Guest translator not properly vetted, plays trick on Nazi Ass
It happened about seven and a half hours ago,
and all day long I couldn't wait to get home
and read about it in someone else's blog. But
I can't find mention of it anywhere; apparently
Glenn Beck's show is even more insignificant
than it would seem. And aside from the audio link
(for paying folks only), there's no record of
it on Glenn's website (I wonder how long it took them
to edit the audio). But it did happen -
I heard it!
Okay, so I'm at work, listening to hate radio
(the only political talk this small Texas town airs
- no Air America, Stephanie Miller, or Ed Schultz
to be found) -- you know, for comic relief
-- when find the Glenn Beck Show. If you
don't know much about Beck, just know he's a
mediocre Limbaugh clone; in fact, on one of the
local stations his show airs immediately prior
to Rump Leakage's program. I'm digressing...
Anyway, in response to a Latin music adaptation
of The Star Spangled Banner, and during a rant
about immigration reform, Glenn decided to have
one of his callers - some guy calling himself Ramón
- translate his sentiments for those would-be
illegal immigrants too stupid to understand English.
Beck launched into some lame Archie Bunker thing
about the borders, pausing every few words
for Ramón's translation. My Spanish
ear kicked in, as it usually does, and for a moment I wondered
if I'd understand Ramón's words at all
(some dialects throw me off). Well, I did understand him,
and immediately it was clear to me this guy wasn't
about to correctly translate Glenn's words.
"Ah, Glenn's treating us to another 'comedy' routine,"
I first thought.
"How lame is this one going to be?"
But no! This was no comedy routine. Not intentionally, anyway.
One of Ramón's first translations was,
"Glenn wants us to drink our own urine" ("Glenn quiere que nos
beben el orine"*). Ramón mentioned
Glenn sitting in his big, comfortable chair, drinking Corona beer,
and getting fat on tortillas. Toward the
end of Beck's diatribe, Ramón recommended his Latino friends
send the radio host lots of cheeseburgers and
ice cream, to shut Beck up.
Imagine...
"Because it is illegal for you to enter our country..."
"Because Glenn wants to continue sitting in his
big, nice chair..."
"And this country of ours is a nation of laws..."
"And he wants to get fat on Corona beer and cheeseburgers..."
It was sublime.
Yes, all the while a little voice in my head was
saying "this is really unhinged satire," but that line about
drinking one's own urine was just too much for
any conservative's radio show. Mike Malloy or Randi
Rhodes - cutting edge. Glenn Beck - a dull
spoon.
As I said before, I was at work, and had nothing
on which to write any of this down.
But I knew I was witnessing a Greg from Orlando
moment. In Spanish.
Thank you, Ramón!
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