Beck & Super Friends decry ugly populist threats of which they of course are innocent
By David Neiwert Thursday Mar 19, 2009 9:30am
Wait! Glenn Beck isn't a populist! He says. Today.
Beck brought on his best Wingnut Super Friends, Michelle Malkin and Jonah Goldberg, to whinge on Beck's Fox News show about the horrible torch-bearing mob that has been unleashed in the direction of those poor AIG executives.
Mind you, it only seems peripherally to have come to their attention that the leading pitchfork-bearers are Republicans. The guy who wanted the execs to commit suppuku? Chuck Grassley, a Republican. Indeed, most of the violent populist rhetoric directed at AIG seems to be coming from the right.
And of course, it's obvious that this is all just a pose, a bit of demagogic opportunism for Beck and Friends. What makes it obvious? That the Friends are Malkin and Goldberg.
The ironies of Michelle Malkin in particular decrying others for targeting individuals and holding them up to public ridicule, exposing them to threats in the process, are so rich you almost have to savor it. As you watch her in action in this clip, recall that this is the woman who:
- Sent her flying-monkey readers after a pair of student protesters in California.
- Indulged in a long and phony "investigation" into the supposed "nonexistence" of an Iraqi police captain named Jamil Hussein who was reporting news she didn't approve of -- in the process endangering Hussein's life.
- Harrassed a 12-year-old boy and his family for having the audacity to publicly advocate a liberal policy proposal.
- More recently, she pulled a similar stunt on a poor black woman who had the audacity to ask a liberal question of President Obama.
Indeed, we're wondering when she's just going to start up her own radio station and call it Radio Rmalkin.
Then there's Jonah Goldberg, author of a book whose entire thesis is that liberals are innately totalitarian fascists who inevitably want to enslave us all. He's also previously written that Joe McCarthy was right.
Beck's Super Friends are in fact the people Most Likely to Lead A Right-Wing Lynch Mob in the wingnutosphere. Obviously, they're just put out that this particular mob isn't one they assembled.
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what a bunch of stupid assholes
who needs enemies?
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:34 — liberalNmoderation
what a bunch of stupid assholes
With friends like these,
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:39 — fastfeat
who needs enemas?
(Fixed it ferya.)
First, Jonah is an idiot. The legislation being considered is not retroactive. It would effect the CURRENT tax year, not seek to collect taxes on PRIOR tax years. Second, the "death threats" are bogus to say the least and comical to a point.
Beck needs serious psychiactric evaluation.
fucking choke on a goddamn pretzel!
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and you can lump in Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, et al, are the small minded minions of the corporate elite.
Incapable of independent thought and easily bought.
Enemy combatants. Why does Beck look over-medicated in all of his photos?
Beck, looks *under* medicated in this vidcap! Quick, somebody get a tranquilizer dart! :P
segment. I said Shutup!!
Irony- they'll never get it.
beck will say he has no need of irony
He buys perma-pressed.
Its remarks like that that really get me....steamed.
undies in a bunch!
I'm sure we can *cough* iron out our differences,and uh.."per-suede" the Right to "come clean" and admit they are not being completely truthful here and um...One Hour Martinizing.
You win! You win!
I bow to the master!
go forth young grasshopper.
Is that another "iron" joke?
Whoa, I just had a Laugh-in flash back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fke_Nvyaybg
These bonus contracts that everyone is treating as if they are unbreakable are sure getting different press than the labor contracts at Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors which every republican and his brother was demanding be renegotiated prior to giving them some help to avoid bankruptcy. It is simply assinine to be forced to listen to this crap on television night after night with little to no mention of the utter hypocrisy used depending upon who is affected, the working man, or the elitists.
Personally, I am about to shut the television off FOR GOOD! The news media is totally unreliable and in the corner of big business 99.9% of the time, and that makes the people involved guilty of treason in my opinion. They all scream to the high heavens about the constitution while defending the actions of the Bush crime syndicate who were by all reasonable standards guilty of creating a dictatorship and tore the constitution to shreds!
the public.
