Glenn Beck Interviews Richard Blumenthal part 2

[whodonedoneit]

no one*

[whodonedoneit]

beck made a horrible choice leaving tv. nowhere cares about the online ish he is trying to do. he was a rare NEEDED voice in television.

[Visfen]

I really really don't care about the AIG bonuses, considering the government is spending trillions the problem is hardly a couple of millions that some people at AIG get.

[bigh124]

How the hell did this guy win the CT senate?

[jbond5150]

@bigh124 if that blonde monkey lent him the opportunity to explain himself you would see why.

[BestPoliticalVideos]

Blumenthal blunder "it should be against the law"

[ProudSpeakerofWhale]

Good grief, what an ELITIST this guy is. It's not against the law, but since he THINKS it should be, somehow that gives him the authority to go in and do something about it. Wow. Talk about the progressives going for "rule of man" other than "rule of law."

[ThunderAppeal]

Beck could have done a better job going after blumenthal but I'm with beck all the way on this.

[blogegog]

Bet that douchewad won't come back to the Beck show :).

[TheSpentPenny123]

I love how Glen Beck lets people talk.

[Coolrockndad]

Blumenthal should be runing away not running! Hummm let me change that for he is running away, running away from the truth!

[jd426999]

"against the public policy", "it should be against the law".. ????

OMFG This guy is a Traitor... Our forefathers would have put this guy up against the wall and property dispatched him. What a piece of shit. He makes up his own rules, for his own political gain... He enforces what he feels is right and wrong.

Holy crap...who does this guy represent ? How the fuck do scumbags like this get re elected.

[exbronco1980]

i'm all for the rule of law too (as long as it is a just law). since beck is such an advocate of upholding the law, he should support prosecution of bush administration people. they broke the law and should be prosecuted. the law must be upheld.

[sportcenter2381]

The thing I dislike about Glen is he will make a great point and then go overboard with it

[interfan63]

This guy cant be a politician

[007ObiWan]

Blumenthal said "I misspoke." That means: "I knowingly lied through my teeth."

[john51880]

"Against the public policy" Kind of like Misspeaking "a few times" in place of I lied my ass off and got called on it!

[aplatt65]

It is funny isn't it? Beck has good instincts. He knew this a-hole was swine a year before we found out he was absolute scum, when his lies about serving in Vietnam were exposed. I think that's kind of impressive. He smelt this pig from a mile away. He was way ahead of the media on this one. Blumenthal is a dbag and it would be an embarrassment to have him represent the United States of America in congress. Here he is trying to score political points, as usual. Unethical low life...

[NadegeP1]

@aplatt65 Beck is usually right on the money. I trust him because since I have been following him ( under bush) he has not changed. He is still raising the same questions and trying to make our politicians accountable for their actions regardless of party. He did not like Bush's policies either which makes sence since Bush in my view is/was a fiscal liberal.

[alisoakita]

Blumenthal = another progressive Jew

[tank3584]

lmao...I agree with beck....

[yesmissfrancon]

I don't understand why Richard Blumenthal should be subjected to this abusive treatment. This constant interrupting is beyond bad behavior. This "interview" has the same degree of farce as professional wrestling. You would have to be a fool to participate.

[NadegeP1]

@yesmissfrancon I disagree. Beck actually ask questions I wanted answered. Mr. Blumenthal had no legal basis for the ground he was taking that is why he was struggling and did not have control of his words.

[dogsgone]

Richard blumenthal now says he served in Vietnam, He never did a day, he's nothing but a big AZZ Liar !

[Sun4Niebieskieoczy]

Wow, we have a new war hero. I got an idea, let us ask our troops in the wars zones of today what they think about him, his political career, his character, his humanity, his ethics. Let us do it, Mr.B

[TravisAntiBotEcsro]

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[corysoulier]

While I am not in any way a fan of Blumenthal, Glenn Beck showed his true colors in this interview by making a total ass of himself. Glenn Beck could have easily owned Blumenthal in this debate, but instead Beck self sabotaged by acting like a child throughout this entire interview. Thanks a lot Beck for recruiting more people to the Blumenthal camp.

[NadegeP1]

@corysoulier Come on. Beck won that debate

[CTforFreedom]

Mr. Blumenthal is entertaining.....I can't waite to see who get to debate the man that loves to sue connecticut business. He also LOVES to be on the local CT news whenever possible....so no excuse not to have monthly televised debates after the May 21 & 22 conventions for both parties.

