I used to watch his show all the time, but damn does he ever have a good story? I mean really everything is doom & gloom if you ask him, I think it's time for people to look around and be thankful for what they do have.

sounds like someone I know...

Wow...a thoughtful CE post! I agree...regardless of your beliefs or whatever..the world is not ending tomorrow. Life is too short to be upset over friggin politics (or anything else for that matter) all the time. It's summer. Turn off the tv..put a ball game on the radio and go fishin.

CE, lots of folks are feeling the crunch these days.

You're one of the fortunate few. Enjoy it while you can & don't worry about Beck.

^^True dat Blood, but you can't wallow in misery all the time. I've been unemployed and it sucks...big time. However, it taught me to do with less and appreciate what I have. It also gave me a chance to relax a little, figure some things out and push the "reset button" on my life. It was rough time...but I am MUUUUUUUUCH better because of it.

I agree, Jade.

One of the hardest things to do is to ride out hard times. What will be, will be. I sometimes fall into that trap of worrying needlessly about things I have no control over. Work hard & keep the faith that the Man upstairs will guide you and your family/friends.

The talking heads and media (in general) have always focused on negative stories.

Jade - Are you saying I don't post interesting topics? I think we can blame half of this recession on the media, and all the doom & gloom they preach 24 hours a day.

I mean really the sun is out and you are still alive so make the best of it. It's easy to blame everyone else for your own failures but sooner or later you need to look in the mirror. If you are unhappy with your job or wife or car or whatever, how about STFU and make a change. The fact is most people hate change and are deathly afraid of it so they just bitch and whine all the time instead of doing what they know should be done.

WGAF

So true the Brett Michaels saga is tearing me up inside.

Ha! Me too....

Glenn Beck says:

Buy Ammo

grow a garden

buy seeds

stock up on food

buy guns

have an emergency plan

make an emergency kit

buy an emergency radio

cut wood for heat...........

I think most of the posters here have already done that before he hopped on the chicken little band wagon.

Beck is boring. He is a slob.

^^He's rich too.

I tuned in to him twice last month just to see what he was all about.

Both times he was discussing health care, socialism, hitlerism, and every other kind of ism there is. Very scary stuff about how our health care reform would make us just like them and how dangerous socialized medicine was.

Both times when he broke for a commercial it was for a free medicare paid scooter company guaranteed to get yours for free for you.

Hilarious. Any person that does not realize the tool that Beck is making out of them if they watch his show is seriously lacking in their cognitive skills.

"A Face in the Crowd," starring Andy Griffith (1957).

ScottHar

I only saw him once at the gym, with the sound off . . . His pantomimes and goofy faces would keep infants occupied in front of the tv, but I thought it was ridiculous (in fact I even mentioned it here) . . .

I kinda got a little annoyed at the time, cuz I thought he was just another obnoxious doomsayer like the Drug addict Rush . . .

But then I read a story about him, and he doesn't sound like a bad dude . . . His goofy faces are intentional, and he's just trying to entertain people . . And the interview actually made him sound like an intelligent fun guy, and that the persona on the show is just made up for comedic purposes . . .

If you remember that he is strictly an entertainer, and shouldn't be taken seriously, it makes sense . . . Some people like that kind of entertainment, and some don't . . . I personally don't watch tv shows like "raymond" or "friends", but I do like "south park" . . . Many other people despise "south Park" but think "friends" is funny . . .

It's the same way with these Pseudo political analysts . . Some find entertainers like Beck funny, while others prefer entertainers like John Stewart . . . it's just a matter of taste . .

So, while I wouldn't ever watch Beck, I gotta admit he sounds like a decent guy off camera, and his show is a good way to keep the children giggling . . .

I listen to the radio show "on the road" while at work.

Somedays he's a cry baby and I turn him off. Other days the program has a good topic and it stays on.

He used to have a daily segment about how to argue w/ idiots which was hilarious(I don't know if he still does that or not, I'm laid-off still).

A few years ago, I listened to him on the radio and liked him.

He's since loaded on the estrogen and spends half the time crying and gnashing of teeth.

Yeah, the country is screwed. Stop crying and by some ammo.

Well said Seth

Ya gotta take him with a grain of salt...

agreed as well. Unfortunately there are a lot of people, mostly lower middle class, and white, that watch him on the news and think he's real. Not the brightest bunch but still citizens that are being manipulated.

I hope our President makes some sort of new law that states that before ANY news opinion show, and even during it, constant reminders that it is NOT news, but rather opinion being expressed. Kinda like paid infomercials or tv shows with bad words.