My Thoughts On The Glenn Beck Rally

We already had a thread on the subject (http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lot/23813-woman-sings-black-national-anthem-instead.html?highlight=anthem) and you commented on it.
Epic fail first. Epic.

I like this one:

"Eternal damnation awaits those who question God's undcontional love."

I don't know anything about Glenn Beck, so I can't comment on this thread but to say that I absolutely love this quote.

God exists insofar as we believe him to but love exists so long as hate persists.

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And now for entertainment:
flBpsyFbEOs

aSFCoT2et_s

And now for entertainment:
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I had the V for Vendetta speech in my mind as I watched the replay of this clown's speech.

We already had a thread on the subject (http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lot/23813-woman-sings-black-national-anthem-instead.html?highlight=anthem) and you commented on it.

I forget more stuff then most people will ever know.:cheeky-sm

I'm black and I don't even know the words. :Smoker:

Anyway, it is interesting to see Dr. King's niece there... Have to wonder what Dr. King would think about this whole thing if he was still here or if he would even support Beck's positioning. Part of me think he's rolling in his grave... But then the other part wants to think differently.


Also CL Jackson was there. I think he with Dr. King when he gave his I have a Dream Speach.

YouTube - Glenn Beck: The Weepening: Cry For America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumQl8neO6w)

Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch it. Fear monger con artist

YouTube - Glenn Beck: The Weepening: Cry For America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumQl8neO6w)

Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch it. Fear monger con artist

Glenn Beck on his own is great comedy, but the fact that this tool was able to attract and gather ~300,000 people (depending upon who's counting) is scary. There's a lot of delusional mofos out there.

Pundits will debate whether the crowd at Glenn Beck's Saturday rally in Washington was the largest in recent political history, but it was certainly among the most impressive.

Mr. Beck is a television host and radio broadcaster with a checkered past and a penchant for incendiary remarks. But if he's judged by the quality of people of all colors that he attracted to the Lincoln Memorial, his stock can't help but rise.

One would not be able to find a more polite crowd at a political convention, certainly not at a professional sporting event, probably not even at an opera. In fact, judging by the behavior of the attendees following the event, you'd have a tough time finding churches in which people display more patience as others make their way to the exits.

This army of well-mannered folks that marched into Washington seemed comprised mainly of people who had once marched in the U.S. Army or other military branch, or at least had a family member who had. Perhaps that's not surprising, given that the event was a fund-raiser for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides scholarships to the children of elite troops killed in the performance of their duty. The day was largely devoted to expressions of gratitude for the sacrifices of U.S. soldiers, for great men of American history like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and for God.

But it didn't end there. Dave Roever, a Vietnam veteran, offered a closing prayer in which he thanked the Lord for the president and for the Congress. Despite the unpopularity of the latter two, no booing or catcalls could be heard.

Perhaps feeling defensive about how they would be portrayed in media reports, various attendees wore t-shirts noting that they were "Not violent" or "Non-violent." For other participants, there was no need for an explicit message. Relaxed young parents felt comfortable enough to push toddlers in strollers through the crowded areas along the memorial's reflecting pool.

Not only was the rally akin to a "huge church picnic" (in one Journal reporter's description), but one had to wonder if the over-achievers in this crowd actually left the area in better shape than they found it.

After the event, walking from the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool through Constitution Gardens, this reporter scanned 360 degrees and could not see a scrap of trash anywhere. Participants and volunteers had collected all their refuse and left it piled neatly in bags around the public garbage cans. Near Constitution Avenue, I did encounter one stray piece of paper—but too old and faded to have been left that day.

Given the huge representation of military families at the event, maybe it's not surprising the grounds were left ship-shape. A principal theme of the day was that attendees should restore the country by making improvements in their own lives—be the change you wish to see in the world, as Gandhi once put it.

Most of the participants were strictly amateurs in the business of activism. For many, it was their first appearance at a public demonstration. Their strikingly mild-mannered nature might inspire even Mr. Beck to acknowledge that in a crowd estimated at 300,000, the craziest person at the event might have been the one with the microphone. While he admits that he's part entertainer and prone to over-the-top comments, his followers appear to be sincerely responding to his message that Americans need to cling to their best traditions. (Mr. Beck's program appears on the Fox News Channel, which is owned by News Corp., which also owns this newspaper.)



James Freeman: Glenn Beck's Happy Warriors - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703369704575461633570826898.html)