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Posted on Jul 5, 2010
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Glenn Beck: Talk show host, human pastry ... academic? The Fox Newser has launched an online “university” strangely devoid of classes on professional crying. But for $9.95 a month, you can enroll in—and we couldn’t possibly make this up—Faith 101, Hope 101 or Charity 101. Advanced classes also available.

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School may be out for the summer, but for Glenn Beck class is just starting.

This July, while others are relaxing poolside, head back to the classroom—from the comfort of your own home. That may sound like an oxymoron but Glenn’s new academic program is only available online.

Offered exclusively to Insider Extreme subscribers, Beck University is a unique academic experience bringing together experts in the fields of religion, American history and economics. Through captivating lectures and interactive online discussions, these experts will explore the concepts of Faith, Hope and Charity and show you how they influence America’s past, her present and most importantly her future.

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By Michael Young, August 28, 2010 at 2:03 pm Link to this comment
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I don’t need to go to church anymore.  I have a god in my living room with Beck.  He talks to Jesus.  And through Jesus he tells us what to think, and feel. I’m sure glad that I am white and American.

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By Hunter Betts, July 9, 2010 at 5:15 pm Link to this comment
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I have both watched the show and have read through the blogs both pro and con and have listened to pundits on MSNBC and others
complaining and railing against Beck but there does not seem to exist nor have I seen written by any side challenging any specific historical teaching that he has said on his show.
His background checks and videos are all factual and without debate.

Facts-facts-facts! That’s what counts, not words

There is only ever non- specific, fact-less rantings about how much you all hate him. I am an Independent for over 25 years and not a robotic minion of the Dem’s or Rep’s. I take the time to check as many facts as possible with as many sources as possible before I make any serious voting choices. A trait, it seems, lacking in the general population these days of either party. Sort of like a pack of Lemmings! Or more accurately like a pack of Zombies!

Regards

Hunter Betts
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By Jim Yell, July 6, 2010 at 12:04 pm Link to this comment
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Finally the flat earthers have a chance at higher “larnen”. I wonder if students will be able to get government loans.

What a hideous creep.

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By Peter Knopfler, July 6, 2010 at 9:57 am Link to this comment

So what! MURDOCH`S puppet,
What the Heck Beck,
has to say about anything other than the pay check
thanks to a Saudi Prince,
Turban Time yes TT but no TNT, All image no substance,
Hollow log rotting in the Sun! F—k you for a Buck-
Beck! Fox out Foxed most, don`t feel lonely, Murdoch
has done this before, England with Blair and Now in
Italy, and General T.T.Beck, sounds like a beer for
Octoberfest! Right Murdoch, from down under! Under Dog
is back, for Beck! Who let the dogs out!

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By PatrickHenry, July 5, 2010 at 6:19 pm Link to this comment

I bet it’s based on a Regent University cirriculum.

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By PatrickHenry, July 5, 2010 at 6:17 pm Link to this comment

I bet it’s based on a Regents University cirriculum.

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By sempdog, July 5, 2010 at 2:30 pm Link to this comment

Beck U: School for Angel Moroni Morons. sempdog

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By sempdog, July 5, 2010 at 2:28 pm Link to this comment

Beck U: School for Angel Moroni Morons.

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By kerryrose, July 5, 2010 at 1:16 pm Link to this comment

Wow.  A sucker’s born every minute. -PT Barnum

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By gerard, July 5, 2010 at 12:57 pm Link to this comment

Confusion worse confounded. Have we reached the point where almost anything is better than the truth?

Tired of being ashamed that you quit high school?  Want to improve your vocabulary and live a full life even though unemployed and broke? Tired of your spouse referring to you as a “dimwit”?

Beck and Call Revelations at $9.95 per mohth == cheap at twice the price. Come One - Come All - Get Your Master’s Degree from God Himself in the Person of 101 Witch Doctors of Ancient Mythology,Occult Nonsense and Filtered American History. Courses guaranteed free from any taint of science, reason or poetry.  Pure brain-fluff.  Makes you feel good without gaining an ounce of weight. Scholarships offered free through the Department of Righteousness and Plain Thinking.  Nothing complicated or threatening.  All courses taught in English only.

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