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Did Glenn run the Boston Marathon?

May 08, 2009
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The Glenn Beck Program

GLENN: Now, here's a big oxymoron. Now let's go to Happy in California.

CALLER: Oh, yeah.

GLENN: What's happening, Happy?

CALLER: Hey. Well, you asked me to call back in because I and Flat Glenn ran the Boston marathon on April the 20th and you asked for a followup and pictures, et cetera.

GLENN: Okay. April 20th.

CALLER: Yeah.

GLENN: Have you checked the calendar?

GLENN: No, I ran it. I finished it. We ran for

GLENN: Have you been running since April 20th?

CALLER: Yeah, we ran for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. We finished. I've got pictures of Flat Glenn with a medal. I want to send it to you.

GLENN: Okay.

CALLER: And video of the excursion is at http://run.flatglenn.com/.

GLENN: Okay. Now, for anybody who doesn't know what Flat Glenn is, I don't even really know how Flat Glenn started, but I just realized somebody with the name of Happy probably does. How did Flat Glenn start, Happy?

CALLER: Actually I honestly don't know, either. I just love him like I love you.

GLENN: So Flat Glenn is one of the Insiders is an artist and he made this is it on wood or fiberboard?

CALLER: Kind of a pressed board, yes.

GLENN: So he made this Flat Glenn caricature and then made it on the pressed board and now it has traveled the world like I don't know how many times over and people take pictures. The Insiders, they will say, hey, I'm going to the Great Wall; send Flat Glenn. And so then there's this picture of Flat Glenn standing there. It's really, I don't understand it but it's kind of actually kind of cool. But I would just

CALLER: The big problem on marathon day was that there were over 200 Duncan doughnut shops that I had to get Flat Glenn to run past.

STU: (Laughing).

CALLER: Plus all of the progressive bookstores on all those campuses, oh, my God, it was really tough.

GLENN: Was he shouting, Woodrow Wilson sucks! Listen, Happy, do one thing for me. When you say "We ran the marathon,"

CALLER: Yeah.

GLENN: Would you just at least recognize for yourself that Flat Glenn isn't a real person?

CALLER: I might be able to do that but, you know, it was for a good cause. I mean, it was to try to find a could you for cancer and

GLENN: Did you find one?

CALLER: Well, not yet but, you know, the best day or the worst day of running a marathon is better than the best day of chemo.

GLENN: Have you had cancer before?

CALLER: No, I haven't, but that's the only reason that I do, that I run marathons is to raise money. Raise money

GLENN: For cancer or everything?

CALLER: For research.

GLENN: For cancer research?

CALLER: You bet.

GLENN: Do you know somebody who had cancer?

STU: Can't he just care about people?

GLENN: Yes, he can care about people! But he's like, "I run all the time with a piece of wood strapped to my back."

CALLER: No, no.

GLENN: I've got to do it for cancer! I mean, I'm just looking for some I mean, you can care about cancer because you're, you know, whatever.

CALLER: No, I met an 8 year old girl who had been fighting cancer since she was 2 1/2 and that was my initial reason for starting to run and to run for a cure and that was five years ago, and I've done 11 marathons and raised thousands of dollars.

GLENN: See, that's a good reason. Now, the bad side of Glenn, Flat Glenn would say, "So wait a minute, all I heard was you met an 8 year old girl and then you started to run." That's I mean, and I think those things should be thought about before you came on air. Happy, thanks so much and congratulations and send us the pictures, will you? That's Happy in California, and I'm Sad in New York. Back in a second.

Americans are fighting back, DEFYING 'tyrannical' government orders during COVID-19 shutdown

Time after time, Americans have taken to the streets to defend our constitutional rights, whether it was our livelihood at stake -- or our lives. But, what was the point of all the civil rights movements that came before, if we're about to let the government take our rights away now?

On his Wednesday night special, Glenn Beck argued that Americans are tired of having our rights trampled by "tyrannical" leaders from state and local governments who are ignoring our unalienable rights during this pandemic.

