#422 Things will get better (Gay Rights)

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Edition #422


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Act 1: Don’t enforce – Rachel Maddow
Song 1: How – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
Act 2: WaPo promotes homophobe – Counterspin
Song 2: Why (You Confuse Me) – Everybody Knows EP
Act 3: DADT ruled unconstitutional – Countdown
Song 3: A Change Is Gonna Come – Learning to Bend
Act 4: Shielded ID interview – Rachel Maddow
Song 4: My Private Nation – My Private Nation
Act 5: The death of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell – The Progressive
Song 5: In a Cave – Elephant Shell
Act 6: Things will get better – Joel Burns
Song 6: Better Be Quiet Now – Figure 8
Act 7: Make a plan or stop saying you will – Rachel Maddow

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Make a plan or stop saying you will – Rachel Maddow

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If McCain and Palin win, I’m moving out of the country (Video)

I love these guys! The adorable singing duo (Howie and Julie) has a message and two songs for the Republican VP nominee, Sarah Palin. We already know she doesn’t read newspapers, so I just hope she listens.

Can someone please forward this and this video to her?

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The crazy old man and his crazy young lady friend (Podcast)

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Act 1: GOP and Military speak out on McCain – YouTube
Act 2: Mysterious McCain zipper – The Onion
Act 3: You can’t challenge McCain – CounterSpin
Act 4: Offshore drilling – The Daily Show
Act 5: Media insists McCain is a Maverick – CounterSpin
Act 6: Obama painted as uppity – The Young Turks
Act 7: Obama tax plan – CounterSpin
Act 8: Sarah Palin is ridiculed – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Act 9: Palin is not a maverick choice – CounterSpin
Act 10: Sarah Palin wont blink – The Daily Show
Act 11: “That’s how you run a campaign!” – The Young Turks

Music:
Civil War – Guns N Roses
Guns N' Roses - Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits - Civil War
The Shining – Badly Drawn Boy
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast - The Shining
Kyoko’s House (“stage blood is not enough”) – Philip Glass
Philip Glass - Mishima (Original Music Composed By Philip Glass) - Kyoko's House  ("stage blood is not enough")
Title and Registration – Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - Title and Registration
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
The Smiths - Back to School - Cemetry Gates
President – Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean - Welcome to Haiti - Creole 101 - President
Politic Amagni (La Politique, C’est Pas Bon) – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Politic Amagni " La politique, c'est pas bon "
Hunter – Dido
Dido - No Angel - Hunter
Everybody’s changing – Keane
Keane - Hopes and Fears - Everybody's Changing
Don’t talk – 10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe - Don't Talk

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Let’s redefine “too big to fail”

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Act 1: Republican enjoys paying for healthcare – The Onion
Act 2: McCain on the economy – YouTube
Act 3: Bill Shear on Phil Graham – The Young Turks
Act 4: A cure for real estate Amnesia – The Unger Report (NPR)
Act 5: Speculators drive up the price – Limbaugh lie of the day
Act 6: The GOP on economics – The Young Turks
Act 7: Bush’s Million’s – The Onion
Act 8: The failure of privitization – Thom Hartmann
Act 9: CNN on the new tax plans – CounterSpin
Act 10: Economic generic-off – The Daily Show
Act 11: Greenspan on the meltdown – The Young Turks

Music:
Money Song – Monty Python
Monty Python - Monty Python Sings - Money Song
Pull the String – Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton - Thing a Week Four - Pull the String
Movin On Up – Ja’Net Dubois
Ja'Net DuBois - Hidden Treasures - Movin' On Up (From the Television Series The Jeffersons)
Run’s House – Run D.M.C.
Run-DMC - Ultimate Run-DMC - Run's House
Big Time – Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel - So - Big Time
Opportunities – Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
If you’ve got trouble – The Beatles
What went wrong? – Blink 182
But it’s alright – Huey Lewis And The News
Huey Lewis & The News - Greatest Hits: Huey Lewis & The News - But It's Alright
Up nights – Amsterband

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