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Video: Glenn Beck's newest 'warning' involves government using Onstar to track and stop cars


Glenn Beck is worried again about government.  AP Photo Evan Agostini

Time and time again Glenn Beck warns his audience about ways in which the government could takeover the lives of Americans.  Beck claims he is simply trying to safeguard individual liberties and the republic while liberals accusing him of being a conspiracy theorists who profits by playing off the fears of his audience.  Previous Beck warnings or conspiracy theories (depending on your point of view) include but are not limited to:

(1)  The government using Cash for Clunkers and the cars.gov website to takeover consumers' computers.

(2)  The Obama administration using taking over the country with a civilian national security force.

(3)  The Obama administration using health care reform to enforce reparations and wealth redistribution to benefit minorities.

(4)  The implementation of health care reform as a form of Nazi eugenics including the infamous "death panels"

(5)  The possibility that government will purposefully cause hyperinflation so as to create chaos enabling a takeover.

(6)  A theory (which I still do not fully comprehend) involving the "matrix" and a "tree of revolution."

(7)  A claim that the 2008 election was really all part of a coup to destroy the Republic.

Now Beck is helping fuel the fire with his newest warning.  In the video clip below Glenn Beck tells his audience that he is worried about the ability of Onstar to track your car, talk to you in your car, and even turn off cars through satellite.  Beck impies that the government could gain control of Onstar through its client General Motors and use Onstar to gain control of people under a system of martial law.  Media Matters attempts to make fun of Beck in the second clip by comparing him to Dwight Shrute from The Office who coincidentally has the same kind of worries about Onstar.

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Ryan Witt is a graduate of Washington University Law School in St. Louis and has extensive experience teaching government and politics. His articles have been cited by The Washington Post, NPR, Politics Daily, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Media Matters, Daily Kos, and Think Progress among...

Comments

  • NotaTeaBagger 2 years ago

    I guess Onstar is one sponsor Beck won't have to worry about losing.

  • jim 2 years ago

    Gotta Up the Crazy to stay on top.

  • walrus 2 years ago

    you can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, and all of the stupid foxnews viewers all of the time.

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