Posted on 05/23/2006 8:41:29 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
Exposing America's Enemies (Part 2): Communist Progressive Democrats Linda Kimball
From Exposing America’s Enemies: the ‘Social Justice Seeking’ Communist Left, comes this relevant quote, “For over forty years the New Left has been waging a Gramscian ‘quiet’ revolution for the overthrow of America’s Constitution, Rule of Law, sovereignty, and our way of life. Today the subversives call themselves liberals, progressives, and Democrats (and) as David Horowitz attested to (the majority are) social justice seeking communists. “The Democratic Party is very close to being the (Communist-controlled Progressive) party of Henry Wallace…the vast bulk of the American Left is a communist left.” (How Marxism Dominates the Left, Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com, June 1, 2005)
The Backbone Campaign is a communist front group in the left's vast interconnected matrix of revolutionary groups. On its website it declares its goal is to: “empower citizens to nominate, comment on, and rate progressive leaders to serve as a virtual Progressive Parallel Administration…we are not content running campaigns, but preparing to run the country.” (http://www.backbonecampaign.org/cabinet/ )
Chief among Backbone Campaign sponsoring organizations is the Progressive Democrats of America, who are committed to: “dismantling the military industrial complex.” (ibid)
“The Progressive Caucus is made up of the most Far-Left members of Congress and best represents the socialist wing of the Democratic Party.” (Radical Road Maps, James H. Hansen, p. 186) Progressive Democrats are responsible for installing Howard Dean as Democratic National Chairman. In Feb. 2005, Dean was quoted by U.S. News and World Report as exclaiming: “I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for.” Dean's power base, according to DiscoverTheNetwork.org, are a bunch of “campus communists.” The Progressive Caucus will be the focus of this article.
Social Justice is Communism
Judging from the adolescent name-calling and howls of protest which my previous article elicited from Progressive groups such as the Democratic Underground, it is obvious that the enraged howlers have no idea of what it really means for one to be a seeker of social justice. Either that or they really do know but are deceivers of the first magnitude.
Be that as it may, some clarification and definition of the terms—social justice and communism-- is in order before proceeding on to the issue of Progressive Democrats.
To most Americans, communism means the Kremlin, gulags, killing fields, and Mao’s brutal Red Guard. These things though were not the essence of communism. They were the visible manifestations of inhumane power and its consequences, all of which resulted when social justice seekers acquired total control to remake society and man.
The essence of communism is social justice, or justice in the social sphere. This is code for the elimination of poverty, of suffering, and of all differences between humans that erect walls between people. Fundamentally, social justice is a process of elimination that results in sameness (egalitarianism). When social justice seekers speak of the need for equality, what they’re really calling for is sameness.
However, the attributes which make people different from each other and which social justice seekers are determined to eliminate, are the product of human nature and of freely made choices. For instance, some people are ambitious and hard-working while others are indolent and lazy and may willfully choose to live out of the pockets of the former.
It’s the positive aspects of human nature that make a society dynamic. Dynamism is the animating force behind America’s greatness--her productivity, excellence, creativity, free markets, etc. In eliminating human differences, social justice seekers kill all of this, and as they did in the former Soviet Union, leave behind a smoking ruin haunted by despairing cookie-cutter claymation beings.
In speaking of the social justice process of elimination, Balint Vazsonyi remarked, “Prophets of social justice—communists, whether by that name or any other name—focus on who should have less. Because they have nothing to give, they can only take away. First, they take away opportunity. Next, they take away possessions. In the end, they have to take away life itself.” (America’s 30 Years War, Balint Vazsonyi, p. 59)
The America of our Founders simply cannot coexist with the Search for Social Justice. For instance, as designed by our Founders, the Rule of Law exists to guarantee that unequal (different) people can have individual liberty, rights and possessions—including land ownership, which social justice seekers view as the original sin. Social justice demands that those who possess more of anything have it taken away from those who earned it and redistributed to those who did nothing to earn it.
