(2012/06/06) The freedom you fear (Gun Control)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 6 June 2012
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Summary
Edition #612
The freedom you fear
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Dont Let Obama Take Guns from the Republican National Convention! - Majority Report - Air Date: 4-27-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Freedom from the Barrel of a Gun - Kieran Wade
Ch. 4: Act 2: FL Gov Denied Tampa's Request to Ban Guns for GOP Convention - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 5-2-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Weapon - Matthew Good
Ch. 6: Act 3: Pride Month - BotL Activism Update
Ch. 7: Song 3: Spectrum - Florence and The Machine
Ch. 8: Act 4: Nutty lawmakers, armed and dangerous - Jim Hightower
Ch. 9: Song 4: That's Right (You're Not from Texas) [Live] - Lyle Lovett
Ch. 10: Act 5: The People Can't Compete With Gun Lobby Influence on Gun Laws - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 3-23-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: How Much More - Stars
Ch. 12: Act 6: Local Man Shot With Girly Pistol - The Onion
Ch. 13: Song 6: Bang bang you're dead - Hannah Georgas
Ch. 14: Act 7: Oikos University Shooting, One L Goh & Guns - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-4-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Change of time - Josh Ritter
Ch. 16: Act 8: Wisconsin's Trayvon Martin Case - The Progressive - Air Date: 3-26-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Elephants - Rachael Yamagata
Ch. 18: Act 9: The Daily Caller is Giving Away Guns to their Readers - Majority Report
Ch. 19: Song 9: Wonder Woman - Super Heros Invasion
Ch. 20: Act 10: Phantom GOP Gun Control Conspiracies Driving Gun Policy Debates - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 4-13-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Politik - Coldplay
Ch. 22: Act 11: Potential School Shooter Gunned Down By Popular Jock - The Onion
Ch. 23: Song 11: Don't you - Simple Minds
Ch. 24: Act 12: Taco Bell Shooting & 'Stand Your Ground'- Young Turks - Air Date: 5-30-12
Ch. 25: Final comments on promoting Our Blue Media at Netroots Nation
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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 BestofTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestofTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Majority |
| 0:12.7 | Report, The Rachel Maddo Show, a BestofTheLeft activism update, Jim Hightower, The Onion |
| 0:17.3 | Radio News, The Young Turks and The Progressive, and a note for our more sensitive listeners |
| 0:21.5 | this episode contains Republican hypocrisy regarding guns. |
| 0:25.5 | Are you ready for this? |
| 0:32.2 | This is just wonderful. |
| 0:34.3 | The Tampa City Council on Thursday said they would ask Florida Governor Rick Scott |
| 0:39.9 | to ban firearms outside the Republican National Convention this year. |
| 0:47.0 | Now I have no doubt. |
| 0:51.2 | You should hear from the NRA and every single tea buyer should be out there right now. |
| 0:57.1 | They should bring firearms that Republican National Convention should be full of firearms. |
| 1:03.5 | There should be firearms outside of the convention. |
| 1:06.2 | There should be firearms inside that convention because that is the epicenter of freedom |
| 1:11.5 | in this country. |
| 1:14.3 | And if there's one place that we're going to prevent President Obama from getting his hands |
| 1:20.7 | on our guns, it should be in the Republican National Convention Hall and just outside |
| 1:28.0 | of it. |
| 1:29.0 | In fact, I think that we should have a 25 mile perimeter radius around the Republican National |
| 1:38.1 | Convention where you're allowed to carry bazookas where you're allowed to carry automatic |
| 1:46.7 | weaponry. |
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