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#572 Bad and badder (Elections)

Jay! — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:19 +0000

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Act 1: Newt Ginrich’s Performance and Mitt Romney’s Tax – Colbert Report
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Song 1: He’s a Pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean (Original Soundtrack)

Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital – David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12
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Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me – Van Morrison

Act 3: Mitt’s Flamingly Wealthy – Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12
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Song 3: It Gets Better – It Gets Better

Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12
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Song 4: So Jealous – So Jealous

Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida – The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12
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Song 5: My Heart Sinks – Breaking Up

Act 6: The man from Bain – Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12
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Act 7: O’Reilly comes to Romney’s rhetorical rescue – Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12
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Song 7: Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10 Scène (Moderato) – Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets

Act 8: Fox’s Huckabee “Birther-Lite” Comments – Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12
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Act 9: War Within The Bubble – Real Time with Bill Maher – Air Date: 01-13-12
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Song 9: A Whiter Shade of Pale – The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [15th Anniversary]

Act 10: Gingrich’s New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism – The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12
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Song 10: Crooked Teeth – Plans

Act 11: Black to the Future – Newt Gingrich’s Timing – Daily Show – Air Date 01-12-12
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Song 11: This Little Light – Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Act 12: Gingrich: adultery makes him a more viable candidate – Wait wait don’t tell me – Air Date: 1-28-12
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Song 12: Jelly Belly – The Shangri-Las & The ’60s Girl Group Garage Sound

Act 13: Newt’s Reckless Rhetoric – The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12
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Song 13: Bulletproof – La Roux (Bonus Track Version)

Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! – The Bugle – Air Date: 1-27-12
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Song 14: Fly Me To The Moon – Sampler 2

Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-18-12
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Voicemails:
The time is right to occupy the ballot – Brian from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on choosing one’s sexuality – Jeff from Florida
Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign – Casey from Michigan

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks – The Young Turks – Air Date: 01-11-12
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#570 Stop Internet Censorship (SOPA and PIPA)

Jay! — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:37 +0000

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Act 1: Stop Online Piracy Act – Citizen Radio – Air Date: 11-18-11
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Song 1: Union Warriors – Robin Roberts

Act 2: Wikipedia Leaves GoDaddy Over Stop Online Piracy Act – Young Turks
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Song 2: Wanted – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) [For Individual Sale]

Act 3: Wikipedia warns students before going dark – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – Air Date: 1-21-12
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Song 3: Silver Lining – Under the Blacklight

Act 4: SOPA Supporter: Our Media Blackout on SOPA is Cool. Your Internet Blackout in Protest of It is not – Majority Report – Air Date: 01-18-12
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Song 4: Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits

Act 5: Analysis of the online protest and the future of SOPA – Common Sense Air Date: 1-24-12
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Song 5: This Is Not the End – The Sun and the Moon

Act 6: The future of non-physical protests revealed by SOPA blackout day – The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12
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Song 6: Physical – Physical

Act 7: After PIPA: The Promise of Internet Organizing – The Progressive Air Date: 1-20-12
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Song 7: Cast No Shadow – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

Act 8: Congress never moved so far so fast as with SOPA – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-18-12
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Voicemails:
Thanks for Tim Wise, thoughts on whites working through their white privilege – Elka from Indiana
Personal insights on privilege and thoughts on PETA’s new campaign referencing slavery – Alyson from Colorado
The science of African Americans from 1911 – Christopher from Texas

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on Erin Red getting the scoop on white privilege regarding veganism

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
SOPA & PIPA – Colbert Report
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#568 As the campaign rolls on (Elections)

Jay! — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:25 +0000

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Act 1: The media massaging Romney’s reputation – Counterspin Air Date: 1-12-12
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Song 1: North By North – Dynamo

Act 2: Thoughts on Santorum in the race – David Feldman Air Date: 1-18-12
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Song 2: Go Ahead – Take Offs and Landings

Act 3: Reproductive issues in the GOP primary – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-9-12
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Song 3: Only if – Enya

Act 4: GOP candidates are a bunch of liars about Keystone pipeline Part 1 – Green News Report Air Date: 1-17-12
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Song 4: I’m Not Over – Coming to Terms

