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

I Have A Scheme.

John Stewart of the Comedy Central came up with the best head line for the big Rally on the Washington DC mall . "I Have a Scheme" The Restoring Honor Rally is another republican rally for freedom from the democrats. During the 1980 n the of c to restore freedom, liberty, and Glen Beck claims that these uneducated followers of his, will take back the Civil Rights Movement.

According to ABC on line ...The rally will be held at the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial on a significant day -- the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which was delivered in the same location 47 years ago.

Beck says that Saturday's rally is non-political and intended to honor American troops. Still, many Tea Party chapters from across the country are planning to attend, and both Beck and Sarah Palin will deliver the keynote speeches.

Becks Previous Version of Honor

This 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 and not to mention his constant attacks of the President... That's Honorable .

These teary eyed followers of Beckism claim their goal for this Rally 47 yrs to the date when Dr. Martin Luther King made his historic speech on the same mall is to restore honor in the United States and offer support of our military.

This honor that his followers claim to want to restore is questionable at best, especially when you consider that most of these people have offered nothing but lies, war-mongering, greed, deceit, racism, fear, anger, gun touting , threats, and unwillingness to help there fellow man to the nation and the world... That's Honorable .

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. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let

us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and

hatred.

7. 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 .

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

but truth be told it was Becks tester for 2012 will he be able to repeat this again before the 2012 presidential elections. Beck has successfully sealed his place in the psyche of the Christian conservative , the Tea Party , and to their

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http://abcnews.go.com/WN/glen-beck-rally-planned-lincoln-memorial-mlk-speech/story?id=11495396

Intelligence Always Trumps Ignorance

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In spite of all the negative press, poll numbers and the constant radio and cable talk show attacks the president continues to offer a strong sense of resilience, and possesses a willingness to express that he still has much work to do in his efforts to get the country back on track.

It is unfortunate that there are still those who continue to lavish in their ignorance of the facts, and still cant get over how Americans could elect a person of color to be president. I am still proud that we have made enough progress in our country up to this point to elect an intellectual man of hope regardless of race.


During President Obama's conversation with the hosts of The View he offered a strong sense of optimism and belief in America's ingenuity and (I have to admit) inspires me and possibly others to make an effort to encourage our political officials and citizenry to do what must be done ,( regardless of race or social status) to work hard to build a positive path to a "More Perfect Union."

K. Gerard Thomas

Truth.. What Truth ?

The Shirley Sherrod smear and forced resignation on July 19 has over taken the media by storm and it shines a light on a national issue that is as old as the United States..Race.

Shirley Sherrod who was the Georgia State Director of Rural Redevelopment for the United States Department of Agriculture was forced to resign from her position by a White House representative from the Department of Agriculture. The resignation resulted from an online posted video excerpt of a speech Sherrod gave to a Georgia chapter of the NAACP in March 2010. Hunting for a smoking gun regarding racism in the NAACP Andrew Breitbart a right wing blogger and regular guest on Fox News posted the edited video excerpts from the March 2010 speech on his conservative web site "Big Government."

The edited speech was cut in such away as to make Sherrod look like she was a racist and a story she told about an incident that took place over twenty years ago was recent and while serving in the Obama administration. When Fox News decided to run with the story they turned it into a " Stop the Presses Event " Fox News interrupted their programing calling the edited video a "Fox News Alert" giving the deception that this was a recent story.

Breitbart allegedly claims to have been given the video by an unknown individual who doctored the tape but being that he is not a journalist the rules of vetting and or checking your sources do not apply.


How did This Happen ?

At a recent NAACP convention it was voted by the members of the convention that they would ask the leaders of the Tea Party Movement to repudiate the racism in their ranks. Fox News and Andrew Beirbret countered by attacking the NAACP as racisit and began searching for dirt on the NAACP and its members.


Beirbret wanted to prove that the NAACP were racist he was more than happy to immediately post the video. It was given first to Fox News who was willing to air the unsubstantiated smear, it is no secret that Fox News is a 24 hour propaganda machine for the GOP, and an ardent critic of democrats, the president and the NAACP. When the White house discovered that Fox News and Glenn Beck were airing the video they panicked.

In an attempt to preempt the controversy and the press coverage, according to Ms Sherrod in a CNN interview, a White House official contacted Ms.Sherrod by Black Berry and insisted that she resign on the spot, with out giving her the benefit of explaining her side of the smear campaign, truth be dammed and journalism integrity was thrown out the window. Beirbert, Fox News, and not one member of the White House staff took the time to check the facts before destroying this woman's life.

