Is Glenn Beck Being Treated By SEIU Nurses?
Is Glenn Beck Being Treated By SEIU Nurses?
One of right-wing TV host Glenn Beck’s most frequent targets is the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Beck has in the past repeatedly referred to SEIU members as “thugs” involved in radical leftist conspiracies, even going as far as to say that SEIU president Andy Stern is trying to re-create the Bolshevik Revolution. “When you start to figure out who SEIU is and what they want, you’re not really comfortable,” Beck said last month.
In recent days, Beck has been hospitalized for appendicitis. As Alternet’s Alexander Zaitchik points out, the staff treating the ailing pundit is likely under the auspices of SEIU nurses:
The security-conscious Beck has not disclosed the name of the facility, but it’s a safe bet that it is staffed by proud members of a storied union: New York’s Local 1199, aka United Healthcare Workers East, which belongs to the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU has organized all of Manhattan’s major hospitals, including every facility to which Beck could have conceivably been sent.
Beck certainly isn’t complaining about being treated by nurses who were organized by the union he regularly demonizes. On his Twitter account, he praised the staff that is attending to him:
If it does turn out that Beck’s “amazing” nurses happen to be members of the SEIU, will he retract the statements he has made condemning the union or will he continue on his McCarthyite tirade?
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No, because he’s a hypocritcal piece of sh!t.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:55 amOf COURSE Beck will continue making inane statements. He’s grateful for the excellent care the nurses have provided, and all he wants for them…is to have them stripped of their benefits, have their wages lowered at will, and leave any job protection up to the whim of whatever hospital/organization they’re currently employed in.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:59 amDid anyone see Jon Stewart’s segment last night? He spoofed Beck while weeping for his appenbdix. Instant classic.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:59 amYou might also wonder who provides his insurance. He works on TV, and you can’t work on TV without belonging to a union, so it’s most likely either SAG or AFTRA. Oh, and they will also be providing him with a pension.
This goes for all of them as they attack working men and women and defame trade unions: they are unionized workers too. They just get paid more than minimum.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:03 amPerhaps Beck could spend some time in the psychiatric ward while he is in the hospital. Then again, a dose of sanity probably ends his broadcasting career.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amOkay, anyone else think it would have been kinda cool if they HAD cut his feet off?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amBravo to the Nurses for doing a good job. Nurses are caring individuals who treat anyone who is ill. That includes Right-wing pieces of crap who want to take away their benefits and sercurity. But I look at this way, those nurses deserve FAR more money and praise than any Right-winger. They are the true heroes, Beck isn’t worthy enough to scrape their shoes on.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:05 amI think it speaks well of the professionalism of the SEIU members taking care of Beck that his feet haven’t been cut off, nor have there been any other “ooopsies” that could have “accidentally” occurred to somebody who had insulted their union.
Probably because nurses are better people than Beck is.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am“Is Glenn Beck Being Treated By SEIU Nurses?”
He’s being treated for Batshit Insanity, a malady suffered by quite a few republiscum.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am“If it does turn out that Beck’s “amazing” nurses happen to be members of the SEIU, will he retract the statements he has made…”
that’s laughable, of course not.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amWHO???
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amGlenn Beck will do whatever it takes to get attention. That’s all he cares about.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amI doubt that there is anything wrong with Beck and his hospitalization, if there is one, is a sham. It is very suspicious that he has an “attack” the day after his teabagger candidate loses in NY. He is afraid to show his face because he will have to explain to his viewers what happened in the election. That would require him to implicitly acknowledge that the voters have rejected the Libertarians and that there is no groundswell of public opinion for these idiots.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:10 amboo-hoo glenda becky is a whore who will do or say anything his corporate puppett masters tell him.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:11 amjoeyramonesmom says
November 6th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Okay, anyone else think it would have been kinda cool if they HAD cut his feet off?
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Not as cool as if they had sewn his lips together.
(Sorry for the nastiness — I don’t really want to see physical harm done to anyone; not even Glenn Beck. But a silent Glenn Beck would be far less annoying, wouldn’t he?)
November 6th, 2009 at 10:12 amjon stewart’s sendup of glen bleck last night was fantastic!
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
The 11/3 Project 8:31
November 6th, 2009 at 10:13 amThere’s a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck’s internal organs.
