glenn beck is even crazier in hd

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April 27, 2009, 1:47PM

I finally got my high-definition receiver this past weekend for the new flat-screen TV we finally bought for Christmas. I was flipping through the pathetically small line-up of true HD programming when I happened upon Fox News HD. The Glenn Beck Show was on. Holy crap! I had no idea. The guy just radiates crazy in high definition. It was his eyes that really told the tale. HD makes it impossible to avoid the ice blue insanity of those eyes. It is long past time the republican faithful disowned these Partisan Profits [sic] of the Airwaves.

I think Howard Beale said it best:

Time to shake off the crazy, folks. This has been going on long enough.

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Yes, Glenn Beck in HD is something no American should have to stumble upon.

Posted by Frizzletoad
April 27, 2009 6:53 PM | Reply | Permalink

My wife and I looked at each other and echoed that the same exact thought.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from Frizzletoad
April 27, 2009 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink

Your title alone made me laugh, jason. Rec. ;-)

Posted by readytoblowagasket
April 27, 2009 8:09 PM | Reply | Permalink

Glad I could get a laugh. Thanks for stopping by.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from readytoblowagasket
April 27, 2009 8:21 PM | Reply | Permalink

Can you imagine seeing him broadcast in an IMAX theater? And people paid for it!

http://www.fathomevents.com/upcoming/details/Beck_CommonSense.html

Talk about torture.

Posted by dijamo
April 27, 2009 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink

Serious torture. I would pay money to see Hannity get Becked. Even that promo picture looks like the last you could expect is common sense. Restraining orders? That seems more likely.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from dijamo
April 28, 2009 8:04 AM | Reply | Permalink

Time to shake off the crazy, folks. This has been going on long enough.

Amen. Good to see you blogging.

This was prophetic.

Posted by Bwakfat
April 28, 2009 12:25 AM | Reply | Permalink

Beck shocked me out of my blogging somnolence. The word "creepy" keeps coming to mind. The kind you wouldn't want within 100 yards of a school.

It's been fun to just read and comment on other people's stuff, but I got a couple new blogs marinating that may stir things up a bit in the near future.

Thanks for the kinds words!

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from Bwakfat
April 28, 2009 8:10 AM | Reply | Permalink

Glenn Beck is Lord God King of the Hinterlands of Wingnuttery...

Posted by Libertine
April 28, 2009 12:44 AM | Reply | Permalink

Apt name. What gets to me, and apparently seems lost on many republicans, is that there really is no liberal voice in mainstream media who has an equally insane persona.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from Libertine
April 28, 2009 8:31 AM | Reply | Permalink

Great title Jason, And Howard Beale! Kill your TV! Awesome.

Posted by miguelitoh2o
April 28, 2009 3:06 AM | Reply | Permalink

Thanks, miguel. I love this quote as well:

Television is not truth. Television is a God-damn amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival. A traveling troop of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business.

I haven't killed my TV yet, but it has put in its place for sure.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from miguelitoh2o
April 28, 2009 9:04 AM | Reply | Permalink

Love your gravatar, love your "Network" quote here, and this post is recc'd for the title alone! Pure comedy gold, baby!

It'd be even funnier if it weren't direct evidence of the utter insanity of millions of my fellow citizens. But I'll take what I can get!

Later, Daddy-O!

Posted by Daddy-O in reply to a comment from jason everett miller
April 28, 2009 10:36 AM | Reply | Permalink

Thanks, Daddy-O. Makes me wonder if they really know the Internet exists in its current form and what that means to the greater conversation going on. The counter narrative online is so diametrically apposed to that in the corporate media that I wonder how long such a cognitive dissonance can last.

The left has gotten there quicker, of course, but they were already predisposed to doing so. I just think it may take the right a little extra time given the gravity of their long-term brainwashing on certain things. Nixon & Reagan are like Jim Jones to many on the right and that sort of sadistic influence takes time to wear off.

It's all just a matter of time now

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from Daddy-O
April 28, 2009 10:41 AM | Reply | Permalink

JEM, I am sure hopeful that the blinders are coming down. It is chilling how people became Zom-Bushes and could not respond coherently to any challenges. They simply go ballistic. blithering and cursing without any relevant arguments. Chuck Norris was on larry King one time and he was losing it completely.

Glenn Beck is the symptom of a virus much more dangerous the swine flu.

Posted by GregorZap
April 28, 2009 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink

Cogent and concise as always! Thanks for the comment, Gregor.

Posted by jason everett miller in reply to a comment from GregorZap
April 28, 2009 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink

Your welcome, as always. :-{)>

Posted by GregorZap in reply to a comment from jason everett miller
April 29, 2009 3:27 AM | Reply | Permalink

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