Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google

An anonymous reader writes "Glenn Beck has told his viewers to do research, but to not use Google, because 'Google is pretty deeply in bed with the government.' He points to the fact that Google is having some problems overseas, as well as Jared Cohen. Cohen is Director of Google Ideas, has worked with the State Department, and has played a role in the 2009 unrest in Iran. He also mentions social networking in sinister undertones, asking if it's government propaganda."

Comments

Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con

[commodore6502]

>>>Anyone who still takes that clown seriously is either already a paranoid schizophrenic or too stupid to be reasoned with

Or open-minded and willing to listen, rather than act like the monkeys in Planet of the Apes (refuse to see or hear Charlton Heston).

For example, I listen to Rachel Maddow's show even though I think she's 99% wrong. Still it's interesting to hear what the "other side" is thinking, as they steadily erode individual choice.

Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con

[vlm]

exploiting fear in liberals is difficult

GWB! Palin! Fox news! Global warming! All human caused changes are evil because they were human caused! There is a waiting list for Prius! Whole Foods reports a shortage of goat cheese! All savages are noble and cultural imperialism is eliminating them! Somewhere, someone is not being taxed! There exists at least one social engineering law which we have not enacted!

Wasn't really all that hard, was it? The half of you whom are cowering under your desk can come out now, I was just kidding about the goat cheese shortage.

Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con

[Locke2005]

And I presume that if Glenn Beck the actor can play as ridiculous a character as Glenn Beck on TV, he must also be a fairly big douche himself.

So Steven Colbert in real life is really just as big a self-serving narcissistic douche as Steven Colbert is on the Colbert Report? Danny DeVito is really an asshole in real life? Your favorite porn star actually sleeps with every pizza boy that visits her house in real life?

Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con

[tbannist]

Apparently Glenn Beck is the real deal when it comes to "Christian crazy". He's one of those born again guys who were killing themselves with drugs and alcohol and then replaced their drug addictions with religion. He really believes some of the crazy ass stuff he spouts. He really believes that the United States was created by God to be the best country in the world and the Constitution is a sacred document handed down by Angels.

He used to be a shock jock radio personality, now he sees it as his sacred duty to convince people by hook or by crook that America is supposed to be a Christian theocracy and it's liberals, progressives and athiests who are responsible for all of the it's problems. To Glenn, this is obvious from his well known fact that America was created by God, and therefore by definition should be better than everywhere else. Obviously (to him) the unbelievers must be source of the problem. Since he knows the way things are supposed to be anything that disagrees with him must be wrong, and is probably evil.

So no, he's not pretending, he really is a crazy maniac from an obscure Mormon cult.