There are some things people think but don't say.... "Political correctness is the classic Great Idea Gone Wrong. All it's done is shut us up. It hasn't changed anybody's mind. It hasn't changed our hearts. It's changed our faces. It's taken every opinion we have, it's taken every joke we have, and it's forced us to conceal it and hide it and bury it. It's made us superficial." "Terrorism isn't caused by poverty, poverty is caused by terrorism. Terror is a tool used by those seeking power to keep the masses in need of an ...
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There are some things people think but don't say.... "Political correctness is the classic Great Idea Gone Wrong. All it's done is shut us up. It hasn't changed anybody's mind. It hasn't changed our hearts. It's changed our faces. It's taken every opinion we have, it's taken every joke we have, and it's forced us to conceal it and hide it and bury it. It's made us superficial." "Terrorism isn't caused by poverty, poverty is caused by terrorism. Terror is a tool used by those seeking power to keep the masses in need of an answer." "Too many people blame everything on everybody else, and because they do, they will expect too little from themselves and too little from their children." Glenn Beck says all that, and more. As one of the most listened to nationally syndicated radio talk-show hosts and the driving force behind the Rallies for America, Glenn Beck entertains, inspires, and informs millions of listeners. In "The Real America," Beck continues to tell it like it really is, cutting through the fog of modern-day pundits and pontificators who have made it their mission to undermine and underestimate the greatness of America, our strength as Americans, and the power of the American spirit. With his inimitable combination of self-effacing humor and heartfelt conviction, Glenn rails against many of the forces that keep us from our potential as a nation and as individuals -- and tells how to overcome them. His topics include: Family and community Politics Personal responsibility Race relations Religion Political correctness, the media, Hollywood, and celebrities Abortion and the deat penalty Alcohol anddrugs Why I wave the flag Glenn Beck's compelling message in "The Real America" echoes the ideas he has delivered to thousands of people with his groundbreaking Rallies for America: Once we connect with our power individually, we can empower others -- and then we can be as great and as grand as we have always wanted to be as a person, as a people, and as a nation.
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Last weekend I finished the ?From the Heartland? book by Beck , watched the Fox show of his for three days and while I was reading it and watching I kept getting a nagging thought I couldn?t put my finger on. Finely I realized that it was reminiscent of the magicians Penn & Teller. I don?t know if you know them. They are big in Las Vegas... I hear and I have seen them on TV. The part that Beck reminded me of them was that Penn has spoken at length about how his goal is to ?tell the people what I am going to do, tell them how I am going to do it and STILL fool them.?
Beck is not a simple person. He offers simplistic analysis of complex issues, and simplistic answers to those issues. He himself however is quite sophisticated in his presentation. Interestingly , again, In his books he is much less strident than on his talk show. It may be that in his books there are editors (who no doubt have lawyers) and perhaps there is some filtering being done in self defense. On the show Beck is much more likely to shoot from the lip. I guess it amuses the base but if he said some of those things about a private person he would no doubt be sued. It is only public defamation of public people(i.e. politicians) you can get away with that.
Throughout the book ( and on his show) he does a number of fairly standard rhetorical tricks that are used by both sides in political campaigns. In fact many of them were used against Bush the last few times around. Perhaps this is a case of learning from your enemy. The right is usually clumsier at it but make up for that with enthusiasm. Still it s ironic that they use the same tactics they deplore from the other side. But then isn?t that politics? Just a few are: the logical fallacy (?taken to its logical conclusion?), the cherry picking of statements going back 25 years or so and then stringing them all together giving the impression of a causal link when there may not be one( collated by a paid staff that ?predigests ? the info for him) , the harkening back to some supposed mythic past (the good old days/happy days/ golden age ploy) which was supposed to be better and to which we are supposed to want to and be able to go. Ignoring the often very dark reality of that past and the implacable social and economic forces that shaped the reality we are now faced with. (Mostly our own greed and short sightedness as a species)
He does it all right in front of your eyes but somehow is slick enough to pull off the ?gee shucks, I?m just a simple guy? delivery (going back to Penn & Teller) . , at least to the people watching the TV. As for both religion and patriotism , well I think it was Franklin who called that the ?last refuge of the scoundrel?.
In the end what Beck is doing is exactly what he accuses the Democrats and especially Obama (though I think he would do it towards any opposition figure) of doing which is to constantly be in campaign mode. This may actually have some truth to it but is what all the parties and personalities now do.
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H313n
Sep 3, 2009
A must read, very relevant with whats going on today. An eye opener too
