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Glenn Beck

What Will It Take to Overthrow Iran?; Will Seattle Housing Project Help or Hurt Alcoholics

Aired July 24, 2006 - 19:00   ET

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GLENN BECK, HOST: Stand by, because I think you`re going to hear something you`re not going to hear anyplace else in about 45 seconds. First, let me bring you up to speed on what`s happened today.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Beirut to meet with the Lebanese prime minister. This is an attempt to show support for the country`s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between Hezbollah terrorists and Israel. Rice also plans to go to other Arab and Israeli leaders on her mission.

And this is the story that everybody is talking about in the media today. And everybody`s saying, "Gee, I hope the situation doesn`t get any worse." But I think we should be focused on something else. This is why you need to care about what`s happening in the Middle East.

Do you remember when -- here we go, something you`re not going to hear elsewhere, at least from a conservative -- remember when we first went in to Iraq a few years ago? And we said it was because of weapons of mass destruction. Well, I got new for you: It wasn`t. That was just gravy. That was the reason the administration gave us, and it was real. But they gave us this information so the public could wrap their heads around going to war.

My radio listeners know this, because I`ve been beating this drum since before we even went into Iraq. The real reason we went into Iraq was Iran. We were going there to stop Iran by planting the seeds of democracy all around Iran. Then, we hoped, the Iranians would stand up and topple their leaders and their evil plans. The people in Iran hate him so much, they actually prefer us.

At the time, President Bush decided to not tell us the real objective. I`m guessing -- I don`t know why -- either for geopolitical reasons, or because he felt, you know, we just wouldn`t understand that we were in the early stages of World War III. And unfortunately, I think a lot of people are still there. But search yourself inside. Doesn`t it feel like we`re there?

If you saw any news about Iraq this weekend, it was all about Saddam`s hunger strike. Again, the media has it wrong. It`s not about his hunger strike. You know, he`s been on a "bath and shower" strike for a long time. Here`s the real story, the story that you didn`t hear that much about. You found maybe a line deep in the paper.

This is a quote from Saddam Hussein. "I am convinced that the U.S. and Iranian agenda have met in Iraq and elsewhere in the Arab world, and the Arabs are now placed between the U.S.-Israeli hammer and the Iranian anvil."

Saddam apparently understands the situation in the Middle East more than the average American sitting on their couch does, and that guy`s completely nuts.

I was talking to my -- I was talking to my sister over the weekend, yesterday. My nephew, her son, Bo, is leaving for his tour of duty in Iraq in two weeks. She told me, she said, "I support him. I support what he`s doing. I`m so proud of him." She said, "But Glenn, I don`t understand why we`re even in Iraq."

I asked her, "Do you believe we`re in World War III or on the verge of World War III?"

She said, "Yes." She said, "In fact, I`ve been talking to my friends about it, and we all just -- when I asked people, they automatically say, Oh, yes. I know.` They all agreed that we`re at the beginning of World War III."

We went into Iraq three years ago to prevent World War III, as nuts as this might sound, to prevent the evil Iranian ideology from spreading across the region. We have to succeed there. The lives of our families will be seriously affected. You will not recognize the world if we lose.

Here`s what I do know today. I know that searching for weapons of mass destruction was a side benefit of going into Iraq. The real reason was to plant the seeds of democracy and change the face of the Middle East.

I also know that Syria needs to be isolated from Iran. And that`s what Condoleezza Rice needs to accomplish. One by one their friends, their allies, their helpers will fall. They must.

Plus, I know that for the first time in the Middle East history, America`s actually being viewed by some heads of state in the region as the lesser of two evils when compared to Iran.

Here`s what I don`t know. Even though the only way to really win this is to spread democracy, or at least win it peacefully. I don`t know if that`s actually going to work. If it doesn`t, the world is going to revisit some of the same turmoil and economic chaos that existed in the 1930s and the 1940s. This is our great hope that we can pass that.

The clerics and leaders in Iran are trying to smear the U.S. through an ad campaign. Now they`re going off on "Don`t buy Pepsi." Right, like that`s going to work. They`re trying to foment dissent and mistrust of us with their people. But are the people there brave enough to see through all of that and stand with us and topple evil?

Michael Rubin has spent sine time in Iran and co-authored "Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos".

And Michael, isn`t that the real key for change in the Middle East?

MICHAEL RUBIN, CO-AUTHOR, "ETERNAL IRAN": Well, in the case of Iran, the people are certainly not in favor of their own government.

BECK: Right.