Great work Glenn!

[CortoMaltese86]

LOL totally agree with Beck here!

[LastStand4Freedom]

Sue ... sue ... sue ... that all blumenthal likes to do.  What a joke!!!

[mraindog81]

I guess part of the mormon faith is being a pussy with no college education who shouts at people

[collinsUSAF]

VVVV... You have no idea what you are talking about. The state of conneticut took money away from 73 AIG employees in which there was no law in doing so. Failing company or not that was still their bonus money. Even though it came from tax payers, that tax money was in the form of a bailout which was given to AIG too keep that buisness alive.

[computerboy4492]

the nation is economically in a recession and glenn beck has this idea that bashing the shit out of him will make everything better. Those bonuses were unacceptable. There doesn't need to be a law, it's obvious that a failing company should not give bonuses. Us taxpayers were bailing out banks, not CEOs. And does he have one of the CEOs on the show, no. Instead he attack the Connecticut Attorney General.

Glenn is so fucking unpatriotic it's unbelievable.

[BERWICKAN]

@computerboy4492

We should let companies fail... Other companies will take their places. Stop being such a nanny

[ikillgophers]

glenn beck for president..........we cant do worse so why not??

[BeadStallcup]

Glenn Beck is a bit strange but, he is right on this one! This mealy mouthed Connecticut AG has no authority to act outside of the law, and he is using his elected position as just that, a bully pulpit. But why? That really is the question.

[ThunderAppeal]

@BeadStallcup Because the creature known as blumenthal is bought and owned by the 'old money' in connecticut. The 'old-money' being the rich liberal elitist slime.

[savemyplaylist]

How come Glenn Beck is doing exactly what he's accusing Blumenthal of?!

To see how much of a hypocrite Beck is, just look how he treated Ron Paul BEFORE the election while the Republican primaries were still on.

[bcrich33]

Holy shit....listen to what he is saying..and being in CT....I watch Blumenthal being the media whore he is....there is no law being broken.....he hurts this state....and assholes (like you) will vote for that moron for Senator...omg....wake up

[savemyplaylist]

@bcrich33

uhhhhh, Why would I vote for him? What's with you fools, always hung up on a false dichotomy. Just because I think Beck is a hack, doesn't mean I think Blumenthal is any better.

[SauronMouth]

i am a conservative too but you know those scum bags at aig deserve to be hung for fucking hard working people over while they sit in their million dollar homes drinking 800 dollar wine

[williambellor]

I agree with you on some level, but I think the answer is that the government should have never bailed AIG out in the first place. The problem with this Blumenthal guy is that once the government did bail out AIG, the contract between AIG & the government approved the bonuses which the AIG executives received & Blumenthal attempted to take that money back. If the government can void a contract, then its word means nothing. Just another example of government interference making the problem worse!

[williambellor]

One other point; during the government reorganization or AIG, the executives within AIG who caused this mess were replaced with new executives and the new executives were the ones who were supposed to get the bonuses if certain benchmarks were achieved. The people who got the bonuses were not the ones who created the mess, so blaming them for AIG's problems is not really fair.

Also, slamming a person for having a million dollar home or drinking an $800 bottle of wine isn't fair either!

[williambellor]

There is nothing wrong with being wealthy provided you didn't break the law to get rich. People (including the President) may think that executives are paid too much, but executive compensation is no ones business except the executives themselves & the shareholders.

We all want to be rich someday (myself included) & I'm far from it right now. But just because I am not rich now doesn't mean I think we should take the money from those who are; if I become rich someday, I want to keep my money!

[MrFoshobro]

@williambellor ..... thank you, it feels good when I hear people standing up and making simple and fair statements. People of youtube! ..... please keep in mind how our discussions on wealth are being shifted! This is just absolutely ridiculous! This idea of defending having accumulated your wealth (legitimate wealth - which the majority have) is ridiculous ...

[cruiser314]

I'd rank Glenn Beck above O'Reilly.

[0emk1]

Awesome. About time someone calls gangster government what it is.

[foster21]

So, basically the argument of the other guy is, "I'm enforcing public morality upon the private sector."

[RaceForTheTruth]

Even Glenn Beck is ripping me off. Britney Spears, now Glenn Beck.

