Wealthy? Then Shut Up!

I was reading a Facebook post this morning from someone trashing Glenn Beck and his rally today at the Lincoln Memorial.  He started his long list of reasons why Beck is so aweful and a danger to our society by pointing how his (Beck’s) net worth compares with that of Dr. Martin Luther King who also delivered his famous speech on this day 47 years ago from the same steps.  He went on to point out those supporting Beck and financing his campaign to “Restore Honor”.

I guess my first question is, What does Glenn Beck’s net worth have anything to do with his right as an American to voice his opinion.  I guess when you’re wealthy or have succeeded in our free enterprise system, you achieve the “American Dream” and suddenly you just need to shut up, pay more than your fair share of taxes,  just be grateful for what you have and did I say pay more taxes.  As far as those supporting Beck, why don’t we ever want to talk about the George Soros’s of the world, his funding of their socialistic, European style, anti-capitolism push on the American people.

It’s pretty obvious that the American people aren’t buying the “hope and change” promised by this Administration.  Maybe that’s what’s ticking off the left.  It’s not so much Glenn Beck, it’s that as each day passes more Americans are seeing through the facade and empty promises and realizing that it just doesn’t work.  It further iritates them that all the new government programs they dream of implementing, the socialized medicine they want to force on “the people” and the mountains of new debt they want to rack up isn’t cutting it either.

So, when they see the writing on the wall, they fall back to the same old play book.  They question the sanity of those who oppose them, they pull the race card and the ultimate card is pulled, the class envy card. They say things like: “Look how much money he makes….he, uhh is rich, uhh…. he’s got a lot of …. money.  uhhh… he’s wealthy so uhhh, uhh… SHUT UP!”

I say keep speaking up America.  You’re getting under the thin skin of the left and they are beside themselves.  And it’s not even November.

Three Quick Lessons I Learned From The Super Bowl

1.  Just because you’re down, doesn’t mean you’re out.  The game isn’t over yet.

2.  When you get the chance, grab the ball and run!

3.  The pundits are often wrong.

Love the real life stories that teach us never to give up or give in.  I’m blown away by the fact that we have a God who every day gives us a chance to start fresh and live a life full of His presence and peace if we only turn our lives over to Him.  In life, God is on the sidelines of whatever you are facing.  He is cheering you on and wants only the best for you with the ultimate goal of conforming you to be more like His Son Jesus.  He tell us in the book of Jeremiah 29, verse 11, “For I know the plans I have for you … To prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.”

A Teleprompter? 6th Graders?

As one of my children would say, “Ahh come on!!!”  And they made fun of President Bush talking with school children?  This is unbelievable!

The Air Is Let Out Of America

Word that Air America is going dark.  They never really were a viable operation, although you wouldn’t know it from the news release on their website.  They have struggled from the very start and yes these are tough times to be in the radio business, but when you combine poor economics will programming almost no one wants to listen to, the combination spells disaster.   Although I’m a Conservative radio talk show host, I do enjoy a good debate and listening to opposing points of view.  I like to hear what others (even those with whom I disagree) believe.  But the plain truth is that Air America was anything but clever or cutting edge talk and as the rating showed across the country, a failure. So, good bye Air America.  Don’t look for a wing in the museum of broadcasting anytime soon.