Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck -- the modern-day Three Stooges.
None of them would ever fight in a war themselves, but all of them love war. All of them believe in an Enemy, and without an Enemy, they would have nothing to talk about. Their whole worldview is wrapped up in an "us vs. them" mentality.
They spend 99% of their time talking and 1% listening; they think they know all the answers, which means they don't value asking questions.
Millions of people listen to what they say every day; I used to listen to Hannity and Rush, too, and it's amazing how they can fill 3 hours every day and say basically nothing, over and over again. And yet, the limited amount they do repeat over and over sticks in the minds of their listeners.
What did Lenin say? "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
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We shouldn't be surprised that the Three Stooges attack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Frankly, they don't believe in peace, they don't believe in Obama, and they probably don't even believe in Norway.
What exactly is the Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck vision for world peace? Can they ever imagine a world without nuclear weapons? For something to become a reality, you have to be able to imagine it first. These men lack imagination. A nuclear-free world might not happen in our lifetimes, but that doesn't mean it's not possible, that it's not something worth striving for.
We have better things to do with our billions of dollars, by the way, than fight wars, kill people, and create ill-will across the world. Obama understands that. And so does the Nobel Peace Prize committee that awarded him this honor.
None of them would ever fight in a war themselves, but all of them love war. All of them believe in an Enemy, and without an Enemy, they would have nothing to talk about. Their whole worldview is wrapped up in an "us vs. them" mentality.
They spend 99% of their time talking and 1% listening; they think they know all the answers, which means they don't value asking questions.
Millions of people listen to what they say every day; I used to listen to Hannity and Rush, too, and it's amazing how they can fill 3 hours every day and say basically nothing, over and over again. And yet, the limited amount they do repeat over and over sticks in the minds of their listeners.
What did Lenin say? "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
***
We shouldn't be surprised that the Three Stooges attack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Frankly, they don't believe in peace, they don't believe in Obama, and they probably don't even believe in Norway.
What exactly is the Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck vision for world peace? Can they ever imagine a world without nuclear weapons? For something to become a reality, you have to be able to imagine it first. These men lack imagination. A nuclear-free world might not happen in our lifetimes, but that doesn't mean it's not possible, that it's not something worth striving for.
We have better things to do with our billions of dollars, by the way, than fight wars, kill people, and create ill-will across the world. Obama understands that. And so does the Nobel Peace Prize committee that awarded him this honor.
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