Glenn Beck is at it again

[SOONER44EVER]

WOW!!!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/holocaust-survivors-slam-becks-monstrous-report/

Holocaust survivors condemn Glenn Beck’s ‘monstrous’ report on Soros

By Daniel Tencer
Thursday, November 11th, 2010 -- 5:50 pm

Rosenberg: 'Glenn Beck era will likely end sooner than expected'

Holocaust survivors and prominent Jewish groups are targeting Fox News personality Glenn Beck for his claim that billionaire George Soros helped in the effort to exterminate Jews during World War II.

Some political observers are wondering whether Beck may have gone too far this week with a series on Soros, the billionaire financier and philanthropist of Jewish extraction who survived the Nazi occupation of his native Hungary. During a multi-part series on Soros on his radio show, Beck on Thursday described Soros' youth during the war:

George Soros' father asked a Christian in Hungary to adopt his son or make him his Godson. And George Soros used to go around with this anti-Semite and deliver papers to the Jews and confiscate their property. And then ship them off. And George Soros was part of it. ... It's frightening. Here's a Jewish boy helping send the Jews to the death camps.
That comment drew condemnation from Holocaust survivors and Jewish groups, who described it as offensive and ignorant.

"For a political commentator or entertainer to have the audacity to say – inaccurately – that there's a Jewish boy sending Jews to death camps, as part of a broader assault on Mr. Soros, that's horrific," said Abe Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor. "To hold a young boy responsible for what was going on around him during the Holocaust as part of a larger effort to denigrate the man is repugnant."

According to previously published accounts of his life, Soros was tasked as a child with delivering eviction notices to Jewish families during the war. But there does not appear to be any evidence that Soros "helped send the Jews to the death camps," as Beck asserted.

In an interview with the Jewish Week, Foxman said it was wrong to hold individuals to account for what they did to survive the war.

“Look, I spit on Jews when I was six years old,” Foxman told me. “Does that make me an anti-Semite?”

(Like Soros, Foxman was handed over to, and raised by, a Christian family during the war.)

Elan Steinberg, vice-president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants, told the Jewish Week that Beck's comments were "monstrous."

Beck's comments "go to the heart of the instrumentalization and trivialization of the Holocaust," Steinberg said.

Beck has long named George Soros as one of the people he views as an enemy of America, because of Soros' links to progressive causes. During the mid-term elections, Beck painted a narrative of Soros as a shadowy puppetmaster attempting to destroy the US economy and middle class.

Now, at least one political writer sees career jeopardy in Beck's latest attacks on Soros.

"Thanks to the ADL, the Glenn Beck era will likely end sooner than expected," writes M.J. Rosenberg, a TalkingPointsMemo writer who focuses on Jewish and Israeli issues.

Rosenberg posits that Beck's series on Soros "would have been illegal in Germany" where "it is illegal to use Nazi images and themes especially to malign a Jew, let alone a Holocaust survivor."

He adds that he felt Beck's series was "so anti-Semitic" that it convinced him a Holocaust could happen in the United States.

"I am not saying Beck is anti-Semitic," he explained. "I think he is so utterly ignorant of Jewish history and the history of Germany 1933-1945 that he is unaware of what he is doing."

[StoopTroup]

I'm surprised he's on TV still. Worse than a Nappy headed ho comment.

[SOONER44EVER]

He reminds me of a cross between David Koresh and Jim Jones. Creepy dude.

[StoopTroup]

I like his passion about wanting his Country back and even that he wasn't afraid to cry about it on TV....but there are so many things he says for ratings and things that other people turn into hatred. He wouldn't be on TV if he had kept saying things about being afraid. Fox wants to make people fear something....anything....

The Lady that Colbert interviewed 11/10 that was CEO of Marble-King Corporation really explained how our playing field in Manufacturing was so unfair as the Chinese and other Countries subsidize those companies and our Country allows them to come in a cut our companies throats in the name of free market. When another Country has put every business you have in a certain market and your down to one and there is no competition...you no longer have a free market. You have "No Market". You are simply just a consumer who has no choice but to buy what you need from a company that distributes products made in another Country. If the products are made here then more people have jobs to pay taxes and buy products. Small business success is the backbone of starting a resurgence and putting americans back to work.

