The Harry Potter
series may have been written for children, but much of the heart of the books ring true to adults today.
…I say to you all, once again – in the light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
It is my belief – and never have I so hoped that I am mistaken – that we are all facing dark and difficult times…Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort…
Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
, JK Rowling, pgs. 723-724
If Glenn Beck were to use this speech at his “8/28 Restoring Honor Rally” on Saturday, it might go something like this:
..I say to you all, once again – in the light of Socialism’s return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. This administration’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
It is my belief – and never have I so hoped that I am mistaken – that we are all facing dark and difficult times…Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what can happen to a country – a country that was good, and kind, and brave – when we stray from the Constitution and allow ourselves to become envious of those who have more than we have.
Dumbledore’s words ring true to those of us who love America, who desire to see her back on track with the Constitution. What happens in Hogwarts School in Book 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
) is prophetic – on a smaller scale, obviously – of what we are potentially facing as a country if the current leaders are allowed to continue to take us on the path they’ve set forth upon.
Our current leaders crave a crisis. They crave dissonance. They want us to be battling over a mosque that doesn’t even have enough funding to begin building next year because it takes the focus off of what they are doing to our country. Our current leaders want us to find reasons to be distrustful of one another because that forces us to trust them or to become oblivious to what they are doing, and the essence of what the leaders are doing is spreading evil.
The evil that is being encouraged and exploited by our leaders is the evil of ENVY. Envy is the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins for a reason: all of the other sins originate with ENVY. Lucifer’s fall hinged upon his desire to be like GOD – he was envious of God’s power and wanted it. He was cast out of heaven for that sin. Our current administration plays upon this deadly sin by trying to limit how much people can earn; by trying to “spread the wealth”; by stealing from hard-working people to give their wealth to those who don’t work as hard. Why? Because they are playing the politics of envy.
When we are envious of what others have, we are coveting their belongings and breaking one of the Ten Commandments; simultaneously, we are also playing directly into the hands of the administration who tell us that we don’t have to work as hard as someone else, that the government will take care of us, if only we let them. We are allowing our envy, our desires, our coveting to override our freedoms. By breaking God’s commandments, we are allowing ourselves to be punished and that punishment comes in the form of the blessing of FREEDOM being removed, bit-by-bit, from our lives. While we are distracted by what we don’t have but what we want to have, we allow our government to continue to play upon the basest nature of mankind. We are so busy hating those who have, that we don’t see what precious things are being taken away from us.
We need to heed Dumbledore’s advice. We need to listen to Glenn Beck. We need to come together as AMERICANS – not as Republicans or Tea Partiers or Democrats – and fight the insidious evil that is spreading across our land. We need to teach our children to be self-sufficient; to do for themselves – that urge that takes over every two-year-old child to say “ME DO IT!” when they refuse to let you dress them – we need to raise our children to see what they want and think “Me do it!” – that they can work for what they want instead of coveting what others have and allowing the government to take care of them.
Listen to Dumbledore
. We are coming upon dark and dangerous times. What choice will you make? Will you choose what is right or what is easy?
If you haven’t found time to read “Glenn Beck: The Redemptive Story of America’s Favorite Political Commentator
” by Xander Cricket, it would probably be because this book is brand new. So new, as a matter of fact, that it even has some details about Glenn Beck’s latest book, “Common Sense”.
Glenn Beck: The Redemptive Story of America's Favorite Political Commentator
Almost a week ago, I received an email from Mr. Cricket, asking if I would be interested in providing an impartial review of his new book? As you can imagine, I was more than happy to be provided this opportunity. As Xander promised, the book arrived on Friday and Saturday I made time to relax in a chair on my front porch and begin reading his book. At first, I just planned to begin reading his book with plans to finish it by the end of the weekend. Little did I expect the book to be such an interesting and detailed story about how we came to know the man we know today as Glenn Beck. The evening was a nice, calm, and relaxing evening to sit out on the front porch while a family of young squirrels were coming down out of the branches of our big maple tree to enjoy their evening meal of corn and sunflower seeds from our squirrel feeder less than 10 feet away.
