Glenn Beck Goes On Anti-Mother's Day Tirade

[Are_grits_groceries]

Uhm... o-kay. Here's what is going on with this. Apparently, the people from the Vermont Teddy Bear Company had a sponsorship deal of some kind with Glenn Beck's radio show. You know the sort of deal: the host takes a moment to read some ad copy on the air about what a great product the Vermont Teddy Bear is, maybe get it for your mom on Mother's Day? That sort of thing. Beck's been in the radio biz for decades, so this should be no big deal, right?

Wrong! Beck, for reasons I suppose only he can understand, interrupted his monotone introduction of the ad copy by going off on an anti-Mother's Day screed, calling it a "big business scam" that was created by Woodrow Wilson -- whom Beck "hates." Then, apparently realizing that he had essentially trashed the hopes of his sponsor, he momentarily slagged Hallmark before pimping Vermont Teddy Bears and their delightful scents.

There are no chalkboards on the radio, so I think this is how it's supposed to work: Mother's Day was the idea of Anna Jarvis, who created it in 1908 and promoted it as a national holiday. Her home state of West Virginia made it a holiday in 1910. Congress passed a law on May 8, 1914, establishing it as a holiday, and, the next day, President Wilson enshrined it with a presidential proclamation. As it turns out, Jarvis eventually came to believe her holiday had become a "big business scam." She was arrested in 1948 for disturbing the peace whilst protesting the holiday in New York City, and was especially militant when it came to greeting cards, which she despised.

So, that's how you get Mothers Day--->scam---->Woodrow Wilson---->suck it, Hallmark. Still, I'm guessing that the Vermont Teddy Bear Company would have preferred that Beck just stuck to the copy.
More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/glenn-beck-is-against-mot_n_562982.html

He is losing it fast.

[eleny]

1. Good, now he'll have the mothers of America against him

[cap]

7. what's next apple pie?

:)

[name not needed]

14. Yes, followed by pro football and blowjobs.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. This may be a new ad technique

Howard Stern has been doing ads for Vermont Teddy Bear and leads with "We all hate Mother's Day", although he doesn't go anywhere as fas as BecKKK does.

[Mojeoux]

11. I called the teddy bear company and told them to stop using Beck

'Cause he sucks and spews

[elocs]

3. "Anti-Mother's Day tirade". Well I don't know how he could go wrong with that.

Off course somebody with 2 brain cells to rub together might think it is a very stupid idea. Even Republicans have mothers, and some are.

[lunatica]

4. I hate Mother's Day too but I hate Glen Beck more

I've banned all the holidays and special day crap because it's all become a big commercialized money making excuse for corporations to extract us from our money. Mother's Day is especially bad because it's nothing more than a guilt trip on steroids.

And I'm a mother. My kid proves he love me every other day of the year without having to do anything special. I prefer to keep it that way because as soon as loving mothers gets to be something forced that's when you start hating mothers.

[Ardent15]

5. Losing it? You can't lose something you never had.

[mfcorey1]

6. Beck does anything outlandish for the money.

[Bolo Boffin]

8. Well, you get what you paid for.

If you pay to advertise on Glenn Beck's show, don't be surprised at anything that comes out of his mouth. The rest of us can howl in disbelief, but I hope Vermont Teddy Bear learned a little lesson here.

[CBGLuthier]

9. Damn!! Twice in one day I agree with Glenn Beck

Not exactly a fan of the consumer driven lovefest of a holiday myself. And earlier the son of a bitch defended constitutional rights in the Times Square incident.

Evil fucking bastard Glenn Beck.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Beck probably doesn't like apple pie, either.

[texastoast]

12. Dumb Fuck Beck--AGAIN

He probably doesn't even know this.

http://www.peace.ca/mothersdayproclamation.htm



Mothers' Day Proclamation: Julia Ward Howe, Boston, 1870

Mother's Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women who had lost their
sons.

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!

Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking
with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
them of charity, mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those of another
country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From
the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says "Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance
of justice."

Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons
of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a
great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,
to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each
bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality may be
appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at
the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the
alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of
peace.

Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870

[fedupinBushcountry]

13. I contacted Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

I told them that I would never order from them when they have Glenn Beck speaking for them and as he is advertising says how much he hates mother's day. They responded and are sending my response to their marketing dewpartment for further review.

[ecmphd]

15. Glenn needs help

It seems he is more and more unstable. Is he drinking again?

[Roon]

16. That is one cool thing about NASCAR

they don't race on Mother's Day.

[corpseratemedia]

17. beck's mother committed suicide

drip drip drip

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Tune in next time, when Beck trashes the S.F. 49ers before a gold ad.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

19. I have 2 VTB's

They hang out at the office, otherwise the dog would get overly friendly and they'd need to go to the bear hospital
He (mr 'pede, not the dog) got a catalog about a month ago, ALL about Mothers Day
I think an email might be in order