I'm one of those  kids who likes the idea of giving everybody health care, but not taxing me one cent.  If we can figure out a way to do that, great, but for the most part, it bugs me that I pay taxes for entitlements.

But, while I'm not quite liberal, I'm not totally conservative, and these days there doesn't seem to be any middle ground.  While Obama keeps his verbiage tempered, Glenn Beck doesn't have a problem using the same language that terrorists use to rally around there cause.  With a nod to John McCain and Sarah Palin's 08 presidential campaign, his website is a grab bag of terrorist related words. 

For instance, it's not okay to be an Islamic Extremist, but it's okay to be a Glenn Beck "Extremist."

 He has a photo gallery called "Beck's Rogue Gallery".  Rogue is defined as:  "a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel," according to the Random House dictionary.  Used as a verb with an object, rogue means "to uproot or destroy."  Indeed, going rogue implies you're operating on your own terms outside of the constraints of a society, usually to the chagrin of that society.  Sound familiar?

 Or how about "Why Health Care Reform Is Like Cup Stacking".  Wait, nevermind.

 Then there's the part where he criticizes formal liberal terrorists (like the Weather Underground)--and it's a horribly crafted argument--for turning to democratic means to achieve their goals.  Is he implying that radical means are now all that's left for conservatives?

The worst part is that Glenn Beck's policies aren't that totally off from my own.  Do I think we should have more taxes?  Nope.  States rights? All for them?  Entitlements? I have trouble tipping more than 15%.  If only he could craft a sound non-venomous argument on that chalkboard of his instead of channeling revolutionary rhetoric that is sure to be (easily) misconstrued by some people as an excuse to take up arms against a government that no longer represents the minority.  (It's been barely a year since they were the minority by the way)

 Beck likes to refer to the Declaration as a guidepost for this country.  But for every grievance  Obama may be held to account for ("He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance", thinking of the czars here), George Bush is far more culpable (same grievance, but DHS; and then this one: "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences", as in Guantanamo; and "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither...").