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What Will Resolution Against War Achieve?; Family Thrown off Plane for Misbehaved Child; Twisted Movie Trailers Popular on YouTube

Aired January 25, 2007 - 19:00   ET

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GLENN BECK, HOST: Most of America is in morning today. We found out yesterday that John Kerry is not running in 2008. Does anybody really care?
Plus, the debate over the troop surge in Iraq. That and more, coming up next.

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ANNOUNCER: Tonight`s episode is brought to you by the Museum of Irrelevant Announcements. Now featuring a brand new John Kerry exhibit. Visit the Museum of Irrelevant Announcements. Or don`t. It really doesn`t matter.

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BECK: Now for those who missed it, which I`m guessing is anyone with a life, here is John Kerry`s announcement yesterday on the Senate floor.

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SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), MASSACHUSETTS): We came close, Mr. President, certainly close enough to be tempted to try again. There are powerful reasons to want to continue that fight now. But I`ve concluded this isn`t the time for me to mount a presidential campaign.

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BECK: Whew. I`ll try and go on. John Kerry saying he`s not going to seek the presidency in `08, kind of like Pauly Shore saying he`s not going to seek a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars. But even Paula Shore, I believe, has more self-awareness than John Kerry.

John, get over yourself. You lost a lot of this country when you said, "I voted for it before I voted against it," and I really don`t think I`m alone in that Pontiac.

Here`s the point tonight. Thank you. Sixty-two percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. Now, I believe this is not due to policies but to principals. We are desperate for our leaders to show principals like courage and conviction. Mean what you say and say what you mean. And until you do, politicians, you`ll suffer the same fate as John Kerry or the Republicans` last election.

And here`s how I got there. Maybe John Kerry thinks that his botched joke sealed his fate, but John really didn`t have a lot to do with that. It wasn`t about a bad joke. I think it was about a bunch of things.

First of all, you were quite possibly the most unlikable candidate I have ever seen run for office in my entire lifetime, at least for president. And believe me, when I got home yesterday, I actually ran them all down in my head. You were only tied with Al Gore.

Two, you couldn`t defeat a guy who had the biggest organized smear machine constructed against him in the history of American politics. This thing went from the hills of Hollywood to the news rooms of New York City. They couldn`t have built a bigger anti-Bush machine than the one they built during your campaign and yet you still found some way to lose.

Three, "I voted for it before I voted against it." Huh?

Speaking of which, now your colleagues in the Senate are trying to have it both ways, as well. They`re putting together a non-binding resolution against the troop surge in Iraq. What exactly is a non-binding resolution? Is that just a cover you use so the entire party can say, "I voted for it before we voted against it"? This is not what America is looking for.

I`ll say it again. We need courage and conviction. And this is something that both the extreme left and the extreme right can unite on.

Hear me out. Nobody, nobody in America went into the voting booth looking for somebody with a neutral position: "Gee, I just wish I could find a politician that was kind of wishy-washy." We voted people into office because, well, if you`re like me and you`re a conservative, you believe that the might of the U.S. military should be unleashed, the handcuffs should come off, the lessons we learned from Vietnam should be put into action. We should fight to win.

However, let`s say you`re in the liberal camp. You actually believe that we shouldn`t have gone there in the first place, that this whole thing was built on lies and that we should end this war and bring our troops home now, right?

Who voted for a non-binding resolution? Nobody voted for it. Well, I just hope we get a politician in there who will just give the president a strong warning. What? You need to take a stand.

Listen, to the Democratic Party, you asked for it. You`re in power now. So are you for it or are you against it? If you`re against it, then stop it. You control the purse strings now.

Now I personally hope you choose not to do this. I hope you continue to be the political weasels that most politicians are on both sides of the aisle, but just know this is why Americans is sick of politics and politicians, because everybody in Washington wants it both ways.

And to the Republicans, you`re either for it or you`re against it, as well. And if you`re for it, then do whatever it takes to win it. It wasn`t the left or right that caused Vietnam; it was the soft and mushy middle.

So here`s what I now tonight. I know that the Democrats think this non-binding resolution B.S. is actually going to inoculate them in the next election, but I believe it`s going to do exactly the opposite. You were elected to do just something, not talk about doing something. That, my friend, is why the Republicans lost the last election.

