Stop laughing.

We clipped this video yesterday, mostly to highlight the part where Beck claims the government “is a heroin pusher using smiley-faced fascism to grow the nanny state.” The larger context was that Beck, loyally following Drudge's lead, was making fun of a new online government initiative, overseen by the Dept. of Health and Human Services, to help Americans deal with the additional stress that's accompanied the painful economic recession.

Beck thinks that's pathetic and it's part of the larger “Nanny State” meme the right-wing has been pushing. (i.e. How dare the government try to help people!) But here's where Beck just made stuff up [emphasis added]:

We don't need a website. We didn't need one after Oklahoma City. We didn't need one after Columbine. We didn't need one even after 9-11. You know why? Because we had each other.

Hmm, well what do you call this, which was published by the Bush administration's Dept. of Health and Human Services, following the attacks of 9-11:

Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism

(h/t No More Mister Nice Blog)