Back to Xander’s book. I have been a listener of Glenn Beck’s for a few years now and thought I knew many details of his struggles to become the highly respected man he is today. Shortly into reading Mr. Cricket’s book, “The Redemptive Story of America’s Favorite Political Commentator”, I realized that I actually knew very little about that man I had grown to admire for his level of honesty, while talking and performing on his morning radio show and his television show on FOX NEWS. You will find a compressed version of Beck’s life as he overcame his struggles with alcoholism and the tragic loss of his mother and others around him. I will add that there are some interesting and some hilarious stories about Glenn’s earlier stunts as a talk radio host and the sometimes good and sometimes bad publicity he earned during these earlier shows.
Overall, I have to say that Xander Cricket did a thorough job of researching the Glenn Beck we now know as being a Favorite Political Commentator to millions of Americans today. In addition to this biography there are pages of research notes and several pages of memorable quotes that Glenn has made over the years that add even more interesting content to this already great book.
Amazon's #1 Best Seller: Glenn Beck's Common Sense
If you are like me and having trouble finding a copy of Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
, then please pick up Mr. Cricket’s book to fill your need. If you are one of the fortunate who has found a copy of Mr. Beck’s new book, then Xander Cricket’s book is a great follow-up read. You won’t be disappointed!
I give this book a five star review for the thorough research and for not filling it full of unnecessary fluff.
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Restoring Honor in the Realm of Dumbledore
Posted by: Andrea Mayer-Bruestle | Comments (0)The Harry Potter
series may have been written for children, but much of the heart of the books ring true to adults today.
Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
, JK Rowling, pgs. 723-724
If Glenn Beck were to use this speech at his “8/28 Restoring Honor Rally” on Saturday, it might go something like this:
Dumbledore’s words ring true to those of us who love America, who desire to see her back on track with the Constitution. What happens in Hogwarts School in Book 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
) is prophetic – on a smaller scale, obviously – of what we are potentially facing as a country if the current leaders are allowed to continue to take us on the path they’ve set forth upon.
Our current leaders crave a crisis. They crave dissonance. They want us to be battling over a mosque that doesn’t even have enough funding to begin building next year because it takes the focus off of what they are doing to our country. Our current leaders want us to find reasons to be distrustful of one another because that forces us to trust them or to become oblivious to what they are doing, and the essence of what the leaders are doing is spreading evil.
The evil that is being encouraged and exploited by our leaders is the evil of ENVY. Envy is the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins for a reason: all of the other sins originate with ENVY. Lucifer’s fall hinged upon his desire to be like GOD – he was envious of God’s power and wanted it. He was cast out of heaven for that sin. Our current administration plays upon this deadly sin by trying to limit how much people can earn; by trying to “spread the wealth”; by stealing from hard-working people to give their wealth to those who don’t work as hard. Why? Because they are playing the politics of envy.
When we are envious of what others have, we are coveting their belongings and breaking one of the Ten Commandments; simultaneously, we are also playing directly into the hands of the administration who tell us that we don’t have to work as hard as someone else, that the government will take care of us, if only we let them. We are allowing our envy, our desires, our coveting to override our freedoms. By breaking God’s commandments, we are allowing ourselves to be punished and that punishment comes in the form of the blessing of FREEDOM being removed, bit-by-bit, from our lives. While we are distracted by what we don’t have but what we want to have, we allow our government to continue to play upon the basest nature of mankind. We are so busy hating those who have, that we don’t see what precious things are being taken away from us.
We need to heed Dumbledore’s advice. We need to listen to Glenn Beck. We need to come together as AMERICANS – not as Republicans or Tea Partiers or Democrats – and fight the insidious evil that is spreading across our land. We need to teach our children to be self-sufficient; to do for themselves – that urge that takes over every two-year-old child to say “ME DO IT!” when they refuse to let you dress them – we need to raise our children to see what they want and think “Me do it!” – that they can work for what they want instead of coveting what others have and allowing the government to take care of them.
Listen to Dumbledore
. We are coming upon dark and dangerous times. What choice will you make? Will you choose what is right or what is easy?