So Glenn Beck is holding "Education Camps". His motivation?

[Ruby the Liberal]

From his website noted in the TPM video:

- I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan. I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought us to this brink and it will not be defeated easily. It will require unconventional thinking and a radical plan to restore our nation to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas.

- All of the above will culminate in The Plan, a book that will provide specific policies, principles and, most importantly, action steps that each of us can take to play a role in this Refounding.

- On August 28, 2010, I ask you, your family and neighbors to join me at the feet of Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall for the unveiling of The Plan and the birthday of a new national movement to restore our great country.

Its a 9 month book promotion tour!

:rofl:

[Naturyl]

1. "Education Camps," eh?

Has a nice ring to it. Ideological re-education, anyone?

[WCGreen]

2. Glenn Mao

[Naturyl]

5. Yeah, we know Mao is on his mind a lot.

Perhaps, while progressing through the "Hooked on Phonics" course, he actually delved into the Little Red Book a bit and got inspired...

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. My bad. They are "Education Conventions". Across the country.

Here is the TPM video of his launch yesterday: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x405269

[C_U_L8R]

3. Mein Kampf For Dummies

Beck is an ass.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. 'The Plan'? Is that like 'The Secret'? I don't know if we should fear or laugh at GB.

GB...omigod. Glenn Beck or George Bush? Same thing

[Naturyl]

7. Fear Bush, laugh at Beck.

Bush was sincere in his idiocy (edit: except the fake cowboy act). Beck is as phony as the day is long. Sure, he might believe some of the crap he spews, but the delivery and tearful urgency are utter showbiz. And it's working to the tune of $50 million. The guy is a modern day clown.

[Marr]

6. That guy is such a self-aggrandizing fraud. It's sad that so

many people actually buy his bullshit. This sounds like a bigger "9-12" project, with merchandising and a longer timeline so he can fleece more rubes.

[Catshrink]

8. I thought he was against education camps.

:shrug:

[lapfog_1]

9. He hangs around at parties with Steve Forbes!!!

Impressed by money (worse, inherited money) and name dropping... two of the worst traits a person can have.

[louis-t]

11. He can call it "Indoctrination Nation"

Gee, Hitler had a 100 year plan, too. Oh, wait, that was a 1,000 year plan.

[Turborama]

15. How about: "Indoctrination Nation" brought to you by the "Disinformation Station" ?

I know they like things that rhyme and this could be a double whammy.

[saltpoint]

12. A case of a teabagging nutcase getting rich by polarizing a society.

To hell with Glenn Beck.

[Cyrano]

13. The term "Education Camps" is chilling

After reading those two words, my first thought was Dachau, Bergen Belson, Auschwitz, and so many other death camps.

And wingnuts have the nerve to call us Nazis? These are sick, dangerous people and it's past time that the vast majority of Americans realized it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. That was my bad. He calls them "Conventions" not "Camps"

I was laughing when I was posting that and screwed up.

[spanone]

14. glenn wants to be the next david koresh?

[eShirl]

17. Is he throwing a Cultural Revolution or something?

[daleo]

18. 100 year plan

1000 Year Reich. Historically, these long range plans tend to be a bit too ambitious.