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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2011/10/27) Greed is no longer good (Occupy Wall St Part 4)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2011

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Edition #542

Greed is no longer good

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Act 1: Occupy Wall Street Is A Thought Revolution - And It Won't Be Minimized - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 1: Bathroom girl - Air

Act 2: The Occupation - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 10-10-11

Song 2: Late Afternoon (Live) - Theo Bard

Act 3: False reporting about Soros connection to Occupy Wall St - Counterspin

Song 3: Run Screaming (Live) - Stockdale and Shapiro

Act 4: Round-table discussion of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 4: The walls are coming down - Fanfarlo

Act 5: Tom Hayden offers extraordinary insight into evolution of Occupy Wall Street movement - Countdown Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 5: Cat faces - Ugly Casanova

Act 6: The Numbers Behind Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp Air Date 10-20-11

Song 6: Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Act 7: This Is the Movement We've Been Waiting For - The Progressive Air Date: 10-14-11

Song 7: I shall not be moved - Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band

Act 8: Round up of Sunday morning news on Occupy Wall St - Counterspin Air Date: 10-13-11

Song 8: Serre-moi - Tryö

Act 9: Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2012 Campaign - Young Turks Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 9: Never again - Enter the Worship Circle

Act 10: Knee jerks defend Wall Street - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 10: United we stand - The Brotherhood of Man

Act 11: Tonight at Liberty Plaza 'The American People Agree with Us' - Michael Moore Air Date: 10-20-11

Song 11: Stand by me - Playing For Change

Act 12: Wall Street Is Dirtier Than Occupy Wall Street - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-17-11

Song 12: Clean up - Ari Herstand

Act 13: OWS-Hating CBC Anchor Destroyed By Chris Hedges - Young Turks Air Date 10-17-11

Voicemails:

Write on your car to promote Occupy protests - Amy from Florida

Context for Ted's voicemail - Jay!

Call to action against Keystone XL pipeline in DC - Ted Glick from CCAN

Complaint about me quoting Steve Jobs - Ryan from New York

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on why it's OK to quote anyone and rethinking how to protest corporations

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Jean Ross - Nurses Offer Free Health Care to #OWS - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 10-20-11

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0:00.0

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0:09.1

Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast, with clips today from comedian Lee

0:12.5

Camp, Moomi Abu Jamal, counter spin, the Jimmy Doar Show, countdown Keith Alberman,

0:17.6

the progressive, the young Turks, Jim Hightower, and Michael Moore, with a bonus clip for our

0:21.7

Apple iOS and Android app users from the Tom Hartman program.

0:30.0

The New York Times, the highly respected New York Times, did a great article yesterday

0:37.4

about Occupy Wall Street.

0:39.2

The entire report revolved around how Occupy Wall Street is a big pain in the ass to the

0:45.3

area's public bathrooms.

0:47.5

Now, there's two things you need to know about the last sentence I just said, A, I'm not

0:52.7

kidding.

0:53.7

B, the double entendre was unintended.

0:56.8

There will be several more of those in the following three minutes, and all of them

1:00.4

are unattended except for seven.

1:03.4

The New York Times, which is a so-called liberal media outlet, is more concerned about the harm

1:08.5

done to the public restrooms than they are with the harm done to the American people by

1:14.6

corporations and Wall Street Titans, who make Charlie Sheen's moral compass look like

1:20.4

that of Harriet Tubman.

1:22.3

As billionaires continue to shit all over this country like it's a bathroom near Occupy

1:28.0

Wall Street, the media is more worried about the bathrooms near Occupy Wall Street.

1:34.4

Are you fucking serious?

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