New York in an effort to make them collapse; [redacted].
This Review did not uncover any evidence that these plots were imminent. Agency senior managers believe that lives have been saved as a result of the capture and interrogation of terrorists who were planning attacks, in particular Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, Abu Zubaydah, Hambali, and Al-Nashiri.
And
With respect to A-Nashiri, [redacted] reported two waterboard sessions in November 2002, after which the psychologist/interrogators determined that Al-Nashiri was compliant…Because of the litany of techniques used by different interrogators over a relatively short period of time, it is difficult to identify exactly why Al-Nashiri became more willing to provide information. However, following the use of EITs, he provided information about his most current operational planning and [redacted] as opposed to the historical information he provided before the use of EITs.
On the other hand, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, an accomplished resistor, provided only a few intelligence reports prior to the use of the waterboard, and analysis of that information revealed that much of it was outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete.
And
The detention of terrorists has prevented them from engaging in further terrorist activity, and their interrogation has provided intelligence that has enabled the identification and apprehension of other terrorists, warned of terrorist plots planned for the United States and around the world, and supported articles frequently used in the finished intelligence publications for senior policymakers and war fighters. In this regard, there is no doubt that the Program has been effective.
65 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:44:34pm |
re: #61 Spare O’Lake
Good evening LGF.
Glenn Beck strikes me as a full blown self-aggrandizing commercial media whore of the far right MSM, who will say or write anything for a buck.
He appeals to the far right just like the far left media whores of the MSM appeal to the far left, but with less polish.
By their regular displays of craziness and viciousness, Beck and a few other right-wing media whackos have thoroughly debunked the right’s claims to any monopoly on intellectual dishonesty and the moral low road.
IMHO.
It’s the old chicken/egg thing. I’m pretty sure Beck was full bore chicken before any current events. I won’t credit him with intellectural dishonesty, I do credit him with a lack of ‘intellectual’. He is a fool fit for the times. A joker in the King’s court of conservatism. In short an idiot, not an entrepreneur. He has stumbled into the right wing money pit.
A real piece of work.
67 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:46:31pm |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
It’s pretty over the top but it’s classic Terantino. If you like his other films you’ll like this one. It’s right up there with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in my book.
I’m such a dolt. I never understood the purpose of making Pulp Fiction, just didn’t. Was the purpose that it had no purpose? Too disrespectful of my time. I should stick to reading the encylopedia.
68 | Mich-again Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:48:01pm |
Idiots can’t be identified through voting records, they can be found only by looking for people who hide behind stereotypes, embrace partisanship, and believe that bumper sticker slogans are a substitute for common sense. If you know someone who fits the bill, then Arguing with Idiots will help you silence them once and for all with the ultimate weapon: the truth.
No doubt catering to the intellectual crowd.
69 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:48:26pm |
re: #65 The Shadow Do
I think in this case, it’s pretty safe to judge Beck’s book by its cover, which is a morning radio shock jock’s clownish idea of a political statement.
70 | Spare O'Lake Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:48:32pm |
re: #65 The Shadow Do
It’s the old chicken/egg thing. I’m pretty sure Beck was full bore chicken before any current events. I won’t credit him with intellectural dishonesty, I do credit him with a lack of ‘intellectual’. He is a fool fit for the times. A joker in the King’s court of conservatism. In short an idiot, not an entrepreneur. He has stumbled into the right wing money pit.
A real piece of work.
I used to watch Beck on CNN until about a year ago, and it seemed to me that he was always openly and brazenly marketing himself, a book, a radio show, products, etc., ad nauseum.
71 | Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:48:48pm |
re: #67 The Shadow Do
If you’re not a Terantino fan you definitely won’t like this one.
72 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:49:12pm |
re: #69 jaunte
I think in this case, it’s pretty safe to judge Beck’s book by its cover, which is a morning radio shock jock’s clownish idea of a political statement.
And that is all, not one whit more.
73 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:49:29pm |
Exciting brand new content on Glenn Beck’s web site right now:
Jon Stewart mocked Glenn for saying America’s healthcare system is the best in the world, while also making a video complaining about his butt surgery. How could Glenn possibly reconcile this? He explains…Full Story
74 | karmic_inquisitor Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:49:37pm |
re: #64 karmic_inquisitor
And another thing - the report demonstrates that in 2003 the CIA was already acting to curb excesses and discipline rogues. (see pages 1 and 2).
Aren’t we all glad that, despite the successes and the reigning in of the excesses that the POTUS decides to make the next few weeks about “the Shame of Torture?”
Just think - this year’s commemorations of 9/11 will likely focus on our collective shame.
Overblown shame if you read the report.
But most people don’t read - they feel. A fact that ass holes like Glenn Beck are willing to exploit just like Obama does.
75 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:50:51pm |
this is just insane. The American Army routinely tortured British soldiers and civilian collaborators in the Revolution. The American Army tortured mexicans in that war. The Army (TR in person) killed prisoners in the Spanish-American war. And the yankee army tortured and murdered confederates in the civil war, and germans and japanese in WWII.
And now you’re tellin me Bill Ayers’ asshole buddy, is saying off limits are the most despicable murderin swine the world has ever seen?
76 | Dar ul Harb Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:51:21pm |
Terentino. Heh.
(I bet you’ll never tell why you spell it that way. ;) )
77 | Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:51:33pm |
Idiots have idioms
All to themselves alone.
And morons, memes.
The trick, it seems,
Is tossing them the bone!
78 | avanti Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:52:53pm |
re: #75 Honcho
this is just insane. The American Army routinely tortured British soldiers and civilian collaborators in the Revolution. The American Army tortured mexicans in that war. The Army (TR in person) killed prisoners in the Spanish-American war. And the yankee army tortured and murdered confederates in the civil war, and germans and japanese in WWII.
