are doing their thing. we're coming back. glenn beck is coming up, now. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute ---www.ncicap.org---^ >> three, two, one, beck! glenn: hello and welcome to the glenn beck program. it's friday. tonight, the minimum wage goes up. i got a raise today! and history shows us that means more young and poorly educated people will be unemployed. wait a minute. what am i going to do? i will connect the dots for you. then, common sense solutions to save the free market system from healthcare and a guy's store was closed for anti-obama material at the mall. that's notfo anti-obama! i'll show you anti-obama material. if you believe this country is great but the government is using fahrenheit 451 as a playbook, it's time to become firemen. stand up and come follow me!

hello, america. welcome to the program. tonight i want you to know if you're an enemy of the state, i'll be watch you with my button eye. if you are making minimum wage, your life is about to change. it is time to celebrate. you just got a raise. oh, i'm making $6.55 an hour. tomorrow i make $7.25 an hour. isn't that great? what are you going to do with all your money? i'm thinking of buying a boat. increasing minimum wage is like hugging a polar bear. oh, how cute it looks so cuddly and then you hug it and it rips your throat out! because it's a polar bear. liberal rags like "the new york times" are all for the increase. the raise is badly needed they

printed today, but they also say it doesn't go far enough. it needs to be even higher. president obama agrees with that assessment. he has regularly voted for wage hikes on the campaign trail he even promised lifting the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011. oh, that will be great, won't it? i mean, for small businesses. our current unemployment rate is 9.5%. it is even worse for teenagers. 24% unemployment for teenagers. worse yet for african-american teenagers. it is a staggering 38% for african-american teenagers, and it goes up to 45% if you don't adjust for the season. who makes minimum wage? teenagers. youth. 53% of all minimum wage earners are rage 16-24. they have been there making minimum wage -- i mean, we have all done it, unless your

first job was, you know, working the poll at sluts an steaks, we all made minimum wage. what granola-eating socialist doesn't stop and think that supporting and jacking up the minimum wage, the one who really gets hurt is the employer, and then the employee? oh, those employers, those darn profit-driven trolls. people in government just assume the trolls have a never-ending fountain of money and profits, and the jobs will always be there. well, if the jobs never go away, then why don't you we just raise the minimum wage to $50. how about $1 so 0 an hour? how about $1,000 an hour! that should solve issues, right? of course not. economists are estimating -- wait a minute, the same economists we are supposed to listen to about bailing people out? i'm not sure we should listen to them. they are estimating that at least 300,000 jobs will be

lost due to the minimum wage hike. that is huge considering only 2.8 million workers earn the minimum wage. why would obama support a policy that directly hurts young people, especially nearly half of african-american teenagers who are already unemployed? well, it makes sense if you're trying to transform america. when obama comes out and says the stimulus is working as planned, while the economy is tanking, people assume he's either an idiot or he's lying. i don't think he is either. i think he is a genius architect, quite frankly, and on this particular cases's telling the truth. what happens when kids can't get a job? they become discouraged, disenfranchised. they look for somewhere to land, and guess who's now there to swoop in? president obama. tonight, strangely, in these really long jeans, president obama and his new government program, programs and community service

organizations. not just americorps -- not just acorn, but now americorps. you remember michelle obama's words on the campaign trail. >> barack obama will require youth to work. barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolveed, uninformed. >> barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual. are we to believe she is kidding or haphazardly stringing words together and it came out in a sentence? these people are steering our youth into community service. ted kennedy and his ilk are pushing the idea of forced mandatory service. they are inventivizing working for the government with promising now to pay off college loans. of course the catch is you have to federalize your loan before they will pay t he wants you to work as a bureaucratic slave to government. you work for them for ten years, and you don't have to worry about any debt for

education. maybe i'm crazy for going down this road, but from what we already know about washington, the truth is always stranger than fiction, and the sooner we realize that, the faster we're going to be able to stop and go down the road paved with a couple of bricks of common sense. david newmark is here, professor of economics at u.c. irvine and co-author of "minimum wages." first let's go through the minimum wage. this is really another hit on small business, is it not? >> well, i think minimum wage also clearly had more impact at the low end of the wage distribution. it tends to be smaller businesses. glenn: if i'm a small business and you keep raising minimum wage, the people that i'm going to employ as a small business on minimum wage are people that will just do the simplest of jobs. i just need a body to go in and fill this. out of that, i then pick other

