(2010/11/16) And let us never speak of it again (Rally for Sanity and/or Fear)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 November 2010
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #429
And let us never speak of it again
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Act 1: Press fear award – The Rally
Song 1: Zebra – Teen Dream
Act 2: Sanity/Fear protest of the absurd – NPR
Song 2: I’ll Meet You There – Maybe I’m Dreaming
Act 3: At the Rally Part 1 – New Left Media
Song 3: Finding Something to Do – Would It Kill You?
Act 4: Jon Stewart’s speech – The Rally
Song 4: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon
Act 5: At the Rally Part 2 – New Left Media
Song 5: I Can See Clearly Now – We All Are One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff
Act 6: False equivalencies at the rally – Countdown
Song 6: All the Same to Me – Whatever You Like [Digital 45]
Act 7: At the Rally Part 3 – New Left Media
Song 7: Forgive Me – Veteranos
Act 8: Media objectivity and the sanity rally – On the Media
Song 8: La Réalité (Yuksek Remix) – Dimanche à Bamako (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: At the Rally Part 4 – New Left Media
Song 9: Dreamtime – Faith In the Future
Act 10: Make it about something – Bill Maher
Song 10: Hold My Hand – The Best of Hootie & The Blowfish (1993-2003)
Act 11: At the Rally Part 5 – New Left Media
Song 11: Someday We’ll Know – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
Act 12: Jon Stewart interview – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Come on Jon Stewart – George W. Bush – Daily Show
Sources:
NPR
New Left Media
Countdown
On the Media
Real Time with Bill Maher
Rachel Maddow
The Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This show is made possible by members and donors to sign up at BestOfTheLeft.com and also |
| 0:04.6 | by GoToMeeting.com green technology helping reduce the need for business travel. |
| 0:09.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Rally to Restore |
| 0:13.0 | Sanity, NPR, the new left media, countdown, on the media, real-time with Bill Maher and |
| 0:18.7 | the Rachel Maddo show, with a bonus video clip for our iPhone app users from the Daily |
| 0:22.7 | Show. |
| 0:30.2 | John Stewart may have given his reasonable medals, but I have a medal of my own to award today. |
| 0:36.1 | I am proud to present the first annual Stephen Colbert Fear Award. |
| 0:42.0 | Each recipient today will receive this handsome bronze fear medal depicting a naked man running |
| 0:48.2 | with scissors. |
| 0:54.3 | Now each medal bears the inscription Kawaii Nekodmium sit, which means warning may contain |
| 1:01.3 | cadmium. |
| 1:03.6 | In Latin, a dead language. |
| 1:07.4 | Chuck, let's hear about the first honoree. |
| 1:11.6 | Our first fear medal goes to those news organizations who barred their employees from attending |
| 1:17.8 | John's Rally because they thought it might make them look biased. |
| 1:22.4 | ABC, CBS, VAP, The New York Times, and especially National Public Radio. |
| 1:30.8 | Congratulations. |
| 1:31.8 | Oh no, oh no, not NPR. |
| 1:36.2 | If their employees attend John's Rally, someone might think that NPR is liberal. |
| 1:42.1 | No one could tell from the free pledge drive hemp fiber tote bags they used to carry their |
| 1:46.8 | organic kale roll-up to their compost parties. |
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