well, cass sunstein wrote the book "nudge" and it is behavioral psychology and the ideas in it and areeavily used by the president and first lady. i mean, he's the regulatory czar. but cass didn't write this book alone. here it is. in fact, the first name on the book is richard sailor. he's just met with british prime minister david cameron. and it was more than just a meeting, really, cameron thinks so highly of the ideas in this book "nudge" he's made the book required reading for all shadow cabinet members who call themselves the nudge team. among their tasks, encourage people to quit smoking and eat more healthily without having to make rules, convince them to do it. this isn't the first dabbling in behavioral psychology for cameron. he basically lifted all of the campaign slogans from obama's 2008 campaign. are you ready for change? yes. change. a year for change. but different kind of change i think than what we have over here or is it? i know the people in england who may be watching me now. they learned to change a lot. i think the people in england are kind of like us, they ju

enter cass sunstein and the choice architect.ton officials, who is in charge of boston -- that's right, barack obama's best friend -- they are considering a ban on soda in vending machines and snack bars across the city. reason? people are too fat. a third grader was given a harsh punishment of a week's detention. why? not for a fight, not for a gun. but for violating junk state laws on junk food limits. she wasn't trafficking chocolate to other students. no, no, no. she had a jolly rancher. i say a jolly rancher, i don't mean a bag. i mean a jolly rancher. a week's detention. new york city, had a bill introduced last march. it read no owner or operator of the restaurant shall use any salt in any form for food by consumption of customers. they would be fined $1,000. california, the first to ban transfat to battle heart disease because it's best for you, the f.d.a. amazingly threatened to crackdown on cheerios. they threatened -- here is the letter. threatened to regulate them. cheerios. why? because they made they made unauthoriz

cass sunstein, he is the latest.hink he fancies himself as a refounder of the united states of america. i told you on this program, he's the most dangerous man in america. because no one will see him coming. he's obama's progressive regulation czar. we found an old clip. it was put up on the blaze.com. here he is. pretty much spelling out everything this show has told you in the past. watch. >> some conservative thinkers like justice scalia and thomas think we should understand the document by going in a time machine and understand the public that ratified the document a century or more than a century ago. >> glenn: he's saying it has no relevance, the constitution has no relevance, you have to go in a time machine. this is an all you need to understand. the founders knew, limit the size of the government, through the constitution, because people are flawed. and power corrupts. don't give people power over you because they will become corrupt as they are people. thus they are flawed. progressive don't think the const

gee, i wonder who cass sunstein would do? no! you're not asking to listen to him. he's about to control your life. what do you say we stop playing the games, stick to the principles? share that with republicans, democrats and independents. and then get your butt out and spread the word and make this the biggest turn-out in american history for a mid-term election. because your very republic depends on returning somebody that can slow this catastrophic failure down. return to these principles. it ain't going to happen in just this one election. but maybe it will slow this down. back in a minute. >>> i'm patti ann browne. president obama spoke in the white house rose garden a short while ago. he says they're finally on the verge of passing a small business jobs bill to cut taxes and provide loans for millions. he is urging action. new fighting flaring up between palestinian and israeli forces today as the peace talks press on in the middle east. secretary of state hillary clinton sat down with leaders of both sides overseas earlier. in an effort to forge a peace deal

gee, i wonder who cass sunstein would do? no! you're not asking to listen to him. he's about to control your life. what do you say we stop playing the games, stick to the principles? share that with republicans, democrats and independents. and then get your butt out and spread the word and make this the biggest turn-out in american history for a mid-term election. because your very republic depends on returning somebody that can slow this catastrophic failure down. return to these principles. it ain't going to happen in just this one election. but maybe it will slow this down. back in a minute. 6:00 p.m. eastern. now back to glenn beck in new york. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: i want to show you something. i have great and powerful hope that things are going to change. whether they're going to change in the next election or two years or five years, i have no idea. but things are going to change. we have to be the force for good. faith, hope, charity. when you think of iconic pictures, when you think of moment moments the wright brothers you think of this. iconic moment. when you

