Glenn Beck: Obama's volunteerism = Mao's China

[CptStern]

The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a Hollywood charitable organization, has helped to organize a push in the television industry to encourage volunteerism among the citizenry. The support for volunteerism will be spread across 60 shows, and in some cases woven into the plot lines.

Enter Glenn Beck, who reads in this yet another conspiracy theory that President Obama is using Hollywood in an attempt to turn American in a communist nation: "Well, this is fantastic. It's almost like we're living in Mao's China right now."

Beck seems worried that by encouraging more volunteerism we're creating a problem, or a crisis, that will be exploited later, but it is difficult to follow the logic. Basically, Beck's main point is that President Obama and Hollywood and the media are colluding to control your lives by promoting more community service and civic participation:

watch video:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/19/glenn-beck-slams-obama-en_n_326632.html

Celebrities are coming together to make it cool to volunteer. Disney gives you a free day at the park. This is all fine, but doesn't it seem a little bit convenient that all of this comes out now at the same time the Obama administration is calling for it? Obama controls the message through the media he holds in his pocket. Or in his little hand. And soon if you disobey, he'll just go [Beck slaps his hand]. Now the message will be embedded in television shows. Isn't this great? Aren't you proud of what we're doing? Oh, this certainly is change.

oh ffs shut the **** up Beck you're such an alarmist ninny

 

[<RJMC>]

disney giving free day at the park?

 

[Rizzo]

SWEET! Never been to Disney land! I going to ride the everything.

 

[CptStern]

right, you guys are going to volunteer just so you can have a free day at Disney? have fun changing bedpans/picking up freeway trash/keeping family-less felons company on visitation day

hl2.netters volunteering for charitable work =

 

[<RJMC>]

right, you guys are going to volunteer just so you can have a free day at Disney? have fun changing bedpans/picking up freeway trash/keeping family-less felons company on visitation day

hl2.netters volunteering for charitable work =

shut up is ****ing disneyland!

is not our fault you hate disney cuz he promoved polictical correctnes while you where on strike in the great depresion

is ****ing disney land bitch!

 

[lame-o]

Didn't he say that he was wrong about thinking that America is going towards a communistic state like a month ago? After which he said it was actually heading towards fascism because of the NWO. Now he's back to communism? Cool.

 

[CptStern]

shut up is ****ing disneyland!

is not our fault you hate disney cuz he promoved polictical correctnes while you where on strike in the great depresion

is ****ing disney land bitch!

I've been to Disney and would go again. you're just angry your backwards little country has no room for a disney what with the sociialism and crippling poverty

 

[David.Seth2]

Keith Olbermann, as always, gives us his take on good ol Beck:

(starts at 1:30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbcna460ocA

 

[Sheepo]

I like to think that if we don't talk about Glenn Beck all the ****ing time, at some point we might not have to worry about him at all.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

sit on a fire hydrant haha.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

People who were laid off could be doing this as a job and making money to avoid foreclosure. I'm not completely against expanding government employment if it relates directly to infrastructure management. Our infrastructure (roads, freeway systems, electric grid, etc) is in the early stages of crumbling and soon enough it'll be the top issue in elections.

 

[Shyam]

I think Obama has three personalities. He has a communist, Fascist and a Black racist sides. His Communist personality hates the Fascist personality and his Fascist personality hates the Communist personality. His Black racist side hates his Fascist personality.

And all of his three personalities hate America.

[Sarcasm]

 

[Krynn72]

I think you have one personality. And its stupid.

 

[Shyam]

I think you have one personality. And its stupid.

Goddamit, I forgot to add the sarcasm thing. That was a joke btw.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Good lord, the man should just leave the country if he hates it so much. Go start your own colony in the middle of the ocean where you wont bother anyone...

 

[Shyam]

leave Glenn Beck alone. He is only loving his pay cheque.

 

[Sheepo]

Goddamit, I forgot to add the sarcasm thing. That was a joke btw.

Don't worry bro, I think he knew.

 

[15357]

Glenn Beck actually reminds me of Dr. Goebbels. Albeit a retarded version of him.

 

[smwScott]

This is spectacularly silly. Seriously, if the content of that was left the same it wouldn't be out of place on a sketch comedy show. Nevertheless, I know people who would watch it and nod their heads along because it's what they think they're supposed to agree with ... even though on their own they have to be intelligent enough to know how utterly inane what the man's saying is.