RUBIN: And then the question is what will it take to rise up and overthrow them? That`s easier said than done. A lot of people will tell you they want change, but not a lot of people are willing to take the bullet to do it.

BECK: Well, it`s because they know that their government is -- I mean, it`s off the charts evil, and it`s a pretty scary thing to do. What will it take? Do you see them standing up and toppling their own government?

RUBIN: It will take a crisis. It`s not going to come from the outside, but the Iranian government doesn`t understand its own people. It`s constantly overreaching. I was there once when it attacked the student dormitory and it led to about a week of riots, hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. The Iranians were able to put that down. They`ve been able to put other fires out, but eventually it`s going to spin out of control.

BECK: So what kind of crisis are we talking about?

RUBIN: Well, ultimately, the government wants theocracy. They believe that their legitimacy comes from God. And the Iranian people look westward.

Look, when you`re walking down the streets of Tehran, you can see graffiti on the wall for 50 Cent or Metallica. When you get into a taxi, oftentimes the taxi driver doesn`t want to talk about religion. What he wants to talk about is which Arnold Schwarzenegger movie you like best.

BECK: Right. Right.

RUBIN: And ultimately, the Iranian people, 70 million people just aren`t in tune with their government and can`t do anything about it yet.

BECK: I will tell you that it`s almost as disturbing for you to say 50 Cent as when I say it.

RUBIN: The -- I have this theory on President Ahmadinejad of Iran, that he is -- he`s too honest for the evil leaders that actually pull the strings, the mullahs in Iran.

BECK: Is it possible that the people who are even more conservative than him, the real leaders, would ever consider assassinating him because he`s to too out in the open, calling America and the rest of the world on?

RUBIN: You know, that`s a really, really good question. There`s already been an assassination attempt on him in the southwest -- southeast of the country. You know, there`s a joke in Iran. A reporter asked the former president the Iranian state just built another highway. What are you going to name it?

And he says God willing they`ll name it after the late, the martyred president, the dead president Ahmadinejad, meaning hopefully this guy will die soon and we can name a highway after him and be done with it.

BECK: Right. But it`s -- but it`s not the people that want him dead. It`s the clerics. It`s the ones who really have spent a lot of time on formulating an Islamic state, a global Islamic state, if you will, that don`t want their plans revealed. Do I have that right?

RUBIN: To some extent you do. It`s important to remember when you look at Iran, Ahmadinejad, what we`re objecting to is the style. But the ideology of Iran, the ideology of Islamic republic, it`s been consistent. All this talk you hear in the west about reformists versus hardliners is nonsense. The last president, Mohammed Khatami, what we called a reformer. Well, who do you think built the nuclear weapons program?

BECK: Right, right. I mean, that`s the amazing thing. This guy is - - I like him. I call him President Tom because for a long time I couldn`t pronounce his name. I actually like this guy because at least he`s clearly evil, whereas the other rulers have been like, "Well I`m not -- I`m evil light, and so you didn`t -- you didn`t feel the urgency to stop him."

RUBIN: Oh, yes. I mean most certainly, but what`s really funny is when you go to one of these death to America rallies inside Iran. More often than not the crowds have been bussed in. They`re state workers who have been told they have to. And they`re more interested in getting the free ice cream at the end of the day.

BECK: Right. I was amazed at one seminar or convention that they did. It was on global Zionism. And their logo, and I saw this on the media, but they never showed the whole thing. It was -- it was an hourglass, and it had different countries up at the top. And it was defeating Zionism.

And the grain of sand that was coming through at the time was the Israeli flag. It was round and had the Israeli flag. The one that had already fallen and was broken was the United States flag. And it showed to me their priorities of how to defeat Israel: you need to defeat America first.

Thank you, Michael. I appreciate your time. I wish we had more time.

I just want to tell you that I truly believe these mullahs are far worse than Hitler. I mean, Hitler was crazy evil. I believe these guys are biblically evil.

And don`t miss tomorrow`s program. We have a series starting tomorrow on the coming of the messiah. We`ll do that tomorrow.

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BECK: A judge ruled Friday 16-year-old boy fighting to use alternative treatment for his cancer must report to a hospital tomorrow and accept treatment the doctors deem necessary.

As long as nobody`s deeply psychological screwed up, isn`t it their right as parents, and isn`t it their -- the right of a child in the family unit to make the decision on therapy?

CALLER: Sure, but there ought to be some wisdom in that. So you have the right to let your child die a miserable death and something hokey and Mexican (ph). Now, sure the chimichangas are great, but that`s not -- they`re not making an intelligent decision.

