Two excellent cartoon remixes -- Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse (and PLUTO!):

PD, those are great! (cept for the youtube kept reloading). The second one is really superb!

I did a search and didn't see this article posted so I thought this is an appropriate thread as the lengthy article draws direct ties to Glenn Beck:

Progressive Hunter -- Not so funny.

. More at Huffpo

I sometimes torture myself when I am driving in my car and listen to Glen Beck on the radio (luckily I usually take the train).

This morning I was heading to my office after an appointment and Glen was on some rant about the similarities between the Great Depression and today. There was a lot of traffic so I was only half listening, but he spent some time trying to make a point (that was completely lost on me) between FDR using "Happy Days are Here Again" as a campaign song, but just two years later the most popular song was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?".

Then he started on the Progressives, saying they started in 1912 and were over by 1920, but not before they created the income tax. Then he really lost me, by claiming (apparently straight-faced) that they were so proud of their creation they named it after themselves - the Progressive income tax. He repeated this several times - with great emphasis on the use of the word progressive.

Now I am sure that Glen understands the use of "progressive" with respect to the income tax refers to the increasing nature of the tax rate at different brackets, but there are lot of people who are going to fall for this nonsense. Combined with his bad-mouthing of groups like the Tides Foundation I believe that this kind of rhetoric is going to lead to real trouble, especially if the Republicans get control of the House and Senate and cause more obstruction. Even if the economy is slowly getting better they are going to try to cut (or hold up) a lot of the safety-net programs that are helping keep people from total desperation. If they are pushed over the edge they are going to be easy prey for this nonsense.

He's an incorrigible liar...has been for a couple decades now at least.

Christian Science Monitor Oct. 16, 2010 By Brad Knickerbocker Did Glenn Beck's rhetoric inspire violence?


P.S. Could Glenn get his second "n" back in the topic title?

That would be too respectful, Tolland.

True. But it helps Fogbowsers^TM using search function.

I have two (former) friends. Both are on disability, he works occasionally, she can't work at all. They survive on public assistance, Medicare, and help from their families.

And they have both become hard core Beck worshipers. (which is why they're now former friends). They have become so taken by Beck's words and the people that Beck is blaming, that they simply can't understand that Beck wants the safety nets they rely on to be removed.

They are both happily, cheerfully, working against their own interests. And will lash at out anyone who points this out to them.

I hope they wake up someday.

Hmmm...Stockholm syndrome writ large. During the civil war, according to my great-grandmother, there were some slaves that tried mightily to shield their masters from the wrath of Sherman's soldiers as they moved north through South Carolina.

Glenn Beck is selling food insurance. FOOD INSURANCE!

I went to the site:



$200 for the food. If you want a first aid kit & some tools thrown in, add another $50.

http://www.foodinsurance.com/

Radio clip of Beck saying "There's gonna come a time when people" will "wish they would have listened" to him on food insurance:

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201010150012

The food insurance site says Hannity is hawking it too.

Now, I thought this was crazy. However, I just learned that Monsanto bought Blackwater/Xe.


http://beforeitsnews.com/story/215/350/ ... er_Xe.html

So I don't know anymore. Maybe the wingnuts are on to something with this food insurance.

From what I've read, Monsanto is using Xe's services for intel gathering, as opposed to buying them.

The Nation article says:




Now, thats still two ebil companies ganging up together in a disturbing manner, but it does not appear that Monsanto have decided they need a private army. I think this is an internet created storm.

Two weeks...pffft that's not gonna be much good when the Zombie Apocalypse strikes. You need at least a one-year supply down in your basement.
http://www.shelfreliance.com/basic-1-ye ... upply.html



$1,889.54

And what are we going to do for toilet paper?

Do they also supply freeze-dried water that can be used to regererate their MREs ? Do they add a sufficient supply of matches to heat this stuff ?

Google doesn't show any reliable reports other than a plethora of conspiracy and far left blogs. Waiting for something more to appear. I guess this would require some sort of SEC disclosure and reports on the regular commerce news sites. What may be a reliable item, is that one of the many Blackwater/Xe offsprings that was already supplying security services to Monsanto, was taken over in full.

Grow Marihuana, it's leaves are now a dual use product and nobody will be searching for it anyhow

It's not that I think having an emergency kit is a bad thing. I know my brother-in-law prepared something that is probably similar to what they're selling for my sister and him when they lived in San Francisco. An earthquake kit or whatever.

Nothing as complete as this. Though Pluto will be happy to know that the LATimes includes toilet paper in their suggested items:




http://www.latimes.com/news/local/earth ... 33.graphic


I'd be seriously up the creek. I think my sister and her hub would be too, cuz I know he just had a couple of backpacks.

And for Beck and Hannity to use their fame to frighten people is terrible. They aren't selling it as a natural disaster emergency kit, but as to prepare for the complete collapse of the United States. If you haven't listened to the clip, you might not understand.

I can tell you there seems to be more people who are preparing to such. I see scribd accounts that are full of documents on survival skills. These are the same folks who have documents of Birfistan and similar.

Buy Gold, Seeds and Dry Foods people.

I don't know what all the fuss is about with gold. The folks that own it want you to buy it. It makes them even more money...

Think about this - How much nutrition and how many calories are in a gold bar? After the apopyclipse I don't think anyone will be giving much of a crap about gold. It is going to be a matter of flour and meat, and it ain't gonna be pretty.

FIFY. Double tap, two to the head. Spot on otherwise, and I will be stealing "apopyclipse" in the future.

Smackdown.

haha! I did LOVE that. That's Part II. I recommend watching Part I first. If you have the time. If not, just watch Part II, The Manchurian Lunatic, above:

George Soros Plans to Overthrow America