(2013/01/26) The Proposals (Gun Control)
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🗓️ 27 January 2013
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Edition #682
The Proposals
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Can Reasonable Gun Bills Beat Hyperbolic Obstruction? - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 1-8-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: You're a joke - The Quakes
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Founding Fathers vs. The Gun Nuts - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 01-09-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Rebels - The Cranberries
Ch. 6: Act 3: Assault Ban Is a Good Idea, But Much More Needed - The Progressive - Air Date: 1-11-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Violent Days - RTZ
Ch. 8: Act 4: General McChrystal: We Need More Gun Control - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 01-11-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Fade to black - Apocalyptica
Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox News Continues to Push False Narrative that President Obama Wants to Take Away Our Guns - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 01-11-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Fade to black - Apocalyptica
Ch. 12: Act 6: What's in Obama's Gun Control Proposal Package? - Majority Report - Air Date: 01-17-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Somewhere only we know - Keane
Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Neglected War on Drugs, Poverty, Suicide - The Progressive - Air Date: 1-17-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Small potatoes - A Weather
Ch. 16: Act 8: New York Passes 'Strictest' Gun Control Law - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 01-17-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: How to save a life - Vitamin String Quartet
Ch. 18: Act 9: Fox News' Megyn Kelly Debunks Fox Myth About Obama's Doctors And Guns Policy - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 01-18-13
Ch. 20: Act 10: Polls Support Gun Control, Now Democrats Do Too - Majority Report - Air Date: 01-18-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Feel the Tide (Live) - Mumford and Sons
Ch. 22: Act 10: 23 Steps To Gun Control - The Bugle - Air Date 1-20-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Responsibility and blame are two sides of the same coin - Mara from Pittsburgh
Ch. 24: Victim blaming is ingrained from a young age - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 25: Not all evangelicals are crazy - Matt from Maryland
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 26: Final comments on blame/preparedness, my icy ride and plunge and the Feb 17 Keystone XL protest in DC
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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 BestableLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestableLeft podcast with Cupsidae from the Rachel Maddo |
| 0:12.6 | show, the Tom Hartman program, the progressive, the David Pakman show, Media Matters Minute, |
| 0:17.5 | the Majority Report, and the Bugle. |
| 0:30.0 | It was two years ago today that then Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot and very nearly |
| 0:34.8 | killed outside of grocery store at a meet your Congresswoman event in Tucson, Arizona. |
| 0:39.7 | Today on the two-year anniversary of the assassination attempt that nearly killed her and that did kill |
| 0:44.4 | six other people and that wounded 12 other people. |
| 0:48.2 | Today, Gabby Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, launched a new political action |
| 0:52.9 | committee. |
| 0:53.9 | It's called Americans for Responsible Solutions. |
| 0:57.0 | They say their goal is to, quote, encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions that |
| 1:01.8 | will prevent gun violence. |
| 1:02.8 | It's a new political pressure group, in other words. |
| 1:05.9 | Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband launched this group today in a high-profile, |
| 1:09.7 | well-done media blitz. |
| 1:11.1 | They sat together for a very moving interview with Diane Sawyer. |
| 1:14.4 | They published a joint op-ed in USA Today where they demanded change from Washington, but |
| 1:19.1 | they also pointed to their own unique role in this fight, not just with the former Congresswoman |
| 1:24.3 | as a victim of gun violence, but with her having been a member of Congress who was a staunch |
| 1:29.1 | supporter of the Second Amendment. |
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