(2012/03/05) The highly territorial subgenus of the GOP (GOP and State Policies)
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🗓️ 6 March 2012
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Edition #582
The highly territorial subgenus of the GOP
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Act 1: Oops, Indiana Science Haters Find Scientology in Their Creationism - Majority Report - Air Date: 2-2-12
Song 1: Dumb - Nirvana
Act 2: Gov. Walker steals money from citizens to fill his budget hole - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-15-12
Song 2: What's the matter here - 10,000 Maniacs
Act 3: After Snowe, Compromise Isn't Always the Answer - The Progressive Air Date: 3-1-12
Song 3: Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?) - Sahara Hotnights
Act 4: Environmentalists attempt to save the moderate Republican species from going extinct - The Onion
Song 4: Another lesson in love - Danger Radio
Act 5: Has American Conservatism Become a Religion - David Pakman - Air Date: 9-20-11
Song 5: Change your mind - Sister Hazel
Act 6: Girl Scouts Are Evil Promoters of Sex, Homosexuality - The Young Turks Air Date: 2-22-12
Song 6: Girls - Walter Meego
Act 7: Stupid GOPer Reveals ALEC Puppet Masters - Majority Report - Air Date: 2-6-12
Song 7: Middle Man - Jack Johnson
Act 8: The Need for Local Progressive Councils - The Progressive Air Date: 3-2-12
Song 8: Reach out of the darkness - Friend and Lover
Act 9: Bob McDonell, religion and GOP politics - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-21-12
Song 9: Radioactive - Kings of Leon
Act 10: No Liberal Christians (Dems All About Sex) - Santorum - The Young Turks - Air Date: 2-29-12
Song 10: She's so sexy Boom! - Flight of the Conchords
Act 11: GOP billionaire explains why he's a victim - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 3-1-12
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestableLeft.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestableLeft Podcasts with Cups today from the Majority Report, |
| 0:13.6 | The Ratel Mato Show, The Progressive, The Onion Radio News, The David Pakman Show, The |
| 0:17.5 | Young Turks, and The Jimmy Dore Show. |
| 0:19.9 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode takes the position that the |
| 0:23.5 | Girl Scouts are not actually a Communist plot bent on teaching little girls about abortions. |
| 0:30.0 | The Indiana State Senate passed a bill yesterday. |
| 0:37.0 | I guess this was now, this was on Tuesday. |
| 0:40.3 | They voted 28 to 22 to adopt another, one of those creationism in the school's bills, |
| 0:49.4 | which of course repeatedly have been found unconstitutional, following a 1988 Supreme Court |
| 0:59.4 | case. |
| 1:02.8 | But the funny thing about this bill is that at the last minute, a Democrat, Senator Vi Simpson, |
| 1:14.3 | who I believe is one of the Indiana Senate minority leaders stuck an amendment into the bill, |
| 1:24.6 | which is actually pretty funny, and it should be pretty funny to watch and see how these |
| 1:29.9 | Indiana Republicans respond to this. |
| 1:35.0 | At the last minute, Senate bill 89 was amended to read the governing body of a school corporation |
| 1:44.4 | may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of life. |
| 1:48.1 | In other words, you know, the bill basically says that, hey, if you're teaching science, |
| 1:54.7 | you can also teach the science of God came down and grabbed the rib from Adam's chest |
| 2:00.1 | and put it onto a tree stump, waved his magic wand, and turned it into a lady. |
| 2:10.7 | Not that I'm knocking that story, it's a nice story. |
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