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mike r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 04:42 PM
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Pastor Glenn Beck joins U.S. officials, religious leaders in condemning Koran burning
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090705913.html

Conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck added his voice Wednesday to the chorus of critics condemning the plan by a tiny Florida church group to burn Korans on Sept. 11, comparing it to "burning the flag or the Bible."

"You can do it," he wrote on his Web site, "but whose heart will you change by doing it?"

Beck weighed in after a string of religious leaders and top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who on Wednesday said the planned burning of the holy book of Islam does not reflect "who we are" as Americans...

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 04:47 PM
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1. well, beck the wreck ain't running for shit...what of the major GOPers?? Where dey be at?? why
are dey supporting the Nutcase asshole...?
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 04:48 PM
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2. "You don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."
Glenn Beck is a fucking wind sock, and he will pivot in whichever direction he believes will afford him a little credibility and a lot of money.
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chemp Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 04:48 PM
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3. silence was deafening
Those who speak out now were SHAMED into doing so.
They hate to have to speak out.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:00 PM
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4. Lol. Pastor Beck of the Beckian Tea Party cult?
Oh boy.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:10 PM
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5. Good.
Nothing else. Just good.
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BlueIdaho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:24 PM
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6. Beck, the anti-christ, sure knows how to jump on a bandwagon. nt.
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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:28 PM
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7. LMAO at the name,Pastor Glen Beck. Funniest thing I have read all day. n/t
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:30 PM
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8. Oh, wow...that really got me.
Let me grab my vapo-rub.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:32 PM
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9. He has been fanning this shit. Now he wants to condem the actions
being taken? Actions brought on in part by his show commentary? WhataMutherFucker.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 05:52 PM
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10. Oddly enough, he may feel a bit of empathy with the Muslims
He surely knows how much fundie pastors want to burn the Book of Mormon, and they could get an assload of them just by checking into Marriott motels.
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