FoxNews' Glenn Beck

Thoughts like that keep glenn beck afloat.

gottagetintogetout wrote:   As for Glenn Beck?  Hate his guts.

  interesting to hear from a generally conservative state  ..I must say my distaste for Beck is dwarfed by the sickness I feel watching Hannity, and I think it's because he's such an utter moron.  So is O'Reilly but at least Bill-O knows he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, jokes about it and uses it to wide appeal.  He's a pretty good debater as well. 

Finnforest wrote: Should the president say...."My fellow North Americans"......??

and that wouldn't work either cause he isn't Canada's President






Edited by Atavachron - April 13 2010 at 21:17

BTW I just voted 'paranoid', I think that best describes old Becko

I've been trying to explain this or years. No one seems to get it. Countries are referred to by the last word in their official name. Hence "the kingdom of Norway" is called "Norway"  not "The Kingdom." The United States of Mexico is called Mexico and The United States of America is called America. The fact that North America is also a continent changes nothing.

Atavachron wrote: gottagetintogetout wrote:   As for Glenn Beck?  Hate his guts.   interesting to hear from a generally conservative state  ..I must say my distaste for Beck is dwarfed by the sickness I feel watching Hannity, and I think it's because he's such an utter moron.  So is O'Reilly but at least Bill-O knows he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, jokes about it and uses it to wide appeal.  He's a pretty good debater as well.

Exactly.  People to the south or north can refer to themselves as Americans too if they wish.  I don't care.  But that's what we call ourselves and there's nothing wrong with it. 

When I hear a president start a speech with "My fellow United Statesians", then I guess the 400 million of us who say "Americans" better change our ways. 

thellama73 wrote: I've been trying to explain this or years. No one seems to get it. Countries are referred to by the last word in their official name. Hence "the kingdom of Norway" is called "Norway"  not "The Kingdom." The United States of Mexico is called Mexico and The United States of America is called America. The fact that North America is also a continent changes nothing.

Actually, that makes the crucial difference. Mexico and Denmark are discrete units within America and Europe, whereas the US just gobbles up the entire continent with its name.

They're all just histrionic talking heads, looking for ratings.  They have nothing to say of any matter.  The only thing they actually believe in is that latest paycheck in the bank account, that next book deal, that next lecture tour.  I can't and don't watch it very often; it makes me ill.  Any of 'em, not just Beck, but Olberman, Coulter, and all of the other ranting fools of any ideological persuasion.  They're all morons or idiots:

Edited by jammun - April 13 2010 at 21:41

Maybe I'm a naive idealist, but is it so hard to believe that someone on TV actually has political convictions? Why does everyone assume that everyone is just in it for the money?