"Our nanny state has gone too far. The men and women in office -- the ones closest to our communities, our towns, our cities -- are now taking advantage of our fear," Glenn said. "Like our brothers and sisters of the past, we need to start making the decisions that will put our destiny, and our children's destiny, back into our hands."

It took less than two months of the coronavirus tyranny to make America unrecognizable, but some Americans are fighting back, risking losing their jobs and businesses or even jail time, as they battle to take back our civil rights.

Here are just a few of their stories:

After New Jersey's Atilis Gym reopened in defiance of the governor's executive order, the Department of Health shut them down for "posing a threat to the public health." Co-owner Ian Smith says somebody sabotaged the gym's toilets with enire rolls of paper to create the public health "threat."

Oregon Salon owner, Lindsey Graham, was fined $14 thousand for reopening. She said she was visited by numerous government organizations, including Child Protective Services, in what she believes are bullying tactics straight from the governor's office.

77-year-old Michigan barber, Karl Manke, refused to close his shop even when facing arrest. "I couldn't go another 30 days without an income," he said. But when local police refused to arrest him, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) office suspending his business license instead.

Port of Seattle police officer Greg Anderson was suspended after he spoke out against enforcing what he called "tyrannical orders" imposed amid coronavirus lockdowns.

Kentucky mother-of-seven, Mary Sabbatino, found herself under investigation for alleged child abuse after breaking social distancing rules at a bank. After a social worker from child protective services determined there was no sign of abuse, he still sought to investigate why the Sabbatino's are homeschooling, and how they can give "adequate attention to that many children."

Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was sentenced to seven days in jail after she defied the state-mandated stay-at-home orders to reopen her business.

Watch the video clip from Glenn's special below:


Watch the full special on BlazeTV YouTube here.

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WATCH: Glenn Beck Special: Battling COVID-19 tyrants is the NEW civil rights movement

It took less than two months of the coronavirus tyranny to make America unrecognizable. Leaders from state and local governments across the U.S. have flattened the curve of some of our most basic constitutional rights, but some Americans are fighting back — and risking jail time or losing their businesses.

On Wednesday night's GBTV special, Glenn Beck argued that we're witnessing the birth of a new civil rights movement — and it's time to build a coalition of common sense to keep America as we know it free.

Watch the full special below:

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BOMBSHELL: Here's what newly released audiotapes expose about Biden-Ukraine quid pro quo

On the radio program Thursday, Glenn Beck sat down with chief researcher Jason Buttrill to go over two bombshell developments that have recently come to light regarding former Vice President Joe Biden's role in the 2016 dismissal of Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.

"Wow! Two huge stories dropped within about 24 hours of each other," Jason began. He went on to explain that a court ruling in Ukraine has just prompted an "actual criminal investigation against Joe Biden in Ukraine."

This stunning development coincided with the release of leaked phone conversations, which took place in late 2015 and early 2016, allegedly among then-Vice President Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Ukraine's former President Petro Poroshenko.

One of the audiotapes seems to confirm allegations of a quid pro quo between Biden and Poroshenko, with the later admitting that he asked Shokin to resign despite having no evidence of him "doing anything wrong" in exchange for a $1 billion loan guarantee.

"Poroshenko said, 'despite the fact that we didn't have any corruption charges on [Shokin], and we don't have any information about him doing something wrong, I asked him to resign,'" Jason explained. "But none of the Western media is pointing this out."

Watch the video below for more details:


Listen to the released audiotapes in full here.

Use code GLENN to save $10 on one year of BlazeTV.

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To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multiplatform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.

TIMELINE: What Susan Rice's declassified email reveals about Trump's 'Obamagate' claims

A recently declassified email, written by former National Security Adviser Susan Rice and sent herself on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration, reveals the players involved in the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and "unmasking" of then-incoming National Security Adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn.

Rice's email details a meeting in the Oval Office on Jan 5, 2017, which included herself, former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, former Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama. Acting Director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell, fully declassified the email recently amid President Trump's repeated references to "Obamagate" and claims that Obama "used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration."

On Glenn Beck's Wednesday night special, Glenn broke down the details of Rice's email and discussed what they reveal about the Obama administration officials involved in the Russia investigation's origins.

Watch the video clip below: