Glenn Beck had a guest on his show recently, a Michael Scheuer, retired CIA guy. I don't know the context of what they are talking about, but two other Kos diarists have already discussed this particular video. GOGB wonders if this will bring about Glenn Beck's demise (and looking at the results of his poll, the answer would be strongly no). MinistryofTruth first noted this video, stunned by its treasonous depravity. What I want to talk about this video, is what Glenn and Michael hint at...
Here is the video in question
As you listen to it, pay close attention to what Glenn Beck says. He starts by saying
Beck: "Do you really honestly believe that we have come to a place to where those very senior people in the highest offices of the land---Congress and the White House---really will not do the right thing in the end, that they won't see the error of their ways?"
That is how he chooses to set up Michael Scheuer's point. Pay close attention to this. Glenn Beck is trying to press to his audience that he thinks America's "very senior people in the highest offices of the land---Congress and the White House" are no longer redeemable, because they "really will not do the right thing in the end, that they won't see the error of their ways." Thus if they can't do that, what is the only option for the oppressed American? Well, let's see what the two masterminds have to say:
Scheuer: "No sir they will not. The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama Bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States---because it's gonna take a grassroots, bottom up pressure---because these politicians prize their offices, prize the praise of the media, and the Europeans. It's an absurd situation again, only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently and with as much violence as necessary."
Did you catch that? Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer hate the current administration so much that what they really want to do is be the leaders of a grassroots uprising against this administration, but because that would be illegal, their only savior is Osama Bin Laden, because, in their eyes, only Osama can "execute an attack" which will force upon America the change Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer want. Now, note how Glenn Beck concludes:
"Which is why I was thinking this weekend, if I were him (presumably Osama Bin Laden) that would be the last thing I would do right now."
That's odd, isn't it? See, Glenn Beck thinks that Osama Bin Laden striking the US would at the same time both force change on America to protect America better, and also bring about the violence needed to take down Osama. So he thinks that if he were Osama, he wouldn't strike the US right now. Because striking the US "will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently and with as much violence as necessary."
These are treasonous words that Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer are using. Because they don't like the results of the November election, and people have come to power who use strategies they don't agree with, these two guys are telling millions of listeners, that they hope Osama Bin Laden kills some of their listeners to get enough Americans angry to force a change in government to better suit the demands and likings of Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer.
As we approach the Fourth of July, where we are supposed to be patriotic, remembering our dead, and the freedoms we have, these two guys want Americans to die so that their way of thinking will be promoted. See, if they said simply that they disagreed with the Obama administration and the Democrats on how to defend this country, and they think their way is better, that is one thing. No one would care, and they would continue preaching to their choir. Hell, they might even get others who disagree with them to actually consider their points. This isn't what Glenn Beck is doing, having a guy like Scheuer on his show. Glenn Beck is trying to ride a populist wave against the government, slowly degrade the validity and credibility of government and the rule of law. People who stand for the rule of law, and for protecting a country, don't discuss how they wish their enemy could kill a million Americans here or there just so they could be proven right. Patriotic people don't do this. Patriotic people work to protect ALL citizens of one's country. Patriotic citizens work to KILL the enemy, not wish the enemy killed Americans! Those who wish the enemy would kill Americans SIDE WITH the enemy! They are not patriotic. They ought to be shunned and booed out of our nation. They have, as their overriding goal, their own ambition at the expense of a number of dead Americans. They state so themselves, that they think Osama Bin Laden will save America!
I think I'm preaching to the choir here, that no one on Daily Kos would ever even think this way. But I side with those two other diarists who asked of their readers to pass this on. This kind of language and speech is not acceptable in America. This kind of language should not be on a major television network in America.