Posted on 08/27/2010 7:46:53 PM PDT by NY Hockey Mom
Red State reports that Google might be giving bogus results about maps and directions to Glenn Beck’s rally.
"A reader emails that if you search Google today, on the eve of Glenn Beck’s rally, a search for Lincoln Memorial turns up, instead, the wrong address. And not just any wrong address either; it takes you to the FDR Memorial. Curious."
I have to say, and this may not be popular, but I question Glenn Beck and his motives. Don’t yell at me. I don’t disagree with his message or the research he’s done. I just don’t like this whole cult of personality thing going on here.
Creeps me out.
Yea, I have on my flame suit tonight too...I agree, GB creeps me out also...Just something weird about the guy that makes me feel uncomfortable.
I call BS.
No one is stupid enough not to know the difference between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorial.
Even using google maps.
I agree it has nothing to with the Google thing. If this is proved, Google should be called out. What else you gonna do?
Dang...Just follow the crowd and leave the GPS in the car.
What personality cult are you referring to? That he is popular among his viewers? You don’t have to like him or even watch him, that’s fine. Everyone prefers different people. I like him, he’s informative, honest, he does him homework, and is welcoming. You can join us in prayer for our country though.
But, do I think there is something strange about him, absolutely not.
Anyone who goes to Washington DC and can’t find the Lincoln Memorial is an idiot.
Juvenile bolshies at work, most likely. Though maybe Google simply confused the two; Lincoln and FDR were both damn fascists anyway.
+P to the OP re: Beck. Creepy guy and I'm still not really sure what tomorrow's event is about. We need a summer of rage... as the event approaches, it's looking more like some sort of tent revival. I don't get it.
It would not be the first time Google was caught sabotaging search results.
I like Beck too.
Anyone with 2 molecules of brain matter can find the Lincoln Memorial without the aid of Google Maps. If they can’t, they’re too stupid to live, and should exit the gene pool immediately.
Yea, I have on my flame suit tonight too...I agree, GB creeps me out also...Just something weird about the guy that makes me feel uncomfortable.
I'm with you. I just can't watch him. I actually agree with most of what I have heard him say (his ridiculous statements about the Dead Sea Scrolls and Constantine aside) but I still don't like him. There is just something about his style and delivery that seems just a little creepy. I might have a hard time nailing down just what it is, but I find him unpleasant to watch.
Its in the eyes. I get a track suit, tennis shoe, koolaid vibe.
They put the FDR memorial on a bridge. LOL. What are they drinking?
What I think is strange is that this would be posted on the weekend of such an important event. I expected something like this to be posted elsewhere.
2,000 leaders from at least a dozen denominations and religions were there tonight. No cult of personality going on. The theme of the events is the same the founders promoted: lots of different opinions but we all hold some truths to be self-evident.
Thanks:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2578977/posts
Evangelical Megachurch Pastor Defends Support for Glenn Beck (2,000 ministers attend rally
It was one click proof.
No hoax - Google turns up FDR memorial as first hit - with directions - for “Lincoln Memorial”.
As far as not affecting anyone - if I were using my Iphone while driving - I wouldn’t be reading the teeny tiny script that said FDR -
So, you agree with his message; you just don’t like the messenger? Has what Glenn said proven to be true, or has it been false? If Glenn hadn’t brought the message forth, who would have?
Glenn financed a phenomional amount of his personal money to make this message as large as possible. Would you have done the same? Would you have bought every ticket in the Kennedy Center - so you KNEW that every single ticket would be GIVEN away?
Seems like some sour grapes to me. Glenn is a great American. I am asking questions like “Why hasn’t Sean Hannity or Rush dones something like this?
Either one of them has far more money than Glenn Beck has.
Shouldn't that be the Ted Kennedy Memmorial?
That’s strange. That’s exactly the way I feel about some Freepers who can’t give me a reason for why they don’t like somebody.
Beck is doing something..and at some risk to his career...and himself, probably.
It’s all too easy to sit at your computer, or behind a mic...but Beck is putting himself out there, literally.
I admire him.
I usually discount the conspiracy theories about Google, attributing it to mere stupidity on Google’s part.
But this one is really creepy. You search “Lincoln Memorial” and the only tag they give is for FDR. If you search Roosevelt Memorial it works, search Washington Monument it works, search Washington Mall it works. Even Newseum works. The Lincoln Memorial is clearly marked on the google map (I mean it’s labelled and dotted), but no search I can find will actually indicate where the Lincoln Memorial is.
The only question is whether it was that way a month ago.
