The Glenn Beck Program - 'The Outrage Continues' - 4/19/18

Episode Date: April 19, 2018

Hour 1 Flags at Half Staff = Barbara Bush...the outrage continues...Furor over professor who called Barbara Bush a racist ...a tenured professor who makes childish tweets…puts in number for a mental health line??...historical context of 'tenure'? ...The 1985 hit song from Dire Straits that would never fly today?...'Rock the Cashbah,' what? ...Join Glenn and celebrate Israel's 70th Anniversary ...Daniel 'The Freak' from Fresno calls in?...the days of ‘progressive’ rock stations…Bill Maher talks ‘The Breakfast Club,’ ‘Friends’ after Molly Ringwald’s comments on John Hughes…the smart millennials aren’t over-analyzing every TV show ...Back in the day with Eminem?   Hour 2  A real crisis of culture...virtual reality abortions? ...Documentary 'Faithkeepers' is available at TheBlaze now!...'Faithkeepers' is a powerful film about bearing witness, about keeping faith despite the harrowing tyranny of evil…Christians and other religious minorities in danger throughout the Middle East and North Africa...radical Islam is a real threat to Christianity ...Terror struck 23 years ago today?...What are the things that have brought us together in the last 23 years?... ‘we have not had a break’…remembering 9/12 and how we came together as a country...Miracle on the Hudson...Houston flooding?     Hour 3  Meet Russia's Elon Musk...this is what Russia does to people who expose corruption…framed as a suicide ...Things of joy and hope that have brought 'all of us' together since 1995...few and far between... ‘this is why we all feel like crap’…terror and tragedy both bring us all together…some good things: Sully lands plane, Elon Musk takes us to space, first Gerber baby with Down syndrome, Star Wars ...Tom Hanks movies seem to bring us all together ...Stu challenges Glenn to paint Stormy Daniels? ...we aren’t learning our own history…remembering Charleston’s response to tragedy… ‘find a way to each other and move on with our lives’…social media dividing us  The Glenn Beck Program with Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere, Weekdays 9am–12pm ET on TheBlaze Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blaze Radio Network. On demand. Courage. Truth. There is a certain dignity and grace, definite civility and seriousness that follows the death of an important person, a historic figure, somebody that we are now lowering our flags by presidential decree to half staff,

especially if they had 92 years on Earth and have been both the first lady and the first mother. But Randah Gerard, an associate professor at California State University in Fresno, takes a different approach. Within an hour of Barbara Bush's death, she decides to tweet. Now, she loves giving the middle finger, Google her image, you know, with her name, if you have the stomach for it, or don't waste your time. But she loves to mock whiteness, white feminism, and Israel. She's a Muslim. And she thinks she can do it. And she can do because she's tenured. She tweeted,

Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist, who along with her husband, raised a war criminal. F. Outy here with your nice words. Then she tweeted, PSA, either you're against these pieces of S and their genocidal ways

are you're part of the problem. That's actually how simple this is. I'm happy the witch is dead. I can't wait for the rest of her family to fall to their demise the way 1.5 million Iraqis have. by B. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Like an obnoxious child at a funeral, she kept going. Even when she was asked to calm down. Sweetie, I work as a tenured professor. I'm a hundred thousand dollars a year doing that i'll never be fired i will always have people wanting to hear

what i have to say even you are one of them end quote then she roped in the school's president l-o-l let me help you you should tag my president joseph castro that's what i love about being an american professor is my right to free speech and what i love about fresno state is i always feel protected and at home here go bulldogs last Last night she posted what she claimed was her phone number actually turned out to be a mental health emergency crisis phone line. Boy, I remember when I was 14. How many students have been exposed to her toxic attitude? There's also her equally toxic Twitter account full of expletives and insults.

All bravado and outrage. Because we all have to be outraged about something, right? Every other tweet, she mentions that she's a professor with tenure so she can do whatever she wants. No one can do anything about it. Don't bother to try to find her social account, though, because she's locked it now and deleted all the damning tweets. That's how tough she really is. That's how much she really matters.

It's Thursday, April 19th. This is the Glenn Beck program. I think we need a jingle. I think we need addicted to outrage. Because every day there's something else to be outraged about. not. We could be outraged by this professor or not. And it's really hard not to be outraged by her. When she's saying these things and then saying, you know, I'm tenured and I always feel at home. Well, you know, tenure was meant so you can push the envelope on thoughts, on ideas. And that's been

lost on the universities. Because do the. they hire, do they hire people like me to be an associate producer? I mean, a associate professor? No. Why not? Why am I not an associate professor somewhere for the media? Do I have nothing to share? Do I have nothing to teach? I can tell you I could run circles, I would imagine, around most professors in media. But I would never be given that opportunity. Why? Because of my opinion. Because of what I believe. Others, like her, she gets tenured and she's welcome to say whatever she wants. Here's the thing. Tenure doesn't mean anything if you're not on the battlefield of ideas.

tenure means something when you have people pushing back and forth. It's like Princeton has Robbie George, one of the greatest minds, philosophical, theological minds in the country. He is deeply religious, deeply spiritual. He understands what it means truly to be a believer. and on the same university, you have Peter Singer, a guy who says we should be able to abort a child until the day that they realize that there is a tomorrow. So that could be a year, two years, three years down the road,

and you'd be able to kill them. He stands for everything that I'm against. But they are both on campus. and not only are they both on campus, they hold seminars together where one says one thing, the other says the other. And you, the student, get to decide.

You, the student, get to hear all points of view, the furthest of the extremes, all the way into the center. That's what tenure is for. Tenure is for the protection of somebody who scientifically says, look, I mean, correct me if I'm wrong here, but look at my calculations, but I don't think the sun revolves around the earth because look at the calculations. What happened?

He was chased. He had to go live in a tower. He had the right answer. The church even knew it was right, but it wasn't popular. this is where tenure comes from, not to just to spout venom, not to just to say ridiculous things. If you want to say, you know, Barbara Bush, a lot of people are sad. But, you know, could I make the case that she was married to a war monger and gave birth to a war criminal? And here's why I say that?

Absolutely. And that to me is what tenure is full. in the academic setting. Now, in the academic setting, if you're going to have that outrageous view, you should probably have the other side that says she is absolutely wrong and here's why.

I hope she is not fired for her tweets. She has a right to say this. I hope that the university will look at their own campus and what they're doing and either balance this crazy lady and balance so other people can speak on their campus and feel protected

and say the things that counter her but in an academic and scientific and philosophically sound way. Now, if the university wants to fire her because she posted an emergency line and said that she, this is my phone number, and she clogged an emergency suicide line and an emergency help line, which you cannot do. That's against the law. That they should fire her for. That she should go to jail for.

But for her obscene opinion, no, she unfortunately has a right to say it. and I stand by her right to say it because the only speech that needs protecting is the speech that we all find reprehensible. And I agree with you. She shouldn't be fired, but that should tell you everything you need to know about that school. Because even if they fire her, it's not as if this is the first thing she's ever. She's been this person the entire time she's worked there. And they know. And they were not only excited enough to hire her, but to give her tenure. right so this is not a

a quick judgment to us in a way it is you could say oh well we've never heard of this person before and here's a few crazy tweets and we'll never hear about this person again we'll ever hear about this person again it could be our little daily outrage and we could be upset about it and and and and that is something for us we're judging on very limited information

that information they had plenty of it at Fresno state and they chose to hire her and make her you know, a representative of their university. And again, it's not the idea that someone could say that Barbara Bush and the Bush family are bad people and bad actors in the United States is not something that a professor should be fired for. Because while I disagree, it's an absolutely, you can make that case academically and I'll disagree with it and we'll have an interesting debate about it. she's not only acting like a 14-year-old. She's acting like a dumb 14-year-old. They're not even good insults. She's not, she's, she's, she's, everything that you need to know is said here,

sweetie, talking down to a woman, sweetie, I work as a tenured professor saying, I'm better than everybody else. I make $100,000 a year doing that. An absolute elitist. I mean, everything you need to know is she gets all of her value from being a professor that is well paid. She doesn't know who she is. She's a tenured professor who makes a lot of money. That's it.

Right. And it's like if you have, if you're a rich father and you have a son who is acting up and you're, are they protected by you? You know, maybe, right? Like you might be like, look, they're my kid. to do everything I can. At some point, if they keep putting in everyone's faces and they say, you know what, my dad runs this company, I can do whatever I want. I don't need to show up. Screw you. I'm going to take some cash out of the drawer. At some point, Daddy says, this is insane. And because you're using me and my credibility to do, to complete your utter

nonsense, I have to take action. And that's what Fresno State should be doing. However, it's meaningless if they do it because it's just peer pressure. It's not real. Right. It's now just social media pressure. Unless it is coming from inside the university with the other professors who say, you know what? I don't even necessarily agree with her.

