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Glenn Beck

What Underlies Middle East Conflict?; Activist Hopes to Draw Attention to Rape of Special Needs Woman

Aired July 20, 2006 - 19:00   ET

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ANNOUNCER: Tonight`s episode of GLENN BECK is brought to you by Hezbollah Barney, the suicide bombing dinosaur that`s fun for the whole family. Hezbollah Barney, he puts the "dino" in dynamite.
GLENN BECK, HOST: We`re going to tell you a little bit about kids and Hezbollah in a second, but let me start here first. The United Nations might send peacekeeping troops to the Middle East in order to help stop the crisis over there. Yes, this is going to work.

You know what that means? The metric system and Crystal Pepsi now have company atop the world`s worst ideas of all time list. This is bull crap that the U.N. can do anything. It can`t and won`t be able to do a thing, and you know that. I know that.

A couple of years ago, when I went to Israel just to try to get a handle, find out what`s going on, try to understand the people that are there. I made my way up to the Israel-Lebanese border, and what I saw there was sand. It was combed for footprints. There was razor wire. Then there was a mine field, more razor wire and sand on the other side of the border that was combed for footprints.

Then just beyond that, behind me on the Israeli side, some soldiers on an outpost on that side was -- the Lebanese side was a pillbox. And then a giant billboard and a couple of flagpoles. There it was.

On a huge billboard, and I`ll warn you, Hezbollah, I`m going to show you this, it is very graphic. If you have your kids, don`t have them look at the TV. This is the photo of the billboard.

If you look down at the left-hand corner, you will see a Hezbollah soldier holding a Israeli head with the blood dripping down. There in Hebrew it says "Sharon, your pigs die here."

This, believe it or not, was not the most shocking part of the scene. The most shocking part of the scene was what was next to -- the billboard. Two flag poles. One was flying the Hezbollah flag. The other pole? Was flying the flag of the United Nations.

You tell me how the U.N. is going to be able to help this. What kind of society promotes a culture of beheading? The society that starts breeding hate at an extremely young age.

Look at these pictures. These are so disturbing in a way that I just -- can we bring them up? There. In a way I don`t even begin to understand. I mean, our kids go hunting, but this isn`t hunting, this is people hunting. That`s what this is.

So today here`s what I -- here`s what really know. The schools are run by Hezbollah. The kids are taught to hate by Hezbollah in their textbooks. Remember, Hezbollah connected directly to Syria and Iran. That`s one of the reasons that Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria have so much influence.

I also know that over in the Middle East many moms and dads are sitting around a dinner table teaching their kids that Jews and Zionists are dogs, that they`re drinking blood of little Arab children. That`s why this is so frustration -- frustrating. I can`t relate to parents who teach their kids this kind of nonsense. Do the parents actually believe this?

I also know that this will take at length a generation, if that, to reverse. It will take an awakening to all of the horrors and the lies that these people have been spreading, and I`ve only seen this in Germany, but yet even in Germany there are people in Germany and all over Europe that think that the Jews deserved it, or worst yet, that it never even happened.

I also know that what I want for my kids, all I want in their whole life, is just for them to be happy, and happiness does not come from blowing yourself up.

Here`s what I don`t know. I don`t know how people can hate each other just based solely on their base or their religion. I mean, trust me. Get to know people. There are plenty of reasons to hate people, not just because of their race.

Another thing that I don`t know, I don`t know how a group of people can convince others to sacrifice themselves, or worse yet, their children, when they`re not willing to do it themselves. How does that happen? Osama bin Laden, how do you convince other people to blow themselves up and yet you`re still hanging out in the cave?

Ahmed Younis, the national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Ahmed, how do you get somebody to blow -- blow themselves up?

AHMED YOUNIS, NATIONAL DIRECTOR, MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Well, you convince them that what they`re doing is legitimate within the paradigm of what they believe is holy or they believe is important.

BECK: OK.

YOUNIS: And that`s why the only way for us to combat those who are making those arguments is from within Islam...

BECK: Right.

YOUNIS: ... from within the jurisprudence of Islam, and tradition of the prophet and the words of the Koran.

BECK: OK. Convince me that this isn`t a Muslim thing, because I don`t see.

YOUNIS: The majority of the suicide bombs that have taken place in the last 20 years have been by the Tamil Tigers, who are attempting to create a separatist movement in Sri Lanka.

BECK: OK.

YOUNIS: The kamikaze fighters that flew into Pearl Harbor, the Columbine massacres that were carried out by American children who were confused about...

BECK: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Ahmed, don`t -- please don`t go down the Columbine. There are screwed up people. But there is a culture of screwed up people.

You are -- you have people in the Middle East, and not all people in the Middle East are like this, but you have people in the Middle East that are teaching their kids that you can -- that Jews and Americans drink the blood of little Arab children. This is a culture -- what I`m seeing on the screen right now, that is a culture of hatred.

