Beck University Starts Wed., July 7th

The very idea that Glenn Beck has the audacity to present his own "Beck University" has folks on the Left really pissed off.  So, what better reason not to sign up?

Here are some of the snarky comments being made by the Chicken Littles even before Beck U has started:

- First, Beck is being criticized for having the unmitigated gall to charge for the course, i.e. requiring that participants be Extreme Insider members, which costs about $75 per year or $9.95 per month.  Beck himself says he's a businessman and doesn't hide his desire to make money.  And yet, these critics don't worry about cable and satellite viewers basically must pay a fee to watch their shows or a website fee to access materials.  And, hey, $9.95 per month?  Well, you could do it on the cheap and just sign up for the 9 weeks and then cancel.  No real skin off your nose.  (Gee, I think I spent almost that catching a rush hour show yesterday.)

- Then, folks like Keith Olbermann, the world's worst Shakespearean actor, charge that Beck's historians are questionable.  

Olbermann explored the school’s crest imagery– a feather, George Washington, and a buffalo/”dead guy”– and made the requisite Goldline jokes, but didn’t limit his criticism to Beck. Describing the span of the school’s new professors as “from seemingly legitimate to off-the-charts cuckoo,” he tackled Prof. David Barton in particular, who he called a “pseudo-historian.”

- Then, there is the outright mocking of such a notion made by groups and individuals such as Media Matters, which hypocritcally refers to Beck as "the king of all distorted right-wing media."  MM fails to admit that it is the king of all distorted LEFT-wing media.  In its own "about us" statement, the group says its purpose is a "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media".  That doesn't sound the least bit biased, does it?

Here's the "hook" that this little fish bit:

Announcing Beck University

July 6, 2010 - 4:35 ET


School may be out for the summer, but for Glenn Beck class is just starting.


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.

So don’t miss out on this amazing experience. Enroll in Beck University today by subscribing to Insider Extreme.

NOTE: All Beck U classes will be made available on demand the following day.

Schedule July 7th @ 8p ET Faith 101 w/ Prof. David Barton July 14th @ 8p ET Hope 101 w/Prof. David Buckner July 21th @ 8p ET Charity 101 w/Prof. James Stoner July 28th @ 8p ET Faith 102 w/Prof. David Barton August 4th @ 8p ET Hope 102 w/Prof. David Buckner August 11th @ 8p ET Charity 102 w/Prof. James Stoner August 18th @ 8p ET Faith 103 w/Prof. David Barton Aug 25th @ 8p ET Hope 103 w/Prof. David Buckner Sep 1st @ 8p ET Charity 103 w/Prof. James Stoner

Professor Bios...
David Barton is the founder and president of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that presents America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage.



David is the author of numerous best-selling books, with the subjects being drawn largely from his massive library-museum of tens of thousands of original writings, documents, and artifacts from early America.


His exhaustive research has rendered him an expert in historical and constitutional issues. He serves as a consultant to state and federal legislators, has participated in several cases at the Supreme Court, has been involved in the development of social studies standards for numerous states, and has helped produce some popular history textbooks now used in schools across the nation.


David L. Buckner is the President of Bottom Line Training and Consulting Inc., a consulting and training firm specializing in executive management development and business acumen training focusing on cultural integration, change management and strategic efficiencies.

For more than 20 years Mr. Buckner has been a keynote speaker, author, and featured trainer at business conferences and conventions throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Far East. His passionate, practical, engaging and timely approach to complex issues sets him apart from other keynote educators and has established him as a highly regarded and frequently requested keynote speaker.


Mr. Buckner received his Juris Doctorate Degree from J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, holds an MBA from Durham University, England, and an MA in International Relations from the Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU.


James R. Stoner, Jr., is Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University, where he has taught since 1988 and chaired his department since 2007.


He is the author of Common-Law Liberty: Rethinking American Constitutionalism and Common Law and Liberal Theory: Coke, Hobbes, and the Origins of American Constitutionalism, as well as a number of articles and essays. In 2002 and 2003 he was a visiting fellow in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, and he served from 2002 to 2006 on the National Council on the Humanities, to which he was appointed by President Bush. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1987 and his A.B. from Middlebury College in 1977.

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Enroll in Beck University today by subscribing to Insider Extreme. 

It's Glenn Beck .... it hacks off the Left causing frothing at the mouth ... I'm on a mission to study American history ... I'm currently reading about American Progressivism (great book by Pestritto and Atto) ... and, again, the Left is upset ... how could I NOT sign up!  

I'm looking forward to school starting tomorrow ... I'm such a nerd!