Audio: Glenn Beck loses it, and justifiably so
posted at 5:35 pm on July 17, 2009 by MadisonConservative
If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ll hear about it eventually:
Yes, he flips. Now, this is Glenn Beck, and we’ve come to know him as someone who does not reign in his emotions. He responds without concern about what others think. This is a turn-off to some who think it reflects poorly on his public image and tarnishes the power of the points he makes. Others admire his unabashed openness. I understand both perspectives, but lean more toward the latter. That aside, may I point out a few things?
The woman came on with an attitude from the beginning. She was not looking to have a civil discussion with Beck. She was goading him seconds into the call. Referring to “people like you” before her first point was made was asking for a fight. She accused him of having no logic, and asked “what the hell is wrong with you?” She shifted between fifth gear and reverse to try to manipulate the conversation. The topper, though, was after all of this baiting and prodding, she had the audacity to accuse him of never addressing the bailouts and spending of late, when it’s been his most discussed topic, as anyone who ever listened to his radio show or watched his television show for 15 minutes would know.
Then again, one reproduced link of this clip on YouTube actually stopped the audio right before discussing the situation in Massachusetts, and simply put up text which said “F*** what happened in Massachusetts”. That kind of refusal to address the reality of health care shows that many of these people aren’t even worth engaging. You’d be better off telling a spoiled child why they can’t have whatever they want.
However, I have to admit, this is pretty funny:
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MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Since you get to post things, you should do a thread on a private citizen in WI getting a nasty swearing note from a police dept. for attending a tea party.
Jeff from WI on July 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM
I find it hard to believe that this woman lives in Massachusetts.
I find it even harder to believe that she lives in Massachusetts and doesn’t see the damn writing on the damn wall.
What is wrong with this picture?
Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks a good chunk of this country is taking crazy pills. Thanks Glenn.
Chaz706 on July 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Saudi princes pay American doctors cash to go overseas to do surgeries, because of the costs that are associated here in the U.S. Then when our doctors get busted by the IRS, we lose another good doctor. They lose their license to practice medicine, at best, and at worse they do jail time for tax evasion. Shame, really, that our government turns away cash paying clients.
Califemme on July 17, 2009 at 7:27 PM
And then jails the doctors.
Damn shame.
Califemme on July 17, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Don’t watch or listen to Beck but that woman deserved to be hung up on. Levin would have dismissed her right away.
Glen, don’t burst too many blood vessels on these idiots.
darii on July 17, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Was the person calling in on welfare? What does someone on welfare care, they are covered by medicare ,the tax payers are already paying for people on welfare’s health care.
Dr Evil on July 17, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Yer a good guy, blatant. If I had a sister, I’d volunteer her.
petefrt on July 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Oh we believe you ma’am. Just try it again and show us the facts on Romneycare so you can prove to us here how conservative he isn’t again.
Americannodash on July 17, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Glenn Beck is an eccentric crazy d-bag. He lost me on “Geeeeet offff my phonnnnne…” What in God’s name? This isn’t a horror movie you eccentric f-ker. Make the point and make it like a mature adult.
LiquidH20, as a reasoned, rational adult, I’m sure you are thinking about that spur-of-the-moment post you made and regretting it mightily, having lost your Obamaesque cool and legendary control of self.
“Rats, I wish I hadn’t cursed and used teenage vulgarity to make my point. I did just finish raking another man over the coals for losing his temper making a point! Man, I just can’t see how I went there without even REALIZING I was doing it! wow!”
Thanks much sir, door’s over there, see ya.
KinleyArdal on July 17, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Col Jack Jacobs on the upcoming Second American Revolution
http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3027885-the-second-american-revolution
Dr Evil on July 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM
This is classic Glenn. I was listening when this took place and it made me laugh pretty hard. The libs always miss the humor in Glenn’s actions.
ashofpompeii on July 17, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Got a link?
MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Incidentally, losing one’s temper with an ignorant and shrill person like that caller is pretty valid in my book.