people and say you were really good and maybe i will try you in this job. if the government forces me to pay what obama is suggesting i pay, over $10, well, i'm not going to pay somebody out of high school or in college to do that job. i will eher eliminate that position and have somebody else do it, because times are tight, or i just hire somebody i think i'm going to keep on, so the lowest rung of the ladder, am i wrong? >> no, you're not wrong at all. minimum wages reduce employment. there is a body of evidence accumulated over 20 years, recent research and 80 years of more research and it shows like when the price of gas goes up, people use less gas, like taxing cigarettes to discourage people from smoking. when you raise the wage on low-skilled labor employers try to use higher skilled labor or other input, capital and the like. glenn: they're saying 300,000 jobs will be lost because of this. when does that hit?

do you agree with it, and when does that it? hit? >> i think that estimate came from an op ed i wrote in "the wall street journal" a month ago. i hope i agree with it. it is a calculation from the employment effect we estimate if existing research multiplied by the number of people who are near the minimum. i don't think it hits tomorrow. it is not like people will wake up and fire their minimum wage workers tomorrow. there might be a newspaper article saying nobody got fired today so therefore the dire warnings didn't occur. the low skilled labor market is filled with jobs that turn over quickly, so if i slow down my hiring because people, you know, stay in jobs three, four months, employment at that end falls quickly. glenn: help me out. michigan is now saying -- their minimum wage is $7.40. the democrats want to move the state minimum wage to $10. you have a collapsing state happening there. i mean, michigan is all the problems with the auto industry and everything else.

who is going to stay in a state like michigan, and keep their business there if they can move it to a state where it's more fee to operate under the rules of free enterprise. you don't have the state breathing down your neck. you go to someplace like texas, would you not? >> well, you have to remember, many firms can't exactly send their hamburgers across county lines or state lines. if you happen to be in a business of something that can be traded, you can do that. i'm not sure the biggest margin of adjustment is businesses moving but a lot of businesses will use one or two less workers and that is a big impact. glenn: i have to tell you, it is not one thing that would make me move out of a state but i have to tell you as a small business owner, what new york is doing over and over to people that are runing a small business, you're making it impossible for me to employ anybody or even keep my doors open. you live in a state like michigan and employ minimum

wage workers, with everything else happening in that state, at some point, one of these things will be the breaking point and you will say it ain't worth living here and i will open my business someplace else. >> i think there is a problem here, and there is a goal of trying to put more resources into the hands of low-income families. i happen to think as do many people that that is an admirable goal. the question is how do you do it? minimum wage doesn't seem appealing to politicians for two reasons. they seemx relatively simple and they are compared to other things and of course it doesn't come out of the budget. it is essentially a tax on businesses. at the end of the day, it doesn't work. i don't like when people say, oh, you're opposed to minimum wages, you don't want to help poor people. that doesn't follow. there is lots of ways to think about helping poor people. the ways that are more helpful, that will help you earn more, are tougher to pull off. we are trying to make schools better. it is not easy. we know people are doctors advantaged.

ultimately, increasing worker skills is what i like to call the holy grail of economic policy and social policy. it is not easy to do, but that doesn't necessarily mean you go to some option that i think is demonstrated not to work. glenn: thank you very much, david. now, the unemployed teenagers and young people, where are they going to turn? well, how about americorps? this is where it gets interesting to me. jim brevard, author of "attention deficit democracy." well, that sounds good, jim. how are you? >> good. thanks for having me on. glenn: very good. i haven't seen a beard like that in a while. that's a good looking beard you got there. >> it is something my fashion coach came up with. glenn: i got one, too. look at me. ok, jim. help me out on americorps. they are promoting national service and that's great and everything. david just said, hey, look, and they're trying to do things with, you know, politicians are just trying to look and say hey, maybe we can raise the minimum wage and it will help poor people. i don't think that's what is

happening here. they are pushing people into the government, and they're pushing people into community service. tell me a little bit about the plan that you might see with americorps. >> well, the obama station wants to triple the size of americorps, raising it from 75,000 members to a quarter million people. this was a boondoggle when clinton started it. it was a boondoggle when george w. bush expanded it and it is an even bigger boondoggle now. there is so much sanctity moan ny about this program. this is politicians' attempt to put a halo over the federal government. glenn: in their executive summary, they talk about this is a pipeline towards government service. this is a pipeline to get people in and having them serve, right? >> well, yeah. i mean, there is so much dishonesty about this program, because obama, like earlier presidents talked about these people being volunteers but a lot of them are rearing as much or more as they could

