Dear Mr. Sponsor - About your ads on Glenn Beck's show

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Saturday August 01, 2009 · 7:17 AM PDT

2009/08/01 · 07:17

There are a lot of pundits to hate on the right. To me, the two most offensive are Michelle Malkin and Glenn Beck. Why those two - who knows? Maybe because of all the characters and assholes on the right - those two are among the most stupid and mean-spirited (I know, all of them are mean-spirited). Malkin doesn't even write her own stuff. Beck looks like the kind of person that was picked on and beat up as kid - too bad they didn't beat any sense into him. Neither have one redeeming quality.

Today, Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin are just a pathetic leaches, getting rich off the back of even bigger idiots who buy the garbage they shovel every day. While Malkin only gets to appear as a "guest" on MSM shows - sadly Beck has his own program to pollute the airwaves/cable lines every day.

On that note - the only way to get your point across in capitalist America is to hit business in the place it hurts most - the pocketbook. Below is a letter I have sent to advertisers on Beck's Fox News program. Do boycotts work? Who knows? What I do know is in today's climate every sale counts and that there are still many advertisers who avoid shows like Jerry Springer, Big Brother, Judge Judy and even Oprah because of controversy and subject matter. Why not add Beck?

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Monday July 20, 2009 · 3:45 AM PDT

2009/07/20 · 03:45

* i know, the 10,000th Moon diary - I am trying a different take

And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
Roger Waters, Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" (1973)

On May 25, 1961, President John Kennedy spoke these words to Congress

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

In a decade filled with blackouts, civil unrest, several major wars and the assassination of the man who made this pledge, it was quite amazing that only 8 years and 2 months later, Kennedy’s dream was fulfilled.

As one of many 11-year olds shipped off in sleep away camp that summer - around 200 of us crowded around a small black & white television set that could barely pick up a signal from Boston. But I remember every moment of it (having some pictures helps). Even Walter Cronkite could not contain his emotion (RIP, Walter).

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Sunday May 03, 2009 · 12:52 PM PDT

2009/05/03 · 12:52

The American consumer market (of which politics is now just another off-the-shelf item) is road littered with failed products. Here are some of the more notorious:

New Coke, Premier Smokeless Cigarettes, Harley Davidson Perfume, Ben Gay Aspirin, Ford Edsel, IBM PCjr, Cosmo Yogurt (I wish I had seen that!), Bic Disposable Underwear, Apple LISA, Life Saver Soda, Sony Betamax, Colgate Kitchen Entrees, Mattel Magic Earring Ken Doll, Pepsi Crystal, WebTV, and much more

Not wanting to be left in the dustbin of history (a place many would say they already have attained), some Republicans gathered at a Pizzeria in Arlington, Virginia under the new Coke-like name of National Council for a New America -- to re-write the grand plan for the GOP.

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 7:27 AM PST

2009/03/05 · 07:27

Zach Wamp, Congressman from Tennessee's 3rd District - just said on MSNBC that health care is a "privilege."

That is right - according to Wamp, it is a privilege to be healthy in this country, not a right. And of course it is a major step toward socialism (I think that all Republicans are required to mention the "s" word in every TV appearance now).

When interrupted by a completly amazeed Tamron Hall (just who is medical care not a right for?), he tried to soften the comment by saying that half of all uninsured people choose to roll the dice and remain without medical insurance. Bullshit

somehow I think Wamp needs to be wamped. What a liar.

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 4:31 AM PST

2009/02/26 · 04:31

Today on Morning Joe - republican "strategist" and delusional pundit Mary Matalin called our current economic situation a mini-crisis

MINI CRISIS

maybe we should take a look at Mary's mini-crisis

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 5:21 AM PST

2008/11/10 · 05:21

We must never forget.....

While the past 6 days has been a remarkable time in American politics, we cannot forget that not all of America is looking forward to this realignment and shift in the tenor of the nation. While everything has changed - some people just may not be so accepting of this change that awaits us.

