On 9/11, Beck tries out new conspiracy theory: ACORN, Van Jones to blame for Katrina?
Published: September 11, 2009
Updated 5 months ago
Glenn Beck is becoming increasingly known for his wide-ranging conspiracy theories, some of which are so rambling and inconsistent many have trouble following his attempted logic.
On Sept. 11, 2009, he produced what may be his most confusing, conjecture-filled tirade yet. This time, he has somehow “connected” the dots, tying community organization ACORN, an international employees union, the City of New Orleans and former Obama green jobs director Van Jones into the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
One could even infer from Beck’s trailing, incoherent suggestions that he wants listeners to think ACORN and elements of the Obama administration are responsible for the complete lack of federal aid immediately after the storm: A scandal which will forever rest at the feet of the Bush administration.
In Beck’s view, ACORN and the Service Employees International Union must have been involved in local New Orleans corruption, though he presents no proof. Which, this of course means to GBeck that ACORN wanted to use Hurricane Katrina to destroy evidence of their hypothetical deeds, so they “hypothetically” used Van Jones to “get the word out that Bush hates black people.”
(Rapper Kanye West actually said “George W. Bush doesn’t care about black people” during an NBC appearance with comedians Mike Myers and Chris Tucker.)
“Wouldn’t it be convenient, almost like they were …” began Beck. “Of course, I would neeeeeeever think, you know, anybody would ever call each other or send an e-mail to each other or work in a coordinated fashion because that’s conspiracy. Those are people that believe like, you know, Bush would blow up the World Trade Center. Those are conspiracy theorists, hypothetically, like Van Jones.”
Van Jones has said directly that he does not believe the Bush administration was the driving force behind the attacks of Sept. 11. However, before resigning from the Obama administration, he recanted his signature on a petition which said the Bush administration “may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.”
After spinning this web of “wouldn’t it be convenient,” Beck suggests that he’s “not going to get into the conspiracy,” then in one run-on sentence ties ACORN, SEIU, Van Jones and the City of New Orleans into being somehow, quite inexplicably responsible for the failure of the levees.
“They knew the whole time,” said Beck. “How do I know that? Because I knew it a year before … That’s weeeeeird.”
His guest agreed. She added: “It’s almost like you’re a local, Glenn!”
“It doesn’t take a genius!” he laughed. “I just, I just go to New Orleans for the hookers.”
The following audio is from the Glenn Beck Program via Media Mattters, broadcast Sept. 11, 2009.
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Isn’t there something that can be done about misinformation, lies, distortions that could lead to mass mistrust and violence. These lies that Glenn Beck spews on national cable channels are truly scary and I do not understand how he gets away with it.
The stupid people of the USA believe him. Very dangerous for our country.
What about truth on the air waves?
Dose Freedom of Speech include spreading lies and insane ideas? Is it ok to mislead Americans on a public airwave channel?
Shameful and Harmful.
Only things I can see as possibilities:
1: if he says somebody oughta be shot, then a whackjob goes out and shoots that person (saying he was acting on GB’s behalf)
2: if he clearly slanders somebody (possibly hard to litigate)
3: if he clearly libels somebody (again, hard to litigate)
There are too many ambiguities and loopholes that he can fall through to avoid Litigation or prosecution. But, if the Wingnuts get any nuttier, it may only be a matter of time before somebody goes on a rampage and says they’re doing it on GB’s orders…..
Well, there was the cop killer who said cited Beck’s false statement that Obama was going to take away his guns . ..
Well spreading lies and nuttery, is also a byproduct of the evolution of your average American. People today believe all sorts of crazy shit. Sure, the source of the information is partly to blame, but mostly it’s just a complete breakdown of anything resembling analytical skills. I’m guessing Beck got his information from the same place other wing nuts get their information, the difference is that he’s paid millions to blather crap on t.v..
I just walked by two dorks holding a ‘9/11 was an inside job - INFORWARS.COM’ banner. That’s nice, 9/11 was an iside job and Alex Jones website will do what exactly? Tell you that 9/11 was an inside job? How helpful.