Act 5: Romney on his speaker fees: “Not very much” – Wait wait don’t tell me Air Date: 1-21-12
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Song 5: 3 Women Walking – Nouveau Flamenco (1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition)

Act 6: GOP candidates are a bunch of liars about Keystone pipeline Part 2 – Green News Report Air Date: 1-19-12
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Song 6: The Persuaded – Dynamo

Act 7: Tim Wise on the racial implications of Obama being seen as a failed president – Blacking it up Air Date: 1-16-12
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Song 7: My Conversation – The Best of the Uniques 1967-1969

Act 8: Presidential campaign, people confused between “weaknesses” and “skills” – The Bugle Air Date: 1-20-12
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Song 8: Close Your Eyes – Too Young to Fight It

Act 9: Shame on Newt Gingrich – The Progressive Air Date: 1-17-12
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Song 9: Terrible – Wretched. Filthy. Ugly.

Act 10: Not Mitt Romney’s Super Pac – Colbert Report
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Voicemails:
Experiencing white and straight privilege – Casey from Michigan
Thoughts on slave-owners perception of the value of animals vs slaves – Will from Oaklahoma
Thoughts on white privilege and veganism from a bi-racial American – Paul from Indiana

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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on what I just leaned about the economics of slavery

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Brits look down on all of the GOP candidates – BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-13-12

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#565 Choose and lose (Elections)

Jay! — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:20 +0000

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Act 1: Newt Gingrich is Running for A-Hole in Chief – Majority Report Air Date: 12-08-11
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Song 1: Crazy – Take a Break

Act 2: Newt Gingrich’s Most Outrageous Ideas – David Pakman Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 2: White Blank Page – Mumford & Sons Piano Tribute

Act 3: Fox’s “Fair and Balanced” Interviews of DNC and RNC Chairs – Media Matters Air Date: 1-4-12
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Act 4: Obama Strategy – Lesser of Two Evils – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 4: Evil Is Alive and Well – Seeing Things

Act 5: Obama can’t think of one good reason to run for another term – The Onion
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Song 5: Give Me One Reason – New Beginning

Act 6: The Bad Circus Act that Is the Republican Race – The Progressive Air Date: 12-26-11
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Song 6: Legion – Empires

Act 7: Obama Campaign Collecting GOP Emails Brilliant Strategy – David Pakman Air Date: 12-22-11
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Song 7: Wonderwall – The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis – Decadence & Vanity

Act 8: Fox’s New Year’s Resolution: Be Even More Partisan – Media Matters Air Date: 1-5-12
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Act 9: Palestinians Are Terrorists – Newt Gingrich – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 9: Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears

Act 10: Newt Gingrich’s Invented People Explained – Majority Report Air Date: 12-12-11
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Song 10: All This and Heaven Too – Ceremonials

Act 11: Good News on the Citizens United Front – The Progressive Air Date: 1-5-12
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Song 11: Wavin’ Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) – Troubadour

Act 12: Repeal the farce of “Corporate Personhood” – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-4-12
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Song 12: Everyday People – Anthology

Act 13: GOP busted on sanctity of the vote – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-6-12
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Song 13: Comptine d’un autre été – L’après-midi – Amélie (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 14: Fair and Balanced? Fox Reporter on Republicans: “We’re Not Divided.” – Media Matters Air Date: 1-10-12
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Act 15: Did The Media Treat Bachmann Unfairly Because She’s An Insane Woman? – The Onion
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Song 15: Crazy – St. Elsewhere

Act 16: Bachmann Announcing End of Campaign – Young Turks
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Song 16: I’m Gone – New Favorite

Act 17: The Pundits Dissed Ron Paul – The Progressive Air Date: 1-11-12
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Song 17: Nothing Is Good Enough – Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)

Act 18: Fox News: Where Lies Are Allowed to Flow Freely – Media Matters Air Date: 1-11-12
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njc4VktlshE" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Fox News: Where Lies Are Allowed to Flow Freely - Media Matters" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Fox News: Where Lies Are Allowed to Flow Freely from @mmfa #p2"]