13. Pags
Calling Hoffman a libertarian is an insult to libertarians. Hoffman’s pro-war, anti-choice, anti-gay. In other words, just another Good Ol’ Conservative. Beck’s like the teabaggers he commands, claiming to stand for “liberty” and “freedom” while actually just exploiting populist anger and continuing to serve his corporate masters like a real American conservative.
Gotta agree though, idiots like Hoffman have slim to nil public support.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:14 amHow long will Becky be out of commission? At least while he is recuprating he won’t be filling the airwaves with his bile. Unless he wants to do his show right there in the facility that these nurses are currently employed. I bet he won’t be bashing their union then, will he?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:14 amBeck is making a killing out of the stupidheads.
Why would he say anything to get them upset?
He will continue to blather on about their most important biases.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:18 amI never thought I’d say this, but…Beck is a better host than the Judge.
That’s not to say that I want a lesser of two evils, but Napolitano guzzles the Kool-Aid when he’s in Beck’s chair.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:20 amAt least while he is recuprating he won’t be filling the airwaves with his bile
Not to worry. Joe “Pags” (or “Joe the Dumber” as I call him) is sitting in and keeping the bile flowing.
I hope the terrific doctors caring for Glenda have also properly diagnosed and are treating his cranio-anal inversion while he’s hospitalized.
The alternate theory here is also a very likely possibility — BeckyBoy could very well be using the appendix thing as a cover story while he’s checked into rehab for a quick weekend tune-up.
Meanwhile, Limpballs is off the air, too. In his case, I think he’s attending his annual reunion with his ex-wives to negotiate his hush-money agreements with them. Or maybe he’s Glenda’s roommate in the rehab facility.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:24 amGlen Beck should be treated by an army of psychiatrists and a frontal lobotomy should be the remedy for what ails him.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:25 amOkay, a little humor for this somber morning:
November 6th, 2009 at 10:27 amThe picture above remains me of the Killer Rabbit scene in Monty Python’s Holy Grail!
“… AMAZING drs/nurses. They didn’t even cut off mu feet.”
THAT was a slam.
i’m not sure it was a compliment… especially coming from him.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:28 amtom@21, I’m not a conspricy person, but he also skipped on the ‘912′ protest, didn’t he? And Michelle’s rally could have used his illuminating presence. And as for Limpballs. I don’t think ANY winger wants to be seen with him.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:28 amFrom Zaid’s post;
“If it does turn out that Beck’s “amazing” nurses happen to be members of the SEIU, will he retract the statements he has made condemning the union or will he continue on his McCarthyite tirade?”
I vote ‘continue McCarthyite tirade’. Glenda has neither the decency nor the common sense to shut the frack up, especially when he thinks he’s on a roll with a subject.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:31 amIs he dumb enough to know that unions are a gooood thing for the economy or is he just oppor-tun-istic (a big word, for all you rightwingers who can’t read or understand things) enough to bash unions because we’re in a bad economy and people are scared of losing their jobs, and they’re looking for someone or something to blame?.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:31 amHe spends a lot of time in hospitals and being treated by doctors, doesn’t he?
Is his health that fragile?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:32 amGlen Beck is on the IR but don’t fret there is a long line of right wing nutjobs from Wingnuttia to take his place.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:34 amWouldn’t it be poetic justice if Becks health insurance provider dropped him for pre-existing conditions..
November 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am#3 Skylar! Yes watch Jon Stewart from last nite. The segment on Glenn Beck was brilliant. When he said “socialize your nazism” I lost it! Very funny and spot on!
Beck needs treatment alright!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:38 ammissmolly at 10:12 am
“Not as cool as if they had sewn his lips together.
(Sorry for the nastiness — I don’t really want to see physical harm done to anyone; not even Glenn Beck. But a silent Glenn Beck would be far less annoying, wouldn’t he?)”
I might have to watch Fox, just to see Glen Beck as a MIME. Now THAT would be funny!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:42 amBlech and the usual Rushpub hypocricy…how typical.
It reminds me of a story written years ago (during a union drive effort, at a LARGE Georgia based airline) by a union supporter…about how every single day, we see (and sometimes encounter) proud and dedicated union members…Police, Fire, Nurses, City and State workers, and even some on retail levels.
The day to day bashing by hypocrites like Blech make me sick…Creeps like him and his ilk take advantage of everything good that unions have worked so hard for…and then put a knife in their backs.
