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Glenn Beck: I'll Fire Anyone Who Mentions the President by Name

It's a new year's resolution his staff is likely hoping's a joke

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Jan 2, 2013 by Dain Fitzgerald

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For conservative superstar Glenn Beck, Obama's namesake may as well be "Beetlejuice."

The media maven has resolved to make the utterance of the president's first and/or last name a fireable offense, reports Raw Story. Claiming that anyone who wants to hear the name of "that man" can go anywhere else to do so, Beck warned those in his employ that they'll be let go if they fail to heed his ban on the 'Bama:

Anyone who brings him up - unless it's me - is fired. I can't take the man's voice, I don't want to hear him, I don't want to know about him. I'm also going to go with what my mother used to say: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So, there you go. I've said everything I have to say about that man."

See the video of Beck's promise, not his threat, here.

Via Raw Story.

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VeryLameduck

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He can fire people?
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kirbstomp1

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Glenn beck is a loser narcissist. End of story.
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bsking

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Really? do you find a loser and narcissist.
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bsking

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@bsking define..
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@bsking - Loser Narcissist - "I look really good coming in last in the race." or "Quadrupling the countries annual deficit looks good when I do it"
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kirbstomp1

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@bsking - Los·er nar·cis·sist -
1.(n): Glenn Beck
2.(n): a punditry figure who truly believes if your not just like him you're wrong.
3.(n): Someone who could care less about America running around in his magic underwear spreading heresy to please his God that lives on planet kolob, nuff said?
Example: Glenn Beck is a loser narcissist.
Ex. 2: The more I think of it Mitt Romney falls under being a loser narcissist also, well I'll be.
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bsking

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@kirbstomp1 thanks you made my point.
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Thunderchicken

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This is news?
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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It's not. It really is not.
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bsking

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@Neo_NtheMatrix but it is funny
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TeresaJ

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Exactly. Lets see, Marine writes letter to Dianne Feinstein and says "I will not be disarmed," that is news. Putnam County refusing to release gun owner's records to the paper publishing them on the internet, that's news. Denny's kicking out a plainsclothes detective for having a gun, despite showing her badge, that's news.

People having no respect for Obama (whom I think I shall forthwith refer to as "that man" ), that is not news.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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@TeresaJ - Please post the links to those Politix articles you were referring to.
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TeresaJ

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@Neo_NtheMatrix

Those articles were not on politix, that is the point.:)

But here you are: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/marines-scath...

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130103/NEWS/30...

http://wgntv.com/2013/01/03/officers-kicked-o...

More details on that last one here: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stor...
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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Calm down liberals, he was joking. If you saw the video it wasn't a serious statement.
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Waynestew

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Aren't jokes supposed to be funny? I'm not upset by what he said but I just don't find it funny.
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scotta

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No that is his business. He has that right
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DogLady_1

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So, would you be ok with your boss having similar policies? Would you happily walk out fo your job just for saying someone's name that the boss doesn't like?
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RedFox1965

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Ilike that lil weed pic .You Go Hunny
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scotta

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@DogLady_1 didn't say I would be happy about it. If the boss said don't talk about it or your fired them you have a decision to make do you go with the rules the boss person who signs your payxhecks, who with his heip feeds you clothes you makes your house car and expences or get a different job where you can speak that persons nAME. You decide. I worked in the medical field. You do not discuss things. My wife and I are foster parents you do not discuss things.
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@DogLady_1 I'm pretty sure anyone working for Glenn Beck probably doesn't have a problem with the new rule, if it is even real. That would be like Obama telling his minions not to say Bush's name. Doubt they would care.
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Mia

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I wish i could fire people for speaking the prez's name. I already do not listen to him. Can't take his fake accents and contrived outrage. So, im glad beck is attempting to see the humor. I admire him for it.
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mimi57