But how dare her hide behind her tenure and draw me into this? Because that's what she's done. I feel protected. Meaning everybody agrees with me at this university. So I'm fine. I have to tell. I have to

you, even if I agreed with her, I'd be a little pissed. Don't drag me into your fourth grade rant on Twitter. I don't want to be associated with any of that. And as you talked about the historical context of tenure, it's something that if you have it and the people around you have it, it's something to be revered, right? It's something with a real historical context. Here's an idea. It comes with great responsibility. Let me tell you about our sponsor this. Howard, Simply Safe. Simply Safe just won Editor's Choice Awards from CNET magazine, PC Magazine, and

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Take the experts word for it. Simplysafebeck.com. Get 10% off now at Simplysafebeck.com. Glenn Beck, Mercury. Well, hello. So glad that you are here today. I have tenure, you know, so I'm going to let my associate producer speak for a while

while I write a book. What do you think of that? Do I have tenure too? No, not yet. Okay, so I need to do a good... You need to do a good job. Can you imagine if talk radio had tenured hosts where they couldn't fire us? It didn't matter what was going on.

Can you imagine how a extreme any talk radio, progressive, conservative, doesn't matter, how extreme it would get if you couldn't fire anybody for what they said. I mean, the medium as a whole might get extreme. You wouldn't change your viewpoint. No, no, no, no, no. That's what I mean. the medium as a whole. I can't say.

In two decades, if that, it would be, it would be crazy on both sides. If you couldn't, if you could never fire them or harm them, you would also have, and this I speak probably more towards me, but you would also get extraordinarily lazy. Oh, yeah. Wow. You'd be like, you know what, I'm going to play a little bit from the Hannity show for the next 25 minutes. You're just playing other hosts.

You know, this is an important clip. It's about 25 minutes long, but just let it roll. Just listen, take notes. Let's gather afterwards. Yeah. And then afterwards, I would say, look, I'm working on something else. So I've got my associate producer, Stu, and he's going to talk to you about that clip. I mean, it would be, you would become, think of your job if they could not fire you.

And I think like for a while, there'd be a sense of personal pride that you'd want to make sure you did a good job. But that definition would change in your mind quickly, I think, of the amount of effort you needed to put in. James Town comes to mind. Because that was the deal. Everybody got an equal share. We're just going to pile all the food up. We're going to put it in the company storehouse. And when you need food, you go get food.

and everybody was like, oh, that's great. And I'm going to build, I'm going to make a garden. And pretty soon somebody, one person was like, I get the same amount of food, whether I do it or not. So I'm just, I'm not going to work so hard. And their produce sucked. They didn't have very much. They'd bring their, you know, tomato over to the,

and get everybody else's food. Eventually, it was only those people who were like, look, guys, we're all going to starve to death if we don't. Oh, geez, he's not doing his thing. So I'm going to plow some. and very few people were actually doing it because everybody else had food tenure. Do whatever I want and I still get the food. This is the reason why everything that left-wing professors believe doesn't work in real life.

Right. And if they had to actually compete, they would know it. One of my favorite lines against socialism is from Ghostbusters. No, we're going to have to go out. We're leaving the university. Have you ever been in the private sector? They expect results. I mean, I love that.

It's true. That whole movie Ghostbusters is a great, it's amazing when you look back at it. It's hard to believe that movie could be made today. Because you go back and you read it, you watch it and it's like a legitimate, it's like continual praise of capitalism. It is. It's, you know, it tears down the university and then it also tears down the government, you know,

snotheads for not knowing what they're doing. However, it also, you know, it does tear them down just a little bit as well. It does, although, I mean, the enemy in Ghostbusters. Yes, you talk about, oh, the scary ghosts. Well, that's not really the enemy. The enemy in Ghostbusters is the EPA. It is.

It's essential, and union workers. Yes, yes, it is. Because the union workers come in. And then they talk about having to actually get results in the private sector. they have to actually work hard where at the university they don't have to do anything because they're protected right i mean it really is those 80s movies man there's a lot of them in there yeah and they threw down the chinese food and they're like well that's the last of the nest egg yeah they knew we have to we have to make this work now you know i was i was driving in

talking about things that couldn't be made again when's the last time you listen to dire straits and money for nothing i mean it's been a pull this up it's been a little while Well, don't know. There's no way, no way this could be made today. Now remember, money for nothing is really an elitist song. Really elitist when you think about it. Mocking people who are working every day, you know, the blue collar worker who, you know, or the guy who's working in the Best Buy and is, you know, just he's watching these TVs and he's like,

well, I should have studied something else. I should have studied. Because what they're doing is easy and what I'm doing is hard and they're getting rewarded for it. So I would just like to go through a couple lines in there. Even though they are mocking the people saying this, I don't know how this song is even allowed to exist digitally anymore. Glenn Beck. Mercury is the Glenn Beck program. We have something really special happening next week here at the Mercury Studios. Israel's 70th. And we are celebrating the miracle. I'm going to be giving the keynote. Tommy Waller,

Waller is going to be there. Rabbi Daniel Lapin is also going to be there. It's a five-course meal. This is a really, really special night. We would love for you to attend. You can find the information at glenbeck.com or you can grab your tickets at Ha-Y-O-V-E-L.com slash Israel-70. But we hope to see you there next Thursday night to celebrate. Israel's 70th anniversary. Let me go to Daniel in California as we talk about free speech today and that Fresno University professor who's saying crazy stuff, but she's tenured.

Go ahead, Daniel. Oh, well, thank you for taking my call. You bet you're a student at Fresno? Yes, I'm a student at Fresno State. And, yeah, I just want to say I'm deeply ashamed about what that professor said. I mean, there's no place for that. I mean, even in regards to the forum, whether it's in the classroom or outside the classroom,

I think he should have a higher ground than that, personally. So, Daniel, I mean, you've got to be a freak on campus, even just listening to the show, even if you're just taking notes to bring it back to your comrades. You have to be a freak on this. How many people at Fresno, look at her and say, come on. This is like, you know, a 10-year-old.

Yeah, everyone is outraged as far as even some of my friends on both sides of the fence. I mean, that she would say something like that. There's just another thing. It's like a black eye for first. Daniel, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Long-lived free speech. I think she has a right to say these things, you know, what the university.

chooses to do, I hope they do not fire her because of her political, uh, ravings. I hope they, if they choose to fire her, they would choose to fire her because she broke the law, um, A, in one of the things that she did, um, but also because they should evaluate, is this the kind of, is this the kind of intellectual dialogue that our professors should be having? Um, but free speech is what it's all about. This morning, I got up and I was listening to, uh, dire strait. What is it? I want my MTV. What is that? Money for nothing. And I got about, I don't know, 45 seconds into it. And I'm like, wait a minute, I don't remember this. The line is, and I'm not going to say all of it because of freaks that will take it out of context. And, you know, because context doesn't matter. Media matters. But it says, we've got to move these refrigerators, got to move these color TVs to the little. little, how would you say, what would you, how would you, the big word here is, no, the, the, the other F word now. When I used to say F word, we all knew what it meant, but now it's there's several F words.

Yeah, we can only say about three words that start with F now. Okay, so, you know, the homosexual, to the little F word with the earring and the makeup, yeah, that's your own hair, to the little F word got his own jet airplane, that little F word. is a millionaire. You couldn't make that today. Way. Even though that song is in context, this song is mocking the working class guy. Right.

It's saying the working class guy would say things like this. Correct. He'd say that we don't have any talent as musicians and we're not really working. And they'll say, I mean, I'm sure even at the time it was meant as mocking them as saying a soul. Right. Like they're saying these guys would say these terrible things. Okay, so for the Me Too, try this one. Try this one on.

I should have learned to play the guitar. I should have learned to play them drums. Look at that mama. She's got it sticking in the camera and we can have some. Hashtag me too. Okay. Listen here. That ain't working.

You just get your chicks for free, blah, blah, blah. And what's that up here? What's that? Hawaiian noises? He's banging on the bongos like a chick. chimpanzee. Oh, geez. In context, mocking.

Today, you'd run them out of Fresno. If they were ever invited, they wouldn't be, but if they were ever invited to do a concert at Fresno, they could not do that song. Even though they're mocking people who talk like that. Yeah, you really, you would not be able to do that. You, um,

there are a bunch of people saying that there is a sanitized version that they apparently play without that word in it. Yeah, but that was still the chimpanzee part is probably still in there. And that was because of, I guarantee you, that was just because of radio play.

