Scheuer to Beck: The only chance of saving America is … another Al Qaeda attack
posted at 6:14 pm on July 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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An instant GB classic, from Beck’s apocalyptic fretting about massive civil unrest which he prays will be peaceful to Scheuer’s warning that concerns about cross-border gun dealing are a pretext to repealing the Second Amendment to the grand finale crowning Osama Bin Laden as America’s unwitting savior. What’s striking about this clip is how closely it tracks some of the key tropes of nutroots paranoia during the Bush years. Now as then, it’s assumed that the greatest threat to the country is its own government. Now as then, the “solution” to getting the nation back on the right track involves some ghoulish catastrophic failure of national security (losing the Iraq war in Bush’s case, failing to prevent a new attack in this one). And now as then, because the president acted in a legally controversial way in one circumstance — Bush on “torture,” Obama on corporate takeovers — he’s instantly suspected of ruthless designs on the Constitution itself, irrespective of whether he actually has the support he’d need to change it. (If you think Blue Dog Democrats are going to vote for a massive gun grab, you’re kidding yourself.) The only major difference between then and now is that the nutroots indictment was limited to Republicans whereas Beck and Scheuer keep it bipartisan. Thank heaven for small favors, I guess.
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oh boy, this should be fun. clicking to watch now…
homesickamerican on July 1, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Same concept as chemotherapy.
Terrie on July 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
I saw this last night and was thinking… wtf?
V15J on July 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
It may seem alarmist, but a wakeup call is needed. It’s too bad that for most of the elites, in fact, all of them, one 9/11 wasn’t enough to change how they think.
keep the change on July 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
It sounds terrible, and it would be completely horrible, but it is going to take America on it’s knees to wake people up.
If this is what it’s going to take,I pray for another way. I just don’t see it.
portlandon on July 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Y’know what’s scarier than all the crazy/paranoid-seeming warnings these guys are throwing out there? That both Beck and Scheuer have track records of being right far more often than not. :-(
aero on July 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Hey, conspiracy theorists are people too. Let’s not begrudge GB and his guests their right to prove themselves insane. On national TV. Over and over and over and . . .
Splashman on July 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I’m not sure what will happen but there are certainly storm clouds on the horizon.
Zorro on July 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM
My liberal friends are already claiming that all Republicans are nutjobs, based on this. But is Scheuer really a Republican? I know he supported Paul, but his “Imperial Hubris” did not sit so well with conservatives I remember…
Yossarian on July 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Czars can do a lot of things without Congress. I think that’s the idea.
a capella on July 1, 2009 at 6:25 PM
It could be argued that the evil Bush and Cheney did too good of a job in keeping us safe for over 7 years-people became too complacent. O’bama 2008 was the unfortunate result.
Del Dolemonte on July 1, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Ha yea Al Qaeda has the balls to fight back…we don’t. We are slowly losing our freedom and country and all we can do is type angrily.
PierreLegrand on July 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
He has pulled no punches in criticizing Chimpy and Rummy.
Del Dolemonte on July 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
These types of interviews and quotes are why I can’t stomach Beck. This is all going to catch up to him and his ratings will eventually be in the tank.
kahall on July 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Worst case scenario in the Bush accusation is that he’s a sadist. The accusation against Obama is that he’s a megalomaniac. The latter would be a much greater threat to America and the world.
pifactorial on July 1, 2009 at 6:29 PM
let’s not forget that Beck told his broker to sell all his stocks back in 07 and got rid of all the other stuff before the September meltdown earlier in 08. So is he really insane or does he have an insanely far out into the horizon foreshadow instinct?
You tell me.
karenhasfreedom on July 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Here come the trolls in 5…4…3….
Knucklehead on July 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Man, I used to like Beck. Once I began to pay attention I noticed he has a tendency to make sweeping accusations. I then realized the dude is simply playing on the same chessboard as everyone else, just a pawn to be manipulated by the winners who rewrite history.
Sorry Glenn, your a sellout.
True_King on July 1, 2009 at 6:33 PM
The video speaks for itself…amazing…and so sad…
right2bright on July 1, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Unfortunately he’s spot on yet even if we are attacked again there are still many pacifist thumb sucking liberals that will somehow spin it to be the fault of the US.
