Basking in the glow of the United States' unsuccessful bid for the 2016 Olympic games, Glenn Beck and his producer met furtively to plot their next opportunity to joyously celebrate another American/Barack Obama failure.
After discussing Afghanistan, health care, and A.C.O.R.N., over bowls of Cap'n Crunch and mugs of Ovaltine, the normally bored and detached Beck suddenly lit up.
"What about the swine flu," Beck asked?
"What about it," asked his producer?
"How cool would it be if a whole bunch of the vaccine tube things turned out to be... you know... poison?"
"Poison?"
"Yeah! That would be awesome, wouldn't it?" Without waiting for a response from his visibly shaken producer, Beck hurried over to his chalkboard, and began sketching out the idea. He paused, then asked the producer, "How many vaccines are there gonna be?"
"I don't know, maybe 100,000,000."
"Okay, stay with me here. So what if, say, 20,000,000 of 'em had like Drano or something in them," Beck giggles. I bet we could find cans of Drano at Acorn offices. I bet William Ayers has a can of Drano under his unrepentant terrorist kitchen sink."
"You want 20,000,000 people to die? Isn't that a bit... ghastly?"
"It's only ghastly if Hannity or Limbaugh blames it on Obama before we do," Beck replied."
"What gives you hope that the vaccines will be lethal?"
Beck's face turns beet red. "Why do you always have to be so negative?"
"The nation's drug supply has a solid safety record," replied the producer.
"Until the Marxist, socialist, America hating, Obama took over. Besides, tell that to the 1982 Tylenol victims." Beck looks wistful. "God, why did all the best news stories happen before my time? Hey, the Tylenol thing happened in Chicago too, right? Hmmm. I wonder what William Ayers was doing that day? Find out. Anyway--"
"I'm sorry Glenn, but it's hard for me to get behind the idea of that many people dying, just to make Barack Obama look bad."
"Don't you mean to make Glenn Beck look good?
The producer shrugs.
"Look, Beck said disdainfully. "You make a lot of money. Is it easier for you to get behind the idea of a 2% tax increase? Is it easier for you to get behind some inner city crack head getting rehab at your expense?"
"But you've had your own substance abuse problems."
"That's right Bubba, but I paid for my own help," Beck howled.
"But a lot of people that need help don't have any money... or insurance."
"Cry me a river. You're talking about the lazies, the illegals, and the Democrats, which, by the way, are a mostly a blend of the two."
The producer nods, finally falling in line with Beck. "How do you plan to make 20,000,000 vaccines poisonous," the producer asked?
Beck looks skyward, then back to his producer. "I can't, but God can?"
"Do you think that God wants that many people to die just to hurt Barack Obama?"
Beck thinks for a moment, tears up. "God has answered everyone of my prayers, except one. Why would he stop now?"
"Which one didn't he answer?"
Beck laughs. "It was really my fault. Apparently I didn't pray for Limbaugh to take enough OxyContin."
The producer smiles, nods. "Okay, I'm in. What do you need me to do?"
"You have to figure out how we're gonna tie 20,000,000 dead Americans to Acorn, William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and to "The Kenyan" himself."
"What if the vaccines turn out to be safe and nothing horrible... I mean great, happens?"
"Then I'll pray for some other delightful calamity. Maybe something lighter, like a video of Obama snorting coke off of Katie Couric's ass."
The producer pauses for a moment. "Why do you hate President Obama so much? You're both self-made, successful men?"
"What do I always fucking tell you," an exasperated Beck replied?
"I know, I know. It's not about Obama, it's about the ratings. Your ratings."
"Thank you, now get to work. My crying lesson is at 2:00 and then I've got to go on TV and pretend that I give a shit about something other than myself."


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Comments
"It's only ghastly if Hannity or Limbaugh blames it on Obama before we do," Beck replied."
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Excellent Roger!
"Then I'll pray for some other delightful calamity. Maybe something lighter, like a video of Obama snorting coke off of Katie Couric's ass."
Just too damn funny!
Thanks Capn.I think that Beck's bizarre antics have yet to reach their peak.
Stim, Jeanette, yeah Beck is the gift that keeps on giving.
Tim, thanks. Glad that you liked it. I'm not sure that it isn't true.
Gwool, I'm so jealous that you have missed the rantings of the uneducated Beck. Yes, he is on FOX. 5:00pm eastern time I believe.
Thanks all.
nanate, I love your piece on Beck's sordid past. I need to read it again. Thanks for stopping by.
O'Really, this is the post that I was going to employ your strikethrough method, but it just didn't work. I should avoid imitating the masters.
Dr. Amy, thank you very much. Welcome to my little corner of the world.
Enjoyed it.
R
Rated.
Thanks for holding a mirror up for them to look into, Roger, although they are so full of themselves, I doubt they will recognize the beast looking back for what it is.
Denise: Thanks for your comments, and congrats on your cover piece today!
skeltnwmn: I often think about parallel universes and I'd love to get sued by Beck. Maybe not... he has deeper pockets than I do.
John: Thanks. That would be an ironic demise for Beck, but I want him around for a long time. He's the gift that keeps on giving.
Theo: Thanks for your wonderful complements. I am trying to move away from politics toward more "daily life" subjects, but Glenn Beck is too hard to resist.
Cymraeg: Thanks. I loved The Carpet People.
Lois: I just got a flu shot too. I think we're safe. Thanks.
Cathy: Like I said to Theo, I am trying to move away from political subjects, but Beck just makes himself too big of a target. My next post is about Warren Zevon, for a nice change of pace. Thanks, as always.
Frank: Thanks for your comments, and I'm glad to see you here. I miss your posts.
lalucas: Well, we have to hope that it's satire, but there is little that I'd put past Beck.
Kathy: Thank you.
Thanks all, much appreciated.
Excellent post Roger!
Yes he is Christopher. Maybe I am too for paying attention to him.
Just Pamela, Keith Olbermann has predicted that Beck will eventually say something so awful on TV, that he will derail his career.
Skeptic, no reason on Couric except that I was going to say Chris Matthews, then changed my mind. Maybe Hillary would have been a better choice.
Thanks all, much appreciated feedback.
I fear that my absence has led to your cynical, sarcastic and truly wonderful read.
I did not mean for you to become so acerbic, I'd hoped to keep you from the horrors. Your writing was much more optimistic.
You were Mr. Nice Guy... I was the other guy...
This was a wonderful piece, with wit and facts and disappointment. The human character exposed.
Have you found a new voice?
I like it a lot. You continue to impress so many people... congrats.
Your take on things is unique...