I think the Beck rally was designed to serve the same purpose as the 1936 Munich Olympics -- to put a "kinder, gentler" face on a fascist ideology and make it more palatable to the general public.
The Saturday fox love fest was nominally to raise money for charity, IF it made a profit. What are the odds that this charity for service men and women ever sees a dime?
10. I finally had to "de-friend" someone I went to high school with
because of her attitude towards President Obama. We got into a "discussion" back on Memorial Day when the President attended the ceremony at the national cemetary in Illinois. She was incensed that he had not attended the Arlington ceremony and went on and on about how he wasn't fit to be president, etc. I let it go for a while but a few weeks ago she started posting crap about how much vacation the President has taken and more garbage about how she hates him for being president. I decided I didn't care; life is too short to have to deal all the time with right-wing idiots. I imagine that she is posting similar sentiments about the Beck-a-thon, Godly principals and all.
A FB "friend" tagged me in a picture from the rally, a pic of a bunch of people "spontaneously" unfurling a massive homemade American flag on the steps of what I think's the Lincoln Memorial. Problem: I live in England so I probably would have remembered being there.
21. When did all those people that were there lose their
godly principles? The only ones that would be effected would be the ones there...so I guess if they needed to renew their beliefs okay...good for them...me I don't need it...
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