We'll let Glenn promote our film. 4th of July will seal this film for post production.

[Raytard124]

wow....atta boy beck

[bxofrain]

2:10 "you should enforce the law" Beck rocks, plan and simple. Thank you, thank you!!

[magtownlds]

I love Glen Beck

[mightypensword]

I love him too. Because of him and a few other crazies, the republican party will stay dead. He polarizes the retards from the rest. :)

[basincitysaint]

for the most part he's non partisan...the partisan politics is tearing the republic apart. Democrats and Republicans are two heads of the same monster! Don't feed the leviathan, friend

In liberty,

Vox Dei

[buangka77]

obama? pelosi? reid? frank? olbermann? beck isn't crazy, but even if he was, these clowns show that being absolutely nuts won't keep your party from gaining power. id say you're crazy

[mightypensword]

ok, reid- not very bright, pelosi- a little nuts, frank- talks funny, olbermann- idk, obama- completely sane, beck- absolutely insane.

As far as you thinking I'm crazy, that's a logical fallacy. How could you possibly know that? Saying things like that will take steam out of any argument, even a good one.

The dems gained power because of an inverse reaction to the failings of the republicans. it's the beauty of democracy, one party gets out of hand, the other is brought up to be the opposite.

[buangka77]

so basically you're saying your initial point is false, or as you would say, a logical fallacy. another logical fallacy, obama-completely sane. do you even follow politics? and i know you're crazy because you have no idea what obama is trying to do

[mightypensword]

why was it a fallacy? I see the man lose control over his emotions on a regular basis. He even cries on T.V.

As for Obama, I'm talking about his mental stability. Sanity refers to a person's control over their mental state, not their economic policy.

We haven't talked at all about what Obama is trying to do, so how would you know whether or not I knew anything about it? You wouldn't, of course. Even if you were right, the word you would use is 'ignorant', or 'stupid', not 'crazy'.

[williambellor]

It's always easier to write off someone as "crazy" or "insane" than it is to come up with an intelligent answer as to why they are wrong!

[mightypensword]

yeah, when i wrote my original comment, i had just watched like a thousand of these videos of Beck, and had conversations with more substance on other threads. it just happened to be here that I made that remark.

I don't think he's wrong about everything, although I certainly don't always agree with him. It's just hard to take his good points seriously when he often rants and breaks down, tells people that obama's admin is nazi, and they should rise up and tear it down. he's all theatrics

[williambellor]

You lose me when you make absurd statements like Beck calling the Obama administration Nazi. Beck has never called Obama or anyone in his administration a Nazi; Communist, Socialist or Marxist are the terms that Beck has use to describe Obama, but never Nazi! Beck has also never said "Rise Up And Tear It All Down" either, in fact if you actually watch him on a regular basis, he says the exact opposite; imploring his audience to remain respectful and not do anything stupid!

[williambellor]

All you do when you misrepresent Becks position like this is reinforce the impression that Conservatives are someone to be afraid of and, while that may be your actual goal, if you're really honest about it, you would have to admit that it is a cheap debating tactic. I guess when you hate someone so much but can't find an intelligent argument to support that hatred, you have to spread lies about a person. It's really kind of sad when you think about it!

[mightypensword]

just wanted to mention I appreciate you pointing out when I said something wrong. I like the truth, and I certainly don't want to be the one who skews it. It is never my intention to misrepresent someone. Thank you for setting me straight. (no sarcasm, really)

[mightypensword]

well, you're right, he never called obama nazi, but he has compared obama's policies to the nazi's policies, like health care, all the while showing pictures of the nazi army in the background. This implies a similarity between obama and the nazis, and as a consequence, many beck viewers see obama as likened to the nazis. so you look at the comments left by beck supporters all over youtube about obama being nazi, and you can see the implications come through.

[mightypensword]

as far as the 'rise up' comment, you're right, he never said that. I should not have stated it, I'm sorry. I was thinking of the tea party stuff, him talking about standing up and drawing a line in the sand, but that's not the same as 'stand a up and tear it down' I apologize, It was wrong for me to say that.

For the record, I'm not against conservatives at all. I believe in many conservative things. I don't choose stances based on whether it is conservative or not, just whether it works or not

[dseanmat]

The intelligence, logic, and reason with which you write is very refreshing. Keep it up!