Here`s what I don`t know. How do these politicians think they`re going to continue to get away with the same game? Or God, help us. Will they get away with the same game over and over again?

Well, that`s the question. And I thought about who we should have on as a guest. I could bring on some boring pundit and you know, he could come on, "Oh, well, let me tell you about Washington." Not really have an honest conversation. But instead of going with the expert I decided to have an honest conversation with somebody who will tell it like it is, Danny Bonaduce. Yes, I went for a former Partridge, from 97.1 Free FM.

Hello, Danny.

DANNY BONADUCE, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: How are you?

BECK: Good. What do you suppose a non-binding resolution really is?

BONADUCE: It is possibly the most wonderful thing that you could get involved in if you`re the guy in the nonbinding part. I will give you an example. I took a nonbinding wedding vow. Now my wife is very upset by this.

BECK: Of course.

BONADUCE: But I told her in the beginning. I said, this is not exactly binding. I`m not bound by it.

BECK: Sure.

BONADUCE: See? The other thing that I totally agree with, and I`ll make my little joke fist, but I truly believe that I am a good American. I made some mistakes, but I`m a good and courageous Americans. And I have a lot least three convictions, so that makes me courage and convicted. So I believe I should run to president, and I`ll put an end to this crap right now.

BECK: Did you see -- did you see the State of the Union? Did you watch?

BONADUCE: Yes. I most certainly did.

BECK: I couldn`t take the first 20 minutes of it, because until you got to Iraq, you could see the difference in George Bush when he believes something and when he`s just saying what he has to say. The first 20 minutes I don`t know how the Republicans and the Democrats actually look at each other without laughing. They know none of this crap is going to get done.

BONADUCE: Well, that`s the thing. I was talking to my partner, Adam Corolla. And we were having a very serious discussion about this that before -- before the State of the Union address, that every American, conscious American, anyway, knows for a fact that nothing is going to be said that is going to change their lives when they wake up in the morning.

The State of the Union address never fixes a pothole in my street or ends a war. From the little to the grand, a speech never changes a thing anymore. And they used to.

BECK: I was going to say, the Moon Shot, yet.

BONADUCE: I was going to say, John F. Kennedy`s inaugural speech -- and I just happened to reread it, as a matter of fact -- that`s the one where he said, "Ask not what the country can do for you but for what you can do for the country." That changed the nation.

BECK: Yes.

BONADUCE: Nobody listens to anybody. Nobody believes anybody.

BECK: You know, that`s a real -- that`s a problem. You know, I was asking -- we were talking today on my radio program, does the truth even matter? Does anybody tell the truth and expect to be held to the truth anymore? I don`t think it does. It does to the regular schmos. It does to you and me.

Oh, my gosh. Did I just put us in the regular schmo category?

BONADUCE: Yes, yes.

BECK: I apologize, America. It matters to regular people but I don`t think it does to politicians. All that matters is politics: win at any cost for your party.

BONADUCE: Well, I will tell you a very, very sad truth about myself, and I think in a way it will translate to what we`re discussing. I gave a speech at a high school once about the dangers of alcohol. I`d never been arrested for alcoholism or anything like that. I was just drinking too much, and I was trying to get sober. And I booked this engagement where I would talk to these teenagers.

In the time I tried to quit and the time I went to speak to these children, I had fallen off the wagon. And I went and I gave a speech about staying sober while drunk. And what happened, I believe, and it`s a terrible thing, and I`m ashamed of it, and my life has changed dramatically since then . But what happens is, it`s still a good message. You`re still saying, "Don`t drink and drive."

That`s what the politicians think. They think, "I know I`m lying to you, but it`s best for you. Let me tell you a lie right to your face, because I believe it`s what`s best for you."

BECK: Are you watching "24" by any chance?

BONADUCE: No.

BECK: OK. It`s a great show on "24".

BONADUCE: I`ve seen it.

BECK: Yes. One of the story lines that`s going on -- and I won`t bore you with all of this -- but the one line is that they keep saying to the president, "Mr. President, it will make the people feel safer."

And he keeps saying, "But it won`t make people safer." And I really think that that`s -- I mean, that`s your point here.

BONADUCE: That`s true.