One would think 9-11 would be enough to convince even the most staunch liberal of the dangers we face from fascist Islam, yet they (especially the Obamabots) think the whole GWOT was a red-herring devised by the evil Boooosh to scare the people into voting only for the GOP and/or as an excuse to go to war so the military industrial complex can make more money!
It’s obvious the left and our far left government under Obambi have a pre-9-11 mentality and this delusion they are suffering from is unfortunately going to get many innocent Americans killed and even after yet another tragedy befalls us there will still be those that continue to stick their heads in the sand!
Liberty or Death on July 1, 2009 at 6:35 PM
“We have to burn the country in order to save it.”
hicsuget on July 1, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I would love to take comfort in the fact that Beck is just a nut job. I have found no comfort in that assessment at all. I do not know what the tipping point will be. People are just not as pissed as I am. It does keep me awake at night, because I do not know what to do to fight this president and Congress. I do not know how to protect myself and my family. I thought I knew as of last fall. After Nov. 4th it all changed.
BetseyRoss on July 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Hasn’t former VP Cheney, been the most recent proponent of this sort of “devil’s advocate” approach to “getting our minds right” with respect to national security…?
Geezer on July 1, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Yep, that moral equivalence argument gets me every time.
Except in the Bush case, he wasn’t going to do any of it. While with Obama, one has to wonder.
The most likely scenario is The Obama is nothing more than a gangster thug who is in it for the money. The next most likely scenario is The Obama really is a Marxist ideologue and he is in it for the power (for life).
We’re playing roulette here. Where ya gonna put your money, red or black? Or would you rather shoot craps?
Skandia Recluse on July 1, 2009 at 6:39 PM
The only chance of saving America is getting rid of Obama. Castrate him 2010 and watch him fly away from D.C. in 2012.
sherry on July 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Yeah, like the time he told us that Ahmadinejad’s UN speech was an ominous, barely-veiled warning that he was going to bring a fiery apocalypse upon us (12th imam and all that) back in fall of 2007.
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Spoken exactly like a moonbat.
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 6:42 PM
This is just a bit of hyperbole, and shouldn’t be taken seriously, well not yet anyway.
Kjeil on July 1, 2009 at 6:42 PM
can we waterboard him now?
sesquipedalian on July 1, 2009 at 6:44 PM
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
I don’t think that desire went anywhere
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 6:45 PM
It has risen!!
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Does anyone else think Scheuer looks like Wolfman Jack’s uglier younger brother? BTW, who gives a rat’s butt what he thinks?
Sergeant Tim on July 1, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Many years ago, there was a Masterpiece Theater series that aired on PBS called “Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years.” It starred Robert Hardy as Churchill. Then I read William Manchester’s biographies of Churchill, and the PBS series was spot-on.
Today we consider Winston Churchill one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century, if not all time.
In the 1930s, Churchill warned incessantly that Hitler was re-arming and had plans to conquer Europe. People called him a wacko, conspiracy theorist nutjob, too.
Special K on July 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Another libtard troll drools his drivel
bill30097 on July 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Difference between Beck and the nutroots is that he’s actually talking about things that matter, like the border and the economy. And let’s face it, the Patriot Act and FISA were things to be concerned about even under Bush.
Think what you want about Beck, but the man is on the pulse of something. Disregard (if you can) exactly what Scheuer said, and look at what the underlying threat is. There is a HUGE disconnect between those in power and those in the base. It’s been going on for quite sometime. Scheuer is correct in that it’s going to take something huge to shake the American public and if that happens it will not be pretty, because at that point all trust is gone. My bet is that it will be the economy, but my second guess would be the border.
xax on July 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM
+100
Churchill would be warning us about Ogabe.
bill30097 on July 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Beck was giving us exact dates that the 12th Imam catastrophe would befall us, and was telling us precisely how our access to oil was going to be cut to nothing, etc.
You can’t just say, “No, he was actually right, because notwithstanding the part that demonstrably was false he was right and you just don’t know it yet.” I mean you can, but… seriously?
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM
The government, especially this government is the greatest threat to the country.
A nation can survive attacks from outside, very rarely will a nation survive a successful attack from within. We’ve been under attack from within for decades. Each battle sharpens the delineation between left and right. Today, the left roots against America while the right fights for her.
Now it seems, this current battle will determine the winner and loser of the war.
darwin on July 1, 2009 at 6:48 PM
hate to be the glass half empty type, but even if there was another attack, it would change nothing.