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I couldn't agree more...he'll probably come back form Hawaii ( AGAIN,) speaking Pidgin. I can't listen to him as I
feel every word he says is a lie or disingenuous to say the least...he is a total disgrace to this country and if we
can still laugh at this point...laugh! He's a sad joke, but a joke none the less! At the expense of every American...
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Denizen_Kate

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@mimi57 - I grew up in CA, but my dad was from Texas and every time we went there for a visit, he regained his Texas twang for a couple of months. Just sayin' . . .
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mimi57

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@Denizen_Kate That can happen...I like your car avatar, is it the one you talked about? Really cute!
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Denizen_Kate

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@mimi57 - Yes, that's my little ground rocket. We just got back from Palm Springs yesterday. It needs a bath.
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Hey wha, Seesta, you no like da kine Hawaiian speak!? Li beef or what?
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AlexMIA

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I'm always baffled by this. Why would anyone feel this harsh or take it that far?
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Bullitt

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Be careful there scooter. That sounds like a credible threat.
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@Bullitt it wasn't a threat it's a real possibility
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Jim49418

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Does Glenn Beck even have a job?
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mimi57

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Not only does he have a job, he just made over a hundred million dollars in book sales. Not bad for a 'dummy', eh?
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@mimi57 It must take a dummy to write for dummies. Preach to us about the American way and freedom of speech, Mr. Beck.
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mimi57

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@Dan_Tien How much have you earned in your life?...I see a hater!!! LOL
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Dan_Tien

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@mimi57 It's not Glenn Beck's money that makes him so easy to dislike.
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mimi57

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@Dan_Tien I'm quite sure it makes no difference to him who likes him or who hates him...he's a multimillionaire.
He got it honestly and many like him, and for those who don't, oh well..
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Thegrif

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You go Glenn, fire their ass!!!!
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Becks business and he can do what he wants. The liberal goverment backed media and all his sheeple has made this man into some kind of hero. I do the same at my house but as long as you talk bad when mentioning Obama, I have no problem. But DON"T come to my house and act as if this man is some kind of God or something,you will be ask to leave.
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jessejaymes

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LOLOL What an idiot. The dumbing down of America marches on.
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mimi57

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I agree, I mean look what happened on election day?! Dumbing down is an understatement...the real dummies
are running the country...or maybe it's the people who put them in office. Not sure who is worse.
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jessejaymes

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@mimi57 Ah Mimi. How did I know you're a Glen Beck groupie? I must be clairvoyant.
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mimi57

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@jessejaymes Yeah, it must be all that pot...lol
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jessejaymes

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@mimi57 How much was "all that" again?
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mimi57

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@jessejaymes LOL...don't know, wasn't there!
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paperdragons81

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Haha ingore it and it will go away, lol , wish it was true..
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Bobolinsky

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Should Beck be making jokes about firing people for saying the president's name?

Any one who seriously asks that question is not likely to listen to Glenn Beck and therefore I don't see why it would concern them. For the Glenn Beck listeners, callers and employees of Mercury One? It will be a fun running gag for a little while.
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Bobolinsky

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In actual news...

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in a coma 'only kept alive by life support' after cancer surgery
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-22559...

A lot of people will breathe a long overdue sigh of relief when they finally get the news and I'm not ashamed to say that I'll be one of them.
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Bobolinsky

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But if you're interested in another Glenn Beck video. This is from when he debated Eliot Spitzer who represented CurrentTV in Dish Network's "War of the Words."

