(2010/06/08) You (nearly) have the right to remain honest (Gay Rights) (MP3)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 8 June 2010
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
You (nearly) have the right to remain honest
Act 1: Un-gay - Mark Fiore
Song 1: It's the End of the World As We Know It - R.E.M.
Act 2: Alpha Dog of the Week - Colbert Report
Song 2: Dog days are over - Florence And The Machine
Act 3: Closeted gays hurting the rest - Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Act 4: Teens turn gay spontainiously - Young Turks
Song 4: Jenny says - Cowboy Mouth
Act 5: New life in the closet - The Onion
Song 5: Brand new lover - Dead or alive
Act 6: They Gay - Colbert Report
Song 6: Take my hand - Dido
Act 7: DADT update - Young Turks
Song 7: When you're gone - The Cranberries
Act 8: Beginning on DADT - Rachel Maddow
Song 8: The Climb - No Doubt
Act 9: Good riddance to DADT - The Progressive
Song 9: This is not the end - The Bravery
Act 10: Can't trust gay soldiers - The Young Turks
Song 10: The passenger - Iggy Pop
Act 11: Discussion with Dan Savage - Countdown
Song 11: I'm looking through you - The Wallflowers
Act 12: On the road to overt sexuality - Young Turks
Song 12: Run around - Blues Traveler
Act 13: DADT nowhere near over - Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Family Research Council's European Gaycation - Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the support of the members of the show for |
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| 0:09.0 | welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from |
| 0:12.5 | martfjore.com, the Colbert Report, the Rachel Maddo Show, the Young Turks, the |
| 0:16.9 | onion radio news, the progressive and countdown with a bonus video clip today |
| 0:22.2 | for our iPhone app users from the Daily Show. |
| 0:52.2 | Right wing Roy wasn't the first to spend the better part of her career proving |
| 0:55.8 | how un-gay he was. From toe-tapping tough guy Larry Craig to family values |
| 1:01.0 | fully, many politicians appeared to have taken a hypocritical oath. But now the |
| 1:06.2 | jig is up, people realize the more strikingly family values the |
| 1:10.2 | politician, the more likely he is to be gay. So politicians everywhere and of |
| 1:15.6 | all preferences adapted. In order to prove their tough red blooded American |
| 1:20.8 | heterosexuality, they began to sponsor loads of gay friendly legislation. John |
| 1:26.3 | Bainer proposed a redecorating tax credit for homosexual couples with |
| 1:30.8 | tanning bed exemption. Mitch McConnell sponsored a gay marriage in four week |
| 1:35.3 | honeymoon leave bill. Pundits got in the act two with crazed bulldog blend back |
| 1:40.2 | pushing for a Harvey milk holiday and a do-ask do-tell military recruitment |
| 1:45.6 | drive. Obama and Biden began to publicly hold hands, showing the world how |
| 1:50.6 | comfortable they are with their sexuality. Political positions changed. The |
| 1:55.1 | definition of family values was expanded. People of all preferences were given |
| 2:00.1 | equality and the world did not end. |
| 2:20.6 | 6 o'clock TV hour, don't get caught in 4 stars, slice a movie, turn, listen to yourself, turn, |
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