Glenn BecKKK creates his own reality......

:dunce:


from ThinkProgress:



Beck Falsely States The U.S. Bought Alaska In The ‘1950s’ So We Could Drill

While appearing on Fox & Friends this morning, Glenn Beck managed to make a trio of mistakes when he attacked the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill passed by the House last week. The Fox News pundit falsely asserted the legislation’s effect on our oil dependency would be “none.” Beck then pointed out, incorrectly, that the U.S. purchased Alaska in the “1950s” and that we did so because of our interest in its “resources,” a subtle way of advocating for more drilling in Alaska:



Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/30/beck-alaska/


During his weekly address on Saturday, President Obama specifically focused on how the legislation would help lift “our dependence on foreign oil.” Obama said the bill would “spur the development of low carbon sources of energy,” which includes wind, solar, and geothermal power. He added the bill would result in “new energy savings like the efficient windows,” thereby reducing “heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer.”

Beck’s attempt to rewrite history to fit his talking point is also troubling. For clarification, Alaska was purchased in 1867 for $7.2 million and soon became known as “Seward’s Folly,” named for Secretary of State William H. Seward, because at the time it was widely regarded as foolish to spend so much money on remote tundra. (Perhaps Beck was thinking of Alaska becoming the 49th state in 1959.) The resources the U.S. was after in 1867 weren’t oil, but fish, furs, and the prospect of closer proximity to Russia from the North American continent.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/30/beck-alaska/

And even louder at those who take him at his word.

Marmar! :hi: :hug:

Bags of rocks PWN him. :P

He doesn't know and he doesn't care about facts. NOTHING they say or do is based on facts. NOTHING!

(crickets)

he's even dumber than the people who listen to him :dunce:

Yet another guy who paid no attention in American history class.

He's going to call this one "Beck's Folly." :rofl: After naming him one of the Worst Persons in the World.