So the guy in front of me is carrying a Glenn Beck book...

[Tuvok Obama]

...waiting to board a flight to Salt Lake City. This was yesterday afternoon. I've actually come to appreciate this type of truth-in-advertising. It's the equivalent of a hypothetical T-shirt that would read, "Caution: I'm stupid, angry, and dangerous." I mean, if I had a copy of a book by Beck or his ilk because I was doing research or something, I'd keep that hidden like it was hardcore porn.

I didn't think about him again until after the plane landed. I couldn't have described him. ("Crazy, you know, an idiot ... carrying a Glenn Beck book," would have been my answer, if I'd been asked for a description. "How do you know he's a crazy idiot?" might be a follow-up question. "Well you know, he was carrying that Glenn Beck book.")

After the plane landed, as I was walking up the aisle toward the exit, a man shot out of his seat, blocking me while he opened the overhead compartment. It was an obnoxious and obtrusive move, but that in itself didn't bother me. I've become a much happier person since I've learned to ignore petty actions like that.

But once he had the overhead opened, he reached in and grabbed his jacket. It didn't budge on the first try, so in one furious, impulsive move, he ripped that jacket out of the overhead with all the force and speed he could muster. A woman's carry-on bag crashed to the floor, and what a racket it made. Whatever was in her bag sounded fragile, and I wonder if all the contents survived. Her bag was definitely not full of pillows and stuffed animals.

It was impossible not to be irritated with this impulsively juvenile, jackass behavior, and I focused in on him a little more. It was Glenn-Beck-boy. All this ripping and tugging and wrecking of the woman's bag had been done with his right arm alone, because the Glenn Beck book was still gripped by his left paw.

He really epitomized that sort of Beck-Coulter-Malkin-Hannity mentality: Faster, get out of my way, gimmee that right now.

[HopeHoops]

1. I wonder if TSA regulations require a strip search for anyone dumb enough to have a Glenn Beck book.

If not, they should.

[Canuckistanian]

23. I'd recommend a complete body-cavity search as well

After Timothy McVeigh, you can't be too careful these days.

[HopeHoops]

25. Nah, they already know a Republican's head is up his/her ass. n/t.

[happygoluckytoyou]

41. a glen beck BOOK... gotta come with pop-ups and crayons...

[HopeHoops]

57. And a Sarah Palin centerfold

Only a Glenn Beck fan would be interested in that.

[Ken Burch]

49. Would you really want anyone to see a Glenn Beck fan naked?

Even the TSA doesn't deserve THAT kind of trauma!

[pokercat999]

56. Actually just the opposite they give them a job application...nt

[ReverendDeuce]

58. Are you kidding? A Glenn Beck book is your ticket to bypass TSA screening altogheter!

A Michael Moore book is another story, however.

[AndyA]

2. So typical, isn't it?

You can spot them a mile away. Rudeness and arrogance are just two of the traits most of them seem to have.

What I think is the ultimate in hypocrisy are the people driving around with the sign of the fish stuck to the back of their cars. Or a "I'll follow you, Jesus, to heaven" bumper sticker. They're the ones running red lights, cutting you off, speeding, not using turn signals when they change lanes in front of you, etc.

Something must be protecting these idiots...from themselves!

[spartan61]

14. And they are the ones who will flip you the bird

as they pass you on the road because you have an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on your car. Happened to me during the election last year. Yep, very "Christian" aren't they????

[olegramps]

55. This is a true story.

I was in the right hand lane and there was a car in the right hand turn only lane next to the car ahead of me. This woman in the right hand turn had been in this lane for a couple of blocks and would shoot through the intersection to get ahead of everyone. Well the person in the car ahead of me apparently didn't know what this person had been doing and crashed into this car that had been in the turn lane when it didn't turn and went straight ahead and attempted to cut in front of his car. Well, I was stuck behind them and what I witnessed was beyond the pale. This woman who had caused the accident was swearing at the man telling him he was a "fucking asshole" and every other name she could think of for not letting her cut him off. I thought for a while that she was going to hit him she was in such state.

Well, to make a long story short I took my wife to church, she is a Catholic, I am an agnostic at best, but I think that the priest is a pretty level headed guy and he doesn't try to convert me. Well, low and behold, here was that women who had caused the accident. I could believe my eyes. It got even worse when my wife informed me that she was the head of the CCD classes that teaches religion to the kids.

