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Yesterday during All Things Considered they teased a story about Clear Channel's connections to the Bush Adminstration. I went back today to see if they had posted it online, but I couldn't find it. But what I did find was fodder for innumerable snickers: the list of songs Clear Channel pulled from the airwaves in the wake of 9/11. Some of their choices, like "War Pigs" and everything by Rage Against the Machine, are a little infuriating, while others are laugh-out-loud funny such as "Bennie and the Jets," "Burning Down the House," and - my personal favorite - The Zombies' "She's Not There." The list cites Martha and the Vandellas' and Van Halen's renditions of "Dancing in the Streets" as banned songs, but, presumably, the Mick Jagger/David Bowie duet was tame enough for America's ears after the disaster.