Glenn Beck/Godspeed You Black Emperor

megaballs1 · Post by **megaballs1** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:58 pm

Funny shit...

Tokyo Fan · Post by **Tokyo Fan** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:07 pm

Regarding the map: According to the Huffington Post this was a graphic that Fox News put up back in 2009. "So while the map itself may have been a legitimate gaffe on Fox News' part (and not the work of a miscreant with mad Photoshop skills) it's at the very least, an old gaffe."

I gather that this was then circulated widely at around the time that Calexico posted it on this thread.

Doesn't bode well for Fox, eh? Even if it is two years old. At the very least I would hope that a few heads rolled on that one...and not just the person who physically inputted the names (Megaballs; I guess news organizations DO take a blank map and in-put names! I never would have thought such a thing possible, but it is either that or someone deliberately changed things around).

Dr. Zapatos · Post by **Dr. Zapatos** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:09 pm

Lord Filthy Von Blumpkin wrote:
Dr. Zapatos wrote:
Fecal Fingers Amway wrote:
Dr. Zapatos wrote:It hardly matters if it's real or not, it still speaks the truth.
That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this board. Congrats.
I guess I'm entitled to some sort of reward if that is the case.

Feel free to stuff your political correctness down your throat with one hand and reach for it from the bottom with the other.

Twat.
Even if we assume, arguendo, that the "they're all the same" worldview has some degree of validity...it's certainly not applicable for Egypt/Iraq. Since the 6 Days War of 1968 or so Egypt has played ball with the U.S. and has even been deemed an ally of sorts to Israel. Sort of a buffer b/w Israel and other Arab states that would otherwise act aggressively toward Israel but for Egypt's guiding hand. Which is why there's much handwringing in Israel right now.

So in this case, yes, there is a big difference. Why not open a book or read a newspaper? In this case it is quite literally politically correct to acknowlege that the two states are very different. It's not some effete limousine liberal blather. It's just reality.

Re the map, I don't think it's indicative of either geopolitical ignorance or willful mischief by Fox News. Probably just a clerical/processing error. Happens all the time on newscasts - a graphic or canned audio doesn't match up with what the talking head is reading, etc.

?

Today's political situation doesn't come in to this, neither does history. Fox News brings the world in a black and white image, black is most of the world, especially the Muslim world, white is Glenn Beck and his cronies.

To Fox News, the world map might just look like that. Glenn Beck and rest of the world.

If you want to start a rant based on ANYTHING that was said or written or talked about on Fox News, you're welcome to, it completely meaningless however.

Lord Filthy Von Blumpkin · Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:02 pm

Dr. Zapatos wrote:
Fecal Fingers Amway wrote:
Dr. Zapatos wrote:It hardly matters if it's real or not, it still speaks the truth.
That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this board. Congrats.
I guess I'm entitled to some sort of reward if that is the case.

Feel free to stuff your political correctness down your throat with one hand and reach for it from the bottom with the other.

Twat.

Even if we assume, arguendo, that the "they're all the same" worldview has some degree of validity...it's certainly not applicable for Egypt/Iraq. Since the 6 Days War of 1968 or so Egypt has played ball with the U.S. and has even been deemed an ally of sorts to Israel. Sort of a buffer b/w Israel and other Arab states that would otherwise act aggressively toward Israel but for Egypt's guiding hand. Which is why there's much handwringing in Israel right now.

So in this case, yes, there is a big difference. Why not open a book or read a newspaper? In this case it is quite literally politically correct to acknowlege that the two states are very different. It's not some effete limousine liberal blather. It's just reality.

Re the map, I don't think it's indicative of either geopolitical ignorance or willful mischief by Fox News. Probably just a clerical/processing error. Happens all the time on newscasts - a graphic or canned audio doesn't match up with what the talking head is reading, etc.

Dr. Zapatos · Post by **Dr. Zapatos** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:52 pm

Fecal Fingers Amway wrote:
Dr. Zapatos wrote:It hardly matters if it's real or not, it still speaks the truth.
That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this board. Congrats.

I guess I'm entitled to some sort of reward if that is the case.

Feel free to stuff your political correctness down your throat with one hand and reach for it from the bottom with the other.

Twat.

Fecal Fingers Amway · Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:26 am

Dr. Zapatos wrote:It hardly matters if it's real or not, it still speaks the truth.

That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this board. Congrats.

Dr. Zapatos · Post by **Dr. Zapatos** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:50 am

It hardly matters if it's real or not, it still speaks the truth.

Tokyo Fan · Post by **Tokyo Fan** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:45 am

megaballs1 wrote:I'm guessing the map is a fake...do news organizations pull up maps to air but then have to input country names? No. People actually look at this and think Fox doesn't know where Iraq or Egypt is?

Just fun on the intranets nowadays.

I guess I was one of those people. You are quite correct. As soon as I posted I started wondering about that. I should have questioned it first, before posting, rather than just figuring that it "fit" the other bizarreness that I would hear about from my Fox loving friends so it could very well be the real thing. So I will assume that it is fake as well.

megaballs1 · Post by **megaballs1** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:07 pm

I'm guessing the map is a fake...do news organizations pull up maps to air but then have to input country names? No. People actually look at this and think Fox doesn't know where Iraq or Egypt is?

Just fun on the intranets nowadays.

Left A Slide · Post by **Left A Slide** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:08 pm

calexico wrote:Beck is indicative of everything that is reprehensible and plain wrong with the right in America today. A blowhard with a soapbox which makes him more dangerous than entertaining.

I mean, look at this simple fuck up and please tell me how so many Americans look to this sham organisation for their actual news. Are people that fucking stupid?

Is this fucking REAL?
Did they really have this map on the air?
Mapmaker shakes head in disbelief.....

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:17 pm

this one, shared by someone a while ago, caused me pause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk

the beck connection i have no idea.

gdavis5446 · Post by **gdavis5446** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:08 pm

The Lil Wayne one is pretty freaking funny.

Lord Filthy Von Blumpkin · Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:26 pm

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=ZFkRp ... e=Not+Sure

Another one. This Beck rant is actually better.

THE ENTIRE MEDITERRANEN IS ON FIRE

Tokyo Fan · Post by **Tokyo Fan** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:24 pm

calexico wrote:....

I mean, look at this simple fuck up and please tell me how so many Americans look to this sham organisation for their actual news. Are people that fucking stupid?

Incredible. I mean incredibly stupid. I'd think it was funny except I meet with a group of people who watch this shit and I always leave with my head spinning. But to blank out Iraq, where we're fighting a war, and put Egypt there instead. I am utterly speechless.

calexico · Post by **calexico** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:57 am

Beck is indicative of everything that is reprehensible and plain wrong with the right in America today. A blowhard with a soapbox which makes him more dangerous than entertaining.

I mean, look at this simple fuck up and please tell me how so many Americans look to this sham organisation for their actual news. Are people that fucking stupid?