They didn't want to say that. But it was on all the albums. Yeah, I guess. Well, at the time, I think they played it on the air. A or it stations. Album rock stations did. The purists.

The progressive stations played it that way. The sanitized commercial station. I know I play. a million times. Sure. The progressive rock stations, that was their name, A-O-R, progressive rock. Yeah.

They played it as is. Because they were open-minded. They had tenure. That's art. You don't edit art. Correct. The commercial station said, that's not cool. We shouldn't use that.

So what was the substitute word? I don't remember. I don't remember. Oh, someone's got to know that. Yeah. I mean, it has to be out there. I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure we can dig it up during the break.

Yeah, let's look for, uh, look, look, up now. Radio version. Just look for a radio edit. Put Money for Nothing Radio Edit and it'll be there. Try this. Another song. You remember that stupid song Rock the Casbah? Rock gonna Casba.

Oh yeah. And of course the important work derivative of that Will Smith's Will 2K from the album Willenium. Because you just, you know when you make a song that just references a big changeover

to a round numbered year that everyone's going to remember it for a long time. And look at us. We're discussing it now. Well, you are, but I'm not really even sure why. So what was that song about? If this song wasn't way ahead of its time. Now, the king told the boogeyman, you have to let that rag a drop.

The oil down the desert way has been shaken to the top. The sheik drove his Cadillac. He went cruising down in the, uh, the ville. the muslin was a standing on the radiator grill. By order of the prophet, Muhammad, by order of the prophet, we ban the boogie sound,

degenerate the faithful with a crazy Kazbah sound. So they're saying no rock. We're banning, by order of the prophet, the king is banning rock and roll music, but the Bedouin, the travelers, the desert people, they got the drum and the guitar

and everybody began to wail, blah, blah, blah, blah. Now over at the temple, oh, they really pack them in. Think of this today. Oh, they really pack them in. The in crowd says it's cool, meaning the music, to dig this charting thing. But as the wind changed direction and the temple band took five,

the crowd caught a whiff of that crazy Kazbah jive, The king called up his jet fighters. He said, you better earn your pay. Drop your bombs between the minarets down the Casbah way. So kill all of the people who are in this rock and roll culture. I don't think you could even make that song today. Right, because in that era, people, the artist would push back against this disculture that was destroying people and was limiting

telling them what to wear, what to say, what to think. Now, the culture will protect that at any cost, which is such a strange statement. They're in with the people who are the, by order of the profit. Shut them all down. Drop the bombs between the minarets. This goes to the point that we've made many times. When you talk about rights for women, when you talk about rights for gays, who's violating those rights? It's, you know, the United States, do we have problems with certain things? Of course.

But, I mean, it's nothing like these regimes that are constantly defended by progressives. Our problems revolve around misunderstandings like Mark Knopfler, and that would be an outrage. If that song came out today, people would, that would be their outrage for the day. they would get their fix, addicted to outrage, and be like, oh, this is, I can't believe that Mark Knopfler and Dyer Straits would do something like that. And Mark would be on TV going, no, guys, it is mocking the people who say that they ban him, ban him, make sure you boycott all of their concerts. That's what would happen today.

When they're throwing homosexuals off buildings in the Middle East, um, something's wrong with this picture. I mean, I'd like to have. Sesame Street updated to where one of these things just doesn't belong. Statues in the town square that are oppressing you. Things like, you know, Mark Knopfler's, you know, dire straight, money for nothing. And flogging homosexuals in the town square and then hanging them. One of these things just doesn't belong.

I think it would be a really good change to, society to discourse, if we all just stepped back and said things of previous eras had different standards. And we all understand that. This is, you know, Bill Mark said this just the other day. Yeah, we actually, I think we have that audio. A recent article by Molly Ringwald got a lot of attention because she revisited the breakfast club and her other 80s movies and found them troubling in the age of me too. She said she was taken aback by the scope of the ugliness.

Oh, please. They were teen comedies, not snuff films. You can't blame someone for not being woke. 30 years before, woke was a thing. 20 years ago, the jokes on friends were just funny. Now, some millennials, some, I applaud the sane ones. But some find the jokes sexist, transphobic, and fat-shaming. Okay, but if you spend your time combing through old TV shows to identify stuff that by today's standards looks bad,

You're not woke, you're just a douchebag. We're never finished evolving. I hate to break it to you. But no matter how woke you think you are, you are tolerating things right now that will make you cringe in 25 years. Amen. Yeah, interesting. He says that, he says that too, because Molly Ringwald in 16 candles apparently said that same word that dire straits said many times. And, you know, look.

Boycott Molly Ringwald. She's boycotting herself. That's what's sad. Yeah, there's nothing we can boycott. You know, there's nothing. It's like, okay, well, I don't even know where she lives or what she does for a living, and she's probably just a mom. Let's take her children away from her.

By the way, on the dire straits answer, one edit replaces the slur with the word mother. That little mother has his own jet airplane. The little mother is a millionaire. Just not really the same. And then many stations have aired a version that cuts the verse entirely. Yeah, but, wasn't the progressive rock stations.

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Hello, Michelle. Yes, hi, Mr. Beck. A quick comment on the Fresno professor that's tenured. My comment is, while I do agree with you, I don't think she should be fired for her comments outside of the phone number. But what bothered me more is she has comments about white. other English lit professors that are inherently racist. And concerning what went on with Starbucks lately,

with the two gentlemen escorted out that were black and their closing stores for sensitivity training, I think that's disturbing that, you know, that the racism card is being played by her, and is she teaching that in her classroom? Yes, I'm sure. I'm sure she's teaching that in her class. You know, in, what was it, USC,

they now have, they've just put up a, a mosaic that says, uh, fight whiteness. Uh, so I mean, you know, this is going through the, the culture and, you know, that's just as racist as saying fight, you know, black lives matter. And not even that, because that's, that, that's an organization. Fight blackness. But it's apparently okay. And the Starbucks thing, we'll get to that next hour. that is that's taking a crazy turn a crazy turn yeah it's unbelievable people are tweeting things at world of stew different songs that you can look back on now and you can't believe we're actually made i think the winner has to be uh new mr anti trump himself m&m going back to a song criminal

from the year 2000 not 1980 1960 20% of it i can't even say um but listen to some of this. Well, for the slur against gays, that begins with F, I'll use gay. Whether you're gay or les, or the homosex,

her maf or transa vest, pants or dress, hate gays, question mark? The answer's yes. Oh my gosh. Homophobic? No, you're just heterophobic

staring at my jeans. There's all sorts of stuff in here. But it's to, you know, he's talking about Versace He's an artist It's an all right

But it's the same thing as dire straits Right like he I'm sure he would argue now Well what I was saying I was just I was in a character You know that's what dire straits would say But it's so extensive and so violent There's no way he should have been able to get away with this Only because I guess you find the right side of the aisle

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that is important and I don't think that anybody is really covering it we're about to show you a poll of what people think the most important things are that are facing our nation right now I don't see any of it on television

I don't see it reflected in the media at all and there is a real crisis of culture right now. Real crisis. We have to decide certain things. Does life matter? Black lives matter? Yeah. All life matters. But we're so busy dividing ourselves right now. We can't even get to it. Because you say something like Planned Parenthood and all of a sudden it's divisive. But in this case, so be it. Planned Parenthood is is continuing to drive on their never-ending promotion of death for as many unborn children as possible. I'm not sure why parenthood is in their name other than it was a scheme by Margaret Sanger to dupe people.

Planned Parenthood is in the efficient business of killing 321,384. unborn babies last year. That's more than the number of American soldiers killed in World War I, Korea, and Vietnam combined last year. It's a holocaust that is going on. Now, Plan Paranoit says that they provide some other female health services that they always tout, but according to its own annual report, there is an across-the-board drop in the number of women using those services.

Yet those services are the reason they continue to justify federal funding. So with a declining number of women using Planned Parenthood's health services, the organization has to up its game in recruiting abortions because those procedures are what, that's their bread and butter. So their latest tactic now is a virtual reality short film called Across the Line. It follows a fictional young woman making her way into an abortion clinic, and the young woman's character has to endure cruel protesters who hurl insults and confront her about her choice. According to Planned Parenthood's executive vice president, the purpose of the virtual reality film, and I remember that, virtual reality film is to build empathy for young women making the brave choice to kill their child.

Many women do face serious plight with their pregnancies. There are complicated circumstances. There's abuse. There's absentee fathers. Women feel abandoned and hopeless. I get that. But Planned Parenthood using VR technology to convince women that killing their baby is the best solution to their situation is wrong and it's a lie. There is a better alternative.

And Planned Parenthood knows it. But it would rather use virtual reality to advance its abortion campaign. Now, I want you to know. The reason why I'm telling you this is because they know the power of pictures. They also know that ultrasound creates a visual. very different kind of empathy in the mother. When the mother sees her movement of her child on the screen, when a mother hears the baby's heartbeat, those mothers are much more likely to choose life. That's why Planned Parenthood has said absolutely we don't have to do ultrasounds. Their empathy

efforts will continue to use the technology that only helps them fulfill their abysmal. abortion quotas. Ultimately, most of the talk about empathy in abortion debate is totally misplaced, especially when it comes from Planned Parenthood. Their narrative only focuses on empathy for the mother struggling with whether or not to kill her unborn child. We must have empathy for the mothers. We must have empathy.

We should not be yelling at these women while they're going in. Who is going to run into an arm of any? who is calling you a murderer. But at the same time, we need to have empathy for the equally valuable and defenseless life in that mother's womb. It's Thursday, April 19th. This is the Glenn Beck program.

You know, when you see things, they become real. And then you're faced with a choice. Do I do something or not? Silence in the face of evil. is evil itself. This is Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Not to stand is to stand. Not to speak is to speak. And that's absolutely true. And God will not hold us guiltless. You know, you could say years ago that I didn't know. You know, during the Ottoman Empire when they were liquidating all of the Christians, you know, the Turkish genocide, the Armenian genocide is something.

I didn't even know about until, what, 10, 15 years ago. While it was happening, most the world didn't know. We know now what is happening. We know. So what do we do about it? Well, the first thing we have to do is tell all of our friends. And there is a genocide going on. It's the Iraqi and Syrian and Middle Eastern Christians and Yazidis and even some Muslims that aren't Muslim enough. They are liquidating all of these people. And the drive first, because, you know, remember first they came for the trade unionist, the drive first is to come for the Christians. And the Nazarene Fund has done everything they can to help support people in the Middle East, get them out, support other agencies, do whatever we can. But the blaze last night ran a special movie called

faith keepers and it is really hopeful it is a way for you to really see what's going on without being depressed about it and I have to tell you when I saw it a few weeks ago for the first time we were deciding whether or not we were going to carry it the answer was so easy because in the first 15 minutes I was thinking to myself I want my kids to see this my kids have to see this because you will see Christians that quite honestly going to make you feel a little shamed of yourself. And it will show your children. It will teach your children what it means, what it really means to have faith in God.

We have Richard Green joining us. He's the executive producer of the movie Faith Keepers. Also, Julianna, I don't want to butcher your last name, and I am king of butchery. So how do you pronounce your last name? It's Timorazi. Timorazi. That seems a lot easier than it's spelled. president and founder of Iraqi Christian Relief Council.

Can you guys tell me what's going on on the ground right now? Better, worse, or about the same? If I may say that it's an honor to be with you, Glenn. The situation, I just came back from Morocco a week ago. I spent about 10 days there for the second time this year. The situation is, to be honest with you, it's a double-edged sword. And I say that because there's so much hope in people's hearts that are more. moving back to this area called the Nineba Plain, which lays on the outskirts of Mosul,

where a majority of the Christians were pushed out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. At the same time, they're fearful because there's not much security. They want to have their own sons and daughters protecting themselves. And so security is first and foremost, and economy is the second of their minds. And as I say this, I was joyful to see people really. returning to their lands but wanting security. So, but you have a lot of Christians at the beginning when ISIS came in running to some of the Iranian fighters for protection, and that's not going to last.

I mean, with Iran sweeping in through to Syria, they don't, I mean, do you see a lasting safe zone for these people? The Iranian influence in Iraq is of utmost concern. for the Iraqi Christians because there is the city called Bartela in the Nineve Plain where there is an Islamic Republic of Iran school that is established there. And the Christians in Iraq and the Innova Plan are asking the U.S. to fortify them, to support them to become more strong, to push out this Iranian influence. So the only way, Glenn, that the Christians in Iraq can survive is through a province of

their own, which is called the Nineve Plain. This is not something that the U.S. has started. This is not something that we and the diaspora are asking for only. It was sanctioned by the Iraqi government through the Constitution and also through the Council of Ministers right before ISIS attacked in January of 2014. The Council of Ministers in Baghdad said Christians of Iraq deserve their own province, their own land, called the end of a plane. And that's the only way you will see Christianity really remain and remain strong in Iraq.

We're talking about the documentary Faith Keepers. It premiered last night on The Blaze. It's available on demand now if you're a subscriber to the Blaze. It's coming from the Clarion Project. And Richard Green is the executive producer. Richard, trying to tell this story and getting people to watch it is almost impossible. And you have done a remarkable job. It has so much hope in it.

what did you find personally during this? Oh, Glenn. One of the incredible quotes that a young man says at the end of the film is that a one man, a person with one hand cannot clap. And it's something you touched on in your show yesterday. They are so hopeful of their future. They so want the world to know their play. and that made me shudder because I think myself being in that situation, I would run away

and I would forget where I was from probably. However, these people were so strong. They are so strong. And as was just said, all they want to do is be back in their home country and a peaceful existence. That's something that I find absolutely remarkable. You guys have done a remarkable job. You were the inspiration for a show that we did on CNN headline news in 2006. And we were the first ones on national television to show what was really going on in their own words.

And you did an inspiring film called Obsession. In Faithkeepers, you talk about the Muslim Brotherhood and the role that they're playing to spread this. Is it getting better? Or is it worse? Is anybody paying attention to this, Richard? Are you talking about the Muslim Brotherhood in America or geopolitically? Geopolitically. The spread of radical Islam?

Listen, the spread radical Islam is perhaps the greatest threat to our civilization, Glenn. We have in Europe a shrinking demographic of people who were born there. and you have this incredibly high demographic replacement rate for the immigrant population, which in itself is not a bad thing, but that same immigrant population has become more and more radicalized. At the same time, you have a political situation where there had been great strides made in the last year or so. But there's a lot of real concern out there. I would, if I was to paint a more positive picture, you know, just five years ago, Egypt was controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood.

And today they have LCC as a president who is very anti-Muslim Brotherhood. Now, coming stateside, the Muslim Brotherhood is this tremendous concern. They do something we'll call a silent jihad in which they get political, they use our own liberties and freedoms against us in order to turn them around against us and call us Islamophobes. Anyone who speaks about this issue is shut up because we're not politically correct. There can be no larger misconstrue of truth than that. So in general, the issue is not positive, but there are some upward trends.

So, Juliana, you are a refugee from Iran, are you not? Yes, I am, yes. So you escaped, you saw oppression firsthand. and in the movie Faithkeepers, I mean, you show the Christians that have fled here just recently, and the harrowing stories that they tell of trying to get out. Tell me why women in particular in the West are not standing against these oppressive regimes. Do you have any idea? I believe it's part, as Richard was saying, it's part the Islamophobia.

That is a very good question that I've asked myself, where are the children advocates, where are the women organizations defending or standing up for these women that are oppressed and that are being sold in sex slavery? And I believe it truly is the homophobia that they're afraid of being labeled as. And the media does not talk about it for the same reason. And yes, I did escape. I escaped as a young woman. I was 16 when I escaped Iran. I was smuggled out. one sent to Switzerland,

Satan hiding in Switzerland and then escaped into Germany and I became a refugee and came to the state and the women that what they go through, what they go through to hold on to their families, to hold on to their faith in Iraq. One thing that I'd like to say, the Christians of Iraq, especially the women, we should not look at them as victims. They're resilient individuals

that are keeping the families together and whomever is listening to this who are a part of women advocacy groups in Europe and in America. We have to empower these women. When I was in Iraq last week, I met with some of these young women, and they were pleading with me to be the voice out in the West to bring more women empowerment programs to Iraq because we believe that it is a woman that really holds the families together,

the faith together, and moving it forward. Juliana, Richard, thank you so much. I want you to watch Faithkeepers, if you're a if you're a subscriber to the blaze it's on demand right now it's a an hour really well spent watch it with your family then if you will go to a clarion project dot org you can get obsession for free and the faith keepers movie discounted to 599 it's it's it's cheap it's just enough to produce it and pay for it and get it out and but we're asking that you would show this in your churches you would show this in your neighborhood you would gather your friends together it's really

important. Nobody in the media is telling the truth about what's really happening. This is the Armenian genocide of our time. And we need to stand and help these people. So please go to clarionproject.org, grab this movie, show it to your friends, and lead the way out of darkness. Thanks, guys. You know, government's not going to get it done. You know that and I know that. They're just not going to get things done. We have to do it ourselves. FEMA is broken.

