A Classroom Full O’ Crazy
ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
We could start with the bat-shit insane Glenn Beck but at least his producer was smart enough to have Professor David Touretzky on as a guest to speak about the increased use of Hubbard’s Study Tech in public classrooms. Dr. Dave once again proves that there is no one better than he when it comes to clearly laying out the information the public needs to know.
I’m so glad Dave was able to speak about the safepointing of Scientology through front groups such as this. He hit the nail on the head.
It’s yet another terrific appearance from Dr. Dave.
May 24, 2007 at 8:31 am
Hmm…Beck is such a freakin’ idiot!
Now, why wouldn’t Dr. Dave protest an Arabic school being established in New York?
Well, for one thing, it’s an Arabic school. We know that, Beck said it.
It’s not like Arab scholars are sneaking into public schools to teach unsuspecting school children the ways of Islam. We know it’s going to be an Arabic school. It will probably have Arabic students.
Is Glenn Beck mentally impaired that he can’t see the difference between a school set up specifically for a certain demographic as opposed to a cult sneaking in to a public school under false pretences?
Beck ended the interview at the best time to preserve his dignity. I am sure that Dr. Dave would have pointed out the stupidity of his last question had he been given a few more minutes of air time.
May 24, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Scientology is retarded!!
major cult, with a 95% turnover rate.
Everything Scientology says is all bullshit.
May 24, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I’m glad you guys finally heard about these stories, I’ve been battling (well destroying) the scientologist for the last two day in there. Don’t forget to go read this story too (link: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/20/Tampabay/Church_tutors_embrace.shtml ), and leave a comment if you like. Everybody who responded to the Study Tech in schools story did a great job, your comments were awesome.
May 25, 2007 at 3:47 am
Barbz, that’s also the first thing I thought when Glenn mentioned the Arabic school. I don’t dispute their right to found their own schools in which to use Study Tech. How long has the Delphi Academy been around for now? However, I do dispute the use of study tech in the PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
May 25, 2007 at 8:05 am
Well I suppose my opinion might be invalid as I think that faith schools ( even when advertised as that ) are deeply unhelpful to society. However, the comparison with an Arabic school was an insult to reason and logic.
May 26, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Wow, Glenn Beck is a moron. “I don’t trust them college professors”
May 27, 2007 at 12:20 am
I see that four of the six commentors above don’t understand the concept of “devil’s advocate”. Instead, we hear that Beck is a “freakin’ idiot”, “mentally impaired”, and a “moron”.
Way to stay on subject guys.
May 27, 2007 at 4:55 am
“Staying on subject” is exactly my issue with this Glenn Beck segment. There is a difference between playing devil’s advocate and the direction that Beck took the story. Playing devil’s advocate would have been asking Dr. Touretzky questions about the study tech from a scientologist’s perspective. He instead shifted the dialogue to a debate about Arabic schools with a slant that implies ’shouldn’t we be more worried about this than scientology.’ If he wanted to do a story on Arabic schools that may or may not be terrorist friendly, it’s his show, he should have done the story.
Glenn is a practicing Morman, and his comment in regards to his “skepticism of college professors and their phobia of religions” says volumes of his perception of Dr. Touretzky and not of the argument/evidence that was presented.
In my mind, Glenn is still a “freakin’ idiot.”
May 29, 2007 at 1:41 pm
It’s a good thing that Beck says continually “I’m not a reporter” on his show then huh? Not to mention the times his lambasted scientology on his radio program, spending at times one to two hours interviewing excommunicated members and promoting Mark’s work. I guess the fact that he’s mormon is supposed to say something about his intelligence level? As he has said before, “No one was more speculative about the church then me.”
Glenn slanted the story to schools on Islamic studies because that’s what the segment was about. His point was that at least as far as we know Scientologists aren’t ready to blow themselves up on our doorsteps. Not to say it will never come to that.
May 30, 2007 at 11:25 am
His being a Morman says nothing about his inteligence level and I’m sorry if it came across that way. It does however place him into the position of having strong religious views (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Those with strong religious views sometimes place college professors in the category of “secular progressive,” and dismis any and all arguments based on that. That was my interpretation of Glenn’s comment regarding college professors and his handling of the segment. As far as the segment being about Arabic schools: My Bad, I thought it was about Study Tech.
July 10, 2007 at 11:39 am
That is not journalism.
November 10, 2007 at 6:18 pm
example:
teachur: “otay class, let us now commence to do a drill that will help us commicate betters:”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
students: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
t: “Hello class!~!!”
s: “Hello theachur!”
fuck those ppl.
January 31, 2008 at 1:10 pm
excellent texture.i
March 1, 2008 at 10:55 am
Youtube video disappeared due to TOU violations. Need to repost?
April 16, 2008 at 1:41 am
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