have earned in a real job. glenn: they have all the perks, the benefits, stability of a government job, if you will. i mean, you can't fire these people. it's bad. ok. so here is where i want to take you -- i think a lot of people will talk about minimum wage and say, oh, well, the politicians just stupid or whatever. i don't think they are. i really don't think they are. i think they are hiking minimum wage, because they know that will adversely affect mainly unskilled labor an mainly anyone from 16-24. those are the ages that most people make minimum wage, so what they're doing is, oh, my gosh, that happens to be the age of service for americorps. once you're 24, you gotto get out, so they're making it difficult for people to find minimum wage jobs, pushing you into service, you know and i know that ted kennedy wanted mandatory community service. do you think there is anything to that theory?

>> well, there are a number of congressmen who want mandatory service. there is a provision in the bill that congress passed early this year to expand americorps to study the question whether it would be good to force all young people to serve the federal government as congressmen demand. this is a difficult question in washington, but -- glenn: go ahead. >> well, it's so many different levels of nonsense about this. i'm not sure if congressmen have an expolice ilt intent here, but congressmen do love all the photo opportunities, and this is a program which has been exploited by congressmen, may yours, governors and presidents since it was created and all that matters is that it is something for politicians an taxpayers be damned. glenn: i don't think any of the congressmen or senators have any idea what is going on. i think americorps is becoming our republic-owned acorn. i think this thing is

spiraling out of control and there are people like president obama, and there are people like ted kennedy who know exactly what the plan is with americorps. i mean, we have been talking about it all week. we have been talking about how you can get loans, and if you work for the government, all of a sudden those loans are going to be relieved. they are driving people in to become slaves, you know, behind a government telephone working for the government. i think that's exactly what is happening. >> yeah, there is an old saying that america is turning into a country where there are more people voting for a living than working for a living. that's what happens when you expand programs like americorps and other summer jobs that the government is up to right now. glenn: i appreciate it, jim. thank you so much. i have to tell you this. i don't know if you know -- does anyone remember when barack obama was on the campaign trail and he said i'm going to have an army of people in america, and they will be better financed than the military. i thought to myself, what?

who are they talking about? i think americorps is part of that army. i got the pledge and i was going to read it to you, but i thought i can't really read it to you sitting here like this. i mean, to really go for it, i mean, you really do the americorps pledge. i think you have to be dressed like this. i think you have to stand up and take your pledge. i will get things done for america, to make our people safer, and smarter, and healthier, i will bring americans together to strengthen our communities. faced with apathy, i will take action. faced with conflict, i will seek common ground. faced with adversity, i will persevere. i will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond. i am an plier core -- an americorps member, and i will get things done.

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glenn: we've been telling you about healthcare all week.

a friend of mine sent a video from verisign.com and then we added new things to their great ideas. watch this. >> i happen to be a proponent of single-pair universal healthcare coverage. as all of you know, we need to do that immediately because we got to do it immediately. i said let's set up a system where, if you already have healthcare through your employer and are happy with it, you don't have to change doctors. you don't have to change plans. nothing changes. if you don't have healthcare, or you're highly unsatisfied with your healthcare, then let's give you choices. let's give you options, including a public plan that you can enroll in and sign up for. that's been my proposal. >> i'm a believer in and certainly the president is a believer in competition often

is very healthy component of any market situation, so in the design of a healthy inspiewrns exchange, which is really what we're talking about and what the president discusses, a choice of a variety of options is often critical. >> so what i'm arguing for is a system in which both public and private plans, with their unique frame and weaknesses, are able to coexist side by side so that all americans, not just the elderly or the poor, have access to the distinctive strength of a public health insurance plan as well as the strength of a private plan. >> the guys from the insurance companies argued that there would be less public options.

my single-payer friends, he was right! glenn: this is a trojan horse, this single-payer. i'm telling you, we will get there over time, but we will move away from reliance on employment-based health insurance, but do i in a way that won't frighten people into thinking they will lose their private insurance where you give them a choice in the pool and we will let them keep it if their employer continues to provide it. >> it is not a principled fight. this is a fight about getting there and i believe we will. >> if congress moves forward on healthcare legislation in the coming weeks, there are going to be different ideas about how to achieve this goal.

