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Glenn Beck Moves to Dallas, Texas

Thunder said:
are you suggesting that Conservatives and Tea-Party folks are famous for their tolerance?
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They are racist, so of course no.... :lamo

This thread is serious.
 
Mellie said:
I don't get how bringing a struggling town into the media's eye, inviting thousands of people in to help boost their economy and giving thousands of dollars himself to the town is ripping them off. Where do they get this crap?
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Because he charged locals to hang out with him and sit down and eat dinner with him... He rode his damn bus into town, went to restaurants and businesses whose owners dote on him, went to Murphy's and gave a tear filled performance, and went home. He didn't give a **** about talking to anybody but his fans in that town or visiting businesses in general, and on top of that, he charged locals to dine with him.
 
How much money did he give Wilmington, SheWolf? How much money was made that weekend from the thousands of people who came to shop?
 
Mellie said:
How much money did he give Wilmington, SheWolf? How much money was made that weekend from the thousands of people who came to shop?
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He didn't give Wilmington itself any money, he gave money to the soup kitchen and the businesses he went to were business owners that were his fans. The soup kitchen owner his a huge Glenn Beck fan. He helped a select group of people in that city, and charged locals to hang out with him for the day and eat dinner with him. Other people have came to Wilmington and didn't charge anybody to talk to them... Rachel Ray and Nick Lachey for example.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
ahh those tolerant liberals.....
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Thunder said:
his hateful, paranoid, and intolerant views are not a good fit for New York.

Texas? now that should do nicely.
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pbrauer said:
Seething hatred in liberals? My God, haven't you heard right wing talk radio that's available in every community from shining sea to shining sea?
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ReverendHellh0und said:
Actually the liberals in the theater seemed to be the ones filled with hate.
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PzKfW IVe said:
And intolerance. And paranoia.
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Like a classroom with a bunch of kids yelling "I am rubber and you are glue!"
 
roughdraft274 said:
I feel sorry for his wife and child that they can't go out for a nice night with their father and husband without this kind of harassment but as far as Beck goes it's highly ironic that he goes on the air daily and talks about poisoning Nancy Pelosi, Progressives being terrorists, talking about how Obama is pouring gas on the citizens and lighting them on fire, etc. etc. etc. and then expects to be able to go out into the world and not receive any hostility what so ever.

As far as the house, it's nice but not exactly my style if I were to be shopping for 5-6 million dollar houses.
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lol...since when does beck "hold back tears"?
 
I don't see the appeal for someone that wealthy moving to Dallas. Big house, but it's still in Texas. Flat, prarie, and it's one giant convection oven. 100 degrees for your evening stroll?

Then again, he probably has more than one home.
 
Thunder said:
are you suggesting that Conservatives and Tea-Party folks are famous for their tolerance?
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That's the way they are trained to think by RW Radio and Fake News.
 
Top Cat said:
That's the way they are trained to think by RW Radio and Fake News.
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While beck might be a giant c*nt, I'm not sure harassing his family really gives anyone bragging rights over him
 
Beck attended my daughter's high school. 2 years ago, the student body voted to expunge him from all records. Not that it matters, but the kids were ashamed.
 
Top Cat said:
Beck attended my daughter's high school. 2 years ago, the student body voted to expunge him from all records. Not that it matters, but the kids were ashamed.
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kids can be notorious assholes to their peers.
 
Mach said:
I don't see the appeal for someone that wealthy moving to Dallas. Big house, but it's still in Texas. Flat, prarie, and it's one giant convection oven. 100 degrees for your evening stroll?

Then again, he probably has more than one home.
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I agree, it doesn't even seem to have a nice view of anything
 
Mach said:
I don't see the appeal for someone that wealthy moving to Dallas. Big house, but it's still in Texas. Flat, prarie, and it's one giant convection oven. 100 degrees for your evening stroll?

Then again, he probably has more than one home.
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It is usually in the high 90's by the time the sun goes down:2razz:
 
Maybe Beck is a Cowboys fan, or he wants to live in Texas with all the other necons
 
ManofthPeephole said:
While beck might be a giant c*nt, I'm not sure harassing his family really gives anyone bragging rights over him
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If what he says is true, then yes, those folks were way out of line. I, for one, take everything he says with a mountain of salt. He's a lying snake.
 
