An alcoholic and drug addict from a dysfunctional family who suffers from ADHD, with a high school education writes a book about what's wrong with the government.
Anybody else see the irony?
A formal education was of far less importance at the time Lincoln was around.
Glen Beck is obviously intelligent enough to know that if provides alarmist xenophobic material, it will make him wealthy.
Not doubting his facts, he picks and chooses very carefully to make the world seem like a much worse place than it actually is, just like all his cronies in the "political analyst" business. He is no worse than Maddow, Olberman et al. He just isn't as funny as they are.....
Olberman makes me puke.......When he talks, it is like he has a sofa stuck in his azz....
I'm not a fan of Maddow either. I think Olberman is funny, has been since his ESPN days. Maher is hilarious, watch him regularly. Definitely left slanted, but funny regardless.
Can't stand Whoopi Goldberg, or Roseanne Barr either, but like Time magazine.
I really don't think the world out there is any worse now than it has been for centuries, we just hear about more of the bad things that take place because we live in the Information Age. Surely you will agree that certain groups have a lot to gain by suggesting it's a horrible place that you ought not to venture forth into, instead allowing them to check it out for you and report back....
Beck was on the Bush bandwagon forever, the criticism of him is a tad late don't ya think?
We are completely agreed that lack of a formal education is not indicative of low intelligence, that was not the point I wanted to convey. My point was that someone who exhibits most of the traits that plague our country today probably isn't who we want pointing out what's wrong. Beck and all the rest of them (conservative and liberal alike) are a prime example of what is wrong with our country right now. Instead of listening to the leaders we have, or electing new ones in the places of the ones we don't want, we would rather listen to whoever shouts the loudest about who to blame for the problems. These people's sole existence is to talk about what others are doing, and point out what's wrong. How is that a career? They want to fix the country so bad, run for office and fix it.....
Problem is that like any good b/s'er they will slip the lies in along with facts known to be true, and people swallow everything wholesale. It's really easy to find someone that you think shares your outlook and agree with them when they are "preaching" about how it is. They count on the fact that most will simply believe what they are saying, without looking into it any further, and make a lot of money based on that. My point was that they would rather complain about how crappy the world/country/administration/whatever is than trying to fix it. Anyone can point out what's wrong with our country, we just differ on where the blame lays. I say that at this point it doesn't matter who is to blame for it, we need to get rid of all the politicians that contributed to it (which would be all of them!) and start fresh.Good point. But who really has the time to look at every idiot out there? Someone has to do it. I am happy to have people that make a living digging around and doing that work for me. That way I can sift through the BS and make my own evaluation about what is right and wrong. True, sometimes they go overboard and actually lie about the facts. That is when I cut that person out of the loop for information.