YOUNIS: Well, I`ve just given you an example of a culture of hatred that does not exist in the Middle East and does not exist amongst Muslims. And the proposition that suicide bombing or violence against civilians or innocence by killing oneself is within the domain of Islam is a fallacy. And it`s a fallacy that will lead us down a wrong path and not the path of fighting terrorism and fighting suicide bombing.

BECK: Then help me out here. I don`t speak Arabic. I barely speak English. But one of the young ladies that works on our staff, she does. And I said to her, I said tell me the difference between what you`re seeing in Arabic today in all of the Arabic papers over in the Middle East, and what I`m reading over here.

And she said the biggest difference is use the word -- instead of suicide bomber they use the word shahid (ph), which the literal translation -- correct me if we`re wrong here -- is witness or martyr.

So when you`re seeing on television a report from the news channel that, you know, another bombing happened, it`s not framed as suicide bomber, it`s another witness of Allah, another martyr has gone to heaven. How is this not systemic in the whole population over there?

YOUNIS: I mean, these are political ideologies. Even if we look in the situation of Israel, Palestine, all of the suicide bombers are not Muslims. The word shahid (ph) is not a Muslim word. It`s an Arabic word.

BECK: Right.

YOUNIS: And people of other religions have used the word who speak Arabic. It`s very similar to the word Allah.

If we look in the Koran, Jihad is in fact a war on terrorism. It is a war on injustice, a war against those who are attacking innocents and attacking civilians. The word for terrorism in the Koran, one more Arabic word, is hiraba -- H-I-R-A-B-A. So when we refer to a terrorist as a mujahid or a jihadist, we are bolstering their Islamic identity, their Islamic legitimacy in a world where Islam and religion is the only identifier in the public square.

BECK: All right. Let me go to Mia Bloom. She`s an expert herself on this stuff. And Mia, tell me about the role of women in the society. I mean, now women are starting to blow themselves up.

I find it interesting that, as a woman in Islamic extremist communities, you can`t walk out without a man, but God bless you, you can blow yourself up.

MIA BLOOM, AUTHOR, "DYING TO KILL": Well, it`s a little bit more complicated. I think Mr. Younis has actually pointed to something that`s very important, that in fact suicide bombing is not something that`s exclusive to Islam.

And in fact the most vehement of the religious ideologies, the type that you`re describing, where the woman can`t go outside, are not the kinds of organizations that would ever use a woman.

The kinds of organizations that use women initially were the secular groups in Palestine, the nationalist groups in Chechnya that used Islam strategically but themselves were not very devout Muslims.

But Osama bin Laden has been opposed to the use of women. And in fact, it was one of the points that he and Zarqawi disagreed with. And in fact, Zarqawi wanted to use women and did use women last November, but Osama bin Laden has been opposed to the use of women.

So it`s a lot more complicated. We shouldn`t be reifying all these groups as the same. They are many shades of gray, and they fall along a spectrum.

BECK: Then let me -- look, I`m not a Muslim, clearly. I`m not an expert on the Middle East, clearly. I am the average Joe. And I`m watching television, and I know that you`re going to say, "Well, Muslims are speaking out all the time."

I offer you a challenge. When you see the big rally happening with the Muslims marching in the streets saying they`re hijacking my religion, you call me. I`ll give you my private home number. We will set up satellite trucks to cover it.

YOUNIS: Let me respond to that, Glenn.

BECK: Yes.

YOUNIS: What you`re doing, and I know it`s not intentional, is taking out the knees of those who we need most throughout the Muslim world.

BECK: OK. Then who is that?

YOUNIS: Let me just real quick.

BECK: Yes.

YOUNIS: Rallying on the streets is not going to lead a young person away from suicide bombing. It`s preaching in the mosques that`s going to lead a young person away from suicide bombing.

And so if you were to check the majority of Muslim nations around the world, the majority of Muslim scholars around the world, every single Muslim institution in America`s web site has clearly condemned terrorism and clearly condemned the killing of...

BECK: No, I -- I understand that. But see this...

YOUNIS: One more point.

BECK: Real quick.

YOUNIS: By far and away the majority of people that have died at the hands of suicide bombers that are Muslims are Muslims, and therefore we have the greatest...

BECK: I know that. You know, I know that and I`ve been saying that for a while. Unless Muslims stand up, good Muslims are surrounded on both sides because the Muslims -- you`re not Muslim enough for these nut jobs.

And you know what? Regular Americans that are not Muslim are going to look at you and say, "Well, wait a minute are you just like that?" Nobody understands this.

So we`ve got to run. Mia and Ahmed, I thank you very much. Best of luck to you both.

Now, with all of the talk of Hezbollah recently, you know, I was thinking that there`s got to be somebody that is really a little upset about al of this. I mean Hezbollah`s getting all the headlines. Whatever happened to al Qaeda?

