(2011/05/27) Land of the free, home of the brave (Police State)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 May 2011
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Edition #491
Land of the free, home of the brave
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Act 1: Supreme Court: Private Prison Guards - Young Turks
Song 1: Chain gang - Sam Cooke
Act 2: Supreme Court Takes a Power Drill to the Fourth Amendment - The Progressive
Song 2: Let my love open the door - Pete Townsend
Act 3: Michigan State Police Copying Data from Cell Phones: Mark Fancher of ACLU - David Pakman
Song 3: Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper
Act 4: Bill James on history of crime - Colbert Report
Song 4: Kids - MGMT
Act 5: Thomas Tamm Obama's Retro-Active Immunity Outrageous - Democracy NOW!
Song 5: Wait up (Boots of danger) - Tokyo Police Club
Act 6: Obama Executive Order On Miranda Rights - Young Turks
Song 6: What we've got - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa
Act 7: Obama's Domestic Spying Binge - The Progressive
Song 7: Karma police - Radiohead
Act 8: Police On Lookout For Poorly Drawn Man - The Onion
Song 8: Once around the block - Badly Drawn Boy
Act 9: Chertoff Company Porno Scanners Emitting 10 Times Radiation We Were Told - David Pakman
Song 9: La Réalité - Amadou & Mariam
Act 10: The Answer to Police Brutality - Lee Camp
Song 10: Rambo Theme - Brian Tyler
Act 11: American Corrections - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 11: Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash
Act 12: Jury Selection Proving Difficult In Trial Of 'The Jury Killer' - The Onion
Song 12: Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt & Kim
Act 13: Patriot Act Extension Makes Me Miss Feingold - The Progressive
Song 13: Logical song - Supertramp
Act 14: McCain Bill to Allow Indefinite Detention Without Miranda or Charges for Any Reason - David Pakman
Voicemails:
Reaction to newest religion episode and promo for waterforsudan.org - Marianna
Reaction to Citizen Radio and consistency - Eric from York, PA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Final comments on criticizing Obama and seeing the bigger picture
Bonus Voicemails:
Yet another youth reaction to Bin Laden's death - Brett from Omaha
Thoughtful response to Bin Laden - Jason from Rupert Idaho
Comparisons of reactions to Bin Laden and 9/11 - Daniel from CA
Thoughts on bringing Bin Laden to the US for trial - Ashley from Syracuse, NY
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Nailed Em- Mark Burett - Colbert Report
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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 BestOfTheLeft.com, and welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft |
| 0:10.7 | Podcast with clips today from the young Turks, the Progressive, the David Pakman Show, |
| 0:14.8 | the Colbert Report, Democracy Now, the Onion Radio News, comedian Lee Camp, and |
| 0:18.9 | Lumia O'Boo Jamal with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from |
| 0:23.5 | the Colbert Report. |
| 0:24.5 | In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that inmates that are in private prisons do not have the |
| 0:35.8 | right to sue the prisons for violating their constitutional rights. |
| 0:40.3 | Okay? |
| 0:41.3 | Good. |
| 0:42.3 | Because, you know, if we put you in a private prison, those contractors should be allowed |
| 0:47.0 | to do whatever they like. |
| 0:48.0 | It's America, right? |
| 0:49.0 | I mean, of course. |
| 0:50.0 | And of course, if they're profiting off of imprisoning you, they should have the right |
| 0:53.8 | to violate any of your constitutional rights that they like. |
| 0:56.4 | At least that's what all the conservative Supreme Court justices believed in 2001. |
| 1:00.6 | Now fast forward to 2011, there is an inmate by the name of Richard Lee Polard, and he is |
| 1:07.1 | in a private prison in California. |
| 1:10.8 | And he wants to sue because he feels that his constitutional rights were violated. |
| 1:15.1 | He fell in accident, broke both of his elbows, and says that he didn't receive the proper |
| 1:20.6 | care that he needed. |
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