#452 Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Part 2
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Edition #452
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Act 1: Jon’s reaction to the AZ shooting – Daily Show
Song 1: A Beautiful World – The Good Life – EP
Act 2: Carefully stating the obvious – On the Media
Song 2: Cordell (Box Set Bonus Track) – To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)
Act 3: Sarah Palin and the shooting – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 3: Welcome to the Black Parade – Strung Out – The String Quartet Tribute to Alternative Rock Hits, Vol. 3
Act 4: Palin: criticism of violent rhetoric leads to violence – Media Matters
Act 5: Palin plays the victim – The Progressive
Song 5: Save Tonight – Desireless
Act 6: Sarah Palin’s speech about the shooting – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 6: American Music – Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes
Act 7: Obama at the Tucson memorial
Song 7: Expectations – Tigermilk
Act 8: Obama’s wise and poignant speech – The Progressive
Song 8: Listen to Your Heart – Look Sharp!
Act 9: Hitler’s inspiring Tucson memorial speech – Colbert Report
Song 9: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You – The Very Best of Sting & The Police
Act 10: Beautiful noise – Slate.com
Song 9: The Silvery Light of a Dream Pt. 2 – Tone Soul Evolution
Act 10: There was another gun – Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Fantasy – Miss Halfway
Act 10: Moron on the AZ shooting – Jimmy Dore Show
Song 9: Common Sense – Deconstruction
Act 10: Special comment on the 9 days since Tucson – Countdown
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Glenn Beck Anti-Violence Pledge – Media Matters
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#446 Comedy of errors out of the gate (Congress)
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Edition #446
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Act 1: GOP takes over – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Read It & Weep – Lucky You
Act 2: House oversight committee – Colbert Report
Song 2: What I’m Looking For (Ad Version) – What I’m Looking For (Ad Version) – Single
Act 3: Dumb new congress – Rachel Maddow
Song 3: Broken Chair – Land of Sea
Act 4: Read it and weep – Slate.com
Song 4: We’re Simple Minds – Spring Came, Rain Fell
Act 5: What you will and wont find in the constitution – Liberal Oasis
Song 5: Figure It Out – It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
Act 6: GOP house takeover, the hypocrisy begins – Young Turks
Song 6: Gone Going – Monkey Business
Act 7: Earmarks, Schmearmarks – Jim Hightower
Song 7: Dirty Job – Once Again
Act 8: The correct way to ridicule Boehner – Citizen Radio
Song 8: Gorel – Babba Maal
Act 9: Boehner guilty of violent talk too – Counterspin
Song 9:In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Act 10: GOP attacks health care, helps Dems – Rachel Maddow
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Great Gaffesby – Daily Show
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#445 Health Care Debate Past and Present (Health Care)
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Edition #445
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Act 1: Medicare for all should be clear to all – The Progressive
Song 1: Choctaw Hayride – New Favorite
Act 2: Reflecting on health care opt-out – Liberal Oasis Podcast
Song 2: Powerless – The Big Picture
Act 3: Man paralyzes man from waist up – The Onion
Song 3: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa – Vampire Weekend
Act 4: Record-breaking fine for health care company – Young Turks
Song 4: The Unforgiven (Instrumental Version) – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Act 5: Lie of the year – Media Matters
Act 6: Wendell Potter’s background in health care – David Pakman Show
Song 6: Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
Act 7: Doctors have cure for head-bonk amnesia – The Onion
Song 7: Blue Bird Tattoo – More Songs!
Act 8: Rush’s take on health care – Young Turks
Song 8: Middle Class Boy – Listen Carefully E.P
Act 9: AZ death panel continues – Countdown
Song 9: Cuts Like a Knife – An Acoustic Tribute to Bryan Adams
Act 10: Algae alternative fuel report – ABC News
Act 11: Scandal of the uninsured – The Progressive
Song 11: Suffer – Prelude
Act 12: McSurance – Slate.com
Song 12: Built for This – Learning to Bend
Act 13: Return of the myth of death panels – Media Matters
Song 13: No Myth – March
Act 14: Death panels are back – Rachel Maddow
Song 14: Clubbed to Death – Furious Angels
Act 15: Insane health insurance profits – MSNBC
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Tea Party Elect Complains His Gov’t Health Care Doesn’t Start For 28 Days – Young Turks
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#434 Managing and mismanaging (Economics)
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Edition #434

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Act 1: Poor corporations pay too much tax – Young Turks
Song 1: Revolution – The Beatles 1967–1970 (The Blue Album)
Act 2: The Word – Nothingness – Colbert Report
Song 2: Koto Meditation Music 4 – Chinese and Japanese Koto Harp and Shakuhachi Flute Music
Act 3: High taxes keeps money in businesses – Thom Hartmann
Song 3: Up nights – Amsterband
Act 4: All the devils are here – Daily Show
Song 4: Melody – Kate Earl
Act 5: Give the people what we want – Slate.com
Song 5: Is Love Enough (feat. Gentleman) – Yell Fire!
Act 6: Massive foreclosure fraud by banks – Young Turks
Song 6: Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy – Nutcracker
Act 7: America’s job loss – Beri Fox – Colbert Report
Song 7: Pilot Light (Extended Version) – Pilot Season Soundtrack
Act 8: GOP budget management – Rachel Maddow
Source Story Series Featuring The Majority Report
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Rich Ask Obama To Raise Their Taxes – MSNBC
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