Posted on 10/11/2007 9:48:17 PM PDT by RatherBiased.com
If the increasingly conventional wisdom that the Netroots movement is now the driving force behind today's Democrat Party is true, than a look into their actual agenda for America is something voters considering supporting Democrat politicians in 2008 might want to take a very close look at. It's posted by Chris Bowers at Open Left and looked at in plain terms, is substantial and should give conservatives and Libertarians cause for concern.
Below are just some bullet points from the larger plan.
You think the "Fairness Doctrine" is bad, you haven't seen anything yet:
Reversing Corporate Media Consolidation. Using improved ownership regulation of American media to help destabilize the impact of the Republican Noise Machine, and create a more diverse, responsive national media, is another key progressive feedback loop.
It includes a neo-colonialist movement to expand Liberal political clout in Congress and goes well beyond simple voting rights for DC:
Colonial Reform. Perhaps I am using overly provocative language to describe this one, but granting full congressional representation to those areas of America not current represented by full voting members in Congress would be a big step forward for progressives. - anti-Republican strongholds in D.C. and Puerto Rico, but should also include territories like Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. These are not places that are particularly friendly to the values of the conservative movement, and granting them equal representation within their own country would expand progressive and Democratic power long-term.
An attempt to shift as much money as possible out of the private business sector into the hands of politicians who could then dole out those monies in the form of entitlements to enlist an ever growing amount of support:
Re-locating government spending....De-funding the conservative economy, and re-locating spending in programs Americans won't want to give up, such as universal health care or cheaper, clean energy investment, would to at least some extent shift the economic balance of power away from conservatives and toward progressives.
How about opening the gates to voter fraud, illegal aliens and criminals, is that really in the best interest of most hard-working, law-abiding Americans?
Voting Reform. Same day voter registration, the end of felony disenfranchisement, and secure voting mechanisms will all help increase voter turnout in ways that favor progressives.
Providing union organizers with the ability to circumvent elections, all but mandating unions in work places that might not otherwise accept them?
increase union density and collective bargaining power in America. Union members are much more likely to support progressive economic policies, and to vote Democratic, than other non-union workers
If the above isn't enough to concern you, read it all. Take a look at the real Democrat vision for America. If you're a freedom loving conservative, or Libertarian, it might be even more frightening than you imagined. And they'll look for their pals in the media to implement it for them.
OMG! That’s SCARY $hit. Sounds like a plot for a doomsday novel.
Bookmark for later read.
“Conservative Movement” as though Conservatism is some upstart Political entity challenging the righteous Leftist establishment?
Just more word games from the licentious Lefties.
Nutroots is more like it.
Liberals will never rest until the Republican Party is outlawed.
Ten years ago I would have laughed assuming you were making a joke. Now.....
The Protocols of the Elders of Liberalia.
It’s much worse than that. Liberals will never rest until we are all enslaved to our government, in balls and chains, with no hope of ever breathing the sunshine of liberty again. They clearly want us to all be wards of the state, to nationalize all industries, take away our freedom of choice for our medical needs and create such a progressive tax system that there will be no entrepreneurship. It’s a frightening world these people have in store for us. I fear that our kids, not having grown up understanding the evils of communism and socialism, will embrace these concepts.
The first priority of any dictator is to make sure that he will retain power. Look at Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Actually, this is very smart strategy by the Libs. It is exactly what I expected them to do. The Rule of Law means nothing to them if it stands in the way of their power. Stalin said that it doesn’t matters who votes; what matters is who counts the votes. The Libs will make every effort to ensure that they will never lose power again.
This is from a commentary at www.OpenLeft.com. It was posted there on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 15:28:53 PM EDT. You can go there to read the original column and show friends. This is what some of them are now openly talking about.
These bastards don’t realize it, but they’re going to precipitate a South American style ‘dirty war’ here. I think that they’ve seriously misjudged the anger that’s been building towards them. More than that, I cannot say.
They will have to be hit over the nose with a newspaper.
They are just like a dog that craps on the carpet. Either do something to change the behavior or deal with it.
Read the comments at the end. It’ll scare you out of your pants. Here’s one that really got me;
“Another possibility is for schools to add incentives or rewards for students that not only register but vote, such as a certain number of credits toward graduation depending on how often they vote. The specifics would be up to the creativity of the schools to come up with a variety of such programs.”
“Depending on how they vote” means no credits if you vote Republican. This is the mind set that we had better wake up to. I can’t vote in local elections because I live overseas, but believe me, I will not vote for a Dem in 08.
Leftwing Netroots? Nutcases supported by George Soros and assorted Hollywood high school dropouts.
Communism is the ultimate goal.
Civil War. Bet on it.
“It’s much worse than that. Liberals will never rest until we are all enslaved to our government, in balls and chains, with no hope of ever breathing the sunshine of liberty again. They clearly want us to all be wards of the state, to nationalize all industries, take away our freedom of choice for our medical needs and create such a progressive tax system that there will be no entrepreneurship. It’s a frightening world these people have in store for us. I fear that our kids, not having grown up understanding the evils of communism and socialism, will embrace these concepts.”
In a word, they are nazis.
“These bastards don’t realize it, but they’re going to precipitate a South American style ‘dirty war’ here. I think that they’ve seriously misjudged the anger that’s been building towards them. More than that, I cannot say.”
No kidding.
Time to clean the shotgun and get ready for a counter revolution.
What’s being described here is the Bolshevik revolution agenda and I ain’t gonna be a pol pothead victim.
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