Glenn Beck's rally to honor the military: was the date deliberately chosen to provoke? (enemy, Mexican)
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Why in the world should he???
He is an American.
How many of our ancestors died in the civil war to free black people???
Who do you think you are to even suggest that Glenn Beck should not be able to use that date?
He admires Dr. King AND his speech.
My ancestors FOUGHT in the Civil War and I have the swords and uniforms to prove it.
He has MY permission for that date.
did he call you up and ask for your permission? lol Glenn Beck is a snake oil salesman and he definitely has a large cult following. go ahead, give your money and time to Glenn Beck. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
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Why Are The New Orleans Saints Being Used To Help Glenn Beck Raise Money For His 828 Rally?
Before, I get into the story, let’s get you up to speed:
On August 28, Glenn Beck is planning a rally in Washington DC. According to Mr. Beck, he intends on picking up Martin Luther King’s mantle and plans to “restore honor” to America. How does Glenn Beck intend on restoring honor? Well, by being as exploitative and dishonorable as possible.
Notably, Glenn Beck has chosen to hold the rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of MLK’s “I I have a dream” speech. Mr. Beck’s feeble and pathetic attempt to coopt MLK’s legacy has drawn the ire of civil rights leaders and organizations. Mr. Beck rebuffed this criticism, asserting: “Blacks don’t own Martin Luther King.” But, wait…
You see, the rally isn’t really a rally at all. It’s actually a giant stealth book launching event for Glenn Beck’s upcoming book, which is currently titled “The Plan.” It gets worse…
Glenn Beck is raising money for this rally…err…book launching event tax-free! He’s doing that by using a charity called the Special Operations Warrior Fund. He’s soliciting tax-free donations for the event under the guise that the donations will go to “help the troops.”
But, if you read the fine print, you’ll notice that all donations go to pay for the event first; any leftovers will then be given to the charity. Oh, and it’s unlikely that they’ll be any leftovers. Glenn Beck has previously estimated the cost of the event at $2 million and so far they’re not anywhere close to raising that amount. As an aside, I wonder if Sarah Palin will be charging her usual speaking fee for this event? Or, if she’ll forgo it in order to “help the troops.” Ugh, but there is on last kick in the gut…
The Special Operations Warrior Fund is a charity that benefits wounded veterans and their families. Sure, it’s contemptible that Glenn Beck would exploit the idea of helping wounded veterans in order to raise money tax-free for a political rally…err….book launching event. But, here’s the kicker…
Glenn Beck suggested that the purple heart is dishonorable and has trashed the purple heart as a progressive plot. Accordingly, he plans to begin the event by doing away with purple hearts and awarding his own version of it (emphasis added):
Glenn Beck: Today, we announced the first 15 minutes of the 8-28 event and the people that will join me on stage. We announced that we are going to start — restart the badge of merit that George Washington gave his troops. It’s what the Purple Heart is based on, except the progressives — what a surprise — in 1933 introduced the Purple Heart. The Purple Heart was based on the badge of merit by George Washington. It had nothing to do with being wounded in action. It had everything to do with doing something of honor and integrity, something to — something that — where you really put your neck out and you did something of real merit, not just getting shot — not that that’s –
But he was trying to build people that understood honor and merit and integrity and God.
That’s right, Glenn Beck plans to “restore honor” by trashing purple heart recipients as lacking honor and integrity.
So, given that the 828 event is a giant scheme to further enrich Glenn Beck by exploiting tax-free donations to help wounded veterans, who he plans on trashing anyway.
One of the ways that Glenn Beck is raising money is by way of an auction. He’s auctioning off all kinds of stuff, like a scholarship to Liberty University, dinner at the Glenn Beck mansion or a lunch date with Karl Rove.
