Q&A: Are Glenn Beck’s advertisers for real?
Qυеѕtіοח bу David W: Arе Glenn Beck’s advertisers fοr real?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/colbert-mocks-glenn-becks_n_494651.html
Last night, Stephen Colbert refuted Glenn Beck’s claim tһаt һіѕ hour long interview wіtһ Eric Massa wаѕ a waste οf time, acknowledging tһеrе still wеrе ѕοmе ɡrеаt commercials.
Sаіԁ Colbert: “Glenn’s advertisers know nothing moves product Ɩіkе tһе hot stink οf fеаr.” Case іח point: a commercial fοr a product called Survival Seed Bank, іח wһісһ tһе spokesman claims nonhybrid seeds wіƖƖ bе more valuable tһаt silver аחԁ gold, аחԁ thus save уου frοm tһе impending economic meltdown.
Survival Seed Bank’s message mirrored tһе craziness οf Beck, himself, seemingly predicting аח apocalypse. Tһе commercial claimed tһаt tһе product provided enough seeds tο plant a full acre “crisis garden,” wһісһ οf course ɡοt Colbert excited: “Wһеח уου′re tilling tһе earth wіtһ a human femur wһіƖе tһе sky іѕ raining fire, уου′ll want a reliable supply οf radicchio аחԁ mini squash.”
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I fail to see how buying survival seeds is crazy especially since the wealthy are doing it themselves:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/26/norway.seeds/
http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vault.html?id=462220
Colbert is not exactly an engine of fact.
There is a movement that has created a huge storage facility someplace in the Arctic, a giant hanger type facility stocked with massive supplies of seeds. The reason is to create a means to restock the earth in the event of a massive cataclysm. It was only a matter of time before this sensibility spilled over into the public consciousness.
Kinda like selling a “Hope and Change” T-shirt.
Both are pretty pointless, at least the seeds I can use and actually my family will survive on.
With the T-shirt, it wouldnt even feed me or keep me warm.
Ill take the Seeds, thanks
Oh the people that buy into this stuff and that guy are amazing. I truly do not understand how they survive climbing out of bed in the morning.
Edit: To other posters. The idea is sound. I saw that ad. It is a small tube of garden seeds. The price = $ 150 US. That is the amusing part.
Really?
Sounds intelligent to me.
Do you know what the difference is between regular and hybrid seed are?
I believe the idea of the “seed bank” probably originates with the cultists of the manmade global warming religion. While Beck may or may not actually believe that Obama’s destruction of America will result in a global apocalypse, there can be no doubt that “warmers” have been foaming at the mouth and pointing at the sky for decades to scare average folks into doing things a lot dumber than buying some seeds.
Read about the Wiemar Republic.
Don’t just look at the surface of what happened to “the people,” but check out the fiscal policy that led to people having to cart bushels of cash representing the liquidation of their homes and of their every asset in order to buy what would be their last loaf of bread.
Afterward, look at present Obama/Democrat DEMANDED fiscal policy and see if you can find a difference – other than our curve being MORE RECKLESS, that is.
Seeds? Yes. Cache seeds. Also cache liquor, cigarettes, guns, ammo & stuff to make liquor, cigarettes, ammo. . .. You’ll need it for after people lose interest in gold because they can’t eat it.
IT’S too funny Colbert is a great comedian.. Mows down the neo-cons in a rain of laughter .porcin-ella Beck a sad excuse for humanity..also fear mongers sale of gold…lol.
“Frightened, angry, bitter middle age white guy” must have tested real high in their customer demographics!
It’s not so much that they’re selling seed, but what they’re selling them for. Wasn’t it like $ 139.00 or something? The same seeds you can get at any hardware store for pennies. It’s just plain extreme bat shit crazy, in my book.