Many liberal hipsters who hate corporations have no idea their party of choice spends more than the GOP and gets most of its money from trial lawyers and corporations. In Hipster Dufus World, ignorance is bliss, baby.
Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe it’s because I’m exhausted by the stress of my wife’s brain surgery, but I’m just tired of all the news hyperbole. For example, the Daily Show rally this weekend in D.C. Or should I say, the hipster dufus reaction to the Tea Party. There’s nothing wrong with the rally; it’s just not that big of a deal. Neither was Glenn Beck’s rally. Gauging by the size of the crowds at both events I’m absolutely correct.
The past three months two segments of American culture have been at odds with each other. In one corner is the middle class American voter. They feel betrayed by their government. This group is for low taxes and immigration enforcement. They believe in smaller goverment although no one ever says what programs have to go. I guess the devil is in the details. They’re also leaderless.
The other crowd is the faux educated hipster dufus crowd. For those having a difficult time picturing the typical liberal Daily Show viewer think of Stuff White People Like. These people have been educated to believe white people are the source of every problem known to mankind. When I say “white person” I mean white republican voters because being liberal means never having to say you’re sorry. If there’s one thing that unites both groups it’s the fact they’re both white. You’re not going to find a lot of African Americans at a Glenn Beck or Jon Stewart event or in their studio audiences.
Obviously, the caricature that I’ve painted of both groups is stereotypical. There are things on the list of Stuff White People Like I love like IKEA and the World Cup. Anyway, my main point is that both of these groups have recently held rallies at the National Mall. The size of the rallies by most accounts is the same. The crowd size at both events was roughly 200,000. At first glance that’s a lot of people, but is it really?
The United States is a big place. It’s home to more than 300 million people who are also wealthier than most of the world. 200,000 people is a NASCAR race. 100,000 people is a home game at Michigan. In other words, it’s not that extraordinary. Just last week 200,000 people attended a barbecue festival in North Carolina. The festival has been going for 27 years and I’d never heard about it until this past week.
Someone let me know when there are two million people attending an event and then I’ll be impressed. When FOX News and Comedy Central push an event for weeks and only get 200,000 people, that’s not that big of a deal. So can we move on, please?
What is so dangerous about Glenn Beck? He’s not my cup of tea, but is he mean spirited like Keith Olbermann? No, not really. It’s fascinating how Beck’s event in DC is being covered and the reaction to it by the Left. I say “fascinating” because I recall the Million Man March, which is still to this day reflected upon rather positively. I find this odd because I remember some of the absolute insanity that was on display. Here’s a clip from 1998 that took place right before the Million Man March. Feel the love from Malik Zulu Shabazz and Quanel X. By “feel the love,” I mean “kill white people.”
Is anyone talking like this who is closely involved with Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor event? Watch the highlights of Beck’s speech. It’s harmless. Imagine if someone before the Glenn Beck-athon said “If you find any good black people, kill them before they turn bad.” Quanel X believes “peace if possible, violence if necessary.”
Oh no, don’t let the children hear about Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or MLK. The press obsesses about race, especially if it’s damaging to Republicans. When the fascist racist mobs on the Left scurry about it might as well not be reported. People who listen to this type of crazy hate-filled rhetoric should be spotlighted and shamed out of existence. Unfortunately, leftist white guilt sufferers are disconnected from the race issue in any rational, meaningful sense. It muse be because of some kind of ridiculous pseudo intellectual theory dreamed up by some hippie New Leftest who suffered an LSD burnout in 1969.
Get over it. The world has moved on already. Hate speech shouldn’t be tolerated from anyone. Quit trying to associate Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin with hatemongers. They’re much further removed from hatemongering than the President, who had no problem listening to one for over 20 years.
Hilton/Beck 2012
Radio Silence: Gauging by the news today it’s difficult to know that a 300,000-person rally even took place in Washington D.C. over the weekend. I guess that means there wasn’t a race riot or some other event for the mainstream press to cover. The story that a peaceful crowd upset with the current course of the federal government just isn’t news during an election year.
