Glenn Beck: The Eye of Moloch

“Barack Obama Tries to Explain That ‘Good People’ Still Hold Racial Stereotypes,” Michael McAuliff & Michael Saul, New York Daily News, March 21, 2008, http://nydn.us/1778iZo.

“Reid Once Called Obama Light-skinned with ‘No Negro Dialect,’ Media Mostly Mum,” Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters, January 9, 2010, http://bit.ly/6D08kt.

Some of the racist comments that George Pierce uttered to Molly Ross are references to actual quotes from President Harry Truman and the late Senator Robert Byrd. For example, in a 1911 letter to his wife, Truman wrote, “I think one man is just as good as another as long as he’s honest and decent and not a nigger or a Chinaman.”

“The Conversion of Harry Truman,” William E. Leuchtenburg, American Heritage, November 1991, http://bit.ly/11aoAQL.

In 2001, former KKK recruiter turned Democratic senator, Robert Byrd, said, “My old mom told me, ‘Robert, you can’t go to heaven if you hate anybody.’ We practice that. There are white niggers. I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I’m going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I’d just as soon quit talking about it so much.”

“Top Senate Democrat Apologizes for Slur,” CNN, March 4, 2001, http://bit.ly/1038JxI.

When George Pierce says, “This is your army. We’re ready to march. Now let’s do what we have to do and take these sons of bitches out,” he’s repeating a quote from Teamsters president James Hoffa. Hoffa was appealing to President Obama in 2011, urging an open offensive against the Tea Party.

“ ‘Let’s Take These Son of a Bitches Out’: Teamsters President Hoffa Calls for War on Tea Party at Obama Labor Day Event,” The Blaze, September 5, 2011, http://bit.ly/1038LWj.

In Chapter 6there is a reference to Silas Deane (1737–1789). Deane was the first diplomat to be sent abroad on behalf of the American colonies. He was sent to France as a secret agent to obtain financial and military assistance and to investigate the possibility of an alliance. But his reputation suffered when he was accused of making personal financial gains while working as a representative of the people. Letters also surfaced that put into question his loyalty toward the American colonies. Deane was recalled by Congress and eventually went bankrupt. He died under suspicious circumstances while on a boat traveling from France to America.

“Silas Deane” Encyclopedia Britannica, http://bit.ly/IRkyl6.

In Chapter 7the characters use technology designed to gather tactical data and images through walls. This is real: researchers at MIT have developed a radar system that provides real-time video of what is going on behind solid walls. The question remains, however, what type of surveillance technology is already in use that has yet to be unveiled to the public?

“Seeing Through Walls,” Emily Finn, MIT News, October 18, 2011, http://bit.ly/nVw40j.

In Chapter 8,Warren Landers says, “We’re going to spit upon our hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” This is lifted from controversial American journalist and critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956). Though he routinely challenged representative democracy, despised organized business, and constantly criticized the American middle class, Mencken continues to be influential for the Libertarian movement. One quote of his that many people still find relevant today is: “The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest the most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”

“The Libertarian Heritage,” Libertarianism, http://bit.ly/IoFtvO.

The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations, Margaret Miner and Hugh Rawson, (Oxford University Press: 2006), p. 27, http://bit.ly/11kuz20.

In Chapter 12we read about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This is real, as is the timing of its passage. On December 31, 2011, while many Americans were on vacation and not paying attention to the news, President Obama signed the NDAA for fiscal year 2012. This is the first time in American history that a U.S. law allowed the military, per order from the president, to detain U.S. citizens indefinitely, without a trial. Despite signing the bill into law, Obama said in a statement, “I want to clarify that my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation.”

“Statement by the President on H.R. 1540,” The White House, December 31, 2011, http://1.usa.gov/uUNb0v.

In Chapter 14Warren Landers threatens to turn against his ally George Pierce, a tactic that was used effectively by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934, when he ordered that hundreds from his own party be killed in an effort to eliminate potential threats from his rank and file. It has been dubbed the “Night of the Long Knives.”

“Night of the Long Knives,” History.com, http://bit.ly/9O5lkz.

More from Chapter 14:

Diocletian was a Roman Emperor who ruled as a dictator. His empire grew to have “more tax collectors than tax payers.” He instituted failed price-fixing policies to combat inflation, and the sons of tradesmen were forced to replace their fathers in an effort to resolve labor dislocation. Diocletian justified these measures by uniting the country against an enemy; his biggest target became the Christians. Though it was never proven, he blamed Christians for fires that broke out at his palace and used it as an excuse to start the Great Persecution, a decade-long purge that killed about two thousand people.

“Diocletian: The Worst Persecutor of Them All,” Christian History Project, http://bit.ly/ZBb4AO.

In another scene, Warren Landers tells George Pierce that more than forty people were killed in just one weekend in Chicago. This is true: forty-one people, mostly African-American, were shot and killed in Chicago in the span of just three days (March 16 to 19, 2012).

“ ‘Race Wars’ Part 1: The Shocking Data on Black-on-Black Crime,” Tiffany Gabbay, The Blaze, April 9, 2012, http://bit.ly/XTGxhx.

Warren Landers also reminds George Pierce that abortion has been used as a genocidal weapon against the people he hates. Legalized abortion has killed more than 16 million African Americans.

“Black Abortions: Necessary Health Care Policy or Genocide?” Palash R. Ghosh, International Business Times, July 17, 2012, http://bit.ly/RUI7kx.

In Chapter 15George Pierce goes on a rant about the JFK assassination. According to some conspiracy theories, Lucien Sarti was really the person who shot President Kennedy from the grassy knoll. The theory was presented by British television program The Men Who Killed Kennedy in October 1988 and claimed that Sarti was a French gangster who was hired by U.S. organized crime to kill the president.

“French Accused of Killing JFK” Observer-Reporter, October 27, 1988, http://bit.ly/11mTjae.

Nearly sixteen years after the tragedy, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that while Oswald was firing from the Book Depository, another shot was fired from the grassy knoll. Needless to say, some of the methods and conclusions of the HSCA continue to be controversial.

“JFK Assassination Records” National Archives, http://1.usa.gov/EIWIP.

In Chapter 16the plethora of violations that have been levied against the Merricks is laid out. This intimidation tactic is becoming easier and easier for our government to use as it keeps adding new rules and regulations—many of which are either impossible to understand or comply with. From 2009 to 2011, 11,327 pages have been added to the Code of Federal Regulations.