Glenn Beck news on bombings in Boston

[pkt77242]

Please don't make me post this link again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Um, I didn't make the arguement personal, so I don't think that it is ad hominem. I was pointing out the Republican Party and his attempts to label conservatives. It was nothing against Pat (who while crazy, reminds me of the crazy uncle that you introduce proudly to everyone, not the one you hide your friends from).

 

[Buster Bluth]

Just because people have different preferences than you doesn't make them "morons". Or "gullible". They just want something different than you.

I agree with that, but the positions the GOP is finding itself in aren't so much "different" as they are nonsensical and often hypocritical. From both sides, it's flip-flopping to get 51% of the votes, and the GOP has made some very bad moves lately, and it's shown.

I expect the GOP to be the voice of reason to the Democrats idealism, and that simply hasn't been the case. From my view, they're riling up the crowd against a false enemy.

 

[DSully1995]

If Beck REALLY had important information that had national security implications, why would he withhold it until Monday? Forget his track record, this is clearly a crass attempt to get ratings. I would say that about anybody, liberal or conservative, who tried to pull a stunt like this.

But let's not forget Beck's track record. He's a sensationalist whose made his name, and fortune, on big claims, not a careful analysis of facts.

Maybe, but without Beck we would not have the beauty that is Jon Stewarts imitations

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[dshans]

Please don't make me post this link again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

I, for one, prefer to add hominy grits to my "two eggs over easy with sausage links and rye toast" breakfast order.

Often ad hominem is appropriate to the argumentum presented sine substantia or sine approbatione.

 

[pkt77242]

Maybe, but without Beck we would not have the beauty that is Jon Stewarts imitations

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That Daily Show still kills me. Love it.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Um, I didn't make the arguement personal, so I don't think that it is ad hominem. I was pointing out the Republican Party and his attempts to label conservatives. It was nothing against Pat (who while crazy, reminds me of the crazy uncle that you introduce proudly to everyone, not the one you hide your friends from).

I agree. Seldom do I disagree with someone so consistently, yet find them weirdly likable.

 

[DSully1995]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LiEpSggvZFU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Talking like he found a new camera angle looking at the grassy knoll right now

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Um, I didn't make the arguement personal, so I don't think that it is ad hominem. I was pointing out the Republican Party and his attempts to label conservatives. It was nothing against Pat (who while crazy, reminds me of the crazy uncle that you introduce proudly to everyone, not the one you hide your friends from).

Dude, you said the Republican party "lost their damn mind" and thereafter cited a bunch of *individuals* as evidence of such. Not the party platform. Not arguments. Not policies. Individuals. That's a classic ad hominem fallacy to discredit the Republican party.

It's perfectly ok to prefer differently from what the Republican Party advances. There's no right answer there. It just doesn't make sense to discredit the party based on the intelligence of a few select people who happen to believe in it.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

I respect many conservatives. Glenn Beck is a lunatic. He became a caricature of himself many years ago. Too extreme for FOX is off the charts.

I'm very tolerant of his right to talk. I'm also very cognizant that he rarely has anything meaningful to say.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

I love all the posts from the supposed "tolerant" and "progressive" types on here....

We're open minded...as long as you agree with us.

Yes. You'd be just right on the edge of your seat if it was Lawrence O'donnell, right? You're truly open minded.

 

[Buster Bluth]

And I don't listen to Glenn Beck... A little too emotional for me and is a little too religious. Makes some good points from time to time.

Andrew Wilkow is my style. Brightest political mind on the air

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Dude seems like a douche.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

White guys fighting each other... Don't you see this is a Black Panther plan to divide and conquer America. WAKE UP!














Thought a little humor was due

 

[EddytoNow]

Beck is fading fast. Ever since he was fired by Fox News, he has been struggling to get an audience for his sensational and alarmist claims. And as long as he can keep people talking about him, he remains in the news. Stop talking about him and he loses his forum. Beck is just another Joe McCarthy. Fortunately, he is not in the U.S. Congress.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Two things:

Can anybody find the article about the California listener who was stopped by the police, armed while driving in an attempt to assassinate someone Glenn Beck was incensed by?

Being that all of these are horrible tragedies, why does Boston get the most coverage, press etc, Sandy Hook second, and West, Texas, a distant third? The company that ran that ammonium nitrate plant, had problem after problem, the explosion seemed to be avoidable, and as far as tragic scale, there are sixty people, that they can't even find in that one! Seems to me, if the Federal prosecutors need to pull out the murder and interstate commerce laws, it is for that one; in the meanwhile side-show clowns want to promote all kinds of crazy crap within the framework of our button-pushing news stories.

It kind of reminds me of a show my kids watch, where the smartest character is a talking dog. All the time he goes on about some incredible intellectual pursuit, then someone throws a ball, and he is off after it, mid sentence. I guess the reason that is so funny is we resemble it.

 

[phork]

This thread should have ended on the 2nd post when someone said:

Glenn Beck, LOLZ

 

[scUM Hater]

Greatest Repulican of all time is Abraham Lincoln.

