Charlie Sheen, Glenn Beck and the ATF

[GordonJ]

I agree with you Richard. My fruitcake reference was one Glenn made about himself very recently...so far, his crazy view of the middle east of 6 weeks ago is pretty much unfolding exactly as he said it would...

back when Obama was cheering on the "protestors" in Egypt.

Obama wasn't so vocal about the rights of the shia in Saudi Arabia, or the "students" of Yemen, Bahrain or for that matter, for the first few days of Libya "day of rage"...

I guess you just got to know who the "bad" guys really are...considering we did great business with Egypt and Libya for decades while these cruel dictators were taking in billions of American dollars. Whoda thunk?

No Richard, I'm not anti Glenn Beck and you are right, his remarkable rise to riches is something of a template.

In fact, it fits in nicely with my OLD work, How to Start a Cult for Fun and Profit.

Some of my favorite cults to watch today:

Charlie Sheen WINNNING.
Bill O'Reilly SARCASM for big bux.
Howard Stern...truly the KING of all media (new contract worth half a billion?)
Rachel Madow...and the queen of cult...Sara Palin.

And about 1001 other media pundits and talking heads.

Their secrets:

Be loud and be heard. Radio is a great start.
Have a message, you can't appeal to everyone.
Choose an audience with money to spend.
Be a tout for something.
Get the "first follower" and let him/her do the heavy lifting.

Glenn Beck has taken the American Dream and has given us a blueprint to success, he certainly is no fruitcake, even if he calls himself that.

Gordon Alexander