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Newest Reality

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7. Of course!
Sun May 5, 2013, 09:13 AM
May 2013

Beck takes the cake when it comes to throwing significant investigation into any deliberate and concerted efforts by organizations and groups into a bag of crazy in order to obscure, diffuse and distract and marginalize any bona fide discussion in the mainstream on those topics.

Limbough has some good company with Jones and Beck, et al. In fact they have a base that might be easily absorbed into other agendas over time. Meanwhile, many people are becoming prone to relegating what is not official, mainstream or Status Quo to the whacky bag of popular, wacky-bag, egotistical authoritarians, (who become quite wealthy at their craft).

It works so well that both Orwell and Huxley, if they were alive today, could write some interesting sequels to their seminal books on the subject.

Manufacturing the consent of millions of people and influencing their thinking, choices and opinions is a massive effort and a even a science these days. Edward Bernays was so good at kick-staring that phase of mass manipulation that we may very well be living in his dream.

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Hell would be too good for the likes of Charlatans like Beck... n/t hlthe2b May 2013 #1
The tragic heartbreak of Republicans lost in the realm of fear Berlum May 2013 #2
We laugh and make jokes pangaia May 2013 #3
Armed and extremely dangerous. nm AmericanLoudspeaker May 2013 #5
ohhh heaven05 May 2013 #27
Beck, Palin, Santorum, Jindal and Possibly Ted Nugent. dballance May 2013 #4
That would eliminate him then. hobbit709 May 2013 #6
Of course! Newest Reality May 2013 #7
Is Beck back on cocaine? SHRED May 2013 #8
Is The Tea Party Actually The NRA Party DallasNE May 2013 #9
This should tell you that you're right on... jmowreader May 2013 #39
I'm in the NRA and I hate all the speakers and the Tea Party, oldbanjo May 2013 #40
Another grifter like Sarah Palin - but more dangerous Faygo Kid May 2013 #10
Glenn Beckkk is ready to fight! another_liberal May 2013 #11
Leading the charge from the rear! tanyev May 2013 #21
Beck backed off after the law talked to him, oldbanjo May 2013 #41
Not as bad? another_liberal May 2013 #47
Nothing Glenn Beck utters should be sufrommich May 2013 #12
Actually, that's... FiveGoodMen May 2013 #48
LiberalElite Diclotican May 2013 #13
IMHO there's always been some right-wing paranoids LiberalElite May 2013 #20
LiberalElite Diclotican May 2013 #24
Obama has done a lot of good for the American people but no one oldbanjo May 2013 #42
oldbanjo Diclotican May 2013 #49
I'm glad the NRA invited Beck to speak magellan May 2013 #14
Unbelievably stupid Beck and the NRA jybarz May 2013 #15
"freedom of all mankind"? AlbertCat May 2013 #18
Well that makes sense Turbineguy May 2013 #16
You need a gun to protect youself from oldbanjo May 2013 #43
meladramatic there much, Glenn. geez these people are suckers ZRT2209 May 2013 #17
well TNNurse May 2013 #19
mmhmm... davidthegnome May 2013 #22
Yet another fervent supporter of the Truncated Second Amendment. DavidDvorkin May 2013 #23
Is Frank Luntz writing ABC's captions? madamesilverspurs May 2013 #25
what heaven05 May 2013 #26
Thanks for posting this. red dog 1 May 2013 #28
yr wlcm - LiberalElite May 2013 #38
so much for you being a law-abiding citizen, huh, Glenn.....? lastlib May 2013 #29
One of Glenn's fans tried to start the war a bit too early RandiFan1290 May 2013 #30
Yes, Glen, RESIST. Volaris May 2013 #31
what the hell is he talking about? n/t EC May 2013 #32
Well... Bigredhunk May 2013 #33
Legal definition of sedition JackHughes May 2013 #34
Time to face it, Glenn. SwankyXomb May 2013 #35
He is crazy enough but he has been warned by the Law. oldbanjo May 2013 #44
I don't think that "all mankind" would include Glenn Beck. olddad56 May 2013 #36
Here's a link below to 15 of the 2013 NRA convention speeches Tx4obama May 2013 #37
What he really means is freedom of White Man kind nt auburngrad82 May 2013 #45
Someone recently posted the question, "what makes a gun-nut? LanternWaste May 2013 #46
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