[CitizensTruth] Glenn Beck fingers Central Banking - C&L calls him crazy....

[Hal Snyder]

Mike, thanks for the reference. I come away from the C&L posting with  
a different impression.

IMO Glenn Beck is occasionally right about something the way a stopped  
clock is occasionally right. I don't expect consistent or deep insight  
from a Fox/CNN talking head. I am also suspicious of anyone who cites  
the Heritage Foundation and expects to be taken seriously.

It looks to me as if Beck, acting here as a megaphone for Heritage  
Foundation propaganda, is simply offering a scapegoat, attempting to  
blame central banks for everything while averting a radical analysis  
of the present system. Damage control, limited hangout, that sort of  
thing, to spare most of the perpetrators of institutionalized grand  
larceny.

I don't agree with the anti-conspiratorial ranting at Crooks and  
Liars, either, btw. That's the old straw man argument. Create an image  
of a crazy conspiracy kook, demolish it, then declare victory in the  
real world where serious debate never even started. Reagan did the  
same sort of thing with his "welfare queen", sidestepping responsible  
debate over the social contract.

On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Mike Kirk wrote:


> Glenn Beck gets it right, but is blasted by Crooks and Liars.

>

> http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/glenn-beck-blames-bad-economy-existe


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