#512 The manufactured debt crisis Part 1 (Special Event)
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Act 1: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 1 – Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11
Song 1: Candle In the Wind (Ben’s Song) – Only God Can Judge Me
Act 2: Obama and the Politics of Surrender – The Progressive Air Date: 07/11/11
Song 2: Surrender – Heaven Tonight (Remastered)
Act 3: Special Comment: Do Not Cut Care, Mr. President Part 2 – Countdown Air Date: 07-12-11
Song 3: Lives In the Balance – The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Act 4: Cut Medicare, SS & Taxes For Rich – Gang of Six – Young Turks
Song 4: Right Here, Right Now – The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
Act 5: Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy – Jim Hightower Air Date: 07/11/11
Song 5: My Favourite Game – Gran Turismo
Act 6: U.S Debt Ceiling – The Bugle – Air Date: 07-14-11
Song 6: Serre-moi – Grain de sable
Act 7: Manufactured crises get solved easily and cynically – Common Sense Air Date: 7-20-11
Song 7: Hey Ya – VSQ Tribute to Outkast’s “Hey Ya”
Act 8: Rhetoric Surrounding Debt Ceiling Debate Gets Ridiculous – Media Matters Air Date: 07/12/11
Act 9: Obama Trying To Be A Republican Accidental Admission – Jimmy Dore on TYT
Song 9: Where Have All Your Good Words Gone – Beasts of Seasons
Act 10: Washington Game of ‘Chicken’ Dems v GOP – On the Media – 07-15-11
Song 10: A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours – Strangeways, Here We Come
Act 11: Immovable object vs irresistible force – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 7-19-11
Voicemails:
Personal story of workers rights – Whitney from Missouri
Correlation between rebuilding the dream voting and messaging works – Anonymous
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics
Final comments on Rebuilding the American Dream with Van Jones’ speech clip
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Broke Back Mounting – America’s Dystopian Future – Daily Show
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#509 War is business (Foreign Policy)
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Act 1: Iran Bans Neckties and Shorts – Colbert Report
Song 1: Short Shorts – Doo Wop, Rhythm & Blues & Novelties – Treasures of the 50′s & 60′s
Act 2: Obama Plays the Role He’s Carved Out for Himself: Steward of Empire – The Progressive
Song 2: Masters of War (2010 Mono Version) – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (2010 Mono Version)
Act 3: Good Night, Afghanistan – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 3: Graveyard – The Devil Makes Three
Act 4: A Fewer Good Men – Daily Show
Song 4: Homeward Bound – The Best of Simon & Garfunkel
Act 5: Bipartisan Anti-War Movement? – Counterspin
Song 5: Starry-eyed surprise – Paul Oakenfold
Act 6: The Toll in Afghanistan – The Progressive
Song 6: Hero of War – Appeal to Reason
Act 7: Timothy Garton Ash – Colbert Report
Song 7: Billy – Back to Bedlam
Act 8: Wars And Revolutions – Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 8: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – Strangeways, Here We Come
Act 9: Small Drones Ready to be Deployed Part 1 – Common Sense
Song 9: Photographs (feat. will.i.am) – Rated R
Act 10: Richard Engel on Libya – Counterspin
Song 10: Slight Figure of Speech – I and Love and You
Act 11: Taliban relationship to Afghan History Part 2 – Common Sense
Song 11: Pink Moon – Pink Moon (Remastered)
Act 12: YOU TOO Can Get In on For-Profit Tragedy! – Lee Camp
Final Comments on a new messaging amplifier system idea
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Get Over Ourselves on July 4 – The Progressive
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#508 Too much power for anyone to have (Police State)
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Act 1: Texas and Capital Punishment for Foreign Citizens – Rachel Maddow – AirDate: 07-07-2011
Song 1: Remember Jonathan – Messenger of the Son
Act 2: Executing An Innocent Man And Other Summertime Games – Lee Camp
Song 2: Light & Day / Reach for the Sun – The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree
Act 3: Death penalty in chaos mixed with presidential politics – Rachel Maddow – AirDate: 07-07-2011
Song 3: I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Plans
Act 4: Private Prisons Milk Cash Cow – The Progressive
Song 4: A Million Ways – Oh No
Act 5: Hamburgler Urges Senate Subcommittee To ‘Robble Robble Robble’ – The Onion
Song 5: Smooth Criminal – ANThology
Act 6: Record A Cop Get Rapist Prison Sentence – Young Turks 06/08/11
Song 6: Gray or Blue – Sea Green, See Blue. – EP
Act 7: Support the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers – The Progressive Air Date: 07/06/11
Song 7: Bloodstream – Stateless
Act 8: Covert warnings about gov secrecy and power from some members of congress – Part 1 – Common Sense – Air Date: 06-03-11
Song 8: Fortunate Son – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits
Act 9: Patriot Act Renewed – Paul Vs Reid – Young Turks Air Date: 05/31/11
Song 9: Here It Goes Again – Oh No
Voicemails:
Dan Carlin just finished Hardcore History series – Chuck in Salt Lake City
Sharing clips on Facebook is a great way to support the show – Matthew from San Francisco
Planning to donate Twitter account and sharing links online – Steve from Richmond VA
Reaction to the Charlene Strong story – Dean from Colorado
Voicemail Music:
Ghostwriter – Deadringer
Final comments on delivering PCCC pledges to Obama campaign HQ
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Shelby Cross Instructs Viewers To Build Justice Shed – The Onion
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#485 Not time for a pep rally (Bin Laden)
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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
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Made up and poor taste reporting – The Bugle
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