(2010/08/29) The Beckoning (Rights)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 29 August 2010
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Edition #401
The Beckoning
Act 1: The ACLU on Obama's 'New normal' - On the Media
Song 1: Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time - Fanfarlo
Act 2: The ACLU report on Obama - Rachel Maddow
Song 2: There's still time - Peter Wolf
Act 3: Cut Obama no slack on civil liberties - The Progressive
Song 3: Tragic flaw - Arkells
Act 4: ACLU defends Nazis' right to burn down ACLU headquarters - The Onion
Song 4: Play with fire - The Rolling Stones
Act 5: Interview with Akbar Ahmed - Daily Show
Song 5: The Edge Of The Ocean - Ivy
Act 6: Beck and Limbaugh devastating quotes - Young Turks
Song 6: Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Apocalyptica
Act 7: Beck and the MLK legacy - Media Matters
Act 8: Cenk on Glenn Beck's MLK rally - Young Turks
Song 8: Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
Act 9: Tea baggers going to DC - Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Legend of Zelda - Apocalyptica
Act 10: Beck vs MLK - Media Matters
Act 11: Beck on God, blood and goldline - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Beckoning - Countdown
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible entirely by listeners just like you. |
| 0:05.0 | To donate or sign up for a membership, please visit BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.6 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from on the media. |
| 0:12.6 | The Rachel Maddo Show, The Progressive, The Onion Radio News, The Daily Show, The Young |
| 0:16.8 | Turks, and Media Matters, with a bonus video clip for our iPhone app users from Countdown |
| 0:22.1 | with Keith Goldman. |
| 0:30.1 | On July 29th, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a review of the Obama Administration |
| 0:36.6 | covering its 18-month record on national security, civil liberties, and human rights. |
| 0:42.7 | It says that despite some important shifts away from the policies of the Bush years, many |
| 0:47.5 | of the extreme practices since 9-11 may be permanently enshrined in law by this White House. |
| 0:54.7 | The ACLU concludes that there is a real danger that, quote, the Obama Administration will |
| 1:00.0 | preside over the creation of a new normal. |
| 1:04.1 | Ben Weisner is an attorney for the ACLU. |
| 1:06.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:07.9 | Thanks for inviting me. |
| 1:08.9 | Why don't you start with the good news from the ACLU's point of view? |
| 1:12.6 | Well, there is good news on President Obama's second full day in office. |
| 1:17.8 | He signed a series of executive orders that really meant to sweep away some of the most |
| 1:23.9 | egregious abuses of the Bush administration. |
| 1:26.8 | He prohibited torture and required that all interrogations, even CIA interrogations comply |
| 1:31.9 | with the Army Field Manual. |
| 1:33.7 | He ordered that Guantanamo be clothed within a year, and although that hasn't happened, |
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