But, there’s one recent addition to the auction stands out. Tom Benson, the owner of the New Orleans Saints, donated (http://www.charityfolks.com/cfauctions/auction_bid.asp?auctionid=19364&catname=Sports&mci d=10959 - broken link) “4 Plaza Level Tickets & Exclusive Pre-Game Field Passes to a New Orleans Saints NFC South Home Game of Your Choice”
Based on how disgraceful Glenn Beck’s 828 event really is, any reputable business person or organization should not be helping Glenn Beck raising money for a book launching event. Moreover, given that Glenn Beck called Hurricane Katrina victims “scumbags,” the use of The Saints to raise money for Glenn Beck is even stranger.
Oy.
Take a moment to contact The Saints and urge them to not to help Glenn Beck raise money for Glenn Beck’s book launch event.
I watched a Glenn Beck show from one of ROB's links......and there he was reading from his new book. So, book launch time!!
That guy is so disgusting. It was difficult to watch his whole show. He cherry picks stuff from the news to fit the crazy scenario-of-the-day. And he's soooooooo into scaring people. Guess he has attracted all those folks who missed the 1960s the first time around. However, it still amazes me that so many people fall for this guy's scam.
I watched a Glenn Beck show from one of ROB's links......and there he was reading from his new book. So, book launch time!!
That guy is so disgusting. It was difficult to watch his whole show. He cherry picks stuff from the news to fit the crazy scenario-of-the-day. And he's soooooooo into scaring people. Guess he has attracted all those folks who missed the 1960s the first time around. However, it still amazes me that so many people fall for this guy's scam.
You are soooo scared of him threatening your revolution aren't you......
did he call you up and ask for your permission? lol Glenn Beck is a snake oil salesman and he definitely has a large cult following. go ahead, give your money and time to Glenn Beck. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
If you feel this way why are you bothering to post anything?
Seems some people here just dislike anyone daring to disagree with their way of thinking.
Your title is misleading. Did you even bother to read the page you linked to:
Soooo....MLK doesn't fall into the "other upstanding citizens" category?
Who are these "many people"?
Tell us in your own words how this makes Beck insensitive. Don't run from it.
I am one of the many people who are upset that this racist beck would choose this day to rally with other racist and march on Washington to attack in all ways possible this Nations first setting black President. He and the tea party and fox news are sending an obvious message. I only hope that black people wake up in time to see the danger we are in from beck and the rest of the hateful right wing. This is a deliberate spit in MLK Jr.'s face. He is still even in death from a racist assassin's bullet hated by the right wing cowards.
I watched a Glenn Beck show from one of ROB's links......and there he was reading from his new book. So, book launch time!!
That guy is so disgusting. It was difficult to watch his whole show. He cherry picks stuff from the news to fit the crazy scenario-of-the-day. And he's soooooooo into scaring people. Guess he has attracted all those folks who missed the 1960s the first time around. However, it still amazes me that so many people fall for this guy's scam.
True dat, he realized there's big money to be made selling fear and hysteria
to old white people who agree with him and what he believes, they are the
saddest human beings walking the earth....well those that can still walk on
their own that is!
"Well, never mind all of the alleged purposes of the rally. It seems it may not even take place. According to Bill Press, who contacted the National Park Service, Beck failed to secure a permit for his multiple-personality party:"
loozie should be relieved to hear this fantastic news.
from july 8:
Quote:
So anybody who tells you that we don't have the permit, they've never tried to file a permit, as we hadn't. We have experts now that file these permits all the time. We've hired them to get this process done. When it first happened, we said, wait a minute, you are not going to get the permit for, like, a week, until a week before? And they are like, relax, this is the way it always happens. So everyone knows, we have not only the permit, the space of the Lincoln Memorial, we have the space — we have taken the mall and asked for the space from the Lincoln Memorial all the way to the capitol building. We have the entire mall reserved for that day.
I think it's called a political debate. I can't imagine
it with just Drone Beck Lovers around here.....oh wait
Beck - a Parasitic Loafer
Leftists do not know HOW to have a debate,all they seem to do is name call....hmmmm.
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