RADIOOctober 07, 2022

These 2 HUGE issues show America is at the END OF THE ROAD

This may be the most critical time in America, Glenn says. And might be facing the end of the road. In this clip, Glenn and Stu outline two HUGE issues facing America NOW. They’re not long-term problems, they explain. Rather, our economy and the way Biden has DESTROYED the U.S. oil & gas supplies are issues we must grapple with TODAY. That’s why this election is SO important.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Thank you, for being wide awake. Thank you for paying attention. Stu and I were just talking off-air. And he said to me, you know, these aren't long-term plans anymore, or problems.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: These are happening right now.

STU: It's really scary. I talked to Bryan Reedle (phonetic) from the Manhattan Institute yesterday. Just about the debt. You mentioned it quickly, as one of the problems. And it seems like it's way down the road.

GLENN: It's not.

STU: Yeah. It's not down the road.

The government had an opportunity to lock in our debt, at 1.8 percent long-term.

This is a year ago. Now, Brian, who came on my show, and said this, at the time. Multiple times. Screamed about it. Yelled about it. Nobody listened to him. We didn't -- long-term debt. Instead we basically stayed on the equivalent of an adjustable mortgage, right? Hey, we'll keep it where it is now. We don't need to lock it in.

What if it goes down to 1.5, we would be stupid to get it at 1.8.

So they kept it on adjustable rate mortgages. Now, it's gone up to -- I think, already, 3.8.

GLENN: Couldn't --

STU: And if we know to remind you, for each percentage point, that these rates go up, it costs us $30 trillion over 30 years. So about a trillion dollars a year.

GLENN: For every point.

It's gone up two points.

STU: Already.

GLENN: We've generally been running a budget. Last year, it was $6.8 trillion. But we only take in about 3 trillion, I think. When we're really going gangbusters.

You know, in taxes. We've been spending about 4 trillion every year.

That means, that today, today, just with the interest rates, we have $2 trillion of interest alone.

STU: Yeah. We're not getting anything for that. It's important to understand. We've already spent that money. This is just your rates going up.

GLENN: So half of the money that you pay, for income tax. Half of it, should go to just pay the lien. Just pay the interest on the loan.

STU: Money we've already spent.

GLENN: Correct, years ago.

Maybe even decades ago. So you're $2 trillion.

They're not going to cut our budget by $2 trillion. They're not going to do it. They'll instead, if it's a 4 trillion-dollar budget. And we have $2 trillion on top. We'll just take out another 2 trillion-dollar loan for the interest.

This is how you get to hyperinflation.

We must cut our spending. Time is -- we're at the end of the road, gang. We're at the end of the road. This election is so important.

By the way, you know, I just mentioned this. But I also mentioned the U.S. strategic oil reserves. Try this on for size.

During the Trump administration. Trump had negotiated with U.S. oil producers, to use shale. To fully fill the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, for $24 a barrel.

Okay? Well, the Democrats went crazy. They blocked that plan. Schumer bragged. And said, you know what, we just blocked a bailout for big oil.

Twenty-four dollars a barrel is what he negotiated. Biden's Green New Deal policies have now effectively blocked all new U.S. oil production and imports since he took office, from the Keystone Pipeline, to issuing fewer new oil releases. To exploratory permits on federal lands.

He's done more than any president has done since World War II, on the wrong direction. He has spent the last month begging OPEC. And especially Saudi Arabia, to keep OPEC production, at all-time highs. Okay?

He went over there. They wouldn't even take his phone call. So he had to actually go over, and grovel. In front of the crown prince.

Now, the crown prince, remember, is the guy who they say, killed that reporter, Khashoggi. And during his campaign, he said, enough of Saudi Arabia. They killed Khashoggi, and that's crime. That's a crime. And we will hold him accountable.

So now he's got to go stand, or kneel, at the feet of that guy. And what did he say? I'm really, really sorry. I'm really, really sorry.

And if you just -- if you would just keep the OPEC production going, I'll grant you diplomatic immunity, from U.S. prosecution, for the murder of Khashoggi.

Wait. What? You could open things up, and you could have the oil here. You could go back to the Trump deal, I'm sure. Twenty-four dollars a barrel for shale oil. You won't do it. So you will go to not only beg at the feet of Saudi Arabia.

But you will offer him immunity. This was one of the big things that the Democrats wanted. How dare Trump. He's not going to do anything about the murder of Khashoggi. Oh, my gosh. He's a murderous animal. And the prince of Saudi Arabia is bad too.

And what does he do? Biden goes over and says, by the way, we won't prosecute you on that. And he this still, not only say no to him. They cut production, by 2 million barrels a day.

STU: It's important to note too, before this trip, they were threatening to cut to it 1 million barrels a day. Then he made this trip. He begged them. He offered them all these things. Then they cut it by 2 million barrels a day. Think about this.

Could there be a more incompetent person than Joe Biden?

I don't know. Maybe he's doing it all on purpose. And he's very competent. I don't know for him

But he is not acting in the best interest of the United States. Or he's not capable of doing it. One of the two.

GLENN: No. If Donald Trump were doing this.

