Don't Be Stupid - Part 3

Glenn Beck

For the final segment of this week's very special "Don't Be Stupid" series, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about your boy Glenn Beck.  Now I know some of my more conservative friends are probably at least a "lil" salty with me for having drizzled hot, buttered invective all over some of the more tasteless icons of their movement.  I mean with the constant spate of tomfoolery we've been fed by the GOP recently, how could a good and fair-minded person not rain molten marshmallows & brimstone on the likes of Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich?  I would argue these people are actively contributing to the ongoing dumbification of America and I most certainly cannot dig it.

Of course, having dropped lyrical bombs on such aforementioned conservatives I will inevitably be perceived as a partisan by some.  I am willing to accept this for the sake of the higher calling of the "Don't Be Stupid" campaign - one that is fundamentally inspired by a pure and heartfelt desire to keep Americans from becoming any dumber than we already are.  But I know in my heart of hearts, that many liberals are dumb too (with Harry Reid being Democratic Dummy numero uno this week for trading the rights of Muslim Americans for a pittance of short-term political gain).

The truth is I am not big on partisanship.  I'm more interested in intelligent ideas, hopefully delivered with a measure of wit and at least a modicum of goodwill.  In today's political arena I find few such examples on the conservative side, with the notable recent exceptions of NJ Governor Chris Christie, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, both of whom have remained true to their conservative principles in supporting the Constitutional rights of all Americans, even the ones a lot of us apparently don't like.  I also think former Sen Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is generally the man and I occasionally like Lyndsey Graham when he's not trying to change the Constitution.

I also have to give a major shout out to Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), who whether you agree with him or not, has got to be one of the most principled people in Congress.  If you haven't already done so, his call for an end to demagoguery about the Park 51 Islamic Cultural Center is a must read.

There's a lot of reflexive partisanship going on in America today, and I'd prefer not to be a part of it.  The latest thing to be clogging the airwaves is the non-issue of Glen Beck's upcoming march on Washington, on the 47th anniversary of MLK's original march.  For the record, I find Beck to be an insufferable schmuck.  But on this one, I've gotta' leave a warning to the lefties out there.  Before you go jump off an ideological cliff because Glenn Beck is defiling the memory of a great man on the hugely consequential "47th" anniversary of an event that will always hold a profound place in history, no matter who opens his mouth on that date, I would ask that for the sake of our good nation you do one simple but important thing:

Don't Be Stupid.

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