[spartan61]

61. Why am I not surprised???? n/t

[Tuvok Obama]

16. My ex-brother-in-law is a freeper who makes Beck look like Michael Moore by comparison

He drives like you just described. When I asked him why, he said, "I just always have to be first. I have to."

He's a fundie who has chosen to ignore the Biblical passage, "The first shall be last, and the last, first."

[Divine Discontent]

39. and safe to assume several other very important and humbling passages if he "has" to be 1st

so sad... :(

[Enthusiast]

43. They pick and choose the passages that suit them.

It's universal.

[tblue]

35. And those with "Bush Cheney '04" stickers still on their bumper

I have never seen one on a late model vehicle. It's always a dirty older model (not unlike my own) but, during the Cheney/Bush reign, always wanted to ask them, "So how's it going in Bush world? How ya makin' out?" Or "How about that $4 a gallon, huh?" Or "Wow, those were some WMDs we found in Itaq, huh?"

[mwb970]

45. Right-wingers also love radar detectors in their cars.

It's a perfect conservative item, since it allows them to break the law and endanger others without ever getting caught or taking responsibility.

The biggest rightie loony I know is always bragging about what he gets away with on the road.

[Ken Burch]

50. If they really drive that badly, they probably WILL be following Jesus to Heaven

(and sooner rather than later!)

[Obamanaut]

3. From your description, I'd say this is a walking example of why some

mothers in the wild eat their young at birth.

Or maybe an example of why we need more effective birth control.

rec from me because it was a good read

[Oldtimeralso]

32. How About...

making retroactive abortion legal for these types.

[Ken Burch]

52. This guy probably ate his mother.

n/t.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Im curious -- what happened next?

Any apology? What was the reaction of the person whose bag was tossed around like that?
Did the flight attendant say anything?

Your description of the RW nut is the same as my experience with them.

[Tuvok Obama]

9. He high-tailed it out of there

then stopped on the jetway to put his jacket on. As I passed him, or tried to, his vigor resumed, and I found myself involuntarily in lockstep beside him. I had to stop walking and let him get in front of me again, in order to avoid the appearance that we were together.

Just an inept, thoughtless, social misfit ... who happens to be a Glenn Beck follower.

[Leftist Agitator]

11. You should have tripped him.

[Tuvok Obama]

13. I couldn't trip him because

I wasn't carrying a Glenn Beck book.

[Posteritatis]

18. Hee. (nt)

[Vickers]

24. "to avoid the appearance that we were together"

:rofl:

[Ken Burch]

51. Same profile as a rooftop sniper, actually.

n/t.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. I actually drive differently behind certain bumper-stickers

RW stickers (particularly on low-end cars, since the have-nots who blame Obama for their troubles are the most psychologically unstable) seem to indicate a higher chance of aggressive, selfish actions, so I give them a little leeway.

It may well be a perceptual error, of course. I notice assholic behavior with RW stickers and carrying Glen Beck books and such because I already think the person is a prick before interacting with them.

[morningglory]

20. I still have my Obama '08 bumper sticker on, will keep it till I do not see a

McCain/Palin sticker for 3 weeks (they are getting kinda scarce). I have A.D.D., and insomnia and have a lot of trouble focusing. Just drive along trying to avoid killing anyone. About like a drunk driver. I have to pay very close attention to staying in my lane due to having to "represent". It is a pain.

[AnneD]

6. S L O W L Y ,

S T E P . A W A Y. F R O M. T H E . I D I O T...... do not try to handle the idiot your self. They respond better to uniforms and may require tasing.

[JVS]

7. One would imagine that people stupid enough to want to read Beck would be unable to.

This is going to be a major mind-fuck for future archaeologists.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Great point!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[mitchum]

26. I don't think they do read his books,but keep them around like totems and identity markers

same for all of those Yahoos buying Palin's ghost writer's book. They have no intention of really reading that shit. They are auditory learners. And, of course, I am using the word "learners" very loosely.

[GrantDem]

60. LMAO..

[barbtries]

8. did anybody say anything to him

about his rude behavior? sounds like a cretin.

[Tuvok Obama]

10. No, it was just a fast, loud ruckus, and then he was gone (nt)

[spanone]

12. i'm surprised he found the airport.

