Beck tearily praises 9/11 widow's work he viciously attacked in 2005
By David Neiwert Friday Feb 13, 2009 6:00pm
Glenn Beck, on his Fox show this afernoon, did a really lovely encomium to Beverly Eckert, the 9/11 widow who was a victim of that horrible plane crash outside Buffalo yesterday. In fact, like most Beck productions, it was downright maudlin. But we had to applaud certain sentiments, such as when he lauded Eckert for her post-9/11 activism:
Beck: After the attacks, she became a vocal activist for families of 9/11 victims. She pushed for the 9/11 Commission. She demanded answers from the government, and helped win the passage of the Intelligence Reform law.
And of course, Beck looked very, very sincere delivering this.
How sincere was he?
Here's Glenn Beck on his radio show back in 2005:
Beck: You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families. It took me about a year. Um, and I had such compassion for them and I really, you know, I wanted to help them, and I was behind -- let's give them money, let's get them started, and all of this stuff. And I really didn't -- all the 3,000 victims' families, I don't hate all of them, I hate about, probably about ten of them. But when I see 9/11 victim family, you know, on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up.' I'm so sick of them. Because they're always complaining. And we did our best for them. And again, it's only about ten.
After that, of course, he went on to talk about how much he hated the Hurricane Katrina victims.
But America, look into his eyes! You can see how sincere he is!
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Did they focus on his teary eyeballs again?
Fucking hypocrite.
Uh...no, thank you.
really, he's got to be taking asshole pills...
I suppose that would make them suppositories.
that are being shoved up his ass with corporate America's hand prior to his daily puppet show.
no one ever told beck they are not foil
wrapped candies.
Okay, you just slayed me. I may stop laughing in an hour or two.
Thanks, I needed that!
is an asshole pill.
Dave, Bravo. Good find and way to hang this loud-mouth moron with his own rope. I don't think that there is anyone out there that is more of a complete asshole than Glenn Beck.
Malkin, Limpbaughlls, Coulter, Mannatey, O'Lielly, Wiener( savage) Lars Larson. I can't remember them all. There's just to many to name off hand.
of assholes.
Hm. Doesn't sound right. "Gaggle" refers to geese, and I don't think any geese have done anything to deserve being lumped in with these fuckwits.
We need a term for a group of assholes. How about a "sphincter of assholes"?
nailed it. Thank you for correcting me and making me laugh. I also would like to apologize to any geese out there that I might have offended by lumping a sphincter in with your kind.
"Sphincter of assholes", that is good stuff Excelsior.
Thanks.
An Exultation of Larks is one of my favorite books. Ever since I read it in high school, I've been fascinated with collective nouns. I'm still trying to get people to adopt the word "sagan" to mean "an unspecified number of enormous size, billions and billions, i.e. a sagan of stars."
had never heard of An Exultation of Larks before, so I went over to Amazon to check it out. It looks really neat. I think I'll have to check it out now. Thanks.
Glad to be of service. :)
Well you know a gang of ravens is called a murder of ravens.
always heard it as "a murder of crows". But I suppose since they're analogous birds, it works either way.
gassholes?
sphincter of gassholes perhaps?
Collective nouns are not invented words, but existing words used in a clever way. A pride of lions is one classic example, as is a parliament of owls, and a leap of leopards.
James Lipton, the author of An Exultation of Larks (pretty much the definitive work on the subject) says that the success of a collective noun depends on identifying the "quintessential part" of the group of people or things and allowing it to represent the whole. Thus a brood of hens or a blur of impressionists.
Sorry, I tend to get kinda geeky on this subject. ;)
rash of dermatologists, an insanity of clauses, a pound of Englishmen. Just to name a few from Amazon. This stuff is pretty fun.
A rash of dermatologists. I love it!!
How about a puddle of urologists?
oh, man that is funny, so funny in fact that I might just make a puddle. Touche ysbaddaden, touche.
Don't touche that puddle, it's wet.
So's the douche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc
That is GENIUS! You get cake!
Urinal?
how about The Sphinctii?
The Egyptians already got one.
Unless of course you're refering to the sphinctii of proctologists.
i never watched or listened to beck before, but
i can't believe that he has managed to stay on
tv much less the radio after his despicable
remarks about the new orleans victims. what
a heartless piece of shit. there is something
very wrong here in America when jackasses like
beck, limpballs and billo don't outrage the
American public enough to remove them from
any public forum that inflicts their kind
of bigotry, racism and hatred. the remarks
made "nappy headed basketball players" was
terrible and shameful and was enough to
remove that radio talk show host, but
beck, limpballs and billo have and continue
to make much worse remarks on the public air,
and yet they are still there spewing venom.
disgusting
.
listen to it every day, and let me tell you, he is far worse on radio than he is on TV. This guy is completely nutso. He has got an extremely warped view of the world.
folks and welcome to the Glenn Beck Show. On today's show, FDR is an evil son of a bitch,Al gore is a Nazi,look into my eyes,were on the road to Socialism,and look I really am a puppet. That's all folks and thanks for watching Glenn Beck's hour of fear.
he and those like him still have jobs - proof positive we are at war with domestic enemies and that americans haven't really awoken.