I believe that liberalism has come this far because people who care about traditional values have been too meek in “live and let live”. The other side doesn’t want to mimic that – they understand only force, eventually force must be used back. Preferably sooner rather than later.
Additionally, even in showing the lefties here their error, comparing Beck to Olbermann in any fashion is cringe-inducing. Ouch, guys ‘n gals, ouch. ; ; Don’t be hatin’ on Glenn like that!!
KinleyArdal on July 17, 2009 at 7:44 PM
So Glenn finally went all “Mark Levin” on somebody. Good for him.
long_cat on July 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
So that’s why he was cupping Morrissey’s balls so tenderly when Morrissey made a fool of himself over Palin’s resignation.
atheling on July 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
“If you doubt global warming, you must be cupping the oil industry’s balls.”
MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I’m really really really really sorry to be such a Spelling/Grammar Nazi, but since an official HA blog post is something like journalism, and I see this mistake a lot, I want to point out that that should be “rein in his emotions,” as in to rein in a horse. SORRY!
Don’t hate me….
Animator Girl on July 17, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Also Glenn Beck is funny. Insane, but delightful.
Animator Girl on July 17, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Actually, thank you. I’ve learned not to be a spelling nazi to others if I can help it, but I impose the discipline on myself at all tymes.
MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Exactly right. Just as Limbaugh’s schtick drives libtards up the wall: “With talent on Loan from God-uh.” “With half my brain tied behind my back.”
davidk on July 17, 2009 at 8:12 PM
You missed the ‘H’ MC.
thomasaur on July 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Well, girl, one could argue that Glenn Beck does reign in his emotions.
davidk on July 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM
She probably didn’t listen to Beck on those days, because she was busy listening to Obama explain how the “stimulus” bill wasn’t actually intended to stimulate anything. In fact, she may have been the only person in the room with Obama when he said it, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t play Beck’s show on the White House sound system when he’s giving a private audience.
Nice post, MC!
Doctor Zero on July 17, 2009 at 8:20 PM
So that’s why he was cupping Morrissey’s balls so tenderly when Morrissey made a fool of himself over Palin’s resignation.
Her resignation will only make her fade.
MadisonConservative on July 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
atheling on July 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Blah blah blah
blatantblue on July 17, 2009 at 8:20 PM
+2 Zing.
GW_SS-Delta on July 17, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Oooooh, so that’s why his voice has been so hoarse lately.
Dr. ZhivBlago on July 17, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Yup. You may be onto something. It’s about the only thing I can think of as well.
/why am I always late in line for the good shit?
EZnSF on July 17, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I’ll look again for it. I couldn’t find it right away. I have a copy of the letter from the on WAPD letterhead.
It was on a blog of Vicky McKenna at WISN 1130am Milw. , I believe she actually lives and does another show in Madison.
Jeff from WI on July 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Beck is right. You don’t get that angry about something unless you really care. His method may turn some people off, but what gives this woman the right to say that other people are somehow responsible to pay for her healthcare?
bnichols10 on July 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM
What’s all the hub-bub………….?
……….. This is just Beck being Beck.
What’s next, ice is cold……….?
Seven Percent Solution on July 17, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I understand why Beck gets so frustrated. I swear, its like living in a damn zombie movie but instead of ‘Brains’ they are lumbering about moaning ‘health care’ ‘global warming’ and ‘Boooosh’
Makes me want to pull out a cricket bat and go all ‘Shaun of the Dead’ on all those libtards.
Wolftech on July 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM
The men in white coats need to pick up Beck ASAP before he starts hurting children.
dcwvu on July 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Dude, if I’d been in Beck’s shoes, I’d have reached into the phone just to punch that caller.
ZK on July 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
So that’s why he was cupping Morrissey’s balls so tenderly when Morrissey made a fool of himself over Palin’s resignation.
If you doubt global warming, you must be cupping the oil industry’s balls.”
MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Many of the the pundits who derided Palin’s resignation as a poor decision and career ending move will back away from their initial reaction. The republican/conservative pundits will realize that they didn’t think it all the way through. This ineptness of the republican/conservative pundits of not thinking things all the through is becoming more commonplace than the rarity these days. Most importantly, it will dawn to them that Palin’s core principles are more in alignment of the direction this country should taking than any other conservative out there. They will come out and support Palin when it counts and forget all about their previous breach of sensibility.
On the otherhand, we have a disasterous presidency to deal with here. Moreover, the liars in power now will own their lies of deception. No amount of contrived spin will allow us to forget this over reach for control and attempted power grab denying our liberties. In addition, when these liars minions finally rise up in defiance and commit mutiny because what was promised to them falls below their expectations will ultimately be perseived as unfulfilled. Also, the Indepedants are already abandoning Obama in droves. I waiting now for massive defection of the “I gonna get my house paid for by the government and my gas tank filled for free” crowd to recalibrate their alliance with this loser. The straw that wiil break the camels back will be when the Acorn/Americorp organization members are being sent to jail for corruption and racketeering with those billions in allotted government funds.
Americannodash on July 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
And someone needs to kick you to the curb or back over with the Kos Kids where you belong.
Knucklehead on July 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Glenn loves the Vampire video, as he just tweeted.
I_C on July 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM
My reaction too. Glenn has humor, and I enjoy it.
petefrt on July 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Glenn is the man
cjs1943 on July 17, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Please tell me what the hell is the message he is trying to tell us? A whole bunch of audio, flash photoes, There’s no message here. Glenn is going over the edge.
mixplix on July 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Babies have far more to fear from Obama than children will ever have to fear from Beck.
BuckeyeSam on July 17, 2009 at 9:50 PM
lol, love both of those vids/clips.
Midas on July 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Some of you conservatives need to go out and buy a sense of humor. This was Beck being Beck….his show is intended to covey his thoughts and concerns and do it with a massive dose of humor. I’ll bet many of those that are whining about this exchange we also horrified when Palin was filmed in front of the turkey bleeder……lighten up Francis.
David in ATL on July 17, 2009 at 9:57 PM
You’re confused, the pedophile was MJ not Beck.
Jeff from WI on July 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I heard it semi-live. Thought it was funny.
spmat on July 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
GERROFF MAH PHONE YOU LITTLE PINHEAD!!
Win.
Reaps on July 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Freaking awesome dude!!!!!
grapeknutz on July 17, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Obama will pardon them, or before that go after the prosecutors.
Ed Laskie on July 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
best GOMP yet!
rosewaning on July 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I just disproved Fermat’s Last Theorem but the blogmonster ate my post and I don’t have time to reconstruct it. Oh Well.
Ya gotta believe me.
Geochelone on July 17, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I gotta say I do love his patronising tone during first forty-odd seconds, too..
Reaps on July 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM
The idea that you have to be tied to your job to have health insurance is nuts. You don’t lose your car just because you lost your job, you do not lose your car insurance just because you lost your job, you don’t even lose your residence if you lose your job. Move the tax credit to the individual, if an insurance company is a pain in the ass move to another, consumer friendly health insurance companies are bound to pop up, and many of the current will change their tune. We don’t have all this bullshit with car insurance companies, because they fight for our money. Right now too many people are locked into their current health insurance provider to have the adequate amount of market influence that we apparently need.
LevStrauss on July 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM
ROTFLMAO
Geochelone on July 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Just wanted to pop in and say congrats to my Mad!
You finally got a piece of that pie!
Great post.
:)
tickleddragon on July 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Glenn calls a liberal whiner a pinhead=agree
On his show tonight
Glenn called BHO a Marxist=agree
Glenn called actions by congress treason=agree
How many times have I said the same=lost count
Stay safe Glenn. America needs you.
MalindaH on July 17, 2009 at 11:05 PM
I think today’s a day for a good drink.
Chaz706 on July 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM
I agree.
