(2012/10/14) Protect your right to participate in this farce (Voter Suppression)

Edition #653

Protect your right to participate in this farce

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: Noam Chomsky: Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils in a Swing State - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-02-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: Fix you - Coldplay

Ch. 4: Act 2: Sarah Silverman On Voter ID Laws - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-22-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: You Fuckin' Did It (live) - Jason Mraz

Ch. 6: Act 3: Let My People Vote 2012 - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 7: Song 3: Which side are you on? - Natalie Merchant

Ch. 8: Act 4: Fraud Scandal Ends GOP Registration Drive Early - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 10-1-12

Ch. 9: Song 4: Little lies - Fleetwood Mac

Ch. 10: Act 5: Republican Voter & Election Fraud Confirmed - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 10-01-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: President of what? - Death Cab For Cutie

Ch. 12: Act 6: The GOP's "Ballot Integrity" ruse - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 10-3-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: Curl up and die - Relient K

Ch. 14: Act 7: Republicans And Voter Fraud - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-29-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't see it coming - Belle and Sebastian

Ch. 16: Act 8: Legally Bereft War on Voting Adopts Deceptive Strategy - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 10-4-12

Ch. 17: Song 8: Hurry up let's go - Shout Out Louds

Ch. 18: Act 9: Pennsylvania "Voter ID" BLOCKED by Judge - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 10-04-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Hold the line - The White Buffalo

Ch. 20: Act 10: US Court Forces Ohio to Reinstate Early Voting - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 10-5-12

Ch. 21: Song 10: Take your time - The Love Bite

Ch. 22: Act 11: The Argument Against the Protest Vote (or Not Voting At All) in November - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-17-12

Ch. 23: Song 11: Float on - Modest Mouse

Ch. 24: Act 12: The TRUTH About Voting - LeeCamp - Air Date: 08-20-12

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Ch. 25: Recommending "The new Jim Crow" for reading on legalization - Rob in South Carolina

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Ch. 27: Final comments on how to debate climate change

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