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ANNOUNCER: Recently in the news you`ve been hearing a lot about Hezbollah, about how they`ve started warring with Israel. About how they`re bombing holy sites and killing children. You even heard about how they may be starting World War III.

Well, we`re al Qaeda. And we`re here to tell you that is a bunch of bull (expletive deleted). They toss a couple of rockets in the air, and suddenly everybody forgets about us. What the (expletive deleted)? Hello. Does anybody remember a little date called 9/11? The biggest building Hezbollah has taken down was a two story Suvaro`s (ph) and maybe a pretty tall tether ball pole. And it was already bent anyway.

The pro-Hezbollah media want to feed you a load of B.S. Don`t let them do it. Hezbollah are nothing but media sluts. Think Paris Hilton in a burka.

Remember, we`re al Qaeda. We may not have been evil first, but we try harder.

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BECK: I hope you have duct tape to wrap your head for this next story, because it is going to make your head just explode.

Time now to update you on a story we`ve been following for a few weeks. It is the story of Kalie McArthur. She is a mentally handicapped woman with an I.Q. of 50 from Colorado. She`s 4 mentally. She was sexually assaulted in her high school by her peer counselor, a kid who had been suspended 20 times, had a grade point average of 0.0.

Kalie`s attacker, who made her sit in a stairwell and -- with her pants down, and when they found her, she was just saying, "Up and down, up and down." This dirt bag received a two week jail sentence and was released.

We have reached out to local officials in Colorado Springs. We called the mayor. We called the congressman, the District 20 board of education. All we keep getting is a bunch of lame legal statements. No one will actually speak to us.

It turns out the mayor, Lionel Rivera, he`s been too busy running for Congress now. Oh, if you could spread this kind of leadership to Congress, oh, what a dream come true!

I have one question for you, Mayor. What kind of town are you running there? You know, everybody just wants us to go away. And they think by hanging up on us, they think by not answering our calls, that we`re going to go away.

I`ve got news for you mayor: I may sleep on your front lawn before we`re finished. All I need to know -- you want to make us go away, all I need to hear is that somebody is willing to stand up and fight and carry the torch for the weakest among us.

I am not a journalist. I`m not a protector. I`m not out looking for you. But you know what? When the mayor is more concerned with -- and I`m not kidding you -- saving the Rodeo Hall of Fame with taxpayer dollars than dealing with rape in the halls of his high schools, how do you stand by and do nothing? How do you do that?

Robin Richardson, she`s a product of District 20 School District. She was a peer counselor at a different school. She`s been -- the mayor`s not doing anything, but she is. She`s putting together a petition to create awareness in the community.

Robin, what -- what are people saying in Colorado Springs about Kalie?

ROBIN RICHARDSON, ORGANIZER, KALIE MCARTHUR PETITION: Well, the people I`ve mainly talked to are just appalled. They are absolutely frustrated that nobody that has the power to do something will do it. And I have full support by them when they signed the petition. They say if you ever need any more signatures come right back to us.

BECK: Right. Now, you have -- you`ve been doing this petition why, exactly? What`s your motivation?

RICHARDSON: My motivation is to get some justice for Kalie. I mean, I babysat her. She`s an absolute sweetheart, and what happened to her is ridiculous, that nobody is doing anything about this.

BECK: Do most people know about this story in Colorado Springs? I`ve gotten so much mail -- I`m going to get to it in a second. So much mail from people who have said, "I didn`t even know this happened."

RICHARDSON: Well, now more people are becoming aware, because we have teenagers, my friends, teenagers, going throughout Colorado Springs to spread the word, because I was completely upset with this. And I wanted to do something.

BECK: You were a baby-sitter for Kalie. And you know her now. So you knew her before, and you have seen her after. Have you seen a difference in her?

RICHARDSON: Oh, definitely, definitely, a very big difference.

BECK: In what way?

RICHARDSON: Before it happened she was very social. She loved to talk to people. She -- she loved to play with kids. And now she can`t be around men and children. She`ll start to freak out, and it`s horrible. It breaks your heart to see that.

BECK: Robin, you -- you`re so great, and thank you very much, and best of luck. And let us know how your campaign to raise signatures goes. We appreciate it.

RICHARDSON: Definitely.

BECK: You know, I`ve got to tell you, how you can just bypass this if you`re a public official is amazing. We`ve gotten so much feedback on this story. I want to share a few of the letters that we have received and e- mails. A lot of them are like this.

"Glenn, I live across the street from this abomination. I am so ashamed that my city will not help Kalie. Our `illustrious` mayor is now running for the U.S. Congress. Good luck getting anything out of him. Remember: the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing," Rebecca, Colorado Springs.

