Thursday, September 09, 2010
Rachel Maddow's take on the Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin 9-11 "Beer Bust."
In news that broke during Rachel's broadcast we now know that Glenn Beck's spokesperson is claiming that Beck will donate the proceeds of this event that "stabs hearts" of 9-11 families to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. (Which is the same organization Beck used to scam those who donated to his "Restoring Honor" rally. Personally I would be very interested to learn just how much this organization EVER receives from Glenn Beck.)
I wonder how the people attending this event justify paying good money to hear a man who has said that he HATES the 9-11 families, now talk out of the other side of his face to, in Sarah Palin's words, "commemorate them? Perhaps they use a different definition of the word "commemorate" than the rest of us.
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I googled Special Operations Warrior Foundation and got this email address. I sent them an email asking how much they would be getting. I'm sure they won't be answering me. Anyway, here it is. I encourage all of you to spread it around and bombard them with emails.
ReplyDeletewarrior@specialops.org
We watched this tonight on Rachel's show. Mrs. McCain looks fake in this ad. She looks like a mannequin. She looks plastic.
ReplyDeleteHe should better tell people to go donate $250 to their favorite charity and bring a receipt and get a ticket. It could be to a gay-friendly one or to the American Red Cross or to one's favorite church, just as long as it has status as a charity. Shouldn't it be for the good of one's fellow man?
ReplyDeletethe republicans and fox news is about to play very mean and dirty to win an election. they are flaming the flames of hate against radical islam and they are putting every single american and our families and our troops around the world in danger. Newt, Sarah, Beck .. they need to wage this war starting with ground zero .. because they want to re-enforce their message - be afraid - be very afraid, the black president - is a muslim - mean, dirty, people to the core - putting us at direct risk while they are capitizaling on 9-11 up there, where they will be driving their drum beat for war! we must vote out all republicans in the midterms!
ReplyDeletedamn I think rachel might have outdone herself with this one.
ReplyDeletenewt and his wife? omg. omg. that is THE most bizarre thing I have seen in a while. how about her hypnotic voice? this is some seriously weird shit. dare I say it? textbook PROPAGANDA.
Gyrphen - Hope you do a post on this....he was in flight and didn't know about the blast yet..but still bloody funny!
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/schwarzenegger/status/24068075611
Palin, Beck, Gingrich, and their ilk are warmongers and Islam is their sworn enemy. Evidently, freedom of religion doesn't include Islam. They just simply hate the entire religion and all of its followers.
ReplyDeleteLogic would dictate trying to understand Muslims before escalating a worldwide holy war with them. But, I guess Palin and company are just too busy with their fundraisers and media-whoring to do any real research. We all know Palin doesn't read and she always jumps into the fray without thinking.
The United States has proven time after time that we can exist with citizens of different faiths (Christians, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Amish, Scientologists, atheists, agnostics, whatever). We've also proved that scientific advancement can coexist just fine with religion.
America needs thinking and compassionate people in office who understand basic freedom of religion. The above three instigators fail miserably. People should be pretty leery about their endorsements.
It sure seems like 'commemorate' means 'remember fear and ignite hate' to Beck-Palin.
ReplyDeleteInspired by Sarah's latest tweet, which might shout 'I'm stupid' louder than any previous one, I checked for 'sarahpalinUSA anagrams. Here's a sample:
Aphasia An Slur
Piranha Alas Us
Pariah Ulna Ass
Aha Nasal Sirup
Aha Spiral Anus
A Hail Anus Rasp
A Hail Iran Pass
A Hair Slap Anus
A Ash Urinal Spa
Gryphen, can you please remove the picture of the dead woman from your blogroll?
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin has no principles, no morals, no sense of what is right or wrong. She isn't a "Christian" because of any deeply felt beliefs, it's just convenient for her right now. I don't think she cares about her husband, her kids except maybe for Piper. Maybe cares about Chuckie. But if the chips were down, she'd discard both Piper & her father if it became necessary to profit herself. She doesn't believe in anything. She cares only for herself and money.
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced that Sarah Palin would become a Muslim or at the other end of the spectrum, would become a drug dealer or whatever if the price was right. For her, hating Muslims is just another calculated thing to rope in the gullible - she isn't one of the far right, she's only there taking advantage of them. She would speak for anything or speak against anything if the price was high enough to entice her.
Many times I've searched the internet to see if I can find out what her IQ is. Several sites said it was 83. Honestly don't believe that's true - how could she have been elected the governor of AK and have an IQ that low? Seriously, how could that happen? But then after watching her from afar for 2 years, I don't think her IQ could be much higher than 83. She's a perfect candidate to do anything that a puppet-master dictates.
Bursting her bubble can't come soon enough. She's the most dangerous person I've ever seen in American politics. Stupid and vicious - terrible, frightening combination.
After reading the post about the Burton (hope that's the right name) case today, the double murder trial, I'm truly concerned for those of you living up there within Sarah's reach. Seriously concerned. Be very, very careful.
Commemorate- use any opportunity available to stuff their pockets with the money from their low IQ, low income mentally, itellectually & emotionally challenged sheeples.
ReplyDeletei think Newt's little video bothers me the most, they are sick, sick , sick and is scares the heck out of me. If these people get power in 2012 be prepared for another war
ReplyDeleteAt least they had the good sense to stop identifying themselves as
ReplyDelete:compassionate conservatives".
Common sense conservatives isn't much better but less of a lie!
Is that woman Newt's wife? I think that she is Cindy McCain's twin sister, who has gone missing all these years. That, or she really is a Stepford wife, out of the Robotron School of Acting.
ReplyDeleteThis is really upsetting. Seems the Special Operations Warrior Foundation is planning it's own line of fundraisers on 9/11. But not a word about commemoration of those who died and who are struggling. See the SOWF calendar here: http://www.specialops.org/events/event_list.asp
ReplyDeleteBeyond this, however, if anyone has access to an Encyclopedia of Organizations, it would be interesting to see how this org is characterized. The resource is also available online through Nexis. I think public requests for donation information are appropriate. Not sure what Florida requires from its "charities."
That aside, I am still NOT ready to turn 9/11 into a shoppin' BBQin' bonanaza.
I lost neighbors and wiped concrete dust out of my home for months after the cataclysm.
The local papers ran obituaries for months as shards of flesh were identified.
I have a theory about terrible events and their influence on communities.
In 1971, a jet crashed into Nun Mountain outside Juneau. To the rest of the state and the world, it was a crash in the mountains. To Juneau, it was almost overwhelming.
In the same way, 9/11 is overwhelming to New York and to the entire nation. It is still not a day for shoppin', sloppin' suds and BBQin'
But "constititution-minded" opportunists don't ever have the empathy to get that.
I am ashamed of the activity in my native state.
I'm sorry, did I say Mrs. McCain? I meant Mrs. Gingrich III.
ReplyDeleteThat snap of Newt and his new automaton is actually pretty telling... When the energizer bunny runs out of juice does it turn itself off??
ReplyDeleteAnonymous @4:43 said...
ReplyDelete"At least they had the good sense to stop identifying themselves as "compassionate conservatives". Common sense conservatives isn't much better but less of a lie!"
"Less of a lie" slices the baloney too finely. I don't see any common sense. They are picketing the firehouse and blocking the fire engines while America burns.