She says Obamacare and extending tax cuts isn't even on her radar as something that would hurt her Company...it's the fact that it cost her 21 cents a pound in energy costs to sell her product for 28 cents a pound. Not much left to make a profit. Your gonna half to make it up in volume and loyalty to a Made in America product over a cheaper import.

I think it would be cool to hear more folks like her express their needs via the National Media. I found her fascinating to listen to and a breath of fresh air. Very positive. Stop the importing of cheap goods and the outsourcing of jobs. Eventually the markets will start to adjust and people will get back to work. Our competition's Gov't is subsidizing the cheap labor and energy to put our companies out of business and we are not only giving them a break to import it all....we are letting them buy up our debt. Craziness.

[jumperstop]

Rosenberg posits that Beck's series on Soros "would have been illegal in Germany" where "it is illegal to use Nazi images and themes especially to malign a Jew, let alone a Holocaust survivor."


Ironic..sounds kinda Nazi...

[soonervegas]

Yeah he is on borrowed time. Reminds me of that Cartman presentation where he was trying to link Kyle to the urinal duece and the 9/11 attacks.

[oumartin]

if he was a liberal guy spewing hatred you people would love him.

[soonerhubs]

I think he's an idiot as much as the next guy, but could you find a more slanted source than that website? It's an "all things left" source.

[mgsooner]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are just too stupid to see Glenn Beck for what he really is. Here's a hint: he's laughing all the way to the bank.

[oumartin]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are just too stupid to see Glenn Beck for what he really is. Here's a hint: he's laughing all the way to the bank.



You see Glenn Beck makes no bones about it. He's said this repeatedly.
He is about making bank and I have no problem with that.

I have more problems with you left leaning whacks having no issues with leftist views regardless of the hatred but damn this guy who leans to the right.

Commical

[mgsooner]

You see Glenn Beck makes no bones about it. He's said this repeatedly.
He is about making bank and I have no problem with that.

I have more problems with you left leaning whacks having no issues with leftist views regardless of the hatred but damn this guy who leans to the right.

Commical

If you read my post carefully I said NOTHING negative about Glenn Beck.

[SOONER44EVER]

If you read my post carefully I said NOTHING negative about Glenn Beck.

I did. He's creepy.

[oumartin]

If you read my post carefully I said NOTHING negative about Glenn Beck.


sorry the only person I read and listen too carefully is Glenn Beck

[StoopTroup]

if he was a liberal guy spewing hatred you people would love him.

Instead of "A liberal guy"...why don't you throw out a name of one? That way we can have a thread to honor him for all of his brilliance.

[oumartin]

Keith Olberman?

Joy Baher?

Oprah Winfrey?

Rachal Madow(or however you spell that dykes name)

[StoopTroup]

Idiot

Wack job

Closet lesbian

I wouldn't be able to point her out in a police line up.

[sooner ngintunr]

buy gold!!11!!!11!!!!!

[JohnnyMack]

Glenn Beck is, like most media pundits, a giant ****** who's promoting a particular agenda. He's not a journalist, he's a hired gun. Take what he says for what's it worth.

[StoopTroup]

Buy marbles! Give her The Colbert Bump!

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They work really good for when your riding your motorcycle and someone is tailgating you. :D ;)

Open with media player or watch it on the website. Just think of the hours of fun you'll have listening to your kids play marbles. :D

MARBLE TREE FOR TEH WIN!!!!!

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[JohnnyMack]

Add in Glenn Beck's scumbag antics with Goldline and that ****er can die in a fire.

[OUthunder]

if he was a liberal guy spewing hatred you people would love him.

Personally, I think he's awesome, and I watch him everyday. For those of you who think that his time is limited on FOX, you need to pay better attention.

