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Beck says it's just Black Panthers and "usual suspects" who are taking his 8/28 rally as an affront to MLK's legacy

July 08, 2010 10:29 am ET

From the July 8 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

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Previously:

Sharpton on Beck rally: MLK "exact antithesis" of what these people represent

Roland Martin on Glenn Beck's attempt to "grab the moral standing of the civil rights movement"

Top U.S. civil rights leaders accuse Beck of hijacking Dr. King's legacy, plan 8/28 counter-rally

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    • Author by MidnightWriter (July 08, 2010 10:31 am ET)
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      Yes, the "usual suspects."

      Namely, anyone with more than two living brain cells.
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      • Author by timesthree (July 08, 2010 10:42 am ET)
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        I guess this "some" person is one of the "usual suspects": well educated, well travelled, and in an income bracket that Joe the Plumber only aspired to, i.e. not a Glenn Beck fan. Also female, white, and offended by Beck's attempted hijacking of Kings legacy.
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        • Author by dogbreath (July 08, 2010 10:51 am ET)
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          I feel the exact same way, timesthree. How dare this pompous ass use MLK's legacy to spread his false outrage and lies? MLK died for his cause. He was murdered by a white, close-minded, FEAR-FILLED bigot, just like Beck.

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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (July 08, 2010 10:43 am ET)
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        YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!

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        LOL
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    • Author by soze169880 (July 08, 2010 10:32 am ET)
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      Shorter Beck: Only the uppity ones don't like me.
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      • Author by txthinker (July 08, 2010 10:37 am ET)
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        Shorter Beck: Only the uppity ones don't like me.
        And just like Limbaugh, Hannity, and the others, Becky just can't wait for the opportunity to follow "uppity" with the "N" word.....
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        • Author by cst (July 08, 2010 12:06 pm ET)
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          Beck will never use the "N" word... not because he isn't a racist, but because he's in deep denial about it.Also, unlike the borderline scatology of Limbaugh, Glenn fancies himself "above" using vulgar words. (Wheras Rush would shout it from the rooftops if he thought he could get away with it).
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          • Author by John Paradox (July 08, 2010 12:27 pm ET)
               
            Actually......

            ***Limbaugh Classic**
            -- N Word Edition --
            [Charles Rangel] says no longer do you have to say the words Nick and spigger (you know where this goes...) oh, sp!c and n!gger. You don't have to say those words anymore. The racial epithet sp!ck and n!gger, they're gone...
            11/4/94
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    • Author by blueline99 (July 08, 2010 10:33 am ET)
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      Anyone with a pulse and working brain cells find your 8/28 rally offensive.

      A snake oil salesman who called the first black POTUS a racist on national TV thinks he's a victim?

      Beck is no different than infomercial charlatan combined with a cult leader. He is such a joke.
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    • Author by New Frontier (July 08, 2010 10:41 am ET)
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      Hey Beck:

      When Michael Moore and Jane Fonda stage a Pro-Choice/Universal Health Care Rally on Ronald Reagan's birthday in front of your Fox News studios, do let us know if you're offended.
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      • Author by timesthree (July 08, 2010 10:44 am ET)
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        How about a Muslim cultural center on the same island as Ground Zero?
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        • Author by txthinker (July 08, 2010 10:46 am ET)
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          How about sticking to the subject????
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        • Author by New Frontier (July 08, 2010 10:48 am ET)
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          How about the U.S. occupying two Muslim nations?
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          • Author by soze169880 (July 08, 2010 10:54 am ET)
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            Hey, now, we're liberating the SH!T out of them!
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            • Author by dogbreath (July 08, 2010 11:11 am ET)
                 
              Yeah, because they hate us for our freedom.
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              • Author by neon desert (July 08, 2010 11:59 am ET)
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                No, no, no... It's because of our compassion, our desire to SHARE our freedom, that we're liberating them into oblivion. We're dropping bombs of democracy on their walls of tyranny, shooting bullets of tolerance into their heads of oppression, and launching grenades of modernity which are blowing the limbs off their bodies of ignorance.

                Because we care.
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        • Author by soze169880 (July 08, 2010 10:52 am ET)
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          Muslims died on 9/11 too. Glad to see you consider every Muslim in the world responsible for it.
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          • Author by txthinker (July 08, 2010 11:09 am ET)
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            Muslims died on 9/11 too. Glad to see you consider every Muslim in the world responsible for it.
            Hey, timesthree:

            The Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed in 1995 by two self-professed Christians. Do you consider every Christian in the world guilty of THAT bombing?
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        • Author by timesthree (July 08, 2010 10:57 am ET)
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          I was trying to make the point that the right-wing media have been all in a tizzy about the proposed Muslim cultural center. Guess the sarcasm didn't come through.

