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

(2010/06/29) The Breakup of the Year (Foreign Policy) (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

🗓️ 29 June 2010

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Edition #379
The Breakup of the Year

Act 1: Never disparage civilian superiors - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 1: Sixteen Military Wives - The Decemberists
Act 2: Firing generals - It's all politics
Song 2: We never change - Coldplay
Act 3: Must have been high - Colbert Report
Song 3: Higher and higher - Alice Deejay
Act 4: Fox News hits the talking points - Young Turks
Song 4: I'm no superman - Laslo Bane
Act 5: McChrystal's Balls - The Bugle
Song 5: Popular - Nada Surf
Act 6: Unfettered access - On the Media
Song 6: It's the same old song - The Four Tops
Act 7: Honorable, yet oily, discharge - Daily Show
Song 7: All the same - Anya Marina
Act 8: McChrystal's last report and meeting - Le Show
Song 8: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Act 9: Great Hastings quotes - Young Turks
Song 9: You're the best - Joe Esposito
Act 10: Ore on Terror - Daily Show
Song 10: Fade to Black - Apoptygma Berzerk
Act 11: Not just for opium wholesalers - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 11: Meet the elements - They might be giants
Act 12: The Word - Who War it Best - Colbert Report

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
McChrystal's Balls - Daily Show

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0:00.0

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0:05.3

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0:08.9

Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from Wait, Wait, Don't

0:13.1

Tell Me, It's All Politics, The Colbert Report, The Young Turks, The Bugle, On the Media,

0:17.9

The Daily Show, and The Show with a bonus video clip for our iPhone app users from The

0:22.5

Daily Show.

0:30.0

Carl, what does the first male factor have to write a hundred times on the blackboard?

0:34.0

I will never again, in any way, disparage my civilian superiors, including Vice President

0:41.1

Bite Me, have garnered, I did it again.

0:47.9

That was somebody who lost his job because he and his aides had unpleasant things about

0:51.4

the Vice President and other civilian officials who wasn't.

0:54.6

That's got to be a blabbermouth Stanley McCrizzell.

0:57.0

That's true.

0:58.0

As a four star general, there were only about three people in the world who could fire

1:05.4

him and he talked smack about all of them.

1:08.7

He and his staff were probably just one bud light lime away from dissing Sasha and

1:15.1

Malia Obama.

1:20.0

The worst defense of General McCrystle and his staff was their disparaging remarks about

1:23.8

Vice President Biteen, who they referred to as Vice President Bite Me.

1:28.1

But if making fun of Biteen is now a firing offense, our unemployment rate is going to

1:31.5

shoot up to 90%.

1:32.5

Is Bite Me the best they could have done?

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