Comments on: Is social networking for political action just a covert form of …. Community Organizing?

By: dean

dean — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:41:01 +0000

“Finally a man who speaks what we do not want to hear. Not some Democratic politician who only speaks what we want to hear.”

Would it occur to you that we don’t want to hear it because there is absolutely no proof at all that any of it is correct?

(Looks at Chase’s website)
NO, no, the importance of honesty would never occur to you.

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:36:22 +0000

As a supporter of Invisible Children, as well as many other great organizations Beck listed, I find this piece to be particularly offensive. It is an attack not only on NGO and companies with ethics, but it is an attack on a few NGO’s that are truly doing good in their countries of operation. None of the band-aide style solutions.

By: A Chase

A Chase — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:11:04 +0000

Finally a man who speaks what we do not want to hear. Not some Democratic politician who only speaks what we want to hear.

By: Art

Art — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:11:24 +0000

I get the feeling that soup cans and linoleum tiles whisper secrets to him when he goes shopping.

By: Paul Murray

Paul Murray — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:07:47 +0000

“It seems like Google may be in bed with the government.”

God, how long did it take to work that out? The internet was built by the defense dept, the backbone is controlled by uniforms and spooks. Google could not possibly do what it does without some very serious taps into this backbone. You betcha they are just Echelon, rebranded.

By: Allister

Allister — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:58:27 +0000

wockrassa: Also, Beck is not so fat he can’t stand up without a crane.

By: Equisetum

Equisetum — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:03:35 +0000

I made it twelve seconds in. I’ve seen way too much Glen Beck in my lifetime. (That would be a total of about three minutes.)

By: wockrassa

wockrassa — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:12:49 +0000

It’s clear that Beck’s demographic is the ludicrously old – people who fear technology, in essence, newer than the radio – and the insane.

The big difference I see between Beck and Limbaugh is that Beck really seems to believe his own claptrap.

By: dean

dean — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:35:35 +0000

Beck, his show, and his audience, have always struck me as the political versions of Jerry Springer, his show, and his audience.

Same lack if intellectual work by the hosts, mindless pap on the shows, and clueless, gullible folks, sitting back and screaming for more.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:05:04 +0000

Ok, I would love to just pass this guy off as “he’s fucking nuts, there’s nothing to see here, let’s move along,” but some people think he’s sane, and even worse, intelligent. A large number of these same people vote, and an even larger number buy into his conspiracy theories. It’s amazing that a borderline schizophrenic that doesn’t take medicine for it can be believed by so many people…