(2011/05/16) Things are complicated (Bin Laden)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 May 2011
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Edition #487
Things are complicated
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Act 1: What we should really be asking - Lee Camp
Song 1: ThunderCats - Orchestral Theme Medley
Act 2: What will the "War on Terror" look like now? - The Breakdown
Song 2: Don't let's start - They might be giants
Act 3: Our friend Pakistan - Le Show
Song 3: Dynamite - Taio Cruz
Act 4: Demanding credit and thanks to Bush - Counterspin
Song 4: LNDP3 - Apoptygma Berzerk
Act 5: Call your momma cause Obama got Osama - Majority Report
Song 5: Dog days are over - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 6: Right-wing media criticizes Obama's remarks - Media Matters
Act 7: GOP gives Bush credit for Bin Laden's death - Young Turks
Song 7: For tomorrow - Emerald Park
Act 8: Potential new leaders - The Bugle
Song 8: Hurt feelings - Flight of the Conchords
Act 9: Sunday shows skew to Bush and GOP - Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Good people - Jack Johnson
Act 10: False leads - Le Show
Song 10: Mad world - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 11: The water boarding debate: Fox edition - Media Matters
Act 12: Torture debate rekindled - Jimmy Dore Show
Song 12: When it all goes wrong again - Everclear
Act 13: War on Terror lessons with Robert Greenwald - Young Turks
Voicemails:
Youth perspective on Bin Laden's death - Annie from Rhode Island
Mixed reaction to Bin Laden's death - Todd from LA
Voicemail Music:
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Ghostwriter - Rjd2
Final comments on the two thoughtful reactions to Bin Laden's death and the complexity of emotional reactions
Bonus voicemails:
In praise of Citizen Radio, Dan Savage, TMBG and FOTC - Cody from Washington
Spread the word on BotL - Anonymous
Reaction to Bin Laden's death - Patrick from LA
Truther/deather response to the Bin Laden show - Chris from Middletown, NY
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The AQ Team - Rocketboom
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.0 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLaf.com. |
| 0:08.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLaf podcast with clips today from Comedian Leap Camp. |
| 0:13.0 | The breakdown from the Nation magazine, La Show, Counter-Spin, Media Matters, The Young Turks, |
| 0:18.0 | The Bugle, and The Jimmy Door Show, with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from RocketBoom. |
| 0:30.0 | Osama bin Laden is dead. |
| 0:32.0 | So the question is, where does America turn now? |
| 0:36.0 | Where do we aim our giant guns, our hordes of money, and our truck falls to Lady Gaga's? |
| 0:42.0 | Bin Laden defined us in a lot of ways. |
| 0:44.0 | He was our arch nemesis, our key enemy, our primary adversary. |
| 0:48.0 | So what do we do now that he's gone? |
| 0:51.0 | Now that he's no more? |
| 0:53.0 | What did he man do after Skeletor? |
| 0:55.0 | G.I. Joe after Cobra Commander, the Thundercats after Mamra, Alter Boys after Father Murphy, |
| 1:02.0 | the X-Men after Magneto, Batman after Joker, or Sean Hannity after Logic? |
| 1:09.0 | What do you do after your enemy number one is no more? |
| 1:14.0 | We have a choice. We can continue bombing endlessly in places like Afghanistan. |
| 1:19.0 | We can continue to operate 900 military bases worldwide. |
| 1:24.0 | We can continue to be the bitter angry man who was beat up on 9-11, |
| 1:29.0 | and now takes it out endlessly on his children. |
| 1:32.0 | Or we can use Bin Laden's death to conclusively move on. |
| 1:37.0 | We finally bang the hot chick who turned us down in high school |
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