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How in the world does Glenn Beck get a nationally syndicated Radio Show? It's astonishing. But, be even more afraid, there are a ton of people out there who eat this up.

Glenn Beck on air promoting Elizabeth Dilling's book, 'The Red Network,' 06/06/10, (photo: Glenn Beck Radio)
Glenn Beck on air promoting Elizabeth Dilling's book, 'The Red Network,' 06/06/10, (photo: Glenn Beck Radio)

 

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+11 # Guest 2010-06-07 01:07
As a card carrying liberial I can honestly say I have never "viciously" defended Margaret Sanger,the KKK, Nazi's or Glenn Beck.
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-07 01:15
Boo-hoo poor Israel...Puh-lease...Israel has enough nukes to wipe out the middle east.
 
 
+4 # Guest 2010-06-07 07:23
Apparently, Dilling and many others hated Jews well before the establishment of the State of Israel. If you want to understand why Israel has nukes it is because of the history of anti-semitism and people like Dilling.
 
 
+8 # Guest 2010-06-07 02:12
The Hatred of Jews comes with mother's milk. It is taught by christian and muslim alike. Both religions hate those who came before them. Both religions work hard to insure their adherents remain ignorant and hate filled.
 
 
+7 # Guest 2010-06-07 06:30
christianity and islam does not instill hatred for any others-opportunistic-false interpriters, and do that. both these religeons and the jewish religeon teach that the golden rule 'do unto others like ya want em to do to you' is THE law as rabbi H said "all the rest is commentary-if it dont fit with the golen it dont fit
 
 
+7 # Guest 2010-06-07 07:35
Read the book Constantine's Sword (or see the movie), it's written by a former priest and documents how christianity used anti-semitism as a way to build christianity. He also firmly believes that this centuries-long, inbred anti-semitism directly led to the holocaust. In addition, the documentary Sister Rose's Passion follows the life of a nun who couldn't understand why the church was so anti-semitic when Jesus was a jew. She documented the anti-semitic church teachings and her work was responsible for Vatican II saying that the jews did not kill jesus.
 
 
+1 # fempatriot 2010-06-08 01:25
kalpal, I have seen several videos of interviews with Israelis, and their hatred of Muslims is as bad as everyone tries to paint Germany's dislike of Jews. Nobody ever mentions that World Jewry was boycotting Germany starting in 1933 and their economic boycott nearly destroyed Germany. Then after WWII, they saw to it that Germany was completely re-created and today there is no free speech in Germany if you try to even criticize anything about Jews or Israel. That "hate" is not one-sided as you would like others to believe.
 
 
+4 # Guest 2010-06-08 11:20
dear Kalpal, you are wrong, i grew up loving Jews and defending israel, until Rachael Correy was run over and I saw houses and people being killed. I slowly began to turn on israel and hate like hell that so many American jews are letting themselves be used as tools to support a thug government. i now am a strong supporter of the anti occupation. Maybe a day will come when Jews stand up for the rights of everyone instead of boring us with ancient history. if there is a bad feeling about zionism, its because the decades of lies and murder. Now its anti semitic to criticize Israel or its behavior, all the more reason to harbor bad feelings for a people i once looked up to. If i can become an enemy, so can many others!
 
 
+3 # oldleftie 2010-06-07 02:42
Floyd, I don't get it. How can you claim the moral high ground when you lie about Margaret Sanger? Is it because you consider yourself exempt from the rules you seek to impose upon others with whom you disagree because you deem your point of view unassailable? What ever happened to the Golden Rule? Why don't you try practicing what you preach?
 
 
+9 # Guest 2010-06-07 03:56
I'm confused. In the part of the article that quotes Beck, he is definitely not praising the American bund, he is criticizing it. How does this make him a fan? I am NOT a fan of Beck, but this quote of him doesn't seem to support the rest of the article. I'm confused.
 
 
-7 # Guest 2010-06-08 10:17
I Totally Agree! Beck is Criticizing Her and her Anti-Semitic Views! Glenn Beck Makes More Sense Than The Far Left Rantings/Promises! Thin k about it! At least Beck Gives Facts and Not Mere Opinions!
 
 
+5 # Guest 2010-06-07 04:10
The confused madness of Glenn Beck and others pointing fingers at everyone else but themselves is essentially slumming in the gutter.
 
 
-3 # Guest 2010-06-07 08:20
Quoting
The confused madness of Glenn Beck and others pointing fingers at everyone else but themselves is essentially slumming in the gutter.

