Glenn Beck

1. Biography-Glenn Edward Lee Beck was born in Everett, Washington, to William and Mary Beck, who lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, at the time of their son's birth. The family later moved to Mount Vernon, Washington, where they owned and operated City Bakery in the downtown area. He is descended from German immigrants who came to the United States in the 19th century. Beck was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Mount Vernon. Glenn Beck Glenn Beck is a racist! – Anonymous Words of wisdom- republicans Glenn Beck is… a very knowledgeable writer. However, he is very sarcastic and humorous in his writing. He is most notably known for his controversial views on TV or in his articles.. Beck says he has no biased views but as you read you will probably see his beliefs very known.. 5 Subjects/ themes: Politics Religion Money Humanity Humor He is unlike… most political newscasters. He isn’t afraid to speak his mind. He does his research and thinks before he opens his mouth on live TV. He could care less if you disagree on his opinions because he is here to tell his thoughts not other peoples views. As I read about him, I thought… how smart he must be and how much he has to say. He has similar beliefs as me in many aspects. Although I didn’t agree on everything, I believe he said his opinion very methodically.

2. Excerpt from Arguing with Idiots- Glenn Beck "YOUR PRECIOUS FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM HAS FAILED." Capitalism hasn't failed, greed has failed. Think about it like this: You're a doctor with 50 sick patients, all of whom have the exact same symptoms: 20 of your patients are women, the rest are men. Ten of your patients are Asian, 5 are Arab, 5 are Mexican, 5 are African-American, and the rest are Caucasian. They have varying hair colors and are all different heights and weights. Some smoke and drink, some do neither. In other words, these fifty people seem to have nothing in common, yet they all have the same disease. Look around the world right now -- virtually every country is sick. Communists, socialists, capitalists, and everything in between, it doesn't matter -- the global recession infected everyone. Yet we look at all of these countries, with all of their different styles of government and different views on economic freedom, and we come to one nonsensical conclusion: Capitalism has failed. How can that be possible? The only thing those countries have in common is that they all fell victim to the idea that returns could be had without risk. Or, to put it another way, they all succumbed to greed. If you could trace the economic crisis back to one seminal event, you'd probably point the finger at the collapse of the U.S. housing market. But was that collapse triggered by a failure of capitalism, or by an abuse of it by the government? Under true free-market capitalism, the government would have no involvement in homeownership whatsoever. They wouldn't encourage it through artificially low interest rates, Fannie and Freddie, tax breaks, or a "Community Reinvestment Act," but they wouldn't discourage it either. Rates would be set by market participants, based on risk, reward, and a clear understanding that making bad loans would result in bankruptcy. But we've done the complete opposite of that. The housing market is manipulated by the government every step of the way. So while some may argue that we need more regulation to prevent these future "excesses," I would argue that it's the existing regulations that created those excesses in the first place. In other words, what has failed isn't the idea of free markets, it's the idea that a market can be free when it's run by an increasingly activist government. I’m good at sarcasm. Can I write like Glenn Beck? Not quite. In order to write like Glenn you need 3 very basic steps. This first step is the easiest: pick a subject you are passionate about. There is not one subject that he doesn’t feel passionate about. He can go on and on about one topic. The second is do the research behind factual information. His books have pages on pages of sources to prove he doesn’t have all the answers to life. The next step is to be relaxed and make jokes. There a moments where he quotes something very long and complicated and tells the reader to do all these things to relax and calm down for his long extensive explanation.