Originally Posted By hopemax I was just reading the Seattle Times, because I like to keep up on the news from back home. Saw an article about Mt. Vernon's mayor planning on giving the keys to the city to Glenn Beck...I felt annoyed that someone like him had ties to areas I love...and then I kept reading. He graduated from my High School! I feel so dirty. My education might not have been as good as I thought it was. We probably had some of the same teachers. Several long time teachers retired the year I graduated, they would have been there long enough to have had them...Ugh, I hope Mr. Pierce wasn't there (Civics)then.
Originally Posted By ecdc It's not your fault that he went to your high school. Hey, Roseanne Barr went to my dad's high school. Obviously here in Utah there's plenty o' Glenn Beck, crazy person, fans, since he's a Mormon. But there's also plenty of people who absolutely hate that connection. Several of my good Mormon friends just cringe and wince when someone talks about him being LDS. They're terribly embarrassed by it.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Everyone has skeletons in their closet. My mom was just over and I had to listen about how they canceled their AARP membership because the CEO is in Obama's pocket, blah blah blah...
Originally Posted By barboy Tupoc Shakur and Grace Slick + Jefferson Starship/Jefferson Airplane attended my high school. Jefferson Starship gave a free concert to the student body but I missed it. And I believe Journey and Heuey Lewis and the News members went to my school too. And hopemax, I doubt Beck is the same guy from high school. Rarely do 45 year olds carry the same beliefs as when they were 15-18. You and Beck might have had great teachers backed up by a stellar curriculum in those days; I'd bet that high strung Beck went off the deep end well past high school.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I'd bet that high strung Beck went off the deep end well past high school.<< I'm guessing it's about the time he realized he could become a millionaire taking advantage of the gullible with phony outrage. Most high school students aren't that cynical yet.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I grew up a few minutes from Mt. Vernon and personally I think that the Mayor should be apologizing for Glenn Beck instead of honoring him. So, on his behalf and without his permission, I am sorry World that my wonderful state foisted such a disgusting example of a man on you.
Originally Posted By Mr X <--stocks up on garlic and crosses, for fear of the tainted, evil powers of hopemax, crazy person.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Can I get some of those crosses and garlic to use against my parents who have been possessed by the evil spirit of Beck or as we prefer to refer to him, "He Who Shall Not Be Named"?
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I'll pick some more garlic up on Saturday at our Farmer's Market... but for now I can't spare any.
Originally Posted By hopemax The thing that makes this kind of funny, is that while there are definitely large pockets of conservatives in that part of Western WA, in the rural farming areas and such... my high school is in an area that is pretty much the traditional granola loving, Birkenstock wearing, tree-huggers who want save the spotted owl and whales. Maybe he is just rebelling...
Originally Posted By velo Barboy - did you go to Tam? I went to Drake! (looks like at roughly the same time...)
