# Glenn Beck blasts Americorps **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297 "2009-08-31T00:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/1 "2009-08-31T00:12:34Z")
Glenn Beck bravely stands up against the tyranny of a shadowy force of jack-booted thugs unleashed on the god-fearing American populace, a cabal of freeloaders growing fat on their socialist $167/bi-monthly stipend of YOUR tax dollars, a rogue, dare I say mercenary, ‘Civilian National Security Force’ spawned by Clinton – yes, I’m talking about those child-tutoring, house-building, sandbag-stacking hordes of dark soldiers at B-Rock Obama’s command: **AMERICORPS**. [Check out Beck, Bellavia, and Spalding being concerned at photos of happy, smiling Americorps members holding power tools and removing brush](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQqbSlyQ1I). At about 1:56 Beck openly questions why America needs “a national security force inside… Can you come up with [an enemy]?” His commentator, David Bellavia, then all but compares Americorps to Saddam Hussein’s fedayeen and suggests that The Left is planning to send out Americorps to take away the arms of radical militia. I especially like his eyebrow quirk when he says “This is scary stuff!” It really hammers home the comparison. Beck’s voice trembles with emotion as he goes on to point out the obvious similarities between Hitler’s SS (racially pure and fanatically loyal to the Nazi party) and Americorps (18-24-year-olds who volunteer to build trails in national parks and shingle Habitat houses for ten months). Matthew Spalding is convinced that Americorps is even more despotic than first suspected – clearly the program is meant to “change people’s character” so as to promote their “allegiance to the state”. Glenn Beck pleads for the White House to reconsider it’s mad plot to destroy the fabric of American society by creating these Americorps programs (which have already existed since 1994, or in the case of VISTA, much longer than that) lest brainwashed AmeriHitler Youth run rampant in the streets, burning down churches and dragging back white women for Obama’s harem. Truly, mine eyes have seen the glory. But it is too late for me. Already I’m 7 months into my second year of Americorps NCCC, which means that I am probably far too gone to be saved. Lured by the promise of untold riches amounting to a somewhat less than $5,000 scholarship, I sold my soul to the evil of national service. Overcome by my selfish desire to drive around in a bright red 15-passenger van with 7 other young people of varying ethnicities and ages, I have done my part to contribute to the destruction of the American dream. It is too late for me. _koff koff_ But it is not… too late… for _you_. _wheeze_ _dies_ ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/2 "2009-08-31T00:16:42Z")
I find I can enjoy Glenn Beck more if I pretend he’s Stephan Colbert. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/3 "2009-08-31T00:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > At about 1:56 Beck openly questions why America needs "a national security force inside… Can you come up with [an enemy]? Maybe we wouldn’t need Americorps if the National Guard (which is suppose to do these kinds of things) hadn’t been shipped overseas to kill and be killed. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/4 "2009-08-31T00:40:43Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > Glenn Beck bravely stands up against the tyranny of a \*\*shadowy force of jack-booted thugs \*\*unleashed on the god-fearing American populace, a cabal of freeloaders growing fat on their socialist $167/bi-monthly stipend of YOUR tax dollars, a rogue, dare I say mercenary, ‘Civilian National Security Force’ spawned by Clinton – yes, I’m talking about those child-tutoring, house-building, sandbag-stacking hordes of dark soldiers at B-Rock Obama’s command: **AMERICORPS**. Believe me, if Beck ever were to face a real army of “jack booted thugs” he’d shit his pants so quickly, he’d be picking his intestines up off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/5 "2009-08-31T00:42:38Z")
Do any of us _really_ know who Glenn Beck _is_? I am **Frightened**! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/6 "2009-08-31T00:54:16Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > I find I can enjoy Glenn Beck more if I pretend he’s Stephan Colbert. And vice-versa? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/7 "2009-08-31T00:55:24Z")