Mr. Blech…get well…BUT I REALLY hope you had a LOT of pain.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:43 amBut that very cranio-anal inversion is the secret to his success at reaching millions of damaged wingnuts! I’m quite certain Becky has taken precautions.
Still, it’s a big hospital. Things happen.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:45 amHere’s the link to Jon Stewart’s brilliant spoof on Beck. Not only is Jon spot on with his impersonation, but the chalkboard, oh the chalkboard…
I was laughing so hard that I woke up my son.
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/stewart-spoofs-beck/
You know who else didn’t ask health questions? Hitler.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:45 amWrong quote at the bottom of #35. Sorry was going from memory. The actual quote is: “You know who else didn’t answer medical questions? Hitler”
November 6th, 2009 at 10:46 amwouldn’t it be poetic justice if boo-hoo glenda becky’s insurance company refused to pay for his surgery since having an appendix is a pre-existing condition?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:48 amMost nurses are such admirable people, they probably know he’s trashed them yet they still treat him well.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:52 ammissmolly says:/em>
“(Sorry for the nastiness — I don’t really want to see physical harm done to anyone; not even Glenn Beck.”
Not me, hon. I’d like someone to kick his chubby ass in public someday.
Even casterate him, so that that piece of crap doesn’t keep reproducing.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:55 amUnlike Mr. Beck, his nurses are professionals who would keep their politics to themselves and do their job – to provide compassionate care.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:02 amBeck retract??
Not likely, unless those doctors and nurses replaced his appendix with a conscience.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:15 amWe have several in our circle of friends and family who are medical personnel, and I have to tell you, they have, by nature I think, a very warped sense of humor. (Makes it easier to deal with the situations in which they find themselves.)
Wouldn’t it be great if the people who help Beck – for example, the nurses who insert and remove his catheter – to tell him, preferably BEFORE the procedure, “Oh, and BTW – I belong to the SEIU. Just thought you should know”…
…then just smile.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amToo bad it wasn’t his heart that exploded rather than his appendix.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:33 amHow do you all know it was an appendectomy?
How do you it wasn’t surgery to have his head removed from his …??
November 6th, 2009 at 11:39 am@ 26. I take it back; not a literal “McCarthyite tirade”. I don’t think he’ll do the old ‘Tailgunner Joe’ hokum of standing before the video-cam, waving a piece of paper around, and announcing, portentiously, “I have here the names of 200 SEIU members who are currently surreptitiously serving in hospitals, engaging in union activities on break and during their off-duty hours, while pretending to be caregivers.”
Oh, come to think of it, maybe he will. Pronouncements of conspiracies found is his schtik, isn’t it.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:43 amRepublic of stupidity
Thats easy. Because its still there
November 6th, 2009 at 11:43 amEnnuiDivine says:
Calling Hoffman a libertarian is an insult to libertarians.
You are correct. Hoffman is a Libertarian and not a libertarian. The former is an organized political party while the latter is a philosophy. The Libertarians have grafted an economic theory to the libertarian philosophy espoused by Thoreau and Emerson. This economic theory was pushed by Ayn Rand. However, if you look at Thoreau and Emerson, they say very little about economic theory. Their libertarian philosophy concerned the rights of an individual and the state. They were anti-government but their philosophy was borne out of social issues. Both Thoreau and Emerson dabbled with a communal living for a bit. The Libertarians have hijacked and perverted the true libertarian philosophy.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:44 am@39 Joe Sixpack says: missmolly says: “(Sorry for the nastiness — I don’t really want to see physical harm done to anyone; not even Glenn Beck.” Not me, hon. I’d like someone to kick his chubby ass in public someday. Even casterate him, so that that piece of crap doesn’t keep reproducing. November 6th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Jeebus, Joe, isn’t that a little harsh? Ya gonna implant casters in his butt and wheel him out the door?
(snark) (castrate)
November 6th, 2009 at 11:48 amGlenn Beck has a point about the American healthcare system. They clearly botched his hemmorroid surgery last year. It’s still there, right on top. It’s now bigger than ever. It fills the screen.
Here’s hoping Beck gets to watch Jon Stewart’s parody of him, and he blows his stitches out from laughing his ass off. I laughed so hard I almost passed out.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:51 amIs Glenn Beck Being Treated By SEIU Nurses?
