Another one resigns: One more falls to Glenn Beck

I don't get any of this. I say that because various pressure groups have been attempting to take Glenn Beck and those of his talk radio ilk down for years. Indeed, it's obvious that those same groups want Glenn Beck thrown off the airwaves for good because he simply espouses a particular political and social view. These same groups have recently gone so far as to get many of Beck's top sponsors to pull their ads. But in spite of this, Beck is still on the air and millions of Americans continue to listen to him because they share his views in large part. I haven't listened to Beck in quite some time but I started tuning in to his radio show recently because I wanted to know what all the hoopla was about. Now I know. And what I know is that what's occurring with Beck is the same old same old that's been going on in talk radio throughout the past twenty years or so. Namely some people are vehemently opposed to what the host says and on that basis, they'll attempt to shut him up. I remind y'all that there was a liberal radio host by the name of Alan Berg that some ideologues decided to shut up and they succeeded. That's one of the reasons why guys like Beck, Savage, et al. arm themselves and surround themselves with body guards.Indeed, they receive thousands of death threats simply because some people don't like what they say. And the interesting thing about all of this is that anyone of any political stripe in America is free to start their own radio show and espouse their beliefs. But for some reason, talk radio has been (and remains) a bastion of conservatism. If certain pressure groups pull out all the stops in order to shut up a particular talk show host, then why should it come as a surprise if that particular talk show host pulls out all the stops in his defense? And what I really don't get is how anyone can blame Glenn Beck, who has absolutely nothing to do with the Obama administration, for resignations that President Obama personally accepted from those that he, himself, appointed.

I've been an observer of the American political scene for years and I've seen a lot of interesting stuff throughout those years. But the present American political scene has really piqued my interest because ideological lines have been drawn so  fast and furious.  In my lifetime, I think that the only thing that came close to what we're now witnessing (in terms of ideological lines being drawn) was the Johnson/Goldwater election.

Obama uses NEA to push his agenda

The project in question is "United We Serve," which from the description is a nation wide campagin of a call to action for volunteers.

BOSTON, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boston-based rockers, Thirteen Yards to Victory (13 YTV), ranging in age from 18-22 years old, today announced the many diverse partners supporting their massive community service project and campaign designed to raise revenue for economically crippled arts and music programs in public and private schools nationwide via their American Dreamers EP and I'm an American Dreamer campaign.

Inspired by President Barack Obama's United We Serve initiative and The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, 13 YTV's project is designed to tap into the diversity that is America while providing a measurable financial impact on music and education programs across the United States, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.

The money raised would be used for struggling arts and music programs in public and private schools.  I do not see the conflict in engaging people in the music and arts to propel this program.  Music programs have been all but eliminated in schools around the country, and if its the "Obama Agenda" to get music and art back in the schools, then I say keep pushing. 

The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts since 1965 when LBJ initiated it is to promote and  preserve the musical, artistic and cultural  heritage of the United States in perpetuity.