Democratic: Liberal, Socialist, or Progressive?

Have you noticed how many of the politicians of the Democratic party are calling themselves progressive or liberal, but rarely Democratic?

The party has changed over the years. Several years ago I heard friends and relatives explain their change from card-carrying Democrat to Independent with, "I haven't left the Democratic Party; it has left me."

They went on to explain how radical some in the party were becoming and choices in beliefs did not seem welcome. They said members were expected to tow the radical line - no choices. The Democratic Party had been the DFL - Democratic Farm Labor. Farm was left at the roadside. Labor began to mean the "fat cat" union leaders with lots of money to donate to the party. The actual laborer? Also left by the wayside.

And the Democrat part? Well, that changed, too. Some Democratic politicians have begun calling themselves liberals instead of Democrats and others call themselves progressives. It is as though they are distancing themselves from the Democratic label.

So what do these labels mean? Liberals? Well, they are more socially liberal than the old Democratic party. One bench mark is abortion. Did the Democratic party of the last generatiuon support abortion? I don't think so. At least they didn't talk about it. If they had, not one Catholic would have joined the party. And certainly they did not espouse support for parital birth abortion - condoning killing a child as long as the head is still within the protection of the birth canal. Nope, the former generation would not have agreed to that!

The idea of one of our major political parties being taken over by progressives scares me even more. Progressive is NOT the same as Democratic nor is it the same as liberal. Progressive is out and out socialism, well, Marxism, and is simply a term they use because they know most Americans object strenuously to socialism and probably more strenuously to Marxism. They think most Americans will not realize what progressive means and intends to do.

Progressives wish to dismantle the United States - FUNDAMENTALLY change this country. They wish to absorb everything into the federal government and redistribute it equally among all. Well, redistribute what remains after the "fat cats" of government take theirs. They wish to plan everything for you and the country - bringing equality to all, their idea of equality.

This, of course, can only be accomplished by taking away all of your choices, because you need to be satisfied with exactly what everyone else has. You work much harder than your neighbor? Too bad. You deserve nothing more than they.

And, of course, American goods and foods will be shared with all the third world. Want to guess how much will be left to redistribute among those who produce it through the sweat of their brows?

Freedom of choice? No, no, freedom from choice!

OofDah! Bring back the Democratic Party. I'm downright nostalgic for it!

Substitutes

Sometimes substitutes can be good. For instance an artificial sweetener for real sugar -- if you are diabetic. Otherwise not so much.

But substitutes for some things just don't cut it - and are way too ubiquitous. Here are a few very common substitutions you should abolish from your life:

Volume for talent - many current bands turn up the volume, hoping you won't notice their lack of talent and risking a resulting generation of hearing-impaired young people.

Crude and potty words for funny - isn't it amazing how many people will laugh at crudity and toddler potty words? It is scary to think people find humor in this childishness. Where are the adults?

Volubility for wisdom - some think if they talk on and on using impressive words, however out of place they may be, they will con you into believing they are wise. Unfortunately this does work on half the population.

Fairy tales for history - unfortunately this works because many of the recipients of this substitution are people who want to believe things like there was no holocaust or my people played an important role in world advancement. Others, unfortunately, are students.

Sincerity for truth - so many liars spew forth with such convincing feigned sincerity, telling you what you wish was true, that you no longer know what to believe.

Talent, wisdom, humor, history, truth -- none of these have good substitutes.

OofDah! You'll have to dig for it, demand it, track it down, but do try to find the real thing. It's worth it.

Illegal Aliens Screwing Us?

An illegal alien in Minnesota (illegal in that he had committed a crime of identy theft as well as being undocumented), got a tax-dollar paid surgically implanted inflatable penis pump. Yes, you and I paid for it!

Scott County (Shakopee) Attorney Pat Ciliberto, who is not sympathetic to this use of medical assistance said, "I don't know how many illegal aliens are getting emergency medical assistance for such a procedure."

EMERGENCY? Perhaps I am naive, but I cannot imagine any circumstance where the inablity to achieve an erection would be an emergency warranting the use of thousands of taxpayers' dollars.

He was in such a hurry to screw the citizens, the tax payers, of America? It was an emergency? And which social service person saw this emergency and approved the expenditure? Please stand up to recieve our thanks. But could you explain why an alien criminal should get tax dollars for a frivolous procedure. Do you consider the inability to gain an erection a life or death situation?

So, folks, do you feel screwed? OofDah! You should, as should every taxpayer.

Ten Years for Lynn Stewart

Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted 1993 World Trade Center bomber, illegally sent messages to his terrorist buddies via his attorney. For illegally passing these messages along, the lawyer, Lynn Stewart, was sentenced, in 2006, to 28 months in prison, at which she scoffed. No longer scoffing, Stewart recently was given an additional 10 years in appeals court.

I applaud the decision. The United States MUST be tough on terrorism, especially within the US. Twenty-eight months is not tough enough.