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pretty close to right now. Listen. This is a special report from NBC News. And good morning, everyone. I'm Matt Lauer in New York, and we do have a special report from NBC News. There has been a massive explosion at a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It happened just a short time ago.

A large portion of that building has collapsed and fallen away from the rest of the building. At the moment, we don't have any specific numbers on injuries or deaths, but we can tell you that the Red Cross in the Oklahoma City area has asked for all volunteers to report for duty. Also, we can tell you that they've asked for donations of blood, so the situation is obviously serious. Absolutely amazing. Absolutely amazing. We look at our problems now. Think of what life was like 23 years ago. 168 people dead 680 injured Oklahoma City we haven't forgotten we're thinking about you today Glenn Beck Mercury this is the Glenn Beck program this is a special report from NBC News And good morning everyone I'm Matt Lauer in New York and we do have a special report from NBC News

there has been a massive explosion at a federal building in Oklahoma City Oklahoma it happened just a short time ago. A large portion of that building has collapsed and fallen away from the rest of the building. At the moment, we don't have any specific numbers on injuries or deaths, but we can tell you that the Red Cross in the Oklahoma City area has asked for all volunteers to report for duty. Also, we can tell you that they've asked for donations of blood, so the situation is obviously serious. It's quite amazing. I mean, 23 years later, Matt Lauer is no longer with us. He has been discredited by an entirely new movement that nobody would have foreseen in 23 years ago in 1995. 1999 was an important year, at least for me.

1995 was a, 1995, Oklahoma City happened. And that was the first time, what's it? The first time that we had seen an American kill and slaughter just. a bunch of Americans and a crazy man and then in October of that same years that happened April 18th in October of that same year we watched O.J. Simpson go down the highway. I remember so clearly watching, I think it was Larry King and laying in bed watching this unfold. You know, watching on one of those big, huge televisions that you just can't move today because you can't lift the big tube television, watching that and thinking, this is incredible. What is happening?

That was the same year. The 90s were. I mean, we have not had a break. I mean, think of this. O.J. Simpson, we had Oklahoma City. A couple years before that, we had Waco. we had Monica Lewinsky. We had Columbine.

We had the Ilyan Gonzalez debacle. You remember that? And then into the 2000 election. After impeachment in the Senate, 2000 election, he's stolen, he was selected, not elected, all of that right into 9-11, into war, into where we are now. Can I ask you a question? Where have you been built up?

Think of this since 1995, and this is a serious question. Can anyone give me something that we did that happened that we were like, wow, that's good. And I don't mean we killed Osama bin Laden. I mean something good, something that was uplifting. I guess the only thing I can think. Think of as 9-12, the day after 9-11, where we all stood in line to give blood, to do whatever we could, where people were driving with food trucks from the other side of the country, where we started to know our neighbor and talk to our neighbor and ask people, how are you? And we actually listened to the answer. That was remarkable.

It was the most remarkable day in my entire life. I didn't know the strength and the goodness of America until 9-12. theoretical. Tell me the last good day we had as a whole, as a whole. It's not a rhetorical question. Can anybody think of anything? You think of the last good day that we had as a whole that wasn't a, hey, we killed somebody? Obviously the Eagles winning the Super Bowl. Okay. All right. All right. Probably. Now, something that is, something was meaningful, something that built our institutions up, something that built us as a conundation. that said to us, look at how good we are. You know what? The day Barack Obama was elected.

For half the country, yeah. I think more than that. Because I remember being on the war that day, and I was gravely concerned about his Marxism and his relationship to Marxist. But I was really proud that America elected its first black man. It was like, that's a great milestone. Right. I mean, separate from all the policies. And you think that- Separate from all of the policies. Right. There was obviously half the country who, you know, voted for the guy and was excited about him for multiple reasons. But there was a good chunk of people who did not vote for him

and still looked at that and said, you know what, hey. That's a good thing. This is, it's finally all of this is behind us. And wow, did we get that one wrong? So we can't really even say it about that because, you know, you could make the argument that 40% of the country was not happy about that. What was the thing? What was the last thing that happened that brought us all together? Because to your point, I mean, I was, I think it was an important historical moment where you said, wow, this is a big step for this country.

I'm proud of us. But, however, I still thought of it as a really bad thing because he was. was going to be a terrible president, which he was. No, I remember having to look for the bright side. Right. I had to look for the bright side. But there was that bright side. This is a good, this is a good.

Yeah. The reason why I ask, garbage in, garbage out. How do we, we haven't put anything in our tank. What if we put into our tank? Here's another one, but not for the whole country. 828, Washington, D.C. on the Lincoln Memorial steps. That was a good uniting day

where people came together. In fact, one of the guys that works for me was working for the ACLU at the time and was going to 828 just to see what it was all about. Just to make up his own mind and see what this was all about, thinking that this was crazy and watched it and it changed his life.

And he was like, this isn't anything like I thought it was, that's not what the press. said. And again, too, even the one you're pointing out as evidence, you know, 9-12 is a day that's been very important to you. And you look at it in a completely different way than most people. I mean, yes, it was a time we united, but it was uniting only because of horrible tragedy. I mean, it wasn't like a, hey, wonderful moment. It was a moment of mourning and terror for a lot of people, too. Yes, we all helped each other. And that's the lesson we've taken out of that.

But even that. In other words, I think what we can summarize here is we've never had a good day. Really? We're doomed. Wow, we are screwed. Can somebody come up with this? I would like to hear. Can anyone come up with something?

Sure, we're forgetting something. That is, we've got to be. That has built us together, that has brought us together in the last 25 years. I mean, you know, there's things in sports like the miracle on ice. That goes back to the 80. Or 80. 81. Yeah, it was an Olympic year, so 80.

And there was things like that. You've got to go back to the early 90s, I think, to find those things. And you'll only find them with sports. It's why nobody's watching the Olympics anymore. Because it's not good guys versus bad guys. That's what it used to be. It was good guys versus bad guys. They are cheating.

They are, you know, their women are 400 pounds of, muscle. You know, it's just not possible. We know they're cheating and yet we can still beat them. That was, that's what brought us together on the Olympics. Now it's like, I don't know, I guess I'm for her or him because he's got a cool story. But that's not enough to galvanize like we used to. You know, it's interesting too because combining this with other conversations we've had fairly recently. This has been a really good period for humanity. I mean, it's been a great period for. humanity. We've, you know, wars are far less frequent, far less people die in them, far less people die of disease, far less people die of poverty. The, the, the, um, uh, world health organization came out two weeks ago or three weeks ago, said that starvation is no longer the problem in the

world, the leading problem. The leading problem is obesity. It's incredible. And that's, that's, that's As crazy as it sounds, it's a wonderful problem to have. Yes. I mean, the fact that you can essentially choose to die rather than being forced to die is a really good thing. The fact that if we can never get to a place to where every city in the world has at least one person that has to be taken out by the fire department through their window in a crane. Because they're too fat to fit through the door. I think that's a positive. Now, that may just be me.

But it's better than starving. It's better than it's better than seeing those pictures of the children who just, you know, their stomachs are bloated and they're just starving to death. And that's still happening. Oh, yeah. It's still a problem. It's just a minimal problem compared to what it was. Remember, the people were mentioning or starting to tweet in answers at World of Stu.

rescuing the miners. There was that day where the miners were rescued. I mean, that was kind of a big deal. Obviously, the documentary where Rocky Balboa defeated Ivan Dragow was one. I think we could all point to. Again, just back of the 80s, I got you. I know, you're right. It's in the 80s.

All right. So that was, I'm sure you're the thing you're about to bring up. And again, that goes to my sports theory. It is sports a lot. Yeah, it is. It is sports a lot. What else? Anything else?

Let's take a quick break. We'll screen the phones. Take your phone calls. And look at your tweets. 888727 B-E-C-K. There's got to be something. We've got to be missing something. Otherwise, I'm really depressed.

I'm really depressed. Actually, I feel better because I realize, oh, we haven't had anything for a while. And look, this is why we feel so beaten down. We've got to start looking for those things. All right, let me tell you about the Palm Beach letter, which we have gone out to, we've gone out to all kinds of experts,

and we have asked them about Bitcoin. I invest in Bitcoin. I just read a story from some investor that said, you know, if you're not, if you have given up on Bitcoin, you are about to miss the biggest spike yet. I don't know if that's true. I will tell you that George Soros talked Bitcoin down, and then, oh, lo and behold, just two weeks ago,

look who's investing in Bitcoin? with his $23 billion fund. Huh. Amazing. So anyway. Talk it down and then start buying. It's exactly what George Soros. It's exactly what he always does. Anyway, Bitcoin is really hard to understand because of blockchain and everything else.