Also this one came in. "Dear Glenn, the sad thing is even though I live in Colorado Springs, I have never heard of this incident until you aired the story and I am appalled. Why the citizens -- you`ve asked why the citizens are not doing anything. It`s because we`re not properly informed of the situation. Please stay with this, because parents need to know what is happening, sincerely, Kasandra."

We will stay with it. As I said a minute ago, I am not a -- I`m not a campaigner. I`m not somebody who does this kind of stuff. You know, I don`t lead boycotts or anything else. But somebody has to step to the plate in Colorado Springs.

By the way, Mayor Rivera, you know, I hope you`re elected to Congress. No, I do, with the fine leadership you`re displaying so far on this, with helping the weakest among us. I`ve come up with a couple of slogans, and they`re free. If you would like to make a little bumper sticker out of these, you can do this.

"Mayor Rivera for Congress. Rodeo, sure! Rape -- not so much."

Or how about "Handicapped? Yada! Yada! Yada!"

I mean, you can use them. My gift to you.

And Mr. Mayor, let me tell you, I am so looking forward to hearing your response.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BECK: Well, we have someone very special on for you now. He is the gold medalist, I believe -- how many gold medals did you win at the Gay Games, Roe?

ROE CONN, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: All right, Glenn. All right, Glenn.

BECK: What?

CONN: First of all...

BECK: Wait, wait, wait, Roe Conn from WLS 980 AM in Chicago, where they did host the Gay Games. And you`re -- no? No medals?

CONN: Well, actually I sponsored a female body builder, or figure competitor, as they call them, and she won a gold medal.

BECK: Really? What do you mean you sponsored her?

CONN: Well, we paid for her to get in, and I paid for her uniform. You`ll see. There we are right there.

BECK: That`s her?

CONN: Yes, that`s her. That`s she and I last night. That`s me. Wait, hold on.

BECK: This is not -- OK. This is not necessary.

CONN: "Roe Conn Show." You see it right there.

BECK: Yes, I do. You know...

CONN: That`s outdoor marketing.

BECK: Right, it`s almost indoor marketing if you know what I`m saying. And she`s gay?

CONN: No, that`s the funny -- here`s the weird thing about this. The Gay Games are a big deal in Chicago this week. It`s the seventh quadrennial Gay Games. So it started 21 years ago.

It`s come to a number of cities. It went to New York four years ago. I think it was four years ago, or eight years ago. And the whole idea of the Gay Games is that you`re showing off to the U.S. Olympic committee and the International Olympic Committee that you are capable of holding a multi-venue multi-athlete athletic competition.

And Sidney, Australia, did this and then ended up getting the Olympics. New York, as you remember, was a runner-up for the Olympics for having it.

BECK: Right.

CONN: So Chicago is really trying to get the 2016 games. And that`s the reason that they`re doing this. So the Gay Games have been here, a little less attended than the city had anticipated.

BECK: May I just interrupt for a second? Is anybody even listening to this guy anymore? I mean, Roe, I`m not even listening any more. I`m still thinking about the athlete and trying to figure out how exactly you got -- can we go back to her for just one second? I`m just -- I`m saying...

CONN: Let`s go back to her. Jennifer Lynn Cowen (ph). She won the gold medal in figure. There she is showing her appreciation to me...

BECK: Sure.

CONN: ... for sponsoring her. Her I am showing my appreciation to her.

BECK: That`s great.

CONN: Yes.

BECK: That`s not an unusual position for you, though. I mean, usually it`s around bosses, but that is not -- just...

CONN: Let me tell you this. This is an interesting story. She wins the gold medal, and then they will not shake her hand. The people who came in, silver and bronze, wouldn`t shake her hand.

BECK: Why?

CONN: Because she`s straight.

BECK: Really?

CONN: I think, yes.

BECK: Let me tell you something. If she were a lesbian I mean, I`d come out of the closet right now and admit that I was a lesbian, as well.

CONN: Yes.

BECK: No, seriously. I think if she were a lesbian -- me being a -- because I`ll only sleep with women, and I think we have a lot in common. Too bad.

CONN: This girl...

BECK: Too bad that I`m married and my wife will shortly be talking to an attorney. So we can move on, I guess.

CONN: You and me both.

BECK: So how did it go?

CONN: Actually, it`s gone really well. There`s been huge sponsorship here, but like I was saying, the attendance is way down in terms of what the city anticipated. Gay Games organizers say it`s, you know, as much as what they thought it was going to be.

BECK: OK. Thanks a lot, Roe. Roe Conn from 890 AM WLS in Chicago. Make sure you listen to him tomorrow afternoon on your way home.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BECK: This is the boiling point for me. It was bad enough that we were picking them up in a helicopter, putting them on a boat, steaming them across the Mediterranean, putting them on a chartered plane, flying them back here, but when they landed today in Maryland, many of them were complaining because the cruise ship just wasn`t up to their standards. A free cruise wasn`t up to your standards?

