I don’t think I’ve ever quoted from the Bible before. It’s kind of ironic that 8 years of Catholic School basically assured that I was too smart to fall for religious BS. But sometimes the only way you can speak to the far right is in their own language.

“But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them – bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping” (2 Peter 2:1–3 NIV).

Personally, I am sick and tired of hearing about “End Times” as “predicted” by the Bible. Realistically the Book Of Revelations was written as a way to parody Nero. I mean imagine if in a thousand years someone picked up a random book which mocked history and thought it was real. Or even better, imagine if the only thing that survived to tell future generations about our society was Epic Movie. The very thought makes me sad.

But as long as the Christian Right believes it is preparing for a final battle between good and evil, let’s play along with it. Glenn Beck is a wolf among the sheep. His outright and blatant lies has been stirring up the most ignorant and fearful on the right. Anyone with a thimble of intelligence should realize that he spouts nothing but lies. His poor record as a commentator is seen in the ads he sells. Glenn Beck wouldn’t care if every single one of his “supporters” went bankrupt buying gold. Ironically, Glenn Beck selling gold is like “Don’t Be A Victim” selling guns. Both programs do nothing but promulgate fear. Beck’s listeners buy gold on the belief that the government is on the verge of collapse and your fortunes will be saved if you invest it in gold. That these relatively fundamentalist Christians who believe rapture is right around the corner care so much for saving their wealth. Shouldn’t the glory of heaven be worth more then any earthly possessions?

I tend to ignore Glenn Beck. His view tends to be so insane and fake that I can’t take him seriously. So you might be wondering why I’m even bothering with him now. His “Restoring Honor” gathering tomorrow at the Lincoln memorial has perturbed me  to no end. It’s funny that a Republican (Or if you object, Right Leaning) would hold any sort of speech or rally at the Lincoln memorial, considering that the party has long lost sight of what it’s most important member stood for. Could you imagine today’s Republicans if there was a civil war and at the conclusion their leader, the President, wanted to offer amnesty to all rebels? They would run him out of town on the first rail. Take for example the Freedman’s Bureau. Not only did it actively try to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves, but it also helped improve both medical coverage and schools through the South. How quickly would today’s Republicans be screaming about the fair market?

This rally is also being held on the Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech. Also it should be noted that Beck’s rally is also at the same exact location. Some people find it a tad offensive because they think the Tea Party might also be racist…

Racist Tea Party

Well obviously that’s just a single lunatic making the whole Tea Party movement look bad. Every open grass roots movement has the same problems…

A Racist Tea Party?

Wow, not just a racist, but someone that believes Obama is a Muslim. It wasn’t too long ago that a new poll showed 20% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim. Amazingly Fox News seems to be one of the main sources of the “Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge” Obama is a Muslim campaign without saying so much. But obviously this is another fringe…

A Theme of Tea Party Racism?

Okay Okay, Maybe the Tea Party is a little bit…

Kenya Tea Party

Okay, A of badly informed racists. Someone would pretty much have to be on a 24/7 Fox News IV Drip to believe any of this. To make matters even more muddied, Beck is claiming that this is a rally “is to pay tribute to America’s military personnel and others “who embody our nation’s founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.” So pretty much this is a rally that is going to use veterans as a way to attack people who would protest this rally. The question won’t be “Why are you protesting Glenn Beck?” but instead, “Why are you protesting the troops?”

The other big thing is that the rally would be “non-political”. Meanwhile listed as one of the top guest speakers is Sarah “Always Non-Political” Palin. Because Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin commonly speak on non-political subjects. Actually, my apologies, whenever Palin thinks someone has made fun of one her idiot kids she stops speaking about Politics. This isn’t an attack on free speech. Instead it’s a rally against fear mongering, against taking advantage of people who don’t know better. There’s no good that can come from this “non-political” rally except to further deceive those who don’t realize they are rallying against themselves. They are the children who don’t believe brushing their teeth is good for them. Except these children have someone in their ear telling them that toothpaste brainwashes them to follow the government.

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