i welcome all ideas. you got to have a good debate. what i will not welcome, or what i will not accept is endless noise or denial that reform needs to happen. glenn: there is deep deception in our government now. jim is the vice president for the center for health transformation. jim, i have to tell you, i am -- you know, i have looked at presidents before. i have seen different administrations and i have agreed with them or disagreed with them, and i don't think americans mind, you know, having a difference of opinion with the president or the government, but we're not being told the truth here, and the things that we're asking to be done don't make any sense whatsoever. we have a president who said this week that, well, no, he's fine -- he can't have the same health insurance as everybody else because he's got to have doctors, but what about the people on capitol hill who make the average of $174,000 a

year, what about our congressmen and our senators, what kind of healthcare do they have? >> well, the people who are members of congress and their staff have excellent healthcare. if you're a member of congress or staff and you're here in washington, you have at least a dozen private plans to choose from, and if you don't like, it you can change every december, so you can get out of a plan you don't like. the public plan option that is being talked about is nobody will choose to be in it. i think that's the number one point to get across, which is public plan option is a non-option. no one will opt in it. it is he is telling that members of congress don't want to be in it themselves. glenn: the plan that they have on capitol hill, these are 12 different private organizations. is there any public -- do they have anything like even our service personnel have? can they choose that? >> that's a great question, glenn. i tell you, for years, a lot of us have been saying that medicaid should be an option

for federal employees so we can see how many of them actually choose it, and i suspect it would be close to zero. glenn: i have to tell you, i think these guys, who make $174,000 a year. they have a gas pump in the basement of the capitol. the of aage person in america makes $45,00 so a year. we don't have gas pumps in our garage. it is an insult. these people should be forced to live the way the average person lives, and yet i know you are all over harry waxman, and you say he is the king of fraud. why do you say that? >> well, he has been a congressman for 30 years now and most of the ideas he has remain from 1965, 1975, and he has had ample opportunity to combat fraud. he is chairman of the key house committee that oversees all healthcare policy, and just this year, there is a report in january that said $32 billion dollars of

medicaid payments were improper in 2007. that's $32 billion in one year. he hasn't even held a single hearing on that issue. you would think people would care about that kind of thing. glenn: jim, thank you. keep watching it for us. we will be back in a second. >> coming up, the american >> coming up, the american academy of oto -- the head of disappointed with the h president. it's just not our thing... gecko vo: ...but i do work hard, mind you. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people.

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down now from his remark that police acted stupidly in the arrest of a prominent black professor, following that up by inviting both the professor and arresting officer to the white house for a beer. the obama administration has not ruled out the possibility of transferring some of the gitmo detainees to u.s. prisons, while signaling an intent to bring a second detainee to the u.s. for trial in criminal court. after weeks of political wrangling, the california senate signed off on a deal that closes the state's $26 billion budget gap. the bill is now in the hands of the state assembly where the debate continues. glenn beck returns in a moment. first bret baier has a preview of special report. bret: the president steps back from comments he made and reiterated but did he apologize? that's next on "special report" at the top of the hour. now back to glenn. glenn: hello, america. here is the hot list, some

common sense solutions to the stories that the mainstream media is just not doing their job. president obama is apologizing today. he does that very well. people all around the world have seen him do it. it's a command performance. this time, he's apologizing to the policeman he offended at his healthcare press conference, but i'd like to know, is he going to apologize to the doctors he also managed to anger when he made this diagnosis? >> right now, doctors forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that's out there. if they're looking, and you come in and you have a bad sore throat, or your child has a bad sore throat or has repeated sore throats, the doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, you know what? i make a lot more money if i take this kid's tonsils out. glenn: by the way, the fee payment schedule, you know who does that?

the federal government makes that schedule. now, the american academy of otolaryngology, they are the throat people, they beg to differ. they have released a statement that they are, quote, disappointed of the president's portrayal of making a decision-making process by the physicians who perform these surgeries. in many cases, tonsillectomy may be more effective treatment and less costly than the long and repeated treatments for an infected throat. wow. less costly and more effective. come on, docs, come on! who are you fooling here? admit it! you are taking every little child that comes in and ripping their 0 tonsils out and hanging them on a little hanger in your closet and let them dry out and then you sell them as beef jerky to the chinese! oh, i know! you're not fooling anybody, why? because i'm watching all the time. yes. you're nothing but a bunch of tonsil mongers. more on that a little later.

