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Your Moment Of Glenn: ‘Fox News Is The Alamo For Truth!’

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There’s been a lot of chatter from the wings about Glenn Beck of late, and plenty of name-calling from certain quarters. But Beck is aiming to clear up any confusion: he is neither a journalist nor a rodeo clown. He is a dad and “he is doing what he believes is right.” Furthermore he is doing a “job as a private citizen”…with a multi-million dollar cable TV contract no less(!) who just wants real journalists to look into these things instead of “looking into my past.” Stop trying to do a Van Jones on Glenn Beck, world. FOX NEWS IS THE ALAMO FOR TRUTH. And that folks is why Glenn Beck is such a success, because of lines like that. Later on (the clip has been edited into two parts) he reiterates that he is “just a dad doing this for my kids.” Cue, ‘I believe the children are our future.’

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  • JunkJunk

    My favorite lie, I mean, line?

    “I’m doing what I believe is right.”

    You know what? I believe that all toddlers should have the right to own an AK-47. I really believe in that cause, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to make sure that all pre-schoolers get a gun. Because it’s the right thing to do. Now, I haven’t done any research to see what the potential outcomes of such advocacy would be (pfffft: I’m not a journalist, doieeeee). I just…(*tears*) love children and guns and ma country. They should all have the right to be together…

    In the BAHAMAS!

    [/sarcasm]

    And the scary part? That little bit of crazy I just wrote doesn’t come close to Beck’s delusions.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Steele/1147844375 Chuck Steele

    JunkJunk, Don’t worry. You can purchase a gun for your child. That nasty old Constitution is theirs to.
    All of my kids and grand kids learned how to shoot at around 5 years old. I only taught them as little ones with a .22 rifle.
    You should hold off on an AK until they are teens and have proven themselves responsible. One of the parental carrots you can use to keep them on the right path.
    You do not need to move them to the Bahamas to shoot. Just contact the NRA to find a safe place to teach them. For that matter, the NRA has great courses available so that your child can learn gun safety and gun hygiene.

  • m

    You know who believe what he was doing was right? Hitler.

    I said it. Beck is like Hitler.

  • rmbltmbl

    You know what? I believe that all toddlers should have the right to own an AK-47.

    Thank you.. Glenn Beck is evil.. finally a solid example why! I was wondering all this time and it all makes sense now.. Glenn Beck wants toddlers with kalashnikovs.

  • rmbltmbl

    HA!

  • rmbltmbl

    Maybe you should look into the five year who shot a 20 foot gator.. or the teen who shot an intruder with a co2 pistol before getting his shotgun.. All those evil people with guns??? lets just make it against the law!

  • rmbltmbl

    Yeah, Beck exhibits typical behavior like Adolf Hitler.. wow..

  • StewartIII

    NewsBusters — Beck Fires Back: Calls Series of Stories about Mother’s Suicide ‘Despicable Yellow Journalism’
    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/10/05/beck-fires-back-calls-series-stories-about-mother-s-suicide-despicable-ye

  • sarainitaly

    Do you really think Van Jones, a guy hired to work in the WH, who was writing bills, and paid by tax payers is the same as Glenn Beck, a talking head, hired by a private media company?

    Do you really think Beck looking into Van Jones’ public background/comments is the same as the media looking into whether Beck’s mother killed herself?

    Do you really think that just because Beck makes a lot of money he isn’t correct in saying that journalists should be looking into these things, and that they are negligent in their duties?

    Does it matter how much money Beck makes? Just because he makes a lot of money, he should have people investigating his mothers suicide? Just because he makes a lot of money, he isn’t concerned about his children, or their future?

    Really?

  • ImNotBlue

    Thanks Glynnis… I was starting to worry that without your daily posts about Glenn Beck, you might suffer from “snark build-up.” I am curious, however, if you look down your nose like this on ALL conservatives, or just Beck?

    Furthermore, when you read the comments your article promotes, do you sit back and think, “Ahh, look at the folks who like my work, success!” or are you disappointed that all they can seem to do is spread more venom, hate, and tremendous insult?

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