Devil or Angel, Whichever You Are

profoundlydisconnected" ^ | Mike Rowe

[virgil283]

Mike – How could you associate with such a horrible and psychotic person that is Glen Beck? I wouldn’t accept a dime off that hateful, nasty racist. Very disappointed to see this post.”...Mike Rowe:- "As for your personal characterization of Glenn Beck, I can only assume you have information not available to me. In my time with him, I saw nothing “horrible, psychotic, hateful, or nasty.” I smelled no burning sulfur, no smoldering brimstone, and saw no sign of cloven hooves."

To the contrary, I found a very passionate guy who employs about 300 people, works his butt off, and puts his money where his mouth is. Do we agree on everything? Of course not. Am I “disappointed” by that fact? Not at all. The real question, Shannon, is … why are you?

[virgil283]

"....To the contrary, I found a very passionate guy who employs about 300 people, works his butt off, and puts his money where his mouth is. Do we agree on everything? Of course not. Am I “disappointed” by that fact? Not at all. The real question, Shannon, is … why are you?

To be clear, I’m not here to tell you what to think or whom to hate. Like everyone else, you’re free to pick your devils, choose your angels, and attach the horns and halos accordingly.

But the guts of your question – even without all the name-calling and acrimony – reveal the essence of what’s broken in our country. You want to know “how I can associate” with someone you don’t like? The short answer is, how can I not? How are we ever going to accomplish anything in this incredibly divisive time if we associate only with people that we don’t disagree with?

PS. Not only did Glenn hand me a check for $25,000 made out to the mikeroweWORKS scholarship fund, he invited me to shoot a few PSAs on his set and offered to air them on his network for free. You know how many other networks have offered to do that? Not one. In addition, his viewers have purchased hundreds and hundreds of Work Smart AND Hard posters. I’m already getting photos of them hanging in high schools across the country. Glenn also signed one, and took some artistic license on my face. Which made me laugh. We’ll auction that off on a future episode of C.R.A.P., and my guess is we’ll raise a pretty penny.

PPS. Penn Jillette is an avowed atheist. Glenn Beck is a deeply religious Christian. They disagree on a lot, but speak often on Glenn’s show, and have some of the most respectful and interesting exchanges on television today. Here’s an example: Penn Jillette and Glenn Beck talk Atheism, Libertarianism, and Church/State

I’ve been on every network over the years, more than once, and I’ll promise you this – if you want the potential for a thoughtful exchange that’s not crammed into a five-minute segment, your options are limited."

This is from Mike Rowe's website mikeroweWorks Scholarship Information promoting skilled trades. .....0be;

[John Galt's cousin]

I like Mike. Dirty jobs was a favorite show, but I haven’t stumbled upon it lately.

I am going to check out his website. Thanks for posting this.

[TurboZamboni]

Rowe seems like a class act and common sense guy.

He's really parlayed his Discovery gig into a one man media conglomerate what with voiceover work,commercials,etc.

[cripplecreek]

I’d like to see Mike Rowe, John Ratzenberger, and Larry the Cable guy get together for a Dirty Jobs type of show. 3 good pro American guys.

I’m fixin to watch James Woods science show (Futurescape) at 10 tonight on the Science channel

[kneehurts]

I thought Beck was a Mormon.....

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Go Mike!

[MHGinTN]

In which case Glen is more likely to be the former rather than the latter.

[TigersEye]

Good for Mike. He’s the kind of guy it would be fun to have a beer with.

[skyman]

He is.. I hope this doesn’t lead to a bunch of Mormon bashing by our own haters on FR

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Whichever You Are, kneehurts wrote:

I thought Beck was a Mormon.....

[cripplecreek]

It certainly doesn’t matter in this context and the haters never matter to anybody.

[theneanderthal]

Link? for the slow net folks.

[virgil283]

http://profoundlydisconnected.com/devil-or-angel-whichever-you-are/