[swardboy]

Uh, you predictors of Beck's demise are fail. The number 3 largest radio personality ain't going nowhere. And it's hilarious watching the progressives' onslaught to discredit him. Van Jones knows Beck is the real deal.

[SOONER44EVER]

He kinda discredited himself on this one.

[OUthunder]

Honestly, I laugh at the people that hate him. He's right most of the time, albeit sometimes late to the party. He called the housing collapse months before it happened and has been correct on numerous other issues. He also predicted that Obama would be a leftist before he was elected and look how wrong he was there.

Sometimes I think that people hate the truth.

[XingTheRubicon]

so how's the smut business, jackie

[XingTheRubicon]

Honestly, I laugh at the people that hate him. He's right most of the time, albeit sometimes late to the party. He called the housing collapse months before it happened and has been correct on numerous other issues. He also predicted that Obama would be a leftist before he was elected and look how wrong he was there.

Sometimes I think that people hate the truth.

He was accurate with those things you mentioned but his delivery sometimes make him look nuttier than squirrel poop.

[Boarder]

I used a clip from his show in a public speaking class to illustrate how people use logical fallacies when speaking. It was not difficult to find clips. It was harder to narrow it down to just a few.

[MR2-Sooner86]

Glenn Beck is alright at times. His radio show is "meh" compared to Boortz or Savage. His TV show can be interesting sometimes. His books aren't bad but Arguing With Idiots is probably his best.

Here are the problems with Glen Beck.

He claims to be a libertarian when he's not. Neal Boortz is a libertarian. John Stossel is a libertarian. Beck? Don't think so.

He does flip flop on issues. For instance when he first started on Fox he was against marijuana legalization. Not too long ago he got on his show and said it's stupid to criminalize it and the wasted money for it to be a part of the War on Drugs. He made a good argument for it but I ask myself, why the switch?

Finally, as stated, he goes where the money is. I personally think he was better on CNN and was more centered and much more of a libertarian in thought. When he got on Fox it's very obvious his views changed dramatically. Did he sell out? I wouldn't say that but I think he just showed his true colors more as on CNN he really couldn't.

[Leroy Lizard]

I'm not sure which is worse: Beck's unsubstantiated claims or his opponents' over-the-top criticisms.

[49r]

so how's the smut business, jackie

It's never a bad idea to inject a Lebowski qoute randomly into a conversation. +1 :D

[AlboSooner]

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[SOONER44EVER]

bX1rLv_hNeI

WTF?

[mgsooner]

LOL.

[GrapevineSooner]

I think he sometimes goes into a lala land when trying to connect the dots in the Obama administration to marxism, etc.

But I follow a bunch of politicos on Twitter. It's amazing to see them decry Beck, Fox News, etc. and then retweet something Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow tweeted.

Beck might be nutty. But he doesn't poison the well like Olby does.

Maddow doesn't either to her credit. But again, she's a delusional idiot if she doesn't think her employer is a political operation.

[AlboSooner]

I think we would be better off if these polarizing figures stopped doing their shtick. In my experience, when you get people to sit down and talk calmly they most likely will find a common ground, and have a civil discourse. Nobody is right 100% of the time.

[NormanPride]

Didn't he get murdered in a shower by a guy in a mask? Or was that a movie?

[OklahomaTuba]

buy gold!!11!!!11!!!!!
Sounds like sound investment advice given what Dear Leader is doing to the dollar right now, and how gold has been sky rocketing since he came into office.

[The]

Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.

[Scott D]

The one thing i like about Glenn Beck is that his opinion is always available for the highest bidder.

[SoonerAtKU]

Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.

ALLEGEDLY! He hasn't denied it, though.

[The]

ALLEGEDLY! He hasn't denied it, though.

WHY WONT HE TALK ABOUT IT?? WHAR DEAD GURL, WHAR????

[bigfatjerk]

The only time I really like Beck is when he goes into his stuff on history. And while Soros is one evil dude. I just don't care much for his trying to connect the dots on how socialist Obama is. He did the same crap with Bush about 5 years ago.

