(2011/11/14) 20 acts in 60 minutes (Immigration)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 15 November 2011
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #548
20 acts in 60 minutes
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Act 1: 101-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen - Colbert Report
Song 1: Baby - Kevin "KO" Olusola
Act 2: Hate Group Pushes "Anchor Baby" Myth on Fox News - Media Matters
Act 3: Women Giving Birth Shackled By Police - Young Turks Air Date: 9-22-11
Song 3: Unhappy birthday - The Smiths
Act 4: End the Secure Communities Program Now - The Progressive
Song 4: One - Apocalyptica
Act 5: Fox (hearts) Latinos...not really - Media Matters
Act 6: Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish - The Onion
Song 6: Think (Freedom) - Aretha Franklin
Act 7: Distorting the idea of "anchor babies" - Counterspin
Song 7: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen
Act 8: Fox News' Immigration Language: "Illegals" and "Anchor Babies" - Media Matters
Act 9: Undocumented Immigrant Goes Public- Young Turks Air Date: 6-22-11
Song 9: All for you - Sister Hazel
Act 10: Rep. Mo Brooks Wants to End Immigration - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 7-14-11
Song 10: Dog days are over - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 11: Lou Dobbs Can't Take a Joke - Media Matters
Act 12: How to hate "illegals" and have them too - Jim Hightower
Song 12: Walk a mile - Holly Golightly
Act 13: Rick Perry Retreats From Immigrant Tuition - Young Turks
Song 13: Mustache - FunkeyMonkeys
Act 14: Mexting - The Onion
Song 14: Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Act 15: Meet Doc Thompson: Immigration Policy Extraordinaire - Media Matters Air Date: 7/1/11
Act 16: Some Latinos See Obama 'Betrayal' On Immigration - NPR Air Date: 10-12-11
Song 16: Disappointment - The Cranberries
Act 17: U.S. Government Is a Home-Wrecker on Immigration - The Progressive Air Date: 11-4-11
Song 17: Break up the family - Morrissey
Act 18: Farmer Struggles To Hire Americans - Young Turks
Song 18: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann
Act 19: How Fox News Uses Anti-Immigrant Buzz Words - Media Matters Air Date: 8-22-11
Act 20: Alabama's Migrant Workers - Colbert Report Air Date: 10-26-11
Voicemails:
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Thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine - Joseph from Palo Alto, CA
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on burning CDs of the show and how this episode got it's name
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Aliens Vs Senator - Daily Show Air Date: 6-22-11
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Colbert |
| 0:12.5 | Report, Media Matters, The Young Turks, The Progressive, The Onion, Counter-Spin, The |
| 0:17.3 | Jimmy Dores Show, Jim Hightower, and NPR with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and |
| 0:21.9 | Android app users from the Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | I am sick to death of all the people out there who would open our borders to every Tomas |
| 0:38.1 | Diego and Harry who wants in. |
| 0:42.3 | By the way, that's Harry spelled with a J. Harry, I say, if you want to become an American |
| 0:51.0 | you do it the legal way. |
| 0:52.7 | At the very least have your grandmother place a fake birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper. |
| 0:59.4 | That's why, that is why folks, I was so happy to see this, Jim. |
| 1:07.1 | After 101 years, Yulalia Garcia Madere will become a U.S. citizen. |
| 1:12.3 | In 1909, Madere was just a baby when she crossed into the United States from Mexico. |
| 1:17.9 | Even worse, all she could say was gaga-goo-goo, speak English. |
| 1:24.8 | Well, Yulalia has survived two husbands during her long path to citizenship. |
| 1:31.7 | So fellas, if you're looking for a green card, she's single. |
| 1:36.3 | Now, so she's been naturalized. |
| 1:39.9 | And as a legal centenary in American, she is now eligible to have her birthday announced |
| 1:44.8 | by Willard Scott instead of by a giant baby on Sabedokigante. |
| 1:52.2 | Okay, so with this example, can we just put to rest once and for all this myth that our immigration system is broken? |
| 1:59.2 | Yulalia here proves that if you follow the rules, there is a legal path to citizenship. |
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