The GOP
#339 Who, what and how we’re fighting (GOP)
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Edition #339
Act 1: CPAC 2010 Rage within the machine – Daily Show
Act 2: CPAC Conference – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: CPAC – US has the best health care – Young Turks
Act 4: Rage within the machine – Progressivism – Daily Show
Act 5: American’s don’t know R’s block everything – Young Turks
Act 6: George Will totally consistent on filibuster = Counterspin
Act 7: Filibuster is too neat and simple – Bill Maher
Act 8: Let’s go nuclear – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Teabaggers and teabaggees – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Sarah Palin at Teabagger convention – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
AmeriGasm CPAC – Daily Show
Music:
Hello, My Treacherous Friends – OK GO
Graceland – Paul Simon
It’s not impossible – Ben Sollee
Don’t vote – Cass McCombs
Losers – The Cardigans
There’s something wrong – Brad Sucks
One fine day – The Chiffons
Failure by design – Brand New
Be my angel – Mazzy Star
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#293 For-profit journalism at some of it’s worst (Podcast)
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Act 1: So you think you can douche – Daily Show
Act 2: Fact-imparted miniverse on healthcare – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Poll bearers: cable news polls itself – Daily Show
Act 4: Neal Boortz on human debris – The Young Turks
Act 5: Fox News: The new liberals – Daily Show
Act 6: Raising terror level to raise polling points – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: CNN’s just sayin’ – Daily Show
Act 8: Playing politics with terror – Countdown
Music:
Stand by me – Playing for change
Across the universe – Rufas Wainwright
Crash – The Primitives
Sorrow – Bad religion
We like to party – The Venga Boys
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here – Weezer
What’s the matter here? – 10,000 Maniacs
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#291 Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives (Podcast)
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Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Class of ‘43 – Daily Show
Act 3: Bob Inglis – What are they afraid of? – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Cheney’s asault on the rule of law – Countdown
Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Continuing the details on warrantless wiretapping – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Doctoring the torture program – The Young Turks
Music:
Green eyes – Coldplay
I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Transit – Albert Hammond Jr.
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#290 The danger is not theoretical (Podcast)
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Act 1: Give me liberty and give me death – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 2: The ghost of the klan returns to stoke fear of change – The Young Turks
Act 3: Glenn Beck’s operation – Daily Show
Act 4: Frank Schaeffer on healthcare – Thom Hartmann
Act 5: Barny Frank being frank on healthcare – Politico
Act 6: Aaron Carroll on single payer healthcare – Colbert Report
Act 7: Threats of violence on the fringe is not theoretical – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Bringing a gun to Obama’s townhall – The Young Turks
Act 9: Special comment on healthcare violence – Countdown
Music:
Live and let die – Guns N’ Roses
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
99 red balloons – Nena
Put me down – The Cranberries
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Hurt so good – The Yellow Snow Company
Take a chance on me – Abba
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#289 The cult of religiosity on C Street in Washington (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gay demon on the loose – Colbert Report
Act 2: Rumsfeld uses religious quotes for war – Countdown
Act 3: A look inside of “C Street” Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Prematurely born-again Christian – The Onion
Act 5: A look inside of “C Street” Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Satellite Sheiks – On the Media
Act 7: Abstinence-only ed. ruined by trip to zoo – The Onion
Act 8: Jeff Sharlet on “The Family” – Daily Show
Act 9: A look inside of “C Street” Part 3 – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Mind Excursion – The trade winds
A few honest words – Ben Sollee
Auto-tune the news #5 – YouTube User schmoyoho
Unhappy birthday – The Smiths
God’s radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Wild world – Cat Stevens
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#279 Anger leads to hate hate leads to suffering (Podcast)
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Act 1: The rise of right-wing extremism – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Fox News helped kill George Tiller – Countdown
Act 3: Right-wing hate speech Part 1 – Rhandi Rhodes
Act 4: Military propaganda in the media – Counterspin
Act 5: Right-wing hate speech Part 2 – Rhandi Rhodes
Act 6: Conservatives spurring violence Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: Michael Savage banned from UK – Ring of Fire
Act 8: Conservatives spurring violence Part 2 – The Young Turks
Music:
My favorite game – The Cardigans
Safety dance – Men Without Hats
Once around the block – Badly Drawn Boy
Happy – Sister Hazel
Nothing Compares to You – Shinade O’Connor
Good people – Jack Johnson
This Is The Day – The The
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#271 The sometimes blinding stupidity of the GOP (Podcast)
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Act 1: GOP talking about secession again – The Young Turks
Act 2: Meghan McCain on the GOP – Colbert Report
Act 3: The “Democrat Socialist Party” – Countdown
Act 4: Going back to the poisoned well Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: GOP using fear again (of course) – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Going back to the poisoned well Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Stupidity in the GOP – Bill Maher
Act 8: Gingrich explains the fear in the GOP – The Young Turks
Act 9: GOP purging it’s ranks – Countdown
Music:
How I feel around you – Violaine
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Soft serve – Soul Coughing
Father and daughter – Paul Simon
Sacris Solemnis – Libera
From blown speakers – The New Pornographers
American Music – Violent Femmes
My little runaway – Del Shannon
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#263 Headed for the cliff with pizza in hand (Podcast)
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Act 1: Conservatives don’t get Colbert – Countdown
Act 2: Fox News deep in projection – The Young Turks
Act 3: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans – Bill Maher
Act 4: Stunned McCain Supporter – The Onion
Act 5: Swine Flu stokes racism – Countdown
Act 6: The hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and Fox News – The Young Turks
Act 7: Pizza Party – Slate.com
Act 8: Republicans blocking unnammed nominees already – Countdown
Act 9: Rebranding the party with a pizza party – The Daily Show
Act 10: Discussing the fate of the Republican Party – The Young Turks
Music:
Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – t.A.T.u.
