# Middle East unrest according to Glenn Beck and friends

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-east-unrest-according-to-glenn-beck-and-friends/570050>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 3, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-east-unrest-according-to-glenn-beck-and-friends/570050 "2011-02-03T17:40:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-east-unrest-according-to-glenn-beck-and-friends/570050/21 "2011-02-04T15:06:10Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> It used to be “drink every time he makes an inappropriate historical reference”, but they had to tone it down a bit.

I gather alcohol poisoning was becoming a major problem here.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-east-unrest-according-to-glenn-beck-and-friends/570050/22 "2011-02-04T16:05:28Z")

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Whatever happened to the good ol’ days when nutty doomsday prophets were penniless and had to preach their rhetoric from street corners standing atop orange crates.  
Nowdays they publish books, get their own TV or radio show, and make tons of money.

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