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BECK: All right. Try this one on for size. You just think the world doesn`t make sense. Well, it`s about to get worse.

If you`re a raging alcoholic and your life is in the crapper, and you want to keep drinking, my friend, go to my home town of Seattle, Washington. They`re in Seattle. You`re going to get a brand-new, government-financed apartment, where you can drink as much as you want. You don`t have to go to AA. Nobody`s going to be lecturing you.

It`s an "experiment" designed to somehow or another save taxpayers money. There`s compassion for you.

Eighteen-eleven Eastlake, it`s an apartment building for 75 drunks and addicts who were, quote, "costing the taxpayers too much to round up and care for."

This may surprise you. Let me just say this first. Hello, my name is Glenn, and I`m an alcoholic. And when I was drinking, I used to wake up every day and look at myself in the mirror, and I hated myself. If fact, I used to have to open up the medicine cabinet so I couldn`t look in the mirror, because I couldn`t look at myself in my own eye when I brushed my teeth.

I would every day say, "Today you`re not going to drink." And inevitably, I would find some excuse to say, "OK, I`ll stop drinking tomorrow."

When I hit rock bottom, it was a moment with my kids. I was at the breakfast table, and I just realized they`re watching right now, and I don`t know if I`ve told them this story. But I used to tuck them in at night by telling them a bedtime story about three mice named Inky, Blinky and Stinky, who would travel to the island of cheese in a marshmallow boat. And I would just make it up every night.

One morning, my kids came downstairs and we were sitting at the breakfast table. And they said, "Dad, Dad, Dad. Tell us about Inky, Blinky and Stinky and the adventure they went on last night."

I actually lied to my kids and told them that I wanted them to tell me the story because I wanted to see how well they remembered it. The truth was I didn`t remember it. And beyond that, I didn`t even remember putting them down and tucking them in. And it was at that moment that I realized how truly sick and screwed up I was. That`s when I knew I had a problem, and no one was going to help me through this but me.

Sure, I went to AA. I had the support of my family. But ultimately, it was something that I needed to do on my own. My recovery is really one of the only things that I own.

Alcoholics will never be able to turn their lives around unless they come to the same realization. If you`re an alcoholic and you genuinely need help quitting, help is there. People will support you. I would support you.

But this -- this ridiculous idea in Seattle is not going to help alcoholics. In fact, it could kill alcoholics. For an alcoholic to truly change, they need to hit rock bottom, and Seattle is giving them a safety net. And I don`t really understand why.

Michael Stoops, from the National Coalition of the Homeless, doesn`t this program actually enable alcoholics instead of help them?

MICHAEL STOOPS, NATIONAL COALITION OF THE HOMELESS: I don`t think so. Twenty-nine percent of the homeless population have a serious substance abuse problem. They have been on the Skid Row area of Seattle for many, many years. They have failed many programs. And this is one program that is very -- has very few rules and that they`re willing to go.

And the studies have found that they initially drink as much as they had before when they were on the streets. But once they get in the program they`re drinking less, and the goal is eventual sobriety, just like for yourself.

BECK: Do you hear -- do you hear -- I mean, first of all, you don`t have to tell me. Are you an alcoholic?

STOOPS: No, I`m not.

BECK: OK. I`m an alcoholic. I know my market. I know what alcoholics are like, and I`ve got to tell you, I would imagine my e-mail tonight is going to be almost unanimous with alcoholics.

The ones who have actually done it will tell you cannot have a safety net. You have to be -- if -- I mean, tell me what would make you think if somebody who`s living out on the street is continuing to drink when they know that they can come home, drink all they want, where you actually are providing this, Seattle, they`re actually providing shuttle service so you can go buy your booze, what would make you want to stop?

STOOPS: Well, the people who are in the facility are disabled people. They`ve been on the streets for many, many years. They are going to die if they don`t quit drinking. This program is reducing their drinking, and the eventual goal is to have a life of sobriety. Different strokes for different folks.

BECK: I will -- right. I will tell you, I find it -- I find it interesting that you would throw in disabled. I have seen the requirements to get in. You don`t have to be disabled.

I also find it interesting that we`re talking compassion here. Seattle is not talking compassion. Seattle is talking about saving taxpayers money from rounding these people up. That`s not compassion, sir.

And I got news for you. You will kill people by allowing them just to continue to drink with no ramifications. What is to stop someone from drinking if you`ve lost your family, you`ve lost your job, you`ve lost your house, there is -- you can get off the street. There is plenty of help. What is your motivation for stopping drinking? Why wouldn`t you just kill yourself in booze?

