Glenn Beck University

This is not a credit-earning, degree-granting university, the kind of which are regulated by state and federal law. This is more of a forum for the same old wing-nut demagoguery and pabulum-spewing one hears ad nauseam on Faux News. Most states do not regulate the use of the word “university,” however, New York is a notable exception as they forced Donald Trump stop using the term “university” in some sort of wealth-building training seminar he was promoting

 

Lets keep the political diatribe to a minimum.

 

Hey MC,

Please feel free to delete this thread. I posted in a rush (I'm at work), and didn't read it closely. Just thought it would be worth a discussion. I did not mean to start a flame war.

My apologies.

Roscoe

 

I apologize for my comment, but this board is for discussing distance education, not vocalizing your political views. I would have said the same if a liberal leaning personality started a similar program and a right-wing forum member made some sophomoric statements and dragged a news media outlet into the discussion. Seemed a bit immature.

 

Some where some dude in China is already putting this on his resume.

 

I thought your commet was well timed and well placed. I see no need for you to apologize for it.

 

Roscoe beat me to it. You're safe. I would post this in off topic or political though.

 

Google theuniversityofobama(dot)(com). You are welcomed to donate at your convenience. They it he she accepts donations. Although I don't recommend it. It's not my site by the way.

 

I have to say the guy is very good at monetizing his brand. Books, Radio, TV, Internet, Social Media, and possibly mobile technology like the iphone. He could offer legitimate ace approved business courses, like straighterline.com, and make a decent profit.

 

MotherJones(dotcom) has a great list posted of suggested courses for Beck University:
· Theories of Self and Other in the Autobiography of Ronald Reagan
· Semiotics of Tricornered Hats
· Mythology 101: Fossils
· Presidential History From Harding to Coolidge
· Oath Keeping
· Semester Abroad in Kenya with Visiting Professor Dr. Jerome Corsi
· Physics of AM Radio Waves
· Fundamentals of Spelling and Grammar CANCELED
· Great Military Heroes: John Wayne
· Intro to Theology: Ayn Rand
· Advanced Marketing Seminar: Rare Gold Coins
· Drama 101: Intro to Alternative Lifestyles
· Psych 301: Paranoia as Therapeutic Alternative
· Wilde, Proust, and Other Homosexual Europeans
· Middle Eastern and Arab Cultures: What's Up With That?
· Literary Masters Colloquium: Cleon Skousen
· Motherhood, Hockey, Hunting: Cultural Convergences
· Studies in Moral Courage: Joe McCarthy
· Counterinsurgency Techniques in Morning Radio
· Phenomenological Epistemology and the Speeches of Barry Goldwater
· Hermeneutics and Homosociality in The Overton Window
· Political Science 300: Reverse Racism and the Modern Presidency
· Colloquium on Great Filmmakers: Mel Gibson
· Gym Crow
· Underwater Conspiracy Weaving

 

Psych 301: Paranoia as Therapeutic Alternative

That's how he makes money. Selling paranoia and fear. His ratings are dropping but it remains to be seen how low they will go.

Glenn Beck's Ratings Collapse

 

Glenn beck is popular because entertainment garners more viewers than news

That said, I frequently listen to his show (radio), agree over 50% of the time (barley, and minus the unnecessarily inflammatory rhetoric), but think he is a loony (or a marketing genius with no morals) nonetheless. He's such an ass though, I can't take more than 15 minutes.

***Ricky wins 300 posts! Yay!***

 

I feel like your post was written by two people, internal conflict perhaps ?


That said, I have a hard time thinking about you listing to his show. RJ your so far to the left you spin in circles when you walk…...lol….j/k

 

Well put!.....

 

B4: If I'm anything I'm actually libertarian, about as far right as they come. My divergence on issues like immigration and certain moral controls where republicans actually come down on the left are confusing to people. It's hard for people to get, but republicans are not actually truly conservative on some issues, they are actually quite authoritarian (we owe our suspiciously high incarceration rate to them, for example).