I do enjoy Glenn Beck's radio show, and I knew he and I share similar views. Thankfully, he is not only a point-blank speaker, but he has common sense. This book is no different, but to appreciate it, you cannot be faint of hear, and your feelings can't be as delicate as an expensive glass flute. He tells you how it is. I will say I can take only so much of Glenn at a time. He is much like the liberals he so rags on in the fact that his way is law, and if you don't agree, then you must be stupid. He makes a lot of sense in many of his subjects, and for a far right conservative speaker, he is fairly tolerant. This book is good to be able to counter many subjects liberals tend to enjoy bringing up knowing their debate competition is usually ill-informed or not informed at all, and usually, so is the person trying to make the point. TADA! Hence this book, and its so appropriate title.Read full review
'Arguing with Idiots' is a great book by Glenn Beck, the much maligned author and co-author of many other political books. Mr. Beck is a fount of energy, insight, and courage. The idiots he speaks of are the apologist for the radicals who are on the ascendancy in our political landscape. These radicals argue for vast government control of our lives via economic and social policies. Mr. Beck advances logical and coherent refutation of those who believe that government is the solution to the needs and aspirations of humanity. He argues for the time-tested formula of personal freedom and reliance upon God. His adversaries, with their entrenched economic interests, have resorted to personal invective against Mr. Beck as their primary rejoinder. As always, Mr. Beck employs Voltairian tongue in cheek satire to make his points, about which he is deadly serious.Read full review
Fabulous book! It's hard to say (without sounding like his P.R. man) how much I respect Glen Beck's brilliance in researching, analyzing and explaining in simple, understandable terms. He reveals the real Liberal Agenda. I've always been a free-market fan and a successful entrepreneurial businessman. I call myself a real Republican, but WOW what an eye opener! When I started reading Beck's latest masterpiece of research and analysis, I realized it wasn't just me who thought this way. We've never seen liberty under such aggressive attack by liberals, and in this fascinating book, Glenn lifts the facade offv the liberal agenda and tells it like it is. It's as if 40 years of choked down liberal frustration has been vomited upon the most successful American people. Beck is fighting for American Freedom, Liberty and Independence, and he abhors excessive government control. As Glenn says nightly at the beginning of his television show on Fox, "Come on my fellow Americans, Follow Me!" Once again, Glenn on the mark, so prepare to think a lot. At times as I read this book, I actually couldn't focus. I was so intensely affected by the immense accumulation of knowledge and common sense of this brilliant young man that I occasionally had a hard time reading this book... not because it was a boring read, in fact, quite the contrary. I found myself realizing that I was just as infuriated as Glenn is. He brings the issues together, and honestly reveals the reasons WHY the American public is suffering in these troubled times. Others in the media can not, or should I say, will not broadcast or write about the typical issues Beck bluntly addresses on every page in this book. His references are impeccable! His analysis? Brilliant, honest and thought-provoking. Beck opens the door to countless, well hidden in liberal disguise, issues. He says he gives you the facts so you can decide. Believe me, he does! I couldn't stop shaking my head side to side as Beck exposed story after story of liberal mismanagement of government without regard to political part. He was hard on George Bush. Glenn is a National Treasure, and he wrote a masterpiece book!! You'll love it, but it isn't for the weak of heart!Read full review
I do a lot of reading on what's going on in our country today and this is one of the most informative books I've read in the past 20 years. I love the way Glenn backs up what he says. The sources section is longer than some of the chapters. I don't like to be patronized and I don't like hyperbole and Glenn avoids both. His ADD moments kept me busy as I was running through the chapters and I've heard from several of my friends that the ADD moments were their favorites. Also, since I love really old books, I especially enjoyed the "weathered-page" look; not only was the information good but it was pleasant on the eyes. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to pass by all the media fluff and find out what's really going on in this country and what we can do about it before we wake up one day soon and find that we've lost all our freedoms.Read full review
Beck doesn't just pull stuff out of thin air, he provides all his resources for all the information he is providing you. In very short order, I have become a big fan. Obama and his cronies can call Fox News an illegitimate news source all they want but do they really think the American people are so stupid that they won't make the connection that it was FOX NEWS that broke the ACORN story, the Van Jones story, Kevin Jennings story, Anita (I love Chairman Mao)Dunn story.... (shall I go on?) but Obama and his go-to guys' 'real news networks' hadn't uttered a peep about all these stories? How convenient! I don't care if someone is a socialist, a communist or whatever! Just be upfront about it and tell us what you think and let us decide. Don't scream about transparency and openness and then do a web scrub-up of your Czars so voters can't see who you've chose to advise you and carry out your mission, Mr. President. I say, THANK GOD FOR BECK AND FOX NEWS!! If not for them, just who would have told us about these very concerning issues! This administration and most everyone with whom Obama has surrounded himself are being exposed DAILY thanks to Beck and he's gotten their attention! They hope and pray people won't take Beck seriously - imagine that! Pay attention and you'll be as surprised as I have been and continue to be. It just gets better and better. I say - Thank God for Beck!Read full review
Shipping was fast, and the content is just what the doctor ordered. It has enough in line text to make it feel like a book, but you will find yourself reading it rapidly. It actually has comments from the tree hugger community and left wingers, with deflating responses for their crap. Well written, it will hold your interest, and I think that I am afraid that it might make me sound as glib as those socialists who claim that we are all just too rough to understand their erudite arguments. Good book - needed read time of half of other good books to get through.
I'm only 3/4 of the way through this book but so far I've read enough of it that I'm willing to buy copies for every one of my friends.I have been following politics for 16 years now and I'm still learning new ideas every year but this book has either backed up my current views or changed them more than any other source I have ever reviewed.About every hole I had before in my political views has been sealed shut after reading this.I highly reccomend to anyone, politically involved or not.
Glenn Beck is a master at putting a funny spin on a rather depressing topic. He uses the truth to slash through all the crap that the government keeps, successfully, selling us. Sadly we all have a need for a book to give us good ways to argue with the idiots of this country. Their arguments range from so stupid you can't believe someone accually said that to, almost sounding right. Both are hard to respond to without getting frustrated. This book gives snarky examples to use that the idiot will find infuriating because they are true. This stops us from losing our tempers while the idiots start yelling because they don't know how to respond to actual inteligent debate. Any way I loved this book and look forward to more from Glenn Beck.
It's a book that every American citizen, should read. This book should be in every high school's curriculum. What a great way to inform students about the historical changes, our Government has implemented through the years and up to the present.
Great Book!! Thanks!! Beau
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