"When you point your finger at another, there are four fingers pointing back at YOU!" A.A.
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-07 13:37
Actually, only three fingers. Try it.
 
 
+10 # Tanner 2010-06-07 04:25
AND NOW, for the "REAL" story . . .
Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood. She was invited to speak at many venues, some of which were unusual and less desirable but her mission was to teach. As was the the invitation to speak to the wives of the KKK who she referred to as the dumbest, most ill-informed group she had spoken to.

#Margaret Sanger - Biography - The Biographicon
Her mother died the same year, after which Sanger enrolled in a ... She took on controversial roles, such as Margaret Sanger in the TV movie Choices of the ...
www.biographicon.com/view/t0vn4 - 73k - Cached
 
 
+6 # Guest 2010-06-07 05:00
Floyd, I doubt that you've actually read the biography of Sanger, but instead just believed what the Beckster said. Sanger did, indeed, lecture KKK women about birth control -- a praiseworthy act, I would say -- and supported women's rights and promoted family planning for all. She unfortunately did share the racial attitudes of many people of her era, but on balance, I believe I'd take Sanger over Dilling, Glenn and the Beckerheads.
 
 
+11 # Guest 2010-06-07 05:03
I love the characterizatio ns about people and religions. I have been a "Jewish sympathizer" from childhood and though I'm Baptist (there are more kinds of Baptists than just the Jerry Falwell kind), have no friends that hate Jews. I have Muslim friend and none of them hate Jews either. The extremists from any religion (Christian, Jewish, Muslim) are embarrassing to all of us as they are taken for speaking for all of us. I think we all want to be respected. When we are respectful to each other, then true dialogue, or "trialogue", or "multi-logue" can occur. I appreciate my religion being respected and I am respectful of yours.
 
 
+4 # Guest 2010-06-07 05:14
Glenn Beck Inc.
"We're an entertainment company," Glenn Beck says. As proof, he has managed to monetize virtually everything that comes out of his mouth.

"Glenn Beck Inc., formally known as Mercury Radio Arts (after Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air), pulled in $32 million in revenue during the 12 months ended Mar.1. ..."
AND
"With a deadpan, Beck insists that he is not political: "I could give a flying crap about the political process." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36270594/ns/business-forbescom/
 
 
-8 # Guest 2010-06-07 05:27
US media will have to attain much greater substance and depth for the average misinformed American to begin to grasp the full concealed history, for instance the established collaberation between WW2 era Zionists and Nazis. Remember also, Wall Street financed and supported early Communism for business purposes and continues to do so.
http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/antisemitism/nazisupport.cfm
 
 
+5 # Guest 2010-06-08 06:13
American business interests suported Nazism quite vigorously also as I recall. In fact, Roosevelt practically had to drag the isolationists into the war and if the Japanese hadn't attacked first we might never have gone. Henry Ford was a HUGE fan of National Social ism as was Lindburgh, even our own ambassador to England was recalled due to sympathies with Hitler's regime. In fact, the Nazis were so sure that Nazis were so sure that our banking system was run by Zionist that when they offered a trade to the US for Jewish prisoners in Poland in exchange for goods that might help move the war along we considered it...but said no not because of the prolonging of the war but because we didn't want the Jews. It has been documented. Is that what you mean by educated? I don't see a support for Communism but I do see a trend toward Nazism.
 
 
+7 # Guest 2010-06-08 08:43
Wall Street bankrolled Communism? Well, Dubbya's grandfather Prescott Bush and Averill Harriman kept the books for the Reich. How American to try to play for both teams.
 
 
+6 # Guest 2010-06-07 06:07
Glen Beck is a good gauge to prove that the USA has hit bottom! Sunk to a new low.

It also prove how ignorant and arrogant "Christian" US has become. In the end it will all be for nothing, just like Nazi Germany. Stalin was using a part of Hitler skull for a paper weight.

I wonder when it will be Glen Beck's turn.

Like Adope Hitler, Glen Beck is using that institutionized ignorance, racism and bigotry to make his point.

And the GOP enjoys it!
 
 
+10 # Guest 2010-06-07 07:19
I have just discovered an original 1934 copy of Elizabeth Dilling's "The Red Network" in a collection of my mother's old books. After thumbing thru it I can tell you this. She was a Joseph McCarthy prototype finding "Reds" hiding in almost every conceivable location. Gandhi was a commie.Albert Einstein is described as "sitting on his self-erected scientific throne, with the Reds " pointing out with pride that the greatest most un-understandable scientist in the world is one of their own number." Jane Addams, of Hull House fame, is beloved but...she gives consistent aid to the Red movement, disguises it, and reigns as queen on both sides of the fence.Of course the ACLU is Red. Liberated women are Socialists devoid of the ability to remain monogamous.Methodists, Baptists and Catholics are implicated. Atheists, are, of course, godless deviates. I saw all this in about 10 minutes. If Glenn Beck is promoting this stuff, well....maybe it's time for Glenn to put away the chalkboards and find another gig.
 