And now you’re tellin me Bill Ayers’ asshole buddy, is saying off limits are the most despicable murderin swine the world has ever seen?
All of those things happened, but it’s nothing to be proud of, or continue.
80 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:55:32pm |
re: #78 avanti
“just put yer canneloni-lickin finger on that map”
81 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:56:42pm |
re: #70 Spare O’Lake
I used to watch Beck on CNN until about a year ago, and it seemed to me that he was always openly and brazenly marketing himself, a book, a radio show, products, etc., ad nauseum.
I didn’t say he was stupid, just ridiculous. I expect he has a very competent marketing manager. PT Barnum’s axiom come true. People actually roll with this guy.
In another era he would be a highly successful sideshow barker. In this era he could be a presidential candidate!
83 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:57:16pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
If you’re not a Terantino fan you definitely won’t like this one.
Thanks, I’m out.
85 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 6:58:49pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
If you’re not a Terantino fan you definitely won’t like this one.
Well, I’ve never looked at pawn shops the same way.
Every time I see History’s “Pawn Stars”, I kind of chuckle…just wondering, you know.
87 | Spare O'Lake Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:00:34pm |
There is no torture that I would not excuse if it would save thousands of innocent civilian lives from a very credible threat of an imminent terrorist attack. I would not be happy or proud, but I would never condemn a servant of my country who did such things to save us.
88 | experiencedtraveller Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:01:00pm |
89 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:01:04pm |
There’s only one overly Tarentino scene, when Donny hits the bat against the wall of the tunnel for far too long.
And there’s the other homage to Q’s foot problem.
I used to rent videos from Q in Manhattan Beach. Lucky me!
90 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:01:12pm |
re: #75 Honcho
Huh? Do we know you? Have you some sources to back up those little factual grenades?
91 | reaganII Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:02:39pm |
He’s the messenger. It would help if we look past who the person is, if you don’t like him, but listen to who he is exposing. There are a lot of people who want him to shut up, and they are in the White House (Czars)
Our government has been hijacked, and we’d better pay attention this week.
93 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:03:00pm |
re: #73 Last Mohican
Exciting brand new content on Glenn Beck’s web site right now:
hahaha!…no thanksre: #75 Honcho
this is just insane. The American Army routinely tortured British soldiers and civilian collaborators in the Revolution. The American Army tortured mexicans in that war. The Army (TR in person) killed prisoners in the Spanish-American war. And the yankee army tortured and murdered confederates in the civil war, and germans and japanese in WWII.
never heard that one…can you elaborate?
And now you’re tellin me Bill Ayers’ asshole buddy, is saying off limits are the most despicable murderin swine the world has ever seen?
94 | blangwort Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:04:22pm |
I doubt many of you have the sheer arrogance, quick wit, and narrow mindedness to be a talk show host. My tolerance for the likes of Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, and that ilk is limited. I’ll listen to see where they’re coming from, but I usually won’t stay long.
Anyone who acts as if he has all the answers to life is missing something big. And that pretty much describes the lot of them.
95 | jpkoch Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:04:22pm |
I can in a strange way understand Beck’s unhinged take on things; but I cannot listen to his show for more than 15 minutes at a time. It is too bad I have a 75 minute commute across Amish Country every day. It’s either Beck or Country Music. I tune to one, and I’m instantly looking to find the other. Pleeeze help me find a job closer to home. Pretty pleeeze!
96 | ladycatnip Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:04:38pm |
#81 The Shadow Do
I didn’t say he was stupid, just ridiculous. I expect he has a very competent marketing manager. PT Barnum’s axiom come true. People actually roll with this guy.
Fewer and fewer are rolling with him now.
97 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:05:10pm |
re: #93 albusteve
watch Rough Riders, and read Teddy’s memoirs.
98 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:05:37pm |
re: #91 reaganII
He’s the messenger. It would help if we look past who the person is, if you don’t like him, but listen to who he is exposing. There are a lot of people who want him to shut up, and they are in the White House (Czars)
Our government has been hijacked, and we’d better pay attention this week.
Trot me out a messenger with some credibility and I’ll pay attention.
Let’s see, I’ll use my own sources and the power of reason, or heck, I’ll just listen to Glen Beck! The Readers Digest (bankrupt) version.
99 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:06:03pm |
re: #97 Honcho
watch Rough Riders, and read Teddy’s memoirs.
sure, I’ll get right on it…thanks for nothing
100 | rumcrook Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:07:05pm |
wow how do I get to look so cool… …you know minus the hung by my heals and beaten to death by an angry crowd along side my mistress thing…
101 | Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:07:16pm |
Yep, our gummint has been hijacked. By nasty, tricksy voters!
102 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:07:51pm |
All I’m sayin is, Glen is lame… Fox needs Victor Davis Hanson, and Christopher Hitchens, the way Wilco needed Nels Cline…
SOMEbody’s got to tell the world…
103 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:08:04pm |
re: #92 Honcho
Your accuracy, especially that TR personally was involved in committing even then what would be considered atrocities. Other than that, you are correct.
104 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:09:39pm |
re: #91 reaganII
Would you eat an three-egg omelet that was made with one rotten egg? Same principle applies to Mr. Beck.
105 | ladycatnip Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:10:16pm |
Notoriety can bend people’s minds. Beck is the perfect example.
106 | Killian Bundy Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:11:07pm |
re: #64 karmic_inquisitor
From what I see, it looks like the EITs (Enhanced Interrogation Techniques) were effective.
It basically boils down to CIA interrogators threatening some of the world’s worst and deadliest terrorists with nasty and frightening, yet totally fictitious, never intended to be implemented, torture techniques and retribution against the terrorists’ family members.
The allegations have already been thoroughly investigated, a long time ago, by career prosecutors experienced in CIA matters, and in the one case where abuse was found charges were brought.