 

[scUM Hater]

Two things:

Can anybody find the article about the California listener who was stopped by the police, armed while driving in an attempt to assassinate someone Glenn Beck was incensed by?

Being that all of these are horrible tragedies, why does Boston get the most coverage, press etc, Sandy Hook second, and West, Texas, a distant third? The company that ran that ammonium nitrate plant, had problem after problem, the explosion seemed to be avoidable, and as far as tragic scale, there are sixty people, that they can't even find in that one! Seems to me, if the Federal prosecutors need to pull out the murder and interstate commerce laws, it is for that one; in the meanwhile side-show clowns want to promote all kinds of crazy crap within the framework of our button-pushing news stories.

It kind of reminds me of a show my kids watch, where the smartest character is a talking dog. All the time he goes on about some incredible intellectual pursuit, then someone throws a ball, and he is off after it, mid sentence. I guess the reason that is so funny is we resemble it.

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[rikkitikki08]

Glenn Beck is a tool, he is nothing but a ratings whore.

 

[magogian]

It kind of reminds me of a show my kids watch, where the smartest character is a talking dog. All the time he goes on about some incredible intellectual pursuit, then someone throws a ball, and he is off after it, mid sentence. I guess the reason that is so funny is we resemble it.

Do you mean Family Guy?

 

[magogian]

White guys fighting each other... Don't you see this is a Black Panther plan to divide and conquer America. WAKE UP!

Wait, are you telling me that isn't their plan?

 

[irishpat183]

Maybe, but without Beck we would not have the beauty that is Jon Stewarts imitations

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That Daily Show still kills me. Love it.

...and the left finds themselves being hijacked by entertainers posing as politicians, hypocritically going after the 1% they belong too.

 

[DSully1995]

...and the left finds themselves being hijacked by entertainers posing as politicians, hypocritically going after the 1% they belong too.

CLASS WARFARE OMG HOW DARE YOU MENTION PEOPLE HAVE MONEY


and Stephen T Mos def Colbert and Jon Stewart are not politicians, they are comedians who make fun of news

 

[Kanye West]

I'm still waiting on Candy bars to be 75 dollars.

 

[irishpat183]

Um, they are conservatives, but the Republican party lost their damn mind and decided that intelligence was a hinderance (see Sarah Palin, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, Sharron Angle, etc). Heck I ddin't even mention that I respect George H.W. Bush, or Rob Portman, etc.

There are a lot of great republicans, and there even used to be a lot of great minds in the non-governmental conservative movement. William F. Buckley was an intellectual hero of mine, even if our philosophies differed. He was a great thinker and a great debater. His legacy is now carried forward by anti-intellectual used car salesmen like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levine. The modern conservative movement is led by entertainers in the PT Barnum mold, who are undeniably brilliant with respect to their ability to manipulate angsty and angry stupid people, but possess incredibly unsophisticated and unlearned world views.

Again, pkt, those people aren't conservatives. And the republican party lost it's mind long ago. Chrise Christie is NOT a conservative. I like the guy for his honesty, but he's not a conservative at all

Rhode- YOu make a good point (I know...) but don't lump in Mark Levine with Rush and Hannity. Levine is an acutal constitutional lawyer that knows his ****. Rush and Hannity, you're right, are shock jocks of the political world. I don't listen to either. Levine gets a little crazy on his show from time to time....but I'd put him up against ANYONE the left has in a debate.

 

[irishpat183]

And dont' get me started on John McCain......the left can have him

 

[irishpat183]

CLASS WARFARE OMG HOW DARE YOU MENTION PEOPLE HAVE MONEY


and Stephen T Mos def Colbert and Jon Stewart are not politicians, they are comedians who make fun of news

They are much, much more to the left.

And even so....You don't think Maddow, Schultz, O'donnell have tons of money?

Hey, don't accuse a party of class warfare if you're living on the same street in Beverly hills.


Why do libby's deny that the attack on the rich is such a failed and hypocritical battle??

 

[DSully1995]

They are much, much more to the left.

And even so....You don't think Maddow, Schultz, O'donnell have tons of money?

Hey, don't accuse a party of class warfare if you're living on the same street in Beverly hills.


Why do libby's deny that the attack on the rich is such a failed and hypocritical battle??

Wealthy people are everywhere. I dont have MSNBC so I cant comment. But on JS and SC, both have personal opinions/biases, to the left(JS does express it more), but Ive also never seen JS complain or try to resist a tax hike on himself, from what i can remember he was vocally encouraging it.

 

[Walter White]

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What a fair and classy guy.

All you people are giving him too hard a time for being a ridiculously one-sided hack. I think its quite partisan of him to give the White House till Monday to tell their story first.

 

[IrishInFl]

I only get my source of news from Alex Jones, Michael Moore, and Jesse Ventura, the only speakers of truth!!1!

 

[Kanye West]

I'd say as a whole Fox news is the best. It's just brought down by the awfulness that is Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and the cast of the five. They have Sheppard Smith which is a plus. There is a liberal bias but MSNBC is awful. Jon Stewart does lean left but he's a comic, and if he pays his taxes I'm fine with HIM supporting tax increases.