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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDUUTv0Sd0w

Glenn Beck is a bit too alarmist and a bit of a conspiracy theorist but I am really glad to see him talking about this. He has a hard core following that hang on every word.

okay, i'm pretty sure glenn beck has some bitcoins as well as some of his friends. he's the kind of guy to pump it if he has something to gain from it; he is just political theater. i hope bitcoiners don't fall in love with him just because he's pushing bitcoins.

^ Political theater is a good way of putting it. Not sure how I feel about Glenn Beck overall. I definitely respect his self-made success, and appreciate probably most of what he says. But he can be somewhat of an alarmist. However, he does have some very die hard followers. Them wanting to buy Bitcoin as some sort of a hedge against disaster (similar to stockpiling bottled water, canned food, supplies, etc.) doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
Note - I have not watched the video yet, I'm currently doing like 5 things at once.

I saw him speak live once.  He gets the reputation as a lunatic, but he's a very amiable sort of guy in person.

-bm

he has a reputation for being a lunatic because.. well, he just acts like one. here's a list of the craziest things he's said

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/06/in-honor-of-his-pending-departure-the-top-10-craziest-things-glenn-beck-ever-said/

complete 180 turn on bitcoin in 5...4...3....2...

yeah, next week he'll turn his BTC into gold and pump that  :D

he has a history of being a peddler.
http://www.examiner.com/article/glenn-beck-advertises-gold-and-who-really-cares

I "don't like it," but we'll bring some new people and money into the fold. I can tell you there are a good many Americans in rural areas who love Beck more than Jesus and Reagan put together, and Bitcoin's about as well-known in the hills and plains as transgenders.

Oh. Don't let them see this thread. :D

If he supported it he would accept bitcoin as an option on his shopping site: http://www.markdown.com

People that will be easily swayed when Glenn has an epiphany when it counts and sides with the government about how Bitcoin is bad because <insert big government excuse here>.

See: Glenn Beck says TARP bailout is necessary, Glenn Beck coddles libertarians then dedicates a show to calling Ron Paul a terrorist when Paul runs for president and is starting to gain steam in the polls, Glenn Beck supports the Tea Party then as the Texas Tea Party candidate for governor starts getting press for rising in the polls Glenn Beck has her on his show and uses radio hosting tricks (cut sound to her but not to audience) to imply that she's a "truther", calls her Hitler, etc.

See also all of the Ron Paul supporters that argued that "Beck isn't perfect but he has a massive audience"...

Great catch!

Hm. As much a bent toward believing outlandish conspiracies as I have, I don't imagine he's getting memos from Upstairs telling him to re-evaluate his opinion. Maybe he's just addicted to cocaine? You kind of have to be to be a talk show host, yeah?

You know, I went to markdown.com on the basis that it's a Hell of a domain name for that, and a can of tuna caught my attention. It's big draw is that it's pole-caught. It got me wondering why people (including myself, to an extent) are so attracted to low-tech, inefficient methods, and all I could come up with is that there's some kind of Nietzchean appeal to supporting a guy who goes out and does exactly what he wants to do (and knows how to do) against all odds. It's almost like a Luddite protest purchase -- or maybe it's just a desire to try something different... unsure.

I doubt he even changes his mind. He just knows that he can get a large audience spewing nonsense about freedom.

He just shows his true colors when something actually matters.

Maybe. Was he so worried about Paul and so full of himself that he thought he really needed to publicly "switch positions"? I'm tempted to think he just kind of "bunkered down" in thought and decided he needed to support the mainstream candidate to defeat Obama or Hillary, as if he could've changed the election. I really don't understand why he bucked Paul. It offends at least a significant minority of his viewers, but doesn't have much impact outside.


....

Maybe he is just full of himself. Didn't he want to create some pixie-dust all-suburban White paradise? Glennbeckistan or Jesustown, something like that? I guess that dream died.... so maybe he's just looking to make money -- it's kind of his job, after all.