BECK: People in Washington are: "It will make them feel better." I don`t want to feel better. You can make me feel worse as long as it actually gets better later down the road.

BONADUCE: Right. Or you can make me feel worse if worse means I need to take cover.

BECK: Yes.

BONADUCE: Worse means every now and again you need to know so you have options.

BECK: All right. Thanks a lot. We`ll talk to you again.

Lost in the State of the Union message on Tuesday really was the official Democratic response. We haven`t covered it. I want to be fair. I want to make sure that we get the other side out. It was kind of on the long side, so I did have to edit it down a bit. But here are the highlights.

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ANNOUNCER: And now the Democratic official response to the State of the Union address.

And that was the official Democratic response to the State of the Union address.

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ANNOUNCER: This is GLENN BECK.

BECK: Oh, that`s completely unfair.

Coming up, an out of control toddler gets a family kicked off a plane. The parents are outraged. Should they be? I`ll tell you in a minute.

Also, paying less at the pump. Oil prices continue to drop. You`ll never guess who`s behind it or why. Do not miss tonight`s "Real Story".

And speed dating for the fittest. There`s a new dating event with only two requirements to join. Little strict. Find out if you make the cut.

Back in a second.

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BECK: I remember the first time that my family and I went to Los Angeles to Anaheim to Disneyland, and we took a plane. And I have a picture of me on the tarmac with my family. I was wearing a little suit and a hat. My dad was in a suit. My mom was wearing gloves. Everybody behaved. This was a big deal to fly back in 1969 when civilization still contained the word "civilized."

Sadly, you know, beside airline security, things kind of fall apart after that, don`t they? Planes right now, pretty much the Greyhound bus of the skies. People show up in sweat pants, flip flops. Showing common courtesy, not really that common anymore.

Just write a story about this family that was flying on Air Tran Airways. They were removed from the plane after their 3-year-old daughter was completely out of control, running around, refused to take her seat before takeoff, was laying on the floor underneath the seat. Simple fairness to the other 112 passengers who had already been delayed 15 minutes.

Finally, Air Tran officials had to follow FAA guidelines when it became obvious that the parents couldn`t control their own child. The flight crew said, "You on the plane, not so much."

Now they refunded the money and then even went so far as not only giving them money but offered the family free round trip tickets for their inconvenience.

They declined, saying, "We will never fly this airline again." Really? May I just say on behalf of the flying public, thank you. Air Tran is now my new favorite airline.

As a parent with a son that is all boy at times, you know, he can get wound up, and I can understand how frustrating it can be. I have four kids. You want to sit in the seat next to me and my family? Not so much. If I were in a similar situation on the airplane, my reaction wouldn`t be anger but total embarrassment. If you haven`t figured out how to handle your kids in the three years they`ve been alive, don`t really expect me to miss my connecting flight so you can figure it out now.

Here with her thoughts on parenting in public, Jill Rigby. She`s the author of "Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World".

Jill, there`s no way I`m being too hard on these parents, right?

JILL RIGBY, AUTHOR, "RAISING RESPECTFUL CHILDREN IN A DISRESPECTFUL WORLD": Right. You`re right, Glenn. I`m with you. I`m with you on this.

BECK: Good. What -- the thing that I -- that keeps going through my head as I am -- as I see this story is what lesson are these parents now teaching this 3-year-old as they`re on television and outraged about this? What lesson did these people teach their kid as they got back into the car and drove home?

RIGBY: Well, the problem -- one of the real problems today is the reason that our children are out of control in the first place, Glenn, is because our parents are not taking control.

And you know, one of the dire lessons that little Ellie is learning from this is that she can be in charge and that she can set her own rules.

And you know, the way I look at this particular incident is that there were really three options. Ellie`s parents had three options. The first option is they could put her in her car seat -- I mean in her car seat -- in the plane seat, buckle her in. Whether she was upset or not, that could still be done. As the parent, that it`s time to go and this is the rule and we have to abide by it.

Another option was that they could have told the flight attendant, "I`m so sorry, but we`re going to have to deplane because we can`t get our daughter under control," for their daughter`s sake.

Or the third option would have been to take -- to remove themselves from the plane again but it would have been on behalf of the other passengers on the plane. And unfortunately, they didn`t take any of the available options, and the airline had to ask them to move.

