Anyone here going to Glenn Becks 8/28??

[Bluejay]

Yeah... I'm not going.

[dorave]

Watch it here
YouTube - Glenn Beck's 8 28 Restoring Honor Rally Part 1 CSPAN at Lincoln Memorial Washington D.C

Was awesome, had many teary eyed moments. Looks like GB pulled it off brilliantly.

[UrbanFool]

Thanks dorave!

[UrbanFool]

Here's the whole speech: Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck's 8/28 Restoring Honor Keynote Speech

[Mahonri]

While the speech is moving over the Internet, the 'spirit' of the speech 'in person was phenomenal.

We met a number of good folks on the Metro, traveling from the Marriott in Bethesda to the event.

One devout Catholic couple from Philadelphia were a good example of the some 650,000 who attended. She came from Polish decent, her mother was a Nazi concentration camp survivor, he was Cuban and their family were late 50's refugees from Cuba to the United States. Both had become citizens the way folks should become citizens. Both came from backgrounds of oppression and lack of freedom. Her words to all of us were these, "I believe that Glenn Beck was sent from God and that he is literally a "modern day prophet". I smiled. I told them that Glenn Beck would tell you that he is NOT a modern day prophet, but he could tell you where to find one. She looked puzzled. I then told her about the blue book in the night stand back at the Marriott. I quoted verses from Moroni chapter 7 to her. She said, "You sound just like him". I said, no, we simply preach God's word, be it in the New Testament in John or Corinthians or Moroni. It started a great gospel conversation.

I can only imagine how many thousands of others felt the same as she did.

Many thousands didn't make it to the rally... they were turned away at distant Metro sites because the Metro had become overwhelmed. Lines at 9AM in Virginia were over an hour long just to get onto the Metro. The same was true for the Red line both from Rockville and also in the northeast....otherwise there may have been over a million people there.

There were no signs, there was no hate. There was only love, and love of God, love of country and love of Glenn Beck that brought all of us together.

Captain Moroni held up the Title of Liberty. Glenn Beck is holding out Faith, Hope and Charity.

Glenn taught thousands at the beginning of the rally about the ancestors of the Native Americans who believed in Christ. He taught of Moses. He taught about the blessings of paying tithing. It was truly worth the while to be there and see the FAITH and patriotism of true Americans who want to keep our freedoms and not have them taken away by evil doers and modern day Gadiantons who would tax us and our children because they would spend our birthright.

Truly amazing, the hour long speech by Glenn only gives a small bit of the flavor of the event.

We met people from all over the country, Minnesota, Alaska, Oregon, California, fellow Arizonans, Texans, folks from Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Maine, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Mass., Connecticut... I imagine folks from all 50 states were there. There was old and young there. There were folks of every race.

8.28 will not soon be forgotten.

M

[gabelpa]

This whole cult of character, on both sides, is getting out of hand.

[Mahonri]

Originally Posted by gabelpa

This whole cult of character, on both sides, is getting out of hand.

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[FunkyTown]

I listened to the speech. It was pretty long on platitudes but short on specifics.

I'm curious what the tea parties hope to attain. Political movements aren't based on buzzwords. There are usually specifics about what must be done to succeed in a movement: The American revolution preached secession from the Monarchy, the Communist revolution preached revolution, the Christian movement after His death preached joining the Christian church.

While I applaud much of his platitudes, I wonder what he actually expects people to do. What... specifically needs to change and how would he change it?

[gabelpa]

Originally Posted by FunkyTown

I listened to the speech. It was pretty long on platitudes but short on specifics.

I'm curious what the tea parties hope to attain. Political movements aren't based on buzzwords. There are usually specifics about what must be done to succeed in a movement: The American revolution preached secession from the Monarchy, the Communist revolution preached revolution, the Christian movement after His death preached joining the Christian church.

While I applaud much of his platitudes, I wonder what he actually expects people to do. What... specifically needs to change and how would he change it?

This is the cult of character of which I speak. If he ousts Obama at the next election, what will we be left with? What are his politics? What are his goals?

The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/op...me&ref=general

Good reads, and provides the kind of counterpoint that anyone who gives a serious mind to politics must consider.

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by Mahonri

While the speech is moving over the Internet, the 'spirit' of the speech 'in person was phenomenal.

We met a number of good folks on the Metro, traveling from the Marriott in Bethesda to the event.

One devout Catholic couple from Philadelphia were a good example of the some 650,000 who attended. She came from Polish decent, her mother was a Nazi concentration camp survivor, he was Cuban and their family were late 50's refugees from Cuba to the United States. Both had become citizens the way folks should become citizens. Both came from backgrounds of oppression and lack of freedom. Her words to all of us were these, "I believe that Glenn Beck was sent from God and that he is literally a "modern day prophet". I smiled. I told them that Glenn Beck would tell you that he is NOT a modern day prophet, but he could tell you where to find one. She looked puzzled. I then told her about the blue book in the night stand back at the Marriott. I quoted verses from Moroni chapter 7 to her. She said, "You sound just like him". I said, no, we simply preach God's word, be it in the New Testament in John or Corinthians or Moroni. It started a great gospel conversation.

I can only imagine how many thousands of others felt the same as she did.

Many thousands didn't make it to the rally... they were turned away at distant Metro sites because the Metro had become overwhelmed. Lines at 9AM in Virginia were over an hour long just to get onto the Metro. The same was true for the Red line both from Rockville and also in the northeast....otherwise there may have been over a million people there.

There were no signs, there was no hate. There was only love, and love of God, love of country and love of Glenn Beck that brought all of us together.

Captain Moroni held up the Title of Liberty. Glenn Beck is holding out Faith, Hope and Charity.

Glenn taught thousands at the beginning of the rally about the ancestors of the Native Americans who believed in Christ. He taught of Moses. He taught about the blessings of paying tithing. It was truly worth the while to be there and see the FAITH and patriotism of true Americans who want to keep our freedoms and not have them taken away by evil doers and modern day Gadiantons who would tax us and our children because they would spend our birthright.

Truly amazing, the hour long speech by Glenn only gives a small bit of the flavor of the event.

We met people from all over the country, Minnesota, Alaska, Oregon, California, fellow Arizonans, Texans, folks from Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Maine, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Mass., Connecticut... I imagine folks from all 50 states were there. There was old and young there. There were folks of every race.

8.28 will not soon be forgotten.

M

Good job on the missionary work, but this whole thing just makes me groan. It's uncomfortable and creepy. It makes his followers sound like mindless zombies.