Glenn Beck's Common Sense

The Case Against an Ouf-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, revisits Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation’s problems.

One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America’s future—and, ultimately, her freedom.

Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine’s powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government’s easy solutions, two-party monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.©2009 Mercury Radio Arts; (P)2009 Simon & Schuster

Must Read!

Parts of the book make you say "hmmmmm" after you read it. Other parts will make blood shoot out of your eyes(as GB has often said). Read it and learn something about "OUR" government.

THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ IN A LOOONG TIME!

IF I COULD GIVE THIS 10 STARS, I WOULD. I was skeptical about Glenn Beck in the beginning, but he just gets smarter and smarter, or am I just beginning to catch on. This is a must read for anyone who loves America. I love my country and we're going to take it back!!!! Thanks Glenn for taking the lead. We need to STAND UP AMERICA! IT'S WORTH THE FIGHT AND I'M WITH YOU!!!!! THANKS FOR A REALLY GREAT BOOK!

Required reading for Americans

I believe a LOT of politicians will resent this book. Like the original by Thomas Paine, the book lays out the abuses we have suffered under the guise of the pols "serving" the elected. They forget who works for whom. Though I am sure it will be attacked as "anti-Obama", it is just as much a book about the Republicans who have placed a burden of laws upon us that they are not subject to.
Please read this book, if you want to see true Hope and Change in the USA.

Very Entertaining

I love Glenn Beck's passion in this audiobook. He makes great points and if you agree with him or not you feel like he is speaking to you as an equal, not some uppity know-it-all.

Yes and No

Before hearing this book, I thought Glenn Beck was a different kind of conservative -- a more enlightened one who had left behind the baggage of intolerance. Indeed, in the first half of the book, he demonstrates a remarkably concise grasp of the root causes behind America's current crises. Like me, he hails individual freedom as the consummate value underpinning the greatness of our country.

But then, in a disappointing turn typical of contemporary conservatism, he enshrines two of freedom's nemeses, religion (You gotta have God) and immigration intolerance (We need a big fence around the U.S.), as being somehow consistent with the concept of individual freedom. That did it for me. I couldn't finish the book.

While I generally prefer author narration, Mr. Beck can become excited, noisy, and irritating when trying to make a critical point. To me, this was distracting.