We Surround Them

On March 13 I happened to turn on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News. I rarely see it, as I am usually at my desk in New York City at that hour in the afternoon. But yesterday, I was travelling and so TV was an option. Glenn Beck, for those who do not know him, is a passionate radio and TV commentator who is deeply concerned about the dangerous drift going on in America today.

Unlike many of the pundit class, Glenn has focused on the corrupt elite in government, in finance and in the media, all of whom have been selling out the country of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln for what amounts to personal gain. To Glenn Beck, these corrupt Masters of the Universe have become the new Axis of Evil. Their lust for power, and the money they use to buy it, is insatiable and they will not stop until they have succeeded in their perverse quest to preside over the smoking ruins of what was once was The United States of America.

Beck has inaugurated a movement called “We Surround Them” (www.the912project.com). He believes that this home grown Axis of Evil can be defeated, but it will be the people of American who must arise from their acceptance of the status quo to take back what has always been the most precious gift of all: our freedom. It is freedom that is being squandered by our runaway federal government. It is freedom that has been stolen by Bernie Madoff and the arrogant elites on Wall Street. And it is freedom that has been turned upside down by a compliant press that has abrogated its authentic responsibility in order to promote the ascension to power of what appears to be a misguided and inexperienced leader.

Glenn Beck has become a modern day Jeremiah. Jeremiah is the Old Testament prophet appointed by God to warn ancient Jerusalem that their corruption would bring a terrible end to everything they once loved. Speaking to the rulers of the day, Jeremiah says: “Hear this you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:…Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds… their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor. Should I not punish them for this? Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land: The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”

Has the country that placed “In God We Trust” on its coins departed to a place where the elite now say implicitly that “there is no God” and that they, with all their earthly power, have become like gods themselves, prophesying falsely to the people? Have these false prophets declared that they are a law unto themselves and that they will take the people wherever they choose, whatever the cost? And have they become blind and deaf in their own swill of corruption and cannot stop destroying what was once good and strong and beautiful?

Stand up Mr. Beck! Stand up people of this great land! Because we do surround them!