We can argue all day all day long as to whether or not Sarah Palin’s violent imagery and rhetoric contributed in any way to Jared Loughner’s decision last week to kill his Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. What can’t be argued, however, is that, several months ago, Palin’s fellow Fox News personality, Glenn Beck, played a pivotal […]
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Since we haven’t had a good Glenn Beck thread in a while…
Posted in Media, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Add new tag, Byron Williams, founding fathers, FOX News, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, irresponsible rhetoric, Jared Loughner, Karl Marx is their George Washington, rhetoric of violent revolution, shoot them in the head, swastika, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the threat of Socialism, things that will blow your mind, threats of violence, Tides Foundation, violence on the extreme right 8 Comments
“There will be blood on many hands”
The following quote is taken from a letter written by Drummond Pike, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation, to the Chairmen of the Boards of GEICO, Zurich Financial, Chrysler, Direct Holdings Americas, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Lilly Corporate Center, BP, and The Hartford Financial Services Group, all of whom support Glenn Beck’s television program with […]
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged AstraZeneca, blood on hands, BP, Byron Williams, Chrysler, conspiracy theory, Direct Holdings Americas, Drummond Pike, GEICO, GlaxoSmithKline, Glenn Beck, hate speech, irresponsible rhetoric, Lilly Corporate Center, potential for violence, The Hartford Financial Services Group, threat of assassination, Tides Foundation, violence on the extreme right, Zurich Financial 9 Comments
Reading the Iliad with my daughter
I had wanted to write about the Glenn Beck fan they call the Progressive Hunter, and his recently foiled plan to start a revolution in the United States by killing liberals in San Francisco, but I ended up staying up too late, reading The Iliad with Clementine. I know it might be a little out […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Media, Other Also tagged Achilles, ACLU, anti-government, Byron Williams, Clementine, conspiracy theories, fear mongering, FOX News, Glenn Beck, hate speech, Homer, Iliad, paranoia, political violence, Tides Foundation, violence on the extreme right 10 Comments