welcome to another special edition of the glenn beck program. tonight, ann og hour dedicated the constitution. yeah, on television! i know. crazy. four pages. that s all it took. in those four pages our founders were able to map out thele idea for a country that would ultimately become the most prosperous nation in the history ofhe the planet. the constitution s goal was to limit the power of government so the power would lie with you, the people. today, the government abandoned that crazy idea and kept the c power for itself and keeps gathering more. what is to blame for that? well, no surprise coming from me. enemy number one is progressivism. tonight, i have two of the constitution s staunchest defenders to help me out. author and historian david bar top, founder of wallbidders, and the one an only good friend of the program, judge andrew napolitano, host of freedom watch. begin with the beginning. how was the constitution born? our founders started the country after w
i think it s time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the founding fathers. if we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. this is the last stand on earth. glenn: hello, america. welcome to another special edition of the glenn beck program. the entire hour dedicated to the constitution. great television, i know. crazy. four pages. that s all it took. four panels where the founders revealed the idea for a country that would ultimately become the most prosperous nation in the history of the planet. the constitution s goal was limit the power of government so the power would lie with you, the people. today the government abandoned that crazy idea and kept power for itself and keeps gathering more. what is to blame for that? well, no surprise coming from me. enemy number one is progressivism. tonight, i ve got two of the constitution s staunchest defenders to help me out. author and historian david barton, founder of wal
i think it s time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the founding fathers. if we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. this is the last stand on earth. glenn: hello, america. welcome to another special edition of the glenn beck program. the entire hour dedicated to the constitution. great television, i know. crazy. four pages. that s all it took. four panels where the founders revealed the idea for a cntry that would ultimately become the most prosperous nation in the history of the planet. the constitution s goal was limit the power of government so the power would lie with you, the people. today the government abandoned that crazy idea and kept power for itself and keeps gathering more. what is to blame for that? well, no surprise coming from me. enemy number one is progressivism. tonight, i ve got two of the constitution s staunchest defenders to help me out. author and historian david barton, founder of wall
that he doesn t think there s been substantive damage? well, you know, there are opinions all over the map on that. even secretary gates said on this most recent one he didn t think there was. on the other hand, some government officials said in the earlier one there was. and in the letters to him from harold coe, the state department legal adviser, they said you need to knock this off. this is damaging. that s to try to establish this intent, there s an intent requirement in the statute that says you do this with the intent or in the belief that it will harm the united states. that s enough burden for the government to meet. seems like a pretty high legal test. pete williams. and a merry christmas and happy new year to you, my friend. and to you. thank you. and the battle over pork and religious wars on the senate floocoming up next. like senate majority senator harry wreath, aka the albino raisin who stole business. without disrespecting one of
session. with us this hour senators joe lieberman and gene sheehan. and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius right here on the legal and budget challenges to health reform. out on bail but not without words. this has been a very successful smear campaign so far, but i think it stays numbered and people are starting to wonder, is what is claimed really true and, if it is true, where is the evidence? and the capitol hill christmas colbert style. some people out there hate this holiday. like senate majority leader harry reid, aka the albino ray sin w raison who stole christmas. the tax cut is law. the drama on capitol hill is by no means over. the focus is turning back to the senate where lawmakers are debating s.t.a.r.t. today and will be coming in for a rare saturday session to take up don t ask, don t tell and dream act. democrats are scrambling after republicans outplayed them on the omnibus spending bill. news correspondent and nbc s capitol hil