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Stacey Dash isn’t afraid of rabid PC liberals

May 01, 2015
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Actress Stacey Dash recently sparked controversy when she voiced her opinion on gender income differences. The tolerant left loves African American women — unless of course they disagree with the party line. Then they must be destroyed — the trolls are out, but Dash is not backing down.

Watch it unfold:

Get Glenn's reaction below, and scroll down for a rush transcript.

GLENN: So who knew Meredith Vieira had a show or she was still alive. But she is, and she has a show. And Stacey Dash was on. And she was talking about this gender equality. And, you know, how men and women get paid differently. I want you to hear just a little bit of what she said on this.

MEREDITH: You spoke out in a new video about gender inequality in Hollywood, DC, in Fortune 500 companies. And I know that you took issue with what she said.

STACEY: Yeah.

MEREDITH: Why?

STACEY: Well, because I feel like it's an excuse. It's the same thing with race. It's an excuse. Stop making excuses. You know, if there are opportunities, seize them and be prepared for them.

GLENN: Stop for a second. Is there an audience to this show? I've never seen this show so I don't know.

PAT: I really don't know.

STU: I don't know.

GLENN: Does anybody --

JEFFY: I don't know.

PAT: We heard initially she was in trouble. Whether or not that's still the case, I don't know.

GLENN: Are you saying, they might have had audience seats, but nobody shows up. Because if there's an audience show, there's no way if she was saying the opposite, the audience wrangler wouldn't have been getting them going.

STU: Oh, yeah, absolutely.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: The silence is deafening.

PAT: They get them going when the opposite is said. And they will here.

STACEY: That's what it takes. If you have to be extraordinary, then be extraordinary.

MEREDITH: But I feel like we're fighting an uphill battle. When you look at just the numbers, we make 78 cents for every dollar a man makes. The rate we're going -- we talked about this on the show before. My daughter was 22, will be 65 when there's finally pay equality. There's something wrong. Something clearly wrong. I don't know that --

[applause]

STU: There it is. There it is.

PAT: There it is, pumpkin. Your numbers are bullcrap! That's what's wrong.

STU: Numbers are total bullcrap. But that's the exact example that Glenn was talking about. When they say that, support. Applause.

GLENN: The audience wrangler does that. There are lights that go on.

MEREDITH: They're not given the opportunity.

STACEY: Well, I feel like that, if -- I don't know if that's true. I really feel like if you are --

MEREDITH: That's true. That's documented.

GLENN: No, it's not. You know what kills me, I accept this from Stacey Dash. Not Meredith Vieira, she's a news person.

JEFFY: And Stacey knows that it doesn't feel right. She's like, I don't know if that's true.

PAT: Of course, the deal is, if you compare apples to apples, women who have the same education and who are doing the same job in the same way for the same time period. They're not taking maternity leave. They're not making other choices. They're not getting out of business entirely to take care of their children. Apples to apples --

STU: Same education levels. All that.

PAT: Apples to apples, they do make the same. And in some industries, more.

GLENN: I just want to read -- she's incredibly brave. I want to read what she has said now in her tweets since this appearance. Because she's getting hammered by the left.

I don't care if I'm the lone voice in the woods. I will not let the government make women an entitlement class.

PAT: That's great.

GLENN: That's fantastic. Stacey Dash: I'm proud that my friend, Meredith Vieira, and I have sparked an honest debate. Not just a grandstanding Oscar speech. I am not anti-women. I just don't believe that my gender needs a bunch of men in Congress to save us from the big, bad world.

STU: She is a woman. How can she been sitting there having to defend whether she's anti-women or not.

GLENN: I know. Stacey Dash: Census data from 2008 show that a single childish woman in her 20s now earned 8 percent more on average than their male counterparts. Stacey Dash. The so-called wage gap is mostly and perhaps entirely an artifact of the different choices men and women make.

PAT: Yes. Right.

GLENN: Those are her tweets.

PAT: I wish she said that on the show.

GLENN: I bet you, she knew it didn't feel right. They started hammering. And instead of folding, she probably said, no, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me look into this. And she looked into it. And she started finding the facts. And she has the balls to stand.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Who is she? I have to pretend that I don't know.

PAT: She was -- in the late '90s, she was on the movie Clueless. She's been on some other shows.

GLENN: She'll never work again.

PAT: Good Hollywood actress.

STU: The thing you pointed out, Glenn, which is so great. Stacey Dash, she's very intelligent, obviously. You can tell by her tweets. She's looked into this issue. She understands it. But Meredith Vieira is attempting to bully her into shutting up.

STACEY: I know the numbers. But I feel like your daughter will be able to make as much money as she wants in her life. Just like you are. I mean --

PAT: Listen. And every positive affirmation from Stacey Dash met with absolute silence. Absolute silence. And every time Vieira retorts --

GLENN: It's the audience wranglers.

