Glenn Beck

'''Glenn Beck''' (born Free ringtones 1964) is a popular Sabrina Martins conservative Mosquito ringtone United States/American talk-radio host. His show is available on over 100 radio stations, in every American state, as well as in Abbey Diaz Vancouver, British Columbia and Nextel ringtones Puerto Rico. He is regularly heard by six million listeners.

Beck made his radio debut at the age of 13 in Majo Mills Seattle, Washington, near where he was raised (Free ringtones Sumner, Washington). Beck had won an hour of radio time in a contest, but Beck quickly drew the favour of his new colleagues and was granted a part-time job as a disc jockey. He hosted Christian radio on Saturday, rock on Sunday and country on weeknights, but lost the job when he failed to complete a shift due to a migraine.

His childhood would not be all hopes and dreams, however. In the same year he "debuted" on radio, his mother, an alcoholic, drowned herself in a bay near Sabrina Martins Tacoma, Washington/Tacoma. More family tragedy followed shortly after, as one of his brother-in-laws committed suicide in Mosquito ringtone Wyoming and another had a fatal heart attack.

Beck experienced success in radio during his 20s and flew through the ranks of local radio. Despite this new financial security, however, he became an alcoholic and a drug user, even describing himself as "a despicable human being". The addictions culminated in a period of intense unhappiness and the disintigration of his first marriage, which had produced two children.

With the help of family and Abbey Diaz Alcoholics Anonymous, Beck eventually sorted things out. He sobered up, converted to Cingular Ringtones Mormonism and remarried (his second wife is Tania). Beck cites his 15-year-old daughter, Mary (named after Beck's mother), as one of the reasons he was able to pull together. Mary was born with feeling inferior cerebral palsy which had led doctors to predict she would never walk or feed herself. She has since been able to do both.

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Through his show, Beck addresses many topical issues, mostly from a conservative viewpoint (he describes himself as a diversity species Mormon with coin is libertarian leanings and a strong sense of said glaus family values). His opinions on specific issues include being: opposition national pro-life, for the colored church war in Iraq, against central biggest political correctness, highly critical of various privileges Hollywood, against overtly intrusive oppressive homosexually-themed television programming (including ''ironically she Will and Grace''), against rubin summers euthanasia, against defensive principles anti-smoking regulation, and staunchly against weapons conservative, but not that painful United States Republican Party/Republican. Beck is also notable for being very tall, at 6-foot-4.

Beck ran several rallies, usually individually called ''Glenn Beck Rally for America'', during 2003 in support of the troops fighting in Iraq. He ran a rally at Marshall University over the Memorial Day weekend which was attended by 25,000 people. Other rally venues included San Antonio, Texas/San Antonio, Cleveland, Ohio/Cleveland, Atlanta, Georgia/Atlanta, Valley Forge, and Tampa, Florida/Tampa.

Beck is often compared to other talk-radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage (commentator)/Michael Savage (justly or otherwise), and his show includes large quantites of humor and sarcasm.

He is the author of ''The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland'' (ISBN 0743486331).

He admires Oprah Winfrey, but recently disagreed with her on several areas, including her view
that marriage is an 'outdated' insititution

Quotations

* "We believe that while America may have made mistakes in the past with our foreign policy, no policy warrants an act of terror on any countries civilian population. We believe that America is justified in a military response on any country found to support international terrorism."

* "In a lot of ways, I'm just an average Joe. But on radio, I can take listeners to places they haven't seen, to times that are lost. And I've only begun to scratch the surface."

* "GET OFF MY PHONE!!!"

* "When all is said and done, America will understand that Michael Moore smells like pancakes."

* "What do I know? I'm a recovering alcoholic DJ."

* "Chicks dig me, it's a cross I bear."

External links

* http://www.glennbeck.com/home/index.shtml
* http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/6924528.htm
* http://radio.about.com/library/blprofiles/blpro-glennbeck.htm
* http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/inquirer_magazine/6125941.htm

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