          I lived in a Muslim country from 2005-2008, and I am in favor of anything that furthers understanding of Muslim culture and religion: such as a cultural center.
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          • Author by soze169880 (July 08, 2010 11:23 am ET)
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            Sh!t, I'm really sorry. Reading internet sarcasm was never my forte. (And since I know it's hard to read in general, that wasn't sarcasm.)
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          • Author by txthinker (July 08, 2010 11:33 am ET)
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            I also apologize for taking your previous post as a troll response, timesthree.

            Sarcasm can be hard to detect on boards like this - that's why any time I post a sarcastic comment, I end the post with the following to make sure there's no doubt of my intentions:

            <sarcasm off>
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          • Author by einreb (July 08, 2010 11:44 am ET)
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            I've read your posts before. This one seemed so out of place, it had to be sarcasm.

            Problem is, enough trolls show up here and we don't always pay attention to the name of the poster. And there is an awful lot of tension in the air right now, no thanks to Beck, Limbaugh and the Faux Propaganda Network's amping it 24/7.
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          • Author by iglou (July 08, 2010 4:47 pm ET)
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            You must have forgot your sarcasm tags. There really needs to be a button for that. :D

            This double standard of offence is sickening. So it's nobodies taking offence to this Beck rally but it's an affront to them when we don't take their astroturf rallies with people shipped in from all over paid by corporations they get offended and thin skinned.

            This opinion machine is gone off the rails.
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      • Author by RedChocobo (July 08, 2010 11:30 am ET)
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        I really think you're on to something. Someone should organize an anti-right wing rally for Saint Ronnie's birthday. Would be hilarious! Or a pro-equality rally on the anniversary of the Civil War.
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        • Author by txthinker (July 08, 2010 11:35 am ET)
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          Someone should organize an anti-right wing rally for Saint Ronnie's birthday. Would be hilarious!
          And hold the rally AT THE REAGAN LIBRARY!!!! What a knee-slapper!!!!
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    • Author by bintx (July 08, 2010 10:42 am ET)
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      Oh, I'm no Black Panther and I'm not a member of the "usual suspects." See, I actually REMEMBER the things that MLK did. I REMEMBER the day he was murdered. I REMEMBER the day he was buried. No amount of your ridiculous revisionist history is going to take that away from me. I find this book promotion disguised as a patriotic, civil rights rally DISGUSTING and a TOTAL affront to the legacy of MLK, you disgusting, dishonest little worm.

      [Did I make my feelings known?]
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (July 08, 2010 11:03 am ET)
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        Glenn Beck was about four years old when MLK was killed. How can he possibly substitute his second hand impressions in place of those of people who were of sufficient age and reason to remember what the civil rights movement was like?
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        • Author by bintx (July 08, 2010 11:24 am ET)
             
          I agree. He has NO IDEA what things were like in the 60s. By the time they were over, he was 6 years old.
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      • Author by AC_Mem (July 08, 2010 11:11 am ET)
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        Beck is a racist, and is leading his sheep to increase or develop their racism as well. How he can do what he is doing to MLK's memory and state that it shouldn't offend people is another symptom of his delusional personality disorder.

        He will not rest until he has a hand in creating riots and ultimately civil war. He must do this so that his self-fulfilling prophesies can happen and he can then claim to be the victim of reverse racism.

