On his Thursday radio broadcast, Glenn Beck aired comments Rep. James Clyburn made on Hardball about how extreme rhetoric can “escalate,” then yelled to cut off the audio clip. He then stated:

BECK: I'm sorry. I'm a little passionate about this because -- I'm a little passionate about this. Let's just put it this way: The FBI has been a part of my life for a few months, trying to protect me and my children. Beyond that, I can't give you any information. So don't tell me about threats, sir. Don't tell me about violence, sir. You're bringing these things up and saying we had to contact the FBI and they had to investigate. Try it the other way around, when the FBI calls you!

When you get a phone call from the FBI and they say, investigators need to meet with you, there's nothing -- nothing that feels better.

PAT GRAY (contributing editor): That it's not due to anything they're investigating about you.

BECK: -- about you.

GRAY: Yeah.

BECK: When you have people threaten to do unbelievable things to your children, you better know what you believe. And believe me, it's a time when you feel very alone, because some of us aren't Congress. Some of us don't have the authority to do anything about it. We just hope and pray. And while we could escalate things, we do not. We try to defuse. Please don't talk to me about the brick through your window.

Beck's comments raise numerous questions, but one stands out above all: Is Beck thankful the Obama administration is protecting him and his family?

After all, this is the same administration that Beck has suggested is “coming after him” and may “kill” him -- the same administration that supposedly wants to "silence" him and "destroy" him.

If the Obama administration was “after him,” wouldn't it use the FBI against him? At the very least, wouldn't it at least look the other way if he was threatened?

Beck likes to traffic in ridiculous conspiracy theories about the government, but when his family is threatened, isn't he glad the government is there to protect him?