[asdjrocky]

15. Whenever I see some guy doing something like this right in front of me

I always say the same thing- "So you're that guy?" When they ask me what guy, I say something like, "The kind of guy that would..." Well, you get the picture.

Good writing here by the way, enjoyed the post.

[HipChick]

17. Some arse did that on a Flight a couple of days ago, and a bag fell out and hit a woman on the head.

it must have hurt like hell..

[StarfarerBill]

19. It's their country, you know; laws and civility don't apply to them.

:eyes:

[mwb970]

47. I have a right-wing scofflaw living two doors down.

He always turns right on red at the base of our street, despite a sign forbidding it. He walks his dog without a leash despite our local leash law (the only one of dozens of area dog owners who does this). He has McCain and Palin stickers all over his SUV and pickup truck. The guy is a total conservative cliche. He even looks like Glenn Beck!

:puke:

[Skittles]

22. ooh, I'm flying to SLC tomorrow

I would LOVE to kick some Glenn Beck-toting ass; yes INDEED

[Enthusiast]

46. Yup!

[varelse]

27. I wonder why he didn't put the book down for a few seconds and use both hands to get to his jacket?

would have been a lot easier, and it's not like anyone would be tempted to steal the book.

[Arugula Latte]

28. Hey, he's a middle aged white American guy -- He's ENTITLED

to whatever he wants.

Get out of his way! It's his world and you and the illegals and the feminazis just live in it.

[lildreamer316]

29. P.S.: Great writing style.

I'll be paying attention to more of your posts.

[PavePusher]

30. To be fair...

I've met far to many "Progressives" with similar lack of manners or worse. It's not merely a symptom of any particular political leaning.

And I've browsed Becks books a few times myself. "Know the Enemy" and all that...

[Tuvok Obama]

34. I've read freeper garbage too, for the same reason

but I would never display it in public, any more than I'd carry Hustler magazine in public.

And while I can imagine there are progressives who are cabable of the kind of behavior I saw from this man, I've yet to see it actually happen. But I've seen it again and again from hardcore conservatives.

[Ken Burch]

54. I'd hide Beck in a copy of Hustler

n/t.

[NMMNG]

31. What a nut

:bounce:

[Onceuponalife]

33. I love the irony of Glenn Beck book titles

"Arguing With Idiots"

"Common Sense"



:rofl:

Glenn Beck = Thomas Paine?

:rofl: :rofl:

[Ken Burch]

53. Well, "Glenn Beck=Pain", anyway.

just sayin'

[Stumbler]

36. A slightly off-topic comment.

I've taken to turning over certain books on shelves to hide the front covers, only to realize that folks like Beck and Palin have learned to their photos on both the back and front covers!!! God help me, now I have to hide their displays with other books entirely.

[Stumbler]

37. Damn internet connection made me reply twice to the same thread

Edited for inept comp connection

[Roland99]

38. I call them the "thick-necks". You know the type, esp. at work.....

They're talking to someone in a hallway and they see you coming but don't bother to move an inch to let you pass (the other person not aware you're coming down the hallway)

Or they're on your feet heading up or down stairs or they're anxiously pressing the elevator button multiple times.



thick-necks.

[Kablooie]

40. Sefish is the word. Their whole philosophy is founded on what's best for ME right NOW.

[B Calm]

42. You should had of patted him on the ass and gave him a Sarah wink. . .

[mwb970]

44. They're all three years old.

These people have no moral sense. Their favorite words are "me" and "no". They have not yet learned compassion or empathy. They scream and cry before thinking.

Quick now: does the above paragraph describe typical toddlers or right-wing wackaloons?

[Ken Burch]

48. So, did he start crying?

n/t.

[Riley18]

59. The FOX people really are getting easier to spot. I think of them as the sort of

people who would have supported Hitler too. It's a joke in our family because even my daughter can pick them out. They are the type of people who cut you out on the road, step out in front of you on a plane, etc. I even have a FOX neighbor who allowed his dog out and it was killed. Well, if that happened to me, I would have blamed myself. Of course, he didn't think he was at fault as he tried to blame everyone here who passes his house even though he knew who hit the dog. He was a complete and total jerk about the whole thing just because he would not accept responsibility. Palin is the same way. She didn't quit her job because she is lazy and irresponsible. No, she quit because she was "unfairly" criticized, and wanted to save the state legal fees. Right, maybe she should sell her fans a nice road to nowhere.