[mightypensword]

One more thing: We use words in the english language because they have an agreed-upon meaning. you can't just use a word for any meaning you want and expect to be able to communicate your meaning to others.

When someone doesn't know something, you call them 'ignorant'.

When someone isn't intelligent enough to understand something, you call them 'stupid' or, in my case, 'retards'.

When someone can't exercise proper control over their mental faculties, you call them 'crazy', or 'insane'.

[buangka77]

hahaha wow. stop clogging my inbox with your weak ass comments.

[mightypensword]

you attacked my comment. don't cry just cuz u got served

[buangka77]

you're wearing corduroy aren't you?

[bender82801]

damn. if im not mistaken he never answered a single question with any amount of clarity whatsoever.

[williambellor]

He should have just said that I refuse to answer that on the grounds that I might incriminate myself.

[narutofan1942]

this is exactly wat conservatives have to deal with from liberals they can never answer a question with "yes" or "no"

[miller8605]

i think a lot of people are very very jealous of the great success fox news has.

[HurricaneTBag]

Yes, like their broke retarded inbred audience that works for minimum wage and strips my oil cap at JiffyLube.

[miller8605]

perfect comment of jealousy, you resort to calling the audience "broke retarded" and other names i feel i think is wrong and i refuse to say.

[emmac210]

tell thats to steve forbes..typical lib cant even fix a car..go hop on your eco friendly bicycle and quit giving your money to the enemy

[HurricaneTBag]

One, refer to the comment above. Two, how is getting your oil changed at JiffyLube "giving your money to the enemy" Three, kill yourself.

I liked it much better when conservatives didn't know what the internet was, and when they were afraid of it.

[emmac210]

funny since im not a conservative and i liked it when liberals stayed in norway and sweden, now what i left is following me, and liberals dont know cars so your feeding conservatives retard

[HurricaneTBag]

You are a cornucopia of stupid, and again, kill yourself.

[emmac210]

so you do like 1 year olds than, im suprised that a child molester would admit that, and i never know that magnum xl rubbers were considered small considering i can still get 30 year old moms to bleed, its nice to know i got under your skin, youve had me and my coworkers crackin up for days, on breaks we come in and see what retarded thing you come up with next.. next time your in new york stop by

[HurricaneTBag]

You still fuck up "your" and "you're" probably because you're a fucking retard, also your daughter is pretty advanced in bed...maybe you taught her well.

[emmac210]

try all you want buddy but you still have not made me mad yet, laugh yes but mad no

[emmac210]

haha made ya mad you need to get yourself a girl mate and get all that anger out..your just too highstrung

[HurricaneTBag]

I'm pretty sure that it's just that you're a fucking moron who hasn't the slightest clue as to what he's talking about. As a courtesy to society I would ask that you remove yourself from the gene pool.

[emmac210]

and i forgot to say that that last one stung.. a guy who lives with his parents and tries to act big and bad on his computer with a pack of tube socks next to him no doubt. better have your momma run you out to the store for some more..or do you borrow daddys?

[HurricaneTBag]

What the hell does this even mean? Did you attempt a "YOU MASTURBATE TO INTERNET PORNO!!!!!!1!" joke but fuck it up? Christ, you're a fucking wreck.

[emmac210]

im appaled..Im beginning to think you dont want to be my friend??oh yeah i fuck all the time, with a 9.5 inch 8"round pecker and a 26 yr old bond trader averaging 105k per year and last IQ test in 2004 at 153, id have to say moron, no, fucking all the time yes..GO UNIVESTIY OF INDIANA..ps gettin action comes really easy to me.go get laid man..oh and i have 2 kids and im not leaving the "gene pool" anytime soon buddy

[BTbass]

LOL @ 153 IQ

I bet you used all of it to get those precise measurements of you penis.

For someone whose supposed to had the mindset of a 34 year old back in 2004, you don't act like it.

Grow up.

[emmac210]

your lines are boring now...Im moving on...and youll never get any if you dont get off the net

[HurricaneTBag]

Wow, a guy whose hot shit on the internet, I'm shocked. An e-mac. What's next, are you going to say that you have to cheat on your hot significant other with some other hot chick who wants you? Get real, and kill yourself.