We can only hope so!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:58 amHeh. I think if I were a nurse taking care of poor Glenda, I’d find an excuse to give him an enema – or 6.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pmLast year he claimed to have “butt surgery” and now it’s his appendix. Sounds suspicious. I’d guess his hate is eating him up from the inside.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:12 pm“They didn’t even cut off my feet!”
Not yet, Glenn. Not yet…
**evil laugh**
November 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pmThis whole posting is specious, I don’t recall Beck ever condemning Nurses, only the union thugs that run the SEIU. Nurses, like every other union member, have very little input into what the thugs do. Just pay your dues and shut up, we know how to handle it.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pmAnnie, wierdo’s dig that kind of stuff…….ick.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pmLondra kulesi muhaf?z?
the people that run the SEIU are nurses dummy.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pm54 shut up dumb sht.
You probably don’t find anything “specious” on Tammy Glenn Becker’s paranoid theories and outright lies.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pmLondra kulesi muhaf?z?, the only thing you know about unions seems to be somthing that someone has told you. Why don’t you find out the truth before you just post what you heard?
November 6th, 2009 at 12:39 pmHere’s your chance to get that rat bastard, a little dose of the wrong med and nighty nighty for Beckerhead.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pmYou guys here are amazing. Most of the comments seem to be filled with personal attacks against Glenn. He’s a true patriot in my book because he’s trying to wake up America to the radical direction this country has taken. The liberal, secular, religious hating ethos being promoted in our “separation of Church & state” schools and colleges has yielded a devasting effect on the minds of so many Americans and it shows in the promotion of the homosexual lifestyle, the rejection of relgious values, especially, the 10 commandments, the heinous and gruesome practice of child killing AKA abortion, fetal stem cell research, euthanasia, etc, et. To me, it seems that Glenn is hated is because secular, liberals who do not practice or believe in traditional American values like believing in God and going to Church on Sundays, hard work and reliance on God and not the government, low taxes, and limited government ( with safety nets for those who cannot fend for themselves). Liberals want the government to do everything for them instead of being responsible for your own God-given destiny. And they hate anyone who reminds them that they are not living “right”. We have all been programmed by having the natural law of God inscribed in our hearts to know right from wrong. But many have abused their free will to reject that law as well as the 10 commandments and they rage at anyone who reminds them of their sinfulness. Just remember, in the end, we will all be judged by Almighty God and if you want to live with Him for all eternity in blissful, and eternal happiness, you have to live righteously according to the way He intended and above all, worship Him in the way that He intended. Rejection of God and His Law of Love will result in our eternal separation from Him in an awful place called “Hell”. Do the right thing and seek His Truth, which is manifested fully and revealed in the teachings of Jesus Christ, the 2nd person of the Blessed Trinity. Please stop attacking Glenn and work on your own relationship with God and His Church. Peace!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pmYou didn’t give us a reason. Why should we stop?
November 6th, 2009 at 12:51 pmacard944 says:
You guys here are amazing.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Thank you!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:52 pm64 a moron
In my book, anyone that votes gNOpig and therefore votes against his or her own best self interest is a moron.
And Tammy Glenn Becker has said it so himself – You have to be a moron to take anything I say as gospel.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pmacard944 says:
You guys here are amazing. Most of the comments seem to be filled with personal attacks against Glenn. He’s a true patriot in my book because he’s trying to wake up America to the radical direction this country has taken…..
While I don’t condone personal attacks against anyone, including Beck, I can categorically state he is no patriot. His faux patriotism as well as many other conservatives is a shrill cry because we have a black president. The radical was George Bush and the Republicans who passed the Patriot Act which attempted to abrogate our rights under the US Constitution. All the rest of you post is religious garbage. We are a secular society, not a theocracy. If you prefer a religious life then become a minister or priest, but don’t expect the rest of us to embrace you perversion of Christianity.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pmacard944 doesn’t know much history. America is based on getting away from the theocracy that he craves.
He’s just a redcoat in my mind.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:58 pmWingnut acard944 probably has a stockpile of weapons and is preparing to defend Beck’s “integrity”. If you know this guy or live near him please hound your local authorities until the investigate him.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:01 pmacard944 believes freedom of religion means he can shove his Christofascism down our throats.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:02 pmacard?
Andrew Card?
I’m sorry, but I answer to only one authority, and his name is not Glenn Back. “His” word is heard through not one person, but many person.
Embrace pantheism. That’s how I listen to whatever higher being there may be.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pmacard944:
You know that Glenn Beck’s a Mormon, right? You know … one of those folks that reject the Blessed Trinity as garbage?
