Comments on: A Tangled Web of Socialists Targets Glenn Beck and Talk Radio

By: politicaljules

politicaljules — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:41:30 +0000

This is actually still a calculated attack on us all, but Glenn Beck is a face and a place to direct the attack. Remember the old alinsky rule about not attacking a group because attacking an individual works so much better? It is all they are doing, and they are doing it poorly.

They are trying to level all of our concerns by attacking our intelligence saying we are mindless drones of fox or followers of Beck. But their downfall will be in their underestimation of the American spirit.

I will gladly invoke the spirit of Rosa Parks here.

I will not sit down in the back of that bus and shut up. I am here to stay, and I know with ever fiber of my being that Beck is right, and I can prove it when questioned.

It is funny how truth is very easy to prove, AND it will spread like wild fire.

We shall overcome.

By: okie4justice

okie4justice — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:01:17 +0000

I have a good friend who is a 47 year old male, continues to live in Germany. Before “The Wall” came crashing down and along with it communism, my friend was part of an underground newspaper for FREEDOM. At the age of 17 years old and still in school himself, he was “found out” by the government as being a part of this newspaper for freedom. He was arrested, thrown into jail and tortured for 4 months, then released. From that day forward he was denied a University education and placed in a factory to work. He risked his very life at that time for what we have….for what we have taken for granted as always being there.

To this day, he has nightmares of his torture. When “The Wall” came down, he was eventually given all of the original paper work of his arrest for writing about a free Germany.

I do NOT believe this is the direction this great Country of our wants to go. But, if anything good comes from all we are facing at this time, it is we can NEVER allow ourselves to become complacent and think all is fine and allow personal responsibility for overlooking the health and well-being of our Country and government to be ignored. It is said, and I know since I have a garden, that if you do not tend to the garden to keep is splendid, the weeds will take over…and the beauty of it all is lost.

I support the post by Erick and the other comments made for a media that promotes our “Freedom of Speech”.

By: michigan

michigan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:44:21 +0000

the left makes when you are effective in exposing them. Just ignore it, like they do.

By: kervick

kervick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:38:23 +0000

Beck’s commitment to honesty in the face of McCarthyism from the left is inspiring me to speak out.

By: Achance

Achance — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:54:51 +0000

from back in February: http://www.redstate.com/achance/2009/02/20/gleichschaltung-a-german-word-we-should-understand/

By: tankertodd

tankertodd — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:37:04 +0000

I reject Josh Silver’s nonsense, reactionary reaction to Glenn Beck. Silver also compares Beck to Silver as anti-semitic/racist. This is so nonsense that I know question the vilification of Father Coughlin. I grew up hearing the negative message about Coughlin’s radio show, but now I doubt that, given the reaction to Glenn Beck, who I have watched and have enjoyed.

At least in the battleground of my mind, the Lefties are losing – I now question the conventional wisdom of Father Coughlin – perhaps he wasn’t such a bad guy, especially if so many millions of Americans listened to him? Millions listen to Beck too. Are they all racist?

Perhaps some EXAMPLES of racism would be helpful too. And remember that criticism of politics that a given religious or ethnic group closely associates themselves with does not constitute criticism of that religious or ethnic group. This is an important point, given Podhoretz’s enlightening article postulating that for non-orthodox Jews, the Democratic Party has become a religion of sorts.

Nice job Mr. Silver.

By: Ausonius

Ausonius — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:42 +0000

did not have the Internet: the 1.2 – 2 million people who arrived in D.C. mainly got together through the Internet, with help from conservative talk radio, which did not exist then either. 9/12 Tea-Party Saturday was an incredible accomplishment and should make every D.C.-itis infected status-quo Republicrat think of resigning.

Early 1930′s Germany also did not have freedom-loving dudes and dudettes with well-armed pick-up trucks!

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:33:19 +0000

If this attack works as well on Glen as the last one did, we should be able to bury “local accountability” by the end of October.

By: Scope

Scope — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:29 +0000

He has gained way too much support from many many people. The more they try to smear him, the more popular Beck becomes. It’s just like the Joe Wilson thing, he spoke the truth (though maybe not in the right theater) and he has been collecting donations like mad, probably from those evil Beck supporters.

By: hunter

hunter — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:14:33 +0000

Only requires quoting them correctly.
Not one defender of Jones could be bothered to defend what he actually said.
And as far as censoring radio or TV opinion shows go, I will listen to those freaks as soon as they come up with a plant that includes new papers and TV news.
Then I will condemn them even more loudly.

By: TobyToons

TobyToons — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:53 +0000

These people admit that they want to/need to/ must control free speech in America, but then turn around and try to call conservatives Fascists?

I feel like I’m living in early 1930′s Germany here.

By: NeoKong

NeoKong — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:20:17 +0000

But to boil it down it seems that he doesn’t tlike the fact the he and people like him aren’t the ones who control free speech.
I think we all know what would happen if someone like him gets power over the media or the internet.
They would start outlawing certain forms oif speech or mandating other forms of speech.
I think they call that localism.