[emmac210]

and maybe if you ever leave your house sometime youl get your dick wet other than while your in the shower, and "e-mac" what are you, makin up nicknames on the internet. you must be a real life loser, can i take your picture so i can show my daughter what a loser looks like so she'll stay away from losers like you...e-mac please if thats the best you got your an idiot

[HurricaneTBag]

Your daughter actually knows what I look like. She's a freak and likes it with the lights on, she got quite the look at me while I was hovered over her while I was cumming on her tits.

[emmac210]

child molester is what you are, talking about fucking a 1 year old girl on the internet

[HurricaneTBag]

Furthermore: "your an idiot" I guess I better go punch your daughter in the stomach really hard tonight, if that fucker will be your grandchild...don't need anymore of those running around. Jesus Christ you fucking suck.

[emmac210]

You sir are a fuckstick

[emmac210]

so your a pedophile huh??my daughter is 14 months old and you want to fuck her and punch her, im suprised your allowed on the internet, and hows that gps tracking device around your ankle ya fucking child molester

[HurricaneTBag]

Hmmm...that's probably why she bled then. I always figured it was use to a small penis like yours, instead of a large one like mine.

**shrugs**

[emmac210]

already done that fella, now your starting to sound like a guy thats a member of the "piss and moan about everything club" and i bet your just miserable all day lokking for something else to bitch about. and those like that need to get out of the gene pool so il give you a bullet, take your pick a 12 gauge slug 9mm or .357 mag and let you borrow one of my firearms and you can do that, and i hope you know that most likely noone enjoys your company with all that bitchin you do

[dizfuhr]

This is the babyboomer thought process...go where you smell blood even if there it means not communicating nor looking the whole picture... Glenn Beck is protecting the rich by confusing the real issues.

[alvags]

Glenn Beck missed the point completely - Blumenthal was only involved because AIG tried to use CT law to hide from having their bonuses taken back under the wage protection act and Blumenthal stepped up and said no way. Beck apparently didn't "hear" that! His bluster makes me sick. Talk about a Bully Pulpit... his is Fox News! Who does he think he's kidding! Just when I thought it couldn't get worse than O'Reilly, this jerk comes along... and what do you know... they're both on Fox!

[footballmania132]

Do you see any other networks airing conservative television shows? No. The media is BIASED. Someone has to step up and report news the way in a way where INDIVIDUALS can decide what they want to believe. I'm curious though, What do you call countries who air only one side of the news?? I think they have a specific name for that. When you figure it out feel free to hit the "Reply" button. I'll be waiting for your answer.

Good day.

[HurricaneTBag]

The problem with you is that you are STUPID. You lack the INTELLIGENCE put together words that form coherent SENTENCES. You're clearly over matched in any conversation that involves polysyllabic words, and you should KILL YOURSELF.

[footballmania132]

Oh i'm sorry. What does your reply have to do with politics? Because that's what my comment was about. Nice reply though. But I guess while we're on the topic of intelligence why dont you throw a "to" between intelligence and put. It would help your form "coherent SENTENCES."

[HurricaneTBag]

No it's correct, you're just illiterate.

[footballmania132]

Hah if you say so. Get a life buddy. You're picking too many stupid fights on here.

Oh and by the way.. This is your second reply in a row which has nothing to do with politics. So what's your point of being on this page? Do you just need an excuse to exercise your vocabulary?

[oldfatfreddie]

"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Ben Franklin

[Adreneline420]

Lol.. this guy just needs to say "No it's not against the law." Wow... okay there he goes. Took a while >.>

[jgnet911]

Theres one question he failed to answer that automatically ends this Whats the crime? Last time I checked the attorney general wasn't allowed to play politics. Its simple if he don't stop this process of political attacks rather than justice and freedom we are sending a bad message. In Britain you used to disagree or piss off the government and get thrown in jail. Is that what we want I am American but I learn from the past the government shouldn't rule the people should rule the government.

[williambellor]

Politicians play politics all the time with the criminal justice system. You remember Mike Nifong and the Duke Lacrosse rape case?

Our only option, as I said before, is to vote all the clowns out of office!

[jgnet911]

agreed the Duke case had no or little legal backing.

[pig5689]

doubt anyone gives a damn about constitutional law when they find out the AIG slutwhores who destroyed AIG along with every other Joe in the USA & then accepted millions in bonus whore-cash from bailout funds. Most don't care if the constitution gets used as a rag as long as the whore-bonuses are returned 100%, plus every dime these current & former AIG exec-whores ever received since AIG's inception. If it can't be done legally than just go after them & round em' up for beating em' to death.