Thin Skin Watch: Imagine if President Bush dedicated time to whining about how someone the Left treated him. Say what you will about him, but he never did, nor did any of Obama’s predecessors. I guess they felt it was unbecoming of the office to do so. Of course none of our previous presidents were “community organizers,” whose only job it is to whine. President Obama wants to blame all his problems on someone else and then he’s upset that some people aren’t happy. The press didn’t seem to mind when over 20 percent of Americans thought 9/11 was an inside job. Why am I supposed to be upset that people think he’s Muslim? Has anyone in the press bothered to check out where Obama went to church for decades and question whether or not it should really be defined as “Christian”?
Culture of Corruption Watch: Another Democratic member of Congress has been caught violating rules. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was spreading the wealth around to relatives:
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.
The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member’s district.
Obviously Johnson isn’t to blame. It’s the racist anti-nepotism rules that are at fault, which is why it’s such a good idea to expand the scope and power of a centralized bureaucracy so that the “oppressed” can make sure they and their friends are taken care of. “Social justice” means never having to say your sorry.
Paris Hilton News: The biggest story over the weekend was the Paris Hilton arrest. Miss Hilton’s life is much more important to the average American than what’s going on in Washington D.C. No comment from Camp Hilton about her opinion of the events at the Lincoln Memorial. Oh well, at least Hilton has some idea of international affairs, particularly the complicated nexus between Bogota and Los Angeles.
President Lincoln was often described as an "extremist" while he was alive.
I’ve never been quiet about my feelings for Glenn Beck. He just annoys me for a variety of different reasons. Evidently, Beck and others are doing a rally at Lincoln Memorial this weekend. Instead of covering the event the Washington Post wants to spin the rally as a plus for Democrats.
But with just a few days before the Beck rally, basic questions linger, including how big it will be and whether the event, which Beck says is nonpolitical, will help or hurt Republicans in November. Also unanswered is whether Beck can pull off the connection to King without creating offense – or confrontation with another event the same day led by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
I have other questions. Will the media manufacture another racism claim? Will the nonpolitical event help or hurt Democrats in November? Also unanswered is whether Sharpton can pull off the connection to Beck without creating offense – or confrontation with another event the same day led by Glenn Beck. One thing is for certain: the Post is hoping for some kind of game-changing headline to cripple the GOP.
The Washington Post article loves to talk about how extreme Glenn Beck is, but what about Al Sharpton? The man is a complete reprobate. The fact the media presents Sharpton as some kind of leader for African Americans is insulting to every flavor, stripe and color of mankind, especially blacks.
Of course the main rhetorical point from an event like this is, “How big is the crowd?” It doesn’t matter how large the crowd is because it doesn’t mean anything. It’s been two years since the ObamaMania tour and what has changed? Almost twice as many Republicans voted in the Florida primary than Democrats. Those large crying crowds are just a memory now. They symbolize the nature of crowds. They are like a vapor, much like mainstream press coverage.
The only person left who defends Barry Bonds
As a soccer fan one of the most annoying aspects of the World Cup is that people who aren’t fans complain. Glenn Beck believes that soccer is being shoved down the throats of the American people. Much like Glenn Beck’s program all one has to do is turn the channel and the World Cup magically disappears. I understand not everyone likes soccer. It’s a free country, but sometimes the complaints are over the top. The quote below is from the June 11th Glenn Beck broadcast:
It doesn’t matter how you sell it to us. It doesn’t matter how many celebrities you get. It doesn’t matter how many bars open early. It doesn’t matter how many beer commercials they run. We don’t want the World Cup. We don’t like the World Cup. We don’t like soccer. We want nothing to do with it. You can package it any way — you can spend all kinds of money. You can force it on our television sets. We will not enjoy the World Cup.
I’m not sure what’s more fascinating: Beck’s ignorant generalizations or the idea that he speaks for the American people. The ratings for the World Cup are up 80% over 2006. This is after a 65% increase from 2002 to 2006. I don’t really care if Glenn Beck doesn’t like soccer. Tons of Americans don’t like soccer, but many people are really starting to like it. Of course I also understand that Beck may have been using sarcasm and hyperbole, and I’m okay with that since it’s my stock in trade.