25% of the country still thinks Bush is doing a good job. A good chunk of the 57,000,000 people who voted for McCain/Palin actually like Sarah Palin and her brand of anti-intellectual, hate-filled speech, and they are already pushing her for 2012. There are still many, many people in this country that have a problem with an African-American being in charge. And we cannot forget that there are loud mouthpieces out there (like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh) that really want Obama to fail - and they have already started spewing their own special brand of hate

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 12:24 PM PDT

2008/09/30 · 12:24

According to the NY Times - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking to change the term limit provision in NYC and run for a third term in 2009

full article
New York Times

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/09/21 · 08:40

George W. Bush tried as hard as he could to kick the financial can down the road. He figured that since he was able to push Iraq to the next president, it wouldn’t be that difficult to dump the encroaching financial debacle to #44. He missed by 127 days. Timing is a bummer isn’t it.

So what does a President do when he realizes a crisis of epic proportions is staring him in the face? First this president uses the Dick Cheney-inspired bunker mentality and avoids the spotlight for a few days. Next he emerges from some "very hard work" to give a 90-second "address the issue" speech on Thursday that basically states he is canceling a trip. Then he comes out on Friday surrounded by his "team" for a nice photo op at the White House. Finally a few phone calls to order his surrogates to hit the media trail and tell the clueless and gullible press that "the President is very engaged." What this president has NOT done for this crisis is inspired leadership, determination or a sense of urgency. Until he was forced to.

What George W. Bush has done is effectively turned the executive reins over the Henry Paulson, the Secretary of the Treasury. President Hank Paulson. Vice President Ben Bernanke.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 11:15

Think about this

You are a 44 year old woman who is a rising star in the party. You are governor of the largest state that happens to have vast energy reserves. You have 5 children, including an infant with Down's Syndrome. You proclaim you are a reformer, but you are operating in some of the ugliest Republican machinery in the country. No one knows who you are.

Karl Rove (or some sychophant) calls you one evening

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 3:33 PM PDT

2008/08/31 · 15:33

My mother and her little kaffee klatch of friends in Palm Beach County Florida were completely convinced Obama was a Muslim

and more than anything -- this was a no-no to many of the elderly Jews in Southern Florida. No matter how many times I tried to convince them of the opposite -- it was falling on deaf ears.

They learned it from the internets.

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 6:58 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 06:58

Let me start by saying I couldn't be happier than John McCain has made such a colossal error in choosing Sarah Palin..... here is a slightly different take

After the collective punditry finally stops oohing over the McCain's VP choice of Sarah Palin, maybe they will come to realize what a true disaster this choice is on so many levels - whether McCain wins or not. Nah - I am giving them to much credit. Her looks, her youth and her solid "conservative" (aka known as anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-creationism) credentials far outweigh any thought into investigating whether this woman is actually qualified to have her hands on the buttons. Has anyone of them mentioned once that she has absolutely no known stance on foreign policy or health care? She has even said she hasn't thought about the most important issue facing this country today - Iraq. And she has also said on CNBC that she has no idea what the Vice President is supposed to do.

But no - as always the media is caught up in the celebrity of it all.

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 8:28 AM PDT

2008/04/19 · 08:28

I posted this several days ago -- but i feel it is important enough to re-post on the very day of the anniversary. In light of how poisonous the overall (not just campaign) discourse in this country has become, we all need to take a step and remember a moment when those being destroyed stood up....

To all a happy and peaceful Passover
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began on April 19, 1943 which was the first night of Passover in 1943. By luck of the calendar (Hebrew and Gregorian) the first night of Passover in 2008 is also April 19th, the 65th anniversary of this historic moment in time.

For nearly three years the Nazi machine had rolled unscathed over almost all of Europe and was at its peak of territorial occupation in early 1943. From Rouen to Russia, from Norway to North Africa, from Belgium to Bulgaria, Hitler’s military had mercilessly destroyed everything in its path on their march toward world domination and lebensraum.

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