It’s only a tax credit, so the only thing the government would see is lost revenue. The only thing the government would have to do besides give this tax credit to the individual as opposed to the business is…. nothing.
It sure has heck beats this.
Chaz706 on July 17, 2009 at 11:19 PM
My only problem with Beck is that occassionally he will have an interesting guest(Malkin, Coulter) and I actually want to hear them speak longer than 15 seconds before he starts rambling again or he takes 45 seconds to ask a question that should take 15(the charlie rose/o’reilly syndrome).
This particular drone lib caller should have been dumped 15 seconds in and then ridiculed a little and call it a day, they are a dime a dozen.
I am just not that crazy about giving drone libs air time on what few conservative shows there are.
Like when O’reilly has Al sharpton on. For what purpose does this serve other than legitamize the stupid
kangjie on July 17, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Oh my god. The “Environmentalist” that called in to Glenn’s show today had to be stoned out of his mind. The “cat has fleas” segment was hysterical.
Glenn: “Call me back when the last tree is cut down.” lmao!
DWB on July 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Love Beck. He makes me laugh and Good God, I need that about now.
Connie on July 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Thanks. Somewhere wccawa is fetal in a corner realizing this represents ultimate victory.
COME OUT!
MadisonConservative on July 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Heard it before. Levin took the “Get off my phone pinhead” part and just abused the hell out of Beck for being unoriginal. He begged beck not to make him humiliate him. It was pretty damned close – but not a match – for “Get off the phone ya big dope”.
BrideOfRove on July 18, 2009 at 12:18 AM
MA resident here, where we have Obama-lite (Governor Deval Patrick).
While the boondoogle that is healthcare in this state was enacted my Mitt Romney, Governor Patrick is extending more benefits to ILLEGAL aliens than to regular citizens.
Soon we will be hearing bailouts for the corrupt state who citizens continually vote in the likes of Kennedy and Kerry.
Maddening
SmallGovtGuy on July 18, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Every team needs a Beck. He’s your emotional guy who gets you pumped for the big game. And you also need a Hannity, the kind of guy who never stops, he just grabs hold of your pant leg, never lets go and shakes until your leg comes off in his mouth.
If I’m drafting, those two guys are number 1 and 2. The more cerebral dudes are a dime a dozen.
Oh yeah, if I’m looking for some more depth, next pick is Ollie North. Of all the commentator guys on my side, he’s the only one who has fighting eyes. Maybe O’Reilly did, but he’s retired now…so to speak.
Oh, and by the way, Bush is a fighting type. He would kick Obama’s ass down any Chi-town street.
PC14 on July 18, 2009 at 1:43 AM
“GET!! OFFF!! MY!! PHONE!!!!”
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!
JaqobJackson on July 18, 2009 at 2:16 AM
This caller was proof of the saying that just because you’re free to speak, 9 times out of 10 you should decline to speak if you’re stupid. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion…free country and all (pre-Obama, anyway)…but it’s often best to keep your opinion to yourself….
From Massachusetts…where they vote in lockstep for whichever Dem or commie is on the ticket…that keeps Kennedy and Kerry in the Senate…the only state McGovern carried…where logic goes to die….
As I think it was the show’s producer or a producer or a staffer said, it was almost word-for-word from Comrade Moore’s “Sicko”…there hasn’t been a reasoned, original thought seen the light of day up in Yankeeland since Sam Adams shuffled off the coil….
…sad…that people that stupid have the vote….
Puritan1648 on July 18, 2009 at 2:41 AM
What has polluted the water here?
eaglesdontflock on July 18, 2009 at 2:53 AM
For those 90% too young to remember, Glenn Beck is a lot like the late Jack Paar. (Parr hosted the Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962.) Much of the thrill in watching them both was and is the constant expectation of a meltdown.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on July 18, 2009 at 3:23 AM
GO, GLENN GO! He is RIGHT! That woman was a COMPLETE FOOL and JACKASS to BOOT!!!! SCREW HER AND I HOPE SHE MOVES TO THE NETHERLANDS SOON! I WILL START A FUND TO BUY HER DUMBASS A ONE-WAY TICKET!