The whole story of her speech that was taken out of context and supposed racist statement was really a story of change. How a young black woman in the rural south helped a white farmer save his farm in spite of her struggle with anger against white men because her father was murdered in 1965 Georgia by white farmers when she was a teenager.

Once the press picked up on the video, Ben Jealous the president of the NAACP also suggested she resign.

Race, Breitbart and Fox News

Two media entities MSNBC and Media Matters have joined with a minority of bloggers and editorial writers call out Fox News for their continued fake bias news. Yet ABC, NBC, CBS,CNN and others have run scared of criticizing Fox News the big question is why?


It is no secret that Fox has a carefully thought out strategy of keeping negative press on Obama before their audience 24/7. Even MSNBC who is touted as having a liberal slant takes a break from politics on the weekend, dedicating their weekend programing to crime and prison stories
but Fox News never sleeps and neither does their President Obama attack Squad.

Money Buys Intimidation Power

It is as plain as the nose on ones face the owner of Fox News is one of the wealthiest men in the world and as such he calls big shots. Rupert Murdoch is an Australian born billionaire who is the owner of multiple media entities, such as News Corp,Fox News, Fox Business News and all things Fox. The New York Post News Paper as well as 174 other papers. He owned as many as 35 Television stations that reach about 40 percent of the country including Direct TV. He owns the ultra conservative "Weekly Standard Magazine."

He process so much power and pull, that he can command a private meeting with politicians and world leaders even President Obama. So the bottom Line is Rupert Murdoch is a billionaire ultra conservative who is an apologist for the powerful and wealthy racial majority.


Even though all of our news is controlled by big business corporations such as Disney, General Electric, Viacom, only Fox News has decided that lies sell better then the truth. What if Shirley Sherrods whole 30 plus minute speech had not been taped and her story of learning to help others no matter what race and her ability to over come her own prejudices had not been revealed to the press? What if the white farmer who's farm and land Shirley helped to save had not been reached by CNN and they stated on air she was responsible for helping them.

Blame Obama " Why Won't Obama Tackle the Race Issue"?

It worked Fox News and even Berbreit escapped the real media scrutiny because the press decided to go after the president and not the real source of the smear and where it all started. On Sunday Morning programs spent all the time discussing "the rush to judgment and placed the issue at the presidents door.

(Here is the funny part) I love how the Sunday Morning political talk shows want to discuss racism in American with a panel of five white guest and one black guest and they see nothing wrong with that. The president does walk a thin line because if he talks about race he is called a racist, if he does not talk about race he is attacked...a simple case of " Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don't "


Even Fox News got on the band wagon and started blaming the White House for not vetting the information on Ms Sherrod that is like shooting some one and blaming them for getting in the way of the bullet.


Bottom Line

Fox News has been scarring the White public for years and recently they have been using the fact that Barrack Obama and Attorney General Holder are black as an excuse for not going after two or twelve loony members of the so called New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation. Fox News whole agenda is to assure that Republicans take control of the house and possibly the Senate in November at any cost even the truth.


What If the media allowed Fox News and Beirbret racism to continue to control the spin and did nothing..... Oh Yeah They Are


K Gerard Thomas

THE TRUE CLARION CALL: Are Credit Scores Really Good for the Economy

THE TRUE CLARION CALL: Are Credit Scores Really Good for the Economy

Are Credit Scores Really Good for the Economy

The Credit Master

A couple of weeks ago my brother and I were sitting and discussing the state of affairs in our nation, he made an astute comment about setting up a moratorium on credit scores this would be a great incentive to increase more spending and get the economy moving. The question I have often asked is why is it that we are slaves to the almighty credit score. This is one major obstacle that hinders our nation from true economic recovery. Our nations middle class is held hostage by the banking system who continue to keep their pockets full and the rest of America (with exception of the wealthy ) in a constant state of financial purgatory.

" Money is to the Economy as Oil is to the Engine."

The moratorium will begin on a particular date and it will be in affect for two years and as such it will assure that consumers will not be solely judged on their ability to make a purchase based mainly on there credit rating but other factors will be taken into consideration such as employment history , and financial income. Some middle class workers employed for multiple years have been stymied in their ability to make purchases of homes , cars, small business loans, even a toaster all because of the almighty credit score.