> [@Spartydog](#): > > Maybe we wouldn’t need Americorps if the National Guard (which is suppose to do these kinds of things) hadn’t been shipped overseas to kill and be killed. Ummmmm… no. Point of order, the national guard is _not_ supposed to do those types of things. It’s a military force. Say it with me. _military_. Military forces are not really (notice the qualifier) supposed to be used domestically. Hence americorps. Speaking of americorps, I’m broke. Can I get a couple of these fascist, despotic, jack booted college kids wanting scholarships to patch the hole in my drywall? Nah, I’ll do it myself. Government labor never works out right. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/8 "2009-08-31T01:00:08Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Believe me, if Beck ever were to face a real army of “jack booted thugs” he’d shit his pants so quickly, he’d be picking his intestines up off the ground. Is it wrong that imaging such a prospect made me smile? I hate Glenn Beck. Apparently, I also have a high tolerance for visible innards. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/9 "2009-08-31T01:06:37Z")
Well, that video frightened me and made worry about the fate of America. But only because I know there are millions of people out there who actually believe that crap. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/10 "2009-08-31T01:56:39Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Well, that video frightened me and made worry about the fate of America. But only because I know there are millions of people out there who actually believe that crap. Exactly. That crazy fucker is inciting violence amongst the stupidest Americans, and all so he can line his pockets with millions. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/11 "2009-08-31T02:21:44Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > …Nah, I’ll do it myself. Government labor never works out right. There are footprints on the Moon to suggest otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/12 "2009-08-31T02:40:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There are footprints on the Moon to suggest otherwise. You mean the footprints in my soundstage outside of Houston? With all their black helicopters and shit, they still didn’t remember to bring a simple shop-vac to suck up all the “moon” dust. There were fifty fucking G-men in my building and it’s _me_ that ends up doing the god damn sweeping. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/13 "2009-08-31T02:50:51Z")
Glenn Beck is the world’s biggest pussy. That dude is scared to death of everything. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/14 "2009-08-31T03:02:46Z")
Wow, Americorps is going to get “half a trillion” dollars?! Strangely, their budget, freely available online, says their budget for 2010 is about $1.1 **b** illion. The conspiracy thickens. In honor of Beck and Co’s mention of Hitler, I invoke the Hitler smiley designed by **jsgoddess** : /:=| ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/15 "2009-08-31T03:03:02Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Ummmmm… no. > > Point of order, the national guard is _not_ supposed to do those types of things. It’s a military force. Say it with me. _military_. Military forces are not really (notice the qualifier) supposed to be used domestically. > [@](#): > > The National Guard may be called up for active duty by state governors or territorial adjutant general to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/16 "2009-08-31T03:05:10Z")
And… as I finish listening to this broadcast, I get to the part where Beck calls Americorps members “communists.” Those insidious Hitler-loving communists, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/17 "2009-08-31T03:07:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Point of order, the national guard is _not_ supposed to do those types of things. It’s a military force. Say it with me. _military_. Military forces are not really (notice the qualifier) supposed to be used domestically. [Except to protect Texas:](http://www.larrykilgore.com/Larry_Kilgore/The_Issues.html) > [@](#): > > Texas Military Forces have been conscripted by Washington to fight undeclared wars. Texans need these volunteers in Texas to protect Texas. Texas GOP Platform page 8 and 15: “We charge the President to cancel the state of national emergency and charge Congress to repeal the War Powers Act and end our declared state of emergency. Never deploying the military except against invasion or threat to our vital interests.” ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/18 "2009-08-31T03:27:41Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **(notice the qualifier)** christ, people. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/19 "2009-08-31T03:41:12Z")
Who will rid Glenn Beck of this turbulent President? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297/20 "2009-08-31T03:53:32Z")
Oh yeah, and regarding this: [Quote=Mississippienne] clearly the program is meant to “change people’s character” so as to promote their “allegiance to the state”. [/Quote] Jeepers, I thought that was what having schoolkids recite the Pledge of Allegiance was supposed to accomplish. You mean it’s not working? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-blasts-americorps/508297.md?page=2)