/sticks and stones didn’t hurt their bones, only words were used to break them
107 | Mich-again Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:11:25pm |
re: #95 jpkoch
but I cannot listen to his show for more than 15 minutes at a time.
You have a high tolerance level if you can make it 15 minutes.
108 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:11:34pm |
re: #99 albusteve
sure, I’ll get right on it…thanks for nothing
Oh yeah? Well, we’ll just see if you’re still so dismissive, once I inform you that Rough Riders won the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
Not only that, but R. Lee Ermey is in it. You know, the guy from Mail Call on the History Channel?
Tah dah.
109 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:12:09pm |
re: #103 calcajun
watch Rough Riders, read his memoir. I remember in college, when a speed freak with BO and a ponytail ridiculed Chaucer’s Knight as a militarist/fascist.
I get the same feeling.
110 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:12:26pm |
111 | albusteve Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:12:59pm |
re: #108 Last Mohican
Oh yeah? Well, we’ll just see if you’re still so dismissive, once I inform you that Rough Riders won the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
Not only that, but R. Lee Ermey is in it. You know, the guy from Mail Call on the History Channel?
Tah dah.
R. LEE!
2pts
112 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:13:24pm |
re: #108 Last Mohican
The kraut had it coming, just like his brethren in The Wild Bunch.
I WANT MY SCALPS!
113 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:13:32pm |
re: #88 experiencedtraveller
What? You haven’t spent time in communist ‘custody’?
Nope. I am clearly a far less experienced traveler than you.
114 | Mich-again Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:14:10pm |
re: #94 blangwort
I doubt many of you have the sheer arrogance, quick wit, and narrow mindedness to be a talk show host.
But some of us do.
115 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:14:13pm |
re: #108 Last Mohican
I was an extra in the San Juan Hill / Kettle Hill battle scenes.
We were issued Krag rifles and about 20 blank cartridges before every take. Loads of fun.
118 | fire at night Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:15:37pm |
When the hell did Glen get so loony himself?
That last time I heard him was on the radio way back in 02 (moved out of the States for some time). He used to be funny and entertaining. WTH happened to him?
119 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:15:48pm |
re: #116 Honcho
Smoky and sweaty. The uniforms were wool, and the scenes were shot out west of San Antonio.
120 | The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:16:40pm |
re: #118 fire at night
When the hell did Glen get so loony himself?
That last time I heard him was on the radio way back in 02 (moved out of the States for some time). He used to be funny and entertaining. WTH happened to him?
Quit drinkin’?
121 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:16:55pm |
Glen’s off the wagon and ridin the dragon, Fox is headed for a fall. The only remedy: Victor Davis HAnson and Christopher Hitchens (or Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
122 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:17:41pm |
re: #115 jaunte
I was an extra in the San Juan Hill / Kettle Hill battle scenes.
We were issued Krag rifles and about 20 blank cartridges before every take. Loads of fun.
Wow, that’s cool. I seem to be a less experienced traveler than everyone around here.
123 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:19:32pm |
re: #119 jaunte
The Single Action Shooters have a new class called “The Wild Bunch”. I’m not into re-enactment, it’s kind of like folk music (a bunch of fat people). But The Professionals is also a good film of the period.
124 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:20:53pm |
re: #122 Last Mohican
The prop company’s weapons truck was very cool; they unloaded, issued and retrieved about 2,000 Krags and other period rifles and pistols every day. Plus a couple of gatling guns.
125 | Ward Cleaver Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:21:20pm |
Arguing with idiots - he’s looking in the mirror?
126 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:23:10pm |
re: #109 Honcho
You don’t spend enough time here to know me.
Second, Rough Riders was an entertaining cartoon. I love John Milius’ work (The Wind and the Lion is a favorite) but it was not history. Besides, I don’t recall seeing Tom Berenger’s TR killing any Spanish prisoners, not do I recall it being in any of the biographies I have read of the man.
If anything, he was an exuberant man who extolled the virtues of living a “vigorous” life. I don’t think, though, he recovered from the loss of his youngest, Quentin, in 1918— killed in action over France.
127 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:23:34pm |
My great grandfathers fought the yankee army, and surrendered. They learned their lesson. I fear that that the yankee is not keeping an orderly classroom, any more.
129 | calcajun Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:24:47pm |
re: #123 Honcho
The Single Action Shooters have a new class called “The Wild Bunch”. I’m not into re-enactment, it’s kind of like folk music (a bunch of fat people). But The Professionals is also a good film of the period.
J. Grant— “You bastard!”
Rico— “Yes, sir. But that was an accident of birth. But you? You’re a self-made man.”
130 | Honcho Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:26:47pm |
re: #129 calcajun
hey, I take it back— the kraut probably killed himself, when he saw Pershing’s troopers lickin their lips.
133 | Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:45:37pm |
The Patriot tells me that torture is fine
As long as it’s done to protect me and mine.
I’d like him to tell me, and not put on airs,
What’s wrong with them trying to save them and theirs.
136 | greatinfidel Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:58:14pm |
Yeah, yeah, Glenn Beck is insane, he’s dangerous and Faux News should fire him. Every time this guy opens his mouth…hold on…”o.k. mom, I’ll be right up,” gotta go, mom just made sugar cookies with red sprinkles…if mom let’s me stay up past my bedtime, I’ll be back later to explain how really stupid and not smart Glenn Beck is…COOKIES…
138 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 8:26:45pm |
I don’t see eye to eye, politically, with Libertarians, but some are pretty cool, sane-ish people. John Stossel and Penn Jillette are two examples of libertarians that are not bat shit insane and capable of making some good points.
Unfortunately, many libertarians do seem bat shit insane. Two examples of frothing, crazy libertarians that jump to mind are Glenn Beck and Ron Paul.
I know, I know, Paul has an (R) next to his title, but that dude is a stone cold libertarian.
re: #137 jaunte
Authentic frontier gibberish!
