Glenn Beck '08

WARNING: This post reflects my personal thoughts and opinions ...oh wait, that's my 1st Amendment right! : )



Last night, I went to see Glenn Beck on the big screen. No, he wasn't in "Dark Knight". It was a live simulcast from Texas to 350 theaters throughout the U.S. We showed up right as it was starting and the only open seats were in the front row. Ahhh man! I was sure that it would make the whole show miserable, but it was actually not too bad. Once we got over how INCREDIBLY HUGE he was up close on a big screen...and in high-def! I think we could have felt the sweat fling off of his face if we had our 3-D glasses on.

Who's Glenn Beck, you ask? Well, I'll tell you, but first you have to come out from under that rock! (Ok, that's better.) Glenn Beck is a radio/television host and conservative political commentator to over 7 million listeners. He has also written a few books - one of which I am currently reading called "An Inconvenient Book".

So now that you know who Glenn Beck is...the show was his way of exposing the craziness of politics. He highlighted politics-at-work by reading a list of laws that have passed throughout the states (most of the crazy ones were from California...hmmm). Some of those included:

• making the sale of illegal weapons illegal (Philadelphia I think?)
  
• mandating that you need a hunting license in order to set a mouse trap (California)
• banning the use of used underwear to wash a car at a car wash (San Francisco)
• A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits. (California)

Some of his other "punny" commentary included answers to some of our country's biggest issues.

• Drilling for oil in ANWR - if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we figure out how to get the oil out form under the polar bear's butt?
• Mexican border - wait them out. Let them all sneak over and then when they aren't looking, we can sneak over THEIR border and move to Mexico..we get Cancun & they get Detroit
• Gun Control - Give us our right to carry guns and the bad guys can have the right to carry our bullets (in their chest)
• Edjukayshun - implement the "dumb child left behind" act...if they don't get their GED or diploma, then no government support for you

One of the highlights of the evening was when he got emotional talking about how he wants a better America for his daughter than what we currently have. (Not just "hope for change" like BO talks about, but real change) He said that "it's not going to come from our government....it's not going to come from you or me....it's going to have to come from GOD!" He actually voiced the things that America wished that our next president would say...it was truth, it was common sense, it was sincere. I would vote for Glenn Beck for president that's for sure...unfortunately, we don't have that option. So, all we have left to do is educate ourselves on what's really going on in the world, use our brains, speak up (loudly), vote and do our part to make a difference.