A credit score moratorium will encourage consumers to start spending more, possibly leading to increase in GDP sales such as cars,and homes ,even helping previous home owners who after facing or going through a foreclosure are more educated and if given a shorter sentence of negative credit rating would jump back into the market, if financially able. The rules will be stricter but since we immediately bailed out AIG, and other banking institutions when they failed why not the consumer ? who makes it possible for these big banks to continue.

They Changed the Rules

At one time a credit score of 685 or 700 was considered a good score but now it is considered just above fair. The credit score rules our lives even though the market was saturated with foreclosed and financially challenged citizens some how the credit score numbers value increased now.. what was excellent is now good and what was good is now fair and what was fair is now poor.

Free Credit Score Lie

There is no such thing as a legitimate instant free credit report unless one is willing to pay for it up front. Companies who pull your credit will only except the report from their in house agency. Even if you send for a report directly from Trans Union, Equifax, and Experian it would not even be recognize as a legitimate report because it is coming from the consumer and the bottom line is they want to charge you for the report, $25.00 , $30.00 or higher just to pull the report this is a rip off scam.

The Pursuit of Happiness

God help you if you are a minority especially African American and or Latino it appears you will suffer the red zoning curse for being African American. The news reports have informed the public of cases where African American credit scores are always significantly lower then other consumers even if they pay their bills on time, and have no credit issues. Generally speaking if an African American has a 680 plus credit rating it will remain under 700. This has been used by some to offer higher interest rates and sub prime loans to mostly African Americans thus assuring that African Americans remain in a constant state of limited advances financially.

If our country is serious about living out the true creed of the Deceleration of Independence and our Constitution then there should be a system were we do away with the unfair practices of discrimination within the financial sector. The Wealthy do not have to worry about credit scores, case in point particular movie stars and celebrities, politicians and dare I say preachers are given swag items that we ordinary citizens would have to have a credit score of almost 790 or higher to obtain. Paris Hilton does not need free gifts, George Bush, Dick Cheney, or George Clooney all of their credit score can be as low as 550 , but it does not matter because the wealthy are well taken care of.. while the poor and the middle class are judged by a number.

Bottom Line

Finance Metric Online states " We know using more credit might affect our future plans. Yet we keep using it. If you have a bad score, you will find it difficult to get a job, rent an apartment, buy a car, or even a cell phone plan for your iPhone. But to get a good score, as mentioned earlier, you need more credit. Without using credit, you are not even allowed to have basic amenities."

My Father never believed in credit he was born in 1910 his motto was if I cant buy it I don't need it. We are under a new set of rules were even if you pay off your debt it can hurt your credit score. We are living in a Bizarro world were wall street makes the rules for main street.

Of course this is a pipe dream for those of us middle class citizens who don't have the money to lobby particular leaders in congress to back such a revolutionary idea.. could you imagine how the banking industry would squawk at taking away their ace in the hole in assuring that they and the crooked politicians who don't worry about credit scores remain in control of our nations middle class financial setting.



K. Gerard Thomas

http://www.financemetrics.com/how-helpful-is-credit-score-in-our-lives/

Fox News Channel ...America's Fake and Biased News Source

Today Fox News promoted the Tea Party rally in Searchlight Nevada, where Sarah (I truly have nothing to say) Palin, was one of the main speakers. The Tea Party crowed gathered in Searchlight the senatorial district of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ( D) with hopes to intimidate the senator who is in a struggle to hold on to his senatorial seat in the fall.

Fox News promoted this event with glee assuring that Sarah Palin is a celebrity who's appearance is more valuable to Fox then the President of the United States. One blogger on Media Matters for America wrote ...

"I'd like to know how Fox reconciles their assertion that they're an authentic news outlet with their practice of selectively covering events. For instance, President Obama gave several speeches on the health care legislation that was under debate at the time, and Fox was the only cable news outlet that didn't carry any of them. Yet they'll cover Sarah Palin? A half-term Republican governor rates more airtime than the President of the United States? How do Fox fans keep their gazes so firmly averted to the unsubtle bias in such practices? "

n'est-ce pas http://mediamatters.org/research/201003270028


I personally observed how the Fake and Biased Network snubbed the President when all other cable news channels covered his speeches. When former president George W. Bush spoke they were there 24/7 but for some reason since the election of President Obama Fox finds something else to report on when the President speaks the only attention the president receives from Fox is constant attacks on his administration 24/7.

One reason to give her this type of promotion is she is part of the Fox misinformation team she has been hired by Fox to represent the less educated, angry, fearful, racist, extremist, violent, Fox News watcher and keeping in the Fox News tradition she is a good looking woman.


K.Gerard Thomas