[StoopTroup]

Sounds like sound investment advice given what Dear Leader is doing to the dollar right now, and how gold has been sky rocketing since he came into office.

Bush just admitted he went against his own principles and started all of this. Dear Leader was ****ed from the get go and if he's the idiot you say he is...I'd think we'd all be ****ed by now. One man's "OMG I'M ****ED" is another's...."OK....you kids just cost me $400 last month and I had to change our call plan again so you better cool it with your phones!".

Just sayin' :P

[TUSooner]

Beck said something "offensive and ignorant"?! nawwwwwwwwww.

[tommieharris91]

This thread is proof that Mr. Beck isn't going anywhere for awhile.

Now to make the easy, Beck-style comparison to Goebbels...

[JohnnyMack]

Sounds like sound investment advice given what Dear Leader is doing to the dollar right now, and how gold has been sky rocketing since he came into office.

Buying gold is a good idea. Buying gold from Goldline isn't. See the difference?

[mgsooner]

buy food insurance!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!

[tommieharris91]

Buying gold is a good idea. Buying gold from Goldline isn't. See the difference?

I'm not even sure buying gold is still a good idea, but I've been wrong on calling the top of this rally a few times.

[Scott D]

Buying gold is a good idea. Buying gold from Goldline isn't. See the difference?

what a silly question, you know you're talking to Tuba right?

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Beck's is good beer. But, when I can get it, I still prefer Dos Equis.

[The]

Beck's is good beer. But, when I can get it, I still prefer Dos Equis.

Beck's is an EXCELLENT warm day lager.

[GrapevineSooner]

Beck's is good beer. But, when I can get it, I still prefer Dos Equis.

This man won't even drink Beck's.

http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/most_interesting_man.jpg

[OklahomaTuba]

Buying gold is a good idea. Buying gold from Goldline isn't. See the difference?And what exactly is wrong with goldline???

[OklahomaTuba]

I'm not even sure buying gold is still a good idea, but I've been wrong on calling the top of this rally a few times.As long as obumblefuk is in office, its gonna be a good investment.

[The]

As long as obumblefuk is in office, its gonna be a good investment.


For rubes.

[JohnnyMack]

And what exactly is wrong with goldline???

Seriously?

[soonerscuba]

For rubes.If you bought GLD and SPY on the day Obama was elected through today, you made more money on SPY, before dividends. Both are good investments, but getting caught up on investment reasoning that fits your politics and what the TV says is not solid investing.

[3rdgensooner]

As long as obumblefuk is in office
Is that a Harry Potter character?

[The]

If you bought GLD and SPY on the day Obama was elected through today, you made more money on SPY, before dividends. Both are good investments, but getting caught up on investment reasoning that fits your politics and what the TV says is not solid investing.

What about GOOG?

[soonerscuba]

What about GOOG?Less than both, but you still would have made a nice gain by any measure.

[The]

Less than both, but you still would have made a nice gain by any measure.

I invested heavily in the Botswana pula. I did better than all.

[49r]

If you bought GLD and SPY on the day Obama was elected through today, you made more money on SPY, before dividends. Both are good investments, but getting caught up on investment reasoning that fits your politics and what the TV says is not solid investing.

AAPL has outperformed gold in the past two years, by quite a substantial margin.

[The]

AAPL has outperformed gold in the past two years, by quite a substantial margin.

How about AARP?

[49r]

How about AARP?

AARP AARP AARP!!!

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[The]

AARP AARP AARP!!!

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I SUMMON CLUBS!

[Jammin']

I need a sandwich.

[The]

I need a sandwich.
I need a sandwich's wife...

[49r]

AARP AARP AARP!!!

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Clubs???

Which kind. Dance? Golf? Sandwich?

[Blue]

Lets not lose sight of the fact George Soros is a massive P.O.S. that profits on destroying a countrys economy. He says it plain as day he wants global government and that the US has to go down to get there. Hes a psychotic control freak.

beck may be a doosh at times, but I'm glad somebody is calling out these people.