STOOPS: When you`re living on the streets going through detox treatment centers, the folks who are in this program have failed treatment at least six different times, which is real common for people who are in recovery. This is a way to put people in a permanent situation, and over a long period of time, they will get onto that path of recovery.

BECK: I think that`s the biggest amount of bull crap I`ve ever heard. Let me ask you this, since we`re in -- since we`re in -- I`ve only got 30 seconds. I`ve got to run. I would like to know and maybe we can have you back at some point, for those homeless people who aren`t alcoholics who can`t get in this program, do they need to go to the store and get a quart of Wild Turkey?

Michael, thank you. We`ll be back in a minute.

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BECK: Let`s try to have some sort of glimmer at the end of the tunnel, man. I swear to you I`m going to drink if we just continue this pace going. Let`s go to Brian Whitman and find out is there any sanity in Los Angeles? Brian`s with KLXS in L.A. and also WABC in New York.

Hi, Brian.

BRIAN WHITMAN, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Hi, Glenn, how are you?

BECK: Very good. The insanity in Los Angeles, what is it?

WHITMAN: What is it today?

BECK: What is it today?

WHITMAN: Well, on top of the heat, on top of the -- I mean, I`ve been schvitzing all weekend. The heat is oppressive.

BECK: Oh, please. Pipe down. You don`t have humidity.

WHITMAN: But you know what? It`s a dry heat. That`s like people say. It`s 126. But, you know, there`s no humidity.

BECK: Right. Right. It isn`t the heat; it`s the humidity. No, it`s the combination of the two. It really is.

WHITMAN: And the haze as well, the triple H`s. It`s very oppressive.

BECK: All right. So you have something going on in L.A. County schools where they`re giving 11-year-olds -- what is it, medication for STDs?

WHITMAN: It`s a vaccination, Glenn. It`s a vaccination for one particular sexually transmitted disease.

BECK: the problem with the program -- is my head hurts. My head hurts after the news today. It really does.

WHITMAN: Well, the market`s up. That`s good news.

BECK: Yes, good.

WHITMAN: What they`re doing is this. They are giving this vaccination to students unless the parents opt their kid out of the program. Now, the policy, it`s not bad to try to improve the health of children in Los Angeles Unified School District. However, I think it would probably be appropriate to have the parents opt their kids in instead of just giving the vaccine unless parents opt their kids out.

BECK: Well, but the problem with that is that, you know, kids that are having sex have to go to Mom and Dad at 11 and say, "Dad, I`d really like" -- I mean they`re not going to do that.

WHITMAN: Well, kids at 11 who are having sex, I have to say to you, Glenn, I don`t blame that on the school. I mean if your kid`s having sex at 11, maybe there`s a problem at the house. Maybe Mom and Dad have not been the most effective parents.

BECK: Right.

WHITMAN: So let`s not blame the school for everything.

BECK: Right, right. So were you at the big rallies for Jews and Muslims? I don`t think they -- they didn`t hold it at the same place this weekend, did they?

WHITMAN: No, I hit both of them.

BECK: You did?

WHITMAN: I don`t miss a rally, Glenn, you know me.

BECK: Yes, I do.

WHITMAN: But our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, our mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, out there at the pro-Israeli rally, and people say, "Hold on a second. There appears to be in this country a pro-Israeli slant." Well, yes, they`re our friends. We kind of like them. And we...

BECK: You know what we need? We needed to ship over a bunch of cowboy hats, white cowboy hats and black cowboy hats over to the Middle East and just say, "OK, you guys wear those. You guys wear the white ones."

WHITMAN: Yes, it would be very effective.

BECK: It would be a lot easier.

WHITMAN: It would be. It would be.

BECK: Yes.

WHITMAN: These rallies are interesting. The pro-Palestinian rally, for lack of a better term, had you know, about a hundred people where there were thousands at the pro-Israeli rally.

But the mayor said the right thing here in Los Angeles. He said you don`t have peace without security, Glenn. And I think you and I understand that. Americans understand that. And we understand the situation in Israel is in. We appreciate their situation.

BECK: Sure. So they didn`t make it to the Muslim. It`s almost as if they were choosing sides.

WHITMAN: Well, again, very -- very pro-Israeli. These -- you know, these Muslims were out there this weekend schvitzing in the heat.

BECK: Yes.

WHITMAN: Saying where is everybody? Where are our supporters this weekend?

BECK: In the air-conditioning. Brian, thanks a lot. Best of luck. We`ll talk to you next week in Los Angeles.

WHITMAN: Thank you. Thank you, Glenn.