[williambellor]

Everyone should care. The constitution is not there to protect popular things, popular things don't need constitutional protection. The constitution is there to protect the rule of law, even when the law is unpopular. There are rules in any civil society & those rules must be followed for civilization to survive. If you don't like the law, the constitution allows you to change the law, but it protects people from prosecution when no law has been broken, even if some people don't understand.

[williambellor]

What is missing in you hate-filled rage is the understanding that most of the people who received these bonuses were not the ones who caused the problems. Many of these people were hired in at a dollar a year to fix the problems. The bonuses were simply part of their agreed upon salary for doing their job. If you are going to make the argument that employees of a company taking bail-out money should be allowed to earn what was promised, then shouldn't that rule apply to all AIG employees?

[williambellor]

If you are going to make the argument that employees of AIG are not deserving of their wages, then what is the point of the bail-out in the first place. If you won't allow people who work for AIG to earn a salary, then the bail-out money was wasted because no employee will work for a company that does not pay them & no company can survive without its employees.

I think the problem is that you hate anyone who is successful & that hate has blinded you to the point that you can't see the obvious.

[williambellor]

Then one must ask why your rage is not directed that the government who caused this problem? It was Dodd, Geitner & Obama that put the stipulation into the $787 Billion Stimulus Bill that allowed the bonuses to happen in the first place. You are spitting with rage over $170 Million given to AIG employees who are working for their money but are silent about the fact that Obama has increased the federal deficit by more than $10 Trillion dollars in just 75 days!

Just keep drinking the Kool-Aid!

[JDAJR]

Shouldnt we be holding Government accountable? how about taking away their salaries for not doing their job?

[williambellor]

That would be nice to do, but their salary is a very small part of their income that they would not even miss. The big part of their income is the kickbacks they get from special interests for passing favorable legislation. Besides, they vote on their own salaries, so we have little power over that. Ever wonder how a politician can go into office for a few years making $150k a year and come out being a multi-millionaire?

The only power we have is to vote all the clowns out of office!

[JDAJR]

I agree, When Clinton was in office and making 200.000 a yr for being president, his taxes showed he paid 200.000 in taxes that year. we need to take the power back. Fair tax and term limits on congress. also make them pay into social security and stop the automatic raises and stop the lifetime payment after they retire. After all there only part time employees.

[williambellor]

Agree on all of that! I'd also eliminate their ability to vote themselves raises.

One more thing, do you remember how outraged Democrats got when AIG paid $160 Million in bonuses to their executives? Did you know that Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac just paid $210 Million in bonuses to their executives who actually engineered the whole sub-prime crisis that stated this mess?

Google "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonuses" for more information, because you won't hear this from the main-stream media.

[JDAJR]

not only that , the amount of money they spent in bonuses is the equilevant of a dime compared to the bailout. big f***n deal. obama spent trillions in 60 days, lets not forget that, because my great great great grandchildren will never forget it, they'll still be payin for it.

[williambellor]

I prefer not to talk about trillions of dollars because most people can't wrap their brains around that big of a number. If you began right now spending a dollar a second, it would take you 31,688 years, 1 month, 1 day. 14 hours, 42 minutes & 47 seconds to spend 1 trillion dollars.

If you spent a million dollars a second, it would take you more than 11 and a half days to spend that much!

Staggering, ain't it!

[JDAJR]

Just Makes me fume. have you seen the stimulus plan for the people? its great. I have it on my my space. do you have a my space? you might like to join a debate weve been having with an extreme liberal that doesn't have a clue.

[williambellor]

My MySpace link is on my YouTube homepage. My username there is williambellor as well. Offer me a friends invite and I would love to come over and help you slay some liberals!

[footballmania132]

It is. And how much has the budget been approved to?? Funny how even some of the Democrats are wondering where we're going to get that kind of money.

[footballmania132]

I'm sure you've seen the Glenn Beck segment on the AIG money laundering scandal. If you haven't seen it, look it up. We are sending BILLIONS of dollars over seas to countries like France for crying out loud!!! France!! Of all f**king countries!!

