Comments on: Duck, Glenn, the free ticket to BS America is expired

By: admin

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:31:58 +0000

Thank you for the comment and links, ernie.

Most Americans (including me, until recently) are unaware of the Mormon Church’s history, its political activism, and its connections to right wing groups like the John Birch Society. To me it seems like an important topic, although there are some that classify any criticism of a religious organization with religious intolerance. The plain fact is that the Mormon Church is not just a place where people go to worship. They are attempting to shape US policy and public opinion. For example, the Church donated $180,000 to the effort to pass Prop 8 in California, the act that made gay marriage illegal.

Regarding the John Birch Society, I would bet that less than 5% of Americans know that it exists, let alone know what its political agenda is and how fanatic and paranoid they are. If anyone here would like to know more about the John Birch Society, they have a snazzy website at this link: http://www.jbs.org/

Thanks again for your comment. I will also put your links on a permanent page.

-Wexler

By: ernie1241

ernie1241 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:36:41 +0000

Given Glenn Beck’s admiration and praise of former FBI Special Agent W. Cleon Skousen your readers might be interested in this report based upon Skousen’s first-time-released FBI files:

http://ernie1241.googlepages.com/skousen

And a related report on the Birch Society:

http://ernie1241.googlepages.com/jbs-1

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:34:55 +0000

Thanks for the comment, the original post on your great website, too.

I spent a bit of time in northern Utah on project work back in the late 80s. It was beautiful. I sure got some folks’ back up when I lit up a cigarette. The liquor laws were so bizarre I ended up settling for a couple of beers in my hotel room.

However, when I wasn’t smoking/drinking, the people were very friendly and the scenery was spectacular. For a flatlander like me it wasn’t a bad choice for a business trip.

Back to Beck. I was looking for this link http://messengerandadvocate.wordpress.com/ when I found your website. In it you’ll find an article titled “Glenn Beck An Embarrassment To Mormonsâ€“Perpetuates Harmful, Untrue Stereotypes”. There are over 400 comments, you may find some of them enlightening. At least there’s a conversation going on, which gives me some hope that perhaps the Church will at least let everyone in their own congregation know that death threats, murder fantasies, character assassination, lies about public policy, and the right wing noise does not reflect the true meaning of being a Mormon…. even if Glenn Beck says it does.

By: J Allison Marlowe

J Allison Marlowe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:52:14 +0000

Glad to see you are following up on this vitriol that is being spread from a declared “Christian” person. The LDS Church is associated by his ads that he ran claiming that his life has changed since he joined that Church. Just after that he started his attacks on President Obama. Most of his claims have been verified as untrue within days or hours. His followers are people that don’t think for themselves. They are looking for a target for their unhappiness with the condition of our country. Glenn Beck and his followers are one big distraction from the job that needs to be done. Their ravings and rantings are serious because of the reactive person in the crowd that will act irrationally after being caught up in the hatred.

We will be following your reports.