Satan, wingnuttery is nothing new. The Mormon Religion history is one perfect example.
Read the book
“No one may ever have the same knowledge again”‘
What a jack@ss Beck is…the half truthers…yes, there was a danger with the levees. The Army Corp of Engineers warned that because of the budget cuts, the study of building new levees to withstand a category 5 storm was shelved, as was the project to replace them.
Who knew this?? Bush did, he is the one who gave the city a million bucks to take care of the problem and then took it back. The money (and National Guard) went to Iraq instead.
I don’t get Glenn Beck. Some say he may have raped and murdered a young girl in 1990. I’m not saying it’s true, but why doesn’t he publicly deny it? If it isn’t true, he should say so. Some say it doesn’t make him look good.
Rumours like that could come from anywhere and be utterly unproveable.
Kitty Kelly once wrote a book about Ronald Reagan that included the claim that he’d raped a woman. I think the same claim was made about GW Bush.
Clinton has been accused of rape…. Bill, that is.
If they’re true they’re easily buried or obscured.
If they’re lies they could’ve been manufactured from anyone.
The M$M needs to be in collusion for the slime to stick.
Best to just focus on what you can prove about Beck which is utterly absurd and insane comments like this that are easily verifiable.
Believe me… it’s enough in itself.
Of course it’s probably just a myth. But that begs the question: Why won’t he deny that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990?
You see, it’s just so abundantly clear that, in order to disprove the accusation, he must deny it. If you listen closely to Glenn Beck - who has been accused of raping and murdering a young girl in 1990 - you will know that denying you’ve done something that some say you might possibly have done is simply a way to clear your name.
Buy why, why won’t he deny it?
This is a constant question for me when it comes to Palin, Beck, and other scum of their ilk. If they practice Christianity or Judaism why do they have no problem with bearing false witness? I seriously would like an answer to this. Even the born again T.V. frauds like Joel hairdo, or that old guy who saw the 300 foot Jesus, they have no issue with bearing false witness. Anyone know the answer?
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I am proud to live in a Nation that affords it’s citizens the ability to appear on air and make a fool of themselves.
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Jeez, Glenn. You’re creeping out the hookers in New Orleans.
Mr. Beck is slowly going insane on National TV.
It’s sad, really.
He’s paranoid, delusional and has a messianic complex. My guess is he’s probably suicidal too. It’s quite different than, say, Rush Limbaugh, who just lies for attention.
Methinks it will be just a matter of time until Becks bosses get spooked by something he says and drop him before he jumps out one of their 30th floor windows in some weird protest.
Then he can battle Alex Jones for radio market share.
He’s Wrecking (If not already ruined) ACORN’s name.
People hear Beck’s crap on public broadcast spectrum and repeat it and don’t know it’s crap. Our Blogs don’t even matter, Beck just does it.
biggovernment.com The corruption is being brought to light…
“Is it ok to mislead Americans on a public airwave channel?”
That’s the rub.. it’s cable, not broadcast. There are no “public” means being used.
Did Glenn Beck Rape And Murder A Young Girl In 1990?
Some sources claim that Glenn Beck may be responsible for the rape and murder of a girl in 1990. Classic Glenn Beck style reasoning suggests that he is responsible for clearing his name of these atrocious acts. A new site “exists to probe the vicious rumour that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.”
Here is some of the evidence:
* Why haven’t we had an official response to the rumor that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990? (source)
* Some say he ate her remains in a drug-filled pagan ceremony. Some say. (source)
* “R” is for radical “A” is for astronaut “P” is for paper “S” is for super-douche “T” well, I don’t have that yet, but if I did, this would spell “rapist” (source)
* Fox News Poll: Should Glenn Beck deny rape allegations? Vote Now! (source)
* Omg I cant find a single entry/item/article ANYWHERE that says Mr. Beck is not a rapist. (source)
* He has exposed himself as a guy over and over again who has a deep seeded hatred for consensual sex or the “No Means No” culture, I don’t know what it is. I’m not saying he doesn’t like consensual sex, I’m saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe a rapist.
