(2011/03/26) McCarthyism Redux (Religious Tolerance)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 March 2011
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #469
McCarthyism Redux
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Act 1: Mistaken for Muslim - 1700% Project
Song 1: Look what you've done - JET
Act 2: Anti-muslim bill in TN banning practice of Islam - Young Turks
Song 2: Dare you to move - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 3: Beck STILL thinks 10% of Muslims are terrorists - Media Matters
Act 4: Al Qaeda populating US with peaceful "decoy Muslims" - The Onion
Song 4: This is why we fight - The Decemberists
Act 5: Peter King understands violent radicalism - Colbert Report
Song 5: Like a prayer - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 6: Beck: Reform Judaism "almost like" radicalized Islam - Media Matters
Act 7: Reza Aslan on Peter King's Radicalized Muslims hearing - Colbert Report
Song 7: More than a feeling - Boston
Act 8: Pet Peter King's terrorist ties - Young Turks
Song 8: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Act 9: Glenn Beck apologizes - Media Matters
Act 10: Radical Muslim hearing and IRA terrorism with John Oliver - Daily Show
Song 10: Zombie (Techno version) - The Cranberries
Act 11: Reporting on McCarthyite hearings - Counterspin
Song 11: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 12: Fox cheerleads Muslim witch-hunt hearings - Media Matters
Act 13: Rep. Keith Ellison Cries During Testimony at Muslim Radicalization Hearing - C-Span
Song 13: All these things that I've done - The Killers
Act 14: Keith Ellison on radicalization of American Muslims - Bill Maher
Song 14: Don't stop believing - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 15: Fox Gives 3x more airtime to Peter King supporers - Media Matters
Act 16: Actual case on terrorism by non-Muslim - Counterspin
Song 16: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance
Act 17: Radical Muslim hearings - Daily Show
Voicemails:
Using religion for liberal good - Jeffrey from Longbeach, CA
Request for animal cruelty and diet episodes, plus supporting Mumia - Brenden the contractor from Portland
Freedom box foundation call to action - Jamie Cobb from Santa Fe, NM
Response to education system episode - Liz from South Dakota
Sick and tired of all these wars! - John From Portland, OR
Response to date rape story caller - Anonymous
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on the launch of the new pseudo-video version of BotL
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Allah in the Family - Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.2 | the membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast with clips today from the 1700% project, |
| 0:14.4 | The Young Turks, Media Matters, The Onion News Network, The Colbert Report, The Daily |
| 0:19.0 | Show, Counter-Spin, C-SPAN, and Real Time with Bill Maher with a Bones video clip for |
| 0:24.2 | our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Daily Show. |
| 0:31.0 | A woke to signs terrorists sprayed in red paint across their family's driveway. |
| 0:39.0 | Terrorist on board written on their white car. |
| 0:42.0 | A woke to find freeway sign says kill all erodes. |
| 0:49.0 | Elevator sign says kill all towelheads. |
| 0:53.0 | A Pakistani living in L.A. awoke to find his car scratched across the right side with |
| 1:00.0 | a words nukam. |
| 1:02.0 | A woke to find 300 march on a mosque in Bridgeview, Illinois. |
| 1:08.0 | 300 American flags shout USA, USA. |
| 1:15.0 | Mosque awoke to find a 19 year old shouting, I'm proud to be American. |
| 1:20.0 | I hate Arabs and I always have. |
| 1:24.0 | Fire bomb toss. |
| 1:26.0 | Taxi driver pulled out and beaten. |
| 1:29.0 | Vandals and callings with New Jersey attacked two Indian owned businesses. |
| 1:35.0 | Vandals spray painted, leave town. |
| 1:39.0 | A woke to find a South Asian American seek chased by a group of four men yelling terrorists. |
| 1:46.0 | Seek mistaken for Muslim. |
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