[soonerscuba]

Lets not lose sight of the fact George Soros is a massive P.O.S. that profits on destroying a countrys economy.Speculation isn't illegal. Frankly, Soros does more for capitalism in a day than Beck will do many lifetimes over. Mingling politics and personal finance is for people that don't like money.

[AlboSooner]

Soros is a well-respected man outside the US for his charities. I don't know what he has done as I haven't seen any evidence against him, but I do know there are orphanages in Eastern Europe that bear his name.
But I get my news from the BBC, like the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Blue]

Speculation isn't illegal. Frankly, Soros does more for capitalism in a day than Beck will do many lifetimes over. Mingling politics and personal finance is for people that don't like money.

I completely disagree. Soros and people like him are a plague.

[soonerscuba]

I completely disagree. Soros and people like him are a plague.There are two sides to every trade, Soros happens to be good at being on the side of the winner most of the time in currency speculation, which as I stated is not illegal, and he has a responsibility to his investors to make money. Is he just the wrong kind of capitalist? Frankly, if his politics lined up that of Buffet's he would be revered in this country, but they don't, and it's completely obvious he doesn't GAS.

[Blue]

"Happens to be good at being on the side of the winner." I wonder why that is? Could it be he manipulates the hell out of it? We'll just agree to disagree.

[KC//CRIMSON]

-faCh8BUEts

[sooner59]

Heh.

[Breadburner]

I SUMMON CLUBS!

Will Elin Nordegren work.....:D

[SanJoaquinSooner]

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1234184827_hot chick in the audience.gif

[delhalew]

"Happens to be good at being on the side of the winner." I wonder why that is? Could it be he manipulates the hell out of it? We'll just agree to disagree.

When you use your power to decide the winners and losers you tend to make some bank.

I have one very serious opinion about Beck. I have only been able to watch his his show a few times, but there is one thing has hit the bullseye on(probably not the only thing).

The topics being discussed in modern politics are serious and involved. The do not lend themselves to the format of EVERY "news" entity across the dial.

Hit and run, single segment debates allow only time for talking points and red socks versus yankees false narrative. Dems vs Rebublicans...it's bull****.

Beck takes a full show or a weeks worth of shows to flesh out complex issues. That's why people love his historical shows so much. If you are going to dissect economic issues or understand the trajectory of progressive ideology over a century, you had better be willing to take your time.

I think he wins people over by being willing to have a discussion, rather than getting a lefty and a righty to yell at each other for five minutes in between advertisements.

[Blue]

It's "Cool" to hate on Beck these days. And God forbid anybody stand for something. The progressives have successfully brainwashed an entire generation not to question ANYTHING and label anybody outside their worldview a "Kook".

It's too bad they feel such shame regarding the best country the world has ever seen and want to accomodate every anti-american bigot on the planet.

[sooner59]

My main problem with Beck is every time I turn over to his show, he is making the same emotion-laden plea. Its normally, "Folks, listen, we are losing our country.....and I don't know if we can get it back." I absolutely do not watch MSNBC or CNN anymore than Fox. I hate all of those networks. I just dismiss them all as people making money off of people's emotions, fears, hopes, and dreams. None of them would do it for free. They all make millions of dollars per year to polarize the views of the nation. I'll pass on all counts. Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Olbermann, Madow, Blitzer, whoever....they can all eat my ***. I can jump to conclusions and b**** on my own.

[Blue]

We are losing the country and we aren't gonna get it back. Welcome to the new world. It's already done. The only thing left is for TPTB to abolish borders. Once the last few resistors (Iran, N Korea, a few others) are wiped out, say hello to Global govt. We already have a global bank. Global religion is working itself out with all who stand for something being labeled a bigot.

I don't see how people can't see this. Those in favor of a grand world united fail to think about the corrupt ****ers who would be leading it.

[mgsooner]

I just dismiss them all as people making money off of people's emotions, fears, hopes, and dreams.

