Wendy's. Danger.

For those of you who have not heard of Glenn Beck, I beg you to stop reading. 

You were warned. Glenn Beck is basically the guy CNN hired when they saw Fox News was doing so well.  He is a Conservative (i.e. Republican) gasbag. At any rate, he was recently threatened in a Wendy's while trying to buy some Frostys.  Now, I don't think anyone should get their ass kicked, particularly by an angry trucker, but pointing out Glenn Beck's hypocrisy here would be, well, pointless.  Read the link, he's genuinely shocked that America is SO angry, when it's assholes like him that have been stoking the fires of hatred for so long (ok, so I did point out his hypocrisy, but just a little). Now, he clearly doesn't see himself this way, so it's, again, rather pointless.

What I do find interesting is his response when his bodyguards initially do not want him to go into the Wendy's. He thinks, "I mean, it's a truck stop. How much trouble am I going to get in in a truck stop? Everybody here you can trust." Yes, Glenn. All Truckers are loyal, hard-working Americans  (i.e. Republicans). 

Again, this is the heart of the flawed and condescending attitudes of Right-wing pundits. They figure, hey these truck-stop guys have blue collar jobs, they love mom and apple pie and hate the long hairs. People like Beck spend so much time dealing in the outmoded jargon of the sixties they don't even think for a minute that maybe things are different now. Glenn, the country has made a subtle shift. Not a big shift, but Blue Collar workers, after holding their ankles for the last 8 (40, actually) years, are not necessarily buying your bull shit anymore. (Or O'Reilly's for that matter, who was just on the Daily Show preaching to Jon Stewart about hanging out too much in 'the Village." Christ, where do you thing YOU live, Bill?). Glenn thought he was safe because he was among 'his people' aka dumb racists. Trust me, Glenn. Hang out in the CNN studios. Everyone will kiss your ass because you're on TV, girls will blow you because you're rich, and no one will call you out for being the dumb racist fuck you are.

Anyway...