 
+5 # Guest 2010-06-07 07:31
Why doesn't everyone quit writing about Beck - he is a fool and loves the publicity he is recieving... Maybe he will go away if "we" just pretend he doesn't exist.

BaldwinTEX
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-07 07:44
Glenn Beck-Non Impedimentione Cogitationis ( with apologies to Car Talk for the phrase)
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-07 21:13
but what does it mean ?
I like the Cartalk bros, but can't figure out their Latin this time... Beck's not impeded by rational thought? is that the idea?
 
 
+4 # Guest 2010-06-07 09:14
How many people realize that Hitler actually came to power by de-emphasizing antisemitism, attacking communists and socialists, whom he equated with the communists, and taking advantage of popular disappointment with the leadership of the Weimar Republic which was having difficulty dealing with Germany's extended economic woes that had been exacerbated by the worldwide depression that ensued after the 1928 market crash? Once installed as Chancellor, his grasp on power was cemented through intimidation by armed right-wing political militias that were deputized and given quasi-official status, supposedly for assisting the police in maintaining order. The effort was abetted by the German love of strong autocratic leadership under Bismarck and the Kaisers, lack of democratic tradition preceding Weimar, and the desire of many people to "take our country back" as a reaction to the difficulties of the Weimar Republic. These facts and some of the similarities to contemporary rhetoric worry me.
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-07 13:18
To SFRider, Hitler wasn't exactly de-emphasizing antisemitism before 1928. Before 4,000 people at the Burgerbrau Keller on Feb,27 1925 "You are Aryans. You are the pure blood; that is more than possessions or rank; it is the highest, and this is just what the Jew wants to take away from you and destroy because he has already taken away and destroyed everything else." Or later in the same speech when suggesting he could, by magic carpet, take the crowd to Berlin to view the nightlife, "There you would see Jewish youths and more Jewish youths with German girls in their arms. Bear in mind that thousands and thousands of our blood are destroyed in this way every night, and children and children's children are lost to us". This was long before he became Chancellor. I do agree with the bulk of your statement. Just thought you might find this interesting. I got the material from a book written by Konrad Heiden in 1944 entitled "Der Fuehrer". Fascinating book!
 
 
+1 # Guest 2010-06-07 19:49
Quite correct, but the antisemitism put off many Germans, so he moderated his rhetoric in the early 1930s, the Nazi party rose in popularity, and he gained the trust of a borderline-senile Hindenburg, Weimar Republic President, who appointed him Chancellor in 1933, even though the Nazis had never won a majority in the Reichstag elections. The full implementation of his antisemitism did not emerge until after the Nazis had cemented their hold on dictatorial power.
 
 
+3 # Guest 2010-06-09 07:18
The antisemitism that put off many Germans was based on economic realities. The economic destruction of Jews was seen as being counter-productive to the German economy. Hitler did moderate "his public views", yet left the destruction of his still hated adversaries to others. Men like Julius Streicher whose illustrated newspaper, Der Sturmer, whipped up anti-semitic imagery for the masses. Sturmer, claimed Streicher, was the only paper Hitler read from cover to cover. Popular entries included detailed "drawings of Christian girls being raped by Hebrew voluptuaries. With his concentration on the pornographic aspects of racism, Streicher was the embodiment of Hitler's subconscious". Marxism and the Democratic left, were indeed, the "public" recipients of the bulk of the Chancellor's wrath. But the "Jewish question" was always the fuel that kept his fires burning. Today, the Democratic left, in the U.S., is again under siege by men like Beck and Limbaugh who would have done well in Nazi Germany.
 
 
+4 # Guest 2010-06-07 09:20
The failings of Germany between the wars aside, fortunately the US has a strong tradition of successful democratic government, and one can only hope that this prevails through the current controversies. It would certainly be preferable to see the opposition working to build up and extend our democratic heritage, rather than disparaging and tearing down our government and exalting the mistakes of the past.
 
 
-1 # Guest 2010-06-07 09:33
Just substitute "Israel" for "Jewish people" and it sounds like today's news.
The war drums are beating aginst Jewish life again. Cause for some concern here for everyone.
 