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Join Glenn, Stu, Pat Gray, Doc Thompson, and Sarah Gonzalez's weeknights at 530 Eastern on the news and why it matters. Tweet us your questions using the hashtag the Blaze Why and tune into the show to hear the answers at theblaze.com slash TV. Glenn Beck, Mercury. Glenn, Beck. Okay, so I know there are things that have happened since 1995 that have been good. I just can't figure out what they are. And I mean, when I say good, I mean something that all of us, both sides of the aisle, black, white, Republican, Democrat, whatever, all of us came together and said,

Wow, that was great. Cliff has a great one. Cliff, go ahead. How you doing, sir? I love listening to your show. Thank you. When I heard you today, I had to call in because I believe the miracle on the Hudson, Sully Sullenberger, was an event that a lot of Midwesterners, even though it happened in New York, we were joyful here. We talked about it for weeks. You know, it was very uplifting, and I think it really did. Both sides of the aisle, didn't matter who you wore. You were happy to see something like that happened, you know, and it really inspired a lot of people.

I know my son's working on his pilot's license right now just because of that one event. Wow. Wow. Wow. So that was an inspiring thing in American history to help the young man find his way, you know, and we need more of that. That is a great one for our families. You are right, Cliff. That one was great. I remember I was in New York. Yeah, we had a pretty unique experience with that because we had windows where we could look out and watch it. It was bizarre. We were in this big high-rise tower. offices. We were about three blocks down from Fox and I had finished my Fox show, I think, or I was over for a meeting or something. And I walked through and everybody was buzzing. And this is before, you know, this is before cell phones, really. I mean, not cell phones, but where everybody was

connected on social media. And so I'm walking down and I'm hearing talk about something. I'm hearing about a plane crash. I'm like, oh, dear God, we go up, I get off the elevators. What is happening? come to the windows. Yeah. And we could look right out on the Hudson River. And you could see all the rescue boats coming. We didn't see the actual landing. But you could see all the rescue boats.

It was right there in front of us. We all just kind of sat there and just watched out the window. Remember the next day, too. I said, this is God reminding us. He's got us. It's good. It's a miracle on the Hudson. That's a great one.

Because I was coming up with things like, I don't know, SpaceX when they landed on the platform. A lot of things, though, come from real potential tragedy or tragedy. Obviously, the miracle of the Hudson potential tragedy. People are reminding us of the Houston Hurricanes, which was, what, just last year? And that there's a lot of great things that came out of that. That's a good one. So I've got Sully. I'm going to keep this list.

So, you know, when I'm sitting at the edge of my bed going, we're all doomed. I can just look at this. Okay, so Houston Hurricane. I like that. Anything else? People, George Bush's first pitch in that first game after 9-11 was won. Again, sports-related, but that was, that's a moment that I think. I mean, I talked about the stat recently. George W. Bush had an 84% approval rating at that time.

Among Democrats. Wow. Not overall. Among Democrats, 84%. That's how United we were after that thing happened. But again, it's a tragedy that causes it. I'd love to find those that aren't that way. Back in a minute. Glenn, back.

Mercury. Courage. Truth. Oh, no. Russia's just as good as we are, just as bad as we are. We've just been as bad as Russia. There's no difference between, can we stop that conversation for a minute? Let me just tell you about the guy who's known as the Russian Elon Musk.

everyone was in agreement that this 56-year-old scientist, nothing short of brilliant. He was their Elon Musk. He had 3D modeling techniques that were so high-tech that Russian submarines would soon able to be fixed remotely from hundreds of miles away. We could fix something. We go, there they are, right there. That's what he was doing. The same application was being looked at for oil and gas pipelines.

his work was absolutely revolutionary, won him a lucrative contract with a contract with a Russian Ministry of Defense. Yeah, and that would be the downfall. Let me get into bed with the government. Now, in a civilized, free country, you mess with a state, you go to jail. But in Russia, you mess with a state, you die a secret and brutal death. the entire world has gotten a glimpse of this when the details from the Magninsky case eventually led to global sanctions targeting multiple prominent Russians. Magninsky exposed a massive fraud scheme that reached the highest echelons of the Russian government.

When you hear about what the Maninsky case, that's what they were talking about with Donald Trump, what is that story? he was involved in trying to blow the whistle and show that government money was being abused. The Kremlin repaid him by throwing him in prison and then beating him to death. The Russian Elon Musk, whose real name is Valerie, would soon learn this lesson. Valerie had recently accused his business partner of stealing company money, and like anybody, he took it to court. never in a million years would he think oh wait a minute this is going to be turned around on me hold it wait I'm the one who's exposing this never in a million years would he expect that his business partner

could turn the tables and say no valry's the guy who's been stealing the money from the Russian government it shocked everybody so in January there's a knock on his door he knew who was there. It was the FSB, the former KGB. They grabbed him and said, quote, take a good look at your suits. You won't be needing them anymore. Save one for your coffin, end quote. Three weeks later, his body was found. He had hung himself. Yeah. He had hung himself? Yes, with an improvised noose in a St. Petersburg prison. He, you know, he was very clever. He was very clever. prison authorities declared it was a suicide the tragic end to a man that had lost everything and it clearly decided to end his misery at the end of the rope because he had stolen from the Russian people

that would normally be the end of the story but not so much this time as it looks like the Russian Elon Musk didn't die from an improvised noose he died from a few let's say suspicious circumstances. Apparently when he was hanging there, he found a way to break his spine, apply electric juice to him so he could go through some sort of self-inflicted electric torture. He was, of course, affixated, but then also died later with the noose. He had knife that he apparently inflicted on himself, and he raped himself several times. I don't know how that's done.

He did what now? Well, he probably decided he was both male and female, and he was in prison. All people in prison are rapist. You know that. I know that. This is what happened to Magnitsky. Same thing.

All over again. A brilliant scientist had crossed the Russian government, and he paid for it, brutally with his life. The reason why I bring this up is because Alex Jones and others have recently said, Boy, you know, Russia, they're the white knights. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, they are, aren't they? Really?

This is the propaganda that's being pushed out of the Kremlin to the entire world. The good old Russians saving the Christian world make no mistake. People like Magnitsky and Valerie, they know exactly who these people really are. I should say they did know exactly who these people are. White knights don't beat people to death for exposing their corruption. They don't electrocute and rape their citizens to death for crossing the state. This is what's going on behind the Kremlin walls, and we all better realize what Putin and his cronies are really like.

It's Thursday, April 19th. This is the Glenn Beck program. 23 years ago today, America heard this on their television set. This is a special report from NBC News. And good morning, everyone. I'm Matt Lauer in New York, and we do have a special report from NBC News. There has been a massive explosion at a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. So now I remember this was in 1995, and I remember hearing this, and I believe it was 1995, where I kind of started to go, wait a minute. I don't think I understand the country that I live in anymore, and I'm starting to be really concerned about it.

In 1995, a few months later is when O.J. Simpson, the verdict came out. And so we had watched O.J. Simpson travel down the street, and then we had watched the trial. We'd seen Oklahoma bombing. And a few months later, we see people cheering for a guy that at least I thought was really clearly guilty. And I remember thinking, I don't. I don't know my country. Then Monica Lewinsky happened. Then the Columbine shooting happened. We had just come off of Waco. We then go into the election of 2000, which was a nightmare, into 9-11, which brought us together for a very short period of time. And then really started to divide us into Iraq, into Barack Obama, now into Trump. I mean, what has brought us together?

We have spent the last 20-some years, really, as I'm looking at it, thinking, well, this is why we all feel like crap. What's been the good thing about America? I mean, at least in the 50s, we were like, look at that Cadillac. Oh, yeah, well, I can make a bigger fin than that. I mean, what has been the thing? You know, even I hate to be all, you know, old-timey, but even, even like the beach boys.

Back in the 60s, everybody else was riots. We at least had the beach boys that were like, hey, look at that pretty California girl. And the time California, the girls weren't all chopped up to look like the cat lady. Now it's how dare you look at that girl. And how dare you call her a girl. She has not told you how she identifies or they identify.

By the way, Tyler and Marley Cardin just had their child. And the oppression continues. He announced that it was a baby girl. And I said, oh, excuse me, the patriarchy just doesn't stop. You and your cisgender norms. Let her decide. Let it decide because it might be a he later on.

Anyway, what have we had that has really brought us together? Now, we just had a phone call from somebody before the break. It said, um, uh, uh, uh, sully.