People are too American Idol’ed. They want to be obsessed with the trivial and childish.
Even if another attack happens (heaven forbid), it would be mourned for a while and then put on the back burner when Britney Spears shaves her head or Tom Cruise jumps on a couch again.
mjk on July 1, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Aren’t you tired of copying off Gawker, Allah?
Beck has millions of viewers, unlike the nutroots – which i guess means that many people do see a difference.
Aristotle on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Heh. I believe they used to call him another Elijah (ala the Bible). Without of course noticing that Elijah was RIGHT….
mjk on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
what is it that hot air readers find so wrong with beck? I mean, do you disagree with what he just said? You think our government cares about the border? I 100% agree with them that the gov will use the Mexican violence as a excuse to take guns away, or make gun license so expensive you can not afford them.Or just make Bullets 4x the cost they were 1 year ago…. and basically not enough supply to meet demand… bullets that is.
But, seriously; Nobody in this government, Republican or Democrat is going to close this border until a terrorist attack comes. Its sad but true, but the southern border is a place without laws, and if we cant track the 10 million Mexicans coming across every year, we def can not track the 5 man Muslim cell coming over to kill Americans. And yes, Donut is in favor of building the GREAT WALL OF MEXICO
Donut on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM
all I’m saying is
is that it is extremely naive
and takes a very long
drawn out
and absurd stretch of the imagination to postulate that ahmoody isn’t interested in causing global chaos
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Juries still out on that one…
Nukes?… check…
Bogus election?… looks that way…
Blaming all problems on England and US?…. yep…
Romeo13 on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
How about Kim Jung Il recently threatening a “veritable firestorm” on out sorry backsides if we don’t relent and stop stalking his small ship bearing “nondescript cargo”…?
Geezer on July 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Ha! The writers of ‘24′ have found the ‘real’ villain for next season!
thirteen28 on July 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Hyperbole….but apparently necessary since most either are not paying attention or are part and parcel to the problem.
Yes, it will take a major “event” of some large nature to shock most of America out of its Huxleyian Brave New World Soma-induced state that most appear to be under.
When Michael Jackson dominates the news cycle for four days solid and thousands of freedom seeking people across Iran are being arrested and hanged…and we don’t care to notice, or when a nearby government is being forced to accept an illegal president under threat (backed by the United States) of a “military option” then, yes…pass out the Soma…we can all go to our own happy place…the real world be damned.
Problem is, most pundits, news correspondents, and reporters and talking heads focus on the sound bites…and ignore the reality and the facts….just like here at HotAir and across the blogosphere and into our own national security policy establishment….still calling Zelaya’s ouster a “coup” when it fact it was the polar opposite of a coup…it was an act of preservation of an established and legal form of government, under law.
So…while not wishing for another AQ attack, and they did come close a few times since 9-11, it’ll take something far bigger than Michael Jackson’s death to garner the rapt attention of our wonderfully educated America to real problems, real threats, and real dangers, both foreign and domestic.
coldwarrior on July 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM
You are not alone, I’ve posted the same thing here at HA many times and someone always comes to my rescue and tells me to keep the faith.
I just got back from a 2 week vacation and it did wonders for my head just getting away from all the bad news.
Keep your chin up! I’m finally starting to see more anger from unexpected people everyday. Take a break from the computer and clear your head, it does wonders.
Knucklehead on July 1, 2009 at 6:54 PM
When some of my liberal or libertarian friends warned me about the patriot act and Homeland security, i called them fools. I supported it cause I knew Bush was a honest man and would never abuse it…. but now… I hate to say it ; I am not so sure. Infact, I am terrified that this President will abuse every power he has, or creates. But bush was the hitler… and the fascist… Lesson learned, even if you like your current president, and trust him – any rights your give to him can be abused by the next president that you can not trust as far as you can throw him… and his big ass ears
Donut on July 1, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Why is Hot Air so hostile to Glenn Beck?
He loves America, reveres the Constituion and bewails the collapse of our culture.
Got a problem with that?
guntotinglibertarian on July 1, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Do you have video on that, the whole segment? Because I don’t remember any thing about exact dates. He was also interviewing Rosen and noting the parallels of his book. How can you don’t think that Ahmedinnerjacket is not a threat to Israel and is a total whackjob. It is documented that Ahmedinnerjacket is a follower of the cult wanting to bring back the 12th Imam. If you don’t like Glenn, fine, don’t watch him. Don’t start spreading lies and half-truths either. Leave that to the corrupt politicians.