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BECK: All right. Let me give you the three big stories today. They`re the stories that I have chosen that I think the media has either overlooked or has made it a story for all of the wrong reasons.

For example, first one. Probably heard by now, I hope, that Condoleezza Rice has made the trip to the Middle East. Front page of all the papers, all the TVs are playing it, but they`re leaving the real story out.

The real story is -- if you remember, what was it, a week ago, two weeks ago, the G-8 summit -- Bush and Tony Blair spoke about the importance of their trip. Most people bypassed it. I remember it because it was during that really, "Whoops, the microphone is on," disturbing footage where the president was eating with his mouth full, which was driving me crazy.

I want to play it a little bit of it back, where they`re talking about Condoleezza Rice. Listen to the conversation. Read the captions carefully here.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: She`s going -- I think Condi`s going to go pretty soon.

TONY BLAIR, PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN: Obviously, if she goes out, she`s got to succeed, as it were, where as I can just go out and talk.

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BECK: I mean, could you please shut your mouth when you`re eating, George?

Earlier in the conversation, it was pretty apparent that Blair had made an offer to Bush that either himself or one of his diplomats go to the region. But Bush said, no, I want to send Condi. Blair responded that, quote, "She`s got to succeed."

Why? I asked this question when it first came out. Why does she have to succeed? Why is it that important?

Here`s why you need to pay attention to this story. I believe it`s because she is the one and only diplomatic bullet we have in our gun. Once we fire Condoleezza Rice`s bullet, the chamber of diplomacy is over.

Second story. You probably heard that Floyd Landis, an American who won the Tour de France, won it yesterday. Now, most stories about the victory point out how Landis is the third American to ever win the race, how Lance Armstrong, who you might recall is also an American, who won the previous seven races, and how Landis came back from an eight-minute loss in a prior stage of the race to win.

This truly is an example of how the media just doesn`t get us. They don`t know why you care about this story. So let me tell you why: France loses again!

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Yes! First the World Cup, now this. Bye-bye.

Last story. Finally, what could be one of my favorite stories of the year so far, and it is on Christie Brinkley. Now, you`ve probably heard about her husband, well, now her soon-to-be-ex-husband Peter Cook cheated on her with his 19-year-old assistant, which he first spotted when she was 17 or 18 while he was shopping for toys at a toy store.

Well, he made her the assistant. And while every article is accompanied by a picture of Christie Brinkley looking, well, you know, like a supermodel, I think the first reaction on hearing this story is one of shock. I mean, guys will say, "How could you possibly cheat on a supermodel, Christie Brinkley? Do you remember her with Chevy Chase in those vacation movies, remember, with the red convertible, the blond hair blowing in the wind? What are you, an idiot?"

That`s what most guys are thinking, but it`s actually not the question we should be asking. The story isn`t about Christie Brinkley at all; it`s about Peter Cook. And are we, as a guy, are we like Peter Cook at all?

It`s about the flaw in almost every man that keeps us searching for the next conquest. Is that what it is? Even though we seemingly have it all, we could see somebody like Christie Brinkley or another hot woman, and we`re looking over there. What is that?

I`ve got to be completely honest with you, and I`ve already said this to my wife, so she knows. I`m on the verge of moral collapse at any time. I try so hard to be a decent guy, but I know deep inside like that I could make a stupid decision and it`s all over.

Dr. Judy Kuriansky is a psychologist. She, I guess, I hope -- Dr. Judy, can you explain a guy like Peter Cook, who seemingly has it all and then is still searching for something else?

JUDITH KURIANSKY, PH.D., SEX THERAPIST: What`s really astounding, Glenn, is that you`re using his name several times, and he probably feels like he`s been a nobody. This is part of what the issue is.

Guys suffer from what`s called the hero-zero syndrome. You would love that, right?

BECK: Right.

KURIANSKY: So he`s a hero, Peter Cook, when he scores with Christie Brinkley and gets the supermodel who`s gorgeous, and rich, and famous, all of that package. But that makes him a hero.

And then when he gets not much attention out of that, he becomes the zero. And that`s when he needs to turn to the clerk in the toy store, and she makes him feel like a hero again. So this is the syndrome. This is why guys do it.

BECK: OK, is there something with guys with supermodels? Because I`ve got news for you: I would never approach a supermodel. I don`t know. We were talking about it in the office, and all of us were like, if we saw Christie Brinkley walk in, we`d all be like, "You talk to her. I ain`t going to talk to her."

You know, we would never do it. It would take an extraordinary guy with a lot of cojones to walk up to Christie Brinkley. And isn`t that the kind of guy who`s searching for trophies?

