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    Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities

    Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban

    Rush Limbaugh Falls For Non-Hoax

    'Who Would Possibly Do Something Like This? It Has to Be Richard Heene.'

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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/12/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities
    It will be a cruel realization as it slowly dawns on Falcon that he's the most well-balanced, mature thinker in his entire family.
    I say, give HIM custody over his parents and siblings: their family certainly can't fare any worse. #balloonboy
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/12/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities
    How 'bout we make fame-whoring a Class B misdemeanor, like streetwalking, and go from there? Granted, half of California would have to make bail, but still. #balloonboy
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    11/12/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy's Parents to Plead Guilty to Hoaxing America's Cable News Personalities
    Actually I blame Richard Heene for all of this. He's the attention whore, not so much her. She is so incredibly passive (which is probably why he chose her to begin with) that she's more of a passive participant rather than one to "deliberately threw her child into the middle of a self-generated media shitstorm."

    Not excusing her, but it's really fucked up of the dad/husband to let it get so far as for her to be possibly deported because of all this. He's the one who needs to be punished fully out of all of this. And she needs to be away from him as much as the kids do. Seriously, almost everyone else interviewed who knew them just walked away from his bullshit but her - because she pretty much can't. I would like to see her as much as an abuse victim as those kids are, unable to defend themselves from his special crunchy sort of batshittery. #balloonboy
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/12/09

    @The Real JR: I'm sure her other sons, Tufted Titmouse and Canary, agree with you. #balloonboy
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    11/12/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: You just made me smile with my heart, #balloonboy
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    11/12/09

    @The Real JR: Yeah, it's also kind of sad that she hasn't gotten her citizenship yet. I would think that with the amount of time she's been married to him she could have already applied for it. #balloonboy
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    I was listening to right wing nut radio this morning (again, I mistook it for the SciFi channel) and they said "Oh we should just paint a rosy picture and cheer the president on."

    The extreme thinking is incredible. Is there no in-between with you lunatics? Does anyone live between the two poles? How in fuck's name can you distort absolutely everything?

    It must take some kind of energy that you can only get from being crazy. #glennbeck
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    Don't leave Glenn Beck alone! #glennbeck
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    Image of Ron Draper Ron Draper
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    What the hell does cnt B mean? Did he just call Pelosi a cunt of the B-grade variety? #glennbeck
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    10/27/09

    @Ron Draper: I read it that way, too, but I think he meant "Can't Believe it". #glennbeck
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    Image of ethylic ethylic
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    Next Beck RT: "Why haven't we had an official response to the rumor that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990?"

    [www.npr.org]
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    Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) promoted this comment Edited by ethylic at 10/26/09 7:27 PM ethylic was starred ethylic was unstarred
    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    His hyper-attenuated sense of his own persecution makes me want to keep him away from incendiary devices and backpacks.
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    10/26/09

    @Mediahohoho: His sense of persecution makes me want to pee on him. And he'd love it. #glennbeck
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    10/27/09

    @Mediahohoho: Glenn Beck's lived a tragic life. His mother may or may not have committed suicide. After she died, he was raised by the father who divorced his mother years earlier. After a few years, his stepbrother committed suicide. He immediately left home when he turned eighteen. I feel sorry for the tough luck he's had, but I wish he would lighten up a little and stop pointing fingers. I pity him. #glennbeck
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/27/09

    @i'm a bottle: There's always room in life for human compassion. But the amount of money he's taking right now to create a fantasy world of martyrdom on behalf of some of the most entitled corporate interests in America--and against the best interests of the truly downtrodden and disenfranchised people he appeals to and for which he claims to speak--pretty much negate all the sympathy I might otherwise have for him. He knows what he's doing, and he's probably going to get the President killed. #glennbeck
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    10/27/09

    @Mediahohoho: You're absolutely right. #glennbeck
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    What a fucking moron. When will we non-liberals have somebody that actually makes sense and doesn't make a fool of themselves? While I'm at it I'll ask when will we (non-liberals) get a candidate that's worth a damn? I don't think we've had one since Barry Goldwater...
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment Edited by fuckingoldman at 10/26/09 6:31 PM fuckingoldman was starred fuckingoldman was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/26/09

    @fuckingoldman: It's been so long since I've seen one it's honestly hard to remember sometimes that there is such a thing as a reasonable, intelligent conservative who doesn't believe in government by magic. Maybe I spent too much time in Cambridge. #glennbeck
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    Image of Parah_Salin Parah_Salin
    10/26/09