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BECK: You know, so many times I watch the news, and it seems like they`re not covering the right stuff or the important stuff, or they`ve understood what the news of the day means. So let me -- this recovering alcoholic, let me tell you the three stories that caught my eye today and tell you why I think you need to pay attention.

First of all, that chartered plane of evacuees from Lebanon landed in Baltimore this morning, and now they`re going to be provided with free cash, free food and shelter for 90 days. Does anybody remember the $2 billion some of the Katrina victims wasted on booze and strippers, $2 billion wasted? When did the U.S. start making victim credit cards?

Listen, Beirut isn`t exactly Topeka. There`s an expectation that, you know, things could go a little awry while you`re over there.

Now, here`s the reason why you should pay attention to this story: Some way or another, what has slipped through the cracks is personal responsibility. You rolled the dice when you went to one of the most dangerous places in the world. You bet wrong. Why is it all of a sudden my responsibility to pay your way home and then have you complain about it?

The second story today that I think is interesting is the speech that Bush gave to the NAACP. First time in his presidency that he accepted their invitation to speak at the national convention. Now, this one I`m kind of torn on. I mean, in the past, I`ve thought, you know, the president doesn`t need to accept abuse from an organization which clearly seems to be nothing but a front organization for the Democratic Party.

However, this week, the new president, Bruce Gordon, give a speech at the convention where he said there should be "no more victim-like thinking." Amen, brother! I`m in love with you.

If the NAACP will finally admit that the Democrats aren`t always the heroes, and Republicans aren`t all racists, and real success can be achieved by anybody in America if you just embrace work ethic, decency, and education. Then you know what? If that`s true, the president was absolutely right to attend.

Why should you care about this story? Maybe it`s, you know, just more politics, but if the NAACP is finally preaching a message of personal responsibility instead of victimhood and racism, then, brother, bright days are ahead of all of us.

Here`s a third story. It has been so unbelievably hot in the last week. It is -- believe it or not now -- officially the hottest first six months since records started being kept in 1895. Now it`s also going to be the hottest month on record in London, as well.

And I don`t know about you, but I`ll be driving in my car, and I`ll be thinking, "Gee, it`s really hot. Maybe Al Gore was right, there is global warming." No, no, I never said that.

Anyway, here`s why I think you need to pay attention to this story: I honestly -- I mean, I saw the Al Gore movie. I want to find answers. I don`t want to live on a planet that`s 400 degrees. And I certainly don`t want to pass it on to our kids. If it is our fault, if it`s because of the stupid car I`m driving, then I want to fix it. I`m just not convinced that it is.

Senator James Inhofe has been very vocal in saying that a lot of the statistics used by proponents of the man-made global warming theory are either misleading or just plain wrong. In fact, I think he said on my radio show earlier today that Al Gore was full of crap.

Now, from Washington, D.C., Senator James Inhofe.

As I pointed out to the radio listeners, you`re a pretty brave guy, because, you know, if you come out against global warming you`re either a nut job or you`re just clearly in bed with big oil, and thus you should have no credibility.

SEN. JAMES INHOFE (R), OKLAHOMA: Yes, well, you know, I have to say this, and I`d say that probably 75 percent of the viewers that are watching this right now have bought into this thing, this global warming thing, in saying that it was manmade gases. And I was the same way 3 1/2 years ago when I became of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. And so I thought -- right then, you might remember the Horton econometrics survey...

BECK: Oh, who doesn`t?

INHOFE: ... that came out. And they said how much it would cost America if we signed onto the Kyoto treaty, about $2,750 per family per year in the price of energy and all that.

Anyway, I saw that, and I thought, "Well, it`s my responsibility as a chairman to make sure that the science justifies this kind of loss." And the more I checked into it, the things started with the United Nations, the International Panel on Climate Control, and they used one scientist. And his name was Michael Mann, the famous hockey stick -- remember that -- where he plotted the temperatures that went all the way across on a horizontal line, then you got to the 20th century and it started going up.

Well, one thing they forgot to do is put in the medieval warming period, which was from about 900 to 1400 A.D., when it was warmer then than it is now.

BECK: Well, and here`s the thing. When you see...

INHOFE: So in all of the recent science, as I`ve mentioned on your radio show, it confirms that I was right on this thing. This thing is a hoax.

BECK: When you see the Al Gore movie, which I did -- and I hate to wreck the ending for anybody, but it should end with an alarm clock, that`s how it should end -- but when you see that, one of the real compelling pieces is this 400,000-year-old chart where it shows CO-2 projections and the Earth`s temperature going all the way to the moon. And it is a compelling piece. Can you tell the temperatures from 400,000 years ago?

INHOFE: No, you can`t. But on what we can do, in terms of tree rings and going back, there`s some things you can do. It was clearly much, much warmer at that time than it is today.