That must be awkward.
The people who listen to their drivel are also tools. They are self-centered hypocrites who believe they have some moral superiority over the rest of us. That phony conservative-compassion is such a bunch of bs. I don't know how anyone can listen to these jerks and believe the load of crap they are putting out over the airwaves everyday.
I just cannot understand how Beck can stay on the air. He's a spewing contradiction. Nothing he says makes much sense. How did he get this job????? And if this guy can get this job after being on CNN Headline sNewz for a couple years why is it that somebody like Mike Malloy has trouble getting on a radio station let alone a cable news channel?
a walking contradiction. I commented on here before that I really think that Glenn Beck is put on the radio and TV and encouraged to say the craziest things that he can think of just to set the bar for right wing craziness really high. Then some of these other guys come off looking like centrists compared to him. I really believe that.
As for Mike Malloy, I'm sure as soon as he decides to perch on the shoulders of the right wing and parrot all of their talking points, he too will have his own show.
Don't hold your breath.
Dude, it's Fox. You really expect them to care that Beck is a babbling baboon incapable of making sense? That's probably what GOT him the job.
for their jobs. So they are showing emotions and pretending to care now. Hey did you hear the news? Bill O sent Helen Thomas flowers for Valentines Day!!! These wingnuts are so touching.
Perhaps. But something smell fishy here too.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Eckert
"Beverly Eckert was one of the members of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee for the 9/11 Commission.[1] Eckert's husband, Sean Rooney, died aged 50 in the attacks of September 11, 2001. Eckert died aged 57 in a commuter airplane crash on February 12, 2009.[2] She was travelling from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport aboard Continental Airlines Flight 3407. The plane crashed in Clarence Center, New York. She had met with President Barack Obama just a few days earlier in her role as an advocate for those affected by 9/11.[3]
Eckert was the co-chairperson of the group "Voices of September 11th". She pushed for a commission to investigate 9/11 and to establish a memorial.[4]"
Its probably just a coincidence, but similar "coincedences" have happnened before. Anyone remember E. Howard Hunt's wife dying in a plane cash? It just so happened that she was carrying a whole crap load of hush money to Hunt.
Beck's whiny voice has ticked me off ever since his, "they should put braille on coffee pots that say, 'hot'".
Real funny, douchebag.
when she attacked the 9/11 wives so he forgets that now?
Have you ever seen the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes?" He is the spitting image of Frank, the wife-beating Ku Klux Klan member that gets konked over the head with a frying pan and then is barbecued and eaten by the police detective investigating his murder. Every time I hear this kind of bs from Beck I think of that comparison and it makes me smile.
I love that movie.
"It took me about a year to Start hating 911 victims families..." Good God Almighty! I can't believe this sick, sick, sick rotten whatever the hell he is. I hope to God for something to happen in this flyspeck's life that would make him have some empathy. But he's to deluded. I've known some pretty low-life people in my life but none of them compare to whatever the hell he is.
I'm sorry, but after Colbert's wonderful segment on Beck's out-of-control asshattery, I don't think I could ever take him seriously again.
was a good segment. Colbert really pulled out all of the stops with that one. Just in case anyone wants to have a laugh, here it is again.
They should build skyscrapers out of NY Fire Department underwear, because these guys made it to that million degree fire and weren't phased at all. They wanted to run some hoses up and put the fire out. Can you imagine that? A million degree fire that melted steel and their underwear saved them!
coulter and beck are asshats
you troofers are pure dickwads
spitting on the memories of those that died
when you get your degree in civil engineering, come back and give your analysis of the collapse
until then....you, the rest of the troofers, beck and coulter...should all stfu .
the Chinese did use that special stuff when they built the steel-frame hotel in Beijing that just burned the other day like an inferno, top to bottom, for many hours and yet, miraculously, it still stands!!!!
no??????
EPIC FAIL
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and no...it was NOT the most debris damaged building in the nearby area.
But I guess this falls under the Category: Willfull Ignorance.