[jgnet911]

Ya god knows if they can do it to them whos next they don't want us talking about why the government had this in the stimilus instead they deflected it to AIG excutives and soon if they don't like what your doing they'll turn the public of you so no ones looking at them. In Britain they did that matter a fact I think its still legal to hold political prisoneers but if I'm wrong feel free to correct me

[Speedfreely]

The eternal general as we like to call him here in CT needs to go!! Glenn can be emotional for sure, but I share his frustration for public officials and their constant campaigning tactics. This reaction from Blumenthal is nothing more than a staged event in order to gain popularity with his potential 'constituents'. I am sick and tired of these SOB's in office that do more to advance themselves than to uphold and defend the Constitution of both country and state.

[dannyg120]

The huge amount of money that went to Obama's campaign from AIG was not so outrageous was it? But executives receiving bonus money, that was specifically written in by Chros Dodd for them to do, was wrong. When will people wake up to the corruption of this administration???? The Democrats are giving corporations trillions of dollars. Now who truly is the friend of big business??? Republicans that push for a fiscal policy of free market or Dems that put billions into their coffers?

[jjrglobal]

Fire this crook today Connecticut.

[abath07]

So you're basically saying it's not okay for taxpayers to speak out and have a voice when they see their hard earned money going to waste? That's really all that is happening here. It's just as unconstitutional for us taxpayers to not be able to dictate where our money goes.

[williambellor]

Those are your words, not mine!

Here are my words:

First, many of the employees who got these bonuses came into the company after the financial crisis and agreed to work for a dollar a year until the company got back on a solid footing. Part of their contract, that was signed about a year ago (well before the bailout) stated that these people would get bonuses based on their performance.

[williambellor]

Second, President Obama, Secretary Geitner & Banking Chairman Dodd added the AIG bonuses into the $787 Billion Stimulus Bill that was passed about a month ago (you remember that bill, right? It was the bill that was so important it needed to be passed before anyone could read and then it sat on Obama's desk for 4 days before he got around to signing it).

[williambellor]

Obama, Geitner and Dodd are currently blaming each other for the AIG Bonuses being placed in the bill, but they were all part of it. Now they are acting surprised that the bonuses got paid out and are stomping around with righteous indignation.

[williambellor]

Now we get to the unconstitutional part! It is unconstitutional for the government to step in and void a legally signed contract, just because they don't like how it turned out. If the government and void a contract after the fact, it puts our whole legal system in jeopardy because who would ever enter into a contract knowing that the terms can be voided if someone decides after the fact that they don't like it?

[williambellor]

What I think really happened is that Obama, Geitner & Dodd failed to anticipate how angry people would get over the AIG bonuses & realized that this was really their fault, so they deflected attention by scapegoating AIG executives in the hopes that no one would figure out who really was to blame! They obviously knew that the liberal media would never cover this story, but they failed to anticipate that talk radio would. Is it any wonder that the Democrats want to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine?

[williambellor]

Then we get to the core point of this video! The fact that the Connecticut Attorney General attemped to prosecute AIG executives over the bonuses, but was unable to state which law had been broken by those executives. Basically, he thought that he should be able to prosecute them because people hate them and that should be terrifying to anyone (left or right). Any government that has amassed so much power that it can prosecute someone who has broken no law is a threat to our democracy.

[williambellor]

But then there's your argument that the point of the video somehow implies that people are not allow to object to the bonuses being paid to AIG executives. This only proves that you have completely missed the point and have no idea what you are talking about. Let me be clear on this, you are absolutely free to believe and say any stupid thing you want, just as I am free to point out that you believe and say stupid things.

[williambellor]

To be honest with you, I am upset about the bonuses being paid out with taxpayer money, but that is how the law was written. If the government had done things my way, there would never have been a Stimulus Bill in the first place. If the government had done things my way, the Congress would never pass a bill they had not even read. If the government had done things my way, AIG, banks making bad loans and the auto manufacturers would be allowed to go bankrupt so they could reorganize!

[williambellor]

If that had been allowed to happen, we would already be out of this recession and on our way back to financial stability. But Obama keeps doing things that make the problem worse; healing will never occur if you keep picking at the scabs! But, in the end, this is what Obama wants, to drive all the most productive companies to failure so he can take them over and transform our economy into a socialist paradise like Cuba. Mark my words Obamaniacs, Change is not always for the better!

[RMXking16]

if govt did it your way?!?! Are you kidding me if government did it the way our FOUNDING FATHERS would do it we would never be in this mess. i am disgusted

[williambellor]

My way and our founding fathers way are the same way.