!$#%!#$^@#$!^!@#!q$
It’s people like “Kathy” who PISS ME OFF TO WHERE I WANT TO SCREAM!!!!
MsUnderestimated on July 18, 2009 at 3:38 AM
True. But Becks meltdown will be shared by a lot more people. The clip in this thread is a perfect example. I’d implode too talking to morons like the idiot on the phone with him.
Jeff from WI on July 18, 2009 at 5:30 AM
I was listening to his show on the Radio the other day when he took this silly woman’s call. It was hilarious, the silly cow obviously had never listened to the GB show before in her life and Beck was right to have a go at her especially after making the comment that he never went after the bailouts when its pretty much all he has been going on about since TARP was introduced last year.
Dreadnought223 on July 18, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Caller Kathy: The reason for chlorine in the gene pool.
Levin: Love him. Smart, smart guy. But he can f#$k off with his berating of Beck.
Beck: Emotionally attached to what he believes in. Kudos.
Libtards: Waste of oxygen.
Beck’s diatribe: Awesome. Of course I would have told her to save the health care system time and money and to go play with some matches.
exsanguine on July 18, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Been reading the comments at YouTube. One statement keeps getting made…
“Affordable health care.”
Why isn’t Medicare/Medicaid affordable and not bankrupt if the govt is running it?
What they mean is free health care. They don’t care how long the engine can run with no oil, provided the engine doesn’t seize up on them. Who is going to pay for the oil change? Who cares, their not paying for it. Let the rich pay for the oil change, just keep pushing the accelerator to the floor.
RobertInLexington on July 18, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Ditto. What is the grinding ax he has for Beck all about?
He played the quote of Beck telling the lady to got off the phone and compared it to his “Get off the phone you big dope.” line and said Beck needs to quit being a back bencher and write his own material.
First, Beck doesn’t say it all the time, and I can only think of two times I have ever heard him say anything like get off the phone. I drive for a living so I get to listen quite a bit. So, I don’t think this one time Beck screams it qualifies as stealing Mark’s line. Sometimes all you can say to a useful idiot is get off the phone.
Second, Mark was trashing Beck’s book Common Sense by saying (referring to Liberty or Tyranny) that he didn’t just take two weeks to write his and release it in paperback.
Mark can attack Savage all day long and I wouldn’t care, but I would like to understand why he detests Beck so much. He is really coming off sounding jealous and envious of Beck’s success.
RobertInLexington on July 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Good stuff, when idiots have 0 facts they need to be mocked and beatdown….fight fire with fire
dartagnansblade on July 18, 2009 at 8:10 AM
I LOVE GLENN BECK!
right4life on July 18, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Beck didn’t “lose it” — he wasn’t irrational or foaming or in any way off any point.
His talent is his voice and his rhetorical ability to express his points and he does this with great, uh, ‘enthusiasm’. I would never describe that as “losing it,” however.
The lady caller HAD lost it, quite seriously. When pushed, even modestly, she lapsed over into cursing at Beck, calling him names, ridiculing his family members for Heaven’s sake, then went off into space about how “you” (meaning the nation) “doesn’t care about the trillions of dollars…” yaddayaddabankingindustryyaddayadda…”
She had all the Leftwing talking points down but obviously had never thought any of them through to any specificity that she could present a supportable argument.
Lourdes on July 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM
I hold it against any of our talk show hosts who attack our others, whether it’s Levin attacking Beck or Savage attacking Rush/Hannity. Fighting each other is the last thing we need, and I don’t want to hear it.
Come to think of it, I don’t remember hearing Rush ever attack another conservative host. Or Hannity either, for that matter.
petefrt on July 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM
And, I, too, love Glenn Beck. I wonder why it was I never discovered Beck until just a few years ago. Guy is both a sweetheart and a genius.
