9/11
#485 Not time for a pep rally (Bin Laden)
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Edition #485
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Act 1: The headline and the photos – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Back to Life – Keep On Movin’
Act 2: Only a handful of rational responses – Citizen Radio
Song 2: If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Footsteps in the Dark – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Act 3: Bin Laden dead, what now? – David Pakman
Song 3: We Never Change – Parachutes
Act 4: It’s a shame we couldn’t deal with him alive – Majority Report
Song 4: Pilot Light (Extended Version) – Pilot Season Soundtrack
Act 5: Let’s hear from the kids – This American Life
Song 5: Just Didn’t Happen to You – Just Didn’t Happen to You – Single
Act 6: On our terms, not his – Rachel Maddow
Song 6: Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Medusa
Act 7: What Osama’s killing means – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 7: Monster Under the Bed – B3
Act 8: Understanding what he did to us Part 1 – Common Sense
Song 8: Let’s Dance to Joy Division – A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
Act 9: Bin Laden’s history – The Bugle
Song 9: I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish – The Sound of the Smiths (Remastered)
Act 10: Understanding what he did to us Part 2 – Common Sense
Song 10: How Far We’ve Come – Exile On Mainstream
Act 11: Repercussions of 9/11 – Rachel Maddow
Final comments follow up on my previous commentary on Bin Laden’s death
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Made up and poor taste reporting – The Bugle
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#403 Rachel Maddow gives credit where credit is due (Foreign Policy)
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Edition #403
Act 1: 9 Billion lost – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Where Did It Go (Bonus Track) – Jimmy Cliff
Act 2: The insane cost of war – Young Turks
Song 2: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John: Greatest Hits
Act 3: Taliban code of conduct – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Sometimes I Rhyme Slow – Ain’t a Damn Thing Changed
Act 4: Reaction to 9/11 – Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Song 4: John Adams theme song – HBO
Act 5: Growing intelligence community – Colbert Report
Song 5:Under the Gun – Sawdust
Act 6: Still not out of Iraq – The Progressive
Song 6: Drowning Men – Reservoir
Act 7: Mission accomplished part 2 – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 7: Don’t Talk – In My Tribe
Act 8: US always has money for war – Young Turks
Song 8: Give a Little Bit – The Very Best of Supertramp
Act 9: Iraq numbers – Le Show
Song 9: Trillion Dollar Bargain – Harry Shearer
Act 10: Credit where credit is due – Rachel Maddow
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Full, unedited interview with the hosts of Citizen Radio
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#398 This is a total waste of our time (Park 51)
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Edition #398
Act 1: Cat and Mosque – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Anywhere Is – The Very Best of Enya
Act 2: Municipal land-use update – Daily Show
Song 2: Tolerance – Yell Fire!
Act 3: Cantor on the mosque ‘Come on’ – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: It’s Alright – Live At 25
Act 4: Jimmy’s take on the mosque – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 4: Golden Brown – The Stranglers: Greatest Hits 1977-1990
Act 5: Islamic architecture – The Bugle
Song 5: Drums of freedom – Theo Bard
Act 6: Who are we as a nation – The Young Turks
Song 6: I Don’t Believe In That – Unglorious Hallelujah
Act 7: Citizen Radio talks on Cordoba – GRITtv
Song 7: Different People – Tragic Kingdom
Act 8: The sacred ground arguement – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 8: The Argument – Front Seat Solidarity
Act 9: How to know it’s election season – Sam Seder
Song 9: One Love – Songs Around the World (Audio/Video Version)
Act 10: Embarrassing moments – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: South Side – Play & Play: B Sides
Act 11: The ‘radical’ Imam behind the mosque – Young Turks
Song 11: Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Act 12: Mosque-Erade – Daily Show
Song 12: Missed the Boat – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Act 13: Special Comment on the mosque – Countdown
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Municipal Land-Use Update – Ground Zero Mosque – Daily Show
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Hearings, lies, and audio tape
Act 1: NORAD in confusion – NPR
Act 2: 9/11 commission was lied to – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: Conspiracy theories – On The Media
Act 4: Thomas Kean of the 9/11 commission – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: 9/11 911 calls released – NPR
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