Is soccer ever going to be bigger than baseball, football or basketball? Nope, and if it does you are very likely to see four horsemen galloping down Main Street. But every four years Americans get excited about the Olympics. Both the Summer and Winter Olympics feature sports that are even smaller than soccer. Who’s complaining about that? The dumbest statement I’ve heard about the World Cup comes from The Nation’s Dave Zirin. Zirin believes that the far right hates soccer because they’re racist imperialists:
As sports journalist Simon Kuper wrote very adroitly in his book Soccer Against the Enemy, “When we say Americans don’t play soccer we are thinking of the big white people who live in the suburbs. Tens of millions of Hispanic Americans [and other nationalities] do play, and watch and read about soccer.” In other words, Beck rejects soccer because his idealized “real America” – in all its monochromatic glory – rejects it as well. To be clear, I know a lot of folks who can’t stand soccer. It’s simply a matter of taste. But for Beck it’s a lot more than, “Gee. It’s kind of boring.” Instead it’s, “Look out whitey! Felipe Melo’s gonna get your mama!”
The stupidity of some political observers continues to astound me. Wouldn’t it make sense for racists like Glen Beck to hate all American sports based on the amount of minorities who participate? I’m not even sure why I’m wasting time trying to analyze these kind of idiotic ideas. Dave Zirin is another “sportswriter” who unfortunately wants to be a pundit. Why are so many journalists liberals? This isn’t the first time Zirin has played the race card. He also believes the controversy surrounding Barry Bonds is solely because of race.
Glenn Beck and Dave Zirin… They sit on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but they’re both overpaid morons.
A few weeks ago I wrote about Glenn Beck. I’m not too fond of the guy. That aside, it’s a sad indictment of mainstream journalism when a guy like Beck keeps beating them to the punch on issues like ACORN and Van Jones. The White House has become obsessed with FOX news. Who can blame them? Every other major network is bowing at the altar of Obama. Notice the vitriol that has been heaped upon Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Andrew Breitbart, and even Sarah Palin. These people are guilty of having a different opinion. Over the past year who has contributed more to news, Glenn Beck or Keith Olbermann?
I’m not going to waste time calling for an advertising boycott of Olbermann. His show seems popular and there’s a demand for his take on politics. More power to him. Is Olbermann less divisive than Rush Limbaugh? It’s a difficult argument to make from the man who has a “world’s worst person” segment on his show. NBC uses Olbermann for sports coverage and liberals don’t seem to mind, but if Rush Limbaugh wants to partially own a team there’s outrage, fake quotes, and lies. No one apologizes because it’s fake but accurate.
It seems as though the left is doing a good job of dismissing all conservatives as stupid, racists, bigots and homophobes. These character assassinations are freezing the debate. If you truly believe, as Janeane Garofalo does, that conservatives have something wrong with their brains there’s a problem. When Garofalo made those asinine remarks Olbermann nodded right along.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a fable that teaches us that even when liars tell the truth they’re not believed. Today it seems that simply “crying wolf” is enough to believed. If you call Rush Limbaugh a racist long enough it’s just accepted as truth. If you call Sarah Palin stupid long enough it’s simply the truth. If you say President Obama is a woefully inexperienced, naïve, and liberal you must be a racist. The reason people like Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart keep breaking stories is because the mainstream press is too busy crying wolf to cover the news.
I don’t like Glen Beck. There, I said it. He’s an emotional, populist, conspiracy-believing talking head who’s not helping the debate in the United States. Beck isn’t a conservative and his on-air style isn’t good for Americans. I’m not the only conservative who shares this opinion. Peter Wehner has a great piece on Beck and he hits all the right points.
He [Beck] seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American “imperialism.” (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.) Some of Beck’s statements–for example, that President Obama has a “deep-seated hatred for white people”-are quite unfair and not good for the country. His argument that there is very little difference between the two parties is silly, and his contempt for parties in general is anti-Burkean (Burke himself was a great champion of political parties). And then there is his sometimes bizarre behavior, from tearing up to screaming at his callers. Beck seems to be a roiling mix of fear, resentment, and anger–the antithesis of Ronald Reagan.
I understand that a political movement is a mansion with many rooms; the people who occupy them are involved in intellectual and policy work, in politics, and in polemics. Different people take on different roles. And certainly some of the things Beck has done on his program are fine and appropriate. But the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality.
I don’t share Wehner’s opinion about Beck as a libertarian, but everything else is correct. Simply labeling Beck a right wing fanatic is a dangerous tactic and it only feeds his rhetoric. The public is becoming more and more disenchanted with the Democrat and Republican parties, and the rise of Beck is partly because of this trend. I for one, don’t care what the babbling man has to say about any topic.
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