From a jen-you-whine Frontier Psychiatrist!
139 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 8:33:19pm |
re: #22 jaunte
I don’t understand the cover concept. Is he pretending to be part of the big government, or pretending to be in an army that will bring the big government down? It’s a mystery.
I’m not sure there’s that much thought behind the image.
Or maybe there is.
It would be better if he were smirking or something. The expression doesn’t give me much confidence in him, somehow.
140 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 8:34:20pm |
re: #24 Nemesis6
I hate people who use faux cyrillic. Wanna look like someone who’s creative enough to use a letter from a foreign alphabet? Use the proper one instead of what looks … Ugh, god damn I hate pretentious crap.
Awww, I thought that part was kind of Eighties Retro.
/
142 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 8:38:55pm |
re: #141 spacejesus
I dunno, but you should probably have your doctor take a look at it if it changes shape or color.
/
143 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 8:40:34pm |
re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth
I dunno, but you should probably have your doctor take a look at it if it changes shape or color.
/
Could be a Glennaloma Beckulus.
//
149 | davinvalkri Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:28:51pm |
re: #91 reaganII
Regardless of any Tsars Obama is appointing, Beck’s broad tarring of his opponents makes us all look like douchebags. He’s our equivalent of…Coughlin?…and it would be really nice if he’d shove off and join the other side.
150 | davinvalkri Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:31:27pm |
re: #149 davinvalkri
That, and the uniform’s a bit too Stasi-Reich-y for my tastes…ick.
151 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:33:32pm |
re: #135 Airedale
The more difficult journalistic question is whether any of Van Jones’ ‘green energy’ initiatives make any economic sense, but Beck preferred to play scary music while reciting Jones’s radical past associations, rather than examine the real issues that will affect us now. That’s one reason why some people regard Beck as a self-interested carny and not a serious political commentator.
154 | Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:50:12pm |
re: #153 LA Conservative
Bye now! Take care.
157 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:53:04pm |
re: #154 Charles
Bye now! Take care.
That was fast, thanks Charles. I’ll get the grill fired up. As always, I’ll now take orders for side dishes for our Troll Roast.
158 | jaunte Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:54:56pm |
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
— Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1
160 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 9:59:32pm |
161 | fire at night Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:00:14pm |
re: #151 jaunte
The more difficult journalistic question is whether any of Van Jones’ ‘green energy’ initiatives make any economic sense, but Beck preferred to play scary music while reciting Jones’s radical past associations, rather than examine the real issues that will affect us now. That’s one reason why some people regard Beck as a self-interested carny and not a serious political commentator.
I’m still honestly trying to figure out when he changed vs. him always being that way. I loved him on the radio many years back, but when I left the states I don’t really know when or have a frame of reference for when he imploded and went total lunatic. His self deprecating humor is still intact for the most part, but his conspiratorial side is rather new to me lately. When did Glenn jump the shark, so to speak? I’m honestly curious.
162 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:00:53pm |
re: #159 LA Conservative
People here are so quick to throw other voices of the movement under the bus…
“The movement”. Do you mean the libertarian movement? You do understand that Beck is a libertarian, don’t you?
163 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:01:19pm |
re: #159 LA Conservative
How the hell did this troll post again?! I’d better make the fire extra hot tonight to make sure it’s cooked.
164 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:02:25pm |
re: #163 Dark_Falcon
How the hell did this troll post again?! I’d better make the fire extra hot tonight to make sure it’s cooked.
Better get the garlic and the mirrors.
//
165 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:03:10pm |
If being “better than this” means embracing kooks, I don’t want to be better.
But that’s just me.
166 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:04:17pm |
re: #164 Gus 802
Better get the garlic and the mirrors.
//
Seriously. I’ve never seen a blocked troll post a comment before. Something spooky and supernatural must be going on.
167 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:04:22pm |
re: #95 jpkoch
I can in a strange way understand Beck’s unhinged take on things; but I cannot listen to his show for more than 15 minutes at a time. It is too bad I have a 75 minute commute across Amish Country every day. It’s either Beck or Country Music. I tune to one, and I’m instantly looking to find the other. Pleeeze help me find a job closer to home. Pretty pleeeze!
I would go with Country, but then again, I like it anyway.
Have you considered investing in a CD player for your car?
168 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:06:04pm |
re: #136 greatinfidel
I think I liked this one more when it was a sleeper.
169 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:06:27pm |
re: #167 SanFranciscoZionist
Life is so much more relaxing when you fill your commute with music, rather than over heated, hyperbolic, political rhetoric.
170 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:06:36pm |
re: #164 Gus 802
Better get the garlic and the mirrors.
//
I’ve got some silver coins. If the troll shows up again, I’ll cram them down his throat. He’ll burn from the inside out.
171 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:06:46pm |
re: #87 Spare O’Lake
There is no torture that I would not excuse if it would save thousands of innocent civilian lives from a very credible threat of an imminent terrorist attack. I would not be happy or proud, but I would never condemn a servant of my country who did such things to save us.
The problem is that ‘credible threat of imminent attack’ is so very flexible as a concept.
173 | fire at night Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:07:35pm |
re: #167 SanFranciscoZionist
Better yet, an iPod adapter with said iProduct set to shuffle for long commutes.
174 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:09:06pm |
re: #165 Sharmuta
If being “better than this” means embracing kooks, I don’t want to be better.
But that’s just me.
It’s as though some think you’re supposed to sacrifice your principles in order to fight a “common enemy.”
175 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:09:33pm |
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
I’ve got some silver coins. If the troll shows up again, I’ll cram them down his throat. He’ll burn from the inside out.
This is turning out to be a very unconventional barbecue.
Aaaahhh!! It’s posting again!!!
177 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:10:27pm |
re: #146 muddywood
Wow…this Idiot uncovered something once again that the rest of the media refuses to look into and bring to We The People’s attention.