        He is a malicious, petty little man - and I do mean little in every sense.
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        • Author by scubcap647 (July 08, 2010 11:36 am ET)
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          Glenn isn't an all out racist. He's still a closeted racist compared to what I've seen. But he's one of those people that feel uncomfortable when faced with a belief system that isn't his own. His brand of racial discomfort stems from his denial. Everyone in the world is a little biased in some way. It's part of nature. It's why animals form packs and why people formed tribes. There's a need to group ourselves and seek safety among those that we share traits with. Some people have taken this to the extreme with their intollerance and hate for those who are different. The most common difference to focus on being ethnicity. Glenn willfully denies that this is an issue among the political right in order to give himself and his sheepish followers some comfort in their twisted beliefs. Yet he obviously plays to the racial fears of his audience. When he speaks of the black panthers, he wants them to envision Huey Newton holding a gun in one hand and a spear in the other. He does not want them to envision a group of educated black men and women who volunteer in lower income communities, who host after school programs to help educate children and get them involved in youth athletics. And what does he mean by "usual suspects" when he's talking about people accusing him of abusing Dr King's legacy? Is he talking about Jessie Jackson, his close friend? Maybe he's talking about Martin Luther King III, his son. You know, the people who actually knew the man. It's funny how Beck has spent so much time talking about standing for Dr King's principals but then cries foul when he's called out by the people who actually knew the man, and knew him best. His friends and family.
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          • Author by einreb (July 08, 2010 11:48 am ET)
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            Problem is, Glenn Beck has a microphone. And with that microphone comes the responsibility to use it wisely. Beck is completely out of control and for some reason, Americans have lost the ability to put a simple piece of duct tape in place to fix the problem.

            And Beck IS a racist. And he ain't in a closet.
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            • Author by scubcap647 (July 08, 2010 12:45 pm ET)
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              The second someone with sense says that his type of speech should be controlled, Beck and others like him whip out the First Amendment (which they conveniently forget about during discussions on the rights of others like gay rights, women's rights, and equal rights for minorities). I totally get what you're saying though. I've seen some ignorant racism before. It wasn't pre-Civil Rights type of stuff. But it was pretty bad. That's why what Beck does doesn't register as high on the scale with me. But I do recognize it as being a problem. Plus I've known some non-racist people who are genuinely ignorant of the true ways of the world. But the situation is sad. Americans have divided themselves into liberals and conservatives. Some of the more influential conservatives want to embrace the garbage that he spews. And some of the more influential liberals are too afraid of being seen as intollerant to reject it.
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          • Author by AC_Mem (July 08, 2010 12:48 pm ET)
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            In my youth I was a practicing Mormon (before leaving the church - another story). I KNOW what goes on inside that religion. Their core beliefs have taught that african americans are an inferior race, I don't give a rat's a$$ how they try to spin it. It is only in recent church history that african americans could even hold the position in the priesthood.

            Glenda embraced this religion as a consenting adult, he was not born into it. He learned the lessons, he read the BOM (Book of Mormon) and he converted. This religion fits Glenda very well which is certainly why he embraced it. As for myself, once I understood and saw the hypocritic and ugly underbelly of this religion, I got the heck out.

            Example: LDS - "THE NEGROES ARE NOT EQUAL WITH OTHER RACES where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned, ...but this inequality is not of man's origin. IT IS THE LORD'S DOING, is based on his eternal laws of justice, and grows out of the LACK OF SPIRITUAL VALIANCE OF THOSE CONCERNED IN THEIR FIRST ESTATE [the Mormon pre-existence]." LDS "Apostle" Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 527 - 528, 1966 edition, emphasis added. link

            and that is only one example - you can find lots of information on Glenda's faith with a simple search. It's not pretty.

            So again I say - you don't have to claim over the airways that you are a racist to BE a racist. His actions, positions and arguments are convincing enough and the fact that he is disrespecting MLK by attempting to change the mark he made on our history is further proof that his agenda is to plant, water and grow the seeds of racism in his followers.

            He may not be an all out racist, but he certainly is gathering a flock of them together under his wings.
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            • Author by John Paradox (July 08, 2010 1:08 pm ET)
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              Glenda ... consenting adult,

              Sorry, I have to call this an unwarranted assumption.
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              • Author by AC_Mem (July 08, 2010 1:26 pm ET)
                   
                hahahaaa - I stand corrected. <grin>
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                • Author by AC_Mem (July 08, 2010 5:53 pm ET)
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                  Oh and one more note about his religion that may be of interest, the LDS religion believes that eventually man can be a God of his own universe.

                  Brigham Young declared: "Intelligent beings are organized to become Gods, even the Sons of God, to dwell in the presence of the Gods" (Discourses of Brigham Young, p.245).

