(2013/03/06) Our broken fundamentals (Economics)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 March 2013
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #695
Our broken fundamentals
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Number One Thing The US Subsidizes Is Ignorance - Lee Camp - Air Date: 02-15-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Where your eyes don't go - They might be giants
Ch. 4: Act 2: Just Say No to Subsidies! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 02-27-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Lost in the post - The Wombats
Ch. 6: Act 3: Fool's Errand by Post Office - The Progressive - Air Date: 2-7-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: My private nation - Train
Ch. 8: Act 4: Susan Crawford - Our Communications Crisis - Moyers And Company - Air Date - 2-8-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Civil war - Guns N' Roses
Ch. 10: Act 5: Alexander Hamilton to Critics: Debt is OK! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 02-19-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: I owe you - Helen Kane
Ch. 12: Act 6: Western Civilization Has All The Signs Of A Collapsing Empire - Lee Camp - Air Date: 02-07-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna - London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox
Ch. 14: Act 7: That Makes Perfect Sense, But To Solve The Problem You Need My Illogical Hype - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 3-1-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Hospital beds - Cold War Kids
Ch. 16: Act 8: Wall Street Setting Up Financial Armageddon - The Young Turks - Air Date: 02-20-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 17: Correction for Wade on Afghanistan War - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Ch. 18: Thoughts on why they hate us - Denny from Indiana
Ch. 19: Thoughts on the idea that American lives are worth more than others - Chris from Colorado Springs
Ch. 20: The tree of liberty needs sunshine as well - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 21: Just jokes - Jamie Foxx vs The Onion - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Ch. 22: Tired of being beat up for being a white guy - Scott from Philadelphia
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Ch. 23: Final comments looking forward to responses to today's voicemails
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details of |
| 0:06.3 | visit the membership tab at bestopoleph.com. |
| 0:08.1 | Welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcasts with Cups Today from Comedian |
| 0:12.3 | Lee Camp, the Tom Harman Program, the Progressive, Moyers & Company, the Jimmy Doar Show, and |
| 0:17.3 | the Young Turks. |
| 0:18.3 | I note that this episode might be especially depressing, actually, so please make sure |
| 0:22.0 | you're feeling up to the task of handling this one before continuing. |
| 0:25.5 | This is your moment of clarity from LeeCamp.net. |
| 0:32.8 | I know you probably thought the number one thing we subsidized in the United States was |
| 0:36.9 | manned. |
| 0:37.9 | But no, that's number two. |
| 0:39.5 | The number one thing is ignorance. |
| 0:41.8 | Think about it. |
| 0:42.8 | Climate change causes massive drought. |
| 0:44.2 | We then use our tax dollars to subsidize food so that we don't see the effects of that |
| 0:49.2 | drought. |
| 0:50.2 | By doing this, we subsidize our ignorance of the harm of climate change. |
| 0:54.5 | Most of us don't understand the economy, so Wall Street is allowed to caress it molested |
| 0:58.8 | and digest it and then run off with bags of money. |
| 1:02.0 | Our tax dollars are then used to save these f***ing our money, clad poop farmers, when |
| 1:07.2 | they can't pay their debts. |
| 1:08.8 | So everything keeps going, and we've allowed ourselves to remain blind. |
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