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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 09:42 AM
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Did Glenn Beck Lose His Checkbook?
As Media Matters noted over the weekend, the Wilmington Journal in Ohio recently reported that Glenn Beck has yet to make good on his pledges to make big donations to the struggling Ohio town. Did Beck, who earns $32 million annually, misplace his checkbook, or has he had second thoughts about honoring his pledge?
You'll recall in December, Beck made a big media push by traveling to Wilmington and broadcasting his syndicated radio show and his Fox News television show from the middle-class town in hopes of raising awareness about his unemployment struggle.
Even more upsetting now is the news that, to date, Beck has stiffed Wilmington in terms of the charitable donations he and his producers claimed the host would make following his widely publicized visit. Incredibly, last week when the Wilmington Journal tried to get answers about the no-show donations, the paper was ignored by Beck's producers.
It's possible that Beck will one day honor his word and make the donations, but right now this looks really, really bad. Beck's live television broadcast at the Murphy Theatre sold out all 860 seats at $125 apiece. By that count, the box office income alone could have exceeded $100,000. (Producers from the Glenn Beck Program did not return phone calls or email messages seeking comment or clarification.) And an early morning breakfast with the talk-show host cost 70 of his fans $500 a plate.
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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101240006
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 10:00 AM
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1. K&R #6 n/t
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 10:02 AM
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2. Beck is a chancretic puss postule on the butt of the nation.
nt
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 10:52 AM
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4. LOL!!!!
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renegade000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:12 PM
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9. hmm
Are you perhaps conjecturing that he budded from Limbaugh?
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gizmonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 10:28 AM
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3. Don't count on it happening anytime soon.
We're still waiting for Hannity to be waterboarded for charity. :eyes:

I feel sorry for the town relying on this huckster.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:57 AM
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5. Typical Republicon. Beck goes AWOL.
As usual. Republicons don't do responsibility, charity, or truth...
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 10:05 PM
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6. Why the fuck would anyone pay $500 for breakfast with that douche?
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:06 PM
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7. Don't call Beck a Douche!
...Douche has a useful purpose. :-)
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:49 PM
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12. True.
My apologies to Douches.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:10 PM
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8. I'd pay $500 to kick him in the yambag.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 12:02 AM
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13. Ok, I must ask...
Do you know the name of the song your link?

http://www.planeeths.nl/loi/kat.swf

It's kind of infectious.
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 12:18 AM
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14. I hope that cat is not scared or upset with what that guy is doing to him.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:27 PM
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17. No idea.
That song does stick in your head, doesn't it?
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:25 PM
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10. He does NOT earn $32 million.
He make rake it in, but what he's earned he hasn't gotten yet.


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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 11:28 PM
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11. They're all liars, bad actors, & hypocrites out for a buck.
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1896educational Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 12:35 AM
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15. Paranoid Beck travels with a small army, maybe that's where the $ went
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 02:27 AM
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16. Hmm, didn't he open it for the national Chamber of Commerce with no problem at all?
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