No idea.

2008: Glenn Beck calls Ron Paul a terrorist, calls Paul's ideas kooky and fringe.
2009: Glenn Beck wishes he had a time machine to go back and reexamine all of those issues "he apologized to libertarians everywhere for calling himself a libertarian in the past. He has long called himself a conservative with libertarian leanings, but he said he is now leaning so far libertarian that he is almost horizontal. He said, "I'm going through a change here.""
2012: Glenn Beck compares Ron Paul to Osama Bin Laden
2013: Glenn Beck apologizes to libertarians (again...)

See the pattern?
Election year: "Libertarians are evil"
Year after election: "I'm a libertarian now, forgive me for last year"

http://www.syscortech.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bitcoin_edison.jpg

http://www.dailypaul.com/308059/did-thomas-edison-invent-bitcoin

http://www.edisonmuckers.org/tag/west-orange-labs/


http://www.westorangelabsinc.com/



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/14186321501_1ea9fac3a4_b.jpg

Prototype rendering of the new Doge Coin Miner, code name SPARKY:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2dpXSZO5a4nVTcPyU-Zus2MG1RllMeoUAMQiWEq8ZwCIfoyI94w

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRdvW1Z6lyJrDM_LTaZ-El7wnvkkpM0T4tv5rTNsYnadiyVX1ceA

http://brock-inc.com/images/image001.PNG

Went too far with his comparison.

Actually, it's all connected.

http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&EvID=3625&eventid=gc12

Has the light bulb gone off yet?

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZRmbKsnL48IvX_IwYABQqcnbQm2xEdlB74gTCdbecCinSKYr70g

Too tired to paste links right now but gez wut?

Steve Beauregard was in London on May 8 for a Bitcoin conference. As you may recall, a certain other special someone was in London on May 8... (hint: he's a ginger pedo mastermind)


I've also just about cracked the mystery of Buffalo JA:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/anand-jon-alexander-sentenced_n_2999697.html

Anand. Jon. Alexander. J motherfucking A. That's why they're always laughing about "BUFFALO JA ASS DESTROY IN JAIL FOREVER JAJAJAJA". There's even one comment about Buffalo JA that refers to him as "Alexander".

Peep this tho:

http://bitcoinowl.com/my-visit-bitropolis-la-bitcoin-incubation-space

Read the entire comment history for "KF" down below the article - that's Ken Feldman, Bittopia mainstay and erstwhile camping buddy of Autumn Radtke.

You'll see he commented on an article about one of his bros getting arrested for drugging and raping a model during a "photoshoot" - and recording it all on video! Deceiving and raping young models that he lured in with his flashy playboy lifestyle and coked-out promises of success (sound familiar?)
http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2012/05/14/judd-weiss-bel-air-party-boy-arrested-for-alleged-sex-assault-took-sexy-photos

Kenny goes so far as to mention that Judd was totally NOT the same as Anand, who he was also friends with. Everyone knew Anand was sleazy and probably raped dozens of teenage girls (he's serving 50+ years for that now), but JUDD....Kenny just can't believe it!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means Ken Feldman has admitted to being friends with three alleged and/or convicted serial rapists. Two of those three prefer their victims young.

Maybe some new friends are in order?

Also, LOL that the CEO of CoinMKT hasn't been arrested by the FBI yet. What kind of exchange hides their trading charts unless you open an account?

Laugh riot: http://bittrust.org/coinmktcom

With dazzling interview subjects like these, it makes me wonder who runs BitPravda- sorry, "BitcoinOwl.com".

reality...lol

 wow wow wow great investigation, guys. Glenn Beck is the pedo mastermind behind Bitcoin for sure and definitely killed a few interns.

you guys are being wayyyy too critical of Glenn Beck.  He's more or less a regular guy who wants to fix the problems in the US.  Lighten up.

and btw- I live in 'rural America' and wouldn't have it any other way.  Red State FTW.