“Social Justice Seeking” Democratic Progressive Caucus
The Democratic Progressive Caucus (DPC) is an organization comprised of about sixty Members of Congress. It was founded in 1991 by Rep. Bernie Sanders, former socialist mayor of Burlington, VT and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The DSA describes itself as, “the principle U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.” ( www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org )
The DPC advances its communist agenda behind innocuous sounding phrases such as social and economic justice. The three core principles of The Progressive Promise are:
1. Fighting for economic justice and security for all. (Code for: We’re going to ‘eliminate poverty and suffering’ by taking away all of your possessions and redistributing them.)
2. Protecting and preserving our civil rights and civil liberties. (Code for: We’re going to ‘eliminate’ all differences and pound everyone down to the lowest common denominator).
3. Promoting global peace and security. (Code for: We—your Superiors—will finally feel secure and at peace once agendas 1-2 have been carried out to completion.) (Source: http://www.bernie.house.gov/document_display_text.asp?FileToConvert=/pc/index.asp)
In “Pelosi Leader of Progressive Caucus,” it was revealed: “Until 1999, the website of the Progressive Caucus was hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Following an expose of the link between the two organizations in World Net Daily, the Progressive Caucus established its own website.” (WorldNetDaily.com, Nov 11, 2002)
On the website of the DSA it boldly declares: “We are socialists…Democracy and socialism go hand in hand…wherever…democracy has taken root, the vision of socialism has taken root as well.” ( www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org ) The DSA increases its influence and power by networking with the Democratic Party to advance social justice programs and policies such as affirmative action and Stalinist hate crime laws. “Like our friends and allies in the feminist, labor, civil rights, religious, and community movements, many of us have been active in the Democratic Party.” (ibid)
Following are brief descriptions of some of the social justice seeking subversives in the Democratic Progressive Caucus whose words and actions embrace the tenets of communism:
1. Barbara Lee (D-CA): “former agent of the Black Panther leader and convicted killer, Huey Newton. Lee conspired with fellow communist, Cong. Ron Dellums, who used his authority to impede US foreign policy with regard to the Communist dictatorship of Grenada.” ( www.DiscoverTheNetWork.org ) “anti-American Communist who supports America’s enemies and has actively collaborated with them.” (Radical Road Map, James H. Hansen, p.189)
2. Jim McDermott (D-WA): “In 2002, McDermott and fellow Progressive Caucus member Rep. David Bonoir (D-Mich) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) traveled to Baghdad, where they publicly embraced Saddam Hussein and created propaganda on his behalf.” ( www.DiscoverTheNetWork.org )
3. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill), who has accepted an award from the DSA once told one of its writers: “The American people are not ideological; therefore, the way to go is to attack private power.” (ibid)
4. John Conyers (D-MI): “In 1981 Conyers co-hosted a delegation from the Soviet front World Peace Council, giving that group a forum in Congress. Conyers endorsed a Communist-led antiwar demonstration in Washington in 1983 and…spoke at another Washington demonstration led by ANSWER in 2003.” (Radical Road Map’s, James H. Hansen, p 189)
5. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) “has taken part in…CAIR (a radical group with ties to Mideast terrorist organizations) events…including a Ramadan iftar…hosted (on Capitol Hill) by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).” (Kucinich Headlines Muslim Fundraiser, WorldNetDaily.com, Nov. 30, 2003)
The Constitution requires that members of Congress “shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation to support this constitution.” The Oath of Office sworn to by US Senators reads:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the U.S…that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Very simply, if Democratic Progressive Caucus members truthfully believed in the Christian-Judeo God and likewise in our Constitution--the document conceived of by our Founders and not the Lefts living document nonsense—they wouldn’t be social justice seeking communists. Rather, they would be Conservative Constitutionalists. That they are social justice seekers tells us that when they took their oath before God, they lied. Quite simply—they lied.
In Noah Webster’s 1828 edition of the American Dictionary of the English Language we find the correct term to apply to treacherous Democratic Progressives. That word is “traitor,” and the following definition is the one most likely referred to by our Founders. “Traitor: One who violates allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason…who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to its enemy…who aids an enemy in conquering his country.”
