(2012/07/09) Your Plutocracy at Work (Citizens United)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 9 July 2012
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Edition #622
Your Plutocracy at Work
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Why I'm Racist - Lee Camp - Air Date: 01-13-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Crooked teeth - Death Cab For Cutie
Ch. 4: Act 2: Your Plutocracy at Work - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 5-30-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Lake Michigan - Rouge Wave
Ch. 6: Act 3: Wolf-Pac.com - It gets worse campaign - BotL Activism Update
Ch. 7: Song 3: Show me something new - Shout Out Louds
Ch. 8: Act 4: Love Obama? This Will Piss You Off (But You Need To Hear It) - Young Turks - Air Date: 6-6-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Yes we can, but - Harry Shearer
Ch. 10: Act 5: Campaign Finance: "A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham" - The Progressive Air Date: 3-6-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Atoms in a molecule - Noah and the Whale
Ch. 12: Act 6: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Citizens United Allows Corporations to Threaten Politicians - Majority Report - Air Date: 6-13-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Mother we just can't get enough - New Radicals
Ch. 14: Act 7: Media's View On Campaign Finanace Reform - Counterspin - Air Date: 4-12-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: When it goes wrong again - Everclear
Ch. 16: Act 8: Lawrence Lessig on ‘Fixing the Republic’ - Truthdig Radio
Ch. 17: Song 8: You can't always get what you want - Glee Cast
Ch. 18: Act 9: Celebrating the 4th in the greatest, freest country - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 7-6-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: American Pie - Don McLean
Ch. 20: Act 10: Montana Citizens United case even more important than immigration ruling - Thom Hartmann - Air Date 6-25-12
Ch. 19: Song 10: The girl in the northern soul collection - Club 8
Ch. 20: Act 11: Citizens United and the rationing of speech - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 7-6-12
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Final comments introducing Moyers' interview with Jonathan Haidt
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? Part 1
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? Part 2
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? Part 3
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? Part 4
How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? Part 5
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfAleft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfAleft podcast with Cubsiday from comedian Lee Camp, |
| 0:13.0 | the Rachel Maddo Show, a BestOfAleft activism update, the Young Turks, the Progressive, the |
| 0:17.2 | Majority Report, Counter-Spin, Truth-Degradio, the Jimmy Doors Show, the Tom Harman program, |
| 0:21.9 | and Moyers & Company. |
| 0:23.5 | And a note for our immunocompromised listeners, I am sick today, so listen with caution. |
| 0:30.0 | I hate to be racist, I hate to stereotype, but let's cut the bulls**t. |
| 0:34.4 | Let's stop being politically correct just for a second. |
| 0:37.9 | Let's stop blowing smoke up each other's asses and dip towing around the truth. |
| 0:41.8 | Let's stop greasing each other's shuttlecocks and floppin' each other's floppin' utter |
| 0:45.8 | sandwiches. |
| 0:46.8 | That's an expression, right? |
| 0:48.8 | Again, I'm sorry to be racist, but there's a certain kind of people in this country who |
| 0:54.1 | are truly and utterly tearing it apart. |
| 0:57.4 | They chuck away our resources, they destroy our environment, they don't give up flying |
| 1:01.2 | f**king about anyone but themselves, they don't take care of their kids, and they reproduce |
| 1:05.5 | like f**king bunny rabbits during a blizzard with their refrigerator full of sealous-laced |
| 1:11.0 | carrots. |
| 1:12.2 | That's an expression, right? |
| 1:14.0 | No one wants to talk about it, but these people take our jobs, they take our benefits, |
| 1:18.8 | destroy our futures, and expect us to take care of them when they need help. |
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