I wish I could tell you that this is a clever photoshop on my part -- but sadly, no. This is the actual emblem of something called Beck University that was officially announced today by the king of all distorted right-wing media, although judging from the initial info its formal accreditation as one of America's institutions of higher learning may be a few years away (and there's no truth to the rumor that the Pac-10 immediately asked Beck U. to become a member):
From Beck's web site:
This July, while others are relaxing poolside, head back to the classroom - from the comfort of your own home. That may sound like an oxymoron but Glenn’s new academic program is only available online.
Offered exclusively to Insider Extreme subscribers, Beck University is a unique academic experience bringing together experts in the fields of religion, American history and economics. Through captivating lectures and interactive online discussions, these experts will explore the concepts of Faith, Hope and Charity and show you how they influence America’s past, her present and most importantly her future.
I guess you could call this "the Harvard of right-wing radio universities," in the sense that, well, to my knowledge there aren't any other right-wing radio universities. Unlike Harvard or Yale, where Beck was a half-term (sound familiar?) student in one theology course after his ex-friend Joe Lieberman pulled some strings, Beck U. is strictly a profit deal. Only by paying Glenn Beck Inc. to become an extreme insider ($9.95 a month, or $74.95) can you enroll on Beck's pseudo-cyber-campus. How else do you think Beck expects to sell that $4.25 million manse and move into bigger digs?
In addition to the myriad other reasons, one thing that guarantees that Beck U. won't be showing up in the U.S. News and World Report survey anytime soon is that 33 percent of the faculty is a fraud. That would be the Christian-oriented pseudohistorian and Texas schoolbook perverter David Barton, whose sins against knowledge have been chronicled here in the past. Students at Beck U. can also learn economics from a Beck pal, David Buckner, with a mediocre pedigree (he has been an adjunct associate professor not of economics but of psychology and education at Columbia) and also from an actual professor who somehow sneaked in there, LSU's James Stoner.
But frankly, the curriculum is less interesting than...that shield! Remarkable! The Latin phrase at the top -- "Tyrannis Sedito Obsequium Deo" -- could be loosely translated, with an emphasis on the "loosely," as "To tyrants, uprising -- obedience to God." Below that is a bust of George Washington (based on this one, as you can see) and a buffalo, which in some culture (including perhaps the "white culture" that Beck has spoken so eloquently of) is a symbol of knowledge.
Of course, when there's a buffalo, you always have to clean up behind it. And that messy task, my friends. is what the rest of us will have to do after Beck's bogus Christianist and gold-coin-crazed fictional rewrite of American history becomes ingrained in his legion of followers.
Graduates truly earn their BS.— BillHicksLives!
I thought he had reached the height of effrontery with the take-over of the Lincoln Memorial (almost; he really will be on the steps of the reflecting pool and in any case has no permit), but the university tops it. I suppose that the Beck Church is just around the corner.
===}}} Beck University is a unique academic experience... {{{=== Heh! Of that I have no doubt.— Talking point sleuth- Your mancrush on Beck is really disturbing, Willy Boy.— camtheman
- What's actually scary is that people will take these classes and then cite the things they "learn" as facts. The New Right is coming dangerously close to fascism. Cults of personality, tied up with pseudo history, all wrapped up in taking money from questionable business. Of course, they'll deny it, but for everyone with a brain it's amazingly like the beginning of European fascism.— HandNik
- Handnik, what's next; the government controls us through Direct TV? Entertain us with some of your other zany ideas please!— camtheman
Hey, if Trump U can happen, why not this. I am taking applications for my Medical University, sign up at: oneborneveryminute.com, cash only!
Considering the morons that now get college degrees from every watered-down tower of higher learning and the internet how bad can this be? The whole college thing isn't what it used to be and with affirmative action and diversity students your next doctor could be someone who can't tell which end of the frog breaths but is a great center forward.— teckie- Can I wire $200 to an offshore Caribbean bank account and get a Beck University degree? LOL— juliusman3
Ugh, so tired of Will's obsession with the Beckster. Agree with teckie, the Beck university is probably just as good as any diploma you'd get at a state university, both backed with tons of partisan groupthink. This is killing me.- "Beck-envy", huh Will?? Only in your dreams do you have the credibility and following Beck has.....that's what gives you your radical progressive nightmares— keapitreal
- The personal attacks only shows how weak the argument is. It isnt an obsession if it is fact. Beck opens himself up to this deserved derision. How about instead of attacking the messenger, you try arguing against the premise? I know why you dont, because you cant. The fact is unarguable. This "university" will be exactly what Will purports -- a sham. It will formulate lies and pass them off as fact backed up with more lies. Maybe Will should do a poll and see how many of you hard line tea partiers will be willing to fork over the money to get that degree.— Master Dreamz
- Glenn Beck Ultra Successful TV guy- Writer-Radio guy.......Will Bunch = Philly.com ............Beck- Rich......Bunch- poor— Illogical Liberal
- This Blog Jumped The Shark 2 years ago......This is Fonzi and Pinky Tuscadero with kids....— Illogical Liberal
- the hard liner tea-partiers don't need to go to the university because they're already well informed as to how the liberal agenda is ruining this once great, once free country. and yes, the hard liners do listen to both sides. that's why it's called 'informed'. that is as opposed to those who only listen to what the great talker (BS'r) and others like bunch have to say instead of opening up a book, reading your history, understanding economics. those who seek government support never get freedom. those who seek freedom don't need government support.— keapitreal
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