Glenn Beck Program April 27, 2011

There is an in-studio audience today.

• Glenn showed a book, “The Holy Experiment”.
• Only 500 copies printed in 1920.

Threats to the Economy

• The Fed held its first ever press conference.
• Gas, food and the stock market are all going up because the Fed is printing money.
• No one is saying anything about this.
• He showed a quote from Stephen Lerner, SEIU executive, on his plans to bring down the stock market and the banking system.
• Glenn asks why the apathy?  Considering the entire economy would be affected, why is there no coverage of this?
• Glenn then showed a video of a teacher discussing the most effective way to introduce Marxism into the classroom.
• Another video was of a Revolutionary Socialist speaker saying they need to get younger and younger members into the organization – even down into high school age.
• He showed a video of an elementary school class chanting an anti-capitalist chant.
• Then, a video of Eric Holder saying that we are a “nation of cowards” in regards to race.
• Glenn said that we would need to stand up and show courage in the future.
• Glenn then showed a video of a man at a Tea Party event wearing a jacket with racist slogans being confronted by a Tea Party attendee telling him to go away, that he was not welcome there, and that the Tea Party event was not racist. 
• Glenn asks if you have real personal courage.
• He showed a quote from Andy Stern, then president of SEIU, saying they are watching how people voted, where they live and they took names.
• Glenn then showed various videos of fights in restaurants where people were watching and recording the fights, but not helping.  Another video showed a man on a street corner getting shot and no one went to help him.
• We are losing the bond of love and courage.
• Courage will be needed in the future.

Guests

·        Eric Metaxis, Author “Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”  (http://www.amazon.com/Bonhoeffer-Pastor-Martyr-Prophet-Spy/dp/1595551387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304005578&sr=8-1 )

·        Dinesh D’Souza, Author “The Roots of Obama’s Rage”  (http://www.amazon.com/Roots-Obamas-Rage-Dinesh-DSouza/dp/1596986255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304005650&sr=1-1 )

Metaxis

• Bonhoeffer was born into an amazing family.
• He was a German Lutheran pastor.
• He stood in opposition to the Nazis.
• He was executed in 1945 in a concentration camp.
• He ultimately came to apply his philosophy in the real world, which led him to participate in a plot against Hitler.

D’Souza

• Bonhoeffer wanted to meet Gandhi, but Gandhi’s non-violent tactics would not have worked with the Nazis.
• Gandhi’s strategy was to change the British and convince them they were wrong.
• Martin Luther King’s strategy was a take-off on Gandhi’s strategy.

The Defense of Marriage Act

• The bill was passed into law.
• The Department of Justice to not defend the law.
• A private law firm took up the case.
• The firm received threats and quit.
• One lawyer at the firm, Paul Clement, continued on because he feels each side deserves adequate representation.
• He had to leave and go to another firm to do this.

Glenn noted that Fredric Douglas had a memorable response to an attack on the Constitution.  Read it at http://www.glennbeck.com/.

Glenn showed painting included in the book “The Holy Experiment”.  They were taken from paintings included in the Pennsylvania capitol building.

Glenn recommends going to his web site http://www.glennbeck.com/ and review the section “Rumors of War”.