Let's be clear: Glenn Beck wasn't predicting these nightmares, he was just reminding viewers that it is their right, nay, their responsibility to prepare for the worst. When Beck got a crew together — a former CIA agent, a retired soldier, a guy Stephen Colbert aptly compared to Gargamel and his own hyperbolic imagination — for a round table discussion of doomsday scenarios, he showcased what his show did best: planted seeds of fear in the hearts and minds of his viewers.