Glenn Beck going blind?

[jballscalls]

heard about this yesterday and it sounds like a terrible ordeal he's having to go through. Beck is suffering from a rare eye disease called macular dystrophy that could lead to him going blind in a year.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/EyeHealth/macular-dystrophy-glenn-beck-blind/story?id=11207522

[prospector]

beck was laughing at the report yesterday..never believe abc

[Robert Goren]

While I disagree with Beck's politics, I am very sorry to hear this.

[GameTheory]

He may have been laughing, but it appears to be true. It is on his own site.

[WinterTriangle]

While I disagree with Beck's politics, I am very sorry to hear this.

I'm sorry to hear it, too. I would not wish that on anybody.


I wonder if Rush will make some snide comment about Beck's disease---- you know, when and if his blindness progrsses, he can say Beck is exaggerating----like he did when Michael J. Fox was battling Parkinson's Disease. :rolleyes:

[PaceAdvantage]

So Rush is going deaf and now Beck might go blind. Something tells me a reply here from 46zilzal isn't far behind...

[Hanover1]

Someone is sure to comment that it must be his Zen that brought this on...however they would be ducking more important issues here :rolleyes:

[sandpit]

So Rush is going deaf and now Beck might go blind. Something tells me a reply here from 46zilzal isn't far behind...

Something like comparing him to that duo in Stephen King's The Stand, where one was a mute and the other guy was retarded. M-O-O-N, that spells Beck.

[JustRalph]

I'm sorry to hear it, too. I would not wish that on anybody.


I wonder if Rush will make some snide comment about Beck's disease---- you know, when and if his blindness progrsses, he can say Beck is exaggerating----like he did when Michael J. Fox was battling Parkinson's Disease. :rolleyes:

Rush said that MJ Fox deliberately didn't take his meds to exaggerate the effect of his disease (affect, effect? Hell I don't know) for the camera's

I believe it was later borne out to be somewhat true. Fox later admitted that he had taken too much medication and screwed up his dosing, and that it did make him look worse. it exaggerated his symptoms.

Rush never made fun of MJFox. He accused him of acting in a way to sway political favor for the Stem cell issue. He called him on playing politics with his affliction. Much of what was reported in the media was flat out wrong.

Btw, if you want to read about the whole thing, go over to Rush Limbaugh's website. He has it all encapsulated for reading, including transcripts

[jballscalls]

So Rush is going deaf and now Beck might go blind. Something tells me a reply here from 46zilzal isn't far behind...

i wonder if the headphone thing effects radio folks. I remember Howard saying that he has always worried about his hearing and noticed it petering a little bit in recent years and he thought having to wear headphones for so long might be part of the reason why.

[46zilzal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400691.html.

Now people are telling me they have seen Michael J. Fox in interviews and he does appear the same way in the interviews as he does in this commercial," Limbaugh said, according to a transcript on his Web site. "All right then, I stand corrected. . . . So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act."

Then Limbaugh pivoted to a different critique: "Michael J. Fox is allowing his illness to be exploited and in the process is shilling for a Democratic politician."

Limbaugh's shock at Fox's appearance is a measure of the disease's devastation, advocates say. Contrary to the charge that Fox might not take his medicine to enhance his symptoms, the medicine produces some of the uncontrolled body movements.

"It's a shameless statement," John Rogers said yesterday. Rogers, Fox's political adviser, who also serves on the board of the Parkinson's Action Network, added: "It's insulting. It's appallingly sad, at best."

"Anyone who knows the disease well would regard his movement as classic severe Parkinson's disease," said Elaine Richman, a neuroscientist in Baltimore who co-wrote "Parkinson's Disease and the Family." "Any other interpretation is misinformed."

[bigmack]

"It's a shameless statement," John Rogers said yesterday. Rogers, Fox's political adviser, who also serves on the board of the Parkinson's Action Network, added: "It's insulting. It's appallingly sad, at best."
Just to set the record straight, you, who've encouraged the ill-will of others and celebrated in their deaths or potential deaths are chastising someone for making herky-jerky gestures?

Say it with me: I'll have a standard. Make it a double.

[Robert Goren]

He can always become govenor of NY. :rolleyes:





Sorry, I held off for 2 days, but couldn't keep it in any longer.