(2011/05/22) A broken system gears up for another round (Elections)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 May 2011
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Edition #489
A broken system gears up for another round
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Act 1: Is a two party system really democracy? - Lee Camp
Song 1: A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
Act 2: Progressives United, Russ Feingold - Colbert Report
Song 2: United we stand - The Brotherhood of Man
Act 3: 1st GOP presidential debate - David Pakman
Song 3: Common sense - Flunk
Act 4: Why Newt wont be president - Young Turks
Song 4: Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis - Brand New
Act 5: Fast Dive - Daily Show
Song 5: You're not going anywhere - Brad Sucks
Act 6: Catching Newt red-handed - Mario Solis-Marich
Song 6: A Mi Manera (My way) - The Gipsy Kings
Act 7: Radical 2012 GOP Candidate - Santorum - MSNBC
Song 7: Losers - The Cardigans
Act 8: Corp Constituency - Colbert Report
Song 8: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
Act 9: Not playing nice with Obama - Citizen Radio
Voicemails:
See you on May 22nd! - Matthew in Denver
Bin Laden got what he deserved - Dominic from Castle Rock, Colorado
Data wins out, call to action on what we can do - Ron from outside Philly
Good for the sake of good regarding religion - Carter from Denver
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter - Rjd2
Stairway to heaven - Vitamin String Quartet
Final comments on the difference between funding of the Chamber of Commerce and Planned Parenthood
Bonus Voicemails:
Personal experience about Bin Laden - Robin from NYC
Show suggestion: Planet Money podcast - Matthew from San Francisco
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
AV Referendum voted on - BBC News Quiz
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.4 | For details, visit the membership tab at Best of the Left.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with Cubsiday, from comedian |
| 0:12.8 | Lee Camp, the Colbert Report, the David Pakman Show, the Young Turks, Mario Solis Marriage, |
| 0:18.0 | and Citizen Radio with a bonus clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the BBC |
| 0:22.7 | news quiz. |
| 0:30.0 | So the Republicans keep sprinting farther and farther to the right like they're being chased |
| 0:34.9 | by a naked Perez Hilton. |
| 0:37.3 | And the Democrats don't seem to want to get left behind. |
| 0:40.1 | Wait, wait, we can be repulsively greedy too. |
| 0:43.1 | We like to bomb things too. |
| 0:44.9 | We're willing to look the other way while the Earth sweats profusely under a blanket of |
| 0:49.2 | CO2 and twists and turns and thrashes about uncomfortably like Sarah Palin when asked |
| 0:55.5 | to name something she's read. |
| 0:58.3 | But not to worry. |
| 0:59.3 | If you don't want to vote for a Republican or a Democrat, you can always vote for one |
| 1:03.5 | of our other grand political parties like the upright citizens behave. |
| 1:10.9 | Is that something? |
| 1:12.7 | Blue man group. |
| 1:13.7 | The blue man group. |
| 1:15.7 | Wootang clan. |
| 1:16.7 | Are they running for any of the Wootang clan running for it? |
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