Greetings, you're listening to Podcast No. 166 of Blast the Right.

I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.

Today, an examination of a phenomenon that's recently come out into the open, the right

wing's worship and hard-line defense of the ultra-wealthy.

You'll hear the who, why, when, where, and why.

I have some exclusive stats for you that may well blow your mind.

The picture ain't pretty, but let's get right into it.

Your sources today include mediamatters.org, the New York Times, the website of the Gallup

Polling Organization, Quinnipiac.edu, Politico.com, USAToday.com, and the website of the City

of New York.

Here's a little vignette someone wrote into a newspaper.

It seems that some New York City travelers were having difficulties in Florida with weather,

airline connections, you name it.

Quote, we waited outside for the hotel van and the howling wind, wearing light clothing

suitable for Key West.

Other stranded passengers joined us, each enveloped in self-pity.

We were all ranting to each other and to anyone who would listen on our cell phones, loudly

cursing the airline that had sent only two agents to reschedule hundreds of stranded passengers

lining the concourse.

As our van circled the icy roads of the airport, a pleasant looking woman wearing a mother's

without borders sweatshirt spoke.

If you want to see long lines, you should see the ones in Haiti.

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