Even an idiot gets it right once…or twice…or three times.
What was it that he discovered again?
178 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:10:31pm |
179 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:11:18pm |
re: #172 LA Conservative
I want less BS, and that is what Beck is selling. And don’t fool yourself, Beck is not about this movement you envision.
He is all about enriching himself and increasing his bank account while using sensationalist garbage and populist pap to do so.
180 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:11:32pm |
re: #176 Sharmuta
I think there’s a glitch in the matrix.
Best to alert Agent Smith. Tell him to get a team here, quick.
181 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:11:50pm |
re: #176 Sharmuta
I think there’s a glitch in the matrix.
There is something amiss within the space and troll continuum.
182 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:12:35pm |
re: #174 Gus 802
It’s as though some think you’re supposed to sacrifice your principles in order to fight a “common enemy.”
If I’m not fighting to defend my principles, what am I fighting for?
183 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:13:02pm |
re: #169 Slumbering Behemoth
Life is so much more relaxing when you fill your commute with music, rather than over heated, hyperbolic, political rhetoric.
Seriously. Glenn Beck or Loretta Lynn? No contest.
Loretta Lynn never dressed up as an East German officer.
Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Glenn Beck dressed up in puffy short sleeves and a cute little dirndl.
Although I don’t rule out the chance that I could see that in the future.
OH GOD.
184 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:13:31pm |
re: #172 LA Conservative
I prefer that any movement is led by adults. As opposed to showmen bankrolled by Rupert Murdoch.
185 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:14:23pm |
re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth
And yes, Beck is a libertarian. Not a conservative, not a republican, but a libertarian.
And he is laughing all the way to the bank every time someone defends his hyperbole as being a True ConservativeTM voice.
188 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:15:07pm |
re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth
I want less BS, and that is what Beck is selling. And don’t fool yourself, Beck is not about this movement you envision.
He is all about enriching himself and increasing his bank account while using sensationalist garbage and populist pap to do so.
Yes. I don’t get people who are all cynical, or paranoid, about Congresscritters, but look at some dude selling a book with his face on it, and think HE must be on their side.
189 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:15:26pm |
re: #182 Sharmuta
If I’m not fighting to defend my principles, what am I fighting for?
Then we fight for nothing. We cast our principles or in this case even our scruples into the sea.
190 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:15:50pm |
re: #188 SanFranciscoZionist
A dude in an east german army uniform, no less.
191 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:17:19pm |
A guy dressed as an East German Army officer wouldn’t lie to you, would he?
192 | Killian Bundy Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:17:56pm |
re: #187 LA Conservative
LA Conservative
This user is blocked.Karma: 0
Registered since: Nov 22, 2008 at 6:06 pm
(Logged in)No. of comments posted: 15
No. of links posted: 0
/STOP COMMENTING DAMN IT!
194 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:19:16pm |
re: #187 LA Conservative
Then you just may have to wait until your messiah appears.
This is precisely where people like you trip on their dicks. You hold up some squawking head on tv as being above reproach or criticism, then declare that those who want logic and reason as waiting for a messiah.
195 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:19:19pm |
re: #187 LA Conservative
I can wait. This isn’t a Vaudeville audition.
196 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:20:47pm |
re: #192 Killian Bundy
/STOP COMMENTING DAMN IT!
I hope we aren’t witnessing some sort of wormhole opening into the universe of the banned trolls.
197 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:20:49pm |
re: #191 Sharmuta
A guy dressed as an East German Army officer wouldn’t lie to you, would he?
Well, I assume he was once a good Young Pioneer, and a good Young Pioneer never lies.
I should rent Goodbye Lenin! again.
198 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:21:12pm |
re: #193 LA Conservative
I am not the one who labeled Beck “Libertarian”, and further, his ideas are mostly shite.
199 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:22:30pm |
re: #193 LA Conservative
Regarding Beck, Bachmann, and Paul, I think Mark Twain said it best:
It’s better to keep quiet and have people think you stupid, than to talk and confirm it. - Mark Twain
202 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:24:19pm |
re: #187 LA Conservative
Then you just may have to wait until your messiah appears.
Been waiting a while, but, as Maimonides says, with perfect faith. Or I try.
However, I don’t expect that when s/he shows up, s/he’ll have a talk show.
203 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:24:24pm |
re: #200 LA Conservative
My whole point is that good ideas come from imperfect people and when you close your mind because of some foolish attribute, you fail to learn. Open your mind and don’t be so judgmental. This is what I posted the first time but was deleted. (Perhaps my first post was a bit too harsh) Thank you Charles for letting me speak my mind in the rest of this thread. I appreciate it.
Because Glen Beck is so tolerant and original.
GAZE
204 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:24:49pm |
re: #196 Last Mohican
I hope we aren’t witnessing some sort of wormhole opening into the universe of the banned trolls.
This is actually kind of fascinating.
205 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:25:34pm |
re: #200 LA Conservative
Yeah- nazis have wonderful ideas we can really learn from. We should really quit being so judgmental of those poor, misunderstood fascists.
206 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:25:57pm |
re: #204 SanFranciscoZionist
This is actually kind of fascinating.
A bomb counting down to detonation is also fascinating, but I’d still rather not see it.
207 | Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:28:18pm |
Maybe in a recent change, the server code doesn’t check for banning, just logged in status, and banning doesn’t automatically log someone out.
Or maybe I shouldn’t be speculating on how the code is written.
208 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:28:31pm |
re: #205 Sharmuta
Yeah- nazis have wonderful ideas we can really learn from. We should really quit being so judgmental of those poor, misunderstood fascists.
Yeah. Weird. New rules: we must be tolerant of the intolerant.
