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In my blog, "Lets make America Strong Again," my goal is to suggest ways by which we can face the realities of global terrorism in a realistic approach that will enable America to win the global struggle for Western Civilization and defeat an enemy who would deny us our way of life on this planet.
my goal is to suggest ways by which we can face the realities of global terrorism in a realistic approach that will enable America to win the global struggle for Western Civilization and defeat an enemy who would deny us our way of life on this planet. In many ways, one cannot really be a patriot unless the individual is also a progressive
In many ways, one cannot really be a patriot unless the individual is also a progressive at the same time and vice versa.
The Patriot Post frames current policy and culture issues in the correct constitutionally constructionist context established by our Founders, and supported today by the plurality of Americans who uphold the most basic tenet of our Republic: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Progressive is a monthly magazine of investigative reporting, political commentary, cultural coverage, activism, interviews, poetry, and humor. We stand against militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, and the disenfranchisement of the citizenry. The Progressive champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy. Its bedrock values are nonviolence and freedom of speech.
[seeking] out an opportunity to dissociate himself from the “findings” of the Society’s leader, without, however, casting any aspersions on the Society itself.
“How would you define the Birch fallacy?” Jay Hall asked.
“The fallacy,” I said, “is the assumption that you can infer subjective intention from objective consequence: we lost China to the Communists, therefore the President of the United States and the Secretary of State wished China to go to the Communists.”
My parents and their radical friends are back. Not only are they back; they’re running the Republican Party. They have a chokehold on the House of Representatives. They are gaining power in the Senate. And they hold five seats on the Supreme Court. Yes, the radical right is back. Here’s how I know:
Money has been equated to speech.
Corporations have been declared to be persons. Employers can refuse to cover contraceptives based on the “religious freedom” of corporations.
The Voting Rights Act has been gutted because the Court determined that African Americans no longer face any discrimination.
Republicans insist that slashing Medicare and Social Security and shredding all safety net programs will make
Americans richer and freer.
Healthcare reform, allowing previously uninsured Americans to buy health insurance from for-profit corporations, is deemed “socialized medicine.”
Food stamps are decried as making needy Americans lazy and dependent.
Our president is regularly accused of being a socialist, Marxist, fascist dictator.
Killing labor unions has become a goal of both the Republican party and the Supreme Court.
Rules making it harder to vote are enacted to stop the onslaught of imaginary voter fraud.
Republicans support limiting women’s access to reproductive healthcare and contraceptives.
Jobs legislation can not be considered because Republicans believe that government can’t create jobs. They overlook the fact that they are government employees.
Aid for the poor or unemployed is refused while tax credits and tax benefits for the wealthy continue.
Tax cuts never need to be paid for unless they help the middle class. Trickle down economics is still a GOP article of faith despite the fact that it has never worked.
Republicans oppose raising the debt limit regardless of the dire consequences. The recent government shutdown cost the economy billions of dollars and imposed hardship on those least able to absorb the blow, but the right wingers want to do it again.
Guns are promoted as a “God-given” right and the constitutional solution to government tyranny.
It shocks me to hear Tea Partiers and supposedly mainstream Republicans parroting what I heard day after day and year after year from my father, a national leader of the John Birch Society–one of the most extreme right-wing political movements of the 1960s.
Please don’t dismiss the new radicals as harmless. Don’t laugh at men in colonial costumes waving copies of the constitution. Don’t dismiss the politicians who filibuster every bill and say no to every proposal that would help the economy. Don’t ignore the pundits who blame the poor for being poor while canonizing the rich as exceptional.
The radical right has a radical plan for America.
If we don’t wake up soon, we’ll find ourselves in a country controlled by big-money bosses, no-government libertarians, radical Christians, and old John Birchers.
originally posted by: desert
Ok, leaving on a positive note...There are wealthy people who hold Progressive ideas
patrioticmillionaires.org
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
Even if I finally run for some public office, I'm only 1 person. But there are roughly 20,000 cities & towns in the US. Then there are more than 3,000 counties and county equivalents, 50 States, and the federal government. And all of these have their own elected & appointed positions of power.
In other words, it's going to take thousands of like minded people to be elected and appointed each election cycle in order to make lasting changes.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
The Patriot Post magazine
The Patriot Post frames current policy and culture issues in the correct constitutionally constructionist context established by our Founders, and supported today by the plurality of Americans who uphold the most basic tenet of our Republic: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Progressive magazine
The Progressive is a monthly magazine of investigative reporting, political commentary, cultural coverage, activism, interviews, poetry, and humor. We stand against militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, and the disenfranchisement of the citizenry. The Progressive champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy. Its bedrock values are nonviolence and freedom of speech.
I call myself a "progressive." I want things to move forward.
I have recently (in another thread) asked for a 'definition' of "patriot" in ATSers' own words.
Being intrigued by the responses, I decided this might be a decent OP - as we approach the 'primaries' in this POTUS election cycle.
For my part, I believe I am both - a "patriot" AND a "progressive.
I realize that not all ATS members would accept that - and so, I want to ask you all.....
Is it possible in your opinion for a person to legitimately claim 'both' descriptives as accurate to their individuality? To be both 'patriotic' and 'progressive'?
(In my opinion, it very much is.)
Whichever: If you think "no way", or if you think "of course", or you think "I don't know", please contribute.
Thanks....
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
The Patriot Post magazine
The Patriot Post frames current policy and culture issues in the correct constitutionally constructionist context established by our Founders, and supported today by the plurality of Americans who uphold the most basic tenet of our Republic: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Progressive magazine
The Progressive is a monthly magazine of investigative reporting, political commentary, cultural coverage, activism, interviews, poetry, and humor. We stand against militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, and the disenfranchisement of the citizenry. The Progressive champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy. Its bedrock values are nonviolence and freedom of speech.
I call myself a "progressive." I want things to move forward.
I have recently (in another thread) asked for a 'definition' of "patriot" in ATSers' own words.
Being intrigued by the responses, I decided this might be a decent OP - as we approach the 'primaries' in this POTUS election cycle.
For my part, I believe I am both - a "patriot" AND a "progressive.
I realize that not all ATS members would accept that - and so, I want to ask you all.....
Is it possible in your opinion for a person to legitimately claim 'both' descriptives as accurate to their individuality? To be both 'patriotic' and 'progressive'?
(In my opinion, it very much is.)
Whichever: If you think "no way", or if you think "of course", or you think "I don't know", please contribute.
Thanks....