We have a winner

[oumartin]

I heart Glenn Beck

[sooner n houston]

I'm a fan of the man! I would challenge you doubters to watch his show for a week and give us a report on all the lies you see in that week. Could be most interesting.

[Scott D]

He might be tolerable to watch if someone would control his sugar and caffeine intake.

[sooner59]

I'm not saying he goes on tv everyday and spouts lies. I'm saying every one of those pundits go on tv and twist every piece of information they can to appeal to the emotions of their target audience and garner ratings. Its not lying if you say its "probably headed toward (blank)" or "(blank) is happening as we speak and is (blank) could happen". But this one world government crap is.....well.....crap. Nobody wants that, not even democrats. You think Russia wants to hold hands and skip across the meadow with us? They don't trust us as far as they can throw us, and we feel the same way about them. China would rather go to war than lose an inch of competitive advantage. That is how they work. Global religion? Nope, never gonna happen. Try telling Christians to convert to Islam or vice versa. I don't even want to go down that path as some people would kill you for mentioning it. I agree that this country is becoming pussified in the areas of protecting the borders and what is PC or not. But fear not about Obama. He won't be around too much longer. The next POTUS will be republican. Take that to the bank. And I don't have a problem with that. Its good to switch things up from time to time. That is what keeps this country free and democratic. The democratic party does a few things, f***s some stuff up......the republicans come in, fix it, do some other stuff, f*** some other stuff up.....and hit the repeat cycle. It would be nice to have one or two other big parties as both right and left are so polarized nowadays that **** never gets done, and when it does, it p***es off half the nation. The pundits don't add anything to society IMHO, they are just savvy at playing the game. And when you can pull in $32 million per year like Glenn Beck, you are damn sure playing it well. Bravo I say. I wish I could bank like that.

[soonerscuba]

Beck's primary problem is the lack of historical narrative. He hates Bernake's decisions (actually, he loves them, that Goldline money doesn't come w/o Fed policy), Bernake runs the Fed, the Fed was created by Woodrow Wilson, therefore Wilson was a bad president. People love a counter-history, and Beck certainly knows how to spin a yarn that will appeal to the emotional side of a demographic. The reason people call people like Beck "kooks" is A) because he cries on national TV about losing "his" country and B) how exactly am I supposed to describe someone with a hatred of Wilson while not peeping on the policy of T. Roosevelt?

[mgsooner]

He might be tolerable to watch if someone would control his sugar and caffeine intake.

I thought Mormons couldn't have caffeine

[GrapevineSooner]

I thought Mormons couldn't have caffeine

I think my friend was being sarcastic :P

[bigfatjerk]

Beck's primary problem is the lack of historical narrative. He hates Bernake's decisions (actually, he loves them, that Goldline money doesn't come w/o Fed policy), Bernake runs the Fed, the Fed was created by Woodrow Wilson, therefore Wilson was a bad president. People love a counter-history, and Beck certainly knows how to spin a yarn that will appeal to the emotional side of a demographic. The reason people call people like Beck "kooks" is A) because he cries on national TV about losing "his" country and B) how exactly am I supposed to describe someone with a hatred of Wilson while not peeping on the policy of T. Roosevelt?

Wilson is a bad president because he was a bigot and a big government guy. Not just because he created the Fed although that's part of it. Roosevelt was a pretty bad dude also. But he started the progressive movement in America. And it's been on both sides over the decades. Hoover was a progressive for example.

[SoonerMustang]

I think he's an idiot as much as the next guy, but could you find a more slanted source than that website? It's an "all things left" source.

ditto!

[AlboSooner]

He changed dramatically when he went from CNN to Fox.
Here's a sensible, well-researched piece from when he was at CNN:
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and then at Fox, he pulls something like this:
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[bigfatjerk]

Not really he's the same loon he always was. But when he was at CNN he was going after Bush because he was in office now it's a democrat in office. That's really the only difference.

[Scott D]

I thought Mormons couldn't have caffeine

I didn't want animal lovers after me because I was comparing him to that annoying chihuahua next door that you want to feed rat poison to so it'd quit yapping all night ;)