There really was no other option. And they chose not to do that. And consequently, they really are teaching their daughter that she can be in charge. And think of, you know, what the ramifications of that as she grows up.

BECK: So you know, here`s the thing. Because my wife did I -- my kids, they`re kids. And there will be times when they just go crazy. And we have - oftentimes we look at each other like, OK, is this the battle we want to fight right now? I mean, you have to make choices as you go.

And my kids don`t watch this show so I can say this. I`m bluffing as a parent. I have no freaking idea what I`m doing. My wife and I are bluffing every step of the way. How do you know which one -- I mean, on this one I would have known what the answer was. This one`s pretty -- you know, you`ve got to be brain dead to not know this one. But how do you know when to you step in and say, enough, and pick that battle?

RIGBY: Well, Glenn, I think -- really, I love to think of parenting as often we can have preventive parenting. There`s many things that can happen. You know, a child doesn`t have a temper tantrum in, you know, five-second time spans. Something -- there`s been a progression that led up to this.

One of the things that a parent can do is when a child begins to become unruly, if you said no and they don`t like the answer no or if you`ve asked them to do something and they don`t want to do it, and you see here`s a battle from beginning, the way to stop that battle from escalating to the point of a tantrum is every time the child raises their voice in opposition to you, then you lower your voice and you become even quieter and calmer.

And then as your child gets louder and more upset, you get even calmer all the way to a whisper. And it really helps to just stop it before it even escalates. It kind of breaks the tension.

BECK: You know, may I just point out...

RIGBY: Yes.

BECK: ... if I did that in my house I would spend most of my day speaking like this. Jill, thanks a lot. I`d love to have you back again.

Coming up, a dating event that simplifies everything for everybody. The guys are all rich; the women are all hot. What could possibly go wrong with that? We`ll find out. Stick around.

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ANNOUNCER: Blizzards, ice storms, Hillary. Yes, the wrath of winter is finally upon us. Only one thing can save us, and that`s, well, I guess this guy. Find out Glenn`s tips for surviving winter by going to CNN.com/Podcast or iTunes. Then download Glenn`s podcast, "Sick, Twisted Freak".

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BECK: All right. The hottest thing that you`ll see on YouTube is something called "Trailer Mash". I read this story, I don`t know, a few days ago. I can`t wait to show you this stuff.

What it is, people basically take a traditional movie trailer, they reedit it, add some new music and you`ve got a whole new movie.

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BECK (voice-over): Pick, for example, that old heart-warming favorite, "Mary Poppins". In this rendition we found on YouTube, she`s "Scary Mary". Oh, yes. Scary, all right. But if you`re looking for something, say, a little grittier, look no further than "Citizen Kane".

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All he knew was violence.

BECK: Yes. "Citizen Kane" goes gangster.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pimping ain`t easy.

BECK: And if that isn`t a big enough twist for you, check out this version of "The Shining". In this imaginative version, "The Shining" is recast as a romantic comedy.

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BECK: I`ve got to tell you. I watched this on YouTube the other day. "The Shining" is the best one. I laughed, I don`t know for how long. We`re going to show the whole thing here in just a second.

First, I`ll introduce you to the guy who made the version of "The Shining" that is great, Robert Ryang.

Robert, how are you?

ROBERT RYANG, CREATED "THE SHINING" MASHUP: Pretty good.

BECK: You`re the guy who actually started this whole thing. And this is really taking off now. What was the inspiration for it?

RYANG: Well, I originally made the trailer for a contest. I was working as assistant editor at this place called PS260 (ph). And they had a contest where we had to take one of six classic movies and reedit it. I ended up winning the contest.

But aside from that, I posted it on the Internet kind of just to show a couple of my friends. It leaked and kind of, you know, got a lot of exposure.

BECK: It`s great stuff. So now this is kind of a trend. The only one that I saw that I thought was really over the top, laugh out loud funny, was "The Shining". Have you seen anything that you think is in this category?

RYANG: Well, I think probably one of the funniest things that I`ve seen on the Internet that`s not -- it is a mashup, not necessarily a parody trailer, is someone actually took the PSAs at the end of all the G.I. Joe episodes and redubs all the voices with, you know, like funny accents.