and in case you have ever heard the do as i say not as i do, you're going to love it, this time coming from new york city mayor michael bloomberg. he was caught by the associated press letting his s.u.v.'s eye idle for up to an hour. how very non-green of you, mayor! but he strengthened the anti-idling law for vehicles allowing only 3 minutes on the street. i'm going down the avenue of the americas and going, come on, man, i need to move, traffic, move. don't worry about it. you can also stay one minute idling in a school zone. now the may your is apologizing and instructing his drivers to turn off their vehicles. live by the law that the people have to. thank goodness. now the earth is going to be saved. it turns out, the mayor's vehicles are exempt from the law, because they are plj vehicle emergency vehicles.

mr. mayor, as late great kermit the frog used to say, it's not easy being green, but kermit didn't understand that there are two classes of people -- those who make the laws, and then those who actually have to live by them. we appreciate the apology, but, did you know, regular, non-exempt people getting caught idling would cost those people $250 to $2,000? by the way, i'm sorry to break the news about kermit the frog. when i said late, great, kids, he will be missed and the restaurant chain denny's is -- people all over america are like, what? i'm kidding, he is fine. he is totally healthy. he is reportedly being sued -- that's all we need is another celebrity to die. can you imagine how long that funeral would be? denny's is reportedly being sued by a consumer group, science center for the public

why. why? because many of denny's meals are dangerously high in sodium too much salt. too much sodium at denny's. what will happen next? well, it was the meat lover's scramble that did it. the dish has cheese -- in fact, i've got an example here. mmm. this is it. this apparently has too much much -- where are we here? this one has just too much salt in it. it has cheese and bacon and hash browns and a pancake, and eggs, sausage. i mean, too much salt. this isn't healthy. somebody should sue. it's almost 6,000 milligrams of sodium or the amount of salt you should have in over three days, but guess what? piggy, pig, pig, pig. you don't have to eat it. don't order it. you think this is healthy? maybe that's god's way of sorting out the stupid people.

it's not polite to talk about politics or religion, but today they come together so perfectly they make blood shoot right out of my eyes. in new jersey, the garden state, where they apparently are growing corruption, the f.b.i. arrested three may yours, for state assemblymen and a partridge in a pear tree and two rabbis in an an international money laundering scream. the group trafficked in everything from human organs to fake designer handbags. those aren't handbags! those are children's tonsils! bus loads of suspects were taken to the f.b.i. newark's field oforts, including ridgefield mayor anthony swarez who was reportedly charged with agreeing to accept a $10,000 corrupt cash payment for his legal defense fund. accepting an illegal payment for a legal defense payment. the other two may yours were

charged with taking bribes. the f.b.i. said their cooperating witness laundered $3 million through rabbis and their charitable organization and paid bribes to public officials. this was a web of corruption that spanned the state. in new jersey. that's great. oh, no, good. i have already taken new jersey's star off the flag up here, so we don't have to worry. do i have a pen? where is new jersey's star? i think we should make it -- here it is, new jersey. come on, we'll make it special for new jersey. we're just going to put prison bars on their state. you know what we should do with new jersey? i am thinking maybe what we should do with new jersey is we should have preemptive policing. anyone who says i'm going to go down and fill out my paperwork to become a politician, we should just arrest them. that's your hot list. >> next, glenn beck gets ready to take on the radio call

everyone is talking about. you know the one. yeah, that's the one. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs.

if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

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glenn: yesterday on the program i told you about a kiosk owner at concorde hills mall in north carolina that is kicked out for selling anti-obama paraphernalia only. oh, my goodness. baby bibs that say "my parents chose life, thanks, mom and dad." why the hate? bumper stickers that say impeach obama, an al qaeda's favorite days, 9/11/01 and 11/4/08. ar ther spevak is the owner of that kiosk and joins me now. good to be with you. did you see the lead-in earlier. a good looking man there in the swiss outfit. i thought it needed to be

said. you have been closed down. are you out of business? >> well, we're still on the internet at freemarketwar warrior.com. one of the biggest corporations in the country decided to stomp on one of the smallest businesses in the country, free market warrior. glenn: you are just in a little kiosk. they had lots of complaints? >> they had essentially one person who complained and was not willing to be in the same mall with material that she disagrees with. glenn: what is the worst thing that you have? >> that's hard to say. i was told it was offensive by the mall initially was "my parents chose life" as a baby bib was offensive, and i was told "impeach obama" is offensive. >> glenn: i think it is not offensive but it is stupid. i hated the "impeach bush" because those people were morons so i think it is the same thing but i walk by it

