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  • douche

  • Jimmy Swaggert?

  • We outnumber you dumbfucks (see 12 million vote win for President Obama), so go outnumber some gop pigs, Creep. Plus Beckpig is just a media pig playing your redneck dumbass hatred for a paycheck he would be a liberal reporter if the pay was better huhu, huhu.

  • What a Moron. It was right wing nutjobs like him that ruined this country. They took a surplus, and turned it into a deficit. They attacked a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. At least 100,000 Iraqi civilians were killed as a result They basically unleashed TWENTY FIVE 9-11's on the Iraqi people, for absolutely no reason. These wankers constantly reference 9-11 to try and get an emotional response from people, because they don't have a rational argument.

  • @TheDurtbird

    Dumbass Durtbird,

    You obviously didn't hear a word he said, or didn't watch the video at all. It is idiots like you that keep the machine rolling.... He is condemning ALL who are responsible, not just democrats or republicans, or even independents....

    MORONIC DISINFORMATION AGENTS JUST LIKE YOU!

  • To the average bloke living in Great Britain (btw, the only country with the word 'Great' in it) this is all mental, can u get the lead out of your waters and chill the fuck out and do what u did 70 years ago...do the right thing!!

  • This is a religious movement! Beck is a mormon and I have a feeling he see himself as a modern day prophet, which the LDS believes strongly in. Anyone who is a christian, I ask you to look into the Mormon religion if you believe in beck and see if what they truly believe. Fallows the principles of your faith!

  • Beck has to have the worst fake-cry I've ever seen. It seriously makes Cesar Romero's laugh as Joker in the 60s look like a magical feat of method-acting.

  • @eshnajizzle I thought he was a fake, but I do think he really believes in what he is preaching. He is blaming progressives, the progressive movement has done both good and bad. Unions were a good think when they were created in the US, it improved working conditions, etc. Read history, progressive movement, is woman suffrage, abolition of slavery, civil rights, etc! It can go to far just like any other movement, but its made the US better also! This is scary! We have done this before!

  • Im getting pretty sick and tired you, who just dont get it and we dont have all day here. Our country doesnt have long and this world doesnt have long so you better take a FAIR look at whats going on, a look at your bible and a good long hard look in the mirror because when judgement comes there are no second chances. Laugh it up u think its funny that Glenn cries? He cries because he sees everything he cares about being threatened.

  • @Brad2070 Brad, Wake up and realize that Glenn Beck uses fear and parnoia to scare the masses. Where was Glenn Becks compassion when he called the victims families of 9/11 "whinning babies"? Glenn Beck is a parnoid drunk.

  • Hmmm Republicantrash,

    "I wish the Republicans would stop using 9/11 for political gain!"

    "Fox News is EVIL..." LOL, yes a news organization is "evil"

    "What happened they ask! Well lets ask Bush, Cheny (sic) daddy Bush and the Republicans!"

    Well you are right, lets ask the difficult questions: What happened.

    Lets ask the Democrats who have controlled the Congress for years. Lets ask the Democrats who, in retrospect to their actions, can only be described as traitors.

    You're right - ASK

  • you are right Glenn. Blood is shooting out of my eyes as a recovering drunk. I will be committed to standing up against corruption that is pervasive. It is all so sad, but we the people are able to do this to stand up and be counted. I will be responsible as an independent citizen to assume my job so we can once again recover as one nation under God. Mary McCall God Bless us All. Remember, God is in control, our job is to pray.

  • take a good look at who you choose to follow

    /watch?v=hf33g9ep4YU

  • Lol...I actually watched this when it aired. But, I turned it off when he started crying

  • No, Glenn. I'm sorry. It was your group, the pro-war ones, those who supported the Patriot Act, blaming Islam for everything, that have brought America to its knees. Your war has destroyed our economy, taken away its civil liberties, and all-but collapsed its empire.

    It truly is a tragedy. But the Hawks in Washington will not stop. Soon they will realise that we, the peaceful, surround them.

  • Man, Americans are pretty fucking stupid aren't they/

  • The final war of Good & Evil is here choose and live or die with it. So you think its just a TV show? You'd better choose wisely cause this is it AMERICA! theres no turning or taking it BACK!!!

