I’m not a big fan of excerpts from right wing radio. I fully believe that there are times that clips are used through out liberal media out of context and perhaps the well known douchetabulous™ radio host isn’t in fact as douchey as he/she appears to be. I’m absolutely certain that if someone really wanted to, they could take clips of my stand-up, videos or any appearances I’ve made and make me seem mean and/or stupid.

But I think it’s hard to argue with this…

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I’m not sure of the purpose of this particular gag. I’m not judging this from an outraged liberal standpoint. I’m judging this strictly as a humor bit and I think its fairly obvious that it doesn’t hold up. The impression sounds borderline-mentally ill and is flat out mean to an 11 year old. When mocking (because lets face it, I. Mock. Hard.) there has to be a solid reason otherwise you run the risk of appearing to be an asshole. Mocking someone who is naive isn’t as funny as mocking someone who claims to be worldly and well versed, but upon hearing almost anything they say, comes off completely and utterly naive. Mocking when used properly, highlights faulty logic and ridiculous ideals. This “bit” Beck participates in only begs the question “What’s wrong with this guy?” Questioning the education of a child based on 1 sentence is a bad comedic premise. And funny enough, the statement in question, concerning Obama’s role in fixing the oil leak,  does more to paint a picture of the media’s current coverage of the BP oil disaster than disparage the child.

Glenn Beck is not a political pundit. He’s not versed well enough in politics to actually offer any true critique of anything. What Beck is, as he’s said in the past, is an entertainer. As such, when your work isn’t entertaining you have failed. And this time his failure includes the ridiculing of an 11 year old.

Magical really…

I’m not sure Beck can help it any more. I think he can’t help being a dick any more than someone can help having type 2 diabetes. Yes, with proper diet and exercise you can control it, but most don’t. They take pills and insulin instead. If we really want Beck to stop, maybe we need to fund research for “being-a-dick-itus.” One day we can find a cure. And then we can tackle and inject Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Michael Steele, Kanye West, My cousin DeShaun, Scott Baio, Dick Cheney, The Writers of Lost, my 3rd Grade teacher who recently found me on Facebook and sent me a friend request and I was like “Really? Do you not remember 3rd grade? Why would I possibly want your name and dumb-ass status updates in my feed? You yelled at me all the time m’effer for no apparent reason. Even my Mama don’t like you! Seriously WTF?

Wait, what was I talking about?

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