-bm

“I’m thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I’m wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out. Is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus — band — Do, and I’ve lost all sense of right and wrong now.”– May 17, 2005

That ^ is entertainment.

Glen Beck is a Mormon.  These are some of the most dishonest people you can ever run across.

Edison did not invent the light bulb, and a lot of things that are credit to him are not his own invention but stolen ideas, but yes Glenn has some good points in his speech but the way he is presenting things is way to alarmist with a layer of conspiracy theory, so I guess people should take some of what he says with grain of salt

it's funny because you could easily replace "michael moore" with "glenn beck." there's just something about his face, in addition to the batshit crazy stuff he says, that makes me want to punch it. he's like this fat troll who realizes that saying trollish shit makes him wealthy, so he does it.. and it's on hyperdrive.

Glenn Beck = Low IQ adult who believes in imaginary friends (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RfUj09pWfM). Superstition is the end of reason, ergo Mr. Beck deserves no respect from anyone.

“I’m thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I’m wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out. Is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus — band — Do, and I’ve lost all sense of right and wrong now.”
-Glenn Beck

“God is giving a plan I think to me that is not really a plan. The problem is that I think the plan that the Lord would have us follow is hard for people to understand. Because of my track record with you who have been here for a long time. Because of my track record with you, I beg of you to help me get this message out, and I beg of you to pray for clarity on my part.”
-Glenn Beck

To be clear, connecting GB to anything related to Bitcoin or the paedo- scene was not my intent.

My dad and I used to watch Glenn every night up to a year prior to his (dad) passing. At some point, dad felt like something about Glenn changed (his stance on issues), so dad found another show to watch on TV during that time frame.

Glenn Beck is heard by many people, but most forget one thing.  He's not a political analyst, lobbyist, or former high ranking government official.  He's an entertainer.  Nothing more. 

more like he's an entertainer who reverberates the voices of billionaires, politicians, or lobbyists... so he does play a role.

Just because Glenn Beck is a Mormon and you find him dishonest or whatever, I wouldn't  judge (insert your religion here) just on your behavior.. I know good mormons, bad ones, good catholics, bad ones, etc, etc.. you get the point....

And he is an entertainer. He is very different in person than on tv or on the radio..

Bees Brothers in 5...4...3...

sure, but that doesn't change the fact that mormons are kookier thank normal kooky religious. they run their religion more like a business than most other ones. they knock on your door, try to convert you, and then ask you to tithe.

At least the Jehovah Witness NEVER ask for funds when they're out Witnessing. Nor do they was have a collect plate in their Kingdom Halls or believe in tithing, yet have no problem amassing funds.

Quick aside, I've been to two JW funerals/awakes, and it's a site to see: minimum grieving with much joyness - and plenty of food with, yes, goat meat if the family's Greek.

Beck is a bit of a screwball but even screwballs get things right once in a while.

There you go!  Get the Mormon church to accept Bitcoin!  Come up with some fancy slogan to boot.  

After seeing the thread title, and before reading the thread:
That was/is my question, Does Glenn Beck deserve the respect to be included in any worthwhile discussion?
He certainly has a large audience, but the same can be said of Lady Goo Goo and Justin Trouble.

His show is all internet-based now, no longer on TV.

He is still on the radio every morning, but I almost never listen.
I used to find him somewhat entertaining (and "almost libertarian"), but I felt burned way too many times.
Glenn Beck did introduce many people to some good books.  :)

Glenn beck would be good if he wasn't so outrageous and didn't make comments in which he has absolutely nothing to back them up with. He does have some interesting things to say but he dilutes it too much with his craziness. His views on social issues can be a bit nazi like as well...

Only the small minded would assign traits to a large group of people at once. There are good and bad people in all walks of life and in all religions.

Hence, why I listen to NPR, for you never what you'll learn from those opposite your views. Same true for not putting anybody on ignore.

BTW, thanks for letting me know that he's on the radio, bud.

