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Remy: I Saw Daddy Pat Down Santa Claus (A Very TSA Christmas Song)
by ReasonTV 27,542 views
What happens when the holiday season's most frequent flier meets the TSA?
"I Saw Daddy Pat Down Santa Claus" is written and performed by Remy and produced by Meredith Bragg.
About 1:15 minutes.
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The Best and Worst Christmas Films (Libertarian Edition)
by ReasonTV 17,569 views
Reason TV's Kennedy throws lumps of coal at the most un-libertarian Christmas movies and specials of all time, a list that includes A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Memory, Love Actually, White Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street[*].
On the flip side, she explains why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, It's a Wonderfu Life, and The Sound of Music are her favorite fare when snuggling up to the electronic hearth with her kids and a Super Big Gulp filled with 100-proof eggnog.
[*]: Watch the video to learn more about the hotly contested debate over whether Miracle on 34th Street is actually pro- or anti-individual freedom.
About 3:30 minutes.
Written by Kennedy and Nick Gillespie, with inspiration from Kurt Loder. Camera by Amanda Winkler and Zach Weismusseler. Produced by Meredith Bragg.
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Remy: Grandma Got Indefinitely Detained (A Very TSA Christmas)
by ReasonTV 162,587 views
In seasons past, Grandma only had to worry about getting run over by a reindeer. With "Grandma Got Run Over by TSA," web sensation Remy gets us in the holiday mood with a song about Christmas, Homeland Security, and the joys of civil rights abuses.
"Grandma Got Run Over by TSA" is one of a series of collaborations between Remy and Reason.tv. To watch Remy's other videos, go to http:youtube.com/goremy
Approximately 2:25 minutes. Music by Remy. Video shot and produced by Meredith Bragg.
Download the mp3 and HD versions at http://reason.tv, the video channel for Reason magazine and http://reason.com
Lyrics:
Grandma got indefinitely detained now
coming home to visit Christmas Eve
You could say she had a right to counsel
but some folks in the Congress disagree
she was flying home to our house
when she got checked by TSA
thought she might be Abdulmutallab
when they looked at her X-ray
Her hair had recently been colored
she paid cash for her Christmas gifts
two things apparently the Congress
says just might make you a terrorist
Grandma got indefinitely detained now
coming home to visit Christmas Eve
you could claim there's no right to due process
but check the 5th amendment and you'll see
they say they need to have these powers
to help protect this free country
but if it takes these steps to do so
what is it we are protecting?
Now she's an enemy combatant
as if that makes any sense
the only thing that she's combating
is her unpredictable incontinence
Grandma got indefinitely detained now
trying to come visit Christmas Eve
they took her rights in order to...protect rights..
the most genius plan ever in history
Grandma got indefinitely detained now
never made it home on Christmas day
she always wanted to live in Miami
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A Joe Biden (War On) Christmas
by ReasonTV 50,997 views
Why does Vice President Joe Biden hate Christmas? And why is he badgering one of the most beloved, kind-hearted cartoon characters in the world?
Has it really come to this?
Make your own Joe Biden holiday mashup. It's easy like Sunday morning talk shows.
1 part beloved animated Christmas special
1 part Joe Biden YouTube clips.
2 parts fever dream.
Mix until completely out of context.
Serve.
A Joe Biden (War on) Christmas is written by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie. Script consultant: Austin Bragg. Produced by Meredith Bragg.
Approximately 1.30 minutes. Not brought to you by Almost Home Cookies and Peter Paul Cadbury. Go to http://reason.tv for downloadable versions.
Related video: Reason.tv Salutes Joe Biden, Real Man of Genius http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toorZ2X8PyE -
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Be Happy!: Why this is the best holiday season ever.
by ReasonTV 27,719 views
We're going through some tough economic times right now, but this holiday season, take a moment to appreciate how good we really have it.
Need proof? Just think about how much Christmas presents sucked in the 1970s compared to today.
Thanks to our market-based system, we're wealthier, we have more choices, and we enjoy more leisure time than ever before.
From all of us at Reason.tv, happy holidays!
Produced by Paul Feine and Hawk Jensen. Hosted by Nick Gillespie.
Approximately 1.45 minutes.
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Christopher Hitchens: Bah, Humbug on Christmas [Updated 12/19/2011]
by ReasonTV 55,249 views
UPDATE 12/19/2011: When journalist Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011 he was soon followed in the grave by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, a loathsome figure whose atrocities Hitchens spent a fair amount of time of documenting. Given the proximity in time of their deaths, Reason is happy to re-release this 2007 featuring Hitchens' dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Song." Taped at Reason's DC headquarters before a crowd of about 150 people, Hitchens begins his performance with a peroration about one-party states in North Korea--and North America.
On Monday, December 17, 2007 Reason hosted a "Very Special, Very Secular Christmas Party" at its Washington, D.C. headquarters.
The evening's special event was a dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol" by Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, Why Orwell Matters, No One Left to Lie To, and many other books.
"It may have struck you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's a big relationship between this marvelous time of year and living in a one-party state," Hitchens told the overflow crowd of 250. "You can't go anywhere without listening to the same music. You can't go anywhere without hearing the name of the Great Leader, and his son, the Dear Leader....All broadcasts, all songs, all jokes, all references are, just for that magic few weeks, just exactly like living in...North Korea."
We at reason celebrate the holidays in many different ways (some of us not at all) and extend our best wishes to all for a joyous and happy new year. -
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Worst. Decade. Ever.
by ReasonTV 104,586 views
Hands down, the '00s were the worst political decade at least since the 1990s.
Reason.tv celebrates the (lack of) personalities, the scandals, and the screw-ups that made us all want to forget the first 10 years of the 21st century.
Approximately 2.10 minutes. No politicians were hurt in the making of this video.
Produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie.
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For an alternate take on The Aughts, read Jesse Walker's Five Reasons For Optimism at http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/17/five-reasons-for-optimis