R.adio host
A.ngry
P.rogressvies (he hates them)
S.exist (he’S Mormon)
T.errified
…and that spells RAPST.
Coincidence? I think not.
@bizarro91 - Nicely done. Don’t forget - if anybody points out that you misspelled “rapist”, be sure to defend yourself by claiming you left out the I intentionally to remind everyone that I stands for “I can’t believe that Glenn Beck still hasn’t denied the rumor that he raped and killed a young girl in 1990 - it must be true!”
Glenn Bek also hates the third letter of the English alphabet. Some say it stems from his fear of oligarhs.
clearly fox news is not a company that drug tests it’s employees!
Check out
http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/
to read about Glenn Beck raping and murdering a girl in 1990. He won’t deny it so maybe it’s true. Hard to believe he would do that.
Apparently you didn’t notice the disclaimer at the top of that web page … “Notice: This website is 100% parody”. This whole thing probably had its origins from an old Gilbert Gottfried joke in which he repeatedly insisted that comedian Bob Saget had NOT raped and murdered a girl in 1990. That said, I hope the rumor spreads … let’s see how Beck likes being smeared with a lie.
@reddogs - Not sure if you’re trolling or just trying to be helpful, but we get the joke. The point of the website is to demonstrate that using Beck’s tactics (”hey - I’m just asking questions…but isn’t it WEIRD that nobody’s answering MY questions?”), you can pretty much accuse anybody of anything you want.
Which is why I’ll continue to assume that Glenn Beck raped and killed a young girl in 1990 until Glenn Beck answers the questions about why this rumor exists.
Get it?
If Glenn Beck KNEW a year in advance that the levee’s would break, doesn’t that suggest that it it actually HIS fault? Either he should have stopped it by demanding that BUSH do SOMETHING, no wait a minute…. He KNEW because he weakened them! Let’s just say for a minute that some whack job that is hidden in plain sight, like on a fake news network or something, went down to NOLA, because maybe he wanted to get some nice property for retirement or something, and saw all the poverty, and the black people and said like hey, if I blow holes in the levee’s and then wait for a really big, record setting storm, and then make sure the Fed gov’t totally botches the assistance and people are displaced for years, I can get a good deal on a house! I’m just sayin…..
Actually, Bush was made aware that the levees would likely break and he ignored that information.
Beck wasn’t the one who warned him, though. It was the ACOE . . . maybe, Beck confused the acronym for Army Corps of Engineers with ACORN . . . he does have some difficulty with spelling.
This comes from a pee brain that wears “magic underwear”. You might wonder, where the hell does he come up with this shit? The answer is not to far from his “skid marks”- up his ass.
He forgot….
Kennedy
Carter
Obama being ‘born’ in Kenya
Unions
Tree Huggers
Gays
Olberman
Dr. Quinn medicine Woman
George Soros
Glenn Beck also blames Bill Clinton for the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War. If you press him, he also has a list of 567 communists in the State Department….
Suggestion: Stop giving Beck his own Raw Story headline. Same for Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Coulter, Wilson, etc. Don’t necessarily ignore them, but stop mixing them in with real (or even novel) breaking news.
Maybe a discrete (smile) trash can or other icon can bring up the day’s evil doers for those of us who like to muck. But it’s hard to criticize the mainstream press for keeping stupid issues alive when responsible outlets do the same.
ACORN and Van Jones responsible for the Katrina troubles????
If there was ever any doubt that Beck has lost his mind …then this would be it.
He seems to conveniently forget the video footage of Michael Brown calling G W Bush telling him of the possibility of impending disaster.
This call resulting in Bush going on vacation and taking no action towards helping victims of the disaster for four days.
Where does ACORN have anything to do with this.
Of the black people shot to death by vigilantes and police, is he saying they shot themselves?
I’m glad he lost alot of sponsors…. I just can’t understand why anyone is still subsidizing him.
On vacation? What a terribly unfair thing to say about our 43rd President!
