Comments on: Glenn Beck Needs to Devote More Time to His Strange Obsessions http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/03/10/glenn-beck-needs-to-devote-more-time-to-his-strange-obsessions/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Cass http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/03/10/glenn-beck-needs-to-devote-more-time-to-his-strange-obsessions/comment-page-1/#comment-73967 Cass Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:30:49 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13842#comment-73967 "The Politics of War" by Walter Karp, Harper & Row 1980 and 1981, Franklin Square Press 2003 Taft, Cleveland, McKinley, Wilson and the difference between publicly announced and privately designed policies. US power principle: seeking foreign war to disable domestic reforms. "The Politics of War" by Walter Karp, Harper & Row 1980 and 1981,
Franklin Square Press 2003

Taft, Cleveland, McKinley, Wilson and the difference between publicly announced and privately designed policies.

US power principle: seeking foreign war to disable domestic reforms.

]]> By: Brent http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/03/10/glenn-beck-needs-to-devote-more-time-to-his-strange-obsessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13729 Brent Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:03:51 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13842#comment-13729 Re: "Why don't the Becks recognize these war powers as tyrannical and quite comparable to the behavior of Bush and Obama?" That would involve critical thought, which Beck and his bewildered herd of followers lack in spades. And, it would involve showing more than implied 'balance' and actually showing depth to an issue. Showing depth doesn't get Beck the emotional response from his rhetoric that he craves and keeps viewers watching the commercials that pay for his show. Re: "Why don't the Becks recognize these war powers as tyrannical and quite comparable to the behavior of Bush and Obama?"
That would involve critical thought, which Beck and his bewildered herd of followers lack in spades. And, it would involve showing more than implied 'balance' and actually showing depth to an issue. Showing depth doesn't get Beck the emotional response from his rhetoric that he craves and keeps viewers watching the commercials that pay for his show.

]]> By: Randy Koch http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/03/10/glenn-beck-needs-to-devote-more-time-to-his-strange-obsessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13707 Randy Koch Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:28:01 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13842#comment-13707 Also of interest: Wilson ran for his second term on the slogan, "He kept us out of the war", ie WWI, raging in Europe. Then, once elected, he broke that promise, instituted a draft and took on other dictatorial "war powers" not unlike those taken under the Patriot Act. Why don't the Becks recognize these war powers as tyrannical and quite comparable to the behavior of Bush and Obama? Also of interest: Wilson ran for his second term on the slogan, "He kept us out of the war", ie WWI, raging in Europe. Then, once elected, he broke that promise, instituted a draft and took on other dictatorial "war powers" not unlike those taken under the Patriot Act. Why don't the Becks recognize these war powers as tyrannical and quite comparable to the behavior of Bush and Obama?

]]> By: Jim Cooke http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/03/10/glenn-beck-needs-to-devote-more-time-to-his-strange-obsessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13592 Jim Cooke Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:25 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13842#comment-13592 Callvin Coolidge might be better off without friends like this Mr. Beck I've been hearing so much about. It would be worth your while -- and Beck's -- to compare Al Smith's record as Governor with Calvin Coolidge's tenure in Massachusetts 1919 - 1921. It would be hard to tell which man was the most progressive. Coolidge would have favored the Jones Act because it was Constitutional and supported an Amendment to that document. Personally, Coolidge regarded Prohibition as "a bad law" but, because it was Law -- he observed it. Woodrow Wilson was a racist. Callvin Coolidge might be better off without friends like this Mr. Beck I've been hearing so much about. It would be worth your while — and Beck's — to compare Al Smith's record as Governor with Calvin Coolidge's tenure in Massachusetts 1919 – 1921. It would be hard to tell which man was the most progressive.
Coolidge would have favored the Jones Act because it was Constitutional and supported an Amendment to that document. Personally, Coolidge regarded Prohibition as "a bad law" but, because it was Law — he observed it.

Woodrow Wilson was a racist.

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