08/28 Rally - Restoring Honor

**Dwight Schrute** · 08-29-2010, 09:04 PM

Did anyone attend or watch it on C-Span / Facebook?

Any thoughts on the speakers or content?

Note up front - this is not a thread for inflammatory statements like "Glenn Beck is a doody-head" or "I hate Sarah Palin" or "the Tea Party is evil". keep it civil, pls k thx bye.

**Dwight Schrute** · 08-29-2010, 09:05 PM

in all fairness, I have gotten through maybe 45 minutes of the various speakers. so far, very very politically neutral and quite good. looking forward to hearing Alveda King speak, I have heard it was wonderful.

S.B.Nichols · 08-30-2010, 09:29 AM

I watched a bit of it. I think I found it on cspan about the time Tony LaRussa got up and had to leave the house about half way through Becks speech.

Mostly good stuff. I liked how the speakers didn't stray (too much) into politics. The rally was supposed to be about faith and it pretty much stayed in that corner.

Bryan · 08-30-2010, 10:12 AM

I have no problem with Beck wanting to restore america back to God. I have a problem when he thinks that government should be passing legislation to do it.

**Dwight Schrute** · 08-30-2010, 11:17 AM

Bryan I haven't finished listening to all the speakers yet, but have not heard in the Restoring Honor rally the part where that was brought up. which speaker was it? because this thread is for only discussing the rally.

Bryan · 08-30-2010, 11:31 AM

It was Beck's speech. Glenn Beck: "Something Beyond Imagination is Happening" - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

**Dwight Schrute** · 08-30-2010, 12:28 PM

I heard Beck's speech, but again didn't catch the part where he brought up legislation to restore America back to God. I caught a lot about him encouraging individuals to get their lives right with God and that it could transform America - but forgive me, didn't catch the part about legislation. in fact, all things considered, I caught very little political speeches in there.

but maybe you could quote Beck's speech instead of referencing an article about the rally?

Bryan · 08-30-2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterDominator

I heard Beck's speech, but again didn't catch the part where he brought up legislation to restore America back to God. I caught a lot about him encouraging individuals to get their lives right with God and that it could transform America - but forgive me, didn't catch the part about legislation. in fact, all things considered, I caught very little political speeches in there.

but maybe you could quote Beck's speech instead of referencing an article about the rally?

he wasn't saying anything about legislation in the speech, but from what I've read and seen on tv from him he certainly supports legislating morality.

S.B.Nichols · 08-30-2010, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

he wasn't saying anything about legislation in the speech, but from what I've read and seen on tv from him he certainly supports legislating morality.

You sure? I catch his show about once a week. I'm fairly certain he wouldn't trust congress to legislate morality, even if congress were stocked with people he agreed with. It would also seem to go against his libertarian point of view. On top of that, I'm almost certain I heard him, plainly and recently, say on his show that morality shouldn't be legislated.

Bryan · 08-30-2010, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by S.B.Nichols

You sure? I catch his show about once a week. I'm fairly certain he wouldn't trust congress to legislate morality, even if congress were stocked with people he agreed with. It would also seem to go against his libertarian point of view. On top of that, I'm almost certain I heard him, plainly and recently, say on his show that morality shouldn't be legislated.

perhaps I have a bad impression of him. I really can't give specifics and it is certainly possible that i'm just generalizing.

JerryLove · 08-30-2010, 03:51 PM

I though it was "a defibrillator to the heart of America.", both "the Woodstock of the next generation." and "the anti-Woodstock.". I feel "Maybe in a 100 years from now or 200 years from now ... this will be remembered as the moment America turned the corner." and definitely it will "grow the next George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.". "I really, truly believe" that 8-28 "will be remembered in American history as the turning point.", it was something "that has not happened in America for 228 years."

It was "a miracle" that "will be indelibly marked" on my children.

I did also find it interesting, in a rally with Palin, that he said:
"I'd like to find (a presidential candidate) with some honor and integrity; I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up."

And honestly. I think that the rally is something of a sign of the times. A merger of politics and religion packaged for entertainment purposes. It's sad.

S.B.Nichols · 08-30-2010, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

perhaps I have a bad impression of him. I really can't give specifics and it is certainly possible that i'm just generalizing.

Interestingly, he's on O'Reilly right now and was just asked by Bill if he wanted legislation to bring us back to judeo christian values in government and society, to which Beck responded no; he wants it to come about as a result of education (not formal education). I'm paraphrasing a bit, obviously.