Glenn Beck

There are many reasons to despise what CNN has become, but giving Glenn Beck a voice is on the top of the list. When Jon Stewart told Tucker Carlson that he was "hurting America" on the now defunct Cross Fire, he could not have known how harm would be amped up with the coming of a man who could say things like the following:

Al Gore's not going to be rounding up Jews and exterminating them. It is the same tactic, however. The goal is different. The goal is globalization. The goal is global carbon tax. The goal is the United Nations running the world. That is the goal. Back in the 1930s, the goal was get rid of all of the Jews and have one global government. You got to have an enemy to fight. And when you have an enemy to fight, then you can unite the entire world behind you, and you seize power. That was Hitler's plan. His enemy: the Jew. Al Gore's enemy, the U.N.'s enemy: global warming. Then you get the scientists -- eugenics. You get the scientists -- global warming. Then you have to discredit the scientists who say, 'That's not right.' And you must silence all dissenting voices. That's what Hitler did.

Would it be too much to ask that someone who is given the opportunity to promulgate his views to millions should be able to pass a basic logic test?