Tuari on July 1, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Bravo, brudda
guntotinglibertarian on July 1, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Donut, we got attacked once and they didn’t close the border then. What makes you think they would if a second attack occurred? Congress and the executive are more concerned about getting more Mexicans to vote for them in their game of “identity politics” than they are about protecting the rest of us. They are clueless.
Special K on July 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
When Scheuer says,
you can see Beck figuring out just what on Earth he’s going to say to that bizarre statement so that it doesn’t seem like Scheuer and Beck are advocating a major terrorist attack on the United States and, more importantly, knowing that terrorists watch American cable news. Brilliantly, Beck cuts him off and says,
Well played, Glenn.
Tuning Spork on July 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
The government is the greatest threat. Nothing else even comes close.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is to protect themselves against tyranny in government. When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 6:58 PM
People are just not as pissed as I am. It does keep me awake at night, because I do not know what to do to fight this president and Congress. I do not know how to protect myself and my family. I thought I knew as of last fall. After Nov. 4th it all changed.
BetseyRoss on July 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Cheer up
don’t give into hysteria
fear is contagious
things will get bad that’s true
but fear will cripple you
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Also, with this President and the Administration’s mantra to never waste a crisis and grab power like madmen, I’m not too sure that they wouldn’t try to use another attack to “their” advantage. Like others have said, stealing guns a la New Orleans, or imposing martial law to some degree.
Tuari on July 1, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I hate to say it but if Rush, Glen, Shawn, and Levin can’t wake up America, I hate to see what will.
fourdeucer on July 1, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Problem there is that all have been reduced to infotainment by most of America, too wrapped up in things like the passing of Jacko or the new puppy at the White House being a waterdog but can’t swim…
coldwarrior on July 1, 2009 at 7:01 PM
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I think Glenn is incredibly funny but when he goes into soothsayer or leader of the passive revolution, I don’t hear him.
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Scheuer is a nut, but he’s just talking about how much of a threat our own government has become to us. That’s not too tough to understand.
But he’s wrong about an attack. That will only further entrench the America-hating junta now controlling Washington, since they will institute martial law and it’s all gone from there – at least with respect to regaining control of the federal government.
No … secession is going to be the only way out of this.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 7:02 PM
+1
d1carter on July 1, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Yes. But at the end he said something to the effect “And that is exactly why Al Quaeda WON’T launch such an attack” basically saying they are not stupid and have no desire to awaken the sleeping dragon. They aren’t asking for an attack. The thing I like about Beck is, he brings in the people who ponder the unthinkable, who have the credentials to come up with the unthinkable and have you believe it’s possible and who are willing to say the unthinkable out loud.
It’s political correctness shutting down such conversations that have us here despearately trying to turn on the lights in people’s heads.
We need this. We need people willing to say this who know what they are talking about. I was watching last night on TiVo when I got home and I actually rolled it back to hear it again because it was really just a “Wow” kind of statement. But when I thought it through I realized, someone has to say it.
It can happen here.
FerfeLaBat on July 1, 2009 at 7:04 PM
“Our governing elite does not care about the future of American society or our country”.
There it is, the bold truth. All they care about is how much money they can bilk out of us.
Geronimo on July 1, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Only an American government that respects the Constitution is constrained by it. The current regime doesn’t care about the Constitution. Perhaps because this is the first such regime, people like Allahpundit lack the frame of reference to understand what could happen here.
Obama could carry out a “massive gun grab” without a vote. All he has to do is start grabbing guns. Obama doesn’t have to change the Constitution if he just throws it in the trash.
joe_doufu on July 1, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I wasn’t born to walk on water
I wasn’t born to sack and slaughter
But on my soul, I wasn’t born
To stoop and knuckle under
A man can learn to steal some thunder
A man can learn to work some wonder
And when the gauntlet’s down,
It’s time to rise and climb the sky
And soon the moon will smolder
And the winds will drive
Yes, a man grows older but his soul remains alive
All those tremulous stars still glitter
And I will survive!
