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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby eastbay » Wed 15 Oct 2008, 23:46:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oswald622', 'H')e had Peter Schiff on his show the other night, and they were talking about Weimar-style hyperinflation, martial law curfews and people being jailed by secret police. Holy cow! 8O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB9fuIvksLw


I really enjoyed the show. I like watching Beck and Schiff. What they say about what direction the economy is heading makes sense. My total investment strategy basically follows Schiff, with the exception of his European investments, which I believe will decay along with the US.

Beck is very entertaining and 'gets it'. Schiff absolutely rocks. :)
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby ShinyOldLady » Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:35:33

Beck is a Mormon and he sounds like the bat-shittier side of my Mormon relatives who rant about "blacks in America," "liberal commies," and "Islamic and non-christian barbarians." Basically racist rednecks. Most of whom are severely overburdened with too many kids, one income earner in the family, maxed out credit cards and the biggest McMansions I've ever seen. All of which they feel entitled to, as americans, and all of whom are going to be very unhappy people if they have to lower their standards of living.
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby DomusAlbion » Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:51:44

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ShinyOldLady', '.').. and all of whom are going to be very unhappy people if they have to lower their standards of living.


I would conjecture that we will all be unhappy when our standard of living is diminished.

One thing the Mormons have going for them is an extensive welfare infrastructure for their members and a strong pioneer/self-reliant philosophy. In the hard times to come they will fare better than most others.
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby PrairieMule » Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:22:48

Wait, Is the is the same Glenn Beck talking smack about Ron Paul earlier this year?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8M2JBIoqo
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby yesplease » Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:40:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Armageddon', 'S')chiff has been calling for this collapse for 3 years. He also saw the housing crises way before anybody. I don't think he has an agenda besides selling books.
It wasn't just Schiff who noticed we were way above the median. Anyway, dude's got a brokerage firm, and I doubt he would go and spout something contrary to his best interests wrt PR. Books too I suppose, but that's secondary IMO.
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby ShinyOldLady » Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:38:41

My own experience is that the "Pioneer Spirit" has been breed out of my mormon acquaintances. They are still outdoorsy, but that's as far as it gets.

My sister, an RN helping the Katrina victims in Houston, was mugged by several of them on her way home and nearly died. She has had several surgeries, including a few to reconstruct her face, and her "excellent" health insurance gave up about half way through. She had to go bankrupt, wasn't eating, and trying desperately to keep her house. The church wouldn't respond to, or help her out with ANYTHING, not utilities, legal help, or even food. I volunteer at the local Methodist free restaurant and got her in touch with them for some meals.

Maybe the Mormon church is good in a disaster scenario, but in the few instances where folks I know were in individual need, they never helped at all, and you were lucky if they even bothered to call back.
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby HeckuvaJob » Sat 18 Oct 2008, 10:49:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')airness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), the national media watchdog group, released a first-of-its-kind report today profiling 12 of the leading Islamophobic pundits and media figures and examining the ways they’ve negatively influenced media coverage in the U.S. The report, “Smearcasting: How Islamophobes Spread Fear, Bigotry and Misinformation,” describes a loose network of right-wing, anti-Muslim partisans who regularly use innuendo, questionable sources of information and even lies to smear, and effectively marginalize, Muslims in the media.


The full report can be found here Some highlights from Beck's chapter:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hen Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, appeared on his show (Glenn Beck, 11/14/06), Beck said: "I have been nervous about this interview with you, because what I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.'" Beck added: "I'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way I feel, and I think a lot of Americans will feel that way."


I'm not accusing Beck of being an Islamophobe, but that's the way I feel.
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Re: MSM Doomer Award: Glenn Beck

Unread postby hironegro » Sun 19 Oct 2008, 04:43:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'B')eck is former crack head with ADD and a tragic family history of severe mental illness and multiple suicides. He's looking for a new niche after getting crappy ratings urging America to wake up to the threat of Islam for two solid years, when he had Newt on his almost every night demanding WW3. He's a total oil company GOP bootlicker that has made a career of calling for a race war so White People and Exxon can rule the earth. Now he's looking for a new gig.


Of course, but they love him here on peak oil because the site is full of these tom brokaw crypto-conservatives.
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What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby sittinguy » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 10:47:31

Just Gone, Gone. This is bad, he was the only one I liked. He would always have Peter Schiff on. Anyone know what happened?

He was probably booted, I hear he might be on Fox starting in January. That doesn't make sense. He is probably doing preps, because he knows what is about to happen
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby AlexdeLarge » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11:32:48

Moving to Fox news...........big contract.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby Tanada » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 19:47:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sittinguy', 'J')ust Gone, Gone. This is bad, he was the only one I liked. He would always have Peter Schiff on.
Anyone know what happened?
He was probably booted, I here he might be on Fox starting in January. That doesn't make sense.
He is probably doing preps, because he knows what is about to happen

He signed a contract to move to FOX next spring when his SNNHN contract expired, they didn't like it and yanked him off the air that Thursday. He is now negotiating with FOX to go on air in January instead of April but details have not yet been worked out.

Source: heard him talking to Neal Cavuto or someone else at FOX about it.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby MD » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 19:58:09

He's just suffered one of the risks of being a thinker, I guess. He'll be back. I bet fox will slot him in right away.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby emeraldg40 » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 21:39:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'H')e's just suffered one of the risks of being a thinker, I guess. He'll be back. I bet fox will slot him in right away.

So long Glenn.....sorry to hear you were sucked into the evil dark side of MSM. Was nice knowing u.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby Bman4k1 » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 21:50:23

His attitude and ridiculous right-wing slant covered up some common sense and some good ideas. Luckily I do not get Foxnews.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby JoeW » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 22:45:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bman4k1', 'H')is attitude and ridiculous right-wing slant covered up some common sense and some good ideas. Luckily I do not get Foxnews.

I'm pretty much in agreement with that. I disagree with many of his positions, but at least he formulates a better argument than any of the GOP politicians out there. "They're going to raise your taxes!" seems to be the onlly battle-cry of the Republican party these days. They are totally devoid of ideas.

Glenn Beck, at least, has ideas. Some of them are good. Some of them are not.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby AlexdeLarge » Sun 26 Oct 2008, 22:57:29

I think this musical parody was created at Glen Becks radio show...........too funny!

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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby TITAN » Tue 28 Oct 2008, 09:26:40

lol @ faux noise.

It's so funny how right wingers think it is fair and balanced, even though they have just about every single pro neo-con pundit working for them; glenn beck included.

Only a matter of time before rush limbaugh takes shepherd smiths job as the main 'news' person.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby GoghGoner » Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:10:11

Mister "Drill, Baby, Drill" belongs on Fox. How many billions of oil are in the US according to Glenn Beck? This guy is a moron.
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Re: What Happened to Glenn Beck?

Unread postby hermit » Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:37:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'H')e's just suffered one of the risks of being a thinker, I guess. He'll be back. I bet fox will slot him in right away.
A thinker? We could walk into any neighborhood pub and find an an opinionated and obtuse barstool soapboxer like him.

On occasion, his views may resemble some of ours, but don't mistake that for intelligence.
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Glen Beck-Worst Case Scenarios Show

Unread postby deMolay » Sun 22 Feb 2009, 19:51:57

Yah I know. Glen Beck so straight you feel like slapping him. Here are the links to one scary show with some heavy guests. http://tinyurl.com/Worst-Case-Scenario-1

http://tinyurl.com/Worst-Case-Scenario-2

http://tinyurl.com/Worst-Case-Scenario-3
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