And if you look at the chart -- I don`t know whether you can see one if I held it up -- but even the International Panel on Climate Control chart shows that it was warmer just in that little medieval warming period, which is only back, you know, around 1200 A.D. You don`t have to go back that far. But we`ve had these cycles throughout the history of this country, and I can...

BECK: Well, then how do you answer this, because this is what`s happening. This week, I mean, if you`re sitting around, and it`s just boiling hot, now you hear that it`s going to be the hottest ever on record in England. You think to yourself, "Well, jeez, maybe this is really global warming." And you just want to know: Is man really responsible for this?

INHOFE: Well, first of all, it`s a well-established fact by those people who are supporting the global warming program that no particular thing such as a hurricane, or a hot day, or a hot season has anything to do with CO-2 or with manmade gases.

Now, I think I`ve mentioned this to you on your program once before, but it`s worth repeating. The highest emission discharge of CO-2 in recorded history was right after World War II, starting around the middle `40s. And during that time, you would think -- that was when it increased by 83 percent. This is CO-2.

Now, you`d think that would precipitate a warming period if they are right. It didn`t.

BECK: Right.

INHOFE: It precipitated a cooling period so bad that, by the middle `70s, "Time" magazine, "Science Digest," all of them said another ice age is coming, we`re all going to die.

BECK: I know. I remember. I remember thinking, "Buy a jacket." Senator, I appreciate your time, sir. Thank you so much for being with us tonight.

INHOFE: OK. I look forward to your one hour.

BECK: You`ve got it.

Here`s what`s really interesting to me on this Al Gore movie. Here he is on the cover of "Entertainment Weekly." You know, it`s a big movie. How come there are no action figures on this thing?

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ANNOUNCER: Now, when you buy a McDonald`s Unhappy Meal, you`ll get one of four "Inconvenient Truth" collector toys, like the Al Gore action figure, with actual life-like poses, or the drowning polar bear. Just wind him up, and watch him struggle for life!

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No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Al Gore action figures contain no moving parts and are not intended for human consumption.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

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BECK: All right. So M. Night has a new movie out. It`s called "Lady in the Water." Opens tomorrow. To me, it looks good. I mean, the kids and I just can`t wait to see it. I love M. Night Shyamalan movies, but I don`t know if you`ve seen the articles lately. They`re all out saying M. Night is an egomaniac.

And to me, when I read this, as much hatred as the press has for him, I read that I think, "I bet he`s a conservative." No, seriously. I think that he might be a conservative.

Now, Christy Lemire, she is with the A.P. She`s our movie critic.

You don`t have to tell me if he`s a conservative or not. I don`t really want to know, but please tell me this is a good movie.

CHRISTY LEMIRE, MOVIE CRITIC, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: You know, I think thinking that he`s an egomaniac is not, like, a political phenomenon at all. He just is. And I think it`s grown increasingly obvious with all of his films.

I mean, here it`s just like -- I`m sorry. The emperor has no clothes. The man has a gimmick, which we`ve known since "The Sixth Sense." And I think he`s sort of painted himself into a corner, where you`re just looking for the gimmick the whole time.

This time he created this movie based on a bedtime story he wrote for his kids. And it`s so convoluted and it`s so clunky in its metaphors -- like, you`re laughing at scenes that are supposed to be really serious.

BECK: Oh, no.

LEMIRE: Bryce Dallas Howard plays this water nymph who is trying to get back where she came from. And Paul Giamatti is the apartment manager who finds her and has to save her. But Night gives himself, like, one of the biggest most pivotal roles in the film. He`s a guy who lives in the apartment who writes what will be this important book that will change all of humanity.

BECK: But wait a minute. But wait a minute. I mean, Alfred Hitchcock used to -- I think M. Night has been on the Alfred Hitchcock road since the beginning.

LEMIRE: No, I think he definitely worships Hitchcock, you know, but Hitchcock will put himself in like one shot, I mean, and increasingly Night has inserted himself more and more in his films. Here, he has a really pivotal role. Like, he saves humanity.

BECK: And you have a problem with that?

LEMIRE: Right. He could have cast someone to do that. I`ll do it. I`ll save humanity.

BECK: OK, tell me the M. Night movies that you like.

LEMIRE: You know, I really liked "The Sixth Sense." I liked "Signs" very much.

BECK: Got it. Good.

LEMIRE: "Signs" is actually very darkly funny. I like things about "Unbreakable." I like the way it`s shot, but then "The Village," I`m like, oh, come on. That`s the twist?

BECK: You know, you do have a good point. I thought it was a good twist, but you do have a good point that all you do the whole movie is, like, OK, what is -- you don`t enjoy it as much because you are trying to figure it out.

LEMIRE: Right.

BECK: You know, if he would make one that didn`t have a surprise ending, that would be a surprise.

LEMIRE: Yes. This does not have a twist. This is just really self- serious and very pretentious.