Didn’t you see the pictures from August 2005? He was busy yawning his way through a NOAA hurricane briefing, playing guitar in San Diego, eating cake in Arizona with John McCain, and flying over a drowned city with a vaguely confused look on his face.
Something I don’t get about Rawstory. Now I see the story on Beck, and we all can agree(or most) that Beck is insane or some sort of paid shill for someone (who that is is beyond me). But I wonder how Rawstory is able to write a story with the “ACORN” name in it yet, will not report…or is not ware of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtTnizEnC1U&feature=related
ACORN was busted on tape soliciting aid for child trafficking, sex slavery, tax fraud, and other federal crimes.
How is this not ‘news’ but other links on your front page are considered worthy? Are you ignorant or are you willfully ignoring this?
I would like to see a Rawstory person do a story on this. I thought you guys would be interested in corruption whether it comes from the right OR the left. Am I correct in the assumption? Because if you are just reporting stories friendly to the ‘left’ you’re basicallly being propagandists , and do nobody a service by that. In America we need TRUTH. If that makes any side of the proverbial ‘aisle’, than so be it.
Am I incorrect for thinking so? Tell me the flaw in my logic if so.
“It doesn’t take a genius!” ( it surely doesn’t) he laughed. “I just, I just go to New Orleans for the hookers.”
When the hookers get a look at this demented fool (look at the eyes) the price goes up 4x.
The surge in neoCon mythology is about as successful as the scourge of mad cow disease.
Dissent in to madness is not always something that should be televised…(think of the children!) would the parents who let their children watch Beck..take them to a drug, alcohol (rehabilitation) or insane ward…? I’ve seen people in with drawl and they act just as loony as Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh..its usually referred to as schizoid/paranoia
The man is obviously ill. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is taken off camera on a stretcher or in a straight jacket. Regardless of his “political” views, if that’s what one can call them, he is to be pitied. The real shame is that Fox News allows him to soldier on. They are really the sick ones for letting this continue. My sympathies to his wife. NEXT!
Beck loves to talk about him being a ‘recovering’ alcoholic..he not..he’s liar..
The de-briefs of people that will talk about (although most won’t because it’s REALLY against the rules) Beck’s time in meetings is almost hilarious unless you justify his screaming, crying, firing his sponsors and paranoia that folks are following him to do harm among other bizarre behavior as normal stuff one would believe that he uses this as only another ‘prop’… Nothing about beck is real..his ‘beliefs’ aren’t real, just ask him..his causes aren’t real - just ask, his delusion with nazis/facist/communists/Marxism it’s all a front and just used for show..Just ask..he’ll tell you he just an ‘entertainer’ and all this other stuff is just part of his act. He’s a phony…pure and simple… If people believe anything about beck is real they’re are stupider than beck !!
Time to tell Rupe beck’s run is over…
disenfranchised,
“ACORN was busted on tape soliciting aid for child trafficking, sex slavery, tax fraud, and other federal crimes.” It is clear that the complicit media will not say a word about these charges because Beck or ACORN, or both, have got something on Murdock and/or Ailes. Also sources in Asia tell us that the reason ACORN was doing all this was to appease Glenn Beck, so he would stop blaming ACORN for Katrina and the Wall St. Bankster heist. Some people are also saying Beck slipped them (ACORN) a couple of million for a young boy. Where is this boy now? Why won’t Glenn present him on his Tee Vee show and let America know the young boy he rented from ACORN is safe and can still sit in a chair. What has Glenn done with him, if anything? We can only hope the boy was returned to his handlers alive and paid handily so the slavery charges wouldn’t stick. But our sources in D.C. can’t confirm this, nor can they deny the fact that Glenn Beck was once a young boy himself. Then, of course, there is the story - and it is confirmed that it is a story - that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990. On the surface this would conflict with the unconfirmed story that ACORN solicited a young boy for Glenn Beck, but just because Glenn Beck may have been sexually active with women in the 1990s doesn’t mean that his preferences could not have changed - but our sources won’t or can’t confirm or deny this either. back to you, disenfranchised …