(2009/04/05) RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise (MP3)

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

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

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🗓️ 6 April 2009

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Edition # 258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban - Wait Wait Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 - Democracy NOW! Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question - The Young Turks Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 - Democracy NOW! Act 5: NSA spying on Americans - ABC News Act 6: State senator on 'The Gay' - The Young Turks Act 7: Let them into the house - Slate.com Music: Your love is lifting me higher - Jackie Wilson Army Corps of Architects - Death Cab For Cutie Skilly Widden - Cantiga No Bravery - James Blunt Needle in the Hay - Elliott Smith Fuck you - Lily Allen Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

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0:00.0	Welcome to a musically profane edition of the Best of the Left Podcast, with clips
0:13.1	today from Weight Weight Don't Tell Me, Democracy Now, The Young Turks, ABC News, and Slate.com.
0:30.0	Adam, the war in Afghanistan has been not going all that well, of course, but the Washington
0:34.6	Post did report recently on one bright spot.
0:36.9	The CIA has had success convincing regional warlords to cooperate with American interests
0:41.4	by offering them what in return?
0:43.8	Lego.
0:44.8	Now, that's not the right answer, but I just want to ask, why did you go there?
0:48.8	I don't know.
0:49.8	We'd need to buy real oil.
0:50.8	I was thinking about rebuilding villages and like, what would really hold together?
0:53.8	Oh.
0:54.8	I was thinking Lego my ego when you said that.
0:58.0	Well, not at all where I was going with my wrong answer.
1:03.0	Well, I know the one thing that they're doing is they're giving them money not to tell
1:06.2	the Taliban.
1:07.2	No, no.
1:08.2	Money's old school.
1:09.2	This is the 21st century.
1:10.2	Cell phones?
1:11.2	No.
1:12.2	They're giving it really, it really helps them stand up for our side, if you don't want
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