Didn’t know that? Well, you’re an effin’ eedjit. You ought to seek out new … and more informative … news sources. Which is why I’m glad you’re here. So STFU and listen and learn something.
Cheers,
November 6th, 2009 at 1:29 pmPurple State says:
Embrace pantheism.
I live for the day when a Wiccan forces a government body to include their religion in a Christmas display or public gathering.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pmHope Beck a quick recovery and return to the Air as he employees at least one person here at TP and 100’s more use him to therapeutically remove tensions pent up by the pressures of the Obama addministration. As you can clearly see the whole world is starting to spin out of control since the great GWB stepped out of the drivers seat……..away we go…..wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
November 6th, 2009 at 1:46 pmShayne says:
Wingnut acard944 probably has a stockpile of weapons and is preparing to defend Beck’s “integrity”. If you know this guy or live near him please hound your local authorities until they [sic] investigate him.
That is just to funny. I have “a stockpile” of weapons and the “local authorities” came to me to purchase THEIR weapons (FFL dealer) and many were the time I thought to myself “my goodness…..this guy/woman is packing in public with the attourity to use the fully loaded killing machine I just gave him/her?) It all seems to work out though……somehow.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:59 pmWould pay to see the looks on his face when the nurse walks into the room with her SEIU Sticker on her uniform!!
November 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pmThat is just to funny. I have “a stockpile” of weapons and the “local authorities” came to me to purchase THEIR weapons (FFL dealer) and many were the time I thought to myself “my goodness…..this guy/woman is packing in public with the attourity to use the fully loaded killing machine I just gave him/her?) It all seems to work out though……somehow.
I see Slappy’s working hard at convincing us he doesn’t live in his mother’s garage.
Sorry, not buying it, Slapster.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:55 pmAs you can clearly see the whole world is starting to spin out of control since the great GWB stepped out of the drivers seat……..away we go…..wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
And comic-book-grade political analysis.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pmacard944 says: To me, it seems that Glenn is hated is because secular, liberals who do not practice or believe in traditional American values like believing in God and going to Church on Sundays, hard work and reliance on God and not the government, low taxes, and limited government ( with safety nets for those who cannot fend for themselves).
Um, you’re not really conservative if you belive in those things – as shown by today’s conservatives. They talk of believing in God, yet revel in bloodshed and “shock and awe” devastation. They talk of hard work, yet look for government handouts, via their lobbyists. They talk of limited government, yet they use it to enrich themselves and their cronies. They don’t even talk about safety nets to help the less fortunate. Their mantra is “I got mine, Jack.”
So if you think you’re a conservative, you’re sadly mistaken, unless you embrace their hypocrisy…
November 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm@60. acard944 says: You guys here are amazing. Most of the comments seem to be filled with personal attacks against Glenn. He’s a true patriot in my book because he’s trying to wake up America to the radical direction this country has taken. The liberal, secular, religious hating ethos being promoted … Please stop attacking Glenn … Peace! November 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Peas on you too, acard944. Would you quit whining now? I’ve been watching people like you, starting with the Birchers in the late 50s, screeching and frothing at the mouth about the decline and fall of our civilization. I wish it would just hurry up and get it over with, so you people would stop yelping and turn to, but no, that isn’t what’s really happening.
What’s really happening, acard, is that the progressives and liberals are trying to improve this society and this nation, create a true environment of liberty and freedom, and you pseudo-conservatives are kicking and screaming every inch of the way. You want a nice lock-step way of life; believing only in what your neighbor believes and vice-versa; rejecting anything that comes out of scientific research, unless it makes money for your employer or doesn’t contradict your sacred superstitions, and on and on. You want everybody to pack their butts into the same pew at the same church every Sunday to listen to the same idiot deliver a homily which is one part common sense to nine parts presumptuous assumption, with a few lies and falsehoods sprinkled on for spice; then you want everybody to engage in a nice round of groupthink, just to make sure there aren’t any dissenters or heretics in the room.
Why don’t you take your ‘one size fits all’ belief system and shove it where the sun don’t shine – right up GlendaBeck’s bum.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pmI think when you described Glenn Beck as “security-conscious”, you meant “paranoid”, didn’t you?
If someone has a problem scaring children, maybe he should be hospitalized. I understand Mr. Beck prefers rubber rooms.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:11 pm