SheWolf said:
He didn't give Wilmington itself any money, he gave money to the soup kitchen and the businesses he went to were business owners that were his fans. The soup kitchen owner his a huge Glenn Beck fan. He helped a select group of people in that city, and charged locals to hang out with him for the day and eat dinner with him. Other people have came to Wilmington and didn't charge anybody to talk to them... Rachel Ray and Nick Lachey for example.
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Here are some articles from Wilmington's newspaper for you:

Beck donates $51k to Murphy Theatre

Beck and his wife, Tania, recently sent a check for $51,000 to the Murphy Theatre to help repair its aging infrastructure — a five-project undertaking which is expected to cost more than $500,000.

“I literally started crying,” said Murphy board member Leslie Keller when recalling the phone conversation she had with Beck’s representative. Keller had called to ask if Beck and his production team would donate $5,500 to the theater’s fund-raising campaign. Instead, Beck offered $40,000. “You can imagine how blown away we were.”

But that $40,000 grew into $51,000 when the final proceeds were tallied from a home sale that Beck hosted in the run-up to his “America’s First Christmas” event in December 2010.

Beck money going to local organizations

Glenn Beck and his team of producers will donate $44,611 to five Clinton County organizations, following Beck’s December 2010 visit to the area.

City officials learned on Thursday that the Fox News personality would donate the net proceeds from his appearances to a handful of organizations, including the Clinton County Foundation, Sugartree Ministries and the Clinton County Youth Council.

Chris Schock, the director of the Clinton County Regional Planning Commission, said the $44,611 was money remaining “after [Beck] covered local fixed costs like paying the Murphy [Theatre] for rent, expenses, their portion of the ticket sales and paying the City of Wilmington $10,780.78, which covered all of the city’s additional expenses.”

The general fund of the Clinton County Foundation will receive $10,611, the Clinton County Youth Council (CCYC) and Energize Clinton County (ECC) will both receive $11,000, and Sugartree Ministries and the Clinton County Leadership Institute will receive $6,000, each.

Total Beck impact still being tallied

When Beck pledged to donate money to the city, his fans followed suit.

The Clinton County Foundation (CCF) received between $15,000 and $18,000 in donations during that time, according to Lori Williams, the foundation’s treasurer. Some of those were donated to specific causes like Little Hearts, Big Smiles or the Ho-Ho Shop, Williams said. One $10,000 donation was given to the foundation to be used at its discretion.

“It’s a little hard to know for sure [how much money was raised because of Beck], because not all of the checks were identified by the donors as such,” Williams said.

The money given explicitly to the foundation will be set aside in the group’s IC Clinton Fund, which is separate from the DHL fund that gets distributed to area non-profits each year, Williams said. Money in the IC Clinton Fund can be requested for donation by individual organizations.

An auction on the Murphy stage before Beck’s evening show on December 15 raised “a couple thousand dollars,” said auctioneer Gary Kersey. A portion of that money was given to the CCF and another portion to the theater.

For all the money they raised, Beck and his production team spent their fair share when they were in town. They rented 12 rooms at the General Denver Hotel on December 14, ordered pizzas by the dozen from Generations and visited a handful of other local restaurants.

Wow. I can't believe Beck and his listeners went to Wilmington and gave thousands of dollars. What hatemongers.

I'll await your proof on how much money Rachael Ray and Nick Lachey brought into Wilmington since you believe they did more good for the town.
 
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Top Cat said:
If what he says is true, then yes, those folks were way out of line. I, for one, take everything he says with a mountain of salt. He's a lying snake.
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I think people reap what they sow... look at the hatred and fear he promotes of other people for no logical reason
 
SheWolf said:
Maybe Beck is a Cowboys fan, or he wants to live in Texas with all the other necons
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The Church of the Sub Genius got its start here in Dallas.
 
Poor Dallas. First the mortgage crises of the Regan era then wild fires now this. I'll pray for them.
 
SheWolf said:
I think people reap what they sow... look at the hatred and fear he promotes of other people for no logical reason
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so the solution is to behave like him, and in relation to people who didn't say, or do, those things?
 
Salty said:
Poor Dallas. First the mortgage crises of the Regan era then wild fires now this. I'll pray for them.
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HEy, we shared Stevie Ray Vaughn with the world!

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winston53660 said:
It is usually in the high 90's by the time the sun goes down:2razz:
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True. It was 97 when I looked, I rounded up for 3-digit appeal. Busted :)
 
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