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November 3, 2009

Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck The Onion might have gone a little too far with this one. Then again, maybe they didn't. There is no way to tell. Mysteries are all around us.

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Meh. The Onion is less funny when it's political.
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The traffic cone's column is probably the single most hilariously sad thing ever written.

Posted by: Warden El Fuego profile link at 11/03/09 10:52 AM  | Reply
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"I only regret that I am not Glenn Beck." - Nathan Hale, 1776

Posted by: Walrus Parade profile link at 11/03/09 10:57 AM  | Reply
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"I heard screaming, and at first I thought it was an impression of Glenn Beck talking normally..."
Lots Of Love, Onion!

However, that's still in pretty bad taste. Watch Beck talk about it on his show and say how it exemplifies the liberal media, not knowing that The Onion is satirical.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 11/03/09 10:57 AM  | Reply
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Call me when this gets a "too soon?" tag.

Posted by: whoa! profile link at 11/03/09 11:01 AM  | Reply
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As long as this isn't about Jeff Beck...or just Beck. Who am I kidding, Beck will never die.

Posted by: This is not a pipe. profile link at 11/03/09 11:04 AM  | Reply
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Beck won't die, he will reach the usefulness limit associated with his mortal form and leave for the grand adventure of a scientologists eternity.

Posted by: DS3M profile link  in reply to  This is not a pipe.'s comment at 11/03/09 11:15 AM  | Reply
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I'm sorry DS3M, but i'm an antibeckscientologist, therefore i don't believe that beck is a scientologist. i just can't....

Posted by: This is not a pipe. profile link  in reply to  DS3M's comment at 11/03/09 12:07 PM  | Reply
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No, they'll just stick his preserved head on a robot body, of course. And then he'll compose the rhyming becktionary.

Posted by: sophia profile link  in reply to  This is not a pipe.'s comment at 11/03/09 11:42 AM  | Reply
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TheOnion did not go to far in this one. Down vote away. It wont make me any less wrong.

Posted by: JackNance'sGhost profile link at 11/03/09 11:07 AM  | Reply
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Where is far? And what is TheOnion? Come, salesman, share with me your secrets,

Posted by: Warden El Fuego profile link  in reply to  JackNance'sGhost's comment at 11/03/09 11:11 AM  | Reply
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Political? Doesn't everyone hate Glen Beck. Can't we all agree on that?

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link at 11/03/09 11:14 AM  | Reply
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It is over the top, but it is also very funny. I like my Onion with a side of balls.

Posted by: Funtastik profile link at 11/03/09 11:14 AM  | Reply
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Is there a Button I can push where I get jaundice and Glenn Beck dies? Cuz I'll be a yellow bastard for the greater good. And jaundice clears up, right?

Posted by: DS3M profile link at 11/03/09 11:14 AM  | Reply
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My friend had jaundice about 4 years back and she's still pretty yellow, but it just looks like a constant healthy tan. I'm not saying that it would work out that way for you, but I am saying it didn't not work out that way.
Maybe we can just cause Glenn Beck to become a paralysed mute, because while it would be horrible for his family and those who love him (who? No idea) for him to die, it would be nice if he stopped saying such terrible, racist, inflammatory, ridiculous and dangerous things.

Posted by: goddamn. profile link  in reply to  DS3M's comment at 11/03/09 11:38 AM  | Reply
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Have you seen my Brown Terrorist (MexicanItalian) Skin? I could do for some yellowing, would help my public relations campaign with the frightened people sitting near me ON ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ALWAYS SINCE 9/11 sorry had to get that out

Posted by: DS3M profile link  in reply to  goddamn.'s comment at 11/03/09 11:45 AM  | Reply
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My sister got jaundice and it went away after about 5 months.


Take the risk.

Posted by: jawbone profile link  in reply to  DS3M's comment at 11/03/09 11:45 AM  | Reply
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I'm doing it.... Where's half face man to offer me the 2009 version of sophie's choice (My Jaundice-lessness or Glen Beck)...

Posted by: DS3M profile link  in reply to  jawbone's comment at 11/03/09 11:51 AM  | Reply
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It's not so much that Glenn Beck is bad for America but that the America that doesn't think Glenn Beck is bad for America is bad for America. And we don't want a large portion of America to die in a wreck so...yuck?