Must be that reverse osmosis logic I’ve been hearing about. /
209 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:29:38pm |
re: #200 LA Conservative
My whole point in beating the dead horse that is Beck’s libertarianism is that so many of his defenders constantly associate him with conservatives or republicans. He is neither, he is a libertarian.
And don’t get me wrong. Though I do not see eye to eye politically with libertarians, it does not mean I dismiss, outright, everything a libertarian says. I often find myself agreeing with Stossel or Jillette on many things.
But there is a difference between them and Beck. They do not try to get a point across using hysterics, hyperbole, and populist pandering. Also, they don’t strike me as batshit crazy.
210 | Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:30:09pm |
re: #206 Dark_Falcon
A bomb counting down to detonation is also fascinating, but I’d still rather not see it.
211 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:31:24pm |
re: #193 LA Conservative
Bahahah… Luap Nor… Good things to say about domestic policy…
What are those?
The Federal Reserve is a long standing conspiracy by Jewish Bankers to enslave us all in a mountain of debt. Crooked politicans could only fuck us with the help of teh jooz!
We need to go back to working in factories like a developing nation. Not understanding post industrial economies or trade balances is a sign of enlightened knowledge.
Go back to the gold standard! Deflationary spirals and multi-decade long recessions are fun! Our GDP is 13 trillion USD and only 7 trillion USD in gold exists on the whole planet… so what!
Wake up and smell what you are shoveling.
212 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:31:26pm |
re: #208 Gus 802
Yeah. Weird. New rules: we must be tolerant of the intolerant.
Must be that reverse osmosis logic I’ve been hearing about. /
I thought we were supposed to be fighting against the ‘tolerating the intolerant’ mindset- at least as far as it concerns the islamists. The double standards sure keep piling up.
213 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:33:57pm |
re: #212 Sharmuta
I thought we were supposed to be fighting against the ‘tolerating the intolerant’ mindset- at least as far as it concerns the islamists. The double standards sure keep piling up.
We are. You know what this reminds me of? It’s a lot like gang psychology. They are compromising themselves in a way that is not unlike gang warfare.
214 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:34:59pm |
re: #213 Gus 802
Correction or addition. This is of course assuming that they are compromising themselves. A lot of them have shared vices.
220 | Giant Foreign Devil Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:39:31pm |
Don’t you know it’s not cool to portray people as Nazis?
What? It’s his own book cover?
Alternate caption: It’s a man’s life in the SS.
221 | fire at night Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:40:53pm |
I’m still a hatchling I know, but I have to figure out who the trolls are here.
Anyone care to enlighten me? I recognize spacejesus from elsewhere I post at, but who are the others’ for this forum?
222 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:40:54pm |
I’m pretty sure it would be a cold day in hell before Barry Goldwater sported an East German army uniform.
223 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:41:04pm |
224 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:42:02pm |
re: #221 fire at night
I’m still a hatchling I know, but I have to figure out who the trolls are here.
Anyone care to enlighten me? I recognize spacejesus from elsewhere I post at, but who are the others’ for this forum?
SpaceJesus isn’t a troll- he’s the house Misunderstood Problem Child.
225 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:42:12pm |
re: #217 El fantasma de General Pinochet
Being critical of the shock jock Glenn Beck is not an endorsement of Van Jones.
226 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:42:39pm |
“What has been said is true, our customs are different. What the troll has said is unimportant, and we do not hear his words.”
/trek
227 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:43:44pm |
re: #221 fire at night
I’m still a hatchling I know, but I have to figure out who the trolls are here.
Anyone care to enlighten me? I recognize spacejesus from elsewhere I post at, but who are the others’ for this forum?
I’m Dark_Falcon and I’m a good guy, though sometimes I go a little mad. We all go a little mad sometimes… >:)
230 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:47:33pm |
Being the loudest clown in the circus does not make one a leader.
231 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:47:39pm |
re: #215 LA Conservative
That Beck is relevant in the “public space” is troublesome to me. But so is the fact that disinfomercials, Jerry Springer, and unreality shows are also relevant in the same “public space”. Television is a sewer, producing fast food for the slow mind. And I don’t even get to see all the uncensored nudity, violence, and harsh language in televised movies anymore like I did back in the ’70s.
And seriously, Beck and Goldwater are worlds apart. How you could defend Bircher loving Beck, while at the same time praising Goldwater’s philosophy on conservatism, is baffling.
232 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:47:50pm |
re: #228 LA Conservative
The problem here is this guy beck is being held up as a spokesperson, and he doesn’t speak for me. Or weep for me, either. If you want the message to be heard and not tainted, you best have good spokespeople to go with it. This guy ain’t it.
233 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:49:24pm |
re: #228 LA Conservative
A. He’s anti-science for the most part.
B. He’s constantly raising his voice regarding a eugenics hysteria.
C. His overall ignorance on subject matters and general hysteria.
236 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:50:57pm |
re: #218 Sharmuta
Beck isn’t worthy to lick Goldwater’s boots.
Luckily, since I can only imagine the look on Goldwater’s face if Glenn Beck tried to lick his boots.
239 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:52:08pm |
Trolls are like Xenomorphs tonight
“They’re coming out of the goddamn walls!”
240 | Killian Bundy Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:52:22pm |
This is all wee wee’d up.
/like when they turned off the containment grid in Ghostbusters
241 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:52:43pm |
re: #221 fire at night
I am the thing of your dreams.
/P.S., I understand it is totally natural, but you should take a break once in a while. Find a hobby or something.
/just joking around
242 | realwest Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:53:04pm |
re: #228 LA Conservative
Goldwater is dead, Reagan is dead there are very few who get it and are untarnished by life. Sometimes you just have to roll with what you have and hope that things pick up. If the ideas are good, that is what you have to communicate, not the flaws of the individual where the ideas come from.
“Goldwater is dead, Reagan is dead…” AND SO ARE YOU - YOU’VE BEEN BANNED quite sometime ago; Charles musta forgot to block you as well but you are D-E-A-D!
