Glenn Beck and his 912 Project

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Speaking of Glenn Beck (who I'd not heard of before today), he sounds more and more like a dork. I refer you to his 912 Project, 9 Principles and 12 Values he says all Americans should live by.

Edit: Many of these are perfectly laudable principles, though some of them contradict each other, and coming from Glenn Beck many of the rest are horribly hypocritical.

Nine Principles
1. America Is Good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.

Don't #5 and #4 sort of conflict with each other? And I'm not sure the agnostic/Deist founding fathers would agree with #2 at all.

Comments

[paka.livejournal.com]

Grr.

1. America is only good if the citizens make it good. Although I suppose that's a faith versus works question, where if you believe the USA is good no matter what...
2. I believe in something, and it's damn well not this guy's god.
3. I can dig that. Now let's see the conservatives live up to that one.
4. The family is sacred. That means health care for the old people, education for the kids, hope for the working adults, marriage for all. As usual, conservatives are not truly pro-life. They're pro-existence.
5. Really. Good. Let's see that start applying to the people responsible for thousands of deaths in Iraq. Let's see that one start applying to the people responsible for the deaths of hundreds in New Orleans and the probable deaths of hundreds in New York.
6. I can dig it.
7. I work hard. There are thousands upon thousands of people who work harder and for less in this country. This shitwipe doesn't know what working hard is. And I agree that the government can't force me to be charitable - taking tax revenue and putting it into building a better and stronger country isn't charity. It's a service.
8. Agreed. Funny how conservatives are great at mouthing the correct stuff until it's time to start questioning and demanding justice of their side.
9. That's the theory. I should very much like a government which answered to me and mine, rather than to the will of the oil companies, the coal companies, the big churches, and a myriad others. I'll believe it when I see it.

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

As usual, conservatives are not truly pro-life. They're pro-existence.

I'm stealing this.