BECK: Good, good. Good stuff. We want to cut it short here, because I want to show you this, what you`ve just done, this beautiful clip of "The Shining".

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Meet Jack Torrance.

JACK NICHOLSON, ACTOR: I`m outlining a new writing project.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He`s a writer looking for inspiration.

NICHOLSON: Lots of ideas. Good ones.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Meet Danny. He`s a kid looking for a dad.

DANNY LLOYD, ACTOR: There`s hardly anybody to play with on around here.

SCATMAN CROTHERS, ACTOR/SINGER: What`s up, Doc?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jack just can`t finish his book.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don`t want to sound mellow dramatic but there`s no way to make it economically feasible.

NICHOLSON: Here`s to five miserable months.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But now sometimes what we need the most is just around the corner.

NICHOLSON: I`m your new foster father. I`d do anything.

I love it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shining.

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BECK: All right. Welcome to "The Real Story". I`m going to be real honest with you. When I first heard the story of the Duke lacrosse players being arrested after they raped a stripper, that was the story in the frat house, I was immediately convinced in my own mind that they were guilty. How could they be innocent?

This is the way I saw it. When you hear a story that you can picture immediately the scene, you know, dirty old frat house, a bunch of hormone- filled, alcohol-fueled teenage boys leading a life of privilege, bringing over some strippers, really not hard, at least for me, to see how that movie ended.

But it wasn`t too long after I had convicted them in my own mind that it became pretty clear that the ending I just saw, the snap judgments I had made, were all wrong.

The prosecuting attorney in the case, Mike Nifong, has now been brought up on ethics charges and just yesterday was back in court to face more charges, including one that he withheld key DNA test results revealing that no DNA material from any of the accused lacrosse players was on the woman.

Now I`m more than happy to talk about how I think Mike Nifong tried to use this case for his own political gain. I`m happy to talk with you about how I think this guy saw an opportunity to exploit classic racial stereotypes for his own public career or how he convicted them in the media, these, quote unquote, "hooligans," well before the trial.

By the way, sidebar your honor. Hooligans, appropriate name for people you think raped a woman? Anyway, I`m not going to do any of that.

Tonight "The Real Story" is that I want to thank Mike Nifong. Yes. I want to thank him. I want to thank him because he`s finally given me the ability to at least reconsider my preconceived notions. I want to thank him, because he may help me in the long run at least pause for two seconds before I judge somebody or convict them in my mind based on what the media or even what some district attorney says about them.

I`m going to start practicing that right now with Mike Nifong himself.

Mike, be honest with you, me personally, every ounce of me says you`re a dirt bag who ruined these kids` lives without any real evidence. But thanks to you and the lessons you`ve taught me, I`m actually going to pause. I`m going to take a deep breath, step back before I jump to my conclusions.

OK. Now I`m ready to say I think you`re guilty and you deserve everything that happens to you.

Next, if you`ve turned on your local news lately, then chances are you`ve seen some overly happy reporters in front of the Exxon station, asking some guy who looks like a serial killer how do you feel about the falling gas prices? Uh, good, I guess.

In just the last few months alone the price of oil has fallen by almost 20 percent. But trust me, despite what the media would have you believe it`s not because a few cherry blossoms have popped up in Brooklyn and grandma is not using as much heating oil.

"The Real Story" tonight is really a question. Could Saudi Arabia, at the urging of the United States, be driving down the price of oil to collapse Iran from the inside out? Me personally, I think it`s happening. And it`s not as crazy as it sounds.

Think about this. During the late 1980s and the early `90s as the price of oil collapsed, so did something else, the Soviet Union. Now I don`t know who thought of it, but I believe the same genius strategy is being used against Iran.

How else can you explain why Saudi Arabia, a country that jumps at every chance they get to stuff their pockets with more oil money, said that prices are headed, quote, "in the right direction"? What?

They also refused to schedule a special early meeting of OPEC to address the price slide. You don`t turn OPEC down. You know what I`m saying?

When the Saudis are turning down cash and OPEC, something is up. Now I know it probably sounds counterintuitive. Iran is OPEC`s second largest oil producer. How could a little price slide hurt them enough to matter? Well, what you probably don`t know is that Iran seems to have gotten themselves into a little bit of a predicament, and both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia know it.