Lourdes on July 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM
And that lady caller with her example of “France” (“anyone from any country can walk in and receive care,” she said, something close to that) is reflective of her expectations: that she should have anything she wants without any individual effort to receive it.
If the Obama plan and this lady’s ideas get implemented, we will sooner than later have men/woman/anyone throwing a chicken around in the air over our heads, chanting some sort of bones-stones-boombah at us and then downing a fifth of Vodka and rolling around on the floor and deeming us “clean” afterward: “doctor,” the Obama Healthcare Doctor of Clean Czar!
Lourdes on July 18, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Very clearly, what the Left and other socialists miss is that innovation is driven by personal liberties and personal freedoms. That means, Capitalism, free markets.
Without that, you get a perpetually reducing standard as to what any and all is that’s provided to everyone by the “state”.
Innovation is what establishes new treatments and innovation is only possible with any frequency when people are “free” to pursue individual rewards, to…INNOVATE.
Socialism does not reward innovation, it rewards (well, not really, but funds) standardization, absence of innovation, and, eventually, fascism which is all of that “efficiently” summarized.
Lourdes on July 18, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Madison,
Congratulations my friend, I knew you would eventually make the front page if you just stuck with it…
Nicely done MC, great post. I have sent this post to everyone on my favorite list.
Jeez, how’d ya like to me that woman right about now… Logic and facts seemed to have escape her lil brain.
Keemo on July 18, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Conservative talk show hosts should not bash each other at any time. They are preaching the same message but with different styles, which is necessary for the increase of listeners.
Cindy Munford on July 18, 2009 at 9:37 AM
That’s funny, I was thinking of your verbal sparring partner this morning. Seldom see a post anymore and he is greatly missed. I am sure he will show if he feels your getting too full of yourself.
Cindy Munford on July 18, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Meltdown, yes, but I really didn’t see the woman caused it. He’s just sort of a drama king.
AnninCA on July 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Would that be the same noam chomsky who has gotten wealthy cashing defense department paychecks for the last 40 years and who owns homes in gated exclusive white communities? The noam chomsky who doesn’t leave his office unless someone pays him alot of money to give speaches to rooms full of morons? The noam chomsky who wants people to pay him money for quoting from his books even in articles that are favorable to him? Would it be that man of the people you are referring to?
peacenprosperity on July 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM
yep that ☭noam chomsky☭ aka comrade noam…ie useful idiot…
right4life on July 18, 2009 at 10:24 AM
God Bless Glen Beck. I encounter this kind of illogical, unrelenting, offensive attack when I got to the grocery store. And I too now shout at people. Dimes to dollars Kathy is a limo-liberal.
I insure my family’s health through a Cobra policy right now but must find new coverage in three months because the company we’re buying coverage from is not approved by the state to provide independent policies. It is the best coverage I’ve ever had – access to best doctors and specialists, somewhat expensive but I chose no co-pays and a low deductible. Now, when I go to MassCare site and look through options, based on our income the same coverage thresholds cost $500 more (so $1750) a month with co-pays of $20/$200 ER. If my income we under 70K, I could get this same policy for $650 a month. Under 50K, $150 a month. Oh, and I checked this all out a year ago and premiums for the upper income levels went up 15%, lower levels 0%. Any wonder why the system is going broke? Could it be because all those people who found out they were paying more for coverage through their employers voluntarily switched? (But that won’t happen at eh Federal level, noooo. Private insurance is completely safe.) And many of these new customers do qualify for a subsidized policy, paid for by those that don’t but still the government has to pay a heavy price. So now we’re booting people out of the program and the state is being sued by a hospital for not paying enough. The kicker – I got a call this week from the bureaucrat who has been advising me about which policy to choose and he says “Ready to sign up?” Think they need my money or what?