Through use of Stalinist psycho-politics, America’s Communist Left imprisoned the consciences of Americans within psychic strait-jackets of political correctness. As long as we allow ourselves to be chained by political correctness, we will not be able to identify and speak openly about our enemies--those without, and those within. In the absence of freedom of conscience and of clear and honest speaking, we can neither formulate strategies for our safety nor deal appropriately with the treacherous deceivers operating amongst us who are colluding with our enemies and plotting to destroy our nation from within. The first order of business then, is for all Americans to break out of the psychic strait jackets of political correctness, thus allowing Truth to expose the treachery and treason at work in our nation.
Truth will set us free: “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
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underbyte..we can start a new movement in the republican party where it is savvy to call your political opponent a "socialist" :)
Why not? If FR can topple Dan Rather, than it can begin a "truth in labeling" campaign.
One problem is that so many Republicans are not even slightly conservative. Not even a tinge. It's depressing.
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Exposing America's Enemies (Part 2): Communist Progressive Democrats
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Worth a read
Fundamentally, social justice is a process of elimination that results in sameness (egalitarianism). When social justice seekers speak of the need for equality, what they're really calling for is sameness."
The true purpose behind the 'gay" civil rights movement is described above---"SAMENESS" in the name of social jstice."
Feh.
These articles and their related threads do get tiresome after awhile. Not so much because of the underlying article, which does make for an interesting read, but because of the predictable villification of all the usual suspects and the lack of strategic thought.
Just for a moment, and solely for the sake of polite discussion, let's just assume that the article is completely correct (something I don't agree with, but that doesn't really matter) What is the reaction of conservatives? More of the same. Semantics exercises. Vows to expose the Wicked Democrat Conspiracy (registered trademark), etc. Nothing new. Nothing fresh.
In my view, which I'm fairly certain will be attacked, dismissed, and ignored in short order, the problem that conservatives have found themselves in is a lack of strategic vision. Conservatives are becoming part of the background noise. The strategies for achieving a conservative future remain pretty much limited to working with the Republican party in some fashion to achieve that.
And those who have the temerity to suggest that only 42 years after the nomination of Sen. Goldwater, very little has actually been accomplished by the GOP are dismissed as malcontents and heretics. Or worse.
I wish I thought the numbers would be that small.
I have met Mr. Dicke of Crown Lift Truck fame several times over the years, and your daughter's class was fortunate in having him speak. Relegating Central Planning to the ash heap of history would be a wonderful goal for an aspiring presidential candidate. However, the gaggle of career congresscritters wouldn't stand for that.
I was thinking while reading your comments about my youngest daughter's commencement speaker at Miami of Ohio some years ago. The speaker foisted upon the graduates was a forgettable Clinton shill. Most of the parents got up and walked out until the speaker was finished. Our daughter told us that most of her class wanted to do the same.
Some, unlike you, are incapable of differentiating; therefore, Communist Progressive Democrats covers all bases.
I remember this Williams' column and agreed wholeheartedly, as usual, with him.
I noticed that as you "deconstructed" the article you spoke volubly about its (and the Conservatives) lack of something you term "fresh and new...strategic vision." For the sake of discussion, why don't you share with us your "new and fresh" "strategic vision"? It would seem you have something by way of 'strategy' to offer but for some strange reason have not shared it with us.
LJ..One problem is that so many Republicans are not even slightly conservative. Not even a tinge. It's depressing.
There are staunch Conservatives in the Nat'l Federation of Republican Assemblies, but because secular Rockefeller- RINO types have taken command of the Rep Party one would never know that they're there. I think that "we the people" must follow the lead of PA's Conservative grassroots activists and work to reclaim the Rep Party by "throwing the bums" out.
Your comment regarding Goldwater is dead on.
I bought his HB book "With No Apologies" recently for the whopping sum of $3.06 shipped on eBay.
Flipping through it last night, the title's of the last several chapters caught my eye.
I have half a mind to OCR them to post here, or maybe it's online already to post the link to.
I am curious what Freepers in general think of Barry Goldwater - do they credit him with helping Reagan zero in on his agenda of restoring Limited Govt & regaining military superiority lost under Carter?
Do they give him the credit for getting the Republican party away from it's progressive, adventurous, big Govt roots first fostered by TR, and by the big Govt Rockefellers ever since, like Ike and Nixon under Keynesian economic mythology?
Just what do Freepers think of Barry Goldwater today, do they even know enough about his message?
What is it they say?
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