Posted by: Spice Weasel profile link at 11/03/09 11:19 AM  | Reply
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Exactly. In a perfect world, Glen Beck would be alive and well, but everyone would see him for what he is ... a constant source of comedy gold.

Posted by: Walter Kovacs profile link  in reply to  Spice Weasel's comment at 11/03/09 11:51 AM  | Reply
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Too far. But full-bodied Reebok sneakers could be a huge seller.

Posted by: One Armed Boxer profile link at 11/03/09 11:25 AM  | Reply
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The Onion is on to something here; maybe, in order to save all of our lives, Glenn Beck will have to die in a Fiery Crash.

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 11/03/09 11:35 AM  | Reply
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Or perhaps he must first try to hang himself, fail, and then be strangled by Benjamin Linus.

Posted by: stupidlisagarbageface profile link  in reply to  Deezey's comment at 11/03/09 12:27 PM  | Reply
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YES. "My Job Is Largely Thankless" or something like that, right? I can't find it in the Onion archives but it is one of their best editorials, right up there with this Point/Counterpoint:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34168

Posted by: YoEleven profile link at 11/03/09 11:41 AM  | Reply
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Um, this was in reply to Warden El Fuego's first comment up top, yet it was not published as such. The "reply" box was checked, I swear.

Sigh. My first comment here and already I've made a fool of myself.

Posted by: YoEleven profile link  in reply to  YoEleven's comment at 11/03/09 11:43 AM  | Reply
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WELCOME

Posted by: K profile link  in reply to  YoEleven's comment at 11/03/09 12:36 PM  | Reply
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Now that you've gotten that out of the way, let the Zinglympics begin!

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link  in reply to  YoEleven's comment at 11/03/09 12:46 PM  | Reply
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Can "Fat Dumb Mormon Fuck-Face" be the new Glenn Beck tag

Posted by: ArchieBunkerIII profile link at 11/03/09 12:53 PM  | Reply
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I prefer "fucknugget," thank you.

Posted by: lemonne profile link  in reply to  ArchieBunkerIII's comment at 11/03/09 2:01 PM  | Reply
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I may be stating the obvious, but they're making fun of all the Beck-hate, right? In other words, they're on Beck's side, and parodying all the people who they feel are going too far? So that going too far is kind of the point?

Posted by: Lakonislate profile link at 11/03/09 1:02 PM  | Reply
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You win! I was wondering when someone would figure that out or at least speak up about it.

Posted by: Godsauce profile link  in reply to  Lakonislate's comment at 11/03/09 1:19 PM  | Reply
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I think you've overanalyzed it, honestly.

Posted by: ModestAlfred profile link  in reply to  Lakonislate's comment at 11/03/09 1:50 PM  | Reply
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I think you've overanalyzed it, honestly.

Posted by: ModestAlfred profile link  in reply to  Lakonislate's comment at 11/03/09 1:50 PM  | Reply
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Sincerely, I think you've overanalyzed it.

Posted by: ModestAlfred profile link  in reply to  Lakonislate's comment at 11/03/09 1:51 PM  | Reply
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No one wins as long as Glenn Beck lives (huh?). "JK."

Posted by: K profile link at 11/03/09 1:27 PM  | Reply
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This was meant to be in rely to a Mr. Godsauce, FYI.

Posted by: K profile link  in reply to  K's comment at 11/03/09 1:31 PM  | Reply
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I caught this last night, and while my first thought was "Yikes, too far guys..."


My second thought was "LOLz."

Posted by: ThatSpencerGuy profile link at 11/03/09 8:29 PM  | Reply
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I don't normally like jokes about peoples' deaths, but this is Glenn Beck we're talking about.

Posted by: bthny profile link at 11/03/09 11:50 PM  | Reply
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I posted this story on my Facebook page and quickly discovered how many of my friends are fans of Glenn Beck. And Mormon. And douchebags. Their whiny comments about how the story was "sick" and "not funny at all" made it even funnier for me.

Posted by: Merkinsocks profile link at 11/05/09 2:30 PM  | Reply
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