Archive for September, 2008
The Palin Problem
Our very first ever non-podcast-related blog post here at Best of the Left comes to us from the right wing equivalent of the Huffington Post. Kathleen Parker, a stalwart conservative columnist and frequent blogger at Townhall.com, spent the first month after Sarah Palin’s nomination defending her non-credentials and accusing her critics of sexism.
Well, that tune has changed in the wake of Palin’s recent set of major interviews that showed her to be the moron that she is. Ms. Parker has written an article stating in no uncertain terms that Sarah Palin is a problem for the McCain campaign and should take herself out of the race. Delicious!
Quotes from Kathleen Parker’s article entitled “The Palin Problem,” after the break
The crazy old man and his crazy young lady friend (Podcast)
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Act 1: GOP and Military speak out on McCain – YouTube
Act 2: Mysterious McCain zipper – The Onion
Act 3: You can’t challenge McCain – CounterSpin
Act 4: Offshore drilling – The Daily Show
Act 5: Media insists McCain is a Maverick – CounterSpin
Act 6: Obama painted as uppity – The Young Turks
Act 7: Obama tax plan – CounterSpin
Act 8: Sarah Palin is ridiculed – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Act 9: Palin is not a maverick choice – CounterSpin
Act 10: Sarah Palin wont blink – The Daily Show
Act 11: “That’s how you run a campaign!” – The Young Turks
Music:
Civil War – Guns N Roses
The Shining – Badly Drawn Boy
Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Philip Glass
Title and Registration – Death Cab for Cutie
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
President – Wyclef Jean
Politic Amagni (La Politique, C’est Pas Bon) – Amadou & Mariam
Hunter – Dido
Everybody’s changing – Keane
Don’t talk – 10,000 Maniacs
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Let’s redefine “too big to fail”
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Act 1: Republican enjoys paying for healthcare – The Onion
Act 2: McCain on the economy – YouTube
Act 3: Bill Shear on Phil Graham – The Young Turks
Act 4: A cure for real estate Amnesia – The Unger Report (NPR)
Act 5: Speculators drive up the price – Limbaugh lie of the day
Act 6: The GOP on economics – The Young Turks
Act 7: Bush’s Million’s – The Onion
Act 8: The failure of privitization – Thom Hartmann
Act 9: CNN on the new tax plans – CounterSpin
Act 10: Economic generic-off – The Daily Show
Act 11: Greenspan on the meltdown – The Young Turks
Music:
Money Song – Monty Python
Pull the String – Jonathan Coulton
Movin On Up – Ja’Net Dubois
Run’s House – Run D.M.C.
Big Time – Peter Gabriel
Opportunities – Pet Shop Boys
If you’ve got trouble – The Beatles
What went wrong? – Blink 182
But it’s alright – Huey Lewis And The News
Up nights – Amsterband
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Human rights for all
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Act 1: Hate crimes legislation – The Young Turks
Act 2: Pete Seeger on The Peekskill Riots – This Brave Nation
Act 3: Isreal’s water shortage – CounterSpin
Act 4: Affirmitive Action and the Supreme Court – BBC
Act 5: Democrats reinstating legal rights – CounterSpin
Act 6: President Bush Unveils New ‘Impotence Only’ Sex Policy – The Onion
Act 7: Manhunt.com – The Young Turks
Music:
O Green World – Gorillaz
Fearless – The Bravery
Cold Water – Damien Rice
We’re Going to Be Friends – The White Stripes
This Place Is a Prison – The Postal Service
Love Machine – Arctic Monkeys (Girls Aloud Cover)
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How about a nice big cup of shut the fuck up?
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Act 1: Hannity gets a new contract – The Young Turks
Act 2: Tell me a story Part 1 – Radio Lab
Act 3: 20th Limbaughversary – On the Media
Act 4: Tell me a story Part 2 – Radio Lab
Act 5: Glenn Beck should be fired – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Tell me a story Part 3 – Radio Lab
Act 7: Michael Savage on autism – The Young Turks
Music:
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Show Me What I’m Looking For – Carolina Liar
When the sun goes down – Arctic Monkeys
Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
An Honest Mistake – The Bravery
Every Day Is A Holiday (With You) – Esthero
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All in The Family
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Act 1: Hicks teach evolution – The Young Turks
Act 2: Religion in politics – On the Media
Act 3: Child injured mimicing crucifiction – The Onion
Act 4: Waiting for Joe – This American Life
Act 5: “The Family” – On the Media
Act 6: Christ Announces hiring associate Christ – The Onion
Act 7: “Fuck your religion” – The Young Turks
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Music:
Faith – George Michael
Crazy Faith – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Crucify – Troi Amos
God’s gonna cut you down – Johnny Cash
In God’s country – U2
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
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Shifting water and winds
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Act 1: The emerging German energy system – Thom Hartmann
Act 2: Water scarcity around the world – The Young Turks
Act 3: T Boone Pickens latches on to wind – Thom Hartmann
Act 4: Water as a commodity – Washington Post
Act 5: Disease-Free Water Tops List Of World’s Most Popular Beverages – The Onion
Music:
She’s electric – Oasis
Porpoise Song – The Monkees
Coast to coast – Elliott Smith
Find the river – R.E.M.
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