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1525407/ev...
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bsking

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@Bobolinsky definitely I'd like to kick the plug out of the wall myself
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mtkopf

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Its just a publicity stunt. Just a ratings grab gimmick now that its a he new year. I actually hope he does fire someone just so I could watch his ass get sued back to the stone age.
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bsking

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You people are just jealous of his success. well that and you're blinded by your ideology.
Contrast Becks success with Al Gore's failures. talk radio shows success with every liberal attempt at it a failure miserable failure. and then you'll see yall go ahead to sell his shit to Al Jazeera
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MongoAPillager

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Amos 5:10 How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
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mtkopf

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@MongoAPillager coming from someone on the right someone who refuses to look at facts and statistics the only number you care about is 47% your Scripture quote means nothing to me. The bible, the best selling work of fiction of all time.
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MongoAPillager

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@ Mein Kampf facts and statistics totally back me up,bible quote and Becks success..47% ,,if you say so,i'm really more of a 3%
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@MongoAPillager sorry about the mien kampf,my spellchecker is very defensive and quite possibly dipping into my bathsalts when i'm not looking
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Jim49418

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Really Topix?
this website is so liberal. that they attack a "has been" like Beck, who is so meaningless!
Does anyone even give a crap about Glenn Beck?
This whole forum is really getting pathetic
Who cares about Beck?
Obama is in Hawaii, spending $4 MILLION dollars of taxpayer money, while the people on the east coast cant get any help for 60 days after hurricane Sandy.
And yet you liberals still bitch that it took 10 days for Bush to respond to Katrina!
You liberals are one pathetic bunch!
Glenn Beck?.... Really?!?!?
Who Cares?
It's just so hard to believe that you liberals can come up with this bullshit, when Obama is in Hawaii spending money like it's going out of style, when so many folks on the east coast are hurting.
I suppose you will blame Bush for that too!
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How can Obama sign funding that hasn't been approved by both the Senate and the House? The President is powerless over the Sandy situation. All the power was in the hands of Boehner and Cantor as the Senate already had approved the bill.
Boehner and Cantor chose to punish those living in the blue states for Obama's win on the fiscal cliff. So I still fail to see any connection between the actions of the so called GOP leadership and Obama being at fault.
As for being on vacation President Obama has taken less than 100 fays vacation in 4 years. Do you know how many fays W. took of vacation time in 8 urs? 1022 days of vacation over eight years and one stretch of 5 weeks in a row. That's over 1/4 of his presidency spent on vacation. Its estimated W.'s vacations cost taxpayers over $22 mil.
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Just so you get this straight, I COMPARED Obama to Bush, I did not BLAME Bush. The blame falls on Republican leadership in the House.
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Jim, ease down man. You're gonna have a stroke. Every president vacations in their home state (except maybe Clinton, but, well . . . Arkansas). Obama takes fewer and shorter vacations than most presidents before him. Also, he can't do anything for the hurricane victims until congress gets off their collective butts and passing that aid bill, which they should have done several weeks ago. Chris Christie is right about who's to blame for that.
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@Denizen_Kate Clinton vacationed in a bad and breakfast called Moni's vajayjay. Heh heh
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And he's a Mormon.......... : \
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Typo's can be so funny...just an errant, extra 'm' in your post and. It comes out so different.....
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@woodtick57 Just cover it with the tip of your finger. It'll work both ways. : D
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YES,YES,and YES
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I demand a new poll.....is Glenn Beck on Bath Salts? Yes or No.
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No, It's the current administration...can't you tell?..
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@mimi57 Hmmm....remind me of something. Hudson, Ohio is a hole, right? I used to live in Cleveland and commuted to Trashadonia.
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@RobertJHarsh Not sure of what you mean?...
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@RobertJHarsh Average home price is about 270, 000. Not sure what your referring to.. and where is Trashadonia?... Sounds a little negative , ummm.. My husband was born in Chicago and lived in San Raphael,
Cal. for five years, and he loves Ohio. I guess it's all a matter of prospective...
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@RobertJHarsh was that before or after the river caught fire?
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It's a joke.
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Bullitt

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Not a Beck fan but I think that's funny. Good idea. I think I will institute the same policy in my company. Lol
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I hope you enjoy the lawsuits.
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@Zazziness right to work state. No worries.
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@Bullitt Thanks for illustrating that "right to work" means "right to be fired on a whim." I've always said so but occasionally people try to claim it's not true.
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@Zazziness it's not quite that simple.
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