You are welcome.
He is still going strong on Fox radio, in many cities (or he was as of a month ago)
I usually don't turn on the radio until afternoon; Dennis Miller is relatively harmless and sometimes funny.

I am glad bitcoin seems to be growing.

What are ya'll complaining about? Good press is good press, even if it's from Glenn Beck. We're seeing more people become pro-Bitcoin every day. It's good for the immediate price and good for long term acceptance and adoption.

would you say he's a toned down version (and less angry) of alex jones? both are kooky and like to point at people for crazy conspiracies after all. they're all in it for the theater.

You are right of course.  I wasn't meaning they were all dishonest.  All groups have dishonest people in them.  However, I have a particular dislike for the Mormon group in general.

Having a few Mormon freinds whom I trust implicitly, I'm wondering why you say that.

I understand. I grew up in a Southern Baptist church and harbor a strong resentment toward evangelicals in general. Most are decent people but some I cannot stand.

Tried to read a Glenn Beck book once.  That was painful.

There was a time I adored Ted Nugent and really enjoyed Glenn Beck.

I'm definitely having an uncomfortable moment here seeing that I actually agree with GB on something.

But I totally draw the line with Coulter. Somebody bring me a pie.


And...this

http://i57.tinypic.com/2n0q439.jpg


I feel...violated

I'm feeling the exact same way, it doesn't feel right agreeing with the man :P lol it's sad that he's being more open minded about Bitcoin than most people in the world right now, I think we need to show this video to them in order to shame them.

Knowing them though they'll just go "Oh Glenn Beck likes it, it must be a scam" or "Glenn Beck? I'm not watching that" etc. etc.

Well, Brothers and Sisters (Can I have an "Amen!"?), I think it will not be long before Bitcoin will be considered by the Followers of The Lo-ord to be connected with The Mark of The Beast (Shout: Halleujah!).

This is the sort of idiot shit that is coming down the road but the Mormons won't be the ones.

They are much smarter than that!*

*The handling of serpents (Amen!) will soon follow in relation to Bitcoin!

I think you give religious people too much credit, considering the arguments I've had with people on this board, I guarantee you Bitcoin at some point will be called the 'devils' currency because it doesn't have god in it and follows mathematics instead.

100% correct and spot on!

It'll make no difference to those of who understand what is really going on which understanding precludes about half of the membership of this forum.

And that hardcore following is going to be extremely turned off by the two insanely effeminate males on the panel.  

As great as they both are .... Beck's crowd is going to be so distracted by that, that it is going to take away from the message.

Trust me.   i know several of these people.

Dammit I wish they would think these things through before they put them on the air.  

A female and two gay guys is enough to outweight Glenn Beck's opinion, to Tea Party people.   Believe me.

Don't underestimate the ignorance and hate of his demographic.

-B-

Well, it ain't happened yet so why don't you stop it with the doomsaying?

I can understand the pessimism though, people are quick to forget that religious people used to jail and torture people who pointed out they were wrong especially if they used mathematics to prove it, these days they resort to victimisation and personal attacks or protests but it's still the same mentality, if they could go back to the times where Galileo got jailed for saying the solar system revolved around the sun they would.

It still happens in Arab countries for example because they haven't had their renaissance yet, I hope it happens for them soon and you still get this mentality in very religious areas of America.

i consider his fan base as out of the mainstream but still republican.. and their preferred form of fuel is anger and delusion. it's ridiculous how they blame obama on everything, and when you ask them why.. they don't even know how to answer.

Nobody's going to believe you if you don't link the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxECcTjCuw

Glenn Beck: "I would absolutely invest in bitcoin."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvggm-j56VM&feature=youtu.be

Maybe we should try to get Andreas Antonopoulos on the Glenn Beck show. These guys need to be better informed on Bitcoin.

And, Travis Skweres of CoinMKT having the same office address as Edison Muckers, thus perpetuating the theme.