this is why i said cass sunstein is the most dangerous.ave told you these things would start to happen. we're at the beginning gang. this is what they did with the lightbulb. the lightbulb industry. government is now weaning americans off inckacan descent bulbs but 2012. we used to make the regular lightbulb. there is a green lightbulb job boom coming. unfortunately that boom will happen in china and elsewhere overseas. we take the jobs and shift them overseas, and makes us poorer, which is the idea. make us poorer and the poor countries richer. why else would we shut down perfectly good lightbulbs? germany says it's more dangerous to have the cfl in landfills. why would we do this? we need to shut them down and virtually all cfls are made overseas. i'm sure we'll have no trouble competing in the global market with china. now we have the new credit card czar we told you about a few minutes ago. he is going to watch your every purchase. investigate and punish companies treating the clients unfairly. it wonder if they'd ever abuse that. take

it's why i said cass sunstein is the most dangerous because you will never see him coming. infrastructure is in place. god help us all if they turn the key and turn the machine on. back in a minute. >>> i'm patti ann browne. today, republicans in the senate and a couple of democrats voted to block debate on a defense bill that would have repealed the military don't ask, don't tell policy. the federal reserve says it's ready to provide additional support for the troubled economy but after a meeting no new steps were announced. white house is sending another obama on the campaign trail ahead of the mid-term elections. first lady michelle obama will make at least nine political appearances in the last month. just in. top white house economic advisor larry summers will be stepping down from his post at the end of the year and will return to his position as professor at harvard. glenn beck returns in a moment but first bret baier looks ahead to "special report." >> bret: helicopter crash makes this the deadliest year in war so far. brit hume has analysis of the politics of the e

and then you have homer which i heard from cass sunstein represents you, the average american person -- dope i and barney the drunk does nothing but drink all daily gets a slice of pie. where is quinnby who should have a bigger piece of pie. he should have more. this is mo, the small business person. i will give it to mr. burns. bebut showed take it from mr. burns because he is the richest but he is in with quinnby. got it? looking good so far, right? a lot of people in our government, now, are teaching our children this is the way our system should be. the rest of us know the free market system says we are all bakers. we are all bakers. we don't have to keep dividing the pie because when you get a new person in they are like, well, i hate this guy. and this guy has to have his pie here and the next selection and this guy, this guy should have his pie over here and some of this guy's pie should go to him and this piece? this piece goes over here and this piece goes over here but i take this piece and i put this piece back here. yummy. isn't it? instead, i will diet but i have to lick

it's why i said cass sunstein is the most dangerous because you will never see him coming.nfrastructure is in place. god help us all if they turn the key and turn the machine on. back in a minute. @ ♪ you can let go now, daddy. ♪ your little girl is ready to do this on my own ♪ ♪ it's gonna be a little bit scary ♪ ♪ but i want you to know ♪ i'll be okay now daddy ♪ you can let go announcement. join me at the top of the hour. now back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: we found out yesterday not everyone is in love with this president's policies on the democratic side. in a one-hour town hall yesterday, the president faced tough questions from his supporters. >> quite frankly, i'm exhausted. exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. i have been told that i voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. i'm one of those people and i'm waiting sir. i'm waiting. i don't feel it yet. >> glenn: okay. the initial reaction to

cass sunstein is pulling the strings.ey do in congress is becoming more and more irrelevant every day. you're the mark. are they trying to just take your money? no. the target here loses their rights and their money. they lose something else. it's the one that seems almost seductive, but when it's gone it will be the last thing you notice and you will say holy cow, that was the key. it was your responsibilities. that's what they take first. these con men want to take away your ability to choose for yourself because they believe they can make better choices for you. you might know what you want to eat, but that doesn't matter. you don't know what is best for you. they can tell you what to drive and surf and see and read on the internet, how much money you can earn, how much air is in your tires. they will take away all of your responsibilities, too. they will take away the responsibilities like working hard. going through tough times in your life. your responsibility to be charitable. paying your mortgage, paying for schoo

as cass sunstein detailed in his recent congressional testimony, the estimated net benefits -- the benefits minus the costs -- of the obama administration's regulatory actions during its first year far surpass those of the first year of the previous two ministrations. with the help of the economy, we should and continue -- we should continue and trumpet this prudent regulatory approach. while all love to find the inexpensive magic bullet to our economic troubles, the truth is, it almost surely does not exist. the only surefire ways for policymakers to substantially increase aggregate demand in the short run are for the government to spend more and tax less. eightthe small business tax cutd lending bill is also likely have excellent job creation effects and should be passed. as the presence said in his rose garden remarks on monday, but they are a range of other sensible measures that deserve consideration. tax cuts for struggling middle class clamped -- middle class -- middle-class families and businesses willing to invest in the united states and much needed investment in infrastructure. t