KURIANSKY: Yes, there`s no question he`s got a trophy on his mind, and then he can`t handle it. This is the problem for a lot of men today, not just with the supermodels, but there are a lot of women who are successful, and attractive, and good-looking, and capable, and athletic. And these women are the ones that the men want. They`re desirable. They love to get them, but then they become intimidated, even when they do get them.

They can be intimidated, like you said, to even go up to them, but once they do go up to them, then they become intimidated. So this is the problem for modern men today, and it means that women have to be aware of that. Make him feel like a king.

BECK: Let me ask you this -- yes, honey, did you hear that?

KURIANSKY: Right.

BECK: Let me ask you this, because we were talking about it on the radio show today, and I said that in all -- I mean, I`m a recovering alcoholic. I no longer swear. I mean, I`ve given up so much stuff. The natural man in me is a very powerful guy that could take me off track at the drop of a hat. I don`t go hang out in bars because I`m not that stupid.

And a lot of the guys I talk to say today, "Oh, I trust myself. I could hang out in front of hot women," and blah, blah, blah. And I said, "Why would you ever put yourself in that situation?" They thought I was an idiot. Would you agree with that?

KURIANSKY: Well, I think you`re really right to stop the temptation, because there`s no question that a woman like that is extremely provocative and seductive. And men think with their little head instead of the big head, and if they get a few drinks in them, then it`s even more difficult.

BECK: Right. But I don`t think that that is -- it doesn`t have to be Christie Brinkley. I think that, you know, you can be in any relationship, having a bad time in your -- I mean, everybody goes through a bad time in their relationship. The right person comes by. It`s tempting. And you`re like, "What the heck?" And I mean, that`s just stupid to be putting yourself in that situation, wouldn`t you agree?

KURIANSKY: I would agree. That`s why you need to take a deep breath. You can appreciate those good-looking women. It`s OK, Glenn. I`m giving you permission that you can look.

BECK: I will tell you, I am appreciating you right now.

KURIANSKY: OK. You can look, but then you think to yourself, what is going to be the consequences of this, all the time? And in that way, you`ll be smart.

And so that`s the message for you guys. And the message for the women is to make the guys feel like the king, and they`ll stay, or if you`re number one he could stray.

BECK: That`s right. Judy, thank you. Now I`ve got to go appreciate Erica hill.

Erica, "Straight to the Hill," the anchor of "PRIME NEWS" on Headline News. Did you hear that?

(CROSSTALK)

BECK: It`s a tough one. You go ahead and make the men in your life feel like a king. And I believe...

HILL: I`ll remember that.

BECK: ... I believe I`m one of the men in your life.

HILL: Oh, OK. Yes. You know, yes.

BECK: I mean, what does that mean? That`s not making me feel kingly.

HILL: You are, but my husband would be the number one.

BECK: Yes. I know I`m number two in your life. Wait a minute.

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HILL: There`s you, there`s Anderson. I`ve got, you know -- it`s just it`s not easy.

BECK: Oh, come on. I beat Anderson Cooper on that list.

HILL: You two are going to have to fight it out.

BECK: No, he`ll take me. He goes to, like, wrestle with alligators. Every time there`s a story...

HILL: He`s in a war zone, Glenn. Come on.

BECK: Jeez. OK. What`s up in the news?

HILL: How about another lady for you to look at? This is a pretty tough way to start your reign as Miss Universe. Just 40 minutes after she was crowned, 18-year-old Miss Puerto Rico fainted and had to be carried offstage. Pageant officials blamed the collapse on her heavy, beaded dress; others mentioned the heat. Officials also stressed...

BECK: Let me get my bull-crap-to-English dictionary out, the heat and the weight of the dress?

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HILL: ... you could see -- look, you could see looking at them, watch the video, you can see the lights are hot. It`s sweaty.

BECK: I`m not listening to you. Here it is in English from bull crap. It was the puke syndrome, the "don`t eat for three weeks because I`ve got to look hot and let me puke."

HILL: Well, officials stress the new Miss Universe had had plenty to eat.

BECK: Oh, of course. What are they going to say? "No, she`s been starving herself until she looks in the dress."

HILL: I don`t know. You call her and get the story.

BECK: Of course not.

HILL: Let us know what she says.

BECK: You don`t need to call her. I just know. I`m here to pass judgment. You can be that journalist. I`m here to pass judgment.

HILL: Pass judgments on this one, my friend.

BECK: Yes?

HILL: Gas prices, 25-year high. Good stuff, huh?

BECK: Yes. At least...