That was a good day where no matter who you were, you were like, yeah, look at that. We all stood together and everybody could stand in the bar and look at the television and we all had the same opinion. Wow, that was cool. That was great. And as we've looked for these moments, we've discovered that it's a rare one of these that comes out of anything but a tragedy or an almost tragedy. I would say that, and I think I'm alone in this one, but I'd say SpaceX is. you're definitely not alone. A lot of people are bringing up SpaceX and Elon Musk and sort of these

these big technological space related improvements. I mean, it was really cool. It wasn't just a collective moment, though. It should have been, but it wasn't. It was really cool to see the rocket go to space and then come back down and land on a platform on water. That was like, whoa. You know, to show it off. You could have put the platform on land.

They just wanted to show up. Right? And you know what I think we're going to find? And we're going to take your phone calls and we're going to go through your tweets here in a second. But I will bet you that what we find inspiring has nothing to do with, you know, big groups or government or anything else. It's the individual. It was sully landing the plane. It's Elon Musk going, I can go to space.

It's the individual that inspires us. And isn't it interesting that we're all trying to be exactly the same and Martin's, together, but what we find inspiring is the individual. I bet there's something there. I bet there's some universal truth there that we should look at. Well, maybe not. Let's talk about Stormy Daniel some more. I'll bet you.

Go through your list. So a few here, at World of Stew is where you can tweet these, and we can go through them. When Elizabeth Smart was found and rescued. That was a big date. Okay, okay. All right. Hang on just a second. Hang on. What do we have so far? We have SpaceX, which is Elon Musk. We have Sully, one guy, Houston Hurricane. That wasn't a lot of individuals, but it was just the individuals. It was people. It wasn't the state of Texas saying, okay, everybody, go over here. It was the individual that just got in their truck and said, I'm going to go help. That was the inspiring part of that story. Elizabeth Smart. What was inspiring about that was that she made it. Right. Again, though, born of tragedy. Yes. Which is so many of these are. Three Americans.

that saved a train to Paris, again, averting tragedy, but that was a good one. Yeah, three. I don't know if, well, I can. I don't know if I can fully count that because it was followed by the Clint Eastwood movie, which was, oof. That was the 310 to Paris. Okay. But that again is individuals.

Right. This is an interesting one that's completely off the track of some of the others. The eclipse last year. Now, it is, that was obviously mainly silly. But it was one of those things where we all did kind of walk outside like morons and stare at the sun for a little while. It was. I was disgusted by it. But it was.

It did bring people together. It definitely, it was definitely a shared experience. I don't know if it's a. Yeah, it's not an uplifting. I'm looking for things that don't have to do with killing somebody. Like,

when we killed Osama bin Laden. That's one that people suggested. I think that was a legitimate one. But you know why that was? Do you know why that was? A, I don't know. if you can say universally. Oh, yeah, you should be able to say universally.

Well, except for the president who was just like, I don't know what we should do. Yeah, it took him 47 days. And Joe Biden thought it was the best, most amazing decision in 500 years. He was like, okay. Should we kill the worst guy ever? Yeah. That's what we do with him. We got Hitler over here.

What should we do with him, boss? So I don't know if it was universal. It was universal. I think it was universal in the. idea we were all happy that it occurred. Here's what I do think was... It turned into politics quickly, though. Yes.

Here's what I do think was universal. You're not coming back. If you're playing crashes, we're not coming to get you. And it was that team that went in against all odds and did it. And that was amazing. Yes. How about 1987, baby Jessica? 1987.

That was a big story at that time. I want something prior after. I want it like 1995 plus. 90 plus. Baby Jessica was good. That's the girl. We should talk to baby Jessica. I bet she's not a baby anymore.

No, she still is. She's always going to be baby Jessica. Yeah, yeah. Wow. It's amazing. What if she ever has worn a tube top? Or if that just brings back too many bad memories. It's a weird joke.

I guess it would apply. Who said it was a joke? That's a good point. Well, when the Caitlin Jenner, or not, excuse me, Kendall Jenner, Pepsi commercial came out. We did all unite. Okay, no, you don't take that one. No? No.

Gerber choosing the Downs baby is an interesting one. No, I can't give you that one. It does not unite everyone. Yeah, remember, that's what really kind of started this whole thing about we got to kill them babies. It's true. The bicentennial, now that's 1976. But I will say this. about the year 2000?

Now, there was a big, obviously we were all, there was a terrifying theory, the Y2K bug was going to kill us all. But I do remember that night of a 99 into 2000 New Year's Eve thing being pretty, pretty special, right? A pretty amazing. I was partying like it was 1999. I was so very drunk that I could

tell you that. I was very sober. I can tell you that. Remember being very sick that even the next day. That's how I remember starting this millennium. It was very ill. I don't know. I mean, this is where we're getting. A lot of Elon Musk. Now, people are starting to get to the point where I think some of these may be jokes like Orrin Hatch retiring. I don't know that. I don't know.

No, there was a lot of us that came together on that. I mean, and some of them included Orrin's family. Yeah, no, okay. The U.S. curling team winning their first gold medal. No. That was a big thing this past year. No. No, I don't think that that, let's see. Let's try Lauren in Louisiana,

because she has a very different opinion, I think. Go ahead, Lauren. Hi. I didn't expect to get through. Yes, I live inside all Louisiana, which is actually where the eye of Katrina hit. Okay. And we evacuated to Houston,

but it was almost like everyone in Louisiana was in Houston. Everyone felt, I guess, the multitude of our local tragedy. Yeah. And then subsequent after people from all over the country came and basically lived here for months. Yeah. See, I think you have a different perspective of Katrina because you experienced it from Houston. And anybody who experienced Katrina in Texas has a different view of it because you saw Texas come together with Louisiana and everybody was, again, it was just like the last hurricane. Everybody just piled in and did whatever they could to help.

But the rest of the country was focused on Katrina on, you know, George Bush just hates black people. and all of that crap. So I don't think we had the uniting experience that you had. Right. And I guess it was, you know, people from all around the country came to us. So in that aspect, you know, it was uniting. But, yeah, everyone that was outside of the area, so to speak, they didn't. the news definitely portrayed a different picture of who we are and what was happening.

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that have brought us together and given us joy and hope and brought us together as a people, both sides. And, you know, some people are tweeting, you know, the Star Wars, eventually the last, you know, this last run of the last three. Right, which we started with the Force Awakens.

Right. And I would go that we were really brought together on episode one. The prequels, right? Yes. Because we were. That was such a gigantic event. But then we saw it and we immediately divided. But then we reunited against George Lucas.

So you might be able to count that. But I don't think so. I look at for things that have given us hope and inspiration. since 1995. Because we've just been spending it all. Where are we getting the good things from? Glenn Beck. Mercury. You're listening to the Glenn Beck program.

So what are the things that have happened since 1995? And I'm just picking that date because today is the day that we all heard the news from Oklahoma City. And in 1995, you know, we had the bombing of Oklahoma City. and then we had the verdict of O.J. Simpson, and then it just all kind of snowballs to hell from there. And I put 1995 as a date where I really started to go, I don't think I know what my country is. I don't think I see things the same way.

Who am I and who is the rest of the country? And it's been taking knocks and chips all the way along. And I'm trying to think of those things that have brought all of us together. we can find them. They're usually tragedies. 9-11, the next day was an amazing day. And I think there's not a single soul in America that would deny that that was one of the best days of their life. At the same time, it was horrible.

We had more hope as people that we were going to make it. At the same time, we were both, you know, we were all going, holy cow, we could be done. Yeah, some of that's revisionist in that, I think. we were terrified. Terrified. I remember thinking we were to get hit by these things like every week. Yes, yes, yes. And we were terrified, but we also,

it was like the hurricanes in Houston. People were terrified, but they came together. Yeah. Like, you know, like nobody else. Sully, terrified. But he landed the plane on the Hudson. So I think maybe you have to have a little bit of that terrified. I mean, I can make the case here. I've got like 18 monologues out of this list now.

Make the case. don't take away the things you're terrified. If you're not doing things that terrify you, you're never going to experience the beauty. You're never going to experience the thrill of life. If you're not having a conversation that is, forget safe. Here's an unsafe conversation. I'm going to kill you.

That's an unsafe conversation. Sure. And I want to know about those. And we should get you to a safe zone. An uncomfortable conversation is not an unsafe conversation. conversation. And it's only when you're uncomfortable and sometimes when you are unsafe that you find out who you are and who we are. So there was the Elizabeth Smart. We found out we found out she could persevere. People can make it. The 310 to Paris. Three guys just on holiday go up and

all of a sudden they do a remarkable thing. What was it? What would the movie was what 1513 to Paris? I thought it was the 310 to Paris. Whatever. It was one of the those times. Yeah, maybe it was 310 to Yuma. I'm remembering a different movie. Anyway, I don't think the eclipse happens, although... Again, there's a difference between shared

cultural event and what you're talking about, right? Because then you go into the Red Bull Space Dive. Yeah, a lot of people suggested that. The tight rope walk. Yeah, yeah. Well, that was a TV show too. And, you know... How about Michael Phelps winning a zillion medals? That was pretty big. That was big. We all agreed on him.

