Friday, September 04, 2009

Is This Man Crazy?

I have never been a big fan of Glenn Beck. And, I would still not classify myself as a big fan of Beck. In fact, I never watch TV news, so I never see his program. I only know of him from traveling around the country. In many markets, he's the only halfway decent program on the air, so I have listened to him when I was in places like South Carolina and Texas.

I have always thought Beck was a poor man's Rush Limbaugh. And, I have always thought Beck was a bit unhinged. His, seemingly, drug-induced rant about the poor treatment he got in the hospital (which seems to have been cleansed from YouTube or I would provide you with the link) was testimony to the fact that the man has, at times, a tenuous hold on reality. 

However, I think he is right on the money in this clip. 




The part that I think is particularly erudite is the part where he says that Van Jones is suddenly (according to the MSM) "mainstream now ... He's the perfect young, go-gettin' entrepreneur to kick off job creation into high-gear. If that's true, GREAT! I'm all for new kinds of jobs. America MUST reinvent herself. But, if that's not true, what is? All he wants to do is create Green Jobs, right? Wrong! "

The point in my specifically quoting Beck is a bit broad, and requires explanation. 

While I have always thought he was unhinged, and a "poor man's Rush Limbaugh", I have also always been impressed by Glenn Beck's attempt to see from both sides of the aisle. I remember clearly listening to him criticize the Bush Administration on multiple fronts, including it's collusion with a Corporatocracy. That is not a "Right" issue. That is a "Left" issue. 

However, it happens to be true. And, I commend Beck for having brought it up in the time leading up to the 2008 election.

So here, what I believe we are seeing is Beck attempting to be fair to Van Jones:

" ... He's the perfect young, go-gettin' entrepreneur to kick off job creation into high-gear. If that' true, GREAT!"

Yeah, I agree with Glenn Beck, that would be great. But, this isn't the truth about Van Jones. 

I am opposed to the Vlaams Belang and the BNP. I often have people come and argue with me on these points. "The BNP has changed. The VB has changed. They no longer believe what they once believed."

My answer to such people is always of the same nature. Here it is:

"If it is true they have changed, then such a change would be a Paradigm Shift in their thinking. People who go through Paradigm Shifts are Transformed usually because they have had some sort of cataclysmic mental experience. It is almost always the case that you can not get these people to shut up about their Conversion. So, I ask, if Nick Griffin/Filip DeWinter have undergone such a Paradigm Shift/Transformation/Conversion, then where is their testimony?"

I think that is a perfectly reasonable question to ask. And, that is essentially the question Glenn Beck is posing here. In my judgement, Beck is absolutely right to demand an answer to this question: If Van Jones has been changed into a Capitalist, then what was the process of his conversion. This question is especially relevant considering the quoted passage in this Glenn Beck video is from March of this year. 

Has Van Jones gone from being a fomenter of Revolution to a raging Capitalist in just six months? If so, how?


Obama’s “green jobs” official Van Jones has issued a statement about the claim that he’s a 9/11 Truther, promoted relentlessly today by Fox News



Charles Johnson is betraying himself to be about as unhinged as Glenn Beck in a drug-induced haze.

One has to wonder what is in Johnson's hookah, considering the fact that he seems incapable of making basic distinctions anymore.

28 comments:

Total said...

Be careful, Pasto. His iguana in the police uniform is watching you.

Pastorius said...

I have a terrible fear of Lizards.

Well, not really. I used to keep them as pets when I was a kid.

I guess I'll have to think of some other phobia to put myself back on the right path.

WC said...

Beck is the bookend to the ED SHOW on MSNBC - talking about ranters!

Pastorius said...

I don't know who Ed is. I'm guessing he's a leftie ranter?

Total said...
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Total said...

Just testing my Google Blogger account. I will be using this from now on.

LL said...

Beck provides information that is correctly sourced. He isn't a great entertainer. But he is credible and with the state-run media throwing themselves at the feet of Dear Leader, he's a source of correct information.

That's good enough for me.

maccusgermanis said...

OT

http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/fox_news_reports_former_usa_st.html

Former University of South Alabama student facing charges related to Somalian jihad.

Always On Watch said...

See Weasel Zippers for some more video clips of Van Jones.

Northman said...

I don't think he's the least bit crazy. I think he is a true patriot and I think he's simply showing passionate concern over the direction this regime is going. The sad part is that the public automatically categorizes compassion as crazed ranting. Beck simply conveys the urgency that many are still unable to see or unwilling to hear. I honestly feel that he's more unbiased than he gets credit for, not completely unbiased but still. At least somebody is trying to get people fired up.

Charles Johnson said...

Pastorius,

Take down this libelous and slanderous post immediately or I will out you on my blog.

