(2012/04/01) Unconstitutional (Police State)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 1 April 2012
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Summary
Edition #591
Unconstitutional
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Anti-Occupy Law Passed By Congress, White House Nearly Unanimously - Lee Camp - Air Date: 3-12-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Protest song - Anti-Flag
Ch. 4: Act 2: Protesting Has Been Criminalized HR347, S1794 - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 3-13-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: The sound of settling - Death Cab For Cutie
Ch. 6: Act 3: First Amendment Nefarious Bill "Federal Restricted Grounds and Improvement" Matthew Filipowicz Show - Air Date: 3-1-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: La Paix - Amadou & Mariam
Ch. 8: Act 4: NYPD Spying on Liberals, Using Fear Tactics - Majority Report - Air Date: 3-27-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Stop spying - The Grouch
Ch. 10: Act 5: NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Political Groups - Young Turks - Air Date 3-26-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Campus - Vampire Weekend
Ch. 12: Act 6: NYPD Spies In New Orleans! - The Progressive - Air Date: 3-23-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: And it spread - The Avett Brothers
Ch. 14: Act 7: US vs Jones (violation of 4th amendment rights) - On the Media - Air Date: 1-26-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: You wish - Nightmares On Wax
Ch. 16: Act 8: Life, Liberty, Indefinite Detention Without A Trial - Lee Camp - Air Date: 12-16-11
Ch. 17: Song 8: Yeat's Grave - The Cranberries
Ch. 18: Act 9: Eric Holder's Shameful Defense of Assassinating U.S. Citizens - The Progressive Air Date: 3-7-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Overkill - Colin Hay
Ch. 20: Act 10: Holder Defends Execution Without Charges - Young Turks - Air Date: 3-6-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Latino perspective on Trayvon Martin episode - Danny from Tampa Florida
Ch. 22: Liberal cop on the Trayvon Martin case - Dan
Ch. 23: Objection to being lumped in with privileged straight white males - Doug in Chicagoland
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 24: Final comments on the perception of attacks when discussing privilege
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at VestivalF.com, now log in to the award-winning VestivalF podcast |
| 0:11.3 | with Coops today from Comedian Lee Camp, the David Pakman Show, the Matthew Phillip |
| 0:14.8 | Povitz Show, the Majority Report, the Young Turks, the Progressive, and on the media, |
| 0:19.2 | and a note for our more sensitive listeners this episode contains profanity that is nowhere |
| 0:23.0 | near as offensive as the unconstitutional government actions those words are describing. |
| 0:30.0 | This is your moment of clarity from Lee Camp.net, so I have some great news folks, the Republicans |
| 0:35.7 | and the Democrats in Congress and the White House finally came together and agreed on something. |
| 0:40.9 | This is huge, these guys disagree on everything, getting them to see eye to eye is like getting |
| 0:45.6 | these railings and the Palestinians to do a truss fall together, or getting Eskimos |
| 0:49.7 | and Polar Bears to play Jenga. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm referring to the bill HR347 that was signed by President Obama the other day and |
| 0:56.7 | passed unanimously in the Senate, and 388 to 3 in the House, that's nearly every single |
| 1:03.4 | lawmaker. |
| 1:04.4 | The last time they agreed that closely on something it was a bill raising monthly congressional |
| 1:08.8 | pay to include a box of ding-dongs, two erotic cakes featuring Bonanza star Pernau Roberts, |
| 1:14.0 | and a general yet inquisitive prostate exam every Tuesday. |
| 1:17.2 | What did this magical universally loved bill say? |
| 1:20.1 | Well, many are calling it the anti-occupy law, because it allows the government to bring |
| 1:24.8 | charges against Americans involved in many kinds of political protest. |
| 1:29.0 | At any location, the secret service, quote, is or will temporarily be visiting. |
| 1:35.1 | So basically, if the government wants to shut down a protest, they just send a couple of |
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