 
+5 # Guest 2010-06-07 09:47
Glen Beck is a cancer in the Media. He is infecting the country in a terrible way. He says that he is an entertainer; but all he wants to do is spread hate and destruction. When president Obama took office, Beck was praising the people he chose and the actions he took. He quickly realized that there was no money in that, so he changed his tune and started his hate campaign. When a country is in trouble we need strong leaders to unite us and help the country. Beck does nothing but destroy. Thank him if we all go down with the ship.

Where are the INTELLIGENT voices, who can strengthen our country and drown out Beck and Limbaugh???????? There has got to be some ! If not we are doomed.
If our country is brought down it will be an INSIDE JOB. Are you listening????
 
 
+1 # Guest 2010-06-07 10:07
GB is running the con both ways. He's extorting moeny and information from this group while casting doubt and spreading misinformation for 'their' cause. He's a megamouthpiece for the billionaire's club - aside from defense spending, immigration, welfare - this group is in the education racket for profit. They leach money from sinners. Why does it cost $27k for drugees to detox for five days BEFORE they go into treatment?
 
 
+1 # fempatriot 2010-06-07 14:17
How ironic. Israel defines itself as "a Jewish state," of, for, by, Jews only and are working night and day to rid themselves of 4 million Palestinians. Israel has its youth camps that parade around in uniforms and brag about their racial superiority to all Gentiles (according to the Talmud, only Jews have souls; the rest of humanity are "animals.") Goyim is the Hebrew word for Gentiles and it means "animals." So what's so different between what the Nazis did and what Israel has been doing for 60+ years? They teach hatred of the Arabs that is hard to believe, it's so virulent. The Gaza Strip is the worlds biggest prison where a million and a half Palestinians are literally in a concentration camp. West Bank--2.5 million Palestinians surrounded by walls, military gun towers, gates that are closed from 7 pm-7 am. Can't even go from PALESTINIAN town to town 7-7 even if they're dying.
 
 
-3 # Guest 2010-06-07 15:01
The main point most of you fail to grasp...Was Dilling accurate in her description of the Soviet Union? Were Jews the prime movers in the Russian revolution which left millions dead?

Assassinating a person's character based on his or her associations is a despicable act.
 
 
-1 # fempatriot 2010-06-08 01:31
They were not only responsible, most of the Communists in those days were Jewish. Lenin, Marx, Engel, Trotsky...all of them. They tried to destroy Christianity. They were the ones who made Russia into "godless Communism." Christian churches were turned into stables, storage buildings, etc. More than half of the Commissars were Jewish--not Russian. And it was made illegal to criticize anything Jewish. Jewish synagogues were not bothered--just Christians. Most of the twenty million Russians murdered by the Communists were Christians. Of course nobody ever talks about that "holocaust."
 
 
0 # Guest 2010-06-09 10:19
So Peter, If I, were to say, assassinate a person's character based on the fact that I discovered they were a member of a supremacist group that advocated the economic, cultural and educational discrimination of a particular ethnic group that would be a despicable act? Guilt by association is entirely valid if the association leads, either directly or indirectly, to the violation of a persons rights simply because of distorted or self-serving motives or to fit a particular racist ideology. If a American politician sells secrets to the enemy during war is it fair to assassinate his character. Likewise, is it fair to assassinate Joe McCarthy's character for his Communist witchhunts in the 50's? His associations were with a bunch of extreme right wing zealots who history has proved didn't do a hell of a lot to make America better. And I'll be honest with you,I have deep suspicions about ANYONE who purports to believe the racist, hate filled tripe of Dilling, McCarthy, Beck, Limbaugh, Coulter, etc.
 
 
+3 # Guest 2010-06-07 17:30
we have three religions that see themselves as the heirs of abraham: islam which descends from ishmael, judaism from isaac, and christianity which teaches that in his willingness to sacrifice isaac, abraham was prefiguring the sacrifice of christ's life to the father. how tragic is it that their followers are so consumed with hatred and vitriol, that each seems to be happiest when contemplating the total destruction of each form of worship. a pox on all your houses!
 
 
+1 # Guest 2010-06-07 23:22
X-Dane has it right!
 
 
+2 # Guest 2010-06-08 08:39
My favorite line: "there were Americans in the first 50 years of this nation that took this seriously". Did he mean 1776-1826? That would mean we were anti-Communist before Marx even wrote "Capital"! Or did he mean the first 50 years of the last century? What a dipstick.
 
 
0 # Guest 2010-06-08 19:21
Stalin was a Georgian, not a Russian!
 

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