Another adaptation/excerpt from "The Backlash," now looking at some of high-def hucksters looking to make a quick buck of the swirl of fear and anxiety surrounding the rise of the so-called Tea Party movement. This guy was a fed-nailed diet scammer of the early 2000s who found a new and lucrative line of work -- selling "survival seed banks" and solar generators to readers of GlennBeck.com and his radio listeners (along with conservative sites likeWorldNetDaily.)
But the best part is where Bill Heid brags about how he does it, on a website called HugeWadsofMoney.com (the source of the picture at top):
Of course, some experts question whether the seeds that Heid and his Solutions from Science are peddling are really that unique or worth $149.99. The same kind of questions have been raised about the other major project that Solutions from Science promotes on GlennBeck.com, an "'Amazing' Solar Generator" which "Is Like Having A Secret Power Plant Hidden In Your Home.",a 1,800-watt solar generation that Solutions From Science sells for $1,597, plus a $95 shipping charge. Critics say the amount of power generated by this device could run a household appliance such as a freezer for a short period of time but 1,800 watts is not nearly enough to power an entire house, as the ad implies. (The ad also shows a line of police in riot gear on a burning city street, noting that "Civil Unrest Might Even Cut Your Power.")
Beck fans might have been less likely to buy in the first place if they had seen another Web site operated by Heid -- the one called Hugewadsofmoney.com. It is here that this major sponsor of GlennBeck.com -- in searching for marketing affiliate partners -- reveals his plans for making, well, huge wads of money off the economic crisis.
"It doesn't matter whether you share the same world view as these customers or not ... but you'd be a fool to ignore the birth of a massive new industry right before our eyes!" writes Heid, who also mentions his partnership with the late direct-mail legend Gary Halbert, who served prison time in the early 1980s on a mail fraud conviction related to his marketing activities. "And the worse things get, the better you'll do, because many consumers are just now becoming aware of their dependence on a way of life which may be gone forever and which will require a dramatic process of education and preparation."
You can read the whole thing here.
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- How 'bout that Tea Bagger fave in OH today? "A New Lebanon man, running for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, has been indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury on sex charges. Eric Deaton was indicted on one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old girl between March 2006 and March 2007. Perry Township police said Deaton met the victim at a church where Deaton served as an elder."......Of course, he was endorsed by "Vote Family Values". Interestingly, on VFV's website, one of the articles is "Christian teens and hands-on politics"....You can't make this stuff up! Next, he'll be on Dancing With The Stars. Yeah, Tea Bagger candidates are really different.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- Have we forgotten about John Edwards, Barney Fwank, Teddy Kennedy, Elliot Spitzer, Happy Ending Al Bore, to name just a few? Some obscure guy in Ohio captivates Cicero. And will Bunch ever write again about someone other than Beck?— pj katauskas
- When did Will complain about Beck promoting his book? The post I read said that Beck didn't promote his book, but launched a fearmongering version of Huffington Post. It's horrible that the Tea Party candidate in OH got caught up in that, but the real issue is the policies these people are proposing. People are even telling them that they're making money off their insane worldview, yet the Tea Party people keep acting like they're doing something new and brilliant. A message to the libertarians: You have no policy proposals. You have no idea what government takes. Stop being annoying with your foolishness. Go waste your money on some other scam that doesn't involve politics.— HandNik
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- "A message to the libertarians: You have no policy proposals." Yes we do. The government that governs least, governs best. Your policy proposals seem to be an endless cycle of wars, debt, and curtailing liberties. How's that stimulus working out? how 'bout those bailouts? The Afghan surge? Finacial reform? HC reform? Is your world any better?— RG
- I guess ads on Philly.com are targeted for the user. I have yet to see a "Goldline" ad. I usually get concert and music notices. Just sayin'.— pagoda
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- I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it. Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.— General Turgidson
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I never thought I would long for the days when Bunch wrote about Palin and Reagan.— bird11- Comment removed.
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