BECK: Anything else?

LEMIRE: This week coming out?

BECK: Yes.

LEMIRE: Do you want my Glenn head rating, by big, old Glenn head rating?

BECK: Oh, I forgot about the big, fat Glenn head, yes.

LEMIRE: Yes, 1 1/2 roly-poly, big, fat Glenn heads for "Lady in the Water."

BECK: You don`t need to add more adjectives to it.

LEMIRE: They are roly-poly. Eat them up, yum, yes.

BECK: Roly-poly?

LEMIRE: So that`s "Lady in the Water." We also have "Clerks 2" coming out this week, which you will not be getting on your CleanFlicks I`m guessing.

BECK: Yes, no, no.

LEMIRE: Because every other word is an f-bomb.

BECK: Is it good?

LEMIRE: I laughed a lot, but there`s also a 12-year-old boy inside of me and so I...

BECK: You should get him out. That`s kind of spooky.

LEMIRE: Get out! But it goes disastrously awry in the third act. I`m not going to tell you what happens. It made Joel Siegel leave the screening, though.

BECK: Oh, that`s -- you should go to glennbeck.com and look up the Joel Siegel story, because it`s amazing what happened, the argument between the two on the blogs. It got pretty brutal.

LEMIRE: Well, he left before the scene even happens. He left when they were talking about the scene 40 minutes in, so he didn`t even see the absolute worst part.

BECK: Wow.

LEMIRE: So then you have "Monster House," which is an animated film. It`s beautiful. It looks great. I think it`s actually too scary for really little kids, but I love the story.

BECK: Age, if you`re a parent, of what age can you go?

LEMIRE: I don`t know, six? But then like video games are scary now. I don`t have kids. I have a dog. I wouldn`t bring my dog to this.

BECK: All right, Christy, thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

LEMIRE: Thanks, bye.

BECK: All right, now it`s time for one of my favorite segments, the "Public Viewer." This is the fun time of the week when we bring...

BRIAN SACK, PUBLIC VIEWER: The best time of the week.

BECK: ... Brian Sack in, and he makes fun of me, and all of my mistakes from the week.

SACK: Not really making fun.

BECK: Brian, where have you been?

SACK: I was in France.

BECK: Oh, France, what a surprise.

SACK: Yes, I was there for two weeks, so I was enjoying some wine and...

BECK: I was kind of hoping you were in Beirut. But did I say that out loud? Oh, that`s wrong.

SACK: I brought you a gift actually.

BECK: You did?

SACK: There`s a gift there in the studio for you.

BECK: Is this in the box?

SACK: Yes, it is.

BECK: They wouldn`t let me open it before.

SACK: Oh, good, I didn`t want them to spoil the surprise.

BECK: Oh, it`s...

SACK: It`s got all of the monuments, Sacre Coeur, Notre Dame...

BECK: Oh, it`s a Paris, France, snow globe.

SACK: And I also -- oh, really?

BECK: No, it was great. And I wish I would still have it today.

SACK: I smuggled some Cuban cigars for you through customs.

BECK: I don`t need it. I don`t smoke. And that would probably be not...

SACK: And I brought you a giant sausage.

BECK: OK, that`s disturbing. Do you have anything -- do you know what air time costs on this network?

SACK: Two or three dollars a minute is what I heard.

BECK: I don`t know. On this show, yes, but on the network it`s really expensive.

SACK: Oh, the network, big time, yes.

So I was watching the last two weeks, catching up...

BECK: Sure you were.

SACK: ... and I learned something which I didn`t know before. Apparently, you have a radio show, and it`s one of the top three in the country.

BECK: Right, in the country. It`s weird how much mail I get on that. "You`re like a radio person?"

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BECK: Every day, coast to coast, you can hear my radio program on like 250 stations. I`m the third-most-listened-to radio talk show host.

... the third-most-listened-to radio show in all of America. I`m currently the third-most-listened-to talk show host in America.

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BECK: Yes, crazy, isn`t it?

SACK: Yes, it`s crazy, repetition.

BECK: I`m glad I told you.

SACK: I did not. I had not heard that.

BECK: Yes, well, I`m glad I told you.

SACK: It was very good. And recently, I had an interview with the author, Bill Roaden (ph), and apparently a little temper there thing you...

BECK: Me?

SACK: Yes, I think so. Something happened.

BECK: It is the first time that I have lost my temper on this program, but I seem to remember chains, and whips, and working. I don`t remember $40 million a year. If that`s true, put me on the frickin` plantation, man.

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BECK: Am I turning into Bill O`Reilly? I really -- I don`t want to be that guy.

(CROSSTALK)

SACK: No, I don`t think you are.

BECK: I`m so afraid.

SACK: But I wanted to refresh your memory, because you said that it was your first temper tantrum...

BECK: Oh, don`t hold me to facts.

