High-res Asked what is behind the boycott: “Actually, it’s an act of desperation. You know, I feel like our elected officials, our civic leaders, they’ve just betrayed us. When I stood there after the landmark vote, and I’m looking over to my right side and I see this older couple, crying and weeping as they’re clutching a picture of their firefighter son. And I look to my left and I see the owners of the Cordoba center (renamed Park 51) laughing, giving high fives. Having a grand old time. I felt like this was, this was, 9/11 all over again. This is the second wave” - Andy Sullivan, creator of ‘The Hard Hat Pledge’ boycott  Wow! This obviously prewritten statement, emphasizing the grief-stricken parents of a firefighter who died on 9/11 was supposed to make me feel some kind of sympathy for the cause these boycott guys are fighting for. But calling it “9/11 all over again?” Calling it the “second wave?” Whoa, dude, I don’t mention this much but I worked at the WTC, I worked at NYMEX for 15 years. I was on my way to work that morning and was very lucky that I didn’t wind up in the middle of it. I lost friends… Geez man, a community center a couple of blocks away = “9/11 all over again??” I think I might have to start looking away from this story. I am starting to get really, really angry.

Asked what is behind the boycott:

“Actually, it’s an act of desperation. You know, I feel like our elected officials, our civic leaders, they’ve just betrayed us. When I stood there after the landmark vote, and I’m looking over to my right side and I see this older couple, crying and weeping as they’re clutching a picture of their firefighter son. And I look to my left and I see the owners of the Cordoba center (renamed Park 51) laughing, giving high fives. Having a grand old time. I felt like this was, this was, 9/11 all over again. This is the second wave” - Andy Sullivan, creator of ‘The Hard Hat Pledge’ boycott 

Wow! This obviously prewritten statement, emphasizing the grief-stricken parents of a firefighter who died on 9/11 was supposed to make me feel some kind of sympathy for the cause these boycott guys are fighting for. But calling it “9/11 all over again?” Calling it the “second wave?” Whoa, dude, I don’t mention this much but I worked at the WTC, I worked at NYMEX for 15 years. I was on my way to work that morning and was very lucky that I didn’t wind up in the middle of it. I lost friends… Geez man, a community center a couple of blocks away = “9/11 all over again??” I think I might have to start looking away from this story. I am starting to get really, really angry.

Weight Watchers, George Foreman Cooking & Sylvan Learning Pull Ads From Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck’s significant sponsor loss is visible.  In the U.K., his show has not had any advertisements for the past nine days.  In the United States, his show already has few advertisers.  Many of these that appear are either unpaid public service announcements or are cheaper ads that would ordinarily run during off-peak hours.  Presumably, Fox is placing these ads during Beck’s show in order to fill the gap.  Accordingly, new advertisers are occasionally rotated into his show.  When this happens, we immediately urge them to stop sponsoring Glenn Beck’s indecency.

Today, we are announcing three additional sponsors that have pulled their advertisements from Glenn Beck’s show: Weight Watchers, George Foreman Cooking and Sylvan Learning.

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