Glenn Beck's 'restore honor' rally...
 

Slated for this weekend.

Should be interisting.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...507063_pf.html

I find this will be a serious waste of time and energy to be honest. Not to mention the resources the city will have to come up with. I think Beck is off his rocker as well.

Glenn who? And what is he going to restore honor to? :-?

I would be less generous; Glenn Beck is an unhinged loon who helps give conservatism a bad name.

Usually as I'm breezing my way up to the History Channel or HD Channel I will stop and listen to this guy. Really, he nuts. I just shake my head and then go watch American Pickers or Pawn Stars.

Pawn Stars is awesome.

Which is unfortunate because, if I recall correctly, he's more of a libertarian than a conservative.

I could be wrong on that number, though.

Ok, I think I get the picture now as to this guy. But if tens of thousands of people turn up to this rally what does that say?

He's more of a social engineer than an economist, which is really the point of his whole rally. So, he's Neo-Con through and through. It cannot be overstated how much harm the talk radio crowd has done to American Conservatism.

I hope the cameras are rolling to expose the amount of racists the various claimed "moderate" rallies swarm with.

Keep the rallies coming! Every rally is a chance to expose the racists within it to the world.

That no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people?

Yeah the place is packed with racists. Get your racist t-shirt for the event. :doh:

We signed the Wellington Declaration a couple of years ago and it came into effect the beginning of this month...that means we have a load of cluster munitions we need to get rid of...if you can lend us the aircraft...we could solve two problems in one. :hmmm::03:

Yup Sharpton and his goons should make for a good show.

I knew the racisist card would quickly come out. Sure as the sun rises.

Judging by the polls, I'm not sure he's done any harm at all.

Hey, I agree that the guy's a bit of a loon. But he certainly is striking a chord with people.

I read that Sharpton is dedicating a place by the Lincoln Memorial to King on the same day. Personally, I would reschedule this usless rally of Becks and allow Sharpton to go on with the dediction. I'm not a Sharpton fan but I see this is the right thing to do concerning dedicating the piece of land for the memorial.

Sorry but we can't even afford to keep our aircraft flying anymore. Have you seen our Air Force lately? Its down to oversize RC Planes. Best we can do is give you something to violate Declaration 1 of the Hague Convention of 1899.

Are you kidding me? Neo-Conservatism has failed. It's why we have a Democratic majority in the house and senate and a Democrat in the White House all at the same time. As a Paleo-Conservative, I find myself completely disheartened by the state of affairs in the Republican Party.

And one should not take dissatisfaction with the current party in power as tacit approval of the opposing party. That would be foolish. Personally, I am not happy with the current state of the Democratic Party governement, but at the same time cannot think of a single Republican candidate of whom I would be more confident. It is a sad state of affairs, and likely contributes to my disgust with the political.

Well, it worked for Germany in 1915 :yep:

I suppose he could be qualified as a libertarian in some respects, but he's more of a Bob Barr than a Ron Paul. Tak is right about his social engineering. Whatever his economic beliefs, Beck has a very conservative moral message, which places him squarely in the ranks of traditional Republicans on most societal issues. Just look at the article. Not that I think there is anything wrong with that, so long as moral messages are not confused with policy.

I'm actually happy that Beck and the Tea Partiers are providing an impetus for a classic platform shift for Republicans, as they have a poor history of fulfilling the promises of smaller government and greater economic freedoms. It may not pay off in the elections this year or even in 2012(partially because the tea party is producing a bull-moose party effect), but it will pay off as this recession continues to drag on and the independents grow increasingly disillusioned with Democratic attempts at recovery. A free economy, I believe, is the most important element in liberty. Though I try to live by conservative moral codes it is anathema to me to try to impose them upon anyone else without their consent. With economic freedom comes societal freedom as people are freed from the shackles of subsistence. Socialism, and whatever so-called "third-way" euphemism is substituted for it, on the other hand, breeds dependence, poverty, and a reduction of liberties. Better to live in Singapore than India.

The silver lining to the two-party cloud is that the Dems will be forced to take the opposite tack from the Republicans' new platform/initiative and strain their vernacular and rhetoric to the maximum in an attempt to re-word Keynesianism, entitlement theory, and another kind of social engineering to remain viable by capturing extremist votes and swaying independents. Anything that forestalls their current agenda and expands free trade gets a plus in my book. On the flipside, the cloud itself is that it won't take long for voters, and therefore the Republicans and Democrats to readjust themselves and become Republicrats once again and we'll be stuck with this same crap thirty years from the end of the recession, just in a different toilet.

edit-Indeed they shouldn't, but they do, at least in sufficient numbers to be categorized as the "swing" vote. It's the natural result of a winner-takes-all system and a powerful government. Limited choice and concentrated power will always breed inefficiency, insufficiency, inequality, and dissatisfaction.