...For the shortest, most accurate post ever.
I threw my bigscreen in the New River at a bbq over 15 years ago.
-Does anyone else get spontaneous hives when Malkin moves her Botox sacks and vocalizes?
are indeed hypocritical nutbars as is pointed out, however to even suggest that progressives too aren't good and angry at the aig crowd is ludicrous. i know i'm livid. everyone is. it's across the spectrum.
these days anyway?
I forgot
A non-regressive
So must be evolving.
Hi Dave
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton Killed herself after Malikin posted Denton's office address, number and email. Denton's crime failing to expel or punish students who angrily protested and kicked military recruiters off campus. I think its worth a mention.
There's a special place in hell for Malkin then, one day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRxWAqnQ_g
Thanks David. I knew you would jump on this sideshow of freaks. You could have pressed all my clothes with the iron-y in that show.
their popularity.
I don't know if ridicule is exactly feeding their popularity.
it's makes their "side" get upset and they just continue to grow in the ranks. We get used and demonized like a PR tool and the vicious cycle continues.
They've lowered us to their level.
No matter how low and sophomoric my humor gets, they will always be several levels lower than me.
Lowered us to their level? And just what does that mean? We simply point out that they are crooks and liars. Pointing out their ilk is what this site is all about. Besides, like some trolls, they are just fun to play with. And no, I am not calling you a troll, Evet. I know you are a regular here and even if we don't always agree, I respect your opinions. :)
It's about time we give these people the respect that they deserve...none!
I haven't lowered myself, I am too intelligent. They are sellouts, till somebody pays me for my ridicule I am 10 steps above them, for the people we the people! I am feeling you evet, glenn beck malkin and that other guy are the lowest of low. Disgusting to watch and hard to discuss.
How does our discussing this make their side get upset? I think this is idle conjecture on your part.
"Thanks David. I knew you would jump on this sideshow of freaks."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4uTEEOJlM
the only place these three brain trusts can get air time is on FOX? On Glenn Beck's show? Well that says all I need to know about them...
Rhodes Scholars.
An Unholy Triumvirate
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:58 — miss_kitty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBvTVHKZYzw
but, damn! malkin is UGLY and I don't think that if she were smart, sensitive and NOT a scum demon . . . that wouldn't help. She's just VD ugly.
Beck, Malkin, Goldberg....oh, the horror, the horror!
I thought News Reporting was limited to the approved gatekeepers on the JournoList LISTSERV.
You also forget that his "news" that "rampaging militiamen burned and blew up four mosques" was complete BS.
Of course if Malkin was a progressive, her past actions would be dismissed as "Old News".
See Bill Moyers
Flip Flopping retards, practicing what they preach, right in front of your eyes. Hypocritical hypocrisy. I am sick of their gay games. They are just the opposition, when Republicans take back over, if ever, they will be all corporate boobs again. This does really need to stop, they are ruining this country, the bullshitting opinionated right wing. How in the hell do you explain what they do, Ironic-reporting by fox news Flossies. Corruption masters, guilty of sin. Leaders of the weak mind. I could go on but why should I.
it is about fucking time old man higgins, the amusement park groundskeeper, was unmasked as the killer.
malkin, beck, goldberg pose as friends of the worker, of the middleclass, of the "average" american; yet, they push and they champion policies and politicians that only serve to concentrate wealth for a dew and reduce freedom of the majority.
so, for me, i am glad that these bumblefucks are at least being honest in their sympathy, their empathy, and their subservience to the ruling class. they are merely apologists, defenders and water-carriers, and, now, at least they are, in a roundabout way, admitting it.
it weren't for you meddling kids....
I love how Beck uses the Repiglican politician's statement in a way to make it look like Democrats said for the CEO's to commit suicide.
It's our country not theirs
Beck, here is the guy you scorned, regarding the Suicide comment.:-)
Senator's AIG wish: Suicide
>>> http://news.scotsman.com/world/Senator39s-AIG...
