(2011/03/29) The Idiots are taking over (Congress)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 29 March 2011
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #470
The Idiots are taking over
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Act 1: Boehner's People - Jim Hightower
Song 1: Tears and rain - James Blunt
Act 2: Ineffective GOP - Rachel Maddow
Song 2: If you've got trouble - The Beatles
Act 3: The do-nothing congress - Slate.com
Song 3: Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears
Act 4: Congress forgets how to pass a bill - The Onion
Song 4: Kill the director - The Wombats
Act 5: Three quarters of Senate Republicans don't believe in science - David Pakman
Song 5: The Idiots are taking over - NOFX
Act 6: Congress slumps back to Tom Delay ethics - Jim Hightower
Song 6: These days - Luxury
Act 7: Boehner is bad at his job Part 1 - Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury
Act 8: Useless GOP distractions - Bill Maher
Song 8: Radio - One Ring Zero
Act 9: Boehner OK with Americans losing jobs - Young Turks
Song 9: You ain't seen nothing yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Act 10: Johnnie "Business as usual" Boehner - Jim Hightower
Song 10: Broken horse - Freelance Whales
Act 11: Boehner is bad at his job Part 2 - Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
BYU basketball player kicked off for honor code violation - Scott from California
Supporting Mumia because he's based on facts - John From Omaha
Excitement about YouTube playlists - Max from Berkley, CA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on Power Shift, new video version of the show and the listener of the year
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
John Boehner's Large Gavel - Colbert Report
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:04.8 | For details visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.2 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from Jim Hightower, |
| 0:12.4 | The Rachel Maddo Show, Slate.com, The Onion News Network, The David Pakman Show, Real |
| 0:17.2 | Time with Bill Mar and The Young Turks with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and |
| 0:21.9 | Android app users from the Colbert Report. |
| 0:31.0 | Right after Republicans swept last November's congressional elections, |
| 0:35.3 | Representative John Boehner, the new GOP speaker of the house, drew himself up in a |
| 0:40.2 | statesman-like pose, faced the TV cameras and dramatically declared, |
| 0:44.6 | we hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people. |
| 0:48.6 | Having spoken, statesman Boehner and other Republican leaders promptly proceeded |
| 0:53.6 | to stomp on the will of the people throughout the busy December session of Congress. |
| 0:58.3 | A big majority of folks, for example, favored extending jobless benefits to the millions |
| 1:03.0 | of Americans who are out of work, some four and a half million of whom have been unemployed |
| 1:07.1 | for more than a year. |
| 1:08.7 | Meanwhile, the public also was overwhelmingly opposed to the idea of giving billions of |
| 1:13.5 | dollars in special tax breaks to corporate millionaires and Wall Street billionaires. |
| 1:18.5 | Boehner and company however, thumbed their noses at these clear expressions of the people's |
| 1:23.1 | will. |
| 1:24.1 | He had madly to kill the unemployment bill, even as they went to the wall to provide |
| 1:28.4 | more tax-giveaways to America's richest, most privileged people. |
| 1:32.8 | On another front, three-fourths of the public favored the repeal of the infamous Don't Ask, |
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