Yes, Iran may have a lot of oil, but they also have a heck of a time refining it. They can`t get that oil into gasoline without a lot of money. And that means they`re forced to import over 40 percent of the gas they need to live, which makes them the world`s second largest importer of gas, right behind us.

Now, not only did it cost billions to import that gas, but Iran also pays up to nine times more than Saudi Arabia to actually pull the oil out of the ground. You put all of that stuff together, and that means, really, any price drop of oil negatively affects Iran much more than Saudi Arabia or anybody else for that matter.

But even if they could hurt Iran, why would they want to? Saudi isn`t exactly our greatest friend in the world. Why would they want to help us with Iran? Answer: they don`t. They had no intention of doing that. Helping us is a by-product of helping themselves.

The last thing Saudi Arabia wants to see besides us leaving a vacuum in Iraq is the U.S. invading Iran. That would be absolutely a disaster for them and the entire region. So the Saudis figure they can just kill two birds with one stone just by keeping the price of oil down.

You see, what a lot of people don`t realize is that it`s not exactly the roaring 20s in Iran right now. Eleven percent of the country is unemployed. Inflation is running possibly as high as 50 percent. And budget deficits are growing out of control.

What that means is the population getting a little restless and angry, and the Iranian government knows it.

Last Sunday, a Frenchy-French newspaper said they obtained a copy of a secret Iranian government report concluding that severe sanctions would destabilize their country and cost them billions of dollars a year. At that rate, Iran wouldn`t hold together very long, and running a nuclear program would be the least of their priorities.

Maybe, just maybe, there`s finally some late at the end of this very, dark tunnel. After all, oil, Iran`s greatest asset, may also be -- be their greatest weakness. I believe we`re starting to exploit it.

Last November Dick Cheney flew to Riyadh, met with Saudi Arabia`s king, to discuss what the White House called regional issues. Yes, not vague.

Some crazy people believe that these regional issues may actually have been about Iran and the price of oil. Gee, I wonder who those crazy people might be? Anyway, you`ll have to draw your own conclusions.

But isn`t it interesting that oil prices have never been higher since the week Dick Cheney left Riyadh?

Dr. Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, how real do you think our involvement is on this? This theory that I just talked about, real or not?

ARIEL COHEN, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: I think you`re right on the money. The Saudis are scared of the Shia uprising in Iraq. They were against the Iranian puppet Hezbollah. As far as going to war with Israel, they are now seeing the pro-Saudi government in Lebanon being destabilized by Hezbollah.

So Saudis and Iranians are fighting already, by proxy, in Lebanon, and any enlargement of the Iranian sphere of influence in Iraq, in the Persian Gulf, in Lebanon is threatening the Saudi market directly.

BECK: OK. I have to tell you, I have been racking my brain for a year, trying to figure out how do we get out of this, how do we get out of this, how do we not attack Iran? What`s going to happen? Give me another option besides military.

This is brilliant. This is what we did with the arms race for the USSR. I mean, who do you think thought of this? Is this our idea, or their idea? Was Dick Cheney, do you think, over there putting this together?

COHEN: First of all, both the Saudis and Mr. Cheney know the oil business quite well, and they know the Middle East. The Saudis want to be the old man of the Middle East, and it is not in our interest to have any single power to dominate Persian Gulf.

This will be a disaster, not just for us...

BECK: Right.

COHEN: ... but for the problematic Arab regimes that are still doing business with us. It will be a disaster for the global economy. Because the majority of oil in the world is coming from the Gulf, from the Middle East, and any major disruption, such as a nuclear armed Iran can enact, will be a disaster.

BECK: OK. There`s another piece of this that I think is equally as brilliant. You know, all of these things, the U.N. is so useless; there`s no sanctions. Here`s some sanctions for you.

We, apparently, are one of three countries that can make the kind of equipment that Iran needs to pull their oil out of the ground. The other two, Canada and Japan. The Iranians went to go buy some new equipment. We put pressure on Japan and said, "Don`t you dare sell it." So we`re squeezing them from the production standpoint, as well.

COHEN: We are not there yet. More sanctions are necessary if we are to avoid the war, and the oil prices will need to go much lower, into the $20 range to start to impinge on Iraq.

