(2011/04/14) Good news for the big guys (Economics)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 14 April 2011
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Edition #476
Good news for the big guys
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Act 1: Bears and balls - Misery Edition - Colbert Report
Song 1: Any way you want it - Journey
Act 2: Florida Gov calls unemployed lazy - Young Turks
Song 2: I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light - Brand New
Act 3: Obama's executive order on regulations another capitulation - The Progressive
Song 3: Starsign - Apoptygma Berzerk
Act 4: Back off Social Security - Bernie Sanders
Song 4: Hands down - Dashboard Confessional
Act 5: Judge orders God to break up into smaller deities - The Onion
Song 5: God - The Dodos
Act 6: Steal from the poor, give to the rich - Thom Hartmann
Song 6: By your side - Sade
Act 7: New ideas for revenue and spending - Counterspin
Song 7: Hurt - Johnny Cash
Act 8: Interview with Jeffrey Leonard - Colbert Report
Song 8: Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Act 9: All things private are good, all things public are bad - The Progressive
Song 9: Zebra - Beach House
Act 10: Good news for the big guys - Rachel Maddow
Final comments Source Story Series on This American Life
Link to Mind Games episode
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Title X - Flat Out Lie By Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by members and donors to the show for details visit the |
| 0:06.3 | membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Colbert |
| 0:12.9 | Report, The Young Turks, The Progressive, Bernie Sanders, The Onion Radio News, The |
| 0:17.7 | Tom Harbin Program, Counter-Spin, and The Rachel Maddo Show with a bonus video clip |
| 0:22.1 | for Apple iOS and Android app users from The Young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 0:31.0 | It is Thursday last show of the week, and once again, I want to take the time to thank my best |
| 0:35.7 | friend for six months, Jimmy Fallon, for his matching donation of $26,000 to donorschoose.org |
| 0:44.2 | last night to help arts education America schools. |
| 0:49.8 | I can honestly say nobody saw that coming. |
| 0:54.9 | It's not just PR, he's actually a nice guy. |
| 0:57.4 | And you know, I needed a happy story right now because what with the ongoing budget crisis, |
| 1:03.2 | unrest in the Middle East and disaster in Japan, hope is in short supply. |
| 1:08.8 | And when something is in short supply, I say corner the market and jack up the price. |
| 1:14.0 | This is Stephen Colbert's Bears and Balls. |
| 1:27.1 | Misery edition. |
| 1:28.9 | As always, I'm joined by my financial mentor, a red plastic button. |
| 1:34.9 | Talk me everything I know. |
| 1:36.7 | You're worthless. |
| 1:38.9 | Tough love. |
| 1:39.9 | Next up, Japan, folks, I just don't have the words to express my condolences to the Japanese |
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