    @lukeoneil47: The last reasonable, intelligent conservative was Eisenhower. He warned about the military/industrial complex (70% of the republican base), but didn't see the rise of the bat shit crazy religious nuts who love fetuses and hate welfare babies (the other 30% of the republican base).
    For the record, not all democrats are "liberals," I stopped voting for republicans because their economic ideas are insane, they insist in poking their big beaks into the most personal decisions in people's private lives, they don't have an ounce of patriotism, and they're so damn hypocritical. I don't hate them because they're so insanely gay. I wish they'd just embrace their inner geighness. #glennbeck
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment Parah_Salin was starred Parah_Salin was unstarred
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    10/26/09

    @fuckingoldman: You will NEVER have a republican say something that makes sense, because republican ideas are dumb, and they attract stupid people. Deregulating banks was so successful, I wonder why I haven't heard much about privatizing social security recently. What's up with that? I wonder which generation will be willing to give up their benefits when we make the switch to privatization? #glennbeck
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/27/09

    @Parah_Salin: I don't see too many liberals among the Democrats in office, so, yes, I know they are not synonymous.

    #glennbeck
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    10/27/09

    @Parah_Salin: Great arguments you fucking idiot. "ideas are dumb, and they attract stupid people", you forgot to add ugly. Let me know when you grow up. #glennbeck
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    Image of Parah_Salin Parah_Salin
    10/27/09

    @fuckingoldman: I stand by "Republican ideas are dumb and they attact stupid people." Examples of dumb ideas:
    War on drugs, deregulating banks, outlawing abortions so we can ALL take care of MORE unwanted babies, giving houses to poor people who couldn't afford them (Google George W. Bush's "American Dream Homeownership Act), denying gays the right to marry due to dumb religious beliefs (separation of church and state - what a DUMB idea), cutting taxes to raise tax revenues, I could go on but it's too exhausting.
    Examples of stupid people: Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, George W. Bush, Jim DeMint, Larry "wide stance" Craig, and you to get so angry because someone points out how stupid your party is and how badly you fucked up this country. The great thing about being a Republican is that you never have to say "I'm sorry", just babble on some crap about how Democrats forced you to vote in favor of earmarks when you controlled the Presidency, the Supreme Court and the Congress. #glennbeck
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    10/27/09

    @Parah_Salin: Agreed, I've smoked weed for probably longer then you've been alive, so you better believe that I think the drug war is a bad idea. I support gay marriage, my marriage is not threatened by that in any way. Cutting taxes to raise tax revenue makes absolutely no sense. I have a degree in computer science so I had to take lots of math, and nobody has ever been able to explain that to me, all I ever hear is "it's complicated". Now how about some Democratic ideas like running banks, running General Motors, allowing minors to get abortions without parental consent, welfare, and many more. Why can't you admit that both parties have major flaws? Here are some more examples of stupid people: Al Franken, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Geraldo Rivera, Jimmy Carter, Barney "my lover ran a gay prostitution ring from my office" Frank, and you for not knowing how to read. The very first sentence of one of my comments says I'm NOT a Republican, I'm an independent. Again since you're a slow learner, I'm NOT a Republican. There are plenty of people on both sides who get money from earmarks - can you say Senator Byrd? And let's not forget his whole racist thing.

    Wise up and realize that both sides are corrupt and greedy. This country needs real change, not the bullshit that Hopey promised you.
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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    I'll lay money down that Beck'll justify his stupidity just like Limbaugh did: "I believed it because it's just the kind of thing they do."

    They erase the line between fantasy and reality long enough, it's natural they'll lose the ability to differentiate. #glennbeck
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    It seriously seems that Beck will RT anything. I might start @replying to him with random "Weekly World News" headlines and see if he passes them along to his followers. #glennbeck
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/26/09

    @mattchew03: Or The Onion articles... bet those would work too. #glennbeck
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    Not only does he cry like a preteen girl, he abbreviates like one. #glennbeck
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    Yet another reason why twitter is stupid. #glennbeck
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    "cnt" should not be used as an abbreviation, for obvious reasons - even in tweet about Nancy Pelosi. #glennbeck
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    10/26/09

    In reply to Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
    Nice job using a URL-shortening service through Libya, Glenn and pals.

    Just to be clear: I, personally, don't care (companies such as ow.ly and bit.ly are probably not run by Libyans themselves, I'd imagine), but if you're going to be foaming at the mouth about terrorists, why give any business, however peripherally, to Libya?
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    10/26/09

    @Claire Buoyant: So who's gonna come up with a new service? or.ly/taitz. #glennbeck
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