(2012/08/12) Making the list (Foreign Policy)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 August 2012
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Summary
Edition #632
Making the list
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Romney's Bush-Like Foreign Policy Matters to the World - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 7-27-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Imagine that - Melissa Etheridge
Ch. 4: Act 2: A Patriotic Punch In The Face - Howdyland.com - Air Date: 7-12-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Pullin' Punches - Arkells
Ch. 6: Act 3: Global champion of human rights. Who, us? - CounterSpin
Ch. 7: Song 3: It's a mistake - Men at Work
Ch. 8: Act 4: Dronetopia - Mark Firoe - Air Date 5-29-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Peace of mind - Schonherz & Scott
Ch. 10: Act 5: How Can You Vote For Obama After Drone Revelations? - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-11-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Where your eyes don't go - They might be giants
Ch. 12: Act 6: Combating Militancy And Growing Numbers - CounterSpin - Air Date: 6-7-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Casualties of war - Rakim
Ch. 14: Act 7: New Masters Of War - Le Show - Air Date 6-24-12
Ch. 15: Act 8: Senator Whitehouse on Obama's Kill List & DOJ Secret Law - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-13-12
Ch. 16: Song 8: Secrets - OneRepublic
Ch. 17: Act 9: Pressing Obama over His "Kill List" - The Progressive - Air Date: 8-2-12
Ch. 18: Song 9: First day of my life - Bright Eyes
Ch. 19: Act 10: Obama's 'License To Kill' Being Questioned By Congress - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-01-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Advice on structuring the government and voting for change - Cindy in California
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final comments on calling for a constitutional convention through Wolf-PAC.com
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.7 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast with who's today, from the Rachel |
| 0:12.5 | Maddo Show, HowdyLand.com, CounterSpin, MarkFurray.com, The Majority Report, List Show, |
| 0:18.4 | The Progressive, and The Young Turks. |
| 0:20.5 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode may make you feel like you're |
| 0:23.6 | about to be assassinated by your own government, but that's probably not true. |
| 0:29.1 | Four years ago, this week, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was wrapping up a |
| 0:35.1 | worldwide tour through Europe in the Middle East, designed to amp up his foreign policy credentials. |
| 0:40.1 | Here's what that looked like. |
| 0:46.1 | As many as 200,000 people crowded their way into Berlin, Tear Garden Park, to hear Senator |
| 0:52.1 | Obama's vision for the world in July of 2008, and to cheer. |
| 0:57.1 | And to cheer some more. |
| 1:01.1 | The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another. |
| 1:08.1 | The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. |
| 1:14.1 | The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. |
| 1:20.1 | The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christians and Muslims and Jews |
| 1:27.1 | cannot stand. |
| 1:29.1 | These now are the walls we must tear down. |
| 1:33.1 | Senator Obama was greeted abroad like a political rock star, and not just by his tens of thousands |
| 1:39.1 | of adoring fans. |
| 1:40.1 | As Frank Rich put it at the time, Senator Obama was treated like a quote, president in waiting |
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