I had a conversation with my doctor the other day and she’s fed up – fed up with having to live here, raise children, pay taxes, work 50 hour weeks, deal with all the paperwork, pay rent, pay for insurance – all the while struggling more and more each year to make ends meet. IMO – she is an excellent doctor, has helped me immensely and deserves to be well compensated for her dedication, her knowledge and her time. How many doctors will have a ten minute conversation with a patient about politics, universal healthcare, insurance and vaccines for pre-teen girls? We should all be having this conversation with our doctors – let them know we support them – especially since the AMA does not.
gopmom on July 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM
I know this was not a healthcare thread but I got all fired up at kathy’s entitled ignorance.
gopmom on July 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Beck was being Beck. Knowing he couldn’t argue with stupid he made the best of it.
Well, maybe the drama Was a trifle overdone.
TimBuk3 on July 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Beck gets right to the point with what we’re all thinking.What a refreshing change from the sometimes snoozefest that is clear and balanced.
Jeff from WI on July 18, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Too many young people think they already know everything. Fortunately I was born in the 80′s so it was nice growing up under the Gipper. Thank God my parents had me when they did. Only a few have the guts to speak truth to power now a days, Beck is one of them. It’s nice to see someone who, I agree with most of the time, rip the other side to shreads instead of just sitting there doing nothing. God bless Glenn Beck!
roopster217 on July 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Can somebody tell me why Mark Levin has it in for Beck? I mean to me they are on the same side essentially, and I love both of them.
Beck is doing more than ANYONE to expose acorn, and SEIU and the IG’s etc. What is the deal here?
I do not think these 2 should be at odds with each other. Save the real bullets for the enemy Levin and Beck is not it.
ReaganConservative3 on July 18, 2009 at 1:21 PM
GET OF MY PHONNNNNE..AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Very funny
Falz on July 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM
no one is going to die in the streets and if you do for some reason it is illegal to let your rotting carcass to rot their either, and if you lay there unclaimed they will put your ashes in a box. So what is the problem. We have people walk into emergency rooms everyday and get healthcare, they just dont pay for it if they don’t have money… so what is the problem.. Jungle gyms and walking parks are not the answer and that is in the bill…and that is the problem.
workingforpigs on July 18, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Why is Beck blaming Romney for Massachusetts healcare? Democrats changed it beyond recognition after Romney left.
I guess that means Mormons aren’t required to back up other Mormons…
Dr B on July 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Jezz, such an easy solution.
Just turn the jails into hospitals!
We can put the IRS in there as well so that each and every doctor has 3 IRS agents monitoring them 7/24/365!
The 3 IRS agents would have to be “live in” as in the same “cell”.
Of coerce we would also need 2 “political officers” to ensure the 3 IRS agents tow the “party line”, oops, I mean proper correct “tone”.
Along with the proper number of “sub-czars” to make sure every thing just hums right along!
All will have to live in the jails of coerce, but as you will see that’s not a problem.
This model WILL work with EVERY job/thing you can think of!
No more problems, no more crime!
With just a little Preemptive incarceration cuz we know they are ALL thinking about committing crimes!
See! all problems solved!
Ain’t it great!
DSchoen on July 18, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Its clear that the whole health care thing is very polarising in the US. Over here in the UK we’ve had a National Health care policy for many years and, while its not perfect, I’m very happy with it.
It seems that over in the US both sides are entrenched. This whole episode shows that it is very hard for either to get their point across – everyone has their fingers in their ears when it comes to debating.
I genuinely understand both sides. It can be frustrating when you know that ‘health tourists’ visit the country to take advantage of free health care, and the waiting lists for certain procedures can be long. It is also true that some expensive, less effective medicines are not made available. On the other hand, I have had operations on the NHS and receive medication, and my dad (who has Parkinson’s) gets very expensive drugs for free to treat it. He has contributed all his life into the NHS, and they look after him well.
To my mind, the problem with the US system is that profit, not the care of the sick, is the driving motive. That means that people who can afford to pay get superb treatment, but those who cannot take a big risk with their health should they fall ill. I don’t see too many people unable to afford health insurance defending the American system.
However, it is not for me to judge. American society has different values to my own, and I respect both sides of the argument.
dcpolwarth on July 19, 2009 at 5:45 AM
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