(2012/12/17) Good Job America (Drug War)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 December 2012
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Edition #672
Good Job America
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Pot Legal in 2 States, Drug Czars Panic - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-10-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Hope - Jack Johnson
Ch. 4: Act 2: Police Should Support the End of Pot Prohibition - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-13-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Boardwalk Empire Theme
Ch. 6: Act 3: LaSalle, Illinois Awaits Fabled Drug Shipment - The Onion
Ch. 7: Song 3: Little dealer boy - Stephen Colbert & Willie Nelson
Ch. 8: Act 4: Are We Winning The War on Drugs? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-15-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Nothing left to lose - Mat Kearney
Ch. 10: Act 5: Norm Stamper joins Thom to talk Marijuana Legalization - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-13-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Karma police - Radiohead
Ch. 12: Act 6: Little Tobacco Hit With $3.5 Hundred Lawsuit - The Onion
Ch. 13: Song 6: Cigarette smoke - Arctic Monkeys
Ch. 14: Act 7: Seattle Gets Primer on Pot from the Police - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-15-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Concerning Hobbits - Howard Shore
Ch. 16: Act 8: Federals Must Explain Why Marijuana Is A Schedule One Drug - Common Sense - Air Date 12-11-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 17: Privilege and population control - Daniel from Los Angeles
Ch. 18: Otherizing the shooter doesn't help the conversation on mental health - Emma from Wellesley, Mass
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 19: Final Comments on mental health and climate change
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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 BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cubsiday from the Young Turks, |
| 0:12.8 | the Rachel Maddo Show, the Onion Radio News, the Tom Hartman program, and Common Sense |
| 0:16.8 | with Dan Carlin. |
| 0:17.8 | And remember kids, just say no to bad policies, and then worked over time them. |
| 0:30.1 | So we had a great day in terms of ballot initiatives, Colorado and Washington, |
| 0:34.4 | decided that they were going to legalize pot, not just medicinal marijuana, but all pot. |
| 0:39.0 | That is great news, war on drugs is insane, and thank God somebody took some action, |
| 0:45.4 | and I believe that it would be the beginning of the end for them. |
| 0:47.8 | And apparently, the feds agree. |
| 0:50.1 | So they're now in a panic, and they're trying to figure out how to stop it. |
| 0:53.8 | So Kevin Sabat is a former advisor to Obama's drugs are, he's against legalization, |
| 0:59.6 | and he says, quote, this is symbolic victory for legalization advocates, but it will be |
| 1:04.8 | short-lived, because basically he's saying the feds are going to come for you. |
| 1:09.2 | In fact, he continues, they're facing an uphill battle with implementing this in the face |
| 1:13.9 | of presidential opposition, and in the face of federal enforcement opposition. |
| 1:19.2 | So two important parts of that, first of all, the feds are coming for you, and we're |
| 1:22.5 | not going to let you have your states rights, we're not going to let you have your laws |
| 1:26.5 | and Colorado and Washington. |
| 1:27.6 | Second of all, you mentioned, you notice he mentioned presidential opposition. |
| 1:31.4 | Now, wait a minute, I thought President Obama had said that he wasn't going to be concerned |
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