The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland

The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland
by Glenn Beck

The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland
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Author: Glenn Beck
Edition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Pocket Books

Book Reviews of The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland

Book Review: Rambling Rants That Don't Make a Great Book
Summary: 3 Stars

Glenn Beck's opinions don't translate well to book form. This book starts slowly and about 50 pages in starts to get a little fun when he lists the lack of education of Hollywood's most political big-mouths and does a funny chapter mostly using the word "blah." There's also a weird chapter where he jokingly talks about marrying his sister. Yes, it's weird.

But he rambles on and on, unable to focus his thoughts. He claims to have ADD but it may be the result of his admitted heavy drug use and drinking.

He also does a poor job explaining his conversion to Mormonism. He tells the story but doesn't really explain why. He claims to be a "thinker" and "rational" yet his conversion story makes him sound naive and simplistic--basically he is going because his new wife made him pick a church and after visiting a bunch of different churches he decided on one that doesn't believe in hell. He also liked the Unity church and Unitarian church. So he is much farther from traditional Christianity than he claims on his show.

He doesn't talk about his first wife and barely mentions his second wife--it's unclear which children go with with spouse. So there isn't as much personal revelation in this book as he claims.

There is crass commercialization. He takes a chapter to tell the success stories of his sponsors! In addition he brags about his own company and claims he directed "the first live commercial radio drama in over 40 years" (which is totally, completely untrue). He also throws in things about "his church" and tries a little theology by defending tithing, only to reveal that the reason he gives 10% is because "his church" teaches that he'll get rich that way and he says it worked!

It's also somewhat depressing to read. Beck is the type who likes to SAY that he is optomistic, but he does it by telling depressing stories and giving very negative opinions. He jokes a lot about suicide--and it doesn't seem funny that he seems so focused on it. He mentions his drugs and drinking--but not much, so he doesn't explain what he has learned from his mistakes. He comes across as a sincere but insecure changed man who claims to not be sure of everything but has an opinion about everything.

His views come across better on the radio than on the printed page. But even then you have to ask yourself what kind of guy keeps talking about suicide, jokes about incest and then glosses over his own failures. In the end this book makes me a more skeptical listener of his show and reinforces that major radio talk hosts are ego-centric basket cases who are begging for attention & praise through the radio.

Summary of The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland

Do you want to live in The Real America?

As one of the most listened to nationally syndicated radio talk-show hosts and the driving force behind the Rallies for America, Glenn Beck entertains, inspires, and informs millions of listeners. In The Real America, Beck continues telling it like it really is, cutting through the fog of modern-day pundits and pontificators who have made it their mission to undermine and underestimate the greatness of America, our strength as Americans, and the power of the American spirit.

With his inimitable combination of self-effacing humor and heartfelt conviction, Glenn rails against many of the forces that keep us from our potential as a nation and as individuals -- and tells how to overcome them. His topics include:

. Family and community
. Politics
. Personal responsibility
. Religion
. Political correctness, the media, Hollywood, and celebrities
. Alcohol and drugs
. Why I wave the flag

Glenn Beck's compelling message in The Real America echoes the ideas he has delivered to thousands of people with his groundbreaking Rallies for America: Once we connect with our power individually, we can empower others -- and then we can be as great and as grand as we have always wanted to be as a person, as a people, and as a nation.

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