                  Can you imagine his dreams of having his own universe? ::: shudder :::
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                  • Author by The_Cat (July 08, 2010 8:38 pm ET)
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                    Can you imagine his dreams of having his own universe? ::: shudder :::


                    Of course. As a young boy, I also tortured ants with a magnifying glass. However, unlike Beck, I grew up.
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      • Author by neon desert (July 08, 2010 11:26 am ET)
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        I have to say that I really don't care too much when and where Beck holds his little rally thing. I'm not one much inclined toward symbolism anyway. But b's emotions regarding MLK illustrate why Beck's rally locale and date will actually be his own worst mistake. People remember King for the things he said - not where and when he said them. It's the power of King's words that gives the date and place significance. Glenn's prattle will be insignificant, and will be drowned out by King's words. If Beck is remembered at all, he will be remembered as a showman who tried to ride to fame on the backs of much greater men. MLK overshadowed the place and forever imprinted the date, and the place will overshadow Beck. Glenn will take his rightful historic status below that of a formation of concrete. He'll be remembered as "that insignificant clown who actually thought he was relevant".
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        • Author by dogbreath (July 08, 2010 11:51 am ET)
             
          I hope you are right neon.
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        • Author by bintx (July 08, 2010 5:07 pm ET)
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          I hope you're right, neon desert. In 1969, a dear high school friend performed an amazing rendition of MLK's "I have a dream" speech, followed by the song, "There's a Place for Us" from Westside Story. She was an award winning interpretive speaker and choir member [went to State in both]. She was also an African American. She received a standing ovation all three nights she performed it . . . not many dry eyes in the house. I wish that there had been video recorders available back then. Really brought home everything King stood for and what he died trying to achieve.

          Beck is a disgusting huckster who is besmirching MLK's legacy with this book promo. Makes me sick.
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    • Author by phredicles (July 08, 2010 10:45 am ET)
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      Why's he keep teasing the panthers?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 08, 2010 10:52 am ET)
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      Wow...Marc Morial, head of the Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, is a Black Panther? Or a "usual suspect"...?
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      • Author by soze169880 (July 08, 2010 10:56 am ET)
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        Marc Morial, head of the Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, is a Black Panther?

        Is he an African-American who doesn't approve of Beck?
        Then yes.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (July 08, 2010 10:55 am ET)
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      This was a hoot and a half! Glennie is upset because the White House has more important things to do than watch or listen to his show! Notice, he just assumes that they are watching intently but not wanting to admit it. And yes, I can imagine that some of the New Black Panthers, who may or may not include the man whose taped cracker rant he played yesterday, would be offended by his rally. The guy doesn't like White people already, I can see how he might find Glennie even more odious. I am a content, middle-aged, middle-class White woman, and I find Glennie offensive. I'm still planning on being at the rally. It will be interesting to see who and how many people show up there. By the way, I don't get anything from George Soros. I volunteer my time and bought my own camera.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (July 08, 2010 10:59 am ET)
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        I get a check from Mr. Soros every month for posting here...and a nice bonus at Christmas, too. One year, he gave me a pool table. ;>)
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        • Author by dogbreath (July 08, 2010 11:14 am ET)
             
          Hey, I just got a pingpong table! That cheapskate!
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          • Author by Quicksilver M.S (July 08, 2010 1:03 pm ET)
               
            All I get is a HAPPY MEAL once a week !
            It must be WHO You know !
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            • Author by epkklk851 (July 08, 2010 1:16 pm ET)
                 
              It must be who you know! I'm made now! At least I could have gotten a free lunch!
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      • Author by timesthree (July 08, 2010 11:01 am ET)
           
        Becko's ego is the size of the Lincoln Memorial.
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    • Author by David2012 (July 08, 2010 11:11 am ET)
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      Most of us pay attention to this excrement that you peddle, Glenn, for two reasons: First, it's kind of like watching a slow motion train wreck, and there is an element of morbid fascination as to when you will crash, and you inevitably will -- guys like you always do; second, there is the disbelief that you can possibly find a way to be more disgusting, to go lower than you have in the past, and again a morbid fascination about how you will manage to -- and yet somehow you always find a way; third, you are unintentionally hilarious, in your near complete ignorance coupled with your absolute certainty; and, finally, you and your audience bear watching by the rest of us. As has happened repeatedly in the past, from time to time, one of your loonytune fans starts shooting.
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      • Author by David2012 (July 08, 2010 11:11 am ET)
           
        Sorry, forgot to edit. "four reasons", not "two reasons".
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      • Author by dogbreath (July 08, 2010 11:53 am ET)
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        I think we need to pay attention to Beck to fight back against all the craziness he peddles on a daily basis. They only place that liberals really can fight back against this daily barrage of garbage is on blogs and sites like this that aren't necessarily controlled by corporate interests. Good post, David. I enjoyed reading it.
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    • Author by John Paradox (July 08, 2010 1:09 pm ET)
         
      Keyser Soze?
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