Back in 2009 when I was between jobs I started to pick up and read a lot of books. The few months I wasn't working I was rather bored (so bored I didn't even want to play video games) that I even started to pick up political books.

Anyway, I picked up An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck and I liked it a lot. At that point I really liked Glenn Beck. However...

...as the years went on I began to realize what a piece of (expletive) Glenn Beck really was. There was a point - I'm not exactly sure when it happened - that I knew he had lost his mind. Maybe it was when Fox News let him go...? I mean if you can't manage to stick around with those guys even though your spewing the same garbage there has to be something wrong, right?

That said, I ended up selling off all his books I had recently. Then came the whole thing where he went on a huge rant about Watch Dogs teaching people to hack. Sure, Glenn... cause hacking in real life is as easy as pressing the X button on the controller. At that point I knew I had made the right decision. Why should I listen to someone who doesn't even try to understand the culture I'm part of, a person who pounces after just reading a lousy press release for a game...?

In the end we all make mistakes... one of humankind's biggest was giving Glenn Beck a platform to speak on.

General tip: Never listen to conservatives.

Ironically, much of the videogame violence hoopla was kicked into motion by liberals. Joe Lieberman isn't exactly revered in the industry.

This.

True, but considering some of the crap the liberals have tried to do (or have done) both sides really suck.

Indeed. Both sides usually suck. When election time comes around, I suggest voting for someone who has not yet held office. Frankly, I don't think it matters too much if they are democrat/republican, just vote for the person who has not been in office for 20+ years already!

Or just don't vote at all.

They're both bad - but GOP Conservative Republicans and Tea Party people are so much worse...Beck is a charlatan -but I do think a small percentage of his conspiracies are of interest...but you might as well listen to Alex Jones for that stuff.

Isn't there a quote about this? It goes like "politicians are like diapers, they should be changed regularly and for the same reason"

Also, there's a song by Nightwish that mentions politicians but I personally don't agree with:

"Who am I to judge a priest, beggar or politician...?"

What the hell Holopainen? Of course we should judge politicians! When you sign up for a position like that you basically sign up for that!

Pro tip: Musicians are a poor source of political philosophy.

Excellent!