STACEY: Look at you. The success level.

MEREDITH: Right. I am successful. It took a long time. It takes a lot of people a long time.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

PAT: All men instantly successful.

GLENN: Do you remember when we met in the '90s, Stu?

PAT: How successful you were back then?

GLENN: We had so much money. We didn't spend it obviously because we were living in crappy apartments.

STU: I had a studio apartment and I was living in the next building.

STU: He was in the same complex as me, think how sad this is.

GLENN: But we rocketed to the top. When we were eight, we were millionaires. We just didn't spend it until recently.

STU: All you have to do is have the right genitalia, and they hand you a million dollars.

GLENN: That's right. What's crazy with Bruce Jenner, what will happen now, he doesn't understand. He doesn't understand. Once he gets that thing lopped off, he's over.

PAT: Uh-huh. 78 percent.

MEREDITH: Many years, I was not getting paid the same as the guys.

STACEY: And you think it's because you're a woman?

MEREDITH: I think it had a lot to do with it. If you look at the numbers, there's a reason why women get 78 cents and men get a buck.

PAT: Yes, there are reasons.

STU: The economists have laid out.

PAT: Over and over.

STU: In study after study and study.

GLENN: You guys -- you guys are a little --

STU: It's infuriating.

PAT: This continual lie! I hate this lie.

STU: Meredith Vieira knows the truth about this.

PAT: I don't know about that. She's not stupid.

GLENN: Come on.

PAT: I don't know that she knows.

GLENN: I won't give an excuse to these guys anymore in the media. If she doesn't, it's self-imposed ignorance. She's a smart woman. If she's going to get on the air and say these things and make a grandstand opinion, you should know what the hell you're talking about.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: And she does today. She may not have then, but as she goes in, look at what's her name again.

STU: Stacey Dash.

GLENN: Look at what Stacey does. She goes and does her homework. Vieira, I can guarantee didn't. She didn't look at anything.

The West is dying—Will we let enemies write our ending?

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The blood of martyrs, prophets, poets, and soldiers built our civilization. Their sacrifice demands courage in the present to preserve it.

Lamentations asks, “Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?”

That question has been weighing on me heavily. Not just as a broadcaster, but as a citizen, a father, a husband, a believer. It is a question that every person who cares about this nation, this culture, and this civilization must confront: Is all of this worth saving?

We have squandered this inheritance. We forgot who we were — and our enemies are eager to write our ending.

Western civilization — a project born in Judea, refined in Athens, tested in Rome, reawakened in Wittenberg, and baptized again on the shores of Plymouth Rock — is a gift. We didn’t earn it. We didn’t purchase it. We were handed it. And now, we must ask ourselves: Do we even want it?

Across Europe, streets are restless. Not merely with protests, but with ancient, festering hatred — the kind that once marched under swastikas and fueled ovens. Today, it marches under banners of peace while chanting calls for genocide. Violence and division crack societies open. Here in America, it’s left against right, flesh against spirit, neighbor against neighbor.

Truth struggles to find a home. Even the church is slumbering — or worse, collaborating.

Our society tells us that everything must be reset: tradition, marriage, gender, faith, even love. The only sin left is believing in absolute truth. Screens replace Scripture. Entertainment replaces education. Pleasure replaces purpose. Our children are confused, medicated, addicted, fatherless, suicidal. Universities mock virtue. Congress is indifferent. Media programs rather than informs. Schools recondition rather than educate.

Is this worth saving? If not, we should stop fighting and throw up our hands. But if it is, then we must act — and we must act now.

The West: An idea worth saving

What is the West? It’s not a location, race, flag, or a particular constitution. The West is an idea — an idea that man is made in the image of God, that liberty comes from responsibility, not government; that truth exists; that evil exists; and that courage is required every day. The West teaches that education, reason, and revelation walk hand in hand. Beauty matters. Kindness matters. Empathy matters. Sacrifice is holy. Justice is blind. Mercy is near.

We have squandered this inheritance. We forgot who we were — and our enemies are eager to write our ending.

If not now, when? If not us, who? If this is worth saving, we must know why. Western civilization is worth dying for, worth living for, worth defending. It was built on the blood of martyrs, prophets, poets, pilgrims, moms, dads, and soldiers. They did not die for markets, pronouns, surveillance, or currency. They died for something higher, something bigger.

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Yet hope remains. Resurrection is real — not only in the tomb outside Jerusalem, but in the bones of any individual or group that returns to truth, honor, and God. It is never too late to return to family, community, accountability, and responsibility.

Pick up your torch

We were chosen for this time. We were made for a moment like this. The events unfolding in Europe and South Korea, the unrest and moral collapse, will all come down to us. Somewhere inside, we know we were called to carry this fire.