Hell, they've actually gotten worse since Bill O' Reilly. He was a belligerent asshole that got his way by yelling louder, making shit up, and cutting mics off ... but at least he was halfway coherent.

 

[lord_raken]

Good lord, the man should just leave the country if he hates it so much. Go start your own colony in the middle of the ocean where you wont bother anyone...

He does not HATE America. That is pretty obvious to anyone. What he hates are Democrats, socialism, and big government that does not agree with him. Beck is too extreme and generalizing for my tastes. He spouts huge hyperboles about the flaws of the Democrats while ignoring his own ridiculous bias.

Disliking (hating) a president is not unpatriotic. It is actually a sign of great patriotism because one would not care if they were not.

Obama is NOT America. He is just another elected official WE THE PEOPLE voted in to help run OUR country for a few years... that is all.

He is not "HOPE" he is our president, here to serve us.

 

[Sierra Oscar]

Its scary that so many people take Beck seriously.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Wow. This guy is actually insane imply that we do not already have an emergency on our hands. America DOES have an emergency--its called POVERTY. And it is not just an American problem. Why do you think so many people showed up in Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO and how it lets the multinationals destroy local farmers and crops all around the world? Why do you think so many people protest the G20 and how it keeps half the global population living in squalor? Why do you think there is so much terrorism and hunger?? Everyone on the planet could do more and should do more to help those less fortunate than themselves. To find any sort of fault with this is beyond asinine.

Its scary that so many people take Beck seriously.

Indeed. Seeing his books do so well and having them displayed so prominently in mainstream bookshops is really sickening. Reminds me that mainstream America is dreadfully lacking in intelligence and so the flames of hate/division (i.e. distraction) will grow ever higher.

 

[VirusType2]

I guess I resemble a democrat, yet I don't believe that anyone should be forced into volunteer labor by their government.

Then - what's up with the new containment prisons they are reportedly building all over the US. Top it off with forced volunteer cadet type military service for everyone including children.

How about - off topic: $6,000,000.00 fines for downloading one Mp3. This is designed to oppress and enslave you for life!

I'm sorry - and maybe I'm just old fashioned or don't fully understand, but this is absolutely terrifying to me.


Resistance is futile.

 

[unozero]

Hollywood supporting presidents in this fashion is nothing new.

 

[Wanted Bob]

He does not HATE America. That is pretty obvious to anyone. What he hates are Democrats, socialism, and big government that does not agree with him. Beck is too extreme and generalizing for my tastes. He spouts huge hyperboles about the flaws of the Democrats while ignoring his own ridiculous bias.

Disliking (hating) a president is not unpatriotic. It is actually a sign of great patriotism because one would not care if they were not.

Obama is NOT America. He is just another elected official WE THE PEOPLE voted in to help run OUR country for a few years... that is all.

He is not "HOPE" he is our president, here to serve us.

Sorry, I didnt mean to say that he hated America (though looking back, it does look like that), I meant to imply that he hated the people running the country.

 

[Shyam]

Obama is NOT America. He is just another elected official WE THE PEOPLE voted in to help run OUR country for a few years... that is all.

He is not "HOPE" he is our president, here to serve us.

Yeah I figured. But I think he is overzealous in his 'task'. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and beck in my opinion are the radio and TV versions of internet trolls. They just spout whatever comes to their mouth to evoke an emotionally charged response. And it's working.

I wouldn't be surprised if these guys love their big fat pay cheques more than their country.

 

[Noodle]

Why hasn't anybody made a Rush Limbaugh L4D "PILLSSSSS!!!!" cartoon yet?

I think politicians are actually aliens that landed when parts of an asteriod broke up in the atmosphere and scattered debris around.

It was an asteroid made of lemur excrement.

Seriously, Beck is another one of those people getting paid big bucks to sell their soul (assuming they had one beforehand) to be on network TV and spout pre-packaged absurdities about all democrats being wicken child-rapist commies. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fools that take them seriously.

The same goes with the more liberal side of the media, although they actually believe the absurdities they say. (so it seems to me, anyway)

 

[Shyam]

Why hasn't anybody made a Rush Limbaugh L4D "PILLSSSSS!!!!" cartoon yet?

It is obvious that Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are secret homosexual lovers. As evidenced by how much Hannity's head is up Limbaugh's ass.