Which brings us to the question of the Gitmo terrorists. Is the Department of Justice planning to bring the Twin Towers terrorists to trial or will they get the dreaded treatment of the New Black Panthers?

Where DOES the DOJ stand on terrorism?

New Black Panthers - dismissed with a wink and a nod.

Twin tower terrorists - delay, change of venue, dealy, defer, delay.

So, polling place terrorism resulting in the death of fair American elections is proven not to be not important to them.

I hope the Twin Tower terrorism resulting in the death of many Americans proves to be important to them.

Do we have a border?

WHY are the administration and the Homeland Security Department turning a blind eye to the southern border? If we don't have a tight border to the south, why waste money on the north border and the air borders?

If radical Islam terrorists (or whatever the appropriate euphemism for this week) come by plane, are they more dangerous than if they walk across the southern border packing bombs on donkeys? No? Then why spend all that money on xray machines and other safeguards on the airlines and refuse to enforce the laws at the southern border?

Won't a bomb arriving by foot or jeep or mule blow up American property and lives just as easily as one arriving by air? Do you care how the bomb exploding in your face arrived in the US? Or would you rather the deadly thing had never made it into this country? Tough choices?

Using rights as an excuse is idiotic. Since when do non-citizens have the right to waltz in to our country without a visa or being checked for drugs, bombs, or other smuggled items. Especially when -- seemingly -- the rights of the non-citizens trumps the safety of our country.

OofDah! It is difficult to see any sense in the Fed's Mexican policy, isn't it? I don't know, but I suspect someone has sold us out and we are but a suburb of Mexico and BO is vice dictator under Cordoza. Next week will we be allowed into Mexico without carrying papers?

Bush did it

Remember when Bush was president? Remember how the liberals found EVERYTHING that Bush did horrifyingly bad?

Yeah? So how ironic is it that they now use "Bush did it" to excuse Obama's every move? Do they even see how dumb that is?

My mother is very wise. When I was a kid and wanted to do something, I tried "Everybody else is doing it." Her answer? If everyone was pooping their pants, would you do it?

Even at six I learned to stand on my own decisions, not what someone else did. When will the liberals learn that?

Franken, fraud, felons

The following is written by a follower of this blog. Thank you to the author, Gary Udstrand http://www.twigsandtracks.com/ . (Gary's blog is not political commentary; it is a photography blog.)

This theft of votes is being reported both online and on air by FOX. I'm not sure if the US Pravda media is reporting it.

Well, it is official. Franken and his gang of felons stole the election, best part? The State and Federal authorities has so far stonewalled any attempts to get them to act on the findings. I heard an interview on a local radio station between Chris Baker and J. Christian Adams (the Dept. of Justice attorney who quit so he could testify about the Black Panther voter intimidation case).


In the interview he talked about the fact that Minnesota's elections were determined by illegal votes and fraud and that the Justice department knew that and had irrefutable evidence to the fact. I don't care if you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, a Constiutionalist... whatever. Without voting integrity we are no different than the third world countries that we see on the nightly news.


This administration and its cohorts are the MOST CORRUPT administration to ever occupy the White House. I used to believe that it was sheer incompetence. No longer, I think it is clear that they are out to destroy our system of government. The elections can not come soon enough.

It seems this administration is anti-America. I've suggested before that the incompetence cannot be simply that - they just cannot be this incompetent without trying. But overlooking election cheating is the end of the most basic Amercan right -upon which all other rights are based.

Without the right of fair elections NO MATTER WHO WINS THE CHALLENGED ELECTION, NO MATTER WHICH PARTY'S MAJORITY IS AFFECTED all of our rights are lost.

By the way, is anyone surprised that seemingly all the felons voted for Franken?

OofDah!

Arizona

What's with the administration suing the state of Arizona? They say they are worried about Arizona usurping federal powers. I don't get it. Why should they worry about powers they refuse to shoulder?

The Feds don't enforce the laws, but they are jealous of Arizona enforcing it? How dumb is that?

So this leads to more questions - what does the administration gain from allowing illegals to run wild across the border?

Could they want the drug war to cross over? Could they want discord between U.S. citizens and aliens? Why?

Could they want an excuse to declare martial law? Why? How does this tie into their agenda?

More dictatorial powers? Suspended elections?

OofDah!

Keep the trailer; give me my liberty

Michelle Malkin says an 82-year-old homeowner in Colorado is accused of attempted murder, in the first degree, for shooting at two thieves.

The homeowner says he fired two shots at two thieves who tried to run him down while they tried to steal his trailer.

The poor homeowner now faces twelve, yes TWELVE, felony counts and could be in prison for the remainder of his life -- all for attempting to defend his property and life.

The thieves, Torres and Cardano, believed to be illegal aliens, have previous police records. One admitted the theft, but they are not being charged - not for anything!

Apparently being a legal citizen and a victim of crimes by an alien automatically make you guilty, while being an illegal alien is an excuse for any misbehavior.

Still, isn't it great that the homeowner apparently got to keep the trailer?

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