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HILL: The latest Lundberg Survey puts it at just over $3 bucks a gallon for the national average. AAA puts it at $2.99. Of course, depending on where you are, it may be a bargain.

BECK: Yes. No, I don`t think -- I mean, unless you`re in Saudi Arabia, I don`t think you`re thinking, "Hey, it`s a bargain."

HILL: Well, Venezuela, they have cheap gas, too.

BECK: Yes, yes. We actually hopefully will have some sort of a solution for the gas thing that`s coming up in the coming days on the program. Thank you so much, Erica. We`ll talk to you soon.

HILL: See you tomorrow.

BECK: Bye.

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BECK: You know, it used to be that once you were wounded in a war, you were shipped home and left behind to heal with nothing more but your thoughts to keep you company. But since a Marine never faces a battle alone, one base in North Carolina believes they should never have to heal alone, either.

It`s that sentiment that led Lt. Col. Tim Maxwell to do something for those coming home bruised and battered. He says his actions came from growing up and watching Vietnam vets face the lonely months and years alone in their hospital beds. And, as you will now see, it was a lesson well- learned.

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BECK (voice-over): This is the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Tucked away at the base is the wounded warrior barracks, where the injured Marines come to recuperate after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. It`s the only place of its kind allowing soldiers to heal among others in similar situations.

Lt. Col. Maxwell knows all too well about injury, having suffered a mortar attack in Iraq.

LT. COL. TIM MAXWELL, U.S. MARINE CORPS: And one day, I just got bad luck. I took shrapnel rounds places from my left knee. I had a couple in here, still in there, and one up my left side. I broke my back, my elbow here on my left arm, a couple of rounds here and there, went inside my skull, and went into my brain, wiped down a chunk of the left side of my brain.

I have some trouble with the right side because the left sight of my brain was the nerves and whatnot were cut over there.

BECK: While recovering in a hospital, Maxwell got the idea of housing all the wounded Marines coming back from war in the same place, particularly the younger ones who may not always get what they need at home.

MAXWELL: Going home ain`t that great. It sounds great. It`s great for about a week, maybe two weeks.

BECK: But he knew that ultimately it`s being around other wounded soldiers that really helps the most, so he presented the idea to his superior.

LT. GEN. JAMES AMOS, U.S. MARINE CORPS: Lt. Col. Maxwell said, "You know, sir, we ought to get a barracks, and let`s put them all together, and let me be in charge of them."

MAXWELL: And he said, "OK, let`s give that a try, see where it works out." And that`s kind of how it came about.

BECK: Maxwell describes the barracks as an in-between place, a place where Marines convalesce while figuring out what they`ll do next.

MAXWELL: A lot of Marines don`t want to be out of the Marine Corps or don`t know what they want to do, so now there`s not an immediate decision. You`re wounded, you`re out. Well, now they can stay in the Marine Corps even if they`ve lost some techniques, some capabilities that they had before.

It seems like everybody would be glad they`re home and glad they got out of the war. No, they want to go back to the unit, all of them. And some of them aren`t going to make it back. And so it takes a lot of discussing, you know, to spend time with these guys about what their future is going to be like. That`s what we do here.

BECK: Lt. Gen. Amos says the message they`re trying to send wounded Marines is simple.

AMOS: We`re going to care for you. You`re back on the team again, you know. We love you. You`re a Marine. Don`t forget that, and we`re going to care for you.

It allows them to come back and be with people that care for them that understand. It guarantees that they`re going to get the proper medical care because we`re going to make sure that they make all of their therapy appointments and get all the care that they need.

It provides the structure that they like and allows them to come back in and become part of a team again so they`re not on the outside looking in.

BECK: Ask Maxwell about the success of the program.

MAXWELL: That part`s easy. The morale in this place is the highest morale we`ve seen anywhere. I`ve said it before, and I`ll say it again. You want to look at 20 years, PTSD, and look at the guys in the barracks, and it will be way lower, much lower percentage of guys, because they don`t have to spend a lot of time alone.

BECK: To show their appreciation for Maxwell`s efforts, the team had a surprise for him opening day, naming the barracks Maxwell Hall.

AMOS: There`s been nobody that has more compassion or passion for the care and feeding of our young men that are wounded than Lt. Col. Maxwell. Nobody has.

BECK: But Maxwell says what`s important is preparing the guys for whatever may lie ahead.

MAXWELL: They come to terms with the fact, and that`s OK. I did my service. I served my country, and they`ll be better citizens the rest of their lives because of it.

