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[athousandsmiles]

Has anyone seen this? Or tried it?

Comments

[scarletumbrella.livejournal.com]

No, this has been debunked: http://trueslant.com/christopherthomas/2009/08/01/glenn-beck-and-the-governments-fictional-plot-to-hijack-your-computer/

[athousandsmiles]

Thanks. This is why I love this community.

Fail, Glen. Fail! :-/

[craneke.livejournal.com]

"Fail, Glen. Fail! :-/"

That's exactly how I feel. I get pretty ticked when people that I generally trust about information (unless it's really obvious they're joking) make me look stupid. Grrr. :-P

[craneke.livejournal.com]

Er, make that "make all conservatives look stupid." It's not just about me looking dumb. ;-)

Sorry to comment-spam you.

[athousandsmiles]

No problem. :D

I've always been skeptical of ALL news sources, including Fox, but still...

Anyway, the internet is good for something, I guess.

[arkadelos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the debunking piece. I had watched the episode but never looked too much into it, myself. We already have enough real issues to be paranoid about, hm?

[athousandsmiles]

We already have enough real issues to be paranoid about, hm?

Exactly. Why go and make stuff up? *shakes head*

[notapuppy.livejournal.com]

The FactCheck.org website has a pretty detailed explanation about this:

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/cash-for-clunkers/

I'd recommend it if you'd like more information about it.

[athousandsmiles]

I'll check it out, though I don't put a lot of trust in factcheck.org anymore.

Thanks.

[notapuppy.livejournal.com]

:) I understand completely. It was just everything I had seen on the issue in one place... including Glenn's response to it being debunked.

[craneke.livejournal.com]

As everyone else has said, this has been debunked. Don't feel bad, I posted that myself just yesterday. :-P

[athousandsmiles]

Somehow I missed that. I try not to post stuff here that's already been posted too.

[craneke.livejournal.com]

That's because I deleted the post shortly after someone told me it had been debunked. I guess I should have left it up or at least edited it so that others would see it and that it's not true. Oh well.

[athousandsmiles]

Ah, that's what happened. Well then, I'll leave mine up and hopefully no one else will post it. :D

[mprice.livejournal.com]

I saw this when it ran on Friday, July 31. The wording was changed after this piece ran. Glenn cover the "correction" on Monday, August 3. --> here (http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/08/03/proof-positive-that-you-can-affect-change/)