Act 19: SuperPACs storm Iowa – Jim Hightower Air Date: 1-11-12
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3SQ0Qukz9s" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: SuperPACs storm Iowa - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: SuperPACs storm Iowa from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 19: I’ve Got No Strings – ¡Volare! – The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings

Act 20: MTV Choose or Lose Election Campaign Name Change Lose or Lose – Majority Report Air Date: 12-20-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJJCpNOlak4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: MTV Choose or Lose Election Campaign Name Change Lose or Lose - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: MTV Choose or Lose Election Campaign Name Change Lose or Lose from @majorityfm #p2"]

Voicemails:
Thoughts on libertarian island for future generations – Tim From Quincy, IL
Future needs of BotL and other liberal causes – Jim from the United Arab Emirates
Bank names on top of buildings in Cleveland – Colin from Cleveland, OH

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Final comments on Libertarian Island, progressive media in 2012 and the Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland

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Romney Vs Vietnam Vet on Gay Marriage – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
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#560 Year of the uprising (Occupy Wall St Part 11)

Jay! — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:17 +0000

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Act 1: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW_tYazSKk4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 1: The Persuaded – Dynamo

Act 2: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-1-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njk4sR5umsU" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Back to UC Davis and the Fox News take on police overreactions from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 2: God Be with You (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 3: America: a beacon of social justice? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlDd8T6w4E" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: America: a beacon of social justice? - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: America: a beacon of social justice? from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Liquid Sun – The Beginning (A New Hope) – DJ Keoki

Act 4: Obama – Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal – Young Turks Air Date: 12-12-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUBUw3e2Gk4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Obama - Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama - Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 4: Don’t Believe the Hype – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Act 5: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity – J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio Air Date: 12-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU28hcGuOo0" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity - J.A. Myerson for Citizen Radio" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupy Wall St and the Holy Trinity from @JAMyerson for @citizenradio #p2"]
Song 5: 2 Atoms In a Molecule – Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

Act 6: Infectious Global Protests – The Progressive Air Date: 12-28-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvIu_njvNA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Infectious Global Protests - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Infectious Global Protests from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 6: Together we fight alone – Darlings

Act 7: Steve Justino – Occupy the Courts – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 12-05-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZDSkcCIpM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Steve Justino - Occupy the Courts from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 7: You Gotta Be – I Ain’t Movin’

Act 8: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power – Young Turks Air Date 12-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmG5KaTDX1Q" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 8: Messages – Food In the Belly

Act 9: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC “One United” speech – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-6-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqaY0sqEBxw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC One United speech - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama harking back to 2004 DNC One United speech - Rachel Maddow #p2"]

Voicemails:
NPR and the GOP debates – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
Complement for the War on Christmas episode – Doug in Chicagoland
Thoughts on Mumia from the policeman who initiated the original discussion on the topic – Jeff the socialist policeman from South Florida
A call for more African American voices on the show – Jacoby from Hawaii
Thoughts on the future of the Occupy movement – Vicki from Oregon
Asking for updates on the congressional candidate in Texas – Big fan of the show
Update on US House Candidate in Texas – www.brianingram.org – Brian Ingram from Forth Worth, TX

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Final comments on Citizen Radio productions

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Rep Walsh Runs From Occupy Protesters – Young Turks Air Date: 12-07-11
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#557 Why we’re winning (Occupy Wall St Part 10)

Jay! — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:40 +0000

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Act 1: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money – Majority Report Air Date: 11-16-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km6Bbmhrtgg" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupying space is as much free speech as spending money from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 1: Eye of the Tiger – Eye of the Tiger (Remastered)

Act 2: If cops use force then your speech wasn’t free (to say the least) – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 12-9-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtXo6AWSMic" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: If cops use force then your speech wasnt free (to say the least) - Matthew Filipowicz" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: If cops use force then your speech wasnt free (to say the least) from @mattfilipowicz #p2"]
Song 2: Paranoia – Welcome to Earth

