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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2008/09/24) Let's redefine

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2008

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Act 1: Republican enjoys paying for healthcare - The Onion Act 2: McCain on the economy - YouTube Act 3: Bill Shear on Phil Graham - The Young Turks Act 4: A cure for real estate Amnesia - The Unger Report (NPR) Act 5: Speculators drive up the price - Limbaugh lie of the day Act 6: The GOP on economics - The Young Turks Act 7: Bush's Million's - The Onion Act 8: The failure of privitization - Thom Hartmann Act 9: CNN on the new tax plans - CounterSpin Act 10: Economic generic-off - The Daily Show Act 11: Greenspan on the meltdown - The Young Turks Music: Money Song - Monty Python Pull the String - Jonathan Coulton Movin On Up - Ja'Net Dubois Run's House - Run D.M.C. Big Time - Peter Gabriel Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys If you've got trouble - The Beatles What went wrong? - Blink 182 But it's alright - Huey Lewis And The News Up nights - Amsterband Produced by: Brian Adkins & Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at HippieSympathizer@gmail.com Leave us comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes. Digg us at www.Digg.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to an ever so slightly explicit edition of the Best of Left podcast with clips

0:14.1

today from the Onion Radio News, Countdown, The Young Turks, NPR, Tom Hartman, Counter

0:20.6

Spinn, and The Daily Show.

0:30.6

An area Republican enjoys paying huge health insurance premiums. It's the Onion Radio

0:36.8

News brought to you by Lexi. This is Doyle Redland Reporting.

0:41.0

Lifelong conservative Steve Killfoy stated today that he is more than happy to pay $14,000

0:47.3

a year to ensure himself and his family. Killfoy says he feels privileged to pay a quarter

0:53.3

of his income for the 37th best health care system in the world. In fact, he's loving

0:58.9

every minute of it.

0:59.9

Well, when I send in my quarterly check, I'm honored that I'm not getting free health

1:04.0

care. Like, you know, those people in Canada, Finland, Japan, India, most of Europe.

1:10.6

Killfoy says if universal health care has passed in the US, he may leave the country,

1:15.8

but is yet to find a developed country that doesn't offer it.

1:19.4

Doyle Redland for the Onion Radio News.

1:21.4

I've got £90,000 in my pajamas. I've got £40,000 French francs in my fridge. I've

1:29.0

got lots of lovely lira. Now the Deutschmarks getting dearer and my dollar bills would buy

1:33.1

the Brooklyn Bridge. There is nothing quite as wonderful as money. There is nothing quite

1:38.9

as beautiful as cash. Some people say it's funny, but I rather have the lolly with money

1:44.8

you can make the splash. There is nothing quite as wonderful as money.

1:49.5

Money, money, money.

1:50.5

There is nothing like a newly minted pound.

1:52.5

Money, money, money.

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