The "Sick, Twisted Freak" Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck’s name seems to evoke a lot of emotions from a lot of people, not all of them

Glenn's partner in crime, Pat Gray

good.  I notice, however, that his detractors largely, simply make fun of him, and don’t even try to reason and disprove his positions with facts.  Namecalling, in my opinion, is the last refuge of idiots, cowards and morons.  I also never said that I, myself was perfect, or that I was smart or brave.  Just the same, there are things I will admit to, to anyone: 1) I’m Mormon and I have a testimony of our lord, Jesus Christ, and 2)I’m very conservative.  Liberal ideas and progressivism just don’t make sense to me at all.  In fact, I never thought I would be living in a time when we would have a President who not only hates me and other citizens without cause, but hates my country as well.  A President who does things that completely defy common sense and who lies, steals, and generally defies the will of the people he’s supposed to serve.  And not just the President, but his entire administration, it seems, feels this way.  This scares me almost to the point of keeping me up at night.  I occasionally will listen to Rush Limbaugh, but it’s Glenn Beck I really enjoy.  This weekend  He had the last stop on his American Revival tour, which was in Salt Lake City.  Now, my husband and I couldn’t afford to go, but last week, to my great jubilation, Glenn announced that the event would be broadcast over the net.  This happened last Saturday, starting at 10:30 A.M.  It went on until around 5 P.M., just 7 hours, with bathroom breaks and lunch scheduled in.  I saw the entire event.  It’s just as well that I was at home, seeing as I probably would’ve had to leave to go to the bathroom in the middle of things and bother people in the stands.

Glenn himself started things off with a short speech, his cohorts in crime, Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere, who you can

Glenn's producer, Stu, has a snack

listen to on the 4th hour if you have a subscription to Glenn’s Insider Extreme, talked a bit about what was to come.  Then the Boy Scouts came out with the flag, placed it, and lead the pledge of allegiance before there were a few words of prayer.  The talks were all patterned on Glenn’s theme for the year: Faith, Hope, and Charity.

Historian David Barton

The first was Faith.  Specifically, the faith of our founding fathers.  Now, I don’t care what any stupid PhD says, or any other “expert.”  our founders were profoundly religious.  We have all sorts of letters and documents where they talk about God and how important it is to not only include him in our affairs, but how important it is to have a religious, God fearing citizenry for our form of government to work well.  David Barton, a historian and scholar, spoke on this topic, and although he spoke at about 100 MPH he was still very interesting.  He showed a few actual letters he owned, in plastic sleaves for preservation, and he showed a couple of old editions of The Bible he owned, including one of the last 28 copies of the first Bible ever printed here in America.  He also spoke about pastors that, decades before our country was founded, were preaching some of the ideas we were founded upon, such as freedom of speech and religion.  England blamed these preachers for the revolution and called them the Black Robed Regiment, since all clergy of the day wore black robes.  Some of them even took up arms against Britain themselves during the revolution and many of them were even African American preachers and pastors.  He also talked about how the separation of church and state is a myth, and meant something very different in the context of the letter by Thomas Jefferson that first mentions it, and the line that the liberals first took it from.  It’s actually not in the constitution at all, not one word of it.  In context Thomas Jefferson meant the line to mean that the federal government couldn’t tell a church what to do or what to believe, as set forth in the 1st ammendment.

David Buckner, economist

After an intermission, during which Scott Baker of Breitbart.com asked questions of

Scott Baker, and Liz Stephans of Breitbart.com

Barton backstage,  Glenn came back onstage and answered e-mailed questions from the viewers.  Glenn also spoke about the Kondratiev Wave, the cycle of prosperity and depression in our economy, kind of like economic seasons.  We’re going into winter, Glenn said.  Then he introduced the next speaker,  David Buckner, an economist who became famous for fainting on the air during Glenn’s TV show.  He spoke about hope tied to the economy.  It’s really bad right now, everyone knows, but due to the wave, and if the president will stop trying to toy with the economy, there’s the chance times will become prosperous.  Problem is, Obama and his advisors seem to think that we should never have tribulation ever.  We can also find the economy getting better if we think out of the box and begin to produce things again that people need at prices they can afford.  He apparently talks about it in his new book “Permission to Think,”  which I think I’ll have to pick up.

After a bit of talking from Pat and Stu, who pushed their 4th hour show after Glenn’s radio show, someone apparently got up for lunch, and the two mocked and yelled at the rude one.  Then they broke for lunch, and David Buckner talked to both Scott Baker and Judge Andrew Napolitano, who I’ve seen on Glenn’s show and love.

Judge Andrew Napolitano

After lunch Glenn introduced Judge Napolitano, who was to speak about Charity.  Glenn mentioned that he NEVER feels charitable on April 15th, which I completely agree with.  Judge Napolitano first mentioned that he loved Salt Lake valley and that something blessed happened when Mormons settled here.  Then he talked about how our current government is denying us the opportunity to be charitable by taking our money and redistributing it how THEY feel it should be distributed, and forced charity is not true charity, which is what I’ve always been taught.  Judge Napolitano said you can NEVER be charitable with someone else’s money.  You can only be charitable with your own!  He said that taxation is theft, which I agree with.  He also spoke about the increasing intrusiveness of the government, and that they don’t follow the constitution at all anymore, which is very true.

After that speech there was a question and answer session with all 3 speakers, and then the Judge had to catch a plane for another engagement.  Glenn then came on and David Buckner even reenacted his famous fainting scene, just hilarious.  Stu once again talked about he and Pat’s 4th hour, and insulted Glenn’s ever abiding love of brownies (but then, don’t we ALL love brownies?)  They also talked a bit about Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom”

After the Q and A, Krista Branch, a former American Idol contestant was also there, and she sang her new song, “I Am America,” which was awesome.  I loved it. As you can hear here, it’s a terrific song.  Her husband wrote it, and it’s very powerful.

The gorgeous Krista Branch

After Krista sang, Glenn finally came onstage to give his speech, under the heading “Believe.”  Glenn said he, and even the founders believed that we were founded by Divine Providence, that we beat the most powerful country in the world at the time, England, with a bunch of farmers.  He said we individuals are they key to restoring our country.  Glenn stated that we need to think about what we’re losing.  We’re worried about losing our houses and our jobs, but not our freedom and our liberty, and we’re losing those because we don’t value them.  He restated what Ronald Reagan once said, that we shelter every other free country in the world, and that if we fall, freedom worldwide is lost.  Glenn said, which I profoundly agree with, that God is the way to change our country, that each person should put on the armour of God and live good lives.  Glenn’s solution to our problems was for the country to go back to God, and to restore what we’ve lost in the constitution.  Then he asked his wife, the speakers, and their wives to come up and pray with him, and encouraged each person of whatever their faith to do the same to end the event.

I loved all the speakers, each one taught me something, and I liked all of it.  It was profoundly spiritual and uplifting.  I left the event edified, and taking a lot of time after to think about what I’d just experienced.  I truly felt the spirit, and I testify that what all these men said was good and right.  I agree with what they all said, and with Glenn’s solution for the country.  I enjoyed, learned and was uplifted, and so I thought this event was great.  If any of my family would like to, contact me and I can give you my subscription login so you can watch this event for free, as Glenn has it available now for subscribers.  I wish my entire family had shared in this experience.

5/5