This is great promotion, but it was cringe worthy how under informed they were about Bitcoin

I'm very shocked hes pro bitcoin. I thought hed be the exact opposite.

Here is the Glenn Beck anti-fiat (cupcake) currency video:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/beck-explains-the-dangers-of-inflation-with-a-tray-of-cupcakes-in-his-best-episode-in-a-month/

it's not really surprising.. this is glenn beck's base here. you don't really need accurate information. all you need is for him to sell an idea.

When the time is right he will turn on us and tell everyone Bitcoin is used to pay people to murder innocent Christians on the way to church, or that Ron Paul supporters are using Bitcoin to fund terror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIDDc8UodYQ

Probably not far off on that one!

If Obama embraces bitcoin, you can rest assured it'll become the demon spawn tool of the devil nazi according to faux newz.  ::)

Years ago Glenn Beck was interesting to me, since he talked about some "real" ideas related to freedom that usually do not get mentioned on TV. Over time, he both showed his snake-like, deceptive nature & he sometimes acts downright insane. At best, he is just a clown (a rodeo clown, actually)

I see what you did there! You're talking about me.  ;D

Are you a former rodeo clown, Phinnaeus? That is a rough, exciting job....did you like it?
Also, I'm not sure if you are aware the Glenn Beck used to be a rodeo clown (really)

Damn near, bud.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7178/6854289725_3ee9a4afb7_m.jpg

Also, I'm one of the few that pinned Ginger the Wrestling Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0esc_8VKo

BTW, it was rigged for me to win since the owners of the Monopoly Club in Jackson, TN, liked me, along with feeling that they could trust me with said secret. That was 30 years ago.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8450/8065043794_3f501abe5e_m.jpg

This Edison thingie sure is weird, considering:

http://www.westorangelabsinc.com/

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3813/14116842117_26558fe83b_c.jpg

http://www.edisonmuckers.org/tag/west-orange-labs/

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5502/14302336102_3f63a0ed05_c.jpg

http://www.muckercapital.com/about/


Their address is 910 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544812/000154481212000001/0001544812-12-000001.txt


http://www.cooley.com/offices


http://www.cooley.com/files/100516_Cooley-SECnews-2014-1.pdf

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5568/14303648664_1dbba176d2_b.jpg

Odd, how a law firm has positioned itself to pen the above.

https://angel.co/mucker-lab/activity

http://www.socaltech.com/bloomnation_bitcoin_opens_new_market_transactions_larger/s-0054373.html


BloomNation was first mentioned by a Californian one-post-wonder (OPW).


https://www.linkedin.com/in/genechuang

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3688/14302320982_acee7cc66f_n.jpg

Glenn Beck thinks Thomas Edison was a 'bad man'

Conservative pundit's forthcoming film aims to expose celebrated inventor's dark side (http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/11/5495288/glenn-beck-thinks-thomas-edison-was-a-bad-man-movie)


The immediate above is in contrast to what Glenn states here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDUUTv0Sd0w#t=115

I penned the above to clearly show that there's three known entities to date that have aligned themselves with Edison AND Bitcoin: Gleen Beck; CoinMKT; Edison Muckers/Mucker Capital. I, for one, believe that this was achieved by design.

But wait, there's more!

Look what I found:


Revisit the tread, but the above was ref. to...




I may have just stumbled upon Zhou Tong's adviser. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some actor played the part of ZT at this point. For payment, he got to sit in the hot tub with Brock Pierce to pretend they're the creators of South Park filming a documentary.

https://angel.co/mucker-lab/activity


http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorikozlowski/2012/04/19/dot-com-boom-take-2-muckerlab/


Apologies for going overboard, for my initial intent was just to show the Edison connection, but a bigger can of worms opened up during the process.

He is such a goof ball, I am not sure whether to be happy or sad about this. 

I'm Libertarian(sorta) and can't stand Glenn Beck...
But anyone who thinks this isn't a big thing obviously has no idea how much influence Glenn Beck has.