# The Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin 9-11 celebration **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124 "2010-09-09T01:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/1 "2010-09-09T01:08:56Z")
[Really.](http://www.adn.com/2010/09/08/1444915/palin-to-join-beck-at-911-event.html) I really like this line from the article: > [@](#): > > Despite the cost, all but 1,000 of 4,500 tickets had been sold by late Wednesday morning, said Therin Ferrin, with a private contractor that operates the city’s convention centers. > > “We are anticipating a sell out,” Ferrin said. I believe that would be the Palin half of the equation, Therin. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/2 "2010-09-09T02:09:21Z")
Cel-e-brate good times, come on! [/Kool And The Gang] ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/3 "2010-09-09T03:00:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Crowd magnets Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are teaming up again, this time on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Jeez, get a room, you two. Er, just not the Oval Office. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/4 "2010-09-10T04:07:38Z")
They will try to make money off of anything. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/5 "2010-09-10T04:29:46Z")
Oh, I thought we were talking about the 8/28 rally–which had [del]millions[/del] [del]500,000[/del] 87,000 participants. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/6 "2010-09-11T09:36:26Z")
I would’nt give either of them a wooden nickel! ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/7 "2010-09-11T14:18:58Z")
And the lesson we learn today is that neither Glenn Beck nor Sarah Palin think there’s anything wrong with making a paycheck off of the deaths of 2977 American deaths. From the article: “Tickets range from $73.75 to a high of $225.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/8 "2010-09-11T15:03:15Z")
I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/9 "2010-09-11T17:24:18Z")
If Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin were to go down on each other, it would mean ten blessed minutes in which the rest of us wouldn’t have to listen to them… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/10 "2010-09-11T17:27:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > If Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin were to go down on each other, it would mean ten blessed minutes in which the rest of us wouldn’t have to listen to them… I’d pay somewhere between $73.75 and $225 to see that. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/11 "2010-09-11T21:45:19Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > > > If Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin were to go down on each other, it would mean ten blessed minutes in which the rest of us wouldn’t have to listen to them… > > I’d pay somewhere between $73.75 and $225 to see that. Not me. My gag reflex has a low threshold. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/12 "2010-09-11T22:49:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” Tax write off then. How noble. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/13 "2010-09-11T23:33:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” The ONLY reason he would be doing that is to avoid a lot of shit about having this shindig on 9/11. According to the person who set this up, the 11th was purely coincidental (:rolleyes:), because an earlier date wouldn’t work. I suspect Palin stuck her tits in the works because she saw an opportunity to appear on 9/11 and pretend to be caring about anybody but herself. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/14 "2010-09-12T00:06:07Z")
Beck got trapped by his own stupidity. Palin is working on building a following. That translates into even more money down the road. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/15 "2010-09-12T00:14:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” His speaking fee. I am sure he gets a piece of every ticket sold though. Her to. They are ghouls. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/16 "2010-09-12T00:22:48Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” > > Tax write off then. How noble. What does this mean? It sounds like you don’t understand what a tax write-off is, but perhaps I am misunderstanding you. If someone donates money to a non-profit organization, it’s generally true they can deduct that money from their gross income. They are thus not taxed on the income… but of course, they don’t keep the income, so that seems fair. Choosing to keep the income would always result in more money, though. Even if we imagine a giant, 80% tax rate, a guy who earns $1000 and keeps it pays 80% tax and keeps 20%, or $200. If he donates his $1000, then he keeps nothing. Zero. So it certainly does seem “more noble” to donate a fee to a worthy nonprofit, since it results in keeping no money at all. Earning and keeping the money, with no tax “write off” would put money in his pocket; donating it does not. So I don’t really understand your point at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/17 "2010-09-12T00:23:59Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I’m not sure about Sarah Palin, but Glenn Beck is donating his fee to the “Special Operations Warrior Foundation.” > > His speaking fee. I am sure he gets a piece of every ticket sold though. Her to. They are ghouls. No, he doesn’t. Where did you get this idea? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/18 "2010-09-12T03:54:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > > [@Quimby](#): > > > > His speaking fee. I am sure he gets a piece of every ticket sold though. Her to. They are ghouls. > > No, he doesn’t. Where did you get this idea? It’s pretty standard for any entertainer to get a piece of the take at the door. I admit I am speculating. Even if I am wrong, money is fungible so the fact that he is donating it doesn’t make the fact that he is profiting off 3000 deaths any less ghoulish. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/19 "2010-09-12T22:40:29Z")
A quote from Palin at the event: > [@](#): > > “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for not just welcoming me in my hometown but for being who you are, true patriots holding on to time-tested truths. Knowing some basic principles that again the rest of America I think can learn from so many Alaskans who believe this – those time-tested truths that are based on the government that governs least governs best,” Palin said. True frontier gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124/20 "2010-09-12T22:45:35Z")
Yeah, but it’s time-tested frontier gibberish. “revreh!” [/_Blazing Saddles_ reference] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-9-11-celebration/553124.md?page=2)