(2010/03/27) At war at home and abroad (Foreign Policy) (MP3)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 March 2010
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Edition #346
At war at home and abroad
Act 1: The Word - Afghanistan - Colbert Report
Act 2: Afghans may not like having families killed - Counterspin
Act 3: Local harlot exposes face - The Onion
Act 4: Morbid milestone in Afghanistan - The Progressive
Act 5: Obama caves in on military trials - Young Turks
Act 6: Garry Wills on presidential bombing power - Colbert Report
Act 7: Options for terror trials - Counterspin
Act 8: Liz Cheney's Al-Qaeda 7 commercial - Daily Show
Act 9: Obama Admin - Torture is not illegal - Young Turks
Act 10: Marc Thiessen interview - Daily Show
Act 11: Biggest conspiracy ever - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Iraqracy - Colbert Report
Music:
Meet Me On The Equinox - Death Cab for Cutie
Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries
Killing for love - José González
Lights out - Santigold
Moment Of Tranquillity - Apoptygma Berzerk
Love like a bomb - Oasis
You or your memory - The Mountain Goats
John Adams theme song - HBO
Born Slippy - Underworld
Run on - Moby
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the support of the listeners for all the ways you can |
| 0:05.2 | help check out the support box at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Cole Bear |
| 0:12.8 | Report, CounterSpin, The Onion Radio News, The Progressive, The Young Turks, The Daily |
| 0:17.9 | Show, and The Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:20.3 | The bonus clip today for our iPhone app users is another great one from the Cole Bear |
| 0:24.1 | Report. |
| 0:30.8 | If I do end up in a fisticuffs with the Tik Tokman, you know who I want on my side? |
| 0:36.8 | Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy. |
| 0:39.9 | Last Wednesday, he lit up Capitol Hill, Jim. |
| 0:43.9 | We're talking about Eric Massa 24-7 on the TV. |
| 0:47.9 | We're talking about War and Peace, $3 billion, a thousand lives, and no press, no press. |
| 0:55.7 | The press, the United States, is not covering the most significant issue of national importance |
| 1:01.4 | and that's the lay of lives down in the nation for the service of our country. |
| 1:06.1 | There's one to press people in this gallery. |
| 1:09.6 | That tirade was way out of line. |
| 1:12.7 | Those two members of the press were trying to sleep. |
| 1:16.4 | Now the specific legislation being ignored here by the press was Dennis Kucinich's resolution |
| 1:22.0 | to pull troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days. |
| 1:25.6 | Now, while that may seem like an implausible fantasy, remember, the press did report on Kucinich's |
| 1:32.2 | presidential campaign. |
| 1:33.6 | Well, there is a way to refocus the media on our war in Afghanistan, and it is the subject |
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