BECK: Holy cow. Do you think that`s even possible?

COHEN: Yes, absolutely. Because the Saudis also are obsessed about the market share. Every time an oil producer collapsed, such as Iraq under Saddam or Venezuela when there were disturbances under Chavez, the Saudis were the ones to pick up the pieces and to step in. The Saudis want to be in this game for a long, long time

BECK: You know what? I have to tell you, I have been wondering why we`ve been friends with those guys since 9/11. Maybe this is the answer.

Ariel, thank you very much.

Tomorrow I want to show you the possible downside of this plan. If collapsing the economy works, Iran still has one bullet in their chamber. We don`t really want them to have them squeeze that trigger. That is on tomorrow on "The Real Story". Do not miss it.

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BECK: Let`s take a look at the TV series "Temptation Island". This dirt bag show, what they do is they let you take your girlfriend, and then the girlfriend would date other guys to see if she really wanted to stay with the current boyfriend. You know, they do these really romantic getaways.

The girl would be like, "Wow, you`re so much more romantic than my boyfriend."

Listen, honey, there`s no way in hell this guy is taking you to some remote island off of Fiji on your first date. If you switch right now, prepare yourself for a Friday night ritual of McDonald`s and a movie.

Rich guys aren`t more romantic. They`re not hotter guys. They just have the ability to call Fernando and have him set up that romantic weekend on the Fiji Islands.

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BECK: I know this is wrong. It`s not ideal. But let me tell you how life works. Men like hot chicks, even if they are as dumb as a box of rocks. Hot chicks for all the men. Women like rich men, even if they look like they`ve been in some industrial accident. Big wallet for women.

Think I`m wrong? Walk around the rich part of town and look at the couples. Oh, yes. Truth isn`t always pretty, is it? But the arm candy of a guy with money usually is. This is America. Capitalism rules in all parts.

Now doesn`t a guy deserve a girlfriend with the nicest assets that he can afford? I`m just saying.

A new dating service has now embraced this notion and dressed it up with free drinks and hors d`oeuvres. This is how it works. Rich men get to meet hot women. And nobody has to pretend that it`s anything else but cash and hotties. Beautiful. Welcome to America 2007.

Stone cold genius behind this idea is Jeremy Abelson, the president of Urban Hostess.

Jeremy, a lot of people would think you`re like Yoda right now. Impart your wisdom on this.

JEREMY ABELSON, PRESIDENT, URBAN HOSTESS: I prefer Moses.

BECK: Yes. This is so wrong, Jeremy. You know what? Let me go back first. You explain how this -- because this is speed date. Explain how this works.

ABELSON: I wanted to touch on something you just said, actually, and I put myself on this plan. You say you walk around wealthy neighborhoods and you see the short, the fat, the hairy, the ugly, driving a Bentley full of hotties.

BECK: Sure.

ABELSON: And you know, I put myself on a plan. Every year I can gain 10 to 15 pounds as long as I`m gaining that equal amount in wealth. I feel like the hotties are still going to be around. So it`s a beautiful thing.

BECK: It`s true. It is sad but true. I mean, if you`re on the shallow end of the pool, this is absolutely true. OK. Tell me about the speed dating and how -- what you have to do to qualify, for men and men.

ABELSON: OK. It`s taking place the 7th of February at a French restaurant on the Upper East Side called Bruno Jamais. Women and men have both been applying for the last two to three weeks.

In order to apply, women go to our web site and submit -- and submit five pictures of themselves. If we didn`t have to take their name, e-mail address and phone number to contact them, we wouldn`t even take that information, because I don`t want people judging how nice they possibly could be based upon their name.

Men, conversely...

BECK: This is so wrong.

ABELSON: Men, conversely, have to express their net worth, let`s call it, based upon salary, invested assets and in trusted assets. They express it and then they`re followed up with a confirmation call from somebody at Pocket Change, and they will be asked to either provide documented proof, a W-2, pay stub. Just a financial...

BECK: OK, all right. Hang on. First of all, you call this thing Natural Selection. Believe me, the pictures you`re getting in from the women probably not a lot of nature involved in that. A lot of surgery and plastic.