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BECK: There`s so many great stories out there. We will be one program that will try to tell you the good news, from time to time, as well.

Today, the wounded warrior barracks in Camp Lejeune houses nearly 40 Marines. The program has been so successful that Camp Pendleton in San Diego may soon follow suit, building their own wounded warrior barracks.

All right. Let`s do our "quality of life" market index, if we can.

The quality of life for voters in Nevada is rising sharply on the news that a former porn star is hoping to be the state`s next Republican governor. Her name is Melody Damayo. She is hard on the campaign trail, if you will, in hopes of winning the August 15th Republican primary.

Damayo, who is using the name of Mimi Miyagi -- is that right? -- appeared in such memorable classics as "Beverly Hills Geisha," "Busty Bangkok Bangers," and "Moo Goo Gai Poon," which we`re only really telling you the name of these because none of these have ever been said on this network.

She`s running on a family values ticket. It sounds like it, doesn`t it? Remember, this is Nevada. But she`s not your typical, run-of-the- mill, conservative, ex-porn star running for governor. She`s also, of course, a businesswoman. She was once the publisher of the influential trade publication "Oriental Dolls," which, of course, was the precursor to "Asian Hotties," which was always a big success.

So far, she`s not worried about the polls. And when she says that, I mean, you`ve got to believe her. I mean, if there`s anyone who`s familiar with polls, I`m just guessing it`s her.

Time to check in on what`s coming up on NANCY GRACE tonight. Nancy, what`s happening?

NANCY GRACE, HOST: Well, Glenn, tonight the search goes on for a 5- year-old Utah girl, Destiny Norton. She went missing from her own front yard, Glenn.

And tonight, we hold some deserving judges in contempt. A brand new "Reader`s Digest" list of the very worst judges on the bench in this country, including a Maryland judge. His name is Richard Palumbo. Last week, we met Yvette Cade, who begged Judge Palumbo for protection against her husband, and, Glenn, the judge turned her down. The husband walked straight into her office at T-Mobile and set her on fire. Well, guess what? She lived. And tonight, we want justice.

BECK: Wow. Thanks a lot, Nancy. And it`s good to see also you`re covering that story in Salt Lake City. I just read a story today that nobody in the national media is covering it, and then comes along NANCY GRACE at 8:00 and 10:00 tonight on "Headline Prime."

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BECK: All right. Welcome back to "Glenn`s Golf Talk" on Headline News, your source for all golf stats, golf strategy, and, of course, golf- related e-mail.

Heather in Vegas writes, "Glenn, quick question. Did you dress Sergio Garcia on Sunday at the British Open? Heather, Vegas."

Hey, heather, why don`t you go pull the arm of a slot machine? I do know some of my outfits tend to burn the retinas out of some viewers` eyes, but I`ve got to tell you, even I was uncomfortable with watching Sergio`s yellow mess of an outfit at the British Open. I mean, wow, look at that.

Actually, do we have the side-by-side comparison? Can you put those - - yes, there it is. I mean, look at this. Honestly, we put a Chiquita sticker on him and you wouldn`t be able to tell the difference.

Jim in Minneapolis writes, "Glenn, I know you are to sports as Hezbollah is to Israel, but did you see the finish to the British Open yesterday? You`re always sobbing like a girl when it comes to talking about fatherhood. I hope you caught it. It was nice to see a huge star break down, like I think any regular guy would. Jim, in Minneapolis."

Jim, I think any son who just lost his dad would react that way. You know, they may not do it on the shoulder of a Swedish model, but, you know, hey, that`s Tiger`s cross to bear.

I think what we saw yesterday on the British Open was so tremendous, because it was so real. For a minute, Tiger wasn`t the guy who makes $87 million a year. He was a guy who just won one for his dad. And then he came to the realization, in front of millions of people, that Dad just wasn`t around anymore to share it with him.

Earl Woods, who died of cancer this past May, was able to drive Tiger into developing his natural gift and he kept him grounded. And there was something fitting about who Tiger did share this win with. A teary-eyed Chris DiMarco finished second place. His mother, Norma, passed away suddenly just a few weeks before Fourth of July.

Lately, it seems, when we talk about sports figures, we`re trying to figure out which one of them has got a needle hanging out of their arm, you know, or have been named the wife-beater of the day. It was nice yesterday, wasn`t it? Just to get a break for at least one weekend and see some real people on television.

All right, back to the domestic abuse! We`re all done here.

You can e-mail me at GlennBeck@CNN.com. We`ll see you tomorrow on the radio. To find out where you can find us, look for our affiliates page at glennbeck.com. Au revoir.

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