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Nine Twelve

As Glenn Beck's pasty white zombies descend on Washington for the 9/12 Rally, I can't help but the recall these words:

You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims’ families. It took me about a year. Um, and I had such compassion for them and I really, you know, I wanted to help them, and I was behind — let’s give them money, let’s get them started, and all of this stuff. And I really didn’t — all the 3,000 victims’ families, I don’t hate all of them, I hate about, probably about ten of them. But when I see 9/11 victim family, you know, on television, or whatever, I’m just like, ‘Oh, shut up.’ I’m so sick of them. Because they’re always complaining. And we did our best for them. And again, it’s only about ten.

—Glenn Beck, 9/9/05

UPDATE: Sargent is reporting that officials are expecting two million to show up. Two million?! I hope they don't trample too much of the socialized land they'll be using.

The aide, Doug Thornell, warned in the memo that the dust-up over Joe “you lie” Wilson has been invigorating conservatives. “It looks like Saturday’s event is going to be a huge gathering, estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to 2 million people,” Thornell wrote in the memo, which was forwarded by a source.

They're invigorated by Joe Wilson. Nice. By the way, cable news -- as predicted -- is still talking about it.