#559 Our annual collective waste of time (War on the war Christmas)
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Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O’Reilly’s Response – Young Turks Air Date: 2010
Song 1: Have I Got a Present for You – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Act 2: Sam wont cut and run from the war on Christmas – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
Song 2: Christians and Pagans – Mortal City
Act 3: Fox News Gets Trigger-Happy in the War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 11-9-11
Song 3: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
Act 4: War on Xmas – Santa under attack – Countdown Air Date: 12-13-10
Song 4: The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – Single
Act 5: The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
Song 5: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Act 6: The ACLU of Tenn. Accused of Terrorism – The Progressive Air Date: 2010
Song 6: Lord’s Bright Blessing – Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Act 7: CNN vs. FOX: War on Christmas Edition – Media Matters Air Date: 12-1-11
Song 7: Whoville welcomes Christmas – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Act 8: Glenn Beck’s story of the three wise men – Le Show Air Date: 2010
Act 9: Interview with pro-Christmas activist – Majority Report Air Date: The Bush Years
Song 9: Sleigh Ride – Amy Grant Christmas: The Complete Collection
Act 10: Does Fox News hate Baby Jesus? – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
Song 10: Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season – The Andy Williams Christmas Album
Act 11: Church and State During the Holidays – The Progressive Air Date: 12-13-11
Song 11: There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Act 12: Scrooge was not the hero of ‘A Christmas Carol’ – Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11
Song 12: Walking In the Air – The Snowman
Act 13: War on Christmas – Media Matters Air Date: 2010
Song 13: Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) – Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Act 14: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat – Colbert Report Air Date: 2010
Final comments on a song correction and how people’s tribal instincts can result in resentment
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#473 They only call it class war when we fight back (Economics)
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Act 1: Cut and ruin – Mark Fiore
Song 1: Honey – Go – the Very Best of Moby
Act 2: Callous Republicans cut unemployment – The Progressive
Song 2: Working Class Hero – Power to the People – The Hits (Remastered)
Act 3: There is a class war going on – Majority Report
Song 3: Breathless – Jonathan Byrd
Act 4: Class war casualties – Jim Hightower
Song 4: Class warfare – Chris Priest
Act 5: Rich vs poor and misplaced priorities – Majority Report
Song 5: Go Your Own Way (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls
Act 6: Just raise taxes – MSNBC
Song 6: Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – These Streets
Act 7: Economic Boom – Colbert Report
Song 7: California – null
Act 8: Matt Taibbi on how Wall St crooks avoided jail – Bill Maher
Song 8: That’s All – Arrow
Act 9: Unpopulism – Rachel Maddow
Final comments on setting priorities and using your limited time in the best way possible
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Robert Reich on tax reform – Thom Hartmann
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#470 The Idiots are taking over (Congress)
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Act 1: Boehner’s People – Jim Hightower
Song 1: Tears and Rain – Back to Bedlam
Act 2: Ineffective GOP – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: If you’ve got trouble – The Beatles
Act 3: The do-nothing congress – Slate.com
Song 3: Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears
Act 4: Congress forgets how to pass a bill – The Onion
Song 4: Kill the Director – The Wombats – EP
Act 5: Three quarters of Senate Republicans don’t believe in science – David Pakman
Song 5: The Idiots Are Taking Over – The War On Errorism
Act 6: Congress slumps back to Tom Delay ethics – Jim Hightower
Song 6: These Are the Days – Ibiza After Dark – Late Night Luxury Grooves
Act 7: Boehner is bad at his job Part 1 – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Theme from “Greatest American Hero” (Believe It or Not) – America’s Greatest Hero
Act 8: Useless GOP distractions – Bill Maher
Song 8: Radio – As Smart As We Are
Act 9: Boehner OK with Americans losing jobs – Young Turks
Song 9: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Act 10: Johnnie “Business as usual” Boehner – Jim Hightower
Song 10: Broken Horse – Weathervanes
Act 11: Boehner is bad at his job Part 2 – Rachel Maddow
Voicemails:
BYU basketball player kicked off for honor code violation – Scott from California
Supporting Mumia because he’s based on facts – John From Omaha
Excitement about YouTube playlists – Max from Berkley, CA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Power Shift, new video version of the show and the listener of the year
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
John Boehner’s Large Gavel – Colbert Report
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#469 McCarthyism Redux (Religion, Tolerance of)
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Act 1: Mistaken for Muslim – 1700% Project
Song 1: Look What You’ve Done – Get Born
Act 2: Anti-muslim bill in TN banning practice of Islam – Young Turks
Song 2: Dare You to Move – The String Quartet Tribute to Switchfoot
Act 3: Beck STILL thinks 10% of Muslims are terrorists – Media Matters
Act 4: Al Qaeda populating US with peaceful “decoy Muslims” – The Onion
Song 4: This Is Why We Fight – The King Is Dead
Act 5: Peter King understands violent radicalism – Colbert Report
Song 5: Like a Prayer – The String Quartet Tribute to Madonna
Act 6: Beck: Reform Judaism “almost like” radicalized Islam – Media Matters
Act 7: Reza Aslan on Peter King’s Radicalized Muslims hearing – Colbert Report
Song 7: More Than a Feeling – Boston
Act 8: Pet Peter King’s terrorist ties – Young Turks
Song 8: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 9: Glenn Beck apologizes – Media Matters
Act 10: Radical Muslim hearing and IRA terrorism with John Oliver – Daily Show
Song 10: Zombie (Techno version) – The Cranberries
Act 11: Reporting on McCarthyite hearings – Counterspin
Song 11: Radioactive – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2010 – EP
Act 12: Fox cheer-leads Muslim witch-hunt hearings – Media Matters
Act 13: Rep. Keith Ellison Cries During Testimony at Muslim Radicalization Hearing – C-Span
Song 13: All These Things That I’ve Done – Hot Fuss
Act 14: Keith Ellison on radicalization of American Muslims – Bill Maher
Song 14: Don’t Stop Believing – Vitamin String Quartet Performs the Songs from Glee
Act 15: Fox Gives 3x more airtime to Peter King supporers – Media Matters
Act 16: Actual case on terrorism by non-Muslim – Counterspin
Song 16: Welcome to the Black Parade – The Black Parade
Act 17: Radical Muslim hearings – Daily Show
Voicemails:
Using religion for liberal good – Jeffrey from Longbeach, CA
Request for animal cruelty and diet episodes, plus supporting Mumia – Brenden the contractor from Portland
Freedom box foundation call to action – Jamie Cobb from Santa Fe, NM
Response to education system episode – Liz from South Dakota
Sick and tired of all these wars! – John From Portland, OR
Response to date rape story caller – Anonymous
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on the launch of the new pseudo-video version of BotL
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Allah in the Family – Daily Show
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