Posted on 01/09/2013 1:04:38 PM PST by Nachum
Glenn Beck announced plans Tuesday during his online television program to expand the news operation in his media company, The Blaze, and refocus it as a libertarian network, opening three foreign bureaus, debuting a nightly newsmagazine show, and relocating his New York staff to showy new offices. Beck introduced his ambitious plans by standing in front of a split screen with MSNBC´s Chris Matthews on one side and Fox News´s Sean Hannity on the other, and bemoaning the fact that cable news has devolved into the "far left [and] far right... yelling at each other." "We´re not gonna play
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I’m a RINO because I oppose gay marriage, open borders and abolishing the age of consent??
seriously?
Yeah. My brother is like you. He’s some kind of Presbyterian who believes that the state should be run by laws based on the Westminster Confession. Anyone disagreeing with those beliefs should eventually be tossed in prison or deported.
He doesn’t mind gun control either. How can you force people to live under your theocracy if the people are armed?
He’s also a lifelong religious conservative and loyal “Republican.” No thanks.
I’ve been a big Glenn Beck fan and his show is on now and all week he is blabbing on changes and his vision and some American dream labs thing. But this change and his comments more than anything else are baffling. I don’t know what anyone else might think but I am no Libertarian and I think Ron Paul is a bit off kilter and can be crazy. I am and have always been confused on the direction of the libertarian movement and I have always been confused on the direction of people;e like Ron Paul, his son Rand, Bob Barr, Gary Johnson and others. I was embracing some libertarians in 2008-2009 until I realized that there is a line that they cross that is not lock and step with 60% of what I believe in. I don’t hate them, but I like conservatives first and foremost. And last I looked no Libertarian won anything. So Ia really worried here people that beck is going the wrong direction and will lose me or he no longer relevant and he will be in trouble because he will lose his main base of support for years.
These are my first thoughts. First I want to read what others have said. Because what he also said yesterday has really confused me on what he wants as well. I have yet to tune into today’s show as yesterdays gave he a bad feeling and a headache.
Way too often in our society Republicans want to get along with liberals. When Republicans meet in what liberals call the middle they always meet on the far left.
The United States is a constitutional republic not a democracy. We are a country of laws, the basic law being the Constitution. Being a conservative means following the Constitution instead of some Democrat thought up new law or ideal no matter how wonderful it is.
Somehow conservatives have gotten away from what conservatism is it is not doing necessarily what your grandfather did or what your father did it is simply following the law of the land which is based on the Constitution.
Being a liberal means that you interpret the Constitution very liberally instead of confining it in a small space you let it mean almost anything. Being a conservative means you confine the meaning of the Constitution to exactly what it says and nothing more.
Being a libertarian means you don't care what anyone else does, you don't care if they follow the Constitution or not. All you care about is that they leave you alone and that they let you do whatever you want to as long as you don't hurt anybody. That is not what our Constitution does for our society. The Constitution was written for the common good and to protect individual rights,
Libertarians emphasize the individual rights part of the Constitution and liberals emphasize the common good part of the Constitution. A true conservative does not take sides one way or another he simply follows the law as written in the Constitution.
I have been a Republican and a conservative for nearly 50 years. The Constitution of the United States is probably the most wonderful document on the face of the earth, it has promoted the well-being of millions of people in a way that has never before been seen in the history of the world.
I will not be in this world much longer only because I am at the natural age that our lives come to an end. If you are lucky you too will be here someday.
I sorrow not for the end of my time on the planet but only at seeing the demise of the wonderful country which has given so many so much.
I only agree with your analysis in part. There are plenty of social conservatives who are just fine with extremely liberal fiscal policies.
wow.
So when they admit they’d legalize people drugging and having sex with their own kids, that’d be fine?
I’m not in favor of gun control, I think 11-year old girls should be able to by shoulder-laaunched SAMs for gosh sakes.
I’ve been a big Glenn Beck fan and his show is on now and all week he is blabbing on changes and his vision and some American dream labs thing. But this change and his comments more than anything else are baffling. I don’t know what anyone else might think but I am no libertarian and I think Ron Paul is a bit off kilter and can be crazy. I am and have always been confused on the direction of the libertarian movement and I have always been confused on the direction of people like Ron Paul, his son Rand, Bob Barr, Gary Johnson and others. I was embracing some libertarians in 2008-2009 until I realized that there is a line that they cross that is not lock and step with 60% of what I believe in. I don’t hate them, but I like conservatives first and foremost. And last I looked no libertarian won anything. So I am really worried here people that Beck is going the wrong direction and will lose me or be no longer relevant and he will be in trouble because he will lose his main base of support for years.