243 | Cheese Eating Victory Monkey Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:53:18pm |
Anyone else notice the irony -
In small print at the top it says that he’s a NY Times bestselling author. Last time I checked, the NY Times wasn’t exactly a conservative paper…
245 | Sharmuta Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:54:40pm |
I’m going to get that drink and toast Barry Goldwater and our gracious host.
246 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:54:42pm |
re: #244 muddywood
define troll
Troll: Muddywood, LA Conservative, Rodan, Holy Crusader. Shall I go on?
247 | El fantasma de General Pinochet Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:54:50pm |
re: #234 Sharmuta
I need a drink.
¿Puede ser que sugiera un vino chileno agradable? Intente el Carmenere. Usted lo amará.
249 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:55:48pm |
re: #240 Killian Bundy
This is all wee wee’d up.
/like when they turned off the containment grid in Ghostbusters
“Yes, It’s true: La Conservative has no dick.”
251 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:56:26pm |
252 | sngnsgt Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:56:30pm |
re: #244 muddywood
For the Wikipedia essay, see “What is a troll?”.
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
253 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:57:14pm |
re: #245 Sharmuta
Right behind you. Not literally, of course. That would just be…
254 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:57:29pm |
re: #250 LA Conservative
Troll - “Someone who doesn’t think like us”.
Whatever - Be seeing you at Comic-Con Dark Chicken.
I prefer GenCon. I’m a gamer, but not a comic-book reader.
255 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:59:03pm |
“I say we take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
“Look. I know this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay I know that. But let’s not make snap judgments, this is an important troll species we’re dealing with, and I don’t think that you or I or anybody has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.”
“Watch us…”
256 | wee fury Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:59:45pm |
Life, and blogs, tend to be prone to little glitches.
257 | MrPaulRevere Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:59:50pm |
re: #225 Gus 802
Right on the money as usual. The proliferation of the czars and the presence of people like Van Jones in the government ARE legitimate issues. Unfortunately the buffoon Becks antics have discredited that argument. No one will listen now.
258 | realwest Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:59:54pm |
re: #248 muddywood
You’re history hear and your comments on this thread would seem to indicate that you are indeed a troll:
muddywood
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259 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:00:02pm |
re: #255 ArchangelMichael
“I say we take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
“Watch us…”
What is this, Starship Troopers?
262 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:01:19pm |
Sidedish orders taken here!
Can one roast an undead troll?
263 | realwest Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:01:46pm |
re: #261 muddywood
I hope so and wish you would go live it somewhere else right now.
264 | razorbacker Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:02:01pm |
As a young river-rat long ago, we were taught to avoid certain creatures.
The cotton-mouth moccasin, for that snake not only will bite you, it will attack you (most venomous snakes don’t actually attack you, they try their very best to get away. These fellows don’t).
Alligators, for they will not only bite, but attempt to pull you under and kill you.
Mother bears with cubs. I think that these ladies have established their street cred.
And the loggerhead snapping turtle. Awesome jaw power, and once they latch on the legend says that they won’t let go until they hear thunder peal. You can actually cut the head from the body, and he’ll still keep biting.
I think that LA Conservative must have a touch of the snapping turtle.
265 | Jack Burton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:02:42pm |
re: #259 Dark_Falcon
What is this, Starship Troopers?
I don’t think there is a Brain caste controlling the troll drones like the bug aliens in Starship Troopers.
266 | Killian Bundy Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:02:44pm |
267 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:03:09pm |
re: #262 Floral Giraffe
Sidedish orders taken here!
Can one roast an undead troll?
I think it’s posessed, and even if it’s kosher, I ain’t eating it. But if I can get some fries with garlic aioli and beer…
268 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:03:21pm |
re: #257 MrPaulRevere
Right on the money as usual. The proliferation of the czars and the presence of people like Van Jones in the government ARE legitimate issues. Unfortunately the buffoon Becks antics have discredited that argument. No one will listen now.
Just like a circus clown he diverts attention from the real issues. That they give him credit for his antic only diverts further attention from the real issues.
269 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:04:01pm |
re: #265 ArchangelMichael
I don’t think there is a Brain caste controlling the troll drones like the bug aliens in Starship Troopers.
No, but Glen Beck and Ron Paul are controlling them, and they’re part of a brain-less caste.
270 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:04:11pm |
/not so grate, ackshully
271 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:04:25pm |
re: #267 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it’s posessed, and even if it’s kosher, I ain’t eating it. But if I can get some fries with garlic aioli and beer…
What’s aioli?
272 | VioletTiger Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:04:44pm |
274 | wee fury Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:04:49pm |
Toasted troll with liverwurst might be good. Or, not.
275 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:05:32pm |
276 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:05:49pm |
re: #272 VioletTiger
Fancy mayo.
It’ll have to wait till tomorrow, then. The stores that sell those high end items are closed for the night around here.
277 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:05:53pm |
278 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:06:34pm |
re: #276 Dark_Falcon
It’ll have to wait till tomorrow, then. The stores that sell those high end items are closed for the night around here.
If you have Best Foods and a garlic press I can create a good enough imitation.
279 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:07:32pm |
re: #278 SanFranciscoZionist
If you have Best Foods and a garlic press I can create a good enough imitation.
No Best Foods around here.
280 | MrPaulRevere Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:07:54pm |
re: #268 Gus 802
Marshall McLuhan said it best: “The medium is the message”. [Link: en.wikipedia.org…]
281 | Silvergirl Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:08:02pm |
I’m not having fun! The thread I just left is all about
Chaos is a multidisciplinary field.
and
The most basic case of equilibrium is static equilibrium.
This one has an infestation of zombies that are nothing like our Zombie.
Silvergirl sails on.
Good-night, Lizards!