SACK: ... so let`s take a little walk down memory lane.

(CROSSTALK)

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BECK: Excuse me, sir. Let me finish the question. Your son signed the contract. There are consequences. He has absolutely every right to do so. I personally don`t want your son serving in Iraq, because I have a nephew, Bo Myers (ph), who happens to be in Iraq, or will be shortly, and I don`t want your son watching his back.

(CROSSTALK)

BECK: Could you just hold on for just a second. Hold on just for a second. Hold on just for a second. Could you, just a second? I just want to say something. I promised that I wasn`t going to do one of these left- right shows where everybody yells at each other, and I have failed miserably. And I apologize. Excuse me, sir, please, sir, sir...

(CROSSTALK)

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BECK: I didn`t lose my temper there. I stand by that one.

SACK: You`re not Bill O`Reilly there. You`re not yelling enough.

BECK: Thank you.

SACK: There`s not enough screaming and yelling. Bob Baer interview, he`s apparently your co-host. And I really enjoy seeing him every night.

BECK: He`s the spookiest guy I know.

SACK: Well, he seems very cool, actually. He makes me want to see "Syriana."

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, we`re going into a war. We have to brace ourselves. It`s coming.

BECK: Hang on just a second. Ellie, I really think the only thing left here is show me the picture of the banana fish. Yes.

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BECK: I love the banana fish. That is my -- oh, the banana fish is tremendous.

SACK: What? Where does this come from?

(CROSSTALK)

BECK: I`ve got kids. "Mary Poppins," I just saw this again recently. Mary Poppins said, when there`s nothing left to say, you can say Supercalifragilistic -- forget that crap.

SACK: ...expialidocious?

BECK: When there`s nothing left to say, show me the banana fish.

SACK: OK. I`ll let you know. It just kind of seemed to come out of nowhere. It confused everybody.

BECK: Well, there you go, yes.

SACK: All right. There`s a little thing -- I caught something the other day.

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BECK: Once you set fire to people or you beat up a cop or whatever, you`re not going to get free porn from me.

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SACK: But if I`m good...

BECK: Oh, free porn is coming your way.

SACK: Oh, right, sweet.

BECK: No, seriously, in fact, in just a second, we`re going to take a quick break, and when we come back, free porn for everybody.

SACK: Hey!

BECK: Brian, thanks a lot.

SACK: All right, take care. PublicViewer@GlennBeck.com.

BECK: Yes, yes.

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BECK: You know, I have had my share of hate mail in my life, but I`ve got to tell you, I don`t think I`ve ever actually been accused of potentially accused of starting a world war.

I mean, at least until now. Here it is. "Glenn, have you ever heard of self-fulfilling prophecy? I submit, sir, that you say this is the beginnings of World War III is not only irresponsible, but in fact creating a mentality for this very thing to happen. Do you want this? You have a very real power to create positive things, thanks to a wide viewing audience. It`s going to be tough to be a news anchor or anything else if World War III becomes a reality. Michael, Fayetteville, Arkansas."

First of all, man, I`m not a news anchor. I don`t want to be, either. And, second of all, I`ve invested in the companies that make nuclear weapons. Shh.

Michael, I`ve been saying for a while that World War III is here, we just don`t know it yet. So I realize that we`re in serious times, but I`ve got to tell you, if an idiot like me can stand here or sit here and just magically make it happen, then we`re in far worse shape than I thought.

Believe me, it`s the middle of July, and I`d rather be talking about vacation destinations, but I just don`t think we can. Although I`m not a travel agent and I am a thinker, so, hey, don`t vacation in Beirut. Next e-mail.

"Mr. Glenn" -- now, see, you don`t need to call me Mr. Glenn. Sir Glenn is just fine. "Stop spreading your hate. We need peace in this world, not wars. You`re a war-monger, and you`re talking about people getting killed on both sides, Jewish and Muslims, with a smile on your face. Shame on you! Peace, not war."

Peace, brother. Contrary to popular opinion on today`s e-mail, I really don`t want the world to be on fire, vaporized or irradiated, so I`m not actually giddy about world war. In fact, there couldn`t be a more useless phrase than pro-war. It`s like saying you`re pro-surgery. Nobody likes surgery, but, you know, sometimes it has to be done.

Unlike some people, I just realize that you can`t negotiate with a tumor. Even if you`re thinking it`s listening, it`s just preparing to kill you.

And Trent writes in. "Glenn, I was looking at your MySpace page, and I`ve been trying to figure out how a boob like you gets a good-looking wife like yours. Just one from one fat boob to another."

Brother, I`ve got to tell you the truth: No idea. Just keep looking as hard as you can for the right woman or, you know, switch teams, either one. I`m just glad you brought up my MySpace page so I could have more friends than my radio producer, Stu. It`s sad. It really is. We`ll see you tomorrow, you sick, twisted freak.

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