# Michael Scheuer, on Glen Beck, dreams of terrorist WMD attack on U.S. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046 "2009-07-06T03:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 7, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/61 "2009-07-07T13:12:40Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I think every reasonable person can agree that if the cesspool of STDs known as Baltimore were wiped out, nothing of value would be lost. But…but… I’m looking forward to the (hopefully someday) next Barry Levinson and/or David Simon show. [Omar Little]Oh, _indeed_[Omar Little] ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/62 "2009-07-07T14:45:05Z")
Well, if we do end up authorizing an attack, I recommend using a city somewhere along the east coast of Florida. They get destroyed on a near-annual basis anyway, and seem to come out of it all right. Failing that, Atlantic City; last time I was there, I got the impression that the majority of the casino-goers would welcome the sweet release of death. As for Beck and Scheuer, nuttery and paranoia sells just fine as long as you’re aiming at the right market (how long was Art Bell on the air, again?), and Beck, at least, has proven to be a pretty sharp shooter with his brand of bullshit. This is just more of the same, and I doubt if the soapbox generously lent by Beck and his ilk will enable Scheuer to convince anyone who didn’t agree with him to begin with. Hope I’m right…for Miami’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/63 "2009-07-07T14:52:53Z")
Prevailing winds here are northeasterly. I’d prefer you go after Tallahassee instead. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/64 "2009-07-07T17:38:24Z")
I notice nobody here seems to be defending the continued existence of Detroit . . . ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/65 "2009-07-07T17:54:07Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I think every reasonable person can agree that if the cesspool of STDs known as Baltimore were wiped out, nothing of value would be lost. Well, you do have a point there…as fans of the franchises that Paul Brown started, we can unite and agree that Art Modell’s house in Baltimore gets to be ground zero, too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/66 "2009-07-07T18:33:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I can’t wait to hear how you plan on increasing virginity. Babies are _born_ virgins, aren’t they? Seems like a no brainer. Abstinence-only education is bound to create _boom_ in virginity, which ought to last at least twelve years. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/67 "2009-07-07T18:39:01Z")
Please leave Florida out of this. The world needs this vital source of comedic relief. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/68 "2009-07-07T19:42:46Z")
I respectfully nominate Oklahoma City to be nobly sacrificed in a nuclear fireball for our greater national good. The fallout would probably render much of Arkansas unfit for human habitation, but really the people are the least attractive thing about ‘The Natural State’. Give me a week to move my plants and stuff. If the CIA can spare a second nuke, they should definitely go for Amarillo, maybe it will significntly reduce that smell. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/69 "2009-07-07T21:48:53Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Please leave Florida out of this. The world needs this vital source of comedic relief. What ? Can we at least have Clearwater ? ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/70 "2009-07-07T23:56:41Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > But…but… I’m looking forward to the (hopefully someday) next Barry Levinson and/or David Simon show. [Omar Little]Oh, _indeed_[Omar Little] No problem as far as David Simon is concerned; his next show, [Treme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treme_(TV_series)), will be filmed on location in N’awlins. My nomination for first city up against the wall has to be Johnstown, PA. I have nothing that much against the city, mind you, and in general it’s just another small declining rust belt city. But if it gets nuked, maybe we can finally see an end to the [Johnstown Flood Tax](http://www.johnstownfloodtax.com/). ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/71 "2009-07-08T03:04:51Z")
> [@JohnM](#): > > My nomination for first city up against the wall has to be Johnstown, PA. I have nothing that much against the city, mind you, and in general it’s just another small declining rust belt city. But if it gets nuked, maybe we can finally see an end to the [Johnstown Flood Tax](http://www.johnstownfloodtax.com/). Jeepers, let me sell my poor dead Mom’s house first, at least. OTOH, better hurry if you want to have anything to nuke. Given that all the industry that used to be there has fled and most of the remaining population is dying of old age, another twenty years and there won’t be anything left of the place anyway. I’ll throw my vote to Oklahoma City, for purely practical reasons. In nearly fifty-five years, I’ve managed to get to every other state in the lower 48 without once having to go through Oklahoma itself, much less OK City, so apparently it isn’t particularly necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/72 "2009-07-09T03:32:09Z")
How about some city in Texas? You can’t have Cleveland, as my brother is using it just now. But if we gave all Texas Dopers time to get out, I have trouble believing most of us would miss much of it. If Osama doesn’t come through, perhaps Rick Perry can be encouraged with that secession business. (Come to think of it, we should be funding Todd Palin with the same outcome in mind…) ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/73 "2009-07-09T04:01:02Z")
I suspect [this political cartoon](http://www.credoaction.com/comics/2009/06/clear_eyed_conservatism_transl.html) gets at the heart of what Scheuer _really_ wants. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/74 "2009-07-09T13:07:11Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > I suspect [this political cartoon](http://www.credoaction.com/comics/2009/06/clear_eyed_conservatism_transl.html) gets at the heart of what Scheuer _really_ wants. No, it doesn’t. Scheuer’s critical of groups on both sides of the political spectrum. It’s true that his views often align him with Republicans - for example, he supports the application of “enhanced interrogation techniques” - but he doesn’t shy away from calling conservatives naive and incompetent. He’s an equal opportunity offender. Also, as an aside, This Modern World is garbage and you’re a moron if you find it funny or enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/75 "2009-07-09T16:23:16Z")
Well, certainly good to hear an unbiased viewpoint! I’ll offer another: Glenn Beck is either an utterly unprincipled scoundrel who feeds on the political antagonism he promotes, or he is simply crazy as a shithouse mouse. Either way, anyone who pays him attention has a mental affliction, or is inviting one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/76 "2009-07-09T17:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tarwater] Also, as an aside, This Modern World is garbage and you’re a moron if you find it funny or enjoyable. [/quote] Wait, are you quoting one of the zany conservatives depicted in This Modern World? Because you sound just like one. Don’t tell me, let me guess: You’re Bill O’Reiley? You’re the unnamed lady with the helmet hair? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/77 "2009-07-09T18:39:52Z")
And he took that whole penguin thing right from Berkeley Breathed! And now we know that penguins are gay! Never mentioned that, did he? And that first name, Berekely! Is his sister named Ann Arbor? Connect the dots, people! Connect the dots! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/78 "2009-07-09T19:19:46Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > It’s true that his views often align him with Republicans - for example, he supports the application of “enhanced interrogation techniques” - Which by itself is enough to relegate him to the category of “monster”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/79 "2009-07-09T19:51:43Z")
Can we ship Glenn Beck to Columbia, SC the day before we offer it up for sacrifice to our satanic lords? Bonus points for having an army base right there for a rapid response to the disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046/80 "2009-07-09T19:53:19Z")
Better idea - just pick whichever city Beck is in as the municipal sacrificial lamb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-scheuer-on-glen-beck-dreams-of-terrorist-wmd-attack-on-u-s/502046.md?page=5)