(2012/05/07) State's Wrongs (State Policies)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 May 2012
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Edition #603
State's Wrongs
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Shoot-em-up Charlie Discovers ALEC - Mark Fiore - Air Date 4-4-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: The typewriter song - The Boston Pops Orchestra
Ch. 4: Act 2: Gov Chris Christie Caught Fibbing About Killed Project - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 4-10-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Going Nowhere - Neil Sedaka
Ch. 6: Act 3: Voter ID Unmasked - The Progressive Air Date: 3-13-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men
Ch. 8: Act 4: GOP Pledge: No Sex, No Porn, & Guns Are Good - Young Turks - Air Date: 3-6-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Les monstres - David Ari Leon
Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox News Forgets the 15th Amendment Exists - Media Matters Air Date: 3-13-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Les monstres - David Ari Leon
Ch. 12: Act 6: Much Depends on the Wis. Recall - The Progressive - Air Date: 4-16-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Kick him out - Dustin's Bar Mitzvah
Ch. 14: Act 7: Republican Party Institutionally Weak Compared to Stronger Conservative Movement - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 4-9-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: This year - The Mountain Goats
Ch. 16: Act 8: Anti-Evolution 'Monkey Bill' In Tennessee - Young Turks - Air Date 4-8-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Devils theory - Born Loser and the Hangers On
Ch. 18: Act 9: Tucson Schools Block Ana Castillo - The Progressive - Air Date: 4-30-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: By the time I get to Arizona - Public Enemy
Ch. 20: Act 10: Two Thirds Rule - What Rule - We Don't Need No Stinkin' Rules - Blacking It Up - Air Date: 4-10-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion
Ch. 22: Act 11: Former Michigan Emergency Manager Blows Whistle on Anti-Democratic Law - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 4-19-12
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Ch. 23: Pointless to fight about comparing oppressions - Lauren from Iowa City, Iowa
Ch. 24: Reaction to Bin Laden and Best of the Left is I Occupy - Daniel from New York
Ch. 25: Thoughts on the new generation from a boomer - Peter from Seattle
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Ch. 26: Final comments giving an update on the Our Blue Media fundraiser
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| 0:13.5 | The Rachel Maddo Show, The Progressive, The Young Turks, Media Matters, and Blacking |
| 0:17.8 | It Up. |
| 0:18.8 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains bad news for anyone |
| 0:22.3 | who believes in voting, constitutions, or representative government. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi there hoodies and hoodets. |
| 0:31.8 | Shoot em up Charlie here. |
| 0:34.2 | By now you know that I get to help vigilante types kill unarmed people. |
| 0:38.7 | And the best part is, it's perfectly legal. |
| 0:42.2 | Thanks to my friends at the NRA and Alec who write the laws and then feed them to politicians |
| 0:47.0 | all over the country, if you feel threatened by a punk-packing dangerous skittles, shoot, |
| 0:52.4 | shoot, shoot! |
| 0:54.9 | But Alec and I, we're not just one-shot wonders, we're funded by millions and millions |
| 0:59.5 | of corporate dollars working to undermine things like healthcare reform. |
| 1:05.1 | In other words, I help corporations shoot you and then deny you coverage for a pre-existing |
| 1:11.3 | condition. |
| 1:12.6 | It's all about getting the laws we write into state houses everywhere through our complicit |
| 1:17.4 | lawmakers, which it sounds like a crazy conspiracy if it weren't true. |
| 1:23.0 | We write so many laws and distribute them through our member politicians, it's like |
| 1:27.4 | shooting fish in a barrel. |
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