I’m amazed that so many people who claim he “creeps them out” do not know why he “creeps them out” nor can they explain why they who are so “creeped out” cannot resist writing threads about being “creeped out” or clicking on a link to a thread about what “creeps them out,” for no other reason than to inform the world that they won’t listen to the guy who “creeps them out,” which is another way of saying they have nothing relevent to say about it other than they just want us to know they are “creeped out” by Beck’s sometimes humorous, sometimes serious effort to revive interest in American history, are willfully uninformed, and proud enough of it to tell everyone they know. Now that’s creepy. :-)
I was in DC for the Tea Party last fall. It is IMPOSSIBLE to miss the action. Just follow the people or ask someone. There are thousands upon thousands of people down there. Once someone gets off the metro, everything is pretty much right there. And if they planned to get off on a different stop, they’ll figure it out at the station and realize where everyone is going. Google maps is not a concern - at all.
Also, it’s considerd good manners on FR to follow up one’s threads.
He just creeps me out because he’s creepy looking. Like they put too much powder on his face, and too much lipstick on his lips. He’s bland white with rosy red lips, and with his hair the way it is, he just looks a little crazy on his own TV show.
That’s funny, thanks for the laugh. It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?
I think he is trying to bring up the role that faith in God had in the founding.
My liberal (lacking logic) daughter asked me why I was going to DC for Beck. I told her that I am NOT going for Beck, but to hear Dr. Alveta King and to stand UP for Honor, Faith, Hope, Charity, the troops and to feel part of an American resurgence.
She didn’t answer me so I guess she is too far gone to understand what all of that means.
I have failed as a father and parent.
honestly I think Glenn is just alittle bi-polar. But I think you have to be alittle to live in this crazy world.You watch the news and it makes you crazy and mad and you need to pull yourself away to bring your self back down to earth.
I think he’s handsome. He has a fair complextion. I think it looks worse when they use too dark of make up.
I guess one can always listen to the radio instead. Or not. Different strokes for different folks. But, if his message is good, what difference does it make what he looks like? That is just plain petty.
Now, we're “cult” members if we listen to Glenn Beck? Man, when Liberals don't have a leg left to stand on they just get “feelings” or the “willies.” I'm so exhausted with this kind of junior high “handsy slapping.”
I want the grown-ups back in charge. Yesterday.
(sp) complexion.
What have either of you EVER DONE FOR AMERICA??? SO YOU BOTH RUN DOWN A MAN WHO’S SACRIFICED MUCH, AND HAS TO USE PERSONAL SECURITY EVERY DAY TO PREVENT SCUM FROM KILLING HIM.
Go ahead, tell us of your massive patriotism!
You are both small minded nothings.
I agree. Thank you!
Someone at Google should grow up. It’s very disturbing that a company that offers a map service is willing to deceive people. The next time it might not be an easily found location.
As to Glenn Beck, if he becomes more important than God, family and country, that’s probably more the fault of the fan than his. I don’t agree with everything he says, but he does make a lot of good points and is much better at genuine “teachable moments” than Mr. Soetoro. The emotional moments are not everyone’s taste, but the facts he brings forward from history and from the Constitution are worth listening to.
Hey, don’t beat yourself up. As my Dad used to say, “You do the best you can until you let them loose. That’s all you can do.”
I was a socialist until about a year before registering here. There’s hope for everyone. Baby steps.
I’ve not posted about why Glenn Beck elicits the reaction from me that he does, but I’ve appreciated reading that I’m not the only one.
Google it, I did. You ask for the Lincoln Memorial and it gives you the primary marker on the Roosevelt Memorial. Google must have people with too much time on their hands.
You have obviously never driven in Washington.
Good point, but I don’t think many of the people attending tomorrow will be driving in Washington. They’ll either park at the hotel and walk or they’ll take the metro and walk. Either way, it won’t be a problem.
Beck is a good man. I listen to him and I like him. Not only is he a strong conservative who I truly think that he believes in everything he preaches, but he has a wicked sense of humor as well. Glenn would be welcome in my home anytime.
He turns me off more and more. Something is not right. I feel like I am being led somewhere, by someone who is hiding his true intentions. Then again, I don’t know what this rally is about. I read what the rally website says, and it is all so vague. Mentions the 1st Amendment and some charity and honor. That said, and it is a lot, I still am rooting for him.
The guy made $39mil last year. His motives can’t be money related. Why do you think he’s doing all of this? Does he want to write himself into history? Can’t think of a better cause if so...
Watch it and decide for yourself.
Check the evidence trail.
It was a leftie trick “correction” that was accepted by Google moderators.
Let’s see...
Replacing a Republican whom many blacks credit for their freedom (Lincoln) with
a Democrat who interned American citizens if they happened to be of the wrong race (FDR).
Racist sympathies so typical of Leftists.
Also interesting is the “white house” (sic) term linkage to this (see the ad to the right of the search results).
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