Let my heart grow colder and as bitter as a falcon in the dive
There was a dream, a dying ember
There was a dream, I don’t remember
But I will resurrect that dream
Though rivers stream and hills grow steeper
For here in hell where life gets cheaper
Oh, here in hell the blood runs deeper
And when the final duel is near
I’ll lift my spear and fly
Piercing into the sky and higher
And the strong will thrive
Yes, the weak will cower while the fittest will survive
If we wait for the darkest hour
Till we spring alive
Then with claws of fire, we will devour like a falcon in the dive
PercyB on July 1, 2009 at 7:06 PM
“They weren’t serious about getting Obama”
What, is he talking about McCain?
- The Cat
P.S. I feel like I’m living under Clinton again, only with more nukes.
MirCat on July 1, 2009 at 7:07 PM
There are times I understand Levin’s dislike because he can be something of a dilitante, and I disagree with his passive revolution push – but I understand his reasoning.
FerfeLaBat on July 1, 2009 at 7:08 PM
No, it isn’t. The date came and went, with no nuclear armageddon.
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Allah is right, it is like a trip down memory lane. I remember when the left started that Truther crap with Bush, I consoled myself with the knowledge that the other side would not go around the bend like that.
Well, it seems that extremes meet and when they do there is not a lot of difference between them.
Sad to say.
Terrye on July 1, 2009 at 7:08 PM
The only chance of saving America is to have another Al Qaeda attack.
Painfully, that sounds too familiar. We’ve all heard this before as well.
It takes a Jimmy Carter to get a Reagan.
Wait until everything is in total chaos before venturing any leadership because we must start from scratch, all things being corrupt (as if the ingredients themselves aren’t tainted the moment humans make contact).
maverick muse on July 1, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Yeah, I’ve been pointing out for quite a while how many moonbats we have in Hotair comments.
DaveS on July 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Scheuer is a nut
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Scheuer is a nut when it comes to Israel. He thinks we should just let Israel defend herself. I do agree an attack would further entrench the lefties but securing the border
should be something we all could agree on.
fourdeucer on July 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Go ahead and hear what you all want to hear. Beck is right way more than he is wrong. Our country, including most of it’s citizens and not just it’s politicians, has it’s head so far up it’s can it’s unreal. Americans historically never learn from history, and I truly believed we will get schwacked sooner rather than later.
gator70 on July 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM
LOL. The Blue Dogs are despicable, lying scum who have gone along with everything The Precedent and the marxists wanted. They are totally untrustworthy. Go ahead, put your faith in those scumbags. They’ll grab guns, so long as they are promised something for themselves.
Blue Dogs .. just dogs.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 7:10 PM
ODIN! Hear my call
My soul belongs to thee
FIRE! On my sword
Will bequeath victory
Brother Loki carries the flame
And Thor throws down the light and rain
Upon the dragon-boats, do the usurper Obama assail
The Norsemen’s battle-call does wail
Storming ashore with torch in hand
Claiming back our cherished land
To one day, view the Cosmic Tree
And hang from it, the same as he
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 7:10 PM
I wish Mr. Levine would stop his not very subtle jabs at Beck. There are several conservative talk show hosts that I can’t listen to. It’s not them, it’s me, our styles don’t mesh but I sure hope their message reaches as many people as possible. There are plenty of ears out there, no reason to snipe at members of your own team.
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM
I guess you will be able to tell if Glenn thought it was too much but how often this gentleman if invited back on the show.
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM
An attack by Usama would only cause the left to sell us out faster and put the “For securities sake” plans into effect.
IE:
No more money to the middle east = gas, light bulb, shower rationing.
etc etc
MirCat on July 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night
May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright
Lawrence Talbot on July 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Again, you’re believing the Media Matters beef tripe. Since you won’t find the video, I did. He mentions August 22nd. He mentioned “could” about 20 times. His assumptions were based on pretty good sources. He even made a joke about it, saying that it won’t happen and had a little joking skit about “telling your Grand kids where you were when absolutely nothing happened.” I’m willing to bet though, that it got a whole lot of attention back then, noting that Ahmedinnerjacket was a major threat (psst, he still is). Again, leave telling the half-truths to the politicians.
Tuari on July 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Why am I seeing kittens?
MirCat on July 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM
He is a nut about Israel. But, he doesn’t want us to let Israel defend itself. He wants Israel snuffed out. Part of this is because he doesn’t really understand the arab/persian/muslim world. He knows a lot of details about it (and he has a good amount of information in that respect) but he doesn’t understand it.