I guess I'm in great company!

Of course, as you implied, if we did it the founding fathers way, we wouldn't be in this mess, because the government never would have forced mortgage companies to give loans to people who couldn't pay them back! It's funny how these guys could create a system that would address problems that they could never have imagined in their day.

[jjrglobal]

When have the taxpayers ever been able to dictate where our money goes?

[luvmyx]

Can you say...PWNED?

AWESOME!

Glenn Beck should run for Congress...at least you know where he stands-loud and clear.

Hey GOP..are you taking notes??WE ARE FED UP!!!!

[jjrglobal]

The people of Conn. should demand this clowns resignation,now!!!!! Today. Throw him out on his ass.

People like this attorney general will be responsible for this country's downfall.

[newmommy413]

ATTA BOY!

[xXU2BerXx]

Blumenthal got pwn'd rofl

[countbelchula]

A great interview. too bad the LIB media will not pick this up..Figures.. Again Proof of Obama and his buddies doing this behind the public's back , then when we find out and get pissed, they run and go after thesepeople. The payouts were given to these people because Chris Dodd and Obama wrote it in the stimulus bill. Let me remind the short memoried Libs out there the REPUBLICANS voted against this bill. Just another day in the life of a country run by Socialist fuckheads.

[williambellor]

Who needs the media when we have YouTube. As of me writing this, more than 500 people have seen part 2 of this video and more than 1000 have seen part 1. Isn't that something like 3 times the viewers of most liberal media outlets? Screw em, let them bury their heads in the sand and pretend their Porcelain God still matters, the media is irrelevant and we don't need them anymore!

[seekanddestroy09]

media is still necessary for the people who are not computer literate eventually this might not be needed but for now it is still an avenue to keep people informed (or misinformed) thank you for posting a great piece of the effectiveness the media can have this clip shows the ineptitude of the ag in handling a simple yes or no question more questions like this and bachmanns to geithner/bernanke need to be asked and ANSWERED instead of deflected and sidestepped

[phillipmontag]

Blumenthal should be shot as a traitor and domestic enemy.

[williambellor]

I think execution may be a little extreme, but have no problems with calls for him to be removed from office. He clearly doesn't understand the difference between enforcing the law and participating in a lynch-mob. For this reason alone, he has no business in public office!

[philblunt420]

Blumenthal has always been a piece of garbage

[pastordmg]

This made me lose my breakfast. This country is not concerned about the truth or the constitiution but how it makes us feel.

There was a fork in the road about 60 days ago...unfortuneatly we desired to take the socialism path. BO stinks.

[cdoe001]

This guy did nothing but look like a tool. Hope his political career ends here and now cause he is abusing his power!

[nemethma]

One can only hope. However with the type of people that vote today, I doubt that anyone will come short of making him a saint. People don't care what someone stands for only what they will be given by the individual they cast their ballot for.

Are we truly free if we are not allowed to fail?

[cdoe001]

no!

One must fall on his face to learn to stand again and the ideas of america today, much like you said, are that no one should ever fall...

[Jakearoo14]

Best interview on the web.

[williambellor]

Thanks! That is a great compliment, perhaps the best I have ever received!

I was doing about 20 other things when this was on TV but still realized that I had to put this interview on YouTube

<300 views in the seven hours since I posted it; guess I was right!

Thanks for watching.

[TheEvilDetector]

Wow, the fall into socialist tyranny is nearly complete. It wont be long now before your less than totally obedient neighbours grace the inside of the work camps lovingly prepared for them ahead of time..

[TheEvilDetector]

Remember obedient workers, you smile and bow to the uniformed class, lest you be reminded with a boot to the face of who you masters are.

:)

Have a nice day y'all. I am off to watch American Idol.

[TheEvilDetector]

Oh and lastly, if your neighbours are becoming restless due to the social and economic collapse around them, fear not, the government is in full control and these malcontents should be reported to the department of the motherland, cough sorry I mean homeland security.

[NEStarsHockey]

Thanks for posting this I cant get over "it should be against the law" How dare he call himself a defender of the law.

[CNCIL]

Amen. I'm tired of politicians taking the law in their own hands and not following the law. We have laws and the constitution for a reason.

[williambellor]

Check out part 1 which is up now. For some reason, YouTube posted part 2 first, but it's funny watching Richard Blumenthal dodge Glenn's questions. Typical politician!