Jeezus H. Freaking Christ: Alex Jones & Glenn Beck have a mutual admiration society

[MrScorpio]

It was only a matter of time before these two whack jobs got on the same page

http://mediamatters.org/research/201010250028

Beck and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones are two of a kind

October 25, 2010 3:48 pm ET — 24 Comments

Fox News' Glenn Beck increasingly echoes the theories and conclusions of Alex Jones, a fringe conspiracy theorist and host of a daily radio show promoting those theories. These include belief in the imposition of a "new world order" and global government, opposition to the Federal Reserve, and attacks on Cass Sunstein, John Holdren, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jones touts his apparent influence on Beck

Jones to Beck: "I salute you." In a video published September 29 on YouTube, Alex Jones told Glenn Beck that after years of disliking Beck's programs, he recently watched his show and said, "I salute you, you are trailblazing, you are reaching tens of millions of people every week with the truth." Jones continued, "You are beginning to get on the right side of history," and added: "I'm really flattered, actually, that my research, my ideas, are having such an effect through you."

Jones to Beck: "Try to do what you can to redeem yourself." In a September 15 "open letter" on his Prison Planet website, Jones appealed to Beck to push his theories:

I appeal to you directly Glenn -- think twice about what you are doing, think twice about what you are a part of right now. Try to do what you can to redeem yourself and don't be a Benedict Arnold, don't be a traitor that takes legions of good-natured but hoodwinked people down the rat hole with you as America collapses because those who had voices and platforms used them to deceive and distract rather than tell the truth.
Alleged would-be Tides shooter a fan of both Beck, Jones

Williams: Beck "like a schoolteacher on TV." As Media Matters detailed, Byron Williams -- who reportedly told investigators that "his intention was to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU" -- cited Jones' Prison Planet as a source of information. Williams also said that Beck "blew my mind." adding that Beck is "like a schoolteacher on TV."

This country has lost its god damned mind.

[RKP5637]

1. It's clearly become a F'ed up place in my lifetime. Each day brings a new

level of insanity. I keep asking myself, are there any adults left... I feel like we're living in a 7th grade playground.

[MrScorpio]

4. We really don't have an education system in this country anymore

This is what happens when we start to turn out cogs for the corporate machine, instead of people who are trained to think critically and cooperate in the realm of civics for the public good.

Paranoia, fear and hatred are celebrated as a right of American passage, and we flavor it with jingoism and utter arrogance.

We're told that we're supposed to be on top and that everybody is out to knock us down.

We piss off out friends and create new enemies.

We serve marginal power in the hopes that that power will hand us back some crumbs.

And above it all, fuckers like Jones and Beck exploit all of that fear and trepidation to make a buck.

If you don't really know what the truth is, any lie will suffice.

[RKP5637]

7. +1000 +++ n/t

[superduperfarleft]

2. Just like Beck is a rodeo clown, Jones thinks he can ride his coattails to nutjob stardom.

Both of them are con artists, not surprising that Alex Jones is jumping on the bandwagon.

[handmade34]

3. yes and everytime I hear that

we may lose Feingold and that Angle may be a senator, I'm am certain of it

[BowlLikeAChicken]

5. I assume you missed

Alex Jones and Kevin Trudeau's 2 man gang-bang.

There was orgasmic juices pouring out of my speakers.

[MrScorpio]

6. Well, I hope that they both got a room together...

And worked out all of that pent up sexual aggression.