282 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:09:59pm |
re: #279 Dark_Falcon
No Best Foods around here.
Ketchup then…I’m really not fussy. Or just the beer.
283 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:11:09pm |
Oh my, you mean to say that while I was busy snuggling with my beloved, only to check in and post a few links, I missed a troll fest? …
OK, here is a toll hammer…
Geln Beck will save America from G-dless commies and their evil death panels!
No, Glen beck is a moron. Do you really take your political advice from a bat-shit crazy, sobbing, ranting, conspiracy mongering sideshow freak? Oh wait, you believe the Deather stuff… Nevermind.
But America needs to be saved from Obama!
Perhaps, but not by psychotics who make the entire conservative world into a laughing stock. Honestly, even though I hate Obama, if it were a choice between him and Ron Paul or the other crazies popping up, I would choose him as the lesser of evils in a heartbeat.
But YOU are a LIBERAL COMMIE for doubting me!
Apparently are all people who can walk and chew gum at the same time as well.
284 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:11:41pm |
re: #282 SanFranciscoZionist
Ketchup then…I’m really not fussy. Or just the beer.
Here you go. Enjoy.
285 | Gus Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:12:13pm |
re: #280 MrPaulRevere
Marshall McLuhan said it best: “The medium is the message”. [Link: en.wikipedia.org…]
Thanks. I’m kind of amazed that someone would compare Glenn Beck with the likes of Barry Goldwater. That’s how far the image from this medium has possessed people in this day and age.
286 | Last Mohican Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:12:32pm |
287 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:12:38pm |
re: #278 SanFranciscoZionist
If you have Best Foods and a garlic press I can create a good enough imitation.
It’s already out on the buffet!
Hope it’s good…
Fries in a little bit.
Uh Oh, does that mean I’ve got a job where you have to ask
“do you want fries with that”?
;)
288 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:13:51pm |
289 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:13:58pm |
Speaking of altered mayo, I tried this recently, and it is awe-some.
Grilled corn:
Git you some of that old school corn, the kind with all the crap still on it.
Peel back the husks and remove the silk, then put the husks back in place, covering the corn. Soak the corn in cold water for at least ten minutes.
Put it on the grill, turning it for 15 minutes. Peel the husks back, exposing the corn cob (kinky!), and turn it on the grill for another 5-10 minutes.
Mix some mayo and lime juice until it is about the consistency of melted butter, then brush the corn with the mix.
Finish by dusting the corn with chili powder and Parmesan cheese.
/sure, everyone has heard of this recipe, but it’s new to me
290 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:14:48pm |
re: #287 Floral Giraffe
It’s already out on the buffet!
Hope it’s good…
Fries in a little bit.
Uh Oh, does that mean I’ve got a job where you have to ask
“do you want fries with that”?
;)
No, this is entertaining, which is different from food service. For one thing, you don’t have to wear a hairnet.
291 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:15:36pm |
re: #289 Slumbering Behemoth
Did you send it to Reine for the cookbook?
*poke*
292 | wee fury Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:16:47pm |
re: #290 SanFranciscoZionist
No, this is entertaining, which is different from food service. For one thing, you don’t have to wear a hairnet.
It is difficult to look glamorous or macho with a hairnet on your head.
293 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:18:04pm |
re: #291 Floral Giraffe
Um, no. Is she here tonight?
294 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:24:29pm |
re: #290 SanFranciscoZionist
Thank goodness! I was askeered, for a minute!
295 | Areozol Tue, Aug 25, 2009 5:03:11am |
I don’t get it.
I really don’t get.
DDR’ Volksarmee uniform? What does it mean for him?
296 | rumcrook Tue, Aug 25, 2009 7:56:30am |
re: #230 ArchangelMichael
Being the loudest clown in the circus does not make one a leader.
yes it does it makes one leader of the clowns in the circus… or at least the leader of all the clowns piling out of the little tiny car in center ring…
298 | EaterOfFood Tue, Aug 25, 2009 8:02:16am |
No, Glenn, you can’t sit at the big people’s table.
299 | Land Shark Tue, Aug 25, 2009 8:15:37am |
re: #295 Areozol
I was asking myself the very same question. I don’t get it either.
I do believe the Obama regime is going to be worst than Jimmy Carter’s, and I believe we could be heading for disaster, but my side, the right wing conservative side, isn’t doing a good job of pointing that out. The long term consequences of the Democrat Socialist Party’s reckless spending will hurt the nation for years to come, yet too many on the conservative side are wasting time on this birth certificate crap and assorted kook fringe theories. If the GOP would pull it’s head out of it’s ass and start hammering on the real issues of reckless spending and the Democrat effort to transform our nation into a socialist “paradise”, they could actually make inroads and help make sure our “Comrade President” joins Carter in the ranks of failed one term Presidents.
Unless the GOP starts focusing on the issues and gives the nation some rational alternatives to Ron Paul and the nirther kooks, our nation is in trouble.
300 | Sacred Plants Tue, Aug 25, 2009 10:54:09am |
It is also available as a computer game:
People of the world, you, who sit in your superficially secure third countries.
Soviet Unterzögersdorf (pronounced «oon-taa-tsee-gars-doorf») is the last existing appanage republic of the USSR. The enclave maintains no diplomatic relationship with the surrounding so-called «Republic of Austria» or with the Fortress «European Union». The downfall of her motherland — the Soviet Union — in the early 1990s had a particularly bad effect on the country’s economic situation.
It is a great challenge to secure survival for the small but proud confederation. External reactionary forces put the country in danger. It’s a lack of respect due to a morally corrupted and perhaps even non-existing unity of the peoples. The goal of a glorious future is almost unreachable.
But there are a handful of people who don’t give up on a vision for a better tomorrow. Let us tell you the stories of the brave citizens in the beautiful little country of Soviet Unterzögersdorf.
It’s a story that will go into history.