(2011/05/13) Laden with problems, hungry for solutions (Economics) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2011-05-13T23:00
Edition #486
Laden with problems, hungry for solutions
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Act 1: US Credit-worthiness future outlook downgraded - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 1: Disappointment - The Cranberries
Act 2: Myth of the fiscal conservative - Young Turks
Song 2: Wise up - Aimee Mann
Act 3: Regan raised taxes - Majority Report
Song 3: PTF2012 - VNV Nation
Act 4: How Goldman Sachs gambled on starvation and won - Johann Hari
Song 4: Never again - Enter the Worship Circle
Act 5: Taxes are too low - Rachel Maddow
Song 5: Mother We Just Can't Get Enough - New Radicals
Act 6: Tax, tax, tax the rich - The Progressive
Song 6: Time to Take Out the Trash - Brad Sucks
Act 7: Matt Taibbi on a Gov shadow budget - MSNBC
Song 7: Banks of marble - Pete Seeger
Act 8: Really really big government in Michigan - Rachel Maddow
Song 8: Hey Ya - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 9: Obama's spending cuts only make sense in Kenya - Media Matters
Act 10: Method of their madness - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 10: Stop the madness - Marty Dread
Act 11: GOP house chooses big oil over granny - Jim Hightower
Song 11: What is love? - Haddaway
Act 12: Progressive budget vs. conservative budget - Young Turks
Voicemails:
Supports my feelings on Bin Laden killing - Gordon from New Mexico
Thanks for my comments on Bin Laden - Connie from Olympia, WA
Look at ourselves before Bin Laden - Scott from Boulder
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Final comments on thanks for the NLC fundraiser donors and Matt Rothchild's Bin Laden/US presidents comparison
Bonus Voicemails:
Reaction to criticisms of the show - Valentina from Miami
Completely agrees with me on Bin Laden's death - Scott from Arroyo Grande, CA
Bin Laden's death not to be celebrated - Carlos From Chicagoland
Disappointed in progressives response to Bin Laden's death - Alt(?) from NY
We missed an opportunity to prove that we believe in our system - Nick from Santa Clara, CA
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama Befriends Rich Elderly Widow In Hopes She'll Put Nation In Her Will - The Onion
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