I am confused how this is Beck's scam? For that matter I am confused how it is a scam at all. If you don't research what your investing your money in that's on you.

 

Oh, I completely agree. Silly to invest without doing any research. But that being said, Beck is using fear to prey on the naive.

Then why did you use the word scam? Surely it wasn't to prey on the fears (oR naivete) of the leftys here was it?

I think the left would love this. I imagine Beck's audience is overwhelmingly conservative. So they're the ones overspending, leaving them less money to donate to conservative causes and politicians. Isn't that a good thing for the left? Maybe I should call Keith O to set something up.

Oh, I completely agree. Silly to invest without doing any research. But that being said, Beck is using fear to prey on the naive.

Sorry but this nothing new. The Dem's used fear to ram their health care bill through, they used fear to ram the stimulus through, people use fear every day to push their agenda. Bush used fear to ram the bailouts through.

I enjoy Beck. I listen to him often. He is excellent at connecting dots the real media doesn't even see much less look for.

 

I've yet to buy numismatic gold coins, a Select Comfort bed, EZ Water or convert to Mormonism. I think I'm equally selective about his political views.

 

Something about a grain of salt in there somewhere.

Then why did you use the word scam? Surely it wasn't to prey on the fears (oR naivete) of the leftys here was it?

 

I haven't tried to make this a matter of Right or Left at all. I haven't tried to bash conservatives in the least. I'm just observing that there is a popular talk show host who is, in effect, leading a scam and using his show to promote it.

Sorry but this nothing new. The Dem's used fear to ram their health care bill through, they used fear to ram the stimulus through, people use fear every day to push their agenda. Bush used fear to ram the bailouts through.

 

And I guess you could argue this, but at least in the other cases, the fear they instill isn't directly lining their pockets like it is Beck's.

And I guess you could argue this, but at least in the other cases, the fear they instill isn't directly lining their pockets like it is Beck's.

 

Al Gore?

I am confused how this is Beck's scam? For that matter I am confused how it is a scam at all. If you don't research what your investing your money in that's on you.

 

But many don't have the resources to do so. I lump this type of scam in with televangelists who do pretty much the same thing.

I enjoy Beck. I listen to him often. He is excellent at connecting dots the real media doesn't even see much less look for.

 

I've yet to buy numismatic gold coins, a Select Comfort bed, EZ Water or convert to Mormonism. I think I'm equally selective about his political views.

 

Something about a grain of salt in there somewhere.

 

:D:p

Al Gore?

Without a doubt!

Al Gore?

 

Obviously that's a little more debatable than Beck.

Obviously that's a little more debatable than Beck.

 

Not really, some may argue it's actually more clear cut than Beck.

1985 to 1987. I'm sure it just seemed longer to the fine folks of Louisville.

Glenn had a very small syndication base out of 970 WFLA here in Tampa when the 9/11 attacks happened. He stayed on the air 12 to 16 hours at a time, coordinating coverage from New York for Clear Channel, interviewing "experts" and commenting on the attacks. Stations around the country started picking up his live feed. That's the point when he went national. He stayed here for the next year, running his now larger syndication, before Clear Channel moved him to New York. I don't harbor any ill will towards Beck, I'm no fan either, but I always felt 9/11 made his career what it is today.

But many don't have the resources to do so. I lump this type of scam in with televangelists who do pretty much the same thing.

 

Bingo!!!

 

Beck would do equally as well as a Benny Hinn or Peter Poppov type character.