and i don't think anything other than i wouldn't buy one. >> initially the "impeach obama" was a joke. we released it the day after the election. it was intended to be humorous. glenn: but now it is more serious for some people, but you didn't have any, you know, racist stuff or anything, did you? >> absolutely not. there is nothing that even refers to anyone's race. we were accused of it in her letter. she said we were racist, sexist and pro slavery. i have no idea what the last one was for. glenn: wait a minute. are you you are in the carolina. did you have a rebel flag or something like that? >> we have some civil war material, but it's neutral. we do not have a rebel war flag. glenn: what is neutral in the civil war? >> we had historical artifacts that despicts the civil war, both the con federal and union

representatives on it. glenn: and that was pro slavery? >> that is what she concluded. glenn: here is what we find in new york, because you can find them anywhere. i can't find any anti-obama stff in new york. this is "obama, yes, we did." this is an obama lighter, so you can light the cigarette that nobody ever sees you smoke. there is all kinds of key chains. there is the "change" chocolate. here is my favorite. it is an obama wallet, and i'm guessing it is empty. no, it comes with cash that mysteriously disappears. now, what is next for you? >> well, that's the question. glenn: what happened to the lady who complained? >> i don't know what happened to her. glenn: is she still working at the mall? >> she is not working at the mall. i don't know any details about how that happened. glenn: so the one who said i can't work here anymore isn't

working there anymore? >> she wanted us to go because she couldn't work there and i have employees now who are laid off. i have a company that's going to not have the store anymore. glenn: are you going to sue the mall? you know the relationship with the mall's owners and president obama. did you learn that? >> i learned it since it happened, yeah, absolutely. glenn: they are good friends, in bed with obama, so to speak, and it is quite a deal. >> they give millions. glenn: yeah. >> it's a very difficult situation for us, and this was a popular store with thousands of supporters. glenn: i want you to have, as my free gift to you, this is as close as we get to an anti-obama button in new york city. right here, it just says "barack obama. " it is like the civil war thing t could go either way. we don't know. thank you for coming. >> it's great to be here. glenn: the only person who can give you the truth about that

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glenn: the healthcare debate is sometimes very heated but nowhere more so than talk aid quo. -- there is a talk radio host that many blogs around the country that said was nearly driven to madness by a caller from massachusetts, of all places. here he is. >> you don't have logic! >> you're right. >> where is your logic? i'm asng you, what would you do to change this healthcare system for the better? after all, every time you people bring up cost, you don't care about the trillions of dollars to bail out the banks and all the credit card companies. glenn: get off my phone! get off my phone you pinhead!

i don't care you people don't care about the trillions! i'm going to lose my mind today! that's shameful. here he is, talk radio host glenn beck. thank you for finally having somebody who disagrees with you on the air once in a while. >> welcome to the program. a lot of people say you have lost your mind. >> i have lost my mind. what's the difference between me and you, you know what i mean? i've lost my mind. you're a big fat fatty. you're on t.v. all the time, but yeah, i lost my mind. you know, are you watching the news? >> yes, i am. >> the whole country is melting down. people aren't even paying attention. >> i understand that. and that's what you were scheming about get off my phone, because that lady wasn't paying attention. >> yeah.

i think kwelling at people and hanging up on them is the only way to save america at this time. she wasn't even paying attention, and don't act like me yelling at somebody get off my phone is, you know, crazy. it's really enough, because doing that to one person a day is not enough. you should yell at people in the supermarket, hey, get out of line! people picking up a newspaper, hey, are you crazy! >> you're starting to sound a little nuts. >> i'm starting to sound crazy. >> just a little bit. >> i knew you would say that. the magic bean in my pocket told me you would say that. i know who you are. >> thank you very much. >> get off of my screen! get off of my screen! you pinhead!

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glenn: is it a toy? that's weird. they're going to take our toys away. how long is that train going to run? it is a big house for barbie. glenn beck, batteries not included. glenn: i was looking at this

letter here. it is saba rack obama lighter. it is fantastic. now, here it is. you tell me how much common sense there is in america. on the side of the lighter -- can you pull in here? oscar, can you pull in here? this says this is not a toy. that's how dead common sense is. hi, kids, look what i got you, a magic firebox! woo hoo! it's not a toy! we need to know that? common sense has not been around for so long. good news is that i think common sense is coming back with a jen vens. i wroalts a book -- with a jen vens. i wrote a book that has been out about four weeks, the case of an out-of-control government, and it includes thomas payne's common sense t has been on "the new york times" best seller for five weeks and number one on usa. and today it is outselling every book in every genre, every