We are not called to win. We are called to stand. To hold the torch. To ask ourselves, every day: Is it worth standing? Is it worth saving?

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Pick up your torch. If you choose to carry it, buckle up. The work is only beginning.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Stop coasting: How self-education can save America’s future

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Coasting through life is no longer an option. Charlie Kirk’s pursuit of knowledge challenges all of us to learn, act, and grow every day.

Last year, my wife and I made a commitment: to stop coasting, to learn something new every day, and to grow — not just spiritually, but intellectually. Charlie Kirk’s tragic death crystallized that resolve. It forced a hard look in the mirror, revealing how much I had coasted in both my spiritual and educational life. Coasting implies going downhill. You can’t coast uphill.

Last night, my wife and I re-engaged. We enrolled in Hillsdale College’s free online courses, inspired by the fact that Charlie had done the same. He had quietly completed around 30 courses before I even knew, mastering the classics, civics, and the foundations of liberty. Watching his relentless pursuit of knowledge reminded me that growth never stops, no matter your age.

The path forward must be reclaiming education, agency, and the power to shape our minds and futures.

This lesson is particularly urgent for two groups: young adults stepping into the world and those who may have settled into complacency. Learning is life. Stop learning, and you start dying. To young adults, especially, the college promise has become a trap. Twelve years of K-12 education now leave graduates unprepared for life. Only 35% of seniors are proficient in reading, and just 22% in math. They are asked to bet $100,000 or more for four years of college that will often leave them underemployed and deeply indebted.

Degrees in many “new” fields now carry negative returns. Parents who have already sacrificed for public education find themselves on the hook again, paying for a system that often fails to deliver.

This is one of the reasons why Charlie often described college as a “scam.” Debt accumulates, wages are not what students were promised, doors remain closed, and many are tempted to throw more time and money after a system that won’t yield results. Graduate school, in many cases, compounds the problem. The education system has become a factory of despair, teaching cynicism rather than knowledge and virtue.

Reclaiming educational agency

Yet the solution is not radical revolt against education — it is empowerment to reclaim agency over one’s education. Independent learning, self-guided study, and disciplined curiosity are the modern “Napster moment.” Just as Napster broke the old record industry by digitizing music, the internet has placed knowledge directly in the hands of the individual. Artists like Taylor Swift now thrive outside traditional gatekeepers. Likewise, students and lifelong learners can reclaim intellectual freedom outside of the ivory towers.

Each individual possesses the ability to think, create, and act. This is the power God grants to every human being. Knowledge, faith, and personal responsibility are inseparable. Learning is not a commodity to buy with tuition; it is a birthright to claim with effort.

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Charlie Kirk’s life reminds us that self-education is an act of defiance and empowerment. In his pursuit of knowledge, in his engagement with civics and philosophy, he exemplified the principle that liberty depends on informed, capable citizens. We honor him best by taking up that mantle — by learning relentlessly, thinking critically, and refusing to surrender our minds to a system that profits from ignorance.

The path forward must be reclaiming education, agency, and the power to shape our minds and futures. Every day, seek to grow, create, and act. Charlie showed the way. It is now our responsibility to follow.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Glenn Beck joins TPUSA tour to honor Charlie Kirk

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If they thought the murder of Charlie Kirk would scare us into silence, they were wrong!

If anything, Turning Point will hit the road louder than ever. On Monday, September 22, less than two weeks after the assassination, Charlie's friends united under the Turning Point USA banner to carry his torch and honor his legacy by doing what he did best: bringing honest and truthful debate to Universities across the nation.

Naturally, Glenn has rallied to the cause and has accepted an invitation to join the TPUSA tour at the University of North Dakota on October 9th.

Want to join Glenn at the University of North Dakota to honor Charlie Kirk and keep his mission alive? Click HERE to sign up or find more information.

Glenn's daughter honors Charlie Kirk with emotional tribute song

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On September 17th, Glenn commemorated his late friend Charlie Kirk by hosting The Charlie Kirk Show Podcast, where he celebrated and remembered the life of a remarkable young man.

During the broadcast, Glenn shared an emotional new song performed by his daughter, Cheyenne, who was standing only feet away from Charlie when he was assassinated. The song, titled "We Are One," has been dedicated to Charlie Kirk as a tribute and was written and co-performed by David Osmond, son of Alan Osmond, founding member of The Osmonds.

Glenn first asked David Osmond to write "We Are One" in 2018, as he predicted that dark days were on the horizon, but he never imagined that it would be sung by his daughter in honor of Charlie Kirk. The Lord works in mysterious ways; could there have been a more fitting song to honor such a brave man?

"We Are One" is available for download or listening on Spotify HERE