  • He uses props because his audience can't understand the elementary diatribe and must be given visual aids. His audience is old as hell I guess from polling data but still. It's comedy. He also talks about fear and how we give in to fear by the media, and then attempts his hardest to make you afraid by pouring fake gasoline on somebody during his show. His fan's must be f'n stupid and crazy.

  • Scares the daylight out of me when I realize just how many morons there are under age 40. They actually think SNL and Jimmy Kimmel are real news sources.

  • @Janey991 scares the shit out of me that people over 40 think fox news is fair and balanced. Glenn beck is a parnoid drunk.

  • Great Job Glenn..

  • Ok UTUBE , don't let me post what I really wanted to say

  • I just can't let this one drop are you saying the reeducation camps are coming? Its not ratings cause reruns of o'riely beat every thing else on cnn and msnbc infact fox's numbers are double theirs indiviualy and if you add both cnn and msnbc together fox' s numbers are slightly less than double. so you have to be talking about a govt conspircy to silence the oppisition. really your whole statement is pretty pathetic.

    "duty then is the most sublimest word in our entire language"

  • wow there are just some sad people on this page. the is sitting saying that we are the true power of change and people want to say I need the govt to come in and change my diaper. hiphop puts death threats out there he should worry about cnn or msnbc staying afloat before he says fox is going under. big body wanting to play politics, and beers talking he's rich he's holding the unions to the fire oh yeah he's also doing the same with big business. ya'll are just sad and petty people

  • Paul Revere....

  • Search Glenn Beck $50 million dollar contract.

    I guess he is a champion of the people with that 50 million dollar contract?

    It's unbelievable how little a memory span people have or the ability to think. He's reading a teleprompter, complete nonsense fake conservative, complete atheist.

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  • Glen, thank you for wearing the riding boots of Paul Revere.

  • You are not alone, Glen, you are surrounded by lunatics at FOX News.

  • Glenn Beck: "...and malice towards none..."

    Glenn Beck: "You know it took me about a year to hate the 9/11 victims families?...It's like 'shut up already,' all they're doing is complaining."

  • Context is a bitch ain't it? Well you wouldn't know, since you AVOID CONTEXT. Dumbazz.

  • By all means, put "it took me a year to hate the families of 9/11 victims" and "it's like, shut up, already" into context for me.

  • I don't have to put something in context for you. YOU are responsible for attempting to understand someones meaning based on their entire context yourself. If you fail to do that based on your prejudiced viewpoint, that is your own fault.

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  • I <3 cognitive dissonance.

  • I <3 self-righteous dissemination.

  • Deflection doesn't make things go away, despite what the Glenn would have you believe.

  • If you dismiss someone's intent then you invite yourself to be dismissed.

    Let me know when your book comes out and I promise I'll read it. Hugs.

  • I want to believe Glenn is doing right by our country, oh how I do, but when he operates in cliches and ambiguities and hyperfear, it makes it hard to follow any sort of intent, outside of boosting ratings.

    And to take a cue from Glenn's playbook, Hitler also had a book. How'd that go? Kisses.

  • So I guess we should not read books. Dern, I really liked books. I'll miss them. You haters are making life more and more unfun. :(

    Seriously, Hitler??...epic FAIL.

    As for Beck, I am not a Beck follower. I don't have Fox News or any TV channel in my house. So I'm not as familiar with him as some. I don't however believe that he is "wrong" for our country in the sense that you are implying. I like dialog. He incites dialog. He seems better at it than quite a few.

  • You know what? I agree. I agree with Glenn Beck on a lot. He supports gay marriage. He believes marijuana should be legalized. He has quite a few moments where he has sober, rational thought. And then he fucks it all up, and he abuses his pulpit by wrangling people with fear.

    As far as the "Hitler" comment, Glenn was my muse, after all, Obama is pretty much a Stalin. But you wouldn't know that because you aren't arguing on any particular point. Not unlike Glenn Beck at times.

  • OK, I get it. You don't like Glenn Beck. I personally don't know him well enough to care like that. As for arguing no particular point...uh sure.. I'm responding (mostly) to your points. If you find the points dis-jointed consider the "context". :P

  • @adpirz WHY DONT YOU STUDY HISTORY. STALIN AND OBAMA HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON. THE IDEA THAT OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST OR COMMIE SHOWS HOW MIS INFORMED YOU ARE.

