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

(2009/08/19) The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington (MP3)

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

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2009

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Edition #289 The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington Act 1: Gay demon on the loose - Colbert Report Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war - Countdown Act 3: A look inside of "C Street" Part 1 - Rachel Maddow Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian - The Onion Act 5: A look inside of "C Street" Part 2 - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Satellite Sheiks - On the Media Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo - The Onion Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on "The Family" - Daily Show Act 9: A look inside of "C Street" Part 3 - Rachel Maddow Music: Mind Excursion - The trade winds A few honest words - Ben Sollee Auto-tune the news #5 - YouTube User schmoyoho Unhappy birthday - The Smiths God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance You sexy thang - Hot Chocolate Wild world - Cat Stevens 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

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Now welcome to the BestOfLeft podcast with clips today from the Colbert Report, Countdown,

0:13.0

The Rachel Maddo Show, The Onion Radio News, On The Media, and The Daily Show.

0:30.5

It's a great time of year, summer is here, and that only means one thing, exorcisms.

0:39.0

It is so much more fun forcing the demon out of a possessed body when you can do it on the patio.

0:45.0

You don't have to clean the vomit off your walls.

0:48.0

But today, the secular Susies are up in arms over this video of an exorcism in Bridgeport, Connecticut,

0:55.0

meant to cast the homosexual demon out of a teenage boy.

1:00.0

The full clip can be seen on Sunday's episode of America's least tolerant home videos.

1:06.0

Now the boys defenders say, you can't change someone's sexuality through prayer, and they have a point.

1:12.0

It hasn't worked for the millions of teenage girls praying over Adam Lambert.

1:18.0

It was a bit of a shocker for me, by the way.

1:21.0

But what people are ignoring here is the real danger posed by casting the demon out of this teenager.

1:28.0

Now there's a gay demon on the loose.

1:32.0

Come on.

1:39.0

I mean, this poltergaste was perfectly harmless inside that gay teen, but now it's on the prowl.

1:49.0

Now looking to inhabit a new host, he can come for any one of us.

1:54.0

Fortunately, I have everything I need to protect myself against gay demons.

1:59.0

I have a copy of the straight Bible, larger than life, the biography of Wilts Chamberlain.

2:07.0

I have this Makita cordless trill with a five-eighths bit.

2:12.0

No wait, that might attract a lesbian demon.

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