I've done it before and I will do it again unless you fall into line, stat.

Though I appreciate you parroting my talking points about Glenn Beck's craziness and the unmitigated evil of the VB and BNP, your general level of sycophancy has been slipping as of late.

And there is not a shred, scintilla, snippet, scrap or speck (h/t Roget's) of evidence that Van Jones is a 9/11 truther. The rest of the blogosphere are liars, all of them.

I once had high hopes for you, Pastorius. I was going to make you a monitor lizard, so that you too could feel the orgasmic power of banning all those jerks who think they're too good to think what I've ordered them to think.

But you've blown your chance to become one of my most trusted underlings. And now I'm giving you exactly one hour to take down this unapproved post and apologize to both me and Van Jones.

If you choose to once again ignore my clearly stated orders, then I will reveal to the entire world that "Pastorius" is in fact P--- D------. Plus I will reinstate your LGF account and ban you again for good measure.

You've been warned...

revereridesagain said...

Glenn always sounds like me in one of my worst moods. But he does have the information and he does get it out in front of the viewers. He's done excellent work there on Van Jones and on catching the NEA with their pants down in what else can you call it but a conspiracy. On a conference call with the White House, yet.

I don't really care if he rants at the leftard airhead who wants communist nationalized medicine without actually having to call it that. He's not going to change that fool's mind with soft words of reason and neither is anyone else. There are some people who are useful for nothing else but as reasons for a good, sinus-clearing rant.

Pastorius said...

I agree, RRA.

Charles Johnson said...

So the disciple now thinks he has outgrown his master, eh? I'm very disappointed in you, so disappointed that I'm going to blog about your non-obeisance right now, titling it with my most overused cliche:

PASTORIUS HITS BOTTOM, DIGS

I once thought that you had a future with me at LGF. But you've, ahem, blown your chance at greatness. And for what? To use your own brain for thinking?

Good luck with that.

Pastorius said...

PASTORIUS HITS BOTTOM DIGS

I love it!

Here's my overused title:

"Sometimes, you just gotta love your enemies ... especially when they tell you the truth."

Pastorius said...

By the way, just in case anyone hasn't figgered it out yet, that is not the real Charles Johnson commenting.

midnight rider said...

Pastorius -- perhaps we needs dig out the spit for Mr Johnson. . .

Pastorius said...

Sounds like a good idea. We also need to break out the boas and the tiaras, don't we?

Pastorius said...

Charles Johnson says, Charles Johnson,

"Oh noes, my fear of Jehad deth threts has cauzed me too eat mi own brain."

midnight rider said...

Yes yes, we need to tie him to it with SOMEthing.

Anonymous said...

Why do people think it's entertaining , witty, or amusing to pose as someone else in a blog comment. It just looks stupid.

You can make the point better just creating a nic for yourself.

Halo 5 year old lol

Pastorius said...

Anonymous,
I thank our "Charles Johnson" commenter.

I think it's good comedy.

Anonymous said...

Pony Tail Boy can't handle satire. Maybe smearing Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller as neo-Nazis wasn't such a good idea after all.

BabbaZee said...

I hereby confiscate contents of hookah in the name of sane people

anyone got a light?

Pastorius said...

Babba,
Ganja works on everyone in different ways.

I've noticed it destroys some people's ability to think. Other people can smoke weed and take a calculus test, or play chess, and they're great.

I'm one of those it makes stupid. So, I quit that long ago.

BabbaZee said...

More for me!

Pastorius said...

One time I literally asked the question, "Does a green light mean stop, or does it mean go?"

That was the last time I ever smoked weed.

:)

Not to mention, it also broke down my immune system. I would get a cold EVERY TIME I smoked it.

Reliapundit said...

BECK IS ON OUR SIDE.

CHARLES JOHNSON IS TOO, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS HE ONCE WAS.

BECK HAS DONE MORE FOR OUR SIDE THAN CHARLES - WHO DID ONE THING: OUT RATHER.

CHARLES HAS TRIED TO DO GREAT HARM TO THE ANTI-ISLAMIZATION MOVEMENT.

AND RELENTLESSLY AND BORINGLY ATTACKED PEOPLE OF FAITH.

SOCIALISTS AND ISLAM HAVE KILLED MORE PEOPLE IN THE LAST 100 YEARS THAN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS DID IN THE LAST 2000.

AND THE SOCIALISTS WERE ALL ATHEISTS - LIKE CHARLES.

ALSO: CHARLES IS AN ASSHOLE - A BAN-NER.CENSORING PIECE OF CRAP.

BECK IS NOT.

I'D RATHER STRAND WITH THE VB THAN AND LIZARDOID.