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Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine |  | Author: Glenn Beck
Publisher: Threshold Editions
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Rating:  1084 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1ST
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1439168571
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.3
EAN: 9781439168578
ASIN: 1439168571
Publication Date: June 16, 2009
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"If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all -- then I ask you to read this book...."In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems. One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America's future -- and, ultimately, her freedom. Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine's powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government's easy solutions, two-part monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.
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 Glenn Beck's Common Sense November 24, 2009
Real American (Texas)
It is great that someone is revealing how our Government is destorying this country. This is not just the President causing these problems but it is Congress and the Judicial system. Greatly researched and informative.
Glenn Beck's Common Sense November 24, 2009
L. Eade (Unionville, VA)
I thought it was a good book. It explains things that I didn't understand and taught me something about how our government works or doesn't work. I think you have to like Glenn Beck to enjoy his book and I like him a lot. The book was a quick read and I have already passed it to a friend of mine.
Interesting, but hardly definitive, offering from Glenn Beck. November 24, 2009
Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA)
Glenn Beck is another of those people the left-wing fears to the point of wanting to silence them. Of course, the left seems to want to silence anyone who disagrees with them on any point.
Glenn Beck makes no secret of the fact that he is an entertainer. Many American entertainers have based their careers on politics. Will Rogers, Mort Sahl, Walter Winchell and others spring immediately to mind. Nothing says that an entertainer can't resort to what otherwise might be deemed "silly" behavior to make their point.
Beck is a libertarian. He also engages in behavior that oftentimes can be accurately described as sophomoric or even buffoonish. However that does not detract from the validity of the points he is trying to make.
In "Glenn Beck's Common Sense", people who actually read it understand that Beck makes it clear that his reference to Thomas Paine is purely metaphoric: he does no believe he is the resurrected Paine or that his message is the same, similar to or as important as history has made Paine's. Rather he compares himself to Paine merely in trying to rouse the nation. It is amusing to see the dozens of reviews that take Beck to task for claiming his book is the contemporary equal of Paine's tract. All these "critics" are doing is providing evidence that they either didn't read Beck's work or understand it.
Beck's laments are commonplace for conservatives and many libertarians. If Beck did not have a massive radio and television audience, it is unlikely "Common Sense" would have made it to the New York Times bestseller list.
Beck indeed is speaking of common sense when he discusses a government and a people that have become wedded to outsized deficits which our children's children will be burdened with. He rages at the fraud of Social Security and Medicare. He screams about the nation's insane tax code, the manipulation of which keeps politicians rolling in campaign contributions and lets very wealthy people and corporations pay virtually nothing in taxes. He rants about the hypocrisy of politicians. He explodes about gerrymandering and its utilization to create a permanent class of elected representatives.
In short, Beck is angry about the same things that polls say a plurality of the population is angry about. He is preaching to the choir and the choir likes the song he is singing.
The book is short, only 111 pages plus an addenda of Thomas Paine's original "Common Sense".
In sum, this is Glenn Beck's call to action, a plea to the American people to use their rights to throw the bums out of office. In a way, it does harken back to the original Thomas Paine (who was also considered by many to be an extremist in his day). But this book is pure Beck: a self-proclaimed libertarian and populist who is trying to alert the nation to what he perceives as the dangers confronting it from its own elected and appointed officials.
Anyone who follows the news closely, doesn't need Beck. But many people don't follow the news closely and for them, Beck is a flashlight shining on the myriad problems and dangers that face us today.
Jerry
Cause for celebration November 24, 2009
Torn Hyman
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This extraordinary tome combines the eloquence of Bill O'Reilly's "Those Who Trespass", the wit of Michelle Malkin's "In Defense of Internment", the intellectual rigor of Sean Hannity's "Let Freedom Ring", the earnestness of John Hagee's "Jerusalem Countdown", the authenticity of Mike Huckabee's "Character Makes a Difference", the subtlety of Patrick J. Buchanan's "The Death of the West", the erotic gusto of Alan Keyes' "Our Character, Our Nation", and the cool sublimity of Henry Ford's "The International Jew".
Right On The Money November 23, 2009
Alan J. Solch (Sedro Woolley, Wa.)
Glenn Beck is right on the money. So was Thomas Paine. Ill bet they dont teach Thomas Paine's Common Sense in Public Schools. Too Bad
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