Here is Ann Coulter giving her nasty opinion about the 9/11 widows to Matt Lauer, an experience Lauer called "fun." She's been a regular on The Toady Show ever since. Does this look like fun to you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xv05FK69KU
God, it's like he's trying to win some kind of sickening asshole award.
and i wish some idiots in congress would shut up about it
these guys never miss an opportunity to show how stupid they are
we live in a world where everything is archived
said something last year and now you want to contradict yourself???? uh uh....weve got your ass on tape and on youtube
having the record only works if you go look for the info. The brainwashed masses don't think twice about swallowing his load of garbage.
I wish that there was a way to combat their crap, but I can't think of any.
you are absolutely right. A whole bunch of people out there eat this crap up on a daily basis. We should make no mistake about it either, these guys do have a very effective system of propaganda, a lot better than our side does. Millions of people listen to this hate filled garbage every day and it is something that we should watch closely and at least try to counter. Obviously there are still some sensible people in this country because a Democrat is in the White House, but I think that that has to do more with how bad Bush screwed things up than anything else.
if 30 percent of the population wish to remain ignorant...that is their biz
i cant force them to understand reason
and forcing them to listen to an opposing position...which they wont listen to anyway...wont change facts
im old enough to remember when the fairness doctrine was in effect...and it was a joke
all stations had to do was have the manager give an editorial, and viewers were allowed to respond...and only one got on the air
now breaking up the media monopolies and changing how licenses are awarded and maintained...that is a good idea
the people still own the airwaves...not the motherfucking conglomerates who have fucked up both talk and music
is.
Could you imagine how much our lives would change for the better if this one thing were to happen. This would be a huge step towards a true democracy. Very well put.
Also, about the fairness doctrine, I haven't thought about it all that much, but what you say makes perfect sense.
when ownership was limited, more people had more pieces of the pie
there were more jobs for local djs and talk hosts
now its all computerized shite
and talk is all syndicated
but rewrite the rules that force more local programming
it isnt unconstitutional...because the people own the airwaves...and broadcast stations must serve the people to keep their licenses
there will be some yelling and screaming from the right...let them yell and scream
i lay odds that once this happens, revenue will increase as listenership goes up
Doesn't it ever occur to him that, nowadays, there are tapesof him making his more ridiculous remarks, so he can't suddenly start saying the opposite without looking even more ridiculous?
even when the tape is played for them...
remember....deny....deny....deny
...very special hiring practices. Unlike in the earlier thread, Rupert does not check applicants credit reports/scores before he hires them, he just ensures they are Certifiably Whacked!
Thanks again for the exposing the hyprocrites.
And what a great find!!
I suggest everyone bombard his email with this, just to watch the idiot squirm!
Title the email 9/11 this makes sure he opens it.
me@glennbeck.com
Factor1: Aggressive narcissism
1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Pathological lying
4. Cunning/manipulative
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
6. Shallow
7. Callous/lack of empathy
8. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
9. Promiscuous sexual behavior
Dude is a complete CREEP.
Thanks for posting both of these videos.
I never listened to UBBER BEICH then and still don't.
The wingnuts never change, including UBBER BEICH, from spouting this hate of anyone but themselves.
Karma will bite these assholes.
Depend(s) on it.
I thank you sirs for exposing the hypocrisy of what should be "fair and balanced" news reporting. This is shameful, and the fact that we allow it continue to air over our stations, and be broadcasted again and again over our networks - is even more shameful! We, the people of this great nation who are yearning for truth, compassion,tolerance and fair play,do no want this; do not need this; will not continue to put up with this sickening hypocrisy from individuals who would call themselves - journalists. We need Glen Beck and others off, I repeat - OFF, the networks of this nation, and OUT of the time honored profession of Broadcast Journalism!
Quoth Cenk Uygar: "He's the crazy."
This guy is such a Piece of Shit! Beck and his Hypocritical Compassionate Bullshit represents the very real and Dark side of America. You think having a Special Needs Child would turn him around.
Beck is a Right-Wing Tool and those Fake Tears are part of the Circus Act.
Glenn Beck's continued presence on commercial mass media completely mystifies me: not that long ago--within ten years--he was a morning show dj on a local Top 40 station in New Haven, Connecticut. He was as ill-suited to that as he is to any kind of intelligent, rational commentary. His 'show' mostly consisted of bad pop music (okay, that was formatted) and bits of maudlin tripe he would read from the Internet. I swear I wasn't a regular listener! (seems important to mention that) but I remember clearly one time he read, with complete sincerity as if it was a piece of listener mail, that old chain email story about the little boy who brought a cracked bottle of cheap perfume in to his teacher and when she graciously accepted this gift, told her that his dead mother used to use it.
Our ideological differences aside, if there was ever a guy who needs to be pushed off the air, it's Beck.
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