I'm going to have to go with Matt on this one, Beck is correct when he says he is a rodeo clown. He is a very confused man, he is not a thinker he is an entertainer and I can't believe we give him a radio show and nationally syndicated talked talk show.

Scary what passes for quality.

Nobody has any issues with liberal old Colbert(who I'm a big fan of by the way), or John Stewart (who I'm not a fan of). By the way did anyone see Colbert's speech at the Republican Correspondent's dinner back a few years ago? Incredibly funny. Did they actually expect him to be serious?

Storm-

They are openly comedians, if Beck moved his show to the comedy network, I'd have a lot more respect for him.

Truth be told Jon Stewart was a guest on Cross Fire back in '04 I think and he ripped on Tucker Carlson for being a sellout to the right, which he probably had coming.

Carlson shot back at Stewart for not being more diligent with his news show, to which he replied, and I quote(almost) " I follow a show where Muppets make crank calls, it's hardly the same thing" anyway watch it, Carlson lost his job and Crossfire was canceled soon after this, but not not much really got better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

I'll be honest, I have no idea what channel Beck's show is on. I saw one episode (barely attended to it) and read his book (which I enjoyed for it's humor and handful of decent ideas). I assumed no one actually took him that seriously, he has a good idea at times in the way that Colbert or Stewart do. A lot of crappy ideas which seem almost too over the top to actually be serious (hence why I compared him to those others) but I guess they are. Which is to be expected from someone with so little education.

Either way, the Republicans apparently thought Colbert was serious.
I still think having a guy like Beck, serious or not, is great for balancing out all the dumba$$ liberals out there with so little actually experience.

Just found out about this. Another fringe group of idiots about to be seen as representative of our country which will undo a lot of progress most likely. Perfect.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.co...despite_pet.php

OK I'd like you to post for the record who you think the liberal nut jobs are. They are out there, I've cited a few myself, just wondering who you think Beck is balancing out.

BTW, the book burning Bible Thumper, you do realize the right wingers are going to have to claim him right? Lefties don't even go to Church, much less burn books.

He's all yours my brother, our guys are busy putting nails in trees, licking frogs to get high and learning Klingon.

Kimo, you know we can't have you going around spilling all of our left-wing secrets. This insult must be answered.

*slowly reaches for Bat'leth*

I gave you several examples, did you even ready my earlier posts? Do I really need to give more names? I easily can but it would be a real pain.
You're acting like I'm beating up on the left and making excuses for the right. I can't stand people who go real far either way. I care about common sense decisions and objectivity (not saying I'm completely objective, no one is, but I would like to think I'm more so than most considering my varied, not parties.

But alright I'll claim him anyway if I have to choose, you can go ahead and babysit the frog-licking, nutless liberals, I prefer the narrow-minded religious fanatics, much more fun. It's like the difference between a fat kid playing video games all day or an ADHD kid running around stealing lunch money.

By the way, this means the Muslim world must claim radicals like the Taliban, Al Qaeda or the Mahdi Army right?

You can't understand people like this pastor without understand the history of the Right and the general views of the Right, but that doesn't mean crazy people like that represent the right in general. Or else that guy who took over the discovery channel place has to be claimed by the Left. Make sure to be consistent with your logic.

You can't understand extremist Islam without a general understanding of Islam and where it came from (which is why I'm currently reading the Qur'an), but that doesn't mean those extremists represent all Muslims.

Stormdragon, you might want to check the version of the Qur'an that you have. A lot of the copies here in the west have been edited by the publishers. If you want an interesting read try "the politically incorrect guide to Islam and the crusades." I think that the guy burning the Qur'an has a constitutional right to burn those books. I do not think that he should, much like I do not think they should build the mosque in New York. Keep in mind, the guy has only 50 people in his church and the MSM has made it an international story. Another story not covered so much by the MSM was covered by Rush today on his show. A soldier in Afghanistan recieved a bunch of bibles from home. The U.S. millitary confiscated the bibles because they have a millitary reg. that prevents attempts at conversion in Afghanistan. The U.S. millitary burned those bibles. You do not get a lot of coverage of that story.