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Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine |  | Author: Glenn Beck
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ISBN: 1439168571
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.3
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Publication Date: June 16, 2009
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"If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all -- then I ask you to read this book...."In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems. One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America's future -- and, ultimately, her freedom. Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine's powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government's easy solutions, two-part monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.
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Beck Speaks of Common Sense March 21, 2010
Mike Robinson
Mr. Glenn Beck, adored by hard working Americans and hated by the left and elitist media, offers a practical formulation to help lead American back to its proper roots through common sense and rationality. Beck's "Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine," traces the political misdirection, misapprehension, and governmental mishaps which produced countless difficulties as he supplies basic and powerful solutions. Glenn Beck is a deeply religious man who loves his Mormon church that aims to make men into future gods because the LDS church teaches this. And just as God the Father progressed into a god, you can too, through Mormon doctrine. His theology takes on wings to press others to reject classic Christianity and live like faithful Mormons aiming to progress into gods and goddesses. Beck believes this so intensely that he recently attacked numerous churches and told their members to flee their own churches if they didn't teach what Beck upholds. Nevertheless, Beck, even if some libs call him a loon, offers step by step ways to bring American back. Frederick recently noted: "Science is a beautiful thing -- when it reinforces your biases. Take the new research from two Canadian psychologists who set out to study a most peculiar bird: the "green weenie," or, as the study calls them, "consumers of 'ethical' products." I prefer the more common name of "yellow-bellied, feel-good liberal."
Turns out these folks, as verified by this scientific study, share less than other people and are six times more likely to lie and cheat.
Whoa. Now, that's some important science. And unlike that global warming stuff, I'm not making this up.
Last week, the British newspaper the Guardian reported the study showed "when people who feel they have been morally virtuous by saving the planet through their purchases of organic baby food, for example, it leads to the 'licensing (of) selfish and morally questionable behavior.' "
Scientists measured this asocial and unethical behavior trait by devising a test in which consumers of "ethical" products were given a chance to boost their money by cheating on a computer game and then given the opportunity to lie about it -- in other words, steal. These liberal do-gooders were six more times likely to lie and steal than conventional consumers.
The study calls it "moral balancing," and the British newspaper was quick to point out this behavior was exemplified by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who was caught running up huge energy bills at home at the same time he was lecturing on the need to reduce energy consumption.
I didn't need a British newspaper to tell me that. And there certainly was no need to go back that far to find an example of liberal moral balancing.
Name a topic, any topic, during Barack Obama's presidency, and you'll find ethical expediency embedded in the elitist liberal agenda. Looking down upon people deemed too damn dumb to fully understand the "higher" purposes of liberal thought is a common conceit.
How else do you explain a president who mandates cleaner air standards but can't stop smoking himself? Morally balance that.
And, how about an unintelligible 2,000-plus page health care bill so esoterically crafted that no one -- not even the people voting on it -- fully understand it.
If we've heard it once, we've heard it a million times from our liberal keepers: If the average person only knew what's really in the liberal heart (and, by extension, the health care bill), they'd be all for it.
To which citizens everywhere say: "C'mon, man! Give us some credit. Show us the deconstructed bill so we can understand what's what."
But liberals insist that explaining their own health care "reform" would take "too long," and besides, the unwashed American masses are too agitated right now because Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and the two or three right-leaning editorial pages in America, including this one, have fooled them.
Do-good liberals say the people won't "get it" until it is passed into law and slowly unveiled in the fullness of time.
Truth is, the people are angry because what few parts of the health care bill they can see, they hate.
And when they rise up in righteous grass-roots protest, their own representatives won't talk to them. They call them "Astroturf" (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and "evil mongers" (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid). Reporters who should know better giggle (knowingly, I suspect) and call them "tea-baggers."
In the meanwhile, these same alleged reporters, who are supposed to watch-dog government, let the president and his men go unchallenged when they serve up stupid slogans like "don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good," "never waste a good crisis," and "the 'Cornhusker Kickback' is just how Washington makes sausage."
Scientists, I guess, would label it all "moral balancing."
I'd just call it for what it is: A steaming crock of selfish lies and cheating.
There, I said it.
And, hey, now I have a study to prove it."
Sherman Frederick. Buy Beck's book just ignore his Mormonism if its possible.
There Are Moral Absolutes: How to Be Absolutely Sure That Christianity Alone Supplies
 GOOD READING FOR AN AMERICAN March 15, 2010
Frederic M. Soliman
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is a material an American should read and it presents in simple terms how we have been corrupted by the progressive agenda and this will destroy what the founding fathers have established in the constitution and bill of rights which the progressive agenda infringes.
Bought several copies and sent to family.
Short on Suggested Resolution. March 13, 2010
Donald I. Quigg (Anderson, SC United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Glenn is 'Right-On' when it comes to our federally elected lawmakers and many of their appointed cronies. He falls a little short organizing or suggesting appropriate action(s) voters might rally around to clean up, or clean out, everything he finds destructive within our political process. Surely this creative and popular American could do more to suggest equal amounts of solution to each of his criticisms.
Don Quigg - author: Runaway Debt, Flat Taxes & Voter Apathy - A Troubling Mix ISBN: Runaway Debt, Flat Taxes & Voter Apathy
Not really a fan, nor a hater.. but the book makes common sense March 10, 2010
Robert Kirk (Rancho Cucamonga, Ca)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I like to think of myself as an independent thinker. This book does a great job of breaking down some pretty big problems with government and society. If you are a parent or younger than 40, I finished the book with a bit of different perspective. I actually am not a fan of Mr. Beck, never seen his show. However he does seem to make some very valid points, especially about the economic troubles facing our nation. So, it's a fast read and if you are open minded, it's interesting and does make common sense.
Uncommon Sense March 10, 2010
Saber42G (NY, USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title says it all. The first half is written by the author with the second half written by Thomas Payne. We have heard that common sense isn't so common and this book outlines why. Straight and to the point Glenn points to all the ways we went wrong and what we need to do to fix it.
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