The Beck Factor

Glenn Beck with the assistance of his marketing through Fox News hosted his "Restoring Honor Rally" yesterday on the Washington DC mall, forty seven years to the date of the historic "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. John Stewart of 'Comedy Central' came up with the best head line for the big rally calling it "I Have a Scheme".

This rally was on par with the older religious gatherings on the mall since "Washington for Jesus" in nineteen eighty. This event has been marketed as restoring honor and a fund raiser for the Troops, but like the "Music Man" or "Elmer Gantry" there is more to him than meets the eyes this will prove to be a financial wind fall for Beck and his sponsors.

Becks Previous Version of Honor

Becks Rally was used to voice a political agenda with out any doubt, these so called followers of the ultra conservative cognitive challenged Christian Republicans have nothing in common with the 1963 civil rights march of Dr. King forty seven years ago. Dr. King would have more than likely been treated the same way Beck attacked Van Jones, Acorn and not to mention his constant attacks of the President.

The teary eyed followers of Beck claim their goal for this Rally was to restore honor in the United States and offer support of our military with out politics being involved, but just like the 1980 Washington for Jesus gathering the event was used to build voter support for then presidential candidate Republican Ronald Reagan, this rally was a successful tool used by the Moral Majority and the GOP to assure Jimmy Carters defeat in the 1980 election...sound familiar

Honorable Racism

This so called honor that his followers claim to want to restore is questionable at best, especially when you consider that many of those supporters are big corporations and ignorant duped fearful politicians and followers who offer the nation lies, war-mongering, greed, deceit, racism, fear, anger, gun touting , threats, and an unwillingness to help there fellow man.



It is old news that Glenn Beck accuses a man who is half white or Caucasian as “having a deep seated hatred for white people or the white culture” yet all Obama ever knew was white culture he was raised by his white mother and white grand parents.Fox & Friends July 28,2009

Sarah Palin who tweeted on August 20 that Dr. Laura's Schlessinger first amendment rights were threatened because the public complained about Dr. Laura use of the word Nigger 11 times on the air, Palin's advice: "don't retreat...reload!" Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence"isn't American,not fair") not fair for her not to be able to use the N word. ... That's Honorable.

Who was Dr. King?

The March on Washington in 1963 was a historic event that put the United States treatment of its citizens of color on notice before the world. Dr. King on that day became public enemy number one to J. Edgar Hoover and the Klan and any crazy kook who had a gun and felt black Americans are now a serious threat to their financial supremacy of white Americans. King was called a Communist, a Marxist, Radical, Hates his Country and of course the famous N word ...sound familiar?

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

This was the real name of the 1963 March not just the "March on Washington" as it is commonly called or the "I Have a Dream Speech" which really limits the speech to one particular sentence "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

This may be the most commonly quote but other portions of the sixteen minute speech were just as significant. If one examines the speech from beginning to end you will discover that there are portions of the speech that would make those member of the Tea Party and Beck followers cringe.

1. "America has defaulted on a promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, which has come back marked " insufficient funds "


2. "Don't ignore us it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro"

3." Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.

4. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.

5. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges

6. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" In these comments and questions Dr. King is prophetic, how was he to know the challenges people of color would be facing "

Racial Harmony for Whites Only

Each of these quotes from the actual speech delivered by Dr. King is in complete contradiction of the Sarah Palin , Glenn Beck, big corporation, wealthy elite, ideology, it was a message of economic justice not just the ability to eat in the same restaurant of a white but justice would be if the African American would be allowed the same opportunity to own the restaurant.

Here is the crust of the matter would any of the ninety five percent Caucasian Tea Party members be willing to work with or for a black man or would any of them be willing to allow their son or daughter to marry a black man or woman and if they notice racial bigotry taking place would they do the honorable thing and confront it head on or would they like there leader Sarah Palin make excuses for someones blatant racism and ignorantly use the first amendment as a an excuse to use the word nigger even though it is offensive to me. (What Would Rabi Jesus DO?


Bottom Line


This rally was a tester for 2012 and I guarantee that there will be more rallies before the 2012 elections. Some may laugh at Beck but they also laughed at other men or women who came to power through good propaganda campaign.

Beck has successfully sealed his place in the psyche of the Christian Conservative, the Tea Party the Republican Party and most importantly the press.

He will be the sounding board for attacks on the Obama administration for the next two years using God to garner support for his warped agenda and unfortunately he laughing all the way to the bank... while his angry, mostly retired, some unemployed, misinformed middle class followers keep reminiscing about the good ol days when Dr. Kings dream was nothing but a dream and the idea of a black man running the country was also only a pipe dream.


K. Gerard Thomas