I think so. Sending Matt Damon to Mars. I think people generally... Leaving him on Mars? Yes. Leaving him on Mars. Yes, we were all for that. People can't challenge your disaster. Goes back too far before your list, but still that one.

That's an example of it. I'll bring it up again. Obviously, Eagles beat Patriots to win the Super Bowl. No. A lot of people suggesting that one, to me at least. 2009 rescue of Captain Phillips. Pretty much every Tom Hanks movie ever made, it qualifies for this list. That was amazing.

That poor guy that was on the island with the volleyball. Take the shot. It's another one. So that happened. Red Bull Space Jump again. Cubs finally winning the World Series, I think, is, qualifies. Again, it's sports. Michael Phelph, same thing, although that has a national connotation.

The Cubs, after that incredible drought actually winning was, I actually got my son up from a sound sleep at like 11 o'clock at night so he could sit there and watch that the end of that game. I don't think he has any recollection that he was there, but he was, and I can tell him that later. That was a big, but again, sports a lot of times does that. this. And certainly you, you, uh, brought this up a little bit kind of with the 9-12 thing. A couple days after this, President Bush stood, uh, on the pile of ground zero, said, you know,

the people would knock the buildings down. I was going to say, you just did a, a painting of this. I just did a painting of this. What was so amazing is, um, Mercer, could you go to my office, just grab them for me? Just, just grab the, the one of Bush and the firefighter. Uh, I just did this and I did it for a charity auction, um, for, uh, Chuck Norris and his Kickstart kids. And what was amazing is how many people don't,

didn't know what that was. And now it could be because I'm not the best artist. Okay? So I'm saying that with a grain of salt. But I think we should post this and then show it to people. And it's probably my painting. But I was shocked at how many people who were, you know, 30 and below

were like, I don't know who that is. I don't know what that is. Yeah, I mean, especially when you say, when you see there's a megaphone and a fireman's hat, just those two things together in the same place for anybody who lived there. Anybody who lived through that.

A lot of these things, though, are, I mean, you know, you think about the people, people. But that was our December 7th, 1941. I mean, I saw that and I remember clearly. I hear you. America hears you. And the people who brought these towers down, they're going to hear from all of us soon. Yeah.

I remember that. But, I mean, you know, think about where we are. People who were born after 9-11 will vote in the next presidential election. Wow. Yeah. So here's the pictures. So tell me, I mean, and it could just be my art. I got it.

Okay, but I think... Because you know that obviously what we're going to do here is just torture you about your art quality for a little while. Okay, but so this is, so I painted these this weekend for Chuck Norris. And my kids were like, what is that? Now, your kids could also be torturing you because of your art. Well, yes. But again, you can clearly make out a megaphone and clearly make out a fireman. And those two things next to each other, I think you should...

You don't think that looks like George Bush? It does. I mean, remember, half of his face is covered. Half of its face is covered. Half of its hair. So, I mean, you have, like, the way you paint, it's not like a super detailed, like, yeah. It's not like detailed like the Stormy Daniels sketch. You know, we're talking about.

No, I'm going to paint that next. I'm going to paint the Stormy Daniels. I should. I'm going to paint the Stormy Daniels guy. I would love to see your painting of the Stormy Daniels sketch. I am going to do it. That's an important work of. You have to do that.

It's going to be great. You did auction that one opportunity. Who wouldn't love to have Stormy Daniels a legend pursuer? It also strangely could double as Tom Brady. As Tom Brady. Exactly. Yeah, no, I mean, I seeing those two things together, it's hard to not bring you back to that moment.

If you went through it, but so many people didn't. Even the people who were born before, five years before that aren't going to remember it really. So, you know, we obviously have history, right? Like I certainly remember December 7th, 1941, not because it was there because I've seen the footage nine million times. It told me this weekend, what that told me was we are not learning our own history. We're not teaching it. We're not showing it. It's just it happens and it's gone.

It happens and it's gone. December 7th, 1941, I don't even know when I first heard that. It feels like I've always known that. I don't know how. That was the moment out of everything that happened after September 11th. I hear you.

America hears you. And the people who took these towers down are about to hear from all of us soon. That was the phrase. How's that lost? how is that lost? Yeah, that's a big moment. It's interesting, a lot of the reactions to tragedies separate them.

For example, mass shootings, right? We all know, remember very recently the whole David Hogg thing on MSNBC 500 million times. Compare that to the Amish, the way they reacted to the mass shooting they went through. Or Charleston. I'm putting that down. Amish and Charleston. Both of those were pretty amazing. Wow, Amish and Charleston.

Those are two great ones. Yeah, people really came together again, sadly caused by tragedy. But if you think about the way a movie is constructed, right? Like you can't just have a nonstop happy movie. It's all about that. What brings out your emotion is the tough time that's turned into something positive. And that's what almost all of these have in common. So, you know, and you know what's so funny is Charleston, were you with me?

Yeah, weren't you? Yeah, we went there together. So you remember we marched and we marched with all those people. They were, so they were all like, you know, tea party people. They were all my fans. We marched and we sang. And we marched arm in arm just like Martin Luther King and we sang. Do you remember what happened when we found, we got on the plane and we found out what had happened?

MSNBC stopped their divisive coverage where they were like, and you know, white and black and they should fight. And the guy stopped because he heard us singing. We walked behind him. I didn't know we did this. He was on the side of the street. They were live. We walked and marched behind him.

We were singing and he starts to cry. And he says, I just, what's happening here is just remarkable. And he was not aware that it was the Glenn Beck audience, obviously. He had no idea. But that's why we are not allowed to enjoy those moments because we just assume the worst. And we keep just playing the political game. It's black and white, rich and poor, left and right. It's not, that's, we have to stop and look at the good things.

Because those are the things that get us through. For me, I can get through anything. If I know, I got a team behind me, I've got people behind me, I have people. But if you're like, I'm the only one, I'm the, I'm the only one. It's just me and my family. Or it says, I'm the only one that gets it here. I'm the only one saying this. Everybody else is crazy.

You get discouraged really fast. Yeah, we should probably get to a point as humanity that we aren't so in need of other people. I think a lot of times that creates a... Well, the Japanese are working on that. It's called a sex robot. They've been working on it. Strangely, they've been working on it for a very long time. I don't know why, but the Japanese got us covered on that.

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Glenn Beck, Mercury. Glenn Beck. Let's go to Kurt in Florida. Hello, Kurt. You're on the Glenn Beck program. Good morning, guys. I've got a different perspective on all of this. All right.

Thanks. The way I see it in the last 25 years, and I'm in your age group, I was born in 1970, we've seen more countries flipped themselves upside down, inside out, twist themselves into multiple knots and come to near collapse. And in the last 12 years alone, America has done that at least five separate times.

And we are still America. No, it's amazing. We are still American people. We are still the American culture. I don't believe for two seconds that we actually have a culture problem. We do have a culture war. There are people trying to destroy our culture for sure. but we don't have a problem.

We just have too many cameras trying to promote a problem. I will give you, Kurt, that if we didn't have the social media and the cameras with a 24-7, I don't think we would be having the problems that we're having now. I will give you that.

Thanks for your call. It is, we have become addicted to outrage. We, some or reason, another, we want to be outraged. I don't. I'm tired. I'm really tired of it. I want to be happy.

I just want to go help people. I want to do the rest of it. people I disagree with and then find the way to each other and move on with our lives. That's that's kind of where I'm at. And I think if it wasn't for social social media and 24-hour networks, you know, constantly looking to fill, I think we would be a different nation. Janet, in Oklahoma, you're on the Glemba program. Oh, hi.

Hi. I'd like to talk to you guys. Thank you. I wanted to just share some things, you know, things like Oklahoma gets, we're right in the middle and we get hit a lot with a lot of stuff. I just want to remind you of the May 3rd, 1999 tornado. That was an F5 that went through the southern half more in Oklahoma. Yeah, I remember.

Oh, man, it took a swath of that area. Unbelievable. You know, the one thing, Janet, about Oklahoma is you guys have everything. I mean, we started with Oklahoma bombing. You have earthquakes. You have fires. You have tornado after tornado after tornado. And you guys keep coming together.

California has a lot of that too, and they are so divided. What can bring Californians together? Glenn, back. Mercury.