I've had a couple of Smokin' Joe followers ask my take on a couple of things lately. Specifically, one wanted to know what I think of Glenn Beck, and the other wanted my predictions on the upcoming NASCAR season.
I'll start with NASCAR.
I think there's about to be a NASCAR revival. I love the sport and I've even thought the last couple of campaigns were lacking. But lo and behold NASCAR's dictator Brian France--NASCZAR if you'll allow me the indulgence--has decided to do something I've been screaming for for two years, and that's a return to the sport's roots. He won't go as far as ditching the Chase format points system and taking races back to North Wilkesboro, but he is moving the starting times back to 1 EST like they should be, and the wing that nobody but me seems to like is going to be replaced by an actual spoiler. NASCAR is also ditching their crackdown on dangerous driving, i.e. bumpdrafting. I guess they figured out that driving 180 in a family car is dangerous enough. They've also decided to open up the restrictor plates that they put on the cars at Daytona and Talladega to slow the cars down. Now their way of thinking is to let them go a bit faster and spread out.
Bottom line is that things should be a little less cut and dried, and that there should be more emphasis on putting on a good show for fans this season, so I think NASCAR might be a nice Sunday afternoon distraction in 2010.
Now to Glenn Beck.
I have about as much use for Glenn Beck as I do for serpents, self-ordained ministers, or foul air. It's appropriate that he falls in with this group because you could make the argument that Beck can be considered any of the other three.
Glenn Beck is Rush Limbaugh on steroids. In fact this is what Rush Limbaugh would have been if he had festered into being in front of a camera instead of behind a mic. Beck has his bully pulpit on the FOX News Channel and never misses the chance to spread a little more panic and hate when the opportunity arises. The scary part is that his program draws more viewers in his time slot than all his competitors on the other news networks combined.
I think Glenn Beck was born about 100 years too late, and in the wrong country. If some lass of fine German stock had squeezed little Glenn into being in the early part of the 20th century I have no doubt that he would have pledged his oath to the swastika and would have went to work in Hitler's propaganda machine. He just looks like he would make such a good Nazi. But don't take my word for it, just look at the jacket for his book, ARGUING WITH IDIOTS. If that's not almost a Nazi getup I don't know what is. I guess he had his wife snap some photos when he got home from his last party meeting.
I'll start with NASCAR.
I think there's about to be a NASCAR revival. I love the sport and I've even thought the last couple of campaigns were lacking. But lo and behold NASCAR's dictator Brian France--NASCZAR if you'll allow me the indulgence--has decided to do something I've been screaming for for two years, and that's a return to the sport's roots. He won't go as far as ditching the Chase format points system and taking races back to North Wilkesboro, but he is moving the starting times back to 1 EST like they should be, and the wing that nobody but me seems to like is going to be replaced by an actual spoiler. NASCAR is also ditching their crackdown on dangerous driving, i.e. bumpdrafting. I guess they figured out that driving 180 in a family car is dangerous enough. They've also decided to open up the restrictor plates that they put on the cars at Daytona and Talladega to slow the cars down. Now their way of thinking is to let them go a bit faster and spread out.
Bottom line is that things should be a little less cut and dried, and that there should be more emphasis on putting on a good show for fans this season, so I think NASCAR might be a nice Sunday afternoon distraction in 2010.
Now to Glenn Beck.
I have about as much use for Glenn Beck as I do for serpents, self-ordained ministers, or foul air. It's appropriate that he falls in with this group because you could make the argument that Beck can be considered any of the other three.
Glenn Beck is Rush Limbaugh on steroids. In fact this is what Rush Limbaugh would have been if he had festered into being in front of a camera instead of behind a mic. Beck has his bully pulpit on the FOX News Channel and never misses the chance to spread a little more panic and hate when the opportunity arises. The scary part is that his program draws more viewers in his time slot than all his competitors on the other news networks combined.
I think Glenn Beck was born about 100 years too late, and in the wrong country. If some lass of fine German stock had squeezed little Glenn into being in the early part of the 20th century I have no doubt that he would have pledged his oath to the swastika and would have went to work in Hitler's propaganda machine. He just looks like he would make such a good Nazi. But don't take my word for it, just look at the jacket for his book, ARGUING WITH IDIOTS. If that's not almost a Nazi getup I don't know what is. I guess he had his wife snap some photos when he got home from his last party meeting.
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