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Beck Delivers Blistering Message To NYC Mayor As City Prepares For Marathon Amid Disaster: Shove It Up Your A**
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Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:13pm by
Liz Klimas
“I’ve hit my breaking point today.”
These are the words of Glenn Beck during his radio show Friday morning as he took a look at all the moving parts of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath and the efforts being made on the East Coast to recover:
- A city-wide marathon with more than 40,000 expected participants is still moving forward for this Sunday.
- Offered help from non-unionized workers is being turned away, while some in other areas are saying disaster relief still hasn’t shown up.
- New York City’s major used the natural disaster to endorse Barack Obama as a president who will about global warming.
- Residents are dumpster diving for food; a gun was pulled at a gas station; and more than 3 million people are still without power.
In the first hour of the Glenn Beck Program, Beck lamented New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to spend his time writing a 1,000-word op-ed in support of Obama because he wants the “president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.” Bloomberg also gave the New York City marathon the green light to move forward with all the coordination efforts needed for the Nov. 4 event, even though his city and neighboring areas are still struggling to put their lives back together.
As Beck points out, not far from the starting line of the marathon on Staten Island, an elderly couple was found dead.
“How about this one, right there are the starting line, police two days ago found the bodies of two boys ages two and four. These two children were swept out of their mother’s arms,” Beck said. “Two days ago. Where they’re now setting up water tables and clocks and they’ll have a starting gun.”
Here’s more (Warning: Some strong language):
Bloomberg announced Wednesday that the marathon would move forward as scheduled, taking place less than a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall. As the course map shows, the race will begin on Staten Island — that means more than 40,000 runners, support staff and spectators will gather on the island — which has the borough’s president James Molinaro outraged. Staten Island Live reported Molinaro saying that he had assumed the marathon would be canceled.
“My God. What we have here is terrible, a disaster,” Molinaro said. “If they want to race, let them race with themselves. This is no time for a parade. A marathon is a parade. Now is the time to put your shoulder to the wheel. If they want to prepare for something, let them prepare for the election, not a marathon.”
Molinaro isn’t the only one expressing discontent that during a vulnerable time for the city, the marathon is still being held. Legendary WFAN radio host Mike Francesa said (via Business Insider) on his show, ”They’re still going door to door in Staten Island trying to find out if there are dead bodies in the houses, and you’re holding a marathon?” Francesa goes on to note that while some in New Jersey are desperate for water, marathon runners will take a sip on the course and then cast cups to the side of the road.
That part of the country is not used to deprivation. They are used to immediacy and they are very vocal when they do not get their way. They knew that the hurricane was coming. They watched what happened during Katrina. They know that it usually takes upwards of two weeks for the supply chain to be up and running. I know that their lives are not ideal at this time and we are all concerned for their welfare and many are praying for them; however, the old New York brashness will harm more than help them in the long run. Neither the people of New Orleans nor Gulf Coast Mississippi behaved in this way during a long duration of suffering. New Yorkers also need to consider the longsuffering citizens of Plaquemines Parish and other Louisiana Parishes that continue to suffer without the relief efforts that are going to be sent their way. With all the wealth of New York, I am surprised that anyone is dumpster diving, although the greed that precipitates great wealth and the attitude of New Yorkers in general certainly justifies the story of some of its citizens dumpster diving for food.
I don’t like this guy, Glenn beck , but he as a point about running the nyc marathon after this hurricane.
Could this hurricane be punishment for all the financial wizardry that has caused such an economic vortex of disaster across this country? Instead of vociferously whining about their current conditions, perhaps they should proactively confront the economic monsters that have devastated our country. I believe their address is Wall Street.
Notice That Wall Street was well protected from Sandy and was partiality up and running on Wednesday.
Hey Gang Bangers – ducks in a row!!!!
Bloomberg is an utter idiot!! The only Marxist policy he has not indorsed yet is forced collectivization…emphasis on the world “yet”. It is no surprise that this would-be Leftist dictator endorsed Barak Obama.
He has finally pulled back from his nearly incomprehendible position of still allowing the marathon, which included diverting essential resources, generators, police support, evicting now homeless familes from hotels to make room for runners, clogging roads and bridges, and etc. This Leftist POS is nuts!!! Who voted for him anyways? I guess they are getting what they deserve now.
Beck = Laughable