The Progressive media is a traitor to our Constitutional Republic, and civil liberty
Threats to the American System can
come from within, and nowhere is it more evident then the Progressive Media.
The single and most important part
of taking back our country is naming both your friends and enemies. This essay
will give a brief outline of what is broadly considered a Progressive, with
enough information to do further research.
Progressivism is a political
mind-set advocating change through governmental control and action. It is
considered in opposition to the conservative way of thinking of smaller
government, expanded civil liberties, and minimal government intrusion.
At the turn of the century the Progressive
movement emerged in response to the vast changes of industrialization, both
social and economic, and was in opposition to conservatism's negativity toward
the more radical streams of socialism and anarchism. Progressivism made great
strides under American presidents, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
and Lyndon Banes Johnson.
It would be too complex to attempt
to explain so called "progressive" movements around the world, as
they are ambiguous in the extreme. Further homework can be found studying
Ireland's Progressive Democrats, the European Progressive Democrats of the
European Union, or the largest conservative party of Canada who happens to call
themselves the Progressive Conservative Party. There are other progressive
parties in Australia, India, New Zealand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and
Scotland.
According to John Halpin, senior
advisor on the staff of the Center for American Progress, "Progressivism is an orientation towards politics.
It's not a long-standing ideology like liberalism, but an historically-grounded
concept... that accepts the world as dynamic." Most progressives in the
United States align themselves with the Democratic Party or the Green Party of the United
States. The most notable self-proclaimed
progressives find themselves in opposition to more conservative democrats.
Congressional Progressives are Ted Kennedy,
Russ Feingold,
Dennis Kucinich, Barney Frank,
Bernie Sanders,
Al Franken,
John Conyers,
John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi,
Maxine Waters,
and Paul Wellstone,
as indicated by Wikipedia.
Within the folds of the US Congress
there exists the Congressional Progressive
Caucus, who are in opposition to the more
conservative Democrats called Blue Dogs.
Some sites suggest the origin of
most Progressive thinking to be from the Wisconsin Progressive Party and the Vermont Progressive Party, where they have found positions in state government.
Though there are many more, two well
researched books on this subject are:
· McGerr, Michael A
Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America,
1870-1920 (2003)
· Schutz, Aaron. Social Class, Social Action, and Education: The Failure
of Progressive Democracy. Palgrave, Macmillan, 2010. ISBN 978-0230105911 introduction
For a list of popular Progressive
web sites, go here: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0630-20.htm
To find out what a Neo-con is go
here. How the progressive infiltrate into the Republican Party.
To find out the many kinds of Libertarian here.
Author's note: It is your
responsibility to teach your children your standards. You can't do this unless
you have one. Do your homework and you will find a clear mind when trying to
make a decision. It is called education.The difference may mean that your child
will live in a free and productive America, or be enslaved. "We the people"
of the United States means you! Know who you are! Know where you are going!
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