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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 11:43 PM
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My comment to CNN Headline News about Glenn Beck
As some of you are unfortunately aware, "CNN Headline News" shows Glenn Beck (the RW radio complainer who literally looks like an aging toddler), for at least 3 hours per evening, doing what he does best...complaining about liberals.

Oh, he complains all the time about every aspect of government, about Bush too, so I don't disagree with him all the time. Inevitably, sometimes I agree with him, as probably do most viewers. He has struck a nerve with the general population by complaining about US government.
But that's too easy, isn't it? We are all dissatisfied with our government. But "CNN Headline News" assumes viewers want a republican ass-kisser (sycophant for the liberal elites) to speak for them.

I have expressed myself eloquently to CNN before about their poor taste in allowing Glenn Beck to dominate their prime time, but obviously nobody cared. I must be one of those 'liberal elites'. :eyes:

Tonight (of what little I watched), Beck whined about 2 things:
#1 Health care sucks in Great Britain, so we shouldn't allow liberals to impose socialized health care here in the U.S.A., unless we want to wait in long lines (no he didn't say queues). We have such great health care here in the US, so we would be foolish to heed the socialist liberal Democrats.

#2 Jonah Goldberg is an expert on the 'Fascist Liberal Agenda' (his words). He's going to edify us about those: (my translation) Lib Nazis.

I am an educated person with a good vocabulary, and I use profanity very sparingly. I've already told CNN how I feel about Glenn Beck in a politely, intelligently scathing way, but they don't care about liberals like me. Enough is enough.

So tonight, I sent this email:




"I am writing to voice my outrage at CNN for showing Glenn Beck, the aging adolescent, for an outrageous 4 hours of prime time every single night!
I am an eloquent, well spoken person, but since I know none of you care what I have to say, FUCK YOU, CNN and your "so called Headline News" that you rode to town on. FUCK YOU for playing that RightWing dumbass Glenn Beck ALL FUCKING EVENING. I don't buy a word he says. On the contrary, I just despise and distrust CNN for imagining that the public will eat up every word he says. Don't insult my intelligence, please. Just because you were a once-respected cable news channel doesn't mean I'll keep my mouth open while that bullshit is being kicked around.

I can think and read for myself, and so once again, FUCK OFF for thinking I'm easily persuaded, CNN.

I invite you to call me and verify my words, when I'll just tell you once again that I'm not buying your stupid neo-con agenda no matter how many times you smack that 2x4 on viewers' heads."




What do you think?
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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:16 AM
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1. That and $1.89 will get you
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 12:18 AM by FlyingSquirrel
:donut:

Nice rant though... You should've changed the channel like I did immediately after accidentally turning to it tonight and hearing the blather about liberalism = fascism.

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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:24 AM
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4. I tried yelling that to my elderly dad, but he's hard of hearing.
I smiled as I yelled "please change the channel!"
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 01:59 AM
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8. FYI, My elderly parents have similar "socialistic" ideals.
Obviously, because they imprinted their scandinavian, AGNOSTIC ways upon me. They are Swedish immigrants. I am a first generation American.

My parents are old, and I mean 79 and 75, and my dad sometimes turns CNN Headline News to Glenn Beck.

My dad is really ailing in every way, physically, auditorially, visually, cognitively, and I think he wants attention from the people who love him. For him to turn it to Glenn Beck will eventually get a reaction "Please! Turn that shit down!" "Dad, I can't hear a word
over the TV!"
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 03:25 AM
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11. Less is more, I know. I should have just said
FUCK YOU CNN
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:17 AM
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2. my god! how can you stand to watch? why do you torment yourself? n/t
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:22 AM
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3. Maybe it replaces a cardio work out?
That's what my husband calls it when I watch Hannity...
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:25 AM
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5. you watch hannity? i don't see how you can do it.
what about foxnewshounds? http://www.newshounds.us/
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:30 AM
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6. When I have control of the remote, this is not an issue.
However, right now, I'm staying at my parents' house. They are senior citizens. My mom hates Glenn Beck, too. We both get irritated when dad has CNN Headline News, on super-loud volume.

But even when I lived on my own, I had CNN Headline News right on the tip of the remote. I used to think it was a valid news channel. That was not all that long ago.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:41 AM
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7. This is all so embarrassing that I live with my parents right now!
I'm educated, yet unemployed. :-(

I work for my rent!
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 03:00 AM
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9. NOBODY CARES.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 03:09 AM
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10. Hey Flying Squirrel!
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 03:37 AM by quantessd
You see that I can write well. Maybe we can be on the same political team as CNN. I can do Headline News just as well as you.

Edit: Glenn Beck is such a hack. At least be post-adolescent, that's all I ask as a viewer. I'm 37 and I can barely manage adulthood, but, please, c'mon. CNN endorses this!? That is wrong!
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scarface2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 06:11 AM
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12. i never watch cnn but let me say
glennn bekk is an effing asshole...that he has a job is fricking amazing
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