Charles (Chuck) Grassley
U.S. Senator, Iowa
[ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id... ]
I wasn't sure it was humanly possible to cram that much stupidity into one segment....I'll admit, I was wrong.
down to a science!
Republicans don't like science. They have it down to a lack of intelligent design.
That's IT! That's exactly it!
Perfect!!!
Why aren't there laws against exploiting the mentally ill on TV ?
these assclowns like to party together. Here's an early pic of the Malchick and her droogs back when she had short hair. You'll notice her makeup hasn't changed much. http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blo...
You know. I found myself much better off if I don't watch FOX at all. I use to watch is an get all upset with all that bullshit.
at the expense of American tax payers. Of course, this doesn't surprise me because they work for those very same interests. What these 3 clowns are not taking into consideration is that right now, there truly is a mandate to deny these executive bonuses and to question executive compensation and understand what it does to the economy in general. Up until now, executives have for the most part been able to call all the shots when it comes to executive compensation. They have designed hideously outrageous pay and benefits packages (100s of times higher than the rank and file employees of those companies), golden parachutes, etc. at the expense of rest of the workers of their firms and at the expense of the economy in general. The executives have thus far been able to keep shareholders, boards of directors and the public submissive to their demands and conditions. Now, maybe, hopefully, that institutionalized way of doing business can be reviewed, questioned, reformed, and brought back to a reality that doesn't allow for such gigantic gaps between executive pay and privilege on one hand, and everyone else and the rest of the economy in general, on the other. That the government has to devise a way to completely disallow the provision of bonuses under these circumstances is a no brainer. That is the proper role of government in this situation. As long as tax payers are shelling out money to bring the economy back online, there must be rules and regulations to ensure fairness and efficiency and hopefully the tax payers will be compensated for this in the future. It is also necessary to limit or deny bonuses under these circumstances. As long as executives continue to accept bonuses under these circumstances, the public will continue to vent outrage and some may even threaten to wrap piano wire around the necks of those same executives. As long as executives are behaving arrogantly,
irresponsibly, and greedily, they will continue to cause people to feel this way and continue to invite such anger upon themselves.
Here are the populist threats that these idiots should fear:
Boy, do I love these feisty dames! Maybe it's time for more people to follow their example and REALLY teach conservative schills what "liberal populism" is.
Can I get a "habeas corpus"?
Can I get a "Right to assemble"?
If you had that combo come on a slot machine, you'd get lemons as the payout.
These three are probably just pissed off, waiting for their AIG investments to turn around.
SUPER FEINDS...
just LOVING the populist outrage they're whipping up, while claiming that Congress going after a couple rat bag executives is mob rule?
Jonah, dear pup, there's ZERO in the Constitution about "we the people shall protect the bonuses of corporate executives, no matter how extravagantly they fail."
Just look at their photos. They were no different in primary school. The fat sissy who wet the bed. The ethnic girl who'll say and DO anything to be accepted by the rich white crowd. The little nerdball who was bullied by jocks and took it out on even nerdier kids and small animals. They're taking out their petty insecurities on the nation.
Corporate whores, each and every one.
The key concept that we the people need to understand (Glenn has mentioned this on the radio) is the foundation and core of our Constitution.
Our Rights come from our creator (God, nature, chance, the big bang, whatever)to "We the People." Then we choose to lend some of those rights to a Government, in the hopes of creating a safer society in which all have the chance to thrive.
The most important point to remember here is this: you cannot lend something you do not have. "We the people" cannot, ever, lend rights (read: powers) to the Government that we ourselves do not have.
This bares repeating as it essential to understanding the foundation of a free society.
We, as a group cannot give the Government rights (powers) that we ourselves, as individuals, do not possess.
All laws made by, and all action taken by our Government must first be judged under this standard before even beginning to discuss whether an idea, proposed law, or program, etc., is "beneficial" to our society.
I can't shut down a radio station. I can't slap my neighbor in the mouth for saying things I don't like. Can you?
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