(2011/06/30) The pivot point (Foreign Policy)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2011
⏱️ 69 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Edition #503
The pivot point
Act 1: Some or all of 6.6 billion dollars lost or stolen in Iraq - Citizen Radio - Original Air Date: 06-14-11
Song 1: Crumbling down - Yaves (The Street Pastor)
Act 2: Mad In The Middle East - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 2: About today - The National
Act 3: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Yemen - Daily Show
Song 3: Smile Like You Mean It - The killers
Act 4: Good Old Days of Dictatorships- CounterSpin - 06-16-11
Song 4: Sweet little lies - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Act 5: Iraq claims 18.7 billion lost money - Re-enactment - Citizen Radio - 06-20-11
Song 5: Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
Act 6: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Syria - Daily Show
Song 6: Rainbow Veins - Owl City
Act 7: Welcoming NATO's Irrelevance - The Progressive
Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard
Act 8: Journalism Covering War in Libya - Counterspin - 06-16-11
Song 8: Perth - Bon Iver
Act 9: MI6 replaces bomb instructions with cupcake recipe - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 9: Fighting song - Outernational
Act 10: Obama Blows by Stop Signs in War Powers Act - The Progressive
Song 10: Oblio - Me and My Arrow
Act 11: War powers act violated in Libya - Rachel Maddow
Song 11: Girl in the war - Chris Priest
Act 12: The Word - Defining Moment - Colbert Report - 06-22-11
Song 12: Peace train - Cat Stevens
Act 13: Obama Flops On Troops In Afghanistan - Young Turks - 06-22-11
Song 13: You Got to Get Out of There - Dave Cross
Act 14: Obama's Afghanistan War Address commentary - Rachel Maddow - 06-17-11
Song 14: Carefree - Samantha Stollenwerck
Act 15: Special Comment: Leaving Afghanistan - Countdown
Song 15: Don't press your luck - The Shags
Act 16: Nation Building in America - Colbert Report - 06-23-11
Final comments on the virtuous cycle
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Has Obama Failed To Reduce Hostility Toward Obnoxious Americans Abroad? - The Onion
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
Thanks for listening!
Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com
Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores!
Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft
Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft
Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
Review the show on iTunes!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.1 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from Citizen Radio, |
| 0:13.0 | Mumiya Abu Jamal, The Daily Show, Counter-Spin, The Progressive, Weight Weight Don't Tell Me, |
| 0:17.8 | The Rachel Maddo Show, The Colbert Report, The Young Turks, and Countdown with Keith |
| 0:21.8 | Alberman, with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Onion. |
| 0:30.3 | So guess what everybody, the US poured about $6.6 billion give or take into a rock and according |
| 0:41.2 | to a new report that was described in Los Angeles Times for the first time federal auditors |
| 0:49.2 | are suggesting that some, I love this, some or all of the cash may have been stolen, |
| 0:57.1 | not just mislaid in an accounting error, so I'm going to read that again. |
| 1:01.3 | Okay, can you imagine if I ran a business, right? |
| 1:06.2 | And you're the boss. |
| 1:08.2 | All right. |
| 1:09.2 | And I go, you call me in your office because you're like, man, this company seems to be |
| 1:13.7 | hemorrhaging money. |
| 1:14.7 | And I come in and I'm like, hey. |
| 1:15.7 | Oh, is that it? |
| 1:22.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.7 | Is that it? |
| 1:24.7 | Is this money stolen? |
| 1:25.7 | Oh, you mean the six bill? |
| 1:29.7 | Some of it were all maybe stolen? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jay Tomlinson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jay Tomlinson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.