(2014/02/23) The seamy underbelly (Conservatives)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 24 February 2014
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #802
The seamy underbelly
Today we look behind the curtain of conservatives, libertarians and the Republican party. What we find isn't pretty.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: How to Debunk a Libertarian: Let Them Talk - @majorityfm - Air Date: 11-4-11
Ch. 3: Song 1: Capitalism - Eastenders
Ch. 4: Act 2: Does Studying Economics Make you Greedy? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-23-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Profit - The Mammals
Ch. 6: Act 3: 9 of 10 Poorest States Are Republican - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-19-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
Ch. 8: Act 4: GOP Civil War - The Numbers Tell A Bigger Story & It Ain't Pretty - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-15-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Fight back - Garnett Silk
Ch. 10: Act 5: GOP Super Strategist Frank Luntz: Sad and Alone, Blames Obama / America - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-24-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Get up Stand up - Bob Marley
Ch. 12: Act 6: Republican Identification Lowest in 25 Years - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-19-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker
Ch. 14: Act 7: Strong Words From The Latest Sane Person Run Out Of The Republican Party - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-16-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: You're wrong - NOFX
Ch. 16: Act 8: Libertarian Upset The Daily Show Made Fun of Him - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-13-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Do it for free - The Constellations
Ch. 18: Act 9: Is Libertarianism the Velvet Glove Over the Iron Fist of Racism? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 07-12-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: Societal changes and tipping points - Eyal from San Diego, CA
Ch. 20: Trans* rights and fairness in sports - Marty from Los Angeles
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 21: Final comments on empathy and the momentary insanity brought on by having one's priviilige challenged
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at bestofalf.com. |
| 0:08.5 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of All F Podcasts with Cups today, from the |
| 0:12.2 | Majority Report to the Tom Harman program, the David Pakman show, and the Young Turks. |
| 0:16.4 | And a quick note of caution, now I know it may sound enticing or like just a bit of |
| 0:19.8 | harmless fun, but remember kids, protect yourself and others from the hidden dangers, and |
| 0:24.6 | just say no to libertarianism. |
| 0:30.0 | I like to have conservatives on my program, because it takes very little to show the |
| 0:39.8 | same portion of America, even the uninformed, but the same portion of America, how big |
| 0:47.0 | of whack jobs, how full of crap these people on the right are. |
| 0:55.1 | They're really wacky in the Tea Party, but the libertarians, they're think falls apart |
| 1:02.0 | as well. |
| 1:03.0 | That's why we had Andrew Schiff on, because he just keeps talking and talking and talking, |
| 1:08.8 | and I say let a libertarian, give a libertarian 45 minutes to go up there and talk with some, |
| 1:15.0 | you know, moderately challenging questions, and you could be done with the entire libertarian |
| 1:22.7 | philosophy for the rest of our lives. |
| 1:26.3 | That doesn't mean there aren't elements of it that are fine, but the fact of the matter |
| 1:29.1 | is, the difference between liberals and libertarians is liberals look towards results. |
| 1:35.2 | It is what are the results of given policies? |
| 1:40.1 | Libertarians create this process that they think is somehow truer and realer, even though |
| 1:50.0 | it's never existed, I mean you ask a libertarian, one was last time we had a free market in |
| 1:54.2 | this country, never, sort of, I mean we've had more, you know, maybe 1800s, what really? |
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