en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/389265 Comments by brownperoxide78 http://www.9to5mac.com/52156/wary-of-google-you-re-not-alone#IDComment128230012 I do not believe all of his theories, but I do take notice since a lot of what he has brought up is true and has come to pass. How are the rising fuel costs, rising food costs working out for ya? Instead of calling someone a 'quack' (which is name calling and not informed debate), why not challenge his libertarian principles with your own principles (what ever those may be) let the merits of the principles speak for them selves and leave the name calling out. Otherwise you are not being intellectually honest, you're just being intellectually lazy. I know that Glenn is out there some times and has to keep people interested by being over the top. I will give you that. But I will not disregard all the things he has brought up since many of those things have happened. That you cannot deny and if you do then you obviously haven't listened to him for a long period of time. (you can only get so much out of edited scenes that media matters show out of context) Cheers! Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:15:22 +0000 http://www.9to5mac.com/52156/wary-of-google-you-re-not-alone#IDComment128230012 http://www.9to5mac.com/52156/wary-of-google-you-re-not-alone#IDComment128219129 Seth, I can't believe you get your news from Media Matters. That is very telling. That stuff is hilarious to me! I hope 9to5 doesn't start getting political seeing as how most of the 'enlightened' crowd here does not believe in Libertarian principals. This is a technology blog not a place for leftists to beat up on conservatives. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:05:06 +0000 http://www.9to5mac.com/52156/wary-of-google-you-re-not-alone#IDComment128219129 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95880520 Being a convert and a former anti-mormon I have heard most every argument against my faith. Thankfully the Spirit of God testifies of the truth of all things (John 16:13) and I know that you are wrong about me. I will be judged according to His Holy Word, His grace and His blood is the ONLY way I can be saved, at least we can agree on that. Good luck in your conquest to divide people. Rev. 20: 12-13 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:37:14 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95880520 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95875122 "& the right, is just simple, closed minded church goers, who while well meaning, destroy the very meaning of freedom of religion when they refuse to allow others to believe other than christian beliefs." So I guess when the the first Congress published a Bible to be taught in schools they didn't really understand the First amendment either? Thank goodness for the simple close minded preachers like George Whitfield who planted the seeds of individualism and sovereignty of the people and liberty into the hearts of the close minded church goers which lead to the revolution. I don't care if there are other people of other faiths in this country, but I do have a problem when secular people of today revise history and ignore the spiritual heritage of this nation. According to Tocqueville our religion and morality is what made us so cohesive and successful we self-regulated. He compared us with the french revolution, they did not have religion or morality as their foundation. The end result cannot be denied. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:09:51 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95875122 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95872085 We will not agree in all points of doctrine but we should agree on is the freedom to worship according to the dictates of our own conscience. Even the early colonies had their own doctrines and different ways of worship but that did not stop them from uniting under the cause of freedom and liberty. I imagine if the secularization of America continues at the rate it is going in then we will have to worry about being able to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience in the years to come, which was the reasoning behind my assertion for unity. Canada has declared the Bible hate-speech. We have degraded so far down morally in society because we have forgotten the God who gave is life. The Bible used to be taught in the schools, now it is forbidden, look where we are now as a people... Quoting John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Remembering Alexis de Tocqueville's counsel... Comparing us with france. The french revolution was a disaster because they did not have morals or religion as their foundation. Tocqueville pointed out the the safe guard of liberty is morality and the safe guard of morality is religion. Being a Christian and saying that you are a Christian is a big responsibility, from my experience as a LDS Missionary, a few years ago, people who were often the cruelest towards me were the so-called Christians in southern california. Not that all were so mean spirited in fact most of the good Christian people in Southern California were very Christlike towards us even though they did not share the same interpretation of scripture. But a minority of Christians were very mean spirited. Usually the holier-than-thou types who have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. I don't think it Christian when you take the lead in kicking people out of Christ's camp. Who are you to make such a judgement. My Savior will judge me by my faith and by my works and he will determine if I was a good Christian or not. How do you have the authority to judge another man's heart? You don't. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:49:07 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95872085 http://tv.breitbart.com/mlks-niece-at-beck-rally-i-too-have-a-dream/#IDComment95859594 Reminds me of a quote I have heard... A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still. Beck says there is no point in bashing with those that don't agree but teach those that are undecided... That said, it is hard to resist rattling swords with the uninformed they may actually listen. But that is only a small chance. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:41:16 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/mlks-niece-at-beck-rally-i-too-have-a-dream/#IDComment95859594 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95857831 Nature's God, Devine Providence, the source of human free-agency. Worship how you will but we can all agree that God our Creator who is the Author of our salvation knows what is best for us. Psalm 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD" Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:21:44 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95857831 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95857179 At this point in our history as a nation I think there are bigger battles to be fought. I am LDS and I highly doubt that I am going to hurt you in any way because of my belief. Try to be a little like Jefferson: "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." We will not agree in all points of doctrine but we should agree on is the freedom to worship according to the dictates of our own conscience. Even the early colonies had their own doctrines and different ways of worship but that did not stop them from uniting under the cause of freedom and liberty. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:14:07 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95857179 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95849631 So if I am understanding you correctly you hate government... Does that mean you are an anarchist? Or is that just a colorful way of saying you hate too-much government? Can we agree on that? So your only gripe with Glenn Beck and many of us here at this discussion is our views on social issues? Is that correct? But as for small limited government, responsible fiscal policy, lower taxes and individualism over collectivism you agree with? Just trying to see where you are coming from. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:09:30 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95849631 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95848382 The difference is that God is perfect... man is not. That is Key. Further more God deals with us on an individual basis. He did not say anything about collect salvation. That is a marxist off-shoot. What we understand as Collective Salvation. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:01:11 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95848382 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95847944 No need to be in intolerant of intolerance? Are you sure you have your grammar correct, do you mean to say no need to be tolerant of intolerance? Please give me specific examples of where Jesus Christ was intolerant of other people. I can't speak for the millions of imperfect christian followers through out time, but I am pretty sure Christ who preached that God is no respecter of persons was the most tolerant Guy around. Further more your justification for being blatantly rude and intolerant of your fellow human beings show how much growing you still need to do. For example Christ taught to love your enemies and to pray for those who despitefully use you. That seems pretty tolerant if you ask me. But you say since you feel christians are intolerant then it is okay to be a jerk. If you are a leftist then you need to adhere to your own goals of tolerance. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:56:29 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95847944 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95837267 Please qualify your statement with facts and sources otherwise your comment is void. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:06:45 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95837267 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95836351 Being a member of the LDS Faith I take exception to your very intolerant description of LDS people "Magic underpants wearing loonatic." I thought that people on the left were supposed to be the people of tolerance? What happened to that? Is that how you talk to LDS people face to face? Leftists wave the flag of tolerance very proudly, they have even created community organizations that try to promote tolerance of others and eliminate racism in our society. But when you say "one Magic underpants wearing loonatic" that is a derogatory statement towards LDS people and certainly doesn't show the so-called tolerance that the left has claimed for them selves. What ever happened to the dream, judge a man by his character not by his race, religion, what ever? If you are going to claim that you are tolerant, then it should show in your character and in your discourse with others. Otherwise you are just a hypocrite. Or maybe I am expecting too much from you. Maybe you just aren't a very tolerant person? Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:56:40 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95836351 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95833380 The essential ingredient that makes fascism work is the ideology of collectivism. That the individual is screwed for the collective good. Individualism in the opposite of fascism. In fact the view of the founding fathers were that not only were All Men CREATED EQUAL but they did not want our government to be top-heavy. We were supposed to be a from-the-ground-up society. A nation of individuals that govern them selves, thus a small and limited federal government. One of the key ingredients of a fascist state is to have the power centralized at the top and the individual is secondary in order of priority. So based on those established facts I cannot see how the previously mentioned points are fascist, in fact they are quite the opposite. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:23:47 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95833380 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95783114 What is an America-Hater? Some one who despises the fact that our rights come from God. They seek to take out natural law and replace it with satan's counterfeit that the State gives out your rights... What a State giveth a State can taketh away... Some one who embraces an agenda that fundamentally transforms america into a collectivist state. Some one who supports the popular vote, because by doing so, you show no regard or tolerance for the minority, thus in principal the individual. If communist-democracy was to be our way then only the big leftist states in this union would then determine the course for the smaller minority sates of the union. That is not equal justice under the law. Some one who supports social-justice where some are more equal than others... rather than supporting Liberty and Justice for ALL. Equal Justice under the law. Some one who supports and extolls violent revolutionary tactics to bring about change and supporting past and current regimes in the world who have acted so despicably. Basically any Marxist. Some one who wants to take away personal liberty and individualism and replace it with collective rights. Some one who believes the ends justify the means, that it is okay to screw over the individual for the collective good. Some one who believes Charity is the responsibility of the State and through tax law punishes those who would rather freely give of their own accord. Some one who would willfully reinterpret or revise our history and leave out our spiritual heritage and only paint the negative things this country has been apart of and not balancing out the negative with the positive... Some one who will not adhere to the mandates of our founding documents. Our founding documents are our nation's doctrine, when you try to erase or change this doctrine in principal you do not approve of this nation. Basically anyone who works to take away my personal liberty and freedom for their own selfish gains. We are America We the People... I am America. If you want to take away my freedom then you are obviously no ally of mine. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:28:57 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95783114 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95781684 Amen, why tear down your own integrity with unhelpful comments that are just as divisive as 300's? The goal from the rally is to have faith hope and charity, how can we have these attributes if we are too busy calling each other bad names. Confront them on an intellectual level, if they can hold their own in a discussion good for them, if not then move on don't waste your time... Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:08:15 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95781684 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95781391 Wow the so-called 'liberal tolerance' really emanates from you ;-)> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:04:01 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/beck-america-is-turning-back-to-god/#IDComment95781391 http://biggovernment.com/bparks/2010/08/15/resolution-against-youtube-racism/#IDComment93400336 Last time I checked in the Bill of Rights we are guaranteed freedom of speech.... I did not read in there we have the right to not be offended. You can read in some modern communist constitutions like in the Kenyan Constitution where hate speech is forbidden. Can you see where this leads, who decides what is hate speech? Those that are in power. Pretty soon if we continue down this slippery slope of eliminating hate speech then the extreme possibility is the Bible would be banned from the public because it says that God abhors homosexual acts. I get offended all of the time, sometimes when my co-workers use fowl language, or when some black people call themselves the N word or when some puffed up hollywood moron says I am racist because I support tough immigration laws ( I am in AZ). But I would never want to limit their speech, that is their right to be an idiot and the truly enlightened will see it for what it is. I feel bad that people are mean but we have no promise in this life that it is going to be fair, we just have to ignore the morons and get to work. If we establish censorship in in private forums, then it establishes that kind of culture that censoring 'hate speech' is a good idea, which then leads to people taking it a bit further and getting the government to start censoring things. It has already happened in the public schools with books or religious themes not allowed to be read or mentioned, take Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer for example.... banned from many school libraries, it has the N word, but it is has a valuable contribution to our American experience. Maybe I am wrong but these are my thoughts. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:50:14 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bparks/2010/08/15/resolution-against-youtube-racism/#IDComment93400336