(2012/07/03) A victory for the pro-health, pro-tyranny movement (Obamacare)
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🗓️ 3 July 2012
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Edition #620
A victory for the pro-health, pro-tyranny movement
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Important Decision In The News - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 6-29-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: King and lionheart - Of Monsters and Men
Ch. 4: Act 2: Roberts's Surprising Decision on Health Care - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Dog days are over (Live) - Florence + The Machine
Ch. 6: Act 3: Biggest Tax Increase In The World - TWiB RADIO - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: For whom the bell tolls - Apocalyptica
Ch. 8: Act 4: Right Wing Freaks Out Over Health Care Ruling - Media Matters - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: For whom the bell tolls - Apocalyptica
Ch. 10: Act 5: GOP Senator Uninsured Americans Are Not the Issue - David Pakman - Air Date: 7-2-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Where the streets have no name - Pet Shop Boys
Ch. 12: Act 6: Take A Minute More To Verify - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 6-29-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Coming to terms - Carolina Liar
Ch. 14: Act 7: Fox Doctors Panel Reacts to Obamacare - The Young Turks - Air Date: 6-30-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Fake plastic trees - Radiohead
Ch. 16: Act 8: The President's Weakly Address - le Show - Air Date: 7-1-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: These days - Nico
Ch. 18: Act 9: ACA Details Explained - TWiB RADIO - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Love, save the empty - Erin McCarley
Ch. 20: Act 10: Fmr Republican Official Armed Rebellion to Fight Obamacare - David Pakman - Air Date: 7-3-12
Ch. 19: Song 10: I know I know I know - Tegan and Sara
Ch. 20: Act 11: Supreme Court Health Care Decision Is a Victory for Policy Over Politics - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 23: Final comments on how I invented a mathematical principle
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| 0:08.9 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cups today from the Jimmy Dora |
| 0:12.6 | show, The Progressive, This Week in Blackness Radio, Media Matters, The David Pakman |
| 0:17.3 | Show, The Young Turks, La Show, and The Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:20.7 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode doesn't contain anything that |
| 0:24.3 | might offend you, proceed without caution. |
| 0:30.0 | This week, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark five-to-four decision that President Obama's |
| 0:34.4 | health care law was constitutional. |
| 0:37.4 | Republicans everywhere were shocked that Chief Justice Roberts would uphold a law that |
| 0:40.7 | helps people he's never even had dinner with. |
| 0:44.8 | The Court's key ruling was that the individual mandate is a tax, which only enraged conservatives |
| 0:49.5 | that even one Republican would vote for a tax increase. |
| 0:52.6 | Why did Roberts break with the Supreme Court's long tradition of doing everything they |
| 0:56.1 | can to help Romney? |
| 0:58.8 | Roberts conservative colleagues on the bench complained bitterly that nowhere in the Constitution |
| 1:02.6 | does it even mention free birth control for women. |
| 1:06.3 | But now, in response to Obama's victory, Romney may now have to come out even more strongly |
| 1:11.6 | in favor of people getting sick and keeping it to themselves. |
| 1:17.2 | Meanwhile, the President still has to sell Obamacare to skeptical voters who don't approve |
| 1:21.3 | of a law which forces them to buy a product that's absolutely necessary that they were |
| 1:24.9 | planning to buy anyway, and which is impossible for the average person to understand who's |
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