Act 3: Good cop, bad cop and O’Reilly declares the Occupation dead – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQddOqUQ_C0" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Good cop, bad cop and OReilly declares the Occupation dead - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Good cop, bad cop and OReilly declares the Occupation dead from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 3: John Lennon – Jackson Square

Act 4: Occupying our homes – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 12-2-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_3r83SPUk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Occupying our homes - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Occupying our homes - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 4: House of the Risin’ Sun – Bob Dylan

Act 5: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B3Fw5TPJK8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 5: Wild World – Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits

Act 6: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 12-8-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GoVkelmPZE" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Frank Luntz is terrified of Occupy Wall St. from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 6: Little Lies – Greatest Hits

Act 7: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect – Lee Camp Air Date 12-5-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4p1Y1CUm_s" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Is Occupy Wall Street Really Having An Effect from @LeeCamp #p2"]

Voicemails:
Retail manager’s story of holiday hiring – Casey from Michigan
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Direct message to Dave (Godless) Kinser – Chris the Carpenter
Asking that more women’s voices be promoted on the show – April from Toronto
Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident – Dave from Olympia, WA
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Aw768a9K8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident - Dave from Olympia, WA" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Response and further thought on the US Davis pepper spray incident - Dave from Olympia, WA #p2"]

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Final comments on this show being the answer to the question of the point of Occupy Wall St

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Michael Moore connects the federal government to raids – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11
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#553 Our entire elections process is an art project (Elections)

Jay! — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:18 +0000

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Act 1: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren: You’re a Socialist Whore – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiUMHCNPdrs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren Youre a Socialist Whore - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Tea Party to Elizabeth Warren Youre a Socialist Whore from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 1: PTF2012 – Praise the Fallen

Act 2: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe – Media Matters Air Date: 11-10-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mffv5BpGE28" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe - Media Matters" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Fox News Consoles GOP Candidate Rick Perry After Epic Gaffe from @mmfa #p2"]

Act 3: Super Pac Advertising – On the Media
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNHlESAkic" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Super Pac Advertising - On the Media" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Super Pac Advertising - On the Media #p2"]
Song 3: Get Up and Go – Broadcast 2000

Act 4: Declare independence from corporate power! – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-26-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyfkr1OuDfw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Declare independence from corporate power! - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Declare independence from corporate power! from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 4: Monday – I Heart Huckabees (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Act 5: Herman Cain is a performance art project – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KTCGtGoSYQ" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Herman Cain is a performance art project - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Herman Cain is a performance art project - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 5: Wait Til You See My Smile – The Element of Freedom (Deluxe Version)

Act 6: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture – Young Turks Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuBuEjzfny8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Cain, Bachmann Support Torture from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 6: Painted By Numbers – Dying to Say This to You

Act 7: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid – David Pakman Air Date: 11-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOl2UqM5Y1s" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid - David Pakman" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Newt Gingrich Says Child Labor Laws Are Stupid from @davidpakmanshow #p2"]
Song 7: Higher and higher – Alice Deejay

Act 8: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads – Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W15eXQqimRA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Obama taken out of context in GOP campaign ads from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 8: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship & Starship: Hits

Act 9: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-22-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_LBYfiRutA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Overview of the GOP debates up until this point - Rachel Maddow #p2"]

Voicemails:
Egyptian blogger arrested for inciting religious violence – Dennis from the UK
Thoughts on social media to help spread the show – Chuck in Salt Lake City

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Final Comments on monthly dinner and a movie in Chicago and the need for a web developer for paid gig

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Oops, Rick Perry! – Wait Wait Don’t Tell me Air Date: 11-13-11

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#552 Pepper spray is a weapon, not a seasoning (Occupy Wall St Part 8)

Jay! — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:26 +0000

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Act 1: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6h95oFQT8" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street - Young Turks" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street from @theyoungturks #p2"]
Song 1: Nothing Else Matters – Inquisition Symphony

Act 2: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street – Media Matters Air Date: 11-16-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4eN1HB8cns" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street - Media Matters" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Fox News Remembers That It Hates Occupy Wall Street from @mmfa #p2"]

