The fact that radio and TV host Glenn Beck (pictured here) is a shitmouth thug must be what endears him to certain public officials in northern Kentucky.
Beck has used his program to threaten Michael Moore's life. Beck once said, "I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out - is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus band Do [sic], and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now."
After that, of course, so-called news outlets gave Glenn Beck even more face time.
Now Boone County is actually sponsoring an airing of a Beck-hosted show.
Commissioner Cathy Flaig has organized a viewing party of Beck's show tomorrow at 5 PM at the Briarwood Banquet Center in Hebron. The show is titled 'We Surround Them' and is scheduled to air on the discredited Fox News Channel. Reportedly, 'We Surround Them' is nothing but a recycled right-wing rant taking the form of a TV special.
Nice to know Boone County has dethroned Campbell County as northern Kentucky's leader in right-wing machine politics. (Exurbs will do that.) An activist far-right government has been a constant in Boone County since the late '90s when it tried to scuttle Halloween trick-or-treating because county officials felt it was un-Christian.
Once again, they've gone much too far.
Cathy Flaig should resign immediately for her support of a scumbag like Glenn Beck who threatened to assassinate an accomplished filmmaker.
If Flaig does not resign, she should be recalled.
I won't get to protest the viewing party, because I instead plan on going to a nice family meal where I won't have to be subjected to the Boone County machine's propaganda and deception. Besides, Flaig decided to hold the party at a place that working-class folks from the city can't actually, like, get to. (Not like the event is supposed to do anything except energize wealthy right-wing exurbanites.)
When you're a public official like a county commissioner, you're supposed to represent the public. Not use your position to whip up support for fascist thugs like Glenn Beck.
(Source: http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090312/NEWS0103/903120350)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
County sponsors (ugh!) Glenn Beck show
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Speaking of Michael Moore, does anyone know what his weight is up to these days?
ReplyDeleteAlso, headline and blog are inaccurate. County is not sponsoring it.
ReplyDeleteDid you even read the article Scheffkins? The county is sponsoring it.
ReplyDeleteIf lived in NKY you would know there is QUITE a history of this sort of thing..
I've missed you AnnRK. It's amazing how you and Reality Based Community so often are able to reply for Tim within minutes of my comments being posted. But, yes, I did read the article and it does NOT say it is sponsored by the county. It is hosted by a county commissioner, but there's nothing to suggest it's paid for by Boone County. There is no mention of the viewing party on the county's web site.
ReplyDeleteIt's called a newsfeed Scheff..
ReplyDeleteAnd, the county commissioner represents the county, u know?? And is paid by the county, u know??
If you think this is NOT paid for by the county..um one of our "fine" local school boards did something similar in the 90s (NOT Campbell County BTW). Bandit has mentioned it before, and he probably knows what I'm talking about.
I can think of at least 3 instances offhand in which public schools in the area have sponsored explicitly conservative events:
ReplyDelete1) In the '91 Gulf War, the Covington schools made us attend a pro-war rally. (I know, because I was there.)
2) In the mid-'90s, the Newport schools sponsored a student symposium that encouraged students to support public flogging.
3) In 2000, the Newport schools sponsored a Gary Bauer presidential rally.
I'm sure there are others, but these are relatively recent and in large school districts.
And let's get one thing perfectly clear: When you are a county commissioner, every public breath you take represents the county.
I'm sure Tim -- the People's watchdog that he is -- would be willing to attend the next Boone County commissioners meeting to make sure no county tax dollars were used for this event.
ReplyDeleteI'm on it already.
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