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I Have a Nightmare: Glenn Beck To Speak At Lincoln Memorial

Today is the day for Fox News commentator Glenn Beck to share his dream on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

King delivered his “I Have A Dream” exactly 47 years ago and will now be the scene of Beck and his followers offering their own “dream.” The article below describes supporters wearing telltale teeshirts with Palin’s name that the legend “Babies, Guns, Jesus.”

Here is another tee-shirt from the rally:

Some accounts are almost biblical of Beck’s role in reshaping America. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey explained “[w]e see Glenn Beck as a guy who is bringing revelations of understanding to the American people.”

Revelations by St. Beck will commence this afternoon.

Source: Bloomberg

262 thoughts on “I Have a Nightmare: Glenn Beck To Speak At Lincoln Memorial”

  1. Elaine,

    I was not suggesting you “be seen and not heard”. We’ve spoken enough for me to know not to pick that fight.

    I am brazen, not foolhardy. 😀

  2. Bdaman,

    Hell no! Forgive the expletive but I really don’t like Florida. I live up on Lake Erie … we have smelly fish …

  3. Buddha,

    “I think everyone should have to wear a dress all day on Sunday.”

    I always say–don’t knock it till you’ve tried it! Remember, Scotsmen wear skirts, don’t they? There’s nothing like hiking through the highlands in a tartan on a breezy day to refresh oneself–or so I’ve been told.

  4. Elaine:

    Charitable giving is now done through taxation, that is why most people don’t do it anymore. You lower taxes and giving will increase.

  9. Blousie,

    I came from a working class/immigrant family. I attended parochial (Roman Catholic) schools from first grade through high school. In grades 1-8, we students were required to sit with our nuns and classmates in the basement of the church for Sunday Mass. I don’t recall being required to wear a dress all day on Sundays. It could be I erased that fact from my long term memory.

    There was a positive side to attending those repressive Catholic schools. That’s where I met my husband and many of my closest friends–some of whom I’ve known for more than fifty years.

  10. Byron,

    “As far as mortgages go, you don’t need to be a lawyer or a financial genius you just need to follow the principle of no free lunches. A reasonable fixed rate loan is the only way to go unless you are Donald Trump. No one is smart enough to time markets correctly and entering into a variable rate or a balloon payment is shear folly. Some mortgage brokers are nothing but licensed con-men, but as they say you cannot cheat an honest man.”

    I have no issue with this except for the last sentence. You can cheat an honest man if you are smarter than he is at obscuring your crime. As to the rest of it, the first time I heard of a variable rate loan, my initial reaction was “Are you kidding me?” It’s basic economics that fixed expenses are more desirable than variable expense.

  13. I think everyone should have to wear a dress all day on Sunday.

    If it’s good enough for J. Edgar Hoover, then it’s good enough for . . . oh, never mind.

  14. Elaine M.,
    The dynamics of giving is indeed interesting. One of the most disturbing aspects of televangelism is that it preys on the poor and ignorant. An elderly person donating 10% of his or her social security check each month to one of those scoundrels it truly making a sacrifice. Most donations from wealthy individuals come from surplus dollars and have no effect on lifestyles or buying habits.

  15. Sick toddlers, inclement weather, and now . . . questionable catfish.

    Who will rid this blog of such ill fortune!

    These are dark days indeed.

    This must be Wayne’s doing. He always claimed to have an “in” with Dog, er, God.

    May the childrens get better and the engineers stay dry.

  16. Mike A:

    as always you are thoughtful.

    I agree that unions have the right to engage in collective bargaining to hash out the best deal for their constituents. I don’t like business going offshore anymore than you do, but as Mr. Bastiat says that is the seen. I am a small business (very small) and what you don’t see is this-I do engineering for small projects such as pools and additions, what they call grading plans to make sure water flows properly and grass is replanted. I am able to have some of that work done in India and so I can reduce my price to the consumer, they may save $500-2000 on any given project above what a larger local firm or even small local firm would charge. That extra money can be used to buy a better floor or a fountain for their pool or it can be put in the bank and saved thus allowing for economic expansion. Is it bad for me to use Indians for some of my work? I am actually promoting an improved economic situation by allowing more money to be spread around.

    As far as mortgages go, you don’t need to be a lawyer or a financial genius you just need to follow the principle of no free lunches. A reasonable fixed rate loan is the only way to go unless you are Donald Trump. No one is smart enough to time markets correctly and entering into a variable rate or a balloon payment is shear folly. Some mortgage brokers are nothing but licensed con-men, but as they say you cannot cheat an honest man.

  18. Elaine M.,

    Same here … Sundays are totally free and easy now.

    I have a question for you on this little side subject. I was raised in an upper neighborhood and attended a Congregational Church … ok … that’s background to my question. Did you have to wear a dress all day on Sunday as I did?

  19. Elaine,

    Sick toddlers make me less diplomatic. I think Byron can handle himself admirably, but at some point there just becomes to many different posts for him to respond to.

  20. Bdaman,

    I have heard of people doing that but I thought it was … you know … urban legend

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