Oh, I agree 1000% with Scheuer on securing the border. No question about that. What Bush did with the border after 9/11 was criminal (in my mind), the amnesty bill was near-treasonous, and the “path to citizenship” for illegals was clear treason.
I do agree with Scheuer on a lot of things, but he gets really kooky here and there, and really doesn’t understand the cultural dynamics of the muslim world, though he knows the events and dates and groups quite well.
progressoverpeace on July 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Beck can take it and it is funny – usually. Sometimes he steps over the line. You know Beck taunts Levin back every time he plays Link’n Park as his opening music. Levin has a valid point. Beck – knowingly or not – absorbs the genius of those around him and puts it into common terms. Much of what he talks about comes from others like Levin. He gives credit to most of his sources but never credits Levin – ever. We need Beck every bit as much as we need Levin.
FerfeLaBat on July 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM
AP – If our own government is not the greatest threat to this country – who do you believe to the the biggest threat to this country? Our government is doing a much better job at robbing Americans of their freedom than any other adversary we have faced or are currently facing.
While I don’t necessarily believe that another AQ strike is the only thing that can save America – I have long stated that this won’t be made better, it will have to break and then be rebuilt. Who could possibly fix this – the Republicans?! HA HA! Seriously. The only possible thing the Republicans are poised to do is disappear.
King of the Britons on July 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM
A man lost in the mazes of his own mind may imagine that he can do anything.
Sigmund on July 1, 2009 at 7:20 PM
…Scheuer, like the Anti-American Leftist Democratic Traitor, Larry Johnson, is an incompetent boob, who was a failure as a CIA Agent, failed in his job to stop/find Bin Laden, and who became the darling of the Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Democratic Traitor Left in this country, because he was “Anti-Bush”..
You see, in a normal world, when you’re incompetent, and you get fired, like Scheuer, Larry Johnson, Paul Pillar, you slink off in disgrace, keep your mouth shut, and just fade away.
But in America today, you become adopted by the Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Traitor Democratic Left, and become an “expert”, a “talking head”, and an instant celebratory of the Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi MSM….
Makes. me. Sick. to. my. Stomach!
Dale in Atlanta on July 1, 2009 at 7:22 PM
I mentioned earlier a series about Churchill; just checked and Netflix has it on DVD. Again, it’s called “Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years” starring Robert Hardy, made in 1983 for Masterpiece Theater. I suggest all of you who are making fun of people who are warning us of bad things to come, you might want to watch this. Those of you who love Churchill, might want to watch it, too. It’s based on Martin Gilbert’s biography and focuses on the years 1929-1939. They said he was a kook, but he was right.
Special K on July 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation—he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city—he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.
- Cicero
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Spouse and I were talking about this, and- I should say that I like both Glenn Beck and Orson Scott Card- but we were talking about the fact that there seems to be such a certainty and, dare I say, hopefulness about an apocalypse and/or civil war in the US in some of his shows. Then it dawned on me, because I had read Orson Scott Card’s Empire not long before, which envisions a US civil war along blue state-red state lines, that both are Mormons. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but an American apocalypse is a Mormon tenet of faith. A bit of religious ideology getting into the mix?
evergreen on July 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Since when is Scheuer a left wing hack?
Get a grip, folks
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM
my favorite quote ever
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM
I think it’s important to realize that Glenn and to some extent Scheuer are engaged in theater, not particularly analysis.
AYNBLAND on July 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM
I think very few people have paid attention to what’s going on at our southern border. Most live in their own little world pretending everywhere in the US is the same. It’s NOT, the Mexican drug cartels are killing and kidnapping on OUR side of the border. They are not afraid of our law enforcement there, which is overworked for the area they patrol. Why aren’t we using ARMED Predators to patrol the border?
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Ah, you got your groove back. Good.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 7:29 PM
MB4 on July 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM
I can’t believe I just watched a Viking Kitten video. *hangs head* And laughed.
FerfeLaBat on July 1, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I just don’t understand how the US getting attacked is going to save us from cap and trade.
boomer on July 1, 2009 at 7:34 PM
It’s just a good thing that Ron Paul wasn’t on there with some gold coins… The “hawkish libertarians” may have sh*t themselves…
Upstater85 on July 1, 2009 at 7:34 PM
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