These are my first thoughts. First I want to read what others have said. Because what he also said yesterday has really confused me on what he wants as well. I have yet to tune into today’s show as yesterdays gave he a bad feeling and a headache.
I’ll add this, why I am re-adding this, he says he agrees more with Libertarians than anyone else which I don’t. I agree most with conservatives. He said he hates the talking heads and the format on cable news and that he burned out of it. Fine. But he says that he dislikes the far left and the far right. He said the far right and ran some video in the back ground of Hannity. Says what you will about Hannity and I have not been always lock and step with him, but as a independent free thinking individual who likes America and is conservative I think he has doen shows that are worth it even in doses. Like having Michelle Malkin on and letting Sarah Palin speak and taking on the Journal News and allowing debate. Sayw hat you will but and it is understandable beck fired the first shots at attacking Fox News.
I have not always been a biog fan of Fox News but it is the best we have and I defend it and support it. Beck seems to want a BBC News libertarian style....just wow. A international bureau? He thinks setting up shop with headquarters in NYC will just make then all unhappy in the other networks, but didn’t beck want to flee New York City? Never go back? So he will stay in texas and how will he run it then? I hope he knows what he is doing. Becauae I very confused.
We need a conservative network run by a conservative period.
“Being a libertarian means you don’t care what anyone else does, you don’t care if they follow the Constitution or not. “
Nonsense. You are describing a very small subset of “libertarians” in the United States who are anarcho-capitalists.
I’d say about 50% of conservatives have a vague idea of what’s in the Constitution and 1% walk around with a copy. If there is one thing I’ve noticed about libertararians, they always seem to have a copy of the Constitution and want to talk about it ad nauseum.
I’m more concerned that it actually gets seen, because it is a pipe dream on our side that we can outdo the state-media by just playing around on the internet and AM radio only.
I dont need to watch this. Millions of others do.
No. You are a RINO for the same reason you lump all libertarians together.
Screw facts. Just get your shots in first...
Seems to be your modus operandi...
Well he was doing well until Obama won re-election now he is worried and upset about the state of the country and is panicking.
they guy did expose Agenda 21 and more on the caliphate and he was on Libya and other such topics in the past months. He just id not reaching enough people now, but since the election he is acting a little off kilter. He wants to speed up his plans drastically. But is nearly out of money.
Yeah, libertarians are your enemy. And if we ever took over we would destroy you all with our main principle of leaving you alone to conduct your life as you see fit so long as you are not infringing on the life or property of others. We're insidious that way.
I am writing with passion and I see I make typos. So I will re-write it again.
Well Glenn Beck was doing well until Obama won re-election now he is worried and upset about the state of the country and is panicking.
The guy did expose Agenda 21 and more on the caliphate and he was on Libya and other such topics including The Muslim Plan to take over America in the past months. He just is not reaching enough people now, but since the election he is acting a little off kilter. He wants to speed up his plans drastically. But is nearly out of money.
I’m agreeing with most of what you’ve said. He’s throwing everything at us, especially the business ideas and technological framework for independent thought and action. I’m not liking the straight down the middle idea, but he is a businessman, after all.
More than anything, he says that we are about out of time. THAT I agree with wholeheartedly. Look to the upcoming dates and anniversaries.
On his radio show in November, Beck was crying about how his GBTV had only 600,000 subscribers and he needed a lot more money to amount to anything.
You are right about that, but I'd say that breed it dying out in the United States and doesn't have much impact anymore. There once was a lot of populist left southern Democrats who were basically socially conservative (Dixiecrats), but most of those folks are gone. You still see this sort in parts of South America though - areas where the Catholic Church is strong.
I started listening to Glenn in 2002. He presented his veiws with facts, passion and humor. I watched him, as much as I could, on CNN and FNC.
I am a subsciber to GBTV but have become disappointed to what he has devolved into. GBTV started out with two hours of straight foward news and opinion. It then split to one hour of Glenn and one hour of the Blaze. Not happy with that, but that’s my opinion.
As of late, his shows are nothing more than infomercials to me. He is spending this entire week to promote his expansion on my dime. I pay a monthly subscription for news and opinion, not an advertisement.
If ths trend continues he will have one less listener/veiwer.
I guess if his market research is wrong, this will be a self correcting issue then.
If not, then good for him.
I used to consider myself a republican, years ago. Then I decided I was too Conservative for the GOP. Now I consider myself a Libertarian, to a point. I guess, all things being equal, I’m a strict Constitutionalist.
I don’t think most Libertarians are out to destroy the GOP, I think many just want to be free, unlike the dems and GOP.
Sounds like he’s gone all Jon Huntsman on us.
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