Or if anybody was doing it. Anybody was doing this, six years ago. Wouldn't -- I mean, everybody -- I mean, everybody would be like, whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Wait. You're arresting people who are praying and singing in front of abortion clinics. Okay. Maybe. We're just going to ignore that.

But we wouldn't be going in guns a blazing with an FBI raid, when it locally had been dismissed.

We would -- we would never put up with these gas prices, we would have never put up with -- with Afghanistan. And then the politicizing of our troops. We would never, ever -- no Democrat -- I can't say no Democrat.

No traditional liberal would have ever said, yeah. Double mastectomy for 12-year-olds. I'm good with that. Oh, we have to cut his penis off. Yeah. Sure. He's eight. Why not?

Nobody would say that. No one would say that. And now we're apparently okay with it.

That's interesting.

You trust these people?

And, you know, I -- I made a list today, of the most important races, out there.

And I wanted to talk to you about it, Stu.

Because you might disagree. But I think the most important race out there is the Fetterman/Oz race.

And here's why I say that. Not because I'm a big fan of Oz. I mean, if I lived in Pennsylvania. Yep. I would be voting for him. But not a big fan of him, necessarily.

But what does it say, about the people in Pennsylvania, that they will put a guy in, who is clearly damaged?

I have, you know -- I have great sympathy in my family. My grandfather had a stroke. My daughter had strokes.

I understand strokes. And I have great sympathy.

But I wouldn't have put my grandfather into the Senate.

Okay? I wouldn't do it. I love him. Love my daughter. But if you can't function like he can't, in a quick debate, where there's lots of noise, especially at a time, where the president is saying, yeah. We might be in Armageddon soon.

What time is it now?

This is the most critical time in American history. And the people in Pennsylvania, are even considering Fetterman.

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STU: Supposed to be our greatest deliberative body.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

STU: What you know it says to me? It says that we've given up. If they put John Fetterman in. I mean, this is like, we've just -- we've flushed it. We've pulled the plug out of the wall. We're waiting for the heart to stop beating. This is over. We've just given up.

GLENN: We do not have a constitutional republic. That is why this is the most important one. Because it says something about Pennsylvania. And Pennsylvania voters. Really?

You're that apathetic. That uninformed. Or that much just past a republic, that you're like, whatever. It doesn't matter.

STU: Yeah. It's not an ideological submit. In fact, you look at Dr. Oz and if anything, and say, he's not particularly ideological. Right? I mean, he was not -- the guy we talked about as, oh. This is a great conservative voice. We need to make sure that Dr. Oz gets in. Because his positions on taxes are so important.

I mean, he's a good communicator. Obviously, he's had a very accomplished career. And has a lot of things. You can argue on this his side. He's not a guy who you can say, oh, my gosh. We can't put him in, because he's too conservative.

There's no real argument there.

GLENN: No, no.

He should appeal to the middle of the road voter. The middle Democrat.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: That is like, you know what, I don't want any of the crazies. He should appeal to those people.

STU: And then on the other side, you have a Bernie Sanders supporter. A guy -- a guy who wants to defund the police. A guy who is on the extreme left-wing of the AOC branch of the party. And because he wears a hoodie, and is tall and overweight. We're supposed to just dismiss this.

This is the ideological candidate here. When he can think. All he does is think like Marx.

And we're going to put that guy in the Senate, at this time, when he's not even capable of doing the socialist shtick right now.

GLENN: Now, this -- this should tell you something about the Democratic supporters. He has doubled his fundraising record, this quarter over last quarter.

Doubled his fundraising.

STU: Fetterman?

GLENN: Fetterman?

GLENN: New Jersey from all over the country. So there are Democrats, who are paying attention.

STU: Oh, yeah.

GLENN: And they are sending money to that guy.

STU: Well, if he gets in, he'll be a socialist essentially. So that's obviously, something they want. And you might say, well, how can they want a guy, who is in incapable of really doing anything at this point?

Even walking around and talking, seems very difficult for the guy.

GLENN: Yep.

STU: But, of course, this is why he's getting so much money from the Democrats. They want the seat. They want a socialist in there. And also, they know, he can't campaign on his own.

So everything they're doing, is this sort of spending a fortune, on people -- in their social media team. To come up with new insults for where Dr. Oz used to live.

What kind of platter is he buying at Wegmans? And this is their entire campaign.

GLENN: And it -- and it absolutely shows, that the people who are funding. The people who are really running this show, on the left, do not care about a republic.

You cannot care about a republic. A Democratic republic. Where you -- the people elect somebody who says, this person can speak for me.

You cannot make that case, when the guy cannot speak, because he can barely think.

You -- you don't want that. You want a rubber stamp. That's not a republic. Which one of us hates the Constitution?

Which one of us is the radical? Which one of us is pushing for a new style of America in

And which one of us is saying, this doesn't work. It hasn't worked for a long time. Let's look at the things that do work. Reestablish those. And get rid of all the stuff that doesn't work. Let's use common sense and logic. Oh, I forgot.

There is no logic. There is no common sense. Because in America, there is no longer any truth.

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.