ABELSON: You know, Glenn, it`s pretty interesting. I`ll be honest with you. Let`s -- agree with me with this. We`re operating under the premonition that, if somebody applies to this date, a woman applies to this date, they do, in fact, think that they are good looking.

BECK: Yes.

ABELSON: OK. We have gotten all colors, sizes, shapes of the rainbow. It has been unbelievable. Women who should be nowhere near in the same room of a bikini and on a bed.

BECK: Who is judging this? Who is judging this?

ABELSON: It is actually being professionally judged by famed celebrity matchmaker Janis Spindel, who is responsible, legitimately responsible, for some 10,000 to 15,000 successful marriages.

BECK: Real quick, because I`ve only got 30 seconds, this is "Pretty Woman". That`s what this is. This is -- this is hookers going to hook up with rich guys, and rich guys going, "That`s OK. I`m all right with that." Come on.

ABELSON: You know, I think -- you know, to get into the serious aspect of it, you said it before. There`s a lot of realism here. We provide a controversial term, rich guys, hot girls. But I mean, you laugh.

BECK: Come on, Jeremy.

ABELSON: Women look for successful men.

BECK: I know.

ABELSON: Men look for beautiful women. There has to -- there has to be that initial attraction.

BECK: OK, Jeremy, thanks a lot. Great talking to you.

Time to check in with Nancy Grace and see what she`s got coming up on the show tonight -- Nancy.

NANCY GRACE, HOST, "NANCY GRACE": Glenn, tonight photos emerge in the investigation of a 41-year-old pizza parlor manager charged with kidnapping two little Missouri boys. You remember Ben Ownby, Shawn Hornbeck, snatched off the street in broad daylight four years apart?

The newly discovered photos show Devlin with another young boy. Can police connect this boy in the picture with another missing child?

And tonight, Glenn, is there finally a break in the case of 2-year-old Florida boy Trenton Duckett, reportedly kidnapped out of his own crib, mom in the next room with a video? Almost immediately she`s made prime suspect? Tonight police chase leads that Trenton has been taken beyond U.S. borders, Glenn.

BECK: Wow. Don`t forget, check out Nancy tonight at 8 and 10 p.m. Eastern.

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BECK: Blood is going to shoot out of your eyes when you hear this story. Starts with a 29-year-old man. Said he`s got various hobbies. One hobby is having sex with older men, the other is molesting children. Well, gee, how do you get both things done? Well, priorities.

Somehow Neil Haven Roderick figured a way in one of the most bizarre stories you`re ever going to hear.

First, he went online. He posed as a 12-year-old boy named Casey Price. Then he met two grown men and started exchanging explicit photos. Eventually, he met up with them and started up a sexual relationship, eventually moving to Arizona with these two guys.

But all fun must come to an end, when one of the men, posing as his grandfather, tried to enroll him in school. Officials of the school became suspicious, called police.

What was the men`s reaction the police when they told them the boy they were molesting really wasn`t a boy at all? A police spokesperson said, quote, "They were really very upset when detectives told them they had been, you know, having a sexual relationship with a 29-year-old man and not a pre-teen boy." Brilliant. No, seriously.

Now it turns out this 29-year-old that was posing as a 12-year-old had already attended another school in -- I kid you not -- Surprise, Arizona.

He attended a school in Surprise, Arizona, from August until November. God only knows what this guy did, although there are no reports yet of any specific incidents with other children yet.

In fact, the school spokesperson sounded like she was ready to give him a scholarship. Quote, "By all accounts, he was quiet; he kept to himself most of the time and appeared to be a good student. He did his homework and turned it in."

He did his homework? Was he good at dodge ball, as well? How about flag football?

But as if we need a darker turn to this bizarre story, the dirt bag was also a convicted sex offender. Glad to know he was reformed.

Another man from the house had spent time in prison for lewd molestation. I guess that`s opposed to subtle, caring and refined molestation?

The bottom line is, once again, we have another example of how the country doesn`t take these things seriously. Is three years in prison really adequate for lewd molestation, which is what this dirt bag served? The answer to that one is no. And until we all answer that way, this is going to happen over and over and over again and maybe not in such a bizarre story but stories like it.

You can e-mail me at GlennBeck@CNN.com. But please do me a favor; don`t pose as a 12-year-old. I`m just saying it freaks me out.

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