(2013/04/17) Margaret Thatcher's legacy (Special Event)
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🗓️ 17 April 2013
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Edition #708
Margaret Thatcher's legacy
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Mouseketeer And The Conservative Icon - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 4-12-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Between the wars - Billy Bragg
Ch. 4: Act 2: Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Hero, Dies at 87 - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-09-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: The day Margaret Thatcher dies - Pete Wylie
Ch. 6: Act 3: No Tears for Thatcher - The Progressive - Air Date: 4-8-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Tramp the dirt down - Elvis Costello
Ch. 8: Act 4: Matthews And Hayes On Thatcher - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 4-12-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Thatcher fucked the kids - Frank Turner
Ch. 10: Act 5: Remembering Margaret Thatcher: Mandela, a Terrorist; Pinochet, a Democrat - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-09-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher - Notsensibles
Ch. 12: Act 6: Memories Of Margret Thatcher - Citizen Radio - Air Date 4-11-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Margaret on the guillotine - Morrissey
Ch. 14: Act 7: Thatcher & Reagan: What You Need to know - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 04-10-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Thatcherites - Billy Bragg
Ch. 16: Act 8: False Praise Boosting Maggie's Legacy - CounterSpin - Air Date 4-12-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: The day that Thatcher dies - Hefner
Ch. 18: Act 9: A Spectacular Send Off - The Bugle - Air Date 4-14-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Klaus Nomi
Ch. 20: Act 10: Margaret Thatcher's Legacy: We're Still Living In Her World - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-09-13
Final comments on socialist Germany vs Thatcherism and Reaganism
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with us today from the Jimmy Doar |
| 0:12.3 | show, The Young Turks, The Progressive, The Majority Report, Citizen Radio, The Tom |
| 0:16.5 | Hardman program, Counter-Spin and The Bugle, and a note that the profanity and complicated |
| 0:21.9 | emotional issues around today's topic may make some uncomfortable, but it's the quotes |
| 0:26.3 | from Thatcher that will really make you sick. |
| 0:30.1 | This past Monday, both Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello died. |
| 0:34.5 | I don't know that much about Thatcher, but I know she pissed off Morrissey. |
| 0:39.0 | Ronald Reagan has said to have been good friends with her, must have been her warmth and sense |
| 0:42.4 | of humor. |
| 0:44.2 | It certainly says something that 23 years after she left office, Thatcher is still widely |
| 0:48.8 | hated in England. |
| 0:50.3 | On the announcement of her death, people took to the streets to celebrate. |
| 0:54.5 | We didn't even do that when Richard Nixon died, much less Reagan, but as Americans we |
| 0:58.7 | probably forgive more than we should. |
| 1:01.1 | I mean, we still give George W. Bush credit that 9-11 only happened once. |
| 1:08.7 | Thatcher has even considered a gay icon, though she certainly didn't seem to think much |
| 1:12.3 | of them. |
| 1:13.8 | Maybe it's because she projected the image of a strong, determined woman who could have |
| 1:17.2 | easily been played by Benny Hill. |
| 1:22.2 | She famously once said, there's no such thing as society, which caused a lot of debate |
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