Act 3: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-16-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jmU9Rfelk" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman - Rachel Maddow" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Hodgman, deranged millionaire, on the pepper spraying of 84-year-old woman - Rachel Maddow #p2"]
Song 3: Librarian – Evil Urges

Act 4: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC – Counterspin Air Date: 11-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OO40tlDzs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: 1st Amendment Champions in NYC from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 4: We Are the Champions – Queen: Greatest Hits

Act 5: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-17-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_zuzfn35No" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police actions versus Occupy protester roumors plus a call from Gordon Gekko from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 5: Razor Wire – Chris Priest

Act 6: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range – David Pakman Air Date 11-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4fpjMX0Siw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range - David Pakman" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range from @davidpakmanshow #p2"]
Song 6: Uncommon Courtesy – Uncommon Courtesy

Act 7: You Can’t Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening – Lee Camp Air Date: 11-21-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3mb67Hyns" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: You Cant Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: You Cant Pepper Spray A Mental Awakening from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 7: Reinventing Kevin Bacon – Causes and Cures

Act 8: The pepper spray cop – Le Show Air Date: 11-27-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4pCex1okdA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: The pepper spray cop - Le Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: The pepper spray cop from @theharryshearer #p2"]

Act 9: Protests now and from the past 50 years – Counterspin Air Date: 11-24-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTnUXmDNBfM" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Protests now and from the past 50 years - Counterspin" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Protests now and from the past 50 years from @FAIRmediawatch #p2"]
Song 9: Protest song – Anti-Flag

Act 10: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product – Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 11-24-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQZimgBA6Jw" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product - Jimmy Dore Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Fox says that pepper spray is essentially a food product from @jimmydorecomedy #p2"]
Song 10: We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits

Act 11: Pepper Spray is not a food product – Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 11-22-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOfdssjfRc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Pepper Spray is not a food product - Matthew Filipowicz Show" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Pepper Spray is not a food product from @mattfilipowicz #p2"]

Voicemails:
Use screenshots in chapter markers for visual elements – Nick from Santa Clara, CA
Donate to National Lawyers Guild Occupy legal defense fund at www.NLG.org/occupy – Stacy from San Francisco Bay Area
Who’s really the radicals? – Alex from Texas
Support the occupiers however you can – Bill From Lubbock, TX
Thoughts on Occupy and cuts to social programs – Ronald from Baltimore

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Final comments on www.occupythemovie.net and David Pakman’s campaign to get on Current.tv

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We are all Scott Olsen – short film – Occupy the Movie
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#551 The police are the 99 percent too (Occupy Wall St Part 7)

Jay! — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000

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Act 1: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike – Majority Report Air Date: 11-4-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1hshiMITH4" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike - Majority Report" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police Let Vehicular Assault Slide at Occupy Oakland General Strike from @majorityfm #p2"]
Song 1: Go Your Own Way (Box Set Bonus Track) – The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls

Act 2: Who are the one percent – Robert Greenwald – Thom Hartmann Air Date: 11-3-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReAypcOKGs" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald - Thom Hartmann" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Who are the one percent - Robert Greenwald from @Thom_Hartmann #p2"]
Song 2: We are the many – Makana

Act 3: Don’t just salute veterans, rally with them – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9t1vrK27Jc" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them - Jim Hightower" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Dont just salute veterans, rally with them from @jimhightower #p2"]
Song 3: Veterans – The Clips

Act 4: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps – Lee Camp Air Date 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL36f08pnUA" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps - Lee Camp" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Kim Kardashian, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Default Swaps from @LeeCamp #p2"]
Song 4: Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane

Act 5: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street – The Progressive Air Date: 11-14-11
[sharethis url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0Dm-b-V8k" title="I heard this on Best of the Left, check out and share!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street - The Progressive" tw_title="Heard on @BestoftheLeft Check out and RT!: Police Need to Back Off on Occupy Wall Street from @theprogressive #p2"]
Song 5: Stop the Madness – Versatile Roots

Act 6: Protesting at Berkley, past and present – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-15-11
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Song 6: This fickle world – Theo Bard

Act 7: Shooting and clubbing veterans is not a solution – Jim Hightower Air Date: 11-15-11
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Song 7: Shake It Out – Ceremonials (Deluxe Version)

Act 8: Workers Protest Over-Ventilation Of U.S. Factories – The Onion
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Song 8: Seasons In the Sun – Have a Ball

Act 9: Occupy Wall Street Brings on a “Which Side Are You On” Moment – The Progressive Air Date: 11-15-11
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Song 9: All You Fascists – Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II

Act 10: Keith’s Special Comment: Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg – Countdown Air Date: 11-16-11
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Song 10: So I Need You – The Better Life

Act 11: Occupy Wall St protest has been hosed – The Bugle Air Date: 11-17-11
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Song 11: A Change Is Gonna Come – Learning to Bend

Act 12: Occupy Wall Street Media Blackout, Police State – Young Turks Air Date: 11-15-11
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Voicemails:
A new take on the Occupation – Lea from Boulder, CO
A call for cops to call in with their thoughts on the police at Occupy protests – Max from Davis, CA
Agreeing with Mumia on the media’s willful ignorance on the Occupation – Michael From Glenn Bernie
Call to action: general strike in Davis on November 28, 2011 – Max from Davis, CA

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments asking for calls from police officers regarding Occupy Wall St

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Bloomberg Forever – short film – Occupy The Movie
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Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson

#547 Then they fight you (Occupy Wall St Part 6)

Jay! — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:08 +0000

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Act 1: The Top 1 percent Vs YOU – Young Turks Air Date 10-31-11
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Song 1: Give a Damn – Greatest Hits

Act 2: Occupy Wall Street Says “Stop, Thief!” – The Progressive Air Date: 10-28-11
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Song 2: Stop Thief – Fabian’s 16 Fabulous Hits

Act 3: What’s in a name at Occupy Wall St? – Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-31-11
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Song 3: Liberty Square – Liberty Square

Act 4: NYPD Reportedly Sending Drunks Criminals to Occupy Wall Street – Majority Report Air Date: 11-2-11
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Song 4: Out of My Mind – Back to Bedlam

Act 5: The general strike in Oakland – Rachel Maddow Air Date: 11-2-11
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Song 5: If it weren’t for the union – Robin Roberts

Act 6: Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United – The Progressive Air Date: 11-2-11
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Song 6: Ride of the Valkyries – Classical For The New Age

Act 7: The dignity of the Occupation and the coverage of it – Matthew Filipowicz Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 7: Dignified and Old – The Modern Lovers

Act 8: Occupation teach-ins on environmental issues – Green News Report Air Date: 11-3-11
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Song 8: Return to Sender – The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered)

Act 9: Giant Protest Puppet Kills Dozens Of Peace Drummers – The Onion
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Song 9: Night of the Dancing Flame – Ruby Blue

Act 10: Who Are The 1 Percent? – Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11
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Song 10: What Are Their Names – If I Could Only Remember My Name

Act 11: Economics inequality and journalism ethics called into question – Counterspin Air Date: 11-4-11
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Song 11: The Sound of Silence – Sounds of Silence

Act 12: What Do They Want? – Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 11-6-11
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Song 12: Too Much Information – The Singles Box 1986-1995

Act 13: Occupy Oakland Protester Shot With Rubber Bullet – Young Turks Air Date: 11-9-11
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Song 13: Still Fighting It – Rockin’ the Suburbs

Act 14: Adam Gabbatt on second U.S. veteran injured by Oakland police – Countdown Air Date: 11-8-11
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Song 14: Sorrow – The Process of Belief

Act 15: Occupy Wall Street Has Proven We Don’t Have Free Speech – Lee Camp Air Date: 10-31-11
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Voicemails:
Thoughts on the occupartion in Oakland – Max from Davis, CA
Call for a mass Occupy event in the spring – Daniel from Chicago, IL
Thoughts on what non-violence means – D from Chicago

Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes – Classics

Final comments on the fundamental appeal of the occupation

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must repent or resign – Countdown
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Produced By:
Jay! Tomlinson