Unhappy Birthday – The Smiths
Ain’t No Reason – Brett Dennen
Starry Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold
You were the last high – The Dandy Warhols
Veterans – The Clips
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Can’t stop loving you – Van Halen
Take a chance on me – Abba
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#260 Worked up, angry and totally misdirected (Podcast)
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Act 1: Cutting the defense budget – The Daily Show
Act 2: Republican fake outrage – The Young Turks
Act 3: Cutting the defense budget – The Colbert Report
Act 4: AIG looking to rebrand – LeShow
Act 5: Tea party at The Alamo – The Clolbert Report
Act 6: Conservatives about teabagging – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties – On the Media
Act 8: The other meaning of ‘teabagging’ – The Colbert Report
Act 9: Hardball debating economic systems – The Young Turks
Music:
You’re the best – Joe Esposito
Crash – The Primitives
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
My name is Jonas – Weezer
It’s my party – Lesley Gore
Tea for two – Mambo All-Stars
New shoes – Paolo Nutini
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
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Episode # 250! The End of an Error (Podcast)
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Act 1: The real history of the Bush administration – Countdown
Act 2: Bush working on his legacy – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Cheney’s confession – The Young Turks
Act 4: *Rebroadcast* The highlight of his presidency – Wait Wait
Act 5: Cheney’s historic outgoing quotes – The Young Turks
Act 6: Cheney giving advice to incoming staff – Wait Wait
Act 7: *Rebroadcast* Cheney shoots friend in the face – The Al Franken Show
Act 8: The day that defined a presidency – NPR
Act 9: Bush’s final acts – Ring of Fire
Act 10: The shoe throwing incident – Wait Wait
Act 11: Bush’s reaction to the shoe – The Young Turks
Music:
Missed the Boat – Modest Mouse
So jealous – Tegan and Sara
Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
Mission Accomplished – Al Franken Show
I predict a riot – Kaiser Chiefs
In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
Catalog & Classify – Mark Robinson
End it on this – No Doubt
Ain’t that a kick in the head – Dean Martin
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Goodbye
In celebration of the exiting Bush administration, here’s the list of Top 25 Bush-isms from Slate. Enjoy!
From the “Yikes!” section of Bush’s spoonerisms and gaffes:
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
and…
“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
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Cheney approved CIA’s torture tactics
“Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.” – Greg Miller, LA Times
Read about Cheney’s confession after the break!
Pinpointing the failure of a donkey (Video)
Keith Olbermann nicely summarizes the major failures of George W. Bush over the last 8 years in this short five-minute clip*!
(*Unfortunately, we are unable to provide the video of Mr. Bush’s small and medium-sized failures, as such a video would last for 43 days, 16 hours and 52 minutes, and is impossible to upload to even the biggest server in the world.)
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The center-right confusion
Christopher Beam is just as curious as I am to find out what in the world does “center-right” mean when used to describe America. Who gets to decide whether America is left or right, and why can’t it be both?
In his article, Center-What?, Mr. Beam debates that the definition of center-right has no basis nor meaning, and America is therefore as undefined as ever.
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Which stereotypes do your Republican friends fit? (Video)
Republicans – predictable, and as easy to read as this blog post. Watch the funny video of ten Republican stereotypes after the break!
10,000 bonus points* go to anyone who’ll find a video of Democratic stereotypes! (*Points have no monetary value and are issued simply for fun.)
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