  • As for the "meaning" of his statements. I can't gang up on him with the crowd because I can somewhat see his point; Are we not allowed to disagree with someone because they have been a victim of something? Are we supposed to always believe that everything someone says (Beck) is wrong because some people don't agree with him or (more accurately) don't like his personality?

    Opened minded and critical thinking flies out the window when people allow themselves to become so polarized.

  • Sorry, but guys like this make the rest of the world laugh. The fake tears were the worst part.

  • Well........I believe he is fearing for our country and I am too. I fearing that our country would fail because of the nonsense of our country.

  • this dude is the logo of the stupidity of america .the use of patriotic propaganda to deny u the right to think for urself.

  • glenn take an acting class if you want to get away with your pseudo-tears... oh are you hitting the bottle again?

  • glen is a giant size douche.

  • is this not the same man who said he could not stand 9/11 families... and that we should move on and in this "show" HE TOOK US BACK?!?! Glenn Beck... you are making Hannity look real smart right now

  • "6000 people were killed OR beheaded" ??!?!?!

    so what, 4000 were killed and 2000 were beheaded?

  • Lol. I thought the exact same thing. And I'm pretty sure that beheaded people pretty much fall into the "dead" category as well.

    And I love the "War. Islamic Extremism. Europe on the brink. EVEN PIRATES NOW!"

    Argh, Matey!

  • I thought that Capitalism was a GREAT thing according to this FUCK FACE?!?!?! If he likes it so much then why is he talking shit about people who see Americans as a market?!?!?!

  • Boy for a guy who "hates 9/11 victims families" he sure can exploit it! Hey jackass the "under dog we loved" "and the little guy we stood up for" those are the people who formed the unions we have today that you motherfuck all day long!!!!

  • glen beck is satan !

    he will rule the world !

    ..can't wait....

    Glen Beck for president!

  • Seriously!? What is his point? The fake crying had me rolling on the floor laughing

  • we've already forgotten 9-11.......

  • Sorry. You guys used 9-11 and made it into a whore. I know I'm not alone when I say that when I hear someone say something about 9-11, I'm about as uncomfortable as anyone'd be when someone interjects Jesus into a normal conversation! Don't blame us; it was you who ruined the power of 9-11!

  • I blame you.

  • I blame YOUR FACE!

  • I blame the infield fly rule.

  • I blame stupid heads.

  • I blame the breakdown of the magnetohydrodynamic geophysical dynamo.

  • I blame people who act like butts!

  • Glenn Beck is a snake oil salesman of the highest order. This video is one of the most frightening things I have seen in a very long time. Run away from this man and his kind as fast as you possibly can. How anyone can watch more than 10 seconds of this man and not realize that he is an utter fraud is beyond me.

  • how is glenn beck a fraud? because he talks about real problems and whats going on in the world? who do you listen to? keith olbermann?

  • OMG Glenn Beck is a fool... there are only a few people who fills this way look at the margin Obama won by... Glenn Beck is a liar and a fake...

  • He's a fraud because he has admitted on his radio program that he hates some of the 9-11 widows because they're 'whiners' and 'complainers'. How can anyone directly affected by 9-11 not have the same right to speak their mind that Glenn Beck so cheriches, and worse he hates them for it.

  • zzzZZZZZzzzzz boringggg

  • I'm a self proclaimed conspiracy theorist. I don't let it rule my life but I do let it keep me from putting too much trust in what others say without facts to back it up. This guy is real. He's passionate and I am with him. He doesn't believe what I do and I respect that. Conspiracies have a way of keeping you from looking to the future. But look at time stamp 3:24. The camera's too close for only one building to be standing so if they're both there then why's smoke near the bottom?

  • Self-indulgent, masturbatory s#@!t

  • AAjetjock your a predjudice jerk that is too stupid to open you eyes and ears.

  • This guy is an IDIOT and a DOUCHE LAMEBONE wannabe! I woke up to find out the FOX NEWS NAZI'S are FEAR MONGERS! We should fear them more than the terrorists! Was this FOOL really crying?! LOL! Oh did someone tell this stooge OBAMA WON?! OH MABE THAT'S WHY HE'S CRYING. IT'S NO LONGER THE "WHITE" HOUSE! ZEIG HEIL!

  • sleep

  • Populist, yes.  Fake, no.

  • popular now hes on Fox, kinda funny huh??? obviously you didnt watch him on CNN HLN.

  • Does anyone watch CNN or HLN?!

  • no.....

  • I hear ya, i watched him on HLN!

  • sleep

  • Its easy to sit here and use your articulate slang and swearing. How about really paying attention. It was bad now its worse and soon it will be to late for you to do a damn thing. So sit there on your high ignorant horse and watch what is about to happen..

  • Screw that we need to go back to our pre-9/11 way of life. Pre 9/11 is when we weren't afraid of anything and lived our lives the way we saw fit. Post 9/11 is when we got scared into changing our ways by a handful of terrorists who got a hold of a few planes.

  • subzero961... You're absolutely right, but Glenn is not suggesting that we go back to the "pre-9/11" way of thinking...

    He's talking about 9-12.... the day after 9-11 when Americans decided to pull together... to put political ideology and personal differences aside, and to be the Americans that most of us really are...

    ... and to stand up for basic, common sense principles and values that our founding fathers tried to give us and many have fought and died for, in order to preserve them.

  • As long as there are dumb, gullible people out there, which will be always, there will be an audience for this type of stuff. Of course you dumb people make him a lot of money, so I would play you too and milk the stupid people of this country for all they're worht.

  • How do people watch this douchebag? Not a good sign of our country, that this clown has enough viewers for a show.

  • Hillarious. All of these paranoid nuts are rising up now, after being silent for 8 years of illegal wiretapping, rendition, and tyrannical executive power. These tea party lemmings are just corporate shills crying because Obama might bring regulation to the markets, and they won't be able to walk in that legal grey area as much anymore. By the way, Glenn, having a CEO on "We Surround Them" whining about Obama was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Excellent representation of the American people.

  • actually, he (Beck) was denying everything while us paranoid freaks were out trying to wake people up- since 911. Not that you'd accept any type of proof- like government docs and common sense.

    Beck may be a shill- but he did help wake some people up with his recent turnaround.

    So- what do you suggest instead of tea parties?

    Or do you prefer just to sit back and whatever happens, happens..including a Fascist country?

    You sure represent while busting ass on someone who is trying something.

  • We weren't silent for eight years,,, You folks just weren't listening.....Now that we are on Obama case you folks make it out to be about RACE,,, IT IS NOT... Obama has NO IDEA what he is doing He wants to give power to the people who caused this damn mess.. wtf is wrong with America,, Glenn might be a tool.. BUT HE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, should have been done 8 years ago...paranoid NO,,, knowing truth about it all YES.. Maybe you should gain some..My theories have come true

  • "I'm sorry... I just love my country"

  • Love you Glenn!!

    Columbus, Ohio is gaining more members every day!!

    Look out Pelosi, Reid, Obama and the rest of you socialist, class warfare idiots - people are on the move!!

  • Go Glenn!

  • What in God's name is he talking about? Seriously. Like it's not even that I disagree with him, it's that I'm not sure what he's on about.

  • This is so awkward....he had a decent little montage until he started to cry....

  • All this handwringing over the Dems winning the election......get over it,grow up and try to remember where you are.

  • This guy is cringe worthy. What a phony

  • I'm gonna take a guess and say that fat, scaredy-cat, cry-baby choir boys like this tub of goo aren't the answer to much of anything at all.

    Drop some balls and stop being a drama queen.

  • Glenn Beck is a charlatan and con man -- just like Joseph Smith, who he worships. Cultist freakjob. I swear the GOP has turned into a Moonies-like cult. Even the biggest "conservative" paper Wash Times is owned by Rev Moon! They all got their Elmer Gantry schtick down. Unbelievable that people fall for it.

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  • I've worked in prisons for a long time and if I had to hazard a guess,I'd say ole Glenn here is a little on the bi-polar side....theres meds for that......the rest of what he is blitherin on about.....you just can't fix stupid.

  • I am kind of unsure what to make of Beck. His dramatics are hilarious, a sort of unintentional comedy.

  • I am 51 years old too and it's about listening to the message not the messager...It takes guts to step out of your zone and attempt to lead people out of their feeling of indiviual powerlessness...There is noone who you can vote for or "buy" your way out of understanding what it will take to bring our country back to it's founding of the consitution which is hanging by a thread

  • I don't feel powerless........gonna live my life and die when I do......it is inane that someone like Glenn Beck presumes to speak for anybody,its a tad more complicated than that......

  • I'm 51 years old and this is the stupidest thing I have ever seen on TV. How can anybody be this shallow?

  • Glenn, everything you pretend to stand for is falling. Fast.

  • So freedom is failing? Have fun being a slave!

  • Glenn,you really ARE alone,surrounded by yourself.

  • So...it took 11 Sept 2001 to show you how "fragile" you really are? Glenn,let me give you some advise from the good old days....my country,right or wrong,America ,love it or leave it.....don't let the door hit you on the way out.....idiot.

  • Please tell me that this is a joke. Why does this D bag have a show on Fox? He has little or no knowledge of anything other than the crazy shit he makes up. I hope everyone knows that you cannot just "think about things" to figure tthem out. Common sense does not dictate reality in any way.

  • That's the fakest crying I've ever seen.

    @sshole.

  • buhhuhuhuu!! "i'm sorry I just love my country"..... do he really think that the american people will fall for this shit?

  • They Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!!!!

  • hahah... he's like Peter Finch in Network...

    watch?v=90ELleCQvew

    what a fucking cunt...

  • Holy fucking shit this guy is a special kind of insane.

  • hit 'em hard Champraves!

  • what we need is more rampant emotionalism. what a fucking tool

  • It is time for a Call to Arms to all Christians. Waiting until 9-12 will just give the Powers that Be 6 more months to pillage and ruin this great nation. As a Christian Nation we should already know what to do.

    Read 1st John 4:4 & Ephesians 6:10-18

    It is a Spiritual battle and greater is the Christ inside each and every Christian than ANY power on this earth.

    We must take up the whole Armor of God and cast this evil out of the halls of our Government.

    Remember, In God We Trust

  • this is complete and utter bullshit. i can't believe anyone thinks those tears are real. this guy's a fake, wake up.

  • Nobody did. It was a joke. Try paying attention some time.

  • Man these comments are heated. You think Obama was trying to take everyones money. He's raising people over 250K just 3% back to where it was when Clinton was in office.

    Universal health care will help everyone including businesses.

    Free education or lower education ocst is a matter of national security. China is graduating alot more scientist that we are.

    Not sure what all the Socialist outrage is all about.

  • It probably won't do you any good to use facts to make your point. These people only know what they hear and only hear what they want to believe. I agree with you on health-care, there's nothing socialist about Obama's plan. The Scandinavian model is socialized, but he wants a plan more like the UK's, where there is government and private to compete. Right now we're dead last in industrialized nations by a large margin in health-care and anyone that is good with that needs their head checked.

  • The UK is the most socialist country I can think of.

    Red light cameras on most signals to mail you fines. And SPEED cameras on the highways to mail you FINES or summons to court.

    There is no freedom of the people in the U.K. And ALL of Obamas plans are socialist.

    We need SMALLER federal govt not larger. Putting healthcare in the hands of our FAILING govt will be an absolute DISASTER.

    DUMP THE FED. We're a REPUBLIC not a socialist democracy.

  • Was I talking to you stupid? Save it for someone who believes your bull$4!t because I don't and either does anyone else that doesn't fall into the tiny minority of dip$4!ts in the world that do, like your idiot friends. Be gone.

  • "I think we have a pragmatist in the White House!"

    Do you really think that is so?

  • Yes I do. I really think he feels forced by events to do much of what he is doing. I think he knows if he fails he will be voted out of office. I think he knows he might well fail. I don't think when he decided to run that he expected the situation he finds himself in. I think he might have had second thoughts about the prospect when he saw what was happening. But now I think he is doing what he thinks is necessary. He may be wrong, but I don't believe ideology is his motivation.

  • bugabudon: Thanks for the reply, but there is an old saying about you can tell the character of a man by the company he keeps. I think that the people who are in Obama's admin. are dangerous. Therefore, I think Obama is untrustworthy by association!

  • Its too bad American's have become so bifurcated. Those that you see as dangerous I see as "the best and the brightest" and the dangerous people I think were just sent packing. But I understand. Its the way we are. Many think that Obama is going to increase taxes unconscionably high, but those like me think that a 4.6% increase in 2 years is lower than under Reagan and not really so onerous, especially for those that are targeted. I hold no malice. Its the way we are.

  • bugabudon: We will see, but after reading some of these cabinet appointies bios, it feels like many or no less globalist in their outlook than those who served under Bush. To me, it is not about a politician being Dem. or Repub., but if he/she truly respects the U.S. or any other nation's sovereignity.

  • Boy you can tell he's a recovering alcoholic.

  • Poor guy. ".... the whole world is spinning out of control..." and he believes he has all the answers and no one gets it but him. He should cry. Ideologues are not the people we need to listen to. We need the pragmatists. I think we have a pragmatist in the white house and he has surrounded himself with the same. Glen Beck sees everything within his own narrow ideological framework and he sees that these are the only sane answers. I think he's deluding himself and his viewers.

  • Wow, that was incredibly well said; all I could manage was a 'snarky' response!

  • Snake oil salesman ala Howard Beale. Fomenting and then co-opting our fears and misery for fame and fortune. Beware. We have things to fear. People following this sort of thing is one of them.

    THE Principles and Values brought to you by Mercury Radio Arts, Inc., spiritual leaders Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch? God help us all.

  • republicans right now are like the girls sucking every guy off in hopes of getting a father figure in their lives......hmmm who's next

  • its like the rightwing is going through withdrawal from the pervasive fear of the bush years, so beck &friends need tofear it up all on their own

  • this is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Also the fakest most contrived "emotion" I've ever seen,

  • God Bless You Beck! Thank you!

  • Or we could all live on a steady diet of flags, non stop flags, with eagles plastered as far as the eyes can see and non-stop Marines and Army commercials on TV. MORE FLAGS MORE FLAGS' AMERICA NEEDS MORE FLAGS! Because Patriotism, especially the Fox News brand, is the answer to everything. Otherwise you are a commie socialist pinko libtard.

  • So true! Socialism is the only way. Beck is going to ruin it for us. I get all my needs met from the government: free daycare, hotlunches, healthcare, financial aid and mortgage assistance. Someone shut Beck up before I lose everything. I voted for Obama cause I knew he'd help me get even more from the gov. The conservatives are so stupid! They actually try to take care of their own needs. LOL, what idiots! LOL!

  • What a charlatan. Praying on seniors and the undereducated. I'm a conservative, libertarian and believe this guy is a joke. Unwatchable.

  • This is not about politics. This is about 9 principles and 12 values that we all need to follow and that washington is not! I am sick of paying for other peoples mistakes. I take care of my self, and my finances. I dont want socialism. Hes talking about everyone coming together and living principles and values that our founding fathers believed in and going back to the constitution. Whats wrong with that!!!!!! How is that not American?

  • I am a broadcasting major. I've had the pleasure to talking to Glenn Beck on his radio show. Nice guy who cares about his country. He told me yes it is about principles and values which I know it is. His view on the world is very American.

  • What is with these college dropout drug addicts that go in front of a camera and just yap and don't report or do research. Why is that the dumber the guy on tv is, the higher the ratings?

  • Because they have more heart than you do. It's not all about brains, it's about prinicples you fool!

  • Thats the problem. You can blurt out some stupid ideology and say that you have heart all you want, but if you fail to make a sound argument based on facts, logic, and reason and reality then you are only hurting us, and by us I mean the America, human species, and the world as a whole. Sure conservatism sounds nice on paper, who wants to pay taxes and people should make what they earn! But in reality, people are produts of their environment and people discriminate.

  • I'll let you state the facts for me since you're apparently such a genius. What are your sources on your facts by the way? those are rediculous!

    How about this...what has socialism given us? Now, capitalism, what has it given us?

  • The truth hurts.

    This article sites the Labor Stylistics and Census Bureaus.

    (Google this since youtube made me change the link)

    minneapolisfed publications papers pub display cfm id 4049

    Hsing, Yu. "Economic growth and income inequality: the case of the US." International Journal of Social Economics 32.7 (2005). (google this) cb p pd fs 2008 0805 p Income Gaps

    Capitalism has given us economic prosperity. But Adam Smith's principles have been bastardized by conservative elites.

  • Conservative elites have bastardized Adam Smith and capitalism, and try to silence any labor movement. The Reagan years saw many illegal firings of labor organization members, where the everyday Americans have lost their rights to the wealthy elite. I am against socialism, but you and other conservatives define socialism as how true capitalism was theorized by Smith. If 1950-1980, which brought on the greatest economic and powerful periods of American history, was socialism, then I love it.

  • And to answer your question, America has never practiced socialism so its never given us anything. Its done a lot for Europe apparently. But if you want to define certain parts of our government socialistic...sure! So for the sake of argument, socialism has given us social security, medicare, medicaid, tax breaks, stimulus checks, funding for schools, the GI bill, the expansion of the middle class, ..shit you name it. And is a progressive tax rate socialistic? God I hope you dont think so.

  • Sounds nice on paper, you sir are fucking moron. You must of meant communism, thats nice on paper on the times its put into practice its failed. Becuase we will always have the one leader everyone loves or fears, for example obamania. lol Conservatism or even the extremem libertarians makes more sense. Every man is reasponsible for his actions. Your a fucking coward if you cant deal with that and deal with reality. I would rather me myself take care of my issues. I suggest you read more histroy.

  • Before you make childish attacks followed by lol, you should not assume that I am repeated the slogan passed to students in highschool "that communism looks good on paper." You should read my argument instead of suggesting I am a socialist. I was refereeing to modern conservative ideology's emphasis on pure free market society with no regulation. Our constitution outlines the first bit of market regulation with establishment of patenting. All I am saying is I am against elite tyranny.

  • Eh fair enough, ya my bad this shit just makes me angry. Sort of agree with you, sure pure conservatism is bad so is pure socialism. I liked this country when there was more balance. To be honest I dont even care anymore. Served 4 years defending this country from foreign invaders but in the end I think we will be our own downfall, history just repeating itself. lol will be the new Roman Empire in a thousand years.

  • "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - John Adams

    History has already taught us these lessons, and the constitution was formed without even using the word Democracy in it.

    We need to restore it, and enforce laws upon our government.

  • Thank you for a quote. Note, Adam's quote predated most present democracies. I think the threat to our nation comes more from our hegemony then from any flawed democratic values. What the conservative movement doesn't like about me is I believe that it is the conservatism's tendency to blind the country with elitism and class warfare that has ruined our economy and the state of living of our people, that is destroying our democracy. This is why I respect Ron Paul, because he sees this too.

  • Too much of any substance is chemically toxic. You make a good point, but we already are a global hegemonic empire, and all empires collapse. If we fail to slowly mitigate our prescience in the world, then do not be surprise to see America become like Spain after the Armada, who's Western Hemisphere empire shrunk to a small insignificant European country. Thank you for your service to our country. You also have some balls for not allowing stubbornness take the best of you, I respect that.

  • pure capitalism in practice does not provide equal oppurtunity and the equal worth of the individual, therefore it needs regulation. The country from 1950-1980 was number 1 in the world, before ideology took it over. Do not become persuaded by this elitest propaganda. It is their goal to have the money in the hands of the few. For instance, during the 6th years of economic boom during the Bush years, 3/4 of that growth was felt in only the top 1%!!

  • Capitalism is and was never to provide equality. You want to work, you get paid, if you don't work you get nothing. Which is also biblical, but of course I guess that is just me clinging to my bible.

  • Ok, so if you don't work, you want something? Good God man, where am I?

  • Okay first lets fix some confusion. Equal worth of individual is promised in our constitution and stated in the Declaration. It is a natural right and you can say its a god given right. There is nothing more American and more Capitalist than the idea of Equal